Rust - Chapter 292



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RUST -292

At Na Ju-yeon’s story that she would allow him to live like a normal person, to look like a normal person, Ki-sun’s breathing suddenly became unsteady.

Did you notice?

how?

Where did you get it?

As if reading Gi-sun’s confusion, Na Ju-yeon continued her explanation.

[The knife doesn’t stick, and the bullets don’t even reach the pistol. Wouldn’t you think that’s strange? And look at that now. You’re covering your face.]

“Let me ask you one thing. The current situation with the barnacles. Is it your fault?”

Na Ju-yeon rarely laughed at Ki-sun’s question.

[– The barnacles occurred naturally. Oh? They didn’t occur naturally. Should we say they are the result of human selfishness? The virus itself is like that.]

“Okay. So you’re saying it’s not related? I get it. Then how are you going to treat me?”

If you didn’t make the scallop, how are you going to cure it?

[I’ve already made a medicine to get rid of the barnacles that have spread across the ocean. But I’m the one who decides where and how much to use it.]

“Don’t change the subject. Talking about saving me or something like that has nothing to do with the current situation. Let’s get to the point. How are you going to treat me? Let’s not tell each other to just follow along. It’s tiring for both of us.”

Ki-soon said in a nervous voice. If this is nothing more than a joke, you will pay the price. Why did you run away quietly until now?

Brrrrrr- The inside of the hood bulged as if to represent Gi-sun’s emotions.

[A rare case has been reported in the coastal area of ​​southern China. It is a case of symbiosis between barnacles and humans. Most people who are infected with the mutant barnacles die, but the symbiosis case is different.]

Na Ju-yeon uploaded a short video to the video call screen. The person in the video was a woman. Her hair was flowing like the tentacles of a sea urchin, and her body had scale-like skin.

When I zoomed in on the scales, I saw that each scale was a small, deformed barnacle. Ki-sun’s eyes darkened.

[It’s a well-known secret, but China also has special forces.]

So, just like the United States has a secret place called Area 51 and an unknown unit in charge of it, China also has a secret agency.

Commonly known as 749 countries.

The general name is the Chinese National Defense Science, Technology, and Industry Research Institute or the Research Bureau. Its main business is to conduct research on supernatural or supernatural abilities, research on the development of special abilities due to genetic mutations, and even research on possession, sorcery, otherworldliness, extraterrestrials, monsters, and mythology.

In exchange for importing the Ojin Group’s treatment, the agency handed over various research materials. One of the studies included was a case of fusion with a barnacle.

Na Ju-yeon was able to obtain various information through the research data from the 749th country and the enclosed fusion sample of the barnacle.

[I gained more than I expected from my dealings with you. So, even though it won’t cure you completely right away, I’ve already created a medicine that will allow you to socialize with normal people without any difficulties.]

“What do you want? I’ll tell you in advance, if you ask me to sell out my friends, I won’t refuse.”

You’ve already made the medicine? It was a momentary disarming for Ki-sun, but it wasn’t like that.

[Sell me? Why are you saying such disappointing things? Just like I’m giving you a chance, I’m asking you to give him a chance to think seriously about me again. That’s all.]

“······.”

Ki-soon was frustrated in many ways. If he really loved Maru, he shouldn’t have done anything related to the test subject at the very least. What on earth was he thinking?

Surely not? Haak-haak- This is mine. My own finished product. My precious. Could it be that I feel that way about Maru and mistake it for love?

But Ki-sun was the one who didn’t do the stupid thing of asking that question out loud. What was important now was not the crazy woman’s thought process, but whether or not she would be treated and what the price would be.

“Stop talking nonsense. Tell me exactly what you want me to do. How you want me to be cured.”

Ki-sun changed her mind about quietly disappearing.

[After conducting several experiments using samples sent from the 749th country, some pretty useful things came out. One of them is a drug that relieves scallop fusion. Since the cases are so few, we will have to check if it will work on Mr. Ki-sun.]

“So, are you saying that you want to conduct a vivisection on me after all?”

[No way.]

Na Ju-yeon didn’t think so. What was important right now wasn’t Maruji Ki-sun.

[I’ll give you the medicine in advance. It’s not a fully finished medicine, and I haven’t checked it with Mr. Ki-sun’s sample, so the effect won’t last long. Still, it’ll definitely be effective to some extent.]

“You’re giving me the medicine first?”

[Yes. I’ll say this out of concern. If you try to duplicate a medicine that you think is effective and then run into problems, it will be difficult to handle. Do you understand?]

“···So what should I do?”

Judging from the fact that he gave her the medicine first and even told her about the problems with the medicine in advance, it seemed like she wouldn’t mess around with the medicine. It may have been wishful thinking, but Ki-sun decided to listen to her story first.

Even if the effect doesn’t last long, if it works even for a short while, it will be meaningful.

[It’s simple. I checked here and they said that they did some kind of special experiment in Japan. The content was so confusing that I didn’t believe it, but there was similar content in the data obtained from the 749th country in China. According to them, it was an experiment related to another world. They say there is an altar in a secret laboratory near Tokyo, Japan.]

“so?”

I remembered. The story Maru told me, there was a monster that attacked with psychic waves, and there was an altar.

[Please destroy the altar. I’ll tell you in advance, if the data from China’s 749 countries is true, something very serious is happening in Japan right now.]

“Didn’t Maru ask for a chance to reconsider you? What does destroying the strange altar have to do with that chance?”

Ki-sun couldn’t understand Na-ju-yeon’s thoughts at all.

He said he would try to get along with Maru and asked for a chance, but then suddenly he asked, “What are you talking about?” Na Ju-yeon’s voice rose slightly with heat, whether she knew his confused thoughts or not.

