Rust - Chapter 304



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RUST [RUST]-304

The Charlotte Group, which had been solidified under the leadership of Chairman Sim Eun-young, was in a situation where it was facing a series of unfortunate events while trying to eliminate the remnants of opposition and strengthen its internal structure.

Why did they decide to completely move the group’s center from Japan to Korea? It was to escape from Japan, a dangerous country that had been devastated by a great disaster.

However, as Charlotte completely moved to Korea, she started causing trouble for the Charlotte Group in various ways in Korea.

“If you say you’ll save someone, that means you can kill them, right? Is it really possible for the Ojin Group to say something like that?”

Charlotte was in a difficult situation, but Ojin was even worse. Even after revealing the recipe for the mutant virus cure, she was continuously summoned, searched and seized, and even arrested and investigated, and yet she was saved? What kind of ability did she have?

Ki-sun said, hiding her thoughts, ‘Why is this older sister doing this even though she knows everything?’

“It would be difficult if you did this knowing how the situation was going.”

The attacks by governments and multinational corporations ultimately failed. The original cures that the Ojin Group had spread everywhere began to exert their power as the situation worsened.

“Can you get a leash with a cure?”

“I don’t know about that, but if we continue like this, it seems like the winner has already been decided.”

Because the supply of raw materials was cut off, the published recipe became useless. What’s worse, even if the medicine was made according to the recipe, the duration was much shorter than the original treatment.

What used to be eaten once a week now has to be eaten three times a day, so the rate at which raw materials are consumed has increased by 20 times. What used to be able to be produced for 180 days is now only being produced for 9 days.

It had already been more than two weeks since the Ojin Group announced that they would stop producing the treatment. The medicine and raw materials that had to be taken three times a day were also disappearing somewhere.

People were locked in their homes to avoid mutated viruses and cannibalism. But the current situation is different from the COVID situation. During the COVID situation, there were deliveries and food delivery, but now it is different.

Drivers infected with the mutant virus filmed Fast & Furious, and infected deliverymen filmed Transporter. Starting with delivery motorcycles suddenly changing into the sky mode, people started to go missing in Garbong-dong, Daerim-dong, and Jayang-dong.

The large cities of Korea, which were so safe and believed to be safe, were turning into dangerous areas where infections could explode at any time.

Knock-knock-knock-knock-

Sim Eun-young tapped her fingernails on the desk.

In her opinion, Na Ju-yeon of Ojin was a dangerous person. In addition, there was a lot of information in the documents brought from Takaichi Shinyak and Yamatsuki Pharmaceutical’s secret research lab that was difficult to handle carelessly.

Would it be a good idea to hand over dangerous information to a dangerous person? Besides, giving them a chance to live didn’t necessarily mean they would survive.

If you are literally trying to save her, but she is telling you to figure out how to survive on your own? If you look at what Na Ju-yeon of the Ohjin Group did, that is more than enough.

Knock knock-knock- knock knock-

“Chairman Na Ju-yeon’s message. Are you sure that it was relayed exactly as it was, without leaving out a single word?”

“I am sure.”

“Tell them. I don’t know why you want the information, but that kind of petty threat won’t work.”

“······.”

At that moment, Sim Eun-young snickered as she read the worry in Gi-sun’s eyes. This meant that this friend also knew that Na Ju-yeon was not normal.

“As Mr. Ki-sun knows, I am a dangerous person.”

“······.”

“Remember, the previous suggestions are always valid.”

“All right.”

As soon as Ki-soon left the chairman’s office, Sim Eun-young called a meeting.

“We are moving our headquarters to Busan.”

“yes?”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

How much investment did Charlotte, which was based in Busan, make before settling in Seoul? Then, suddenly moving the headquarters to Busan? The executives were in an uproar, but Sim Eun-young trusted her judgment.

“Sell or exchange assets in Seoul.”

“We will pack as much of the goods as possible and move them to Busan.”

“What matters is the actual thing, not the cash.”

