Rust - Chapter 293



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RUST -293

Ki-soon, who had been in a daze for a moment, lowered his voice.

[The truth is…]

“Okay, then speak without raising your voice.”

[Fuck. I’m serious.]

“Is there anyone who isn’t serious these days?”

Everything is serious except for the dead. Maru, who had lightly trampled on the seriousness of the situation, blurted out the thoughts that had come to his mind.

“But what about the military? They must have issued a mobilization order. Did the satellite phone come from the military? You’re not in the military right now, are you?”

[What army? Talk some sense. I’m already so upset.]

“Why do I feel sorry for the kids, but then I feel a bit of a military, kingly feeling? Kim Ki-soon.”

[No! I said that my situation is not like that! That’s not how I look!]

In mid-June, it was so hot and humid that I was walking around with my hood pulled down, so I was out late at night and in the early morning. If it weren’t for the coronavirus pandemic, I would have been reported several times for being strange.

Is fashion the only problem? Ki-soon now looks strange to anyone who sees him. Military? How do you get there? It’ll probably be a trip to the lab, or something.

Maru, who had no way of knowing the bitter feelings of Ki-soon, continued to follow her. It was a bit strange that the guy who had disappeared when the world turned around was only contacting her via satellite phone after the nuclear war broke out and communications were cut off.

“Then what about the satellite phone? Did you buy it directly from an overseas shopping mall?”

[The satellite phone I’m using now. It was given to me by Na Ju-yeon from Ojin Group.]

“Hey! I didn’t want to get involved with him… Did you- did he catch you?”

[That’s not it. My situation is a bit like that.]

“What’s the situation? I need you to explain it so I can understand!”

Ki-soon calmly explained the current situation to Maru’s scolding.

He ended up living with a snail, and he said it was a special case. There was a similar case in China, and he said that he would have to use the medicine that Na Ju-yeon gave him to alleviate it.

“Coexistence with a cicada? Is that what you were talking about earlier?”

[Shit···.]

“Is that a phone that can make video calls? I’ll have to look into the hood.”

[···Do I really have to see it?]

“I’m not just going to blindly look. There are three AIs here, and there are quite a few experts. There’s also a research lab and equipment that’s fully stocked. If we know the general state of affairs, we can at least get some advice, and if we’re lucky, we might be able to find a way.”

[Huh- Okay.]

Since I was going to do it anyway, Ki-soon took off his mask and pulled back his hood that was pulled down deeply. Burrurr- The tentacles that were wriggling as if they had found freedom began to flutter toward the sky.

“Hey… you’re a snail. But why the fuck are you talking nonsense…?”

[······.]

As Maru had been through a lot, his thoughts just came out as they were.

“Sorry. Sorry about the military story.”

[shut up!]

Haa- Gisun-ah. Maru was quite upset.

If his head is like that, what would happen to his body? His body would not be normal either. What if we brought him to the US, ripped him out, and used rapid cure? If he recovered from that state, wouldn’t that be even more crazy?

Kim Yang glanced at Gi-sun with a curious look.

‘That’s a cicada tentacle. Isn’t that what you said?’

‘Why are we talking about that now?’

‘But it has a lot of tentacles. And on its head.’

‘Go away. Go away!’

Maru looked at Ki-sun after chasing Kim Yang with his eyes. He definitely looked like he was going to get cursed at. Especially the part of his head that looked like a horse’s tail.

Ki-sun put on a mask and goggles, and covered her hood. The things that had been squirming as if they were stuffy gradually became quiet.

“Na Ju-yeon gave you some medicine? Did it work for you?”

[No. I’ll write it later.]

“Are you crazy? Are you going to keep it and use it? You need to use it quickly and see if it works or not. What are you going to do if you keep it?”

[That’s not it. There was a time when we went to Japan. When we went to Japan on a catamaran.]

I don’t know why the conversation suddenly went that way, but Maru listened quietly. The person who would be the most crazy would be Ki-sun herself.

[You said there was some kind of altar in the secret laboratory there?]

“Yeah. But why is that?”

[Na Ju-yeon said that it could be really dangerous.]

