Rust - Chapter 318



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RUST-318

The raindrops that had grown larger in an instant revived the dried blood stains on the ground with a red color.

Those gathered at the scene, where the smell of water and rusty iron were mixed, looked at each other. What everyone wanted was to catch the mass murderer.

‘These kids···.’

Even though there are detectives like Charlotte’s Andong-gu and Kim Ki-soon, who are classified as belonging to Ojin in the data, they don’t seem to care. If this is the case now, what will happen when they find the murderers?

That moment of hesitation cost me the time to follow the trail.

Thud thud thud-

Choaaaah-

A detective sighed as he watched the blood trail disappear in vain. He should have moved when there was even a little trace left.

Charlotte and Ojin hadn’t had any good rumors lately, so it was true that it was difficult to move around, but it was better than letting the murderer go…

Flash-

A scene lit by lightning. A detective unconsciously rubbed his eyes. The dreadlocks were wriggling as if they were alive.

Hair fluttering as if delighted by the rain? Maybe the wind?

A detective looked at Chief Andong-gu, who was standing next to him. His face was frozen hard. It was hard to tell whether he was seeing something strange or an unexpected person.

‘I’m so stressed.’

A detective found his hunched partner.

“Detective Han.”

“Be quiet.”

Detective Lee Moon-sik, who had been completely drained of moisture, felt like he had been resurrected after being drenched in rain. Detective Han turned his head briefly as he left the place with Lee Moon-sik. Even as he left the place, Andong-gu and Kim Ki-soon were still glaring at each other.

‘They said things got worse between Ojin and Charlotte.’

It is common sense to avoid a typhoon. A detective dragged his rookie partner and disappeared into an alley. Andong-gu opened his mouth as if he had been waiting for that.

“Mr. Kim Ki-sun. The chairman is very upset.”

“It’s this side that’s sad.”

If I hadn’t lost time in Japan, I might have been able to get to America before I got entangled with the barnacles. No matter what anyone says, weren’t you the one who did whatever it took to get by, even using a body double?

How many times have I almost lost my life because of your shoveling? How many times have I gotten involved in unnecessary trouble? But you say I’m upset? How shameless. Dong-gu’s eyebrows twitched at Gi-sun’s words.

“The proposal the Chairman made before. He said it is still valid.”

“Thank you for your kind words, but I would appreciate it if you could tell me what the situation is.”

Ki-soon shook her head slightly. Her hair was soaked in raindrops and rejoicing.

“Is it because of the medicine? I don’t know what the problem is, but Charlotte is also preparing a treatment line.”

“Well. From my perspective, it’s not a situation where I can take risks.”

If I were alone, I wouldn’t know, but with Marune’s parents and Naru involved, the adventure was impossible.

“I see. I understand.”

Ki-sun responded with narrow, squinted eyes to Andong-gu, who was giving her a look that said it was no fun if she was interrupted. As the large Andong-gu disappeared into the alleyway the detectives had entered, Ki-sun let out the breath she had been holding.

“Whew- Shit.”

Ki-soon, who had left her hair dancing around in tangles, took the medicine out of her bosom and poured it into her mouth. As the bitter medicine dissolved and was absorbed, her hair, which had been dancing around, began to slowly come under control.

“Fuck.”

It was really difficult.

“It’s not a crow.”

What is this, where my head is so shattered that something is stuck on it?

It was Maru’s house that welcomed Ki-sun, who had lost her biological mother. After that, Ki-sun’s father, the chairman of the group, passed away, and Ki-sun was suddenly left with no strings attached. The first one to change her stance was Maru’s mother.

‘I wish you would stop caring about Naru.’

Maru’s mother gave him a cold, blatant hint. That was understandable, considering how a mother with a daughter would react.

‘Shouldn’t a man also have the ability to push forward honestly?’

It was the consolation that Maru’s father gave to the heartbroken Ki-sun. Maru’s mother telling her to give up on Naru, and Maru’s father telling her to try honestly, were precious connections to Ki-sun.

“I’m going to turn around.”

I owed Maru a debt, and the home-cooked meals I occasionally got back then cost me my life. Did I want to hit my past self who had cheerfully told Maru not to worry about his parents?