Now was not the time to talk about growth or maintenance. Looking at the various circumstances, it meant that the era of survival was coming. It may be an absurd imagination and an impossible thing, but what if such an era really came?

Can Charlotte survive in Seoul?

I couldn’t be sure. Then what about Busan?

It was possible.

Because Busan had various infrastructure facilities, including a logistics warehouse and a fortified hotel in preparation for civil war.

If we could absorb the refugee villages where people who escaped from Japan had gathered, we could even supplement the manpower shortage.

“We are going down to Busan.”

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“Sir, Charlotte is disposing of her assets in Seoul.”

“Disposition? In this situation? Is the head office also making a decision?”

“Yes.”

“You’re not selling Charlotte Tower either, are you?”

“All assets in the metropolitan area are subject to this.”

“Aha – that’s amazing.”

Na Ju-yeon laughed at Charlotte’s quick movements. I told you that I would send Ki-soon to save you, but you said that you wouldn’t associate with me regardless? This is a strange reaction.

It was impressive that they pushed ahead with the work that day, even though it was an issue that would take several days just to hold a meeting since it was an issue that would affect the future of the group.

It may be possible since they won the succession war and even purged the opposition, but it is true that the group’s dominance and driving force are amazing.

“What are you going to do with it?”

“We started collecting facilities and supplies in Busan and nearby areas without any discrimination.”

Charlotte started collecting everything she could from hotels, department stores, marts, and warehouses in Busan and the surrounding areas, as if she wanted to completely own the city of Busan.

Na Ju-yeon nodded.

“Are you saying that you want to take control of Busan and prepare for the worst?”

“I think so.”

“What about other groups?”

“Everyone is eyeing the assets for sale in Charlotte.”

Well then, that’s right. President Charlotte was a strange woman. Maybe there’s a hint in the data she brought from Japan.

The medicine he made was not a fundamental cure. He could only manage it by taking the medicine. The more he studied it, the more he found that the mutant virus was very different from the previously known viruses.

The genes of humans and chimpanzees are 98.4% to 98.8% identical. The difference of 1.2% to 1.6% is what separates humans and chimpanzees. Just as that small difference makes them two completely different creatures, the coronavirus and the mutant virus are completely different.

Natural mutation? Isn’t that the same as saying that chimpanzees, if left alone, will mutate into humans? Since that’s impossible, it was reasonable to assume that someone intentionally induced the mutation using something unknown.

The information obtained so far suggests that China and Japan are involved. So, there is a high probability that the Japanese secret research institute has information on who, what, how, and why.

“I really want to see the Japanese secret research institute data.”

“If you mobilize it, you can bring it. Should you use it?”

Na Ju-yeon recalled the first time she encountered it. The corpse taken from the World PMC. It had not died completely despite its neck being cut off, but was still tenaciously showing a weak life response. It had terrible regenerative powers and division abilities, and…

“Not yet.”

“···yes.”

It was too early. It was time to wait patiently.

“I heard that contact with the United States was lost. Do you know what happened?”

“Yes. They say that the debris from the destroyed satellite is encroaching on the satellite’s orbit.”

The era of being able to view news from around the world in real time, whether from the United States or Europe, was coming to an end.

The monitors set up to show major news from each country in real time have disappeared from American news broadcasts. Japan, China, Russia, and Southeast Asian countries have also completely lost their signals.

Australia could only salvage the voice, and the quality of European countries was getting worse by the minute. The only broadcast that could be viewed clearly was Korean news.

[In Garibong-dong, a police officer who arrested a serial murder suspect murdered his wife at home. The extent of the body damage was so severe…]

[He is stating that he committed an accidental crime. The National Forensic Service, which unusually went to the scene for three times, responded to reporters’ questions about the case···.]

[Suspicions are spreading on the Internet and social media that this is an outbreak of cannibalism that is rampant in Europe···]

“Chairman···.”

“I guess this is the beginning.”

[The government is said to have requested a smooth supply of mutant virus inhibitors instead of ending the investigation into the allegations against the Ojin Group?]