So, this mess must have happened because the virus was mixed with what came from there. Manipulating the virus was already stupid, but when the virus was mixed with what was brought in through the Foundation, it was bound to blow up.

On top of that, with the addition of radiation, it was impossible to predict the mutation trend. In this situation, how could one control a catastrophe that was also added to the mix?

The situation in which mutant viruses and mutant monsters are rampant is the result of a combination of China and Japan’s mismanagement and a major disaster. The problem is that this situation could get worse.

[It’s not clear what the altar is, but they say it’s likely connected to the other world. So if we don’t destroy it, something that comes out of it might combine with the virus and cause even stranger things to come out than what we have now.]

Maru, who had been listening silently, frowned.

“Okay, I understand the situation. But what does that have to do with you not taking your medication?”

[···It may look like this, but it has saved me from danger many times.]

I didn’t save you from the crisis, but you became the crisis. Even if that’s true, what are you talking about when you become like that? You’re really.

“Hey. Kim Ki-soon. What the hell are you talking about? So you’re going to take the medicine later and go deal with the foundation in Japan or something? Are you crazy? Did Na Ju-yeon tell you to do that?”

[That’s not it. Ha-Maru. I’m a human.]

“You call that a word? It’s a person. If not a person, then what?”

[I am a human being. Is it wrong for a human being to act for another human being?]

“Dog- why is it here?”

[Hey- I actually thought about this a lot. I thought about what’s the point of running away, and I struggled to avoid becoming a test subject. But, I didn’t die even though I was shot and stabbed.]

Even when I was stabbed by sashimi or shot with a pistol, I didn’t get hurt. I became stronger, I only had to sleep a little, and I changed in many ways.

[Do you know what I thought? Ah, now I don’t have to be carried by Maru and Kim Yang. That’s what I thought. My body was gradually changing, and when I was worried that I might get infected with barnacles, I thought I should just live alone.]

“······.”

[I know. Na Ju-yeon said that because she knew my personality. She might have said that because she thought that if I told her, you might get involved too. So you really shouldn’t come.]

“hey···.”

As Maru tries to say something, Ki-soon cuts him off.

[Just listen for a moment. The reason I’m going to Japan is… yes. Even in this situation, I want to be honest with myself and be true to myself.]

[I think that because I’ve become like this, there’s something I can do. I said that I don’t think the world is a coincidence, right? If there’s a reason why I became like this, isn’t it so that I can make this decision in a situation like this?]

[The world has become like this, but because the world has become like this, I am still human. I did my best. I just want to prove it.]

“Ha- This is driving me crazy.”

When I asked someone why they climb a rugged mountain while risking their life, some people answered that it was because they could confirm their own existence the moment they climbed the mountain.

“Whew- Good. Good. But it’s not like you can just go. I told you before. I activated a self-destruct device, an erasure device, in that secret research lab.”

[······.]

“But if the altar and all that remains and you keep making a fuss, then are you sure you can go there alone? You can’t go in there carrying a bomb on your back alone.”

[Then what should we do? This is Korea. It’s next to Japan. The aftereffects of the eruptions of Mt. Fuji and Mt. Aso are already piling up, and if we cause chaos with the altar and such, we’ll be swept away in an instant.]

“You ha- Okay, I got it. I got it. You take your medicine and take care of yourself. And what- That’s okay. I’ll contact you with this. Pick up the phone right away.”

[Okay. Sorry.]

“Okay. Just take your medicine quickly.”

Maru hung up the phone and took a deep breath. Ha- Really- Ha- Fuck- Maru muttered several times and went to find Diana.

“Diana, print out the photo of Ki-sun and show it to the relevant researchers. Also, attach the data from the study on the mutant barnacles that was uploaded to the emergency server. Find out if there is a way to solve it, if there are any similar research cases. Tell them to find a cure.”

[All right.]

Miss Kim, who had been in the corner, slowly approached.

“So what did Ki-sun plan on doing with the secret laboratory altar if she went to Japan alone?”

Why on earth? Is it because you are dissatisfied with your life? Kim Yang asked with an inscrutable expression.

“That’s true.”

But there were people like that.

