Rust - Chapter 305



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RUST -305

Is it weird to be quiet?

Maru cleared up Kim Yang’s doubts.

“Where is this?”

[Detroit?]

Yes. This was Detroit. So, if the survivors had taken control of the warehouse, wouldn’t it be normal for them to ask after someone approached them with a bullet?

Or else, they would cry and cry and cling to you, begging you to save them. They would just follow the rules? Those who have been locked in a warehouse for months? Do you think that’s normal?

‘Huh? I see.’

[Then what are they?]

“I have to find out.”

Wasn’t that why you came here? Maru thought back to the last information that Dan Brown had sent. It said that several organizations seemed to have been consumed by cannibalism. So don’t believe anyone who sells the name of the United States.

The fact that they tell you not to trust them even if they mention the name of the federal government means that the federal government has collapsed. At first, I thought it was a threat, a lament, or a denunciation, but what if it wasn’t?

‘They must be cannibals.’

Maru headed to the mart warehouse where the survivors were being controlled. In front of the warehouse, an agent wearing a power loader-type exosuit was struggling to catch a paper airplane that had flown in. There were several crumpled and torn paper airplanes on the floor.

[Hey. Hey. What are you doing?]

At Kim Yang’s voice, the agent who was monitoring the entrance to the mart warehouse got up.

[No. The kid flew a paper airplane.]

[Paper airplane?]

Maru joined in slightly as Kim Yang’s voice rose at the end.

“What kind of kid is he?”

[Ah. Yes. The guy over there.]

Hehehe- The laughing little boy wiped his mouth with his sleeve. When his eyes met Maru’s, he laughed again and wiped his mouth with the other sleeve.

“Hey- did you see that?”

[I saw it.]

[Yes? What are you talking about?]

A reflexive tic? That wasn’t it.

Maru looked into the little boy’s eyes and knew. Despite the smiling face, the eyes were not. It was something different than the innocent smile typical of children.

Kim Yang also noticed that. Since she was a child who had been desperate to survive, she noticed the strange atmosphere in that little boy.

[sport?]

“It doesn’t seem to be a mutant. If it was a mutant, it would have been bigger and would have attacked us.”

Maru and Kim Yang had encountered cannibals. Cannibals behind the infected surrounding Vladiak Tower. But that kid had a behavioral pattern they had never seen before, different from what they had known before.

In some ways, it was just a kid, but in other ways, it was a really awkward situation. If it was just me and Kim Yang, it wouldn’t be a problem, but now Charlie Team was with us.

It was obvious that there would be problems if they accused him of being a cannibal or killed him without evidence. It was also ridiculous to take him to Vladislav Tower to look for evidence.

“This is driving me crazy.”

[disposal?]

“No. I’m not sure yet.”

[If it’s strange, it’s right to dispose of it.]

“Fuck.”

[Should I do it?]

“Wait a minute. I’ll check a little more.”

The little boy held out his hand, whether he knew what Maru and Kim Yang were saying to him or not. He was asking them to throw him a paper airplane.

As Kim Yang nodded to the teammate who was throwing paper airplanes back and forth with the boy, the teammate flew the paper airplane towards the boy.

The boy wiped his mouth again and caught the flying paper airplane with his hand, then threw it again. It was headed towards where Miss Kim was.

puck-

A 12.7mm gun slammed into an incoming paper airplane.

[Where did that little bastard get his tricks from?]

I could feel the Charlie team members’ eyes being drawn to Kim Yang’s actions. Maru said, briefly diverting their attention.

“Where are the others?”

[···It’s inside.]

“How long has this kid been out there?”

[It’s been about 10 to 15 minutes.]

Maru’s eyes, which had been hesitating at his teammate’s answer, turned ominous.

‘These kids.’

I clearly heard that Ms. Kim was not part of the rescue team. So, armed people who were not part of the rescue team were blocking the entrance and watching, and you just left your child there for over 10 minutes? No normal parent would do that.

“Anyone who came into contact with the kid? Anyone else who played with the airplane? Even if it’s not the kid, is there anyone here who came into contact with the survivors? If so, please come forward.”