[I need to clear up the misunderstanding. I want to let you know that I just wanted to protect the world I had to live in with him.]

Na Ju-yeon’s expression seemed to say, ‘I’m not a bad person.’ It seemed like she really believed that. To be honest, Ki-soon had a hard time believing Na Ju-yeon’s words.

In the first place, I heard for the first time that there was such an organization in China as the secret research institute in the US called Area 51, and I was also shocked by the talk about altars and witchcraft in Japan. Isn’t that unscientific?

There were rumors floating around among conspiracy theorists and occult enthusiasts that Germany was obsessed with the occult during World War II, and that Japan was obsessed with magic and witchcraft, but wasn’t that literally just gossip?

[You don’t believe me. Well, maybe that’s true. I can’t give you much information, but I encourage you to think about it the other way around.]

“Think about it the other way around?”

What? That you worked hard for the world? That’s ridiculous. Are you planning to set a trap to capture Maru nearby? Na Ju-yeon was the one who hit Ki-sun’s bones while thinking that.

[Evidence that something is strange. Evidence that cannot scientifically exist is not far away. Because you are the evidence itself.]

“······.”

[I don’t think those who created the virus could have anticipated that. What kind of problems would arise from genetic manipulation that they thought they could control, what kind of mutations would be promoted by radiation, and what kind of chaos would result when all of it was mixed together.]

Na Ju-yeon’s excited voice was mixed with a cool madness.

[That’s what I’m saying. If you don’t plug a small hole at the beginning, it will continue to grow. What happens if you leave the laws of physics connected to other worlds?]

“What does that have to do with you and Maru? If you want world peace, wouldn’t it be better to let the US, the UN, or even the Korean government know about it and resolve it? Send Maru to resolve it? What’s your plan?”

It was Na Ju-yeon who silently raised the corners of her lips at the sight of Ki-soon speaking openly.

[A secret plan? I can’t say there isn’t one. But you don’t need to know that. Tell the UN? The US? Or the Korean government about the current situation? Information that might be related to the other world?]

“······.”

[If we inform the UN, the US, or even the Korean government of the current situation and information, will it be resolved? Do you really think so?]

I knew it. Rather than destroying it, if there was such a thing, they would try to secure it and control it. They would say they would use it no matter what. Because they knew it, Ki-soon remained silent.

[Then let’s think about it the other way around. In this situation, what is the way to cleanly eliminate the problem? If there is someone who can go to Japan, where infected people, mutants, and mutated monsters are running rampant, without worrying about the political power, and cleanly resolve the situation. Who would that be? I can only think of one person.]

Who could possibly enter the Kanto region of Japan, which may have changed in some way, and sort out all the mutated monsters, infected people, mutants, influences from other worlds, political power, and economic interests? Even if Ki-sun thought about it, it would be difficult to find anyone other than Maru.

But that didn’t answer the question Ki-soon had asked. Would Maru think positively about Na-ju-yeon again if he gave her this information?

If it had been when she was young, maybe it would have been different, but looking at Maru who has been severely affected by capitalism now, Na Ju-yeon’s wish seemed difficult.

[Of course, you can refuse my offer. I will give you the medicine regardless of what I say. Director Kim. Please give it to me.]

The man who had been blocking her path took a small silver case the size of a cigarette pack out of his bag and handed it to Gi-sun.

Click.

When I opened the case, I found what looked like a military-grade poison gas antidote syringe. Was it really there? Could it really cure something?

“Fuck···.”

widely-

Ki-sun closed the silver case and closed her eyes for a moment. Anticipation. Excitement passed, and worry. Anxiety rose. Ki-sun took a moment to catch her breath and opened her mouth.

“Even if everything you say is true, the decision is Maru’s. I’ll just relay the story.”

[That should be enough. However, if Mr. Maru doesn’t move, the medicine I just gave you will be all that’s needed.]

“Okay. Let’s do that.”

Na Ju-yeon said, handing over the satellite phone so that she could contact Maru in the United States.

[You don’t take medicine? I thought you knew how to use it right away.]

Ki-soon’s voice flowing out from under the deeply pressed hood.

“If Maru can’t come by any chance or doesn’t go to Japan, then I have to take care of it, right?”

If by any chance there really was an occult experiment in a secret Japanese laboratory, if it was so dangerous that it could affect the future of all mankind, then it’s only right that someone go and put an end to it.

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Detroit was both good and bad.

It was good that it didn’t get hit by a nuke, but it was bad that the nuke didn’t land.

The good thing about the city was that it was mostly intact since no nukes had been dropped. That meant there were a lot of survivors, and that there were still plenty of food and supplies.

The bad thing is that, while the areas where tactical or strategic nukes landed saw a significant decrease in the number of infected, mutants, and mutated monsters, Detroit, where no nukes were dropped, began to be overflowing with infected, mutants, and swarms of rat-like mutant monsters.

Above all, it was not good that rats, which were difficult to exterminate among the mutant monsters, were breeding. Cat-like monsters that ate rats were coming in, and wolves and coyotes that competed with those cat-like monsters were sure to come into the city.

So the first thing we had to catch was none other than the rat.

“If we make good use of the underground shelter, wouldn’t we be able to catch all the rats?”

Just as Maru was about to talk about the ant hell in the underground shelter, Diana’s report came in.

[Satellite communication has arrived from Korea. This is Bernard Green and Kim Ki-soon. Would you like to connect?]

“Connect now.”

A moment later, Ki-sun’s voice was heard along with noise.

[Woman- Are you okay?]

What’s wrong? This kid is making people worry. What’s wrong? Maru, who couldn’t hide his joy, started cursing.

“Hey, you crazy kid. What’s wrong?”

This kid is making people worry