A person who risks his life to save a drunk who has fallen onto the tracks. A person who lets others escape a sinking ship first. A person who never lets go of a friend whose family is ruined and who is being bullied.

Given that Na Ju-yeon brought up the altar story, there was a possibility that it wasn’t a simple occult thing. Above all, she had also personally experienced a monster that shot out mental waves.

‘They say he’s something from another world.’

The chairman’s stand-in was also strange. He had his head cut off, but his head sprouted in real time, and tentacles sprouted and regenerated. It was definitely something that went beyond common sense.

‘I don’t think it’s all nonsense.’

Thinking back on what I’ve experienced so far, it didn’t seem like a complete lie. And my feeling was like that. Whether it was another world or not, it just felt dirty.

When I saw that the thought of the altar made me feel uneasy, I felt like I couldn’t just ignore it.

“Are you going?”

Kim Yang’s eyes narrowed. A look that said, ‘Didn’t you promise?’

Oh? Now that I think about it, I remembered that I promised not to go anywhere. Keeping that promise, going to Japan was a waste of time.

“Are you crazy? I told you I wasn’t going for a while.”

“What about Kisun?”

“It looks like you’re going to Japan, acting crazy?” Kim Yang narrowed her eyes again. Maru shook his head.

“I know it’s not something I can do alone right away, so I won’t go right away.”

“What are you going to do? You could probably just smash the altar or something.”

Kim Yang gestured to the knife. It would be difficult to destroy it with a bomb, but it would be possible to cut it with Eclipse, which can even cut reinforced concrete.

So what do you want me to do?

Maru shook his head in disbelief, wondering whether he was being told to go or not.

“Diana. Did Gisun send you anything separately?”

[Information files including voice recording files are included.]

“First, turn on the voice recording. Open the information file and upload it to the monitor.”

The recorded content was the conversation with Na Ju-yeon. Maru, who had been listening to the various conversations, stopped playing the video when the 749 countries of China were mentioned.

“If you have any information related to China’s 749 country, please find it and post it on the monitor.”

[Information search completed. Related content displayed on monitor.]

Unit 749 was a special organization called the China National Defense Science, Technology and Industry Research Institute.

It was an institution that mainly conducted research on supernatural or supernatural abilities, and on the manifestation of abilities due to genetic mutations, but also researched areas related to possession, sorcery, other worlds, extraterrestrials, monsters, and mythology that could not be interpreted by general science.

‘If you do this well.’

It seemed possible to move the Department of Homeland Security. Even though it was in a state of near-death, virtually divided state due to the aftermath of nuclear war, America was America, so if we did well, there was a possibility that it could be resolved.

Maru, who had prepared the material with a lot of seasoning, said.

“Send this to Homeland Security.”

[Sent.]

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“Sir, Vladimir Kalin has sent me some information.”

“Are you in touch? Are you able to communicate? Connect me now.”

“It’s not connecting.”

“What do you mean? I sent you the materials, but you haven’t heard back?”

What is this case? A vein appeared on Chief Dan Brown’s forehead.

“First, upload the data you received.”

“yes.”

Dan Brown, who was reading the material, laughed bitterly.

“That’s amazing. Are you saying that the Ojin Group and China’s 749 had a deal? I don’t know what the Virginia guys were doing.”

“That’s not the problem.”

“Yes. If this information is true, it’s a serious situation.”

The United States had thought it had secured the Kanto region of Japan, where the secret of evolution was hidden, but that might not be the case. The war with China, which had been divided into seven parts, was still ongoing, and the home country had no room to send additional troops.

In this situation, what if Russia’s sudden invasion of Hokkaido was aimed at the secret of evolution? If not, there was no answer when Russia joined the already troublesome situation of China increasing to seven.

“It’s an altar.”

“Maybe it’s a code name, or some kind of password.”

“Anyway, it is certain that there is something underground in Tokyo, Japan.”

Since the Chinese special agency 749 Bureau was mentioned, it was highly likely that it was not something ordinary. Considering that there were many uninterpretable items among the materials secured from Japan, it was not something that could be simply passed over.

“Organize the data, distribute it to each organization, and set up a video conference.”