Rust - Chapter 333



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RUST-333

It’s sloppy.

Secretary, Nina Logan’s first thought was:

Vladimir Kalin was clearly aware that those outside could be agents of some power.

It was clear. If you listen to what they were saying, it was as if they were asking how ordinary people could possibly survive. Even though they knew that, they were still sending them away nicely.

‘Why?’

I couldn’t understand it. If it had been Chairman Geese Riser, he would have immediately rooted out the problem. He would have dug, dug, dug until it was over.

If it was a Geese Riser, he would have killed all those who were suspicious. Or made them slaves. But Vladimiru did not do that.

‘what?’

Even if they kicked out the disgruntled people, why did they allow them to settle nearby?

The same was true of his treatment of himself. He was a prisoner, no matter how you looked at it. He even tried to trap Vladimir Kalin. How could he bring such a prisoner into the conference room?

He was the kind of person who had no idea whether the distribution was big or not.

Maru looked at the former security team leader and spoke coldly.

“You complain so much when you’re joking that you’ll die if you go out? Don’t you think that’s really funny?”

“···There have been complaints anytime, anywhere. I think that in order to become a healthy community, we need to find the cause of the complaints and try to resolve them, rather than covering them up or eliminating them.”

Maru nodded.

“That’s a good point. So, go out and do that healthy community thing yourself.

“······.”

Whether you settle down nearby or go far away, it’s up to you. If you create a good community and work hard to live, wouldn’t the future of humanity be bright?

“The area around the tower is relatively safe, as there are crows patrolling around. I’ll allow you to use it.”

“The weapon is···.”

“What you had at first. You can take everything you had with you when you first moved into the Ark Tower.”

“Are the exosuits and other equipment difficult?”

under?

“Why are you giving me the exosuit? Did you get it yourself? The other equipment? It’s all my loot. I fought. I earned it. I allowed you to use it.”

Maru’s voice subsided into a low whisper.

“The AIs know what you brought in, so don’t even think about taking more. Each of you, gather your belongings and get ready to leave.”

Maru shook his head as he sent the former security team leader away.

“This is ridiculous.”

Oh my gosh, was that a real story like that in a movie or novel? This was definitely America. Maybe that kind of reaction was natural.

“I wish we had had ideological education sessions every day from the beginning, and encouraged self-criticism every now and then…”

Kim Yang tried to sneak in a hint of her will to be a great next door neighbor, but it was shattered by Maru’s one word.

“That’s it. Be quiet.”

No, why this time?

I spoke with sincerity.

Why did they do that?

Isn’t that because you don’t know anything and don’t know how to get around?

It’s true that if we conducted ideological verifications every morning and evening and rooted out reactionaries, there wouldn’t be any more dirty guys.

Maru, who had lightly pressed down on Kim Yang’s gaze, called Diana.

“Did you find everyone who was close to the former security team leader? Check the personal items they brought in early on and prepare to compare them when you leave.”

[All right.]

“I guess they’ll probably ask for payment for the work I’ve done so far.”

The PD spoke softly. There was a possibility that he would make a fuss to get what he wanted.

“Just tell him to do so. It’s something that will happen naturally and peacefully.”

Maru was firm. What was the price for the work? He would just charge for the food and lodging, and even the protection fee. If not, he would just ask for his arms and legs to be left behind.

The following meeting discussed what to do going forward. The situation has changed a lot, so there is a lot to talk about.

The biggest change is that now that there is an airship that can carry almost 100 tons, there is greater room for maneuver.

All of our plans up until now had been based on the assumption that we were completely isolated, but now that we had the flexibility to respond, we had to change our thinking.

The biggest advantage of the airship is that you can take your crows with you.

If it was a normal airplane or transport ship, even if it had crows on board, it wouldn’t have been able to prevent attacks from other birds. It was impossible to fly at a low speed of 50-60 km/h. If it flew like that, it would have crashed immediately.

In contrast, because it was an airship, it could travel at a slow speed and was able to move while being escorted by crows. In effect, it was freed from bird strikes to a certain extent.

If you think about an airship that can take off and land even if there is no airport there, it means that you can use supplies located all over the United States.

“That’s difficult.”

The secretary shook his head.

“Chairman Geese Riser also took surface-to-air missiles. Don’t other major corporations or regional powers have missiles like Javelin or TOW?”

Considering that the maximum cruising speed of an airship in the troposphere is 95 to 100 miles (150 to 160 km), it is not easy to fly at will.

“What is that?”

Miss Kim asked what the secretary was.

Should I say so? Should I say I feel a little bad? The great person next to me is quietly watching, so why are you acting like that? What do you believe in?

“Secretary? Prisoner.”

“Secretary? Prisoner?”

Kim Yang gave Maru a meaningful look.

So when you say ‘the chairman and the secretary’, that secretary? Well, it’s time for our great man to have a secretary like that, a secretary like that. Ms. Kim nodded slightly as if she knew everything.

“I don’t know what you’re thinking, but that’s not it.”

No, really. Then what is it? Could it be Unit 3?

After Unit 1 Nurse and Unit 2 Hood, Unit 3 is a secretary? Miss Kim narrowed her eyes and looked at the reserve Unit 3 secretary.

“Since everyone is here, let me introduce myself. This is the person who tried to catch me at Riser Constraints this time…”

Maru looked at the secretary and stopped talking. It was a signal for her to introduce herself.

“Riser Pharmaceuticals, Team 1, Secretary’s Office, Nina Logan. Nice to meet you.”

After the secretary finished introducing herself, Maru called the chief researcher.

“If there is anything we need from now on, we can discuss it well.”

“yes?”

“yes?”