[······.]

[······.]

“Go back and check the footage, it’ll all be there, so step aside.”

Two people stepped aside.

“Continue searching with the rest of the people. What if something like this happens again?”

[Okay.]

I understood what Chief Dan Brown said. If the spread had started in this closed bunker, we would have been helpless. Maru, who saw Kim Yang walking away with Charlie Team, spoke to the remaining two.

“First, let’s take down the warehouse shutters here.”

[······.]

[What is going on?]

The shutter went down with a rusty sound. Even as the shutter went down, the little boy who was far away remained the same. Hee-ssuk- with an innocent expression.

“Diana, we need quarantine measures.”

[Please tell me the situation.]

“It appears that he came into contact with a cannibal.”

[We will prepare the quarantine room.]

“Tell the virus researchers to come up with a plan to combat cannibalism.”

[Delivered. It is said that there is a shortage of cannibal samples. A request is made for a complete one.]

“Get ready.”

[Cannibalism?]

[What does that mean?]

I could feel the two people getting nervous as they listened to Maru and Diana’s conversation.

“There is no need to worry about infection through saliva or droplets. As long as you are thorough with quarantine.”

[Then why did we ask you to stay?]

[······.]

The man before them was Vladimir Kalin. He was a being who had slaughtered hundreds of mutant monsters and cut down thousands of infected people with just one sword.

That Vladimir Maru was talking about cannibalism. He sent the other team members separately? Could it be? Us? The two people’s vigilance reached its peak.

Tsk- Maru clicked his tongue inwardly at the sight of the two people being nervous and wary. They were already short on useful manpower, so misunderstandings were out of the question.

“The two of you had direct and indirect contact, so you should have been separated from others. However, since you were wearing exosuits, the probability of infection is low. As I said earlier, through saliva or droplets······.”

Maru suddenly stopped talking.

saliva···

runt.

Hee-juk-

Swish-

Paper airplane.

Huh? Look at these.

“You didn’t do anything with the hand that touched the paper airplane, did you?”

At Maru’s question, the two men’s heads shook slightly. Maru’s eyes followed that subtle gaze. He saw several crumpled and torn paper airplanes on the floor.

I remembered the agent trying to fly a paper airplane. Did he fly the paper airplane while wearing thick gloves? Could he have folded the paper airplane without taking off his gloves?

“Ha-Fuck-”

The moment the two men’s guns went up along with Maru’s muttering, a fierce murderous aura enveloped them.

[···!!]

[???]

The arm holding the gun began to tremble as if it had hydrocephalus. Even though he was wearing a power loader type exosuit, it was useless. His body began to stiffen as if it had lost its life.

I couldn’t breathe because of the fear that was squeezing my heart. I couldn’t refill the air that had escaped from my lungs even though I wanted to.

What came to mind was death-

It wasn’t just fear, it was the feeling of death.

Death itself was weighing on them.

[Ugh—–!]

[Ugh–]

‘What··· What···.’

‘Sa. Save me······.’

The exosuit screamed as it fell to its knees, its murderous intent growing stronger.

Kkieeee- kkieeing-

“No. Shit. He’s just raising the gun.”

Maru just laughed in vain.

As soon as they figured out that they might have contracted cannibalism, they changed their stance. Is it because they are agents? Did they think that they would be disposed of once they were infected? Maybe they would be sent to the lab? Either way, it was bitter.

[Krrrrrr-]

[Hehehehe—]

The thin, writhing bodies that had been leaning forward stopped their trembling movements. Maru stepped on their napes, crushing them.

‘Dog- Mr-‘

I felt dirty because I had been eating from the same pot for over half a year. So I had to get rid of everything inside. Maru immediately went down and pulled up the shutter of the mart warehouse that was closed.

Kikkigigi-

This is what it looks like when you open the shutter with a creaking sound.

Swish- The little boy’s eyes, wiping his mouth, drew a round line at the sight of the two people who had fallen. Gurruk- The little boy wiped the drool that was running down his cheeks again and smiled towards the floor.

Are you laughing?

This kid.