The only good thing is that Na Ju-yeon truly wants Maru. That’s why Maru’s parents and Naru were able to be protected even in such a serious situation.

‘I don’t know if it’s a good thing or not.’

Na Ju-yeon was a genius. And it was so strange. What could be missing for such a woman to be obsessed with Maru?

Sometimes, when we talk, it’s almost creepy. It feels like if you make a mistake somewhere, you won’t care about the means or methods, so it’s like walking on thin ice every day.

‘People have forgotten about nuclear war, the spread of mutant viruses, cannibalism, and the emergence of monsters, but the global disaster is just beginning.’

The image of Na Ju-yeon speaking with such an eerie calmness came to mind.

‘Mount Fuji erupted. So did Mount Aso. The entire volcano belt in Japan erupted, but people’s minds were all elsewhere.’

The collapse of the apartment complex, the surge in prices, the war with China, the virus outbreak, all these things. But how can you smile when you say something big is coming?

I shook my head. I don’t know about anything else, but it was what Najuyeon had said. Kisun also guessed. Something big. In southern China and Japan, the crops were ruined by floods. Korea was half-cut off by drought.

The weather was gradually becoming a mess. It was July, but the dawn was cool and the daytime was steamy, just like in autumn. Even though the sunlight wasn’t very bright.

Although satellite communications have been cut off, it has been difficult to get real-time updates on the situation in other countries as before, but one thing is certain: farming is failing on a global scale.

The world grain market was devastated by the Russia-Ukraine crisis and the nuclear war between the US and China, and France and Spain were also devastated by cannibalism, refugees, and terrorism.

Australia was said to be at war with monsters and the military in the farmlands, so food resources were practically a lifeline. Najuyeon seemed to have already prepared.

While Ki-sun was thinking about this and that, her reggae hair, which had been waving while enjoying the raindrops, began to sway and point to one side.

It was a different direction from the alley that detective Han and Chief Andong-gu had gone to. That is, the hair was headed toward a shabby door.

‘Here?’

The corners of Ki-sun’s narrow eyes turned into sharp triangles at the sensation of someone gently scratching his skull through his ticklish scalp.

The police must have searched the entire area.

Ki-sun knocked on the locked door and jumped over the wall. It was a typical old-style house. It was a two-story house with a small yard and a semi-basement.

Brrrrrr-

Ki-sun carefully observed the feeling of tension in his hair for some reason. The first thing that came to mind was the smell of red.

‘blood?’

That too, many.

‘The hideout was near the murder scene?’

The police couldn’t find it?

‘The cannibals seem to be acting strangely. So, it seems like there’s some kind of chain of command? If you find them, just give them the signal.’

Na Ju-yeon’s words came to mind. At the same time that Ki-sun pressed the traffic light, a man in his 50s or 60s came out of the house.

“Oh my- who are you!”

“······.”

“What are you doing, coming into someone else’s yard? Huh?”

“······.”

A man who was startled and spoke harshly. It was a normal reaction. It was what anyone would do if they saw a stranger standing in their yard.

“Are you a thief? A robber?”

Brrrrrr-

The feeling of my hair becoming stiff has become stronger.

The expression on the man’s face as he pulled out his cell phone and shouted that he would call the police gradually changed. His eyes, which had been looking around here and there, turned to Ki-sun.

“Let’s see. I guess there’s no one else.”

Swish- The man wiped his mouth with his sleeve.

“I don’t care why you came in or what you do. It’s okay. It’s okay. So let’s both be quiet. Be quiet.”

As the man took a step closer, Ki-sun instinctively took a step back. It felt as if a predator was stalking her.

“By the way, does it taste like seafood?”

With an unknown sound, the man ran towards Gi-sun.

Movements faster than those of a track and field athlete.

Warak- The man rushed in and grabbed Ki-sun’s arms. He opened his mouth wide as if he was going to eat well.

Charlick!

In an instant, something sharp and taut was thrust into the man’s mouth.

Keuk-

Ki-soon’s hair dug into the man’s wide-open mouth, hitting the roof of his mouth and sticking out of his eyeball.

Whiriliririrararak

Tentacles that looked like reggae hair burst out of control, cheering at the taste of blood.

Papak!

Pak-

Pavabak!!