What is this noise all of a sudden? The secretary and the chief researcher looked at each other, then turned their heads to look at Maru. Maru spoke to the two who were not sure what was going on.

“This is a living sample, and this is the researcher. Let’s not kill each other, but live quietly. Let’s negotiate with each other and conduct research slowly.”

Both the secretary and the chief researcher were taken aback.

‘So you’re telling me to use you as a test subject?’

‘The secretary said it was a cannibalistic sample? It acts exactly like a human being.’

Maru’s eyes met the eyes of his secretary, Nina Logan. The black pupils, characteristic of Asians, were deep and looked like a pit of ice.

Die or cooperate quietly. Nina Logan nodded reflexively at those cold and indifferent eyes. So, my misjudgment was that she was lax.

Maru, satisfied with the secretary’s response, said to the chief researcher.

“Don’t kill him. Don’t dissect him. Gently. You know. Gently, carefully. Think of it as clinical. You know what I mean.”

“Ah. Yes. Okay.”

I sent the chief researcher and his secretary out. Now that I had connected the researchers with the samples, it was up to them to support and nag.

“The airships can be used effectively enough when moving with the crows. So let’s go as aggressively as possible and try to secure as many resources as possible as quickly as possible.”

Kim Yang’s eyes lit up with gold at Maru’s words that they should monopolize all resources, whether human or material. The PD carefully brought up the subject.

“Then I think it would be better to first save those who had a positive image of the Ark Tower.”

In a situation where the transportation network was broken, even if there was a place where a large amount of supplies were loaded, it was virtually impossible to move them. In other words, most supplies could be collected later.

In that case, the important thing was human resources. Even if they had held out well until now, if a few cannibals infiltrated or mutants invaded, they would all be wiped out in an instant.

“Just because you held out today, it’s hard to believe you’ll hold out tomorrow and the day after.”

So, Kim Yang agreed with the PD’s claim that they should use the airship to rescue people as quickly as possible. If there was enough food, it would be good to have more manpower. Wouldn’t that increase greatness? It would also speed up the process.

“That’s right. Even if you defend with an automatic turret, you need to have troops on standby.”

“I agree.”

Even the nurse agreed. Isn’t this about saving people?

Above all, the Vladislav Tower has now completed its exterior construction and has secured a town-level space. How long will it provide free food, clothing, and shelter?

In order to develop, the economy had to be turned around and civilization had to be restored. To do that, manpower was very important. Right now, people are cheap, but once they have settled down to some extent, it is clear that population will become important.

“Everyone seems to agree. Let’s have Michael Newman take charge of the rescue plan, to see who we’re going to rescue first and where.”

“thank you.”

The PD thanked him earnestly. Maru coughed loudly and spoke his mind.

“I don’t know about other places, but the central region centered around New York···.”

The eastern region, centered around New York, has begun to rebuild. Considering its ample population, abundant resources, and healthy infrastructure, it is expected to settle down within 2-3 years at the earliest, and within 5 years at the latest.

“Normalization of the Eastern region. It would definitely be dangerous.”

PD noticed Maru’s thoughts.

In order to avoid forced absorption, something to counter it was needed, either economic power or technological power.

‘It’s about scale. As we increase the scale, we need to secure the region.’

This was not an easy task. If we focused on expanding the scale, it was clear that internal conflicts would arise as a result of the expansion. And suppressing them with force every time? That was not good.

The question then was, ‘How do we manage it effectively while growing in scale?’

How can we expand around him? How can we avoid being pushed back by the East?

‘Is religion the best after all?’

The PD’s eyes were drawn to the empty seats in the conference room. The seat where the former security team leader had sat, the seat where the test subject secretary and the senior researcher had sat. And now, the meeting.

If it were him, there would be no problem in pushing forward as he wanted. Everyone who was left here trusted him. But I suddenly wondered why he was asking for opinions and proceeding with the work like this.

‘no way?’

Move the dissidents outside the outer walls, centered around the former security team leader. They will live under the crow’s patrol range. That’s okay for now, but what if we run out of food?

We had no choice but to deal with Vladiak Town. If they accepted the survivors from around here and expanded their size? Vladiak Town’s influence would naturally expand as well.

‘Did you think that far in that brief moment?’

It was him. The villages that sprang up around Vladiak Town naturally came under his influence.

It is possible to place people within your sphere of influence without suppressing their freedom.

You can spread your faith in Him without forcing religion on people.

The PD was impressed and moved.

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As the PD predicted, people came out with the mindset of ‘They’re not going to kill me?’, but they all foamed at the mouth and were quietly carried away by Maru’s light-hearted murderous intent.

How can it not be admirable to think of one’s relatives in such a way? When Maru kicked out the disgruntled people, he also kicked out all the families who had moved into the tower.

‘Wouldn’t you be dissatisfied if you were separated from your family?’

As expected by Maru, who became the guardian of the family, the first village was created in a building near Vladivostok.

The former security team leader is now the survivors’ representative.

‘I will bring my relatives from the east.’

‘He’s a military friend and he said he’s with his family.’

In an instant, the number of people grew to over two hundred. And they realized firsthand what kind of place Vladiak Town was.

Although it was safe within the crows’ patrol range, there were monster rats underground, always on the lookout for people, and when searching the building, infected and mutants would suddenly appear.

Within a few days, people began to come forward begging to be let back in, and Vladaak Town began to seem like a utopia to the newly arrived survivors.

Former security chief, now president. Roger Dawson told the PD.

“We are short on large-caliber firearms and ammunition to catch the mutants.”

The PD answered with a kind smile.

“First of all, let’s pray.”

This- chew-

The village chief, Roger Dawson, folded his hands meekly.