Death rose from Maru’s entire body.

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Kkiyungkkiyung

Kim Yang, who was leading the Charlie team to search, suddenly felt goosebumps. So, she looked back with a strange feeling. It felt like an angry butcher was going to appear out of nowhere?

‘That can’t be true.’

I feel a bit empty these days. Ms. Kim thought she should eat samgyetang for dinner after work.

‘Ah, if I had known this would happen, I would have frozen plenty of abalone.’

When you’re feeling weak, abalone and ginseng chicken soup is the best. Come to think of it, there was no ginseng either. I took so much, but how could I have missed out on abalone and ginseng? Why did I miss out on astragalus membranaceus, licorice, zelkova, and lacquer tree?

Still, I guess it’s fortunate that I can eat kimchi and cubed radish regularly. Ms. Kim had many regrets in many ways. I thought it might be because she saw an Asian grocery store.

[Captain Kim. There are no survivors in Block 3.]

[Each team. Report]

[Chiiik- Alpha Team is searching Block 4.]

[Beep- Bravo Team completes search of Block 5. Begin search of Block 6.]

‘Why am I a captain and why am I a major?’

When the military sent him his uniform, he was a lieutenant and Baekjeong was a captain.

‘Me too, Major.’

‘We’re not playing a class game right now.’

I also like high rank.

‘Think about it. You’re 23 years old. Where’s a captain at 23? Do you know what ranks the US military just throws around? You’re at most a second lieutenant or a first lieutenant.’

He said he was a major at the age of 25.

‘I received a medal and have a special promotion record. Even if you access the military database, it says I’m a major. But you’re a lieutenant. Even getting promoted to captain is a close call.’

‘But why is it suddenly a military rank?’

‘I’m using ranks to clear out nearby military bases. I’ll have to make up for it.’

According to Chief Dan Brown’s information, the cannibals were a nuisance. They were said to have eaten several government agencies, but what if they had taken over a military base? Or if they had taken over?

‘I’m trying to clean it up before they touch the military base.’

‘What if I get involved with the military? It’s an emergency situation with generals and such. You roll under me. What if I do that?’

‘You can just say you’re on a special mission. If you keep causing trouble, I’ll discharge you.’

ah-

‘And. It seems like things will get complicated in the future. We should start organizing things a little.’

The easiest and fastest way to organize things was to use military ranks. Yang Kim agreed. But the ranks were a bit disappointing. General Kim. What a great sound that was. General Kim.

‘General Ha? Put-‘

It’s a little strange to be called a class, but I’m adjusting well. Yeah.

[This is Alpha. Survivors found during search of Block 4.]

[Captain Kim. Alpha Team has found survivors in Block 4.]

Ms. Kim lowered her voice.

[Do not approach and keep your distance as there is a risk of infection. Repeat. Do not contact survivors and keep your distance as there is a risk of infection.]

[No contact. Keep your distance. Check. Wait.]

Kim Yang, who gave the order, led Charlie Team to the scene.

And what Kim Yang saw were idiots comforting young women in short dresses who were crying and snotting.

‘You little bastards. Are you ignoring my words?’

[Hey! Hey-ah! What are you doing!]

After Kim Yang’s death, the Alpha team members who had been comforting the women suddenly stood up.

[Did you say there was a risk of infection? Or didn’t you?]

[No- don’t those infected attack people?]

[It’s not a variant.]

The agents also knew about the mutant virus. The infected had trouble controlling their anger, and the mutants were clearly different in appearance.

[Shut your mouth!]

Kim Yang fired an angry rebuke.

[Cannibalism? If it’s cannibalism? You fucking bastards want to get all killed?]

Whoa!

Hehehehe-

The women, covered in tears and snot, grabbed the arms and legs of the Alpha team members and began to cry bitterly. It was so desperate that it was pitiful. One of the agents said to Ms. Kim, who seemed to be trembling in fear of being abandoned by them.

[Captain Kim, I understand you’re worried about infection, but if these women had contracted cannibalism, I don’t think they would have survived this long.]

what?

Ttuk- Kim Yang’s reason was cut off.