Tentacles that penetrated his mouth and came out of his eyeball, tentacles that penetrated his eye and came out of his ear hole, tentacles that dug into his nostrils and even ripped open his brain. The man with tentacles embedded all over his body squirmed for a moment before falling down.

Zuuuuk-

In an instant, raindrops poured down on the corpses that had shriveled up and dried up like mummies.

“Fuck.”

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The headquarters of the Ojin Group was as solid as a fortress.

In the underground area reinforced with reinforced concrete and composite armor, a red dot blinked on one side of the monitor showing a map of Seoul. Ki-soon’s signal had been caught.

“Let’s go!”

“He’s a cannibal.”

“It is assumed that there is a command entity.”

“We must capture him alive.”

The strike team ran towards the secret passage.

“Are you okay?”

Since I’ve already fed them everything they need to eat, they won’t be able to move easily. Because of the self-immolation, mutant viruses and cannibalism are spreading.

Would you rather have a prescription drug that you can take once a week or a generic drug that you can take three times a day and still not be sure about? Who would be hurt if you twisted your neck trying to mess with a prescription drug?

“The mayor of Seoul started saying strange things.”

The mayor of Seoul, who had been taking his medicine well, suddenly changed his mind. Even now, while he is taking his medicine well, he has started talking nonsense.

‘A study commissioned by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. People infected with the mutated virus were able to survive on very few calories, and cannibals evolved to have enhanced digestive and detoxification abilities, allowing them to eat anything.’

‘Yes, it is time for us to change our perspective. Now that we are in an unprecedented global crisis, the government will have to make a decision.’

‘If only the inhibitors were supplied in sufficient quantities, mutant viruses and cannibalistic diseases could actually be the keys to survival and a blessing for prosperity.’

‘Let’s start in Seoul. We need to stop calling them infected or cannibals.’

‘What we need is suppressants and treatments, not fear and panic. We will work towards a safe Seoul. A Seoul where everyone can come together.’

Na Ju-yeon laughed.

“You’re crazy.”

If we had gone to war with China, we should have decided it somehow. Whether it was a ceasefire or a ceasefire, we retreated without any conclusion, and only refugees from China flooded in.

It’s been a month since more than ten thousand refugees have been arriving each day. What will be done with the infected and cannibals among them?

Even in such a situation, because the population was concentrated in the metropolitan area, the country was able to maintain public order. The infrastructure was able to operate. Perhaps because of this, people still did not know what the end was.

Can’t you imagine that the cannibalism incidents that occur one or two times a day might be the tip of the iceberg? Just Korea, which has the world’s highest level of security and no terrorism. Seoul, which is safe. So, is the future all right?

Do they not know what the recipe meant, or what would happen if they were left alone, whether they were cannibals or infected? No, even if they knew, they would prioritize their own interests.

“Even though I saw the US military in Korea keeping their mouths shut. Really···.”

Even the US military in Korea can’t say anything in front of the Ojin Group, so you’re saying you’ll work to make Seoul safe? So give me the medicine?

Whether you import the raw materials yourself or not, it is the will of the citizens of Seoul, so follow it? It was only a matter of time before the citizens of Seoul became all Koreans.

Na Ju-yeon had no such intentions.

Isn’t that how it was originally?

In times of peace, blaming others was no problem in living, but in the end times, you will die before you can blame others.

If you don’t know, you can only learn with your life.

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As Maru fell to the side, Kim Yang followed him stealthily.

“Hey. Don’t stick to me. Get away. And what’s that voice all of a sudden?”

“Huh- what voice?”

Ao-

Kim Yang noticed a slight frown on Maru’s forehead as he rubbed his arms as if he was getting goosebumps, and immediately tucked his tail between his legs.

Gyaut-

Doesn’t everyone like this kind of thing?

When I watch dramas, I like it when they make a little “huing huing” sound.

Isn’t it?

What if I turn around and look lonely, as if I’ve been hurt?

Yeah, that’s it. Loneliness.

Then, even the Iron-Blooded Baekjeong would ask where I am going?

Miss Kim turned around with great affection.

Kkiyungkkiyung

Okay. Call me. If I don’t call you, you’ll go?

Kiiyungkiiyung

Tell me. Call me! Are you really going?

Kkiiyyungkkiiyung

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