[Yes. As the government’s negotiations with the Ojin Group became known, it caused a lot of controversy. It was practically a judicial transaction···]

[···Prosecutors and police attempted to search and seize the headquarters of the Ojin Group, but they were physically blocked from entering, and the Ojin Group did not respond in any way.]

[What do you think is the reason?]

[···It is not without controversy, but the point is that they tried to arrest the group leader when there were no clear and distinct charges.]

[What was the reason for arresting and investigating the chairman of the Oh Jin Group? If that was the reason for arrest, then all the other heads of large corporations should be arrested. It was unreasonable to try to arrest them.]

[In addition, Ojin even revealed the recipe for the cure. But they still tried to search and seize it. It will be difficult for the Ojin group to trust the government.]

[What is unfortunate is that if there is a problem, they should try to solve it through legal procedures, but the way the Ojin Group responded seems to be a dangerous act that shakes the social order.]

A news video showed protesters holding signs demanding that the treatment be produced again in front of Ojin Pharmaceutical. Na Ju-yeon, who was watching it quietly, said,

“If you bring me the raw materials for the cure, announce that you will produce it.”

“All right.”

“We only produce, we do not sell or distribute anything. And we disclose in real time where we get our raw materials.”

“How about the consignment production costs?”

“Please tell me that the payment will be made in kind.”

“All right.”

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Construction on the second outer wall surrounding the Vladivostok Tower is progressing faster than expected.

This was because the direction was changed to using the buildings themselves as exterior walls by filling in and blocking the spaces between buildings and buildings.

[Construction along the river and in the park area is also expected to be completed within two weeks.]

“It’s good that it’s over quickly, but it’ll probably be weaker than the wall we built at first, right?”

[Because the buildings are connected with reinforced concrete structures, a defense capacity of at least 70% is possible.]

Unfortunately, the wall designed as a defensive wall from the beginning and the newly expanded outer wall could not be the same. Still, if it was at the 70% level, it would be sufficient for prevention.

“How’s the internal organization going?”

[Currently, about 47% of the cleaning is complete.]

“If you leave it half-baked, you’ll get tired, so do it perfectly the first time.”

[Delivered.]

While I was checking the progress of the construction, I was contacted by Ms. Kim, who had gone out to clean up.

[Many survivors found in the mart warehouse.]

Maru and Kim Yang had been cleaning the area regularly, and recently the crows had been cleaning it up on their own, so it was a good environment for survival as long as they had enough basic necessities, so it wouldn’t have been surprising if there were survivors.

“Mart warehouse? How many people?”

[16 people. Asian Food Grocery Store]

“Are you sure he’s a survivor and not an infected person?”

[Following the controls well. No signs of abnormal behavior.]

“Just leave it where it is. I’ll be there soon.”

[Okay.]

Ms. Kim relayed the news that Maru was coming right away.

“Are you a rescue team?”

“What’s it like outside?”

Kim Yang continued the operation, lightly ignoring the survivors’ stories.

[Alpha resumes search, Bravo provides backup, Charlie monitors survivors.]

[Are you talking about surveillance?]

“Surveillance?”

“Isn’t this the military?”

“Aren’t you a rescue team?”

[Quiet. We are not a rescue team. Stay away.]

As Kim Yang thrust his 12.7mm gun and flamethrower, the approaching survivors retreated.

[Charlie Team monitors the survivors to make sure they don’t get out.]

[All right.]

Miss Kim nodded when she saw Maru coming.

[Are you here?]

“Oh. I saw it when I came in here, but it’s taking a while.”

The shelves of the supermarket were completely emptied, and it seemed that survivors were holding out in the warehouse inside. That was strange. I don’t know about other cities, but this was Detroit.

[Detroit? Is it weird that it got robbed?]

“That’s not it. What I’m saying is that they raided the grocery store but didn’t raid the warehouse. Or maybe they couldn’t raid it. More importantly, the fact that they’re just sitting there quietly is strange.”

uh?

Is that so?

Miss Kim frowned.