Rust - Chapter 336



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RUST -336

The senior researcher couldn’t figure out why Maru was being interrogated.

Haven’t you already extracted information from the brain of the experimental subject? It would take some time to decode and output the image, but it would be something you could just look at. So why do you insist on asking?

‘To check if I’m lying?’

But isn’t it a bit meaningless now?

That’s what the subject did as soon as he came out of the anesthesia. What’s the point of talking to a bitch who bares her teeth and smells like a predator? It would be best to just open the lid again and go back to the experiment.

‘no way···.’

“No, really. It’s a misunderstanding.”

“So what? Tell me clearly. Everything.”

The secretary was dying.

My limbs were tied up, and it felt like my neck was on a guillotine. It felt like the blade would come down and cut me off at any moment.

“I cooperated well in the experiment as instructed.”

Instead of answering, Maru turned his gaze to the three people who were infected and tied up. Sweat formed on the forehead of the secretary who turned her head to follow Maru’s gaze.

“As you can see, I was tied up. If I had really wanted to do something, would it have only been those three? I was under anesthesia so I don’t remember anything.”

“You don’t remember? Well, that’s true, but what about Dr. Jack Neese?”

“Dr. Jack Neese?”

Why that person?

Is it because you were in Vlad’Ak Tower? How did you know that Dr. Jack Neese was at Riser Pharmaceuticals? Did you get the information from Homeland Security?

I racked my brain, but there was only one answer. I’ll cut it short.

“I came to Riser Pharmaceuticals to ask for research funding.”

If you talk too much, you’re bound to make mistakes. And if you make a mistake, the blade that’s been buzzing around there will fall.

The blade twitched slightly at that answer. Was there something he didn’t like? The secretary held on desperately.

Maru was ambiguous. He told the truth when asked, but it wasn’t the reaction I wanted. I thought he would tell the whole story, but he was mostly answering in short sentences.

‘Should I say he’s smart, or is he willing to gamble his life away?’

What should I do? I looked at the head researcher. ‘Subject. Subject. Subject.’ He was mumbling, ‘Please, just like this, subject,’ while blinking his eyes, wondering if the subject would let him go.

Then the senior researcher cautiously gave his opinion to Maru.

“If we can understand the mechanism of how the command entity commands the subordinate entities and how it controls the common cannibals, we can gain the upper hand in the fight against cannibals.”

“······.”

“I think the most dangerous scenario is one where the army is taken over by cannibals. I think that to deal with that, you have to analyze the enemy in detail.”

The word is analysis, but the meaning is to open the lid. If the secretary gives off an aura like that, any researcher would be like a rat in front of a snake, let alone conducting an experiment.

The secretary, hearing the chief researcher’s words, took advantage of the opportunity sharply.

“The chief researcher is hiding something important. Are you going to use the command mechanism to fight on your own? You can catch them without it. Why bother?”

So the chief researcher is hiding something? Maru’s eyes tell him to keep going.

“If you can find a command mechanism and apply it to humans, he will be able to dominate other humans while being human. That’s not what I said. That person.”

“That is a misunderstanding. It is nonsense. What would that mean for someone who already has absolute power?”

“I think I can make even the most powerful person kneel. That’s what I want to find out. Through experimentation.”

“Shut up. Look at this. Didn’t you see what they did as soon as the anesthesia wore off? This is a dangerous test subject. It must be completely neutralized.”

The secretary smiled bitterly at the senior researcher’s words.

“Of course you would. Then you can do whatever you want with me and become the ruler with the results of your research.”

“Me. I… No. You. You… What are you talking about?”

“If only one person could rule, he could create a technopia here. He could create a mecca of research where he could study anything he wanted! By ruling this place like that, he could become the pinnacle of all knowledge. Isn’t that right?”

“No, I never thought of that. That’s a lie.”

The senior researcher was sweating and the secretary was laughing. Maru quietly watched them do what they were doing and then spoke to the researcher.

“Can you make something out of the selected footage?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Dr. Jack Neese.”

So, it looks like a brain-analyzing device.

“It’s difficult, but we can make something similar.”

“Do you need those three to make that?”

Maru pointed the tip of his sword at the three researchers who were curled up, infected with a cannibalistic disease.

“Yes. There is an expert there.”

When the deputy mayor of New York, Mother, was captured, the cannibals she had been ruling over were out of control and causing chaos. They were unable to control their cannibalistic desires and were causing chaos.

‘This is difficult.’

It would be a shame to throw it away, but there were many problems that could arise if I kept it.

The senior researcher was a true idiot and had no idea what was going on, but it wasn’t that simple.

Maru, who wasn’t that old, had seen enough dirty things, so he knew that the secretary’s words were like poison.

The chief researcher had no intention of being a technopian or a ruler. The moment he heard those words, the seed was planted. And for Maru himself, who was listening.

Even if we ignore the secretary’s half-hearted remarks, the content was problematic.

It seemed inevitable that there would be those who were interested in dominance, as in the secretary’s story. The escaped Geese Raiser would certainly think like that when he had time, and those fighting cannibals elsewhere would surely eventually come to similar thoughts.

What if the power of the commanding entity could be studied to control not only cannibals but also ordinary people? That would certainly be a tempting topic for those in power.

‘What if becoming a cannibal is the way to dominate humanity?’

There were so many people who would do things like cannibalism without any problem. The secretary stumbled over that part.

“Think about it. The content of the experiment will inevitably turn to something related to power and domination.”

“so?”

“Give me a chance. I will never betray you. Those infected people over there? I can control them.”

“······.”

The secretary hinted at her need for an alternative by saying such things, while at the same time keeping the chief researcher in check.

“I can do more than just be a test subject. As the power grows, wouldn’t you need an agency to monitor your internal affairs? I’m really good at that.”

Strengthening power through mutual checks and balances. Encouraging competition for loyalty. All methods that those in power like. The secretary delved into that part.

Objectively speaking, what the secretary said was correct and good.

‘That’s true, but. No.’

After the secretary was promoted to a commanding officer, he felt uneasy in many ways. Maru didn’t let the ambiguous things that were bothering him go. That was how Maru survived until now.

Tsk- Maru clicked his tongue and wiggled his arms.

Whoosh-

Suggestive- Kkeukjik—

!!!

Without warning, the blade on the floor was swung.

Ugh!

The blade stuck in the secretary’s neck got caught in her cervical vertebrae. As the chief researcher said, it was a really hardened bone.

‘It seems firmer than the one I caught in New York.’

The secretary fluttered even though her limbs were tied up, with the blade half-inserted into her neck.

As Mother was in danger of dying, the three cannibal researchers who had been wrapped up in a coil began to struggle desperately.

“no!”

“Kill me!”

“Stop it!”

The ferocity characteristic of a predator burst out, and the tightly coiled restraints began to tear apart.

Uh-uh-

The senior researcher’s eyes shook without mercy.

‘You shouldn’t kill him.’, ‘Test subject!’, ‘Why all of a sudden?’

I couldn’t understand what was happening before my eyes. How did you get the test subjects? Couldn’t you just let them do the experiments? You’ve also identified all the cannibals. You can control the experiments well so that something like this doesn’t happen again in the future…

Kudadadang!

Maru’s head turned to the side as he was about to cut off the secretary’s head. In the meantime, the cannibalistic researchers released their tied bodies and rushed towards Maru.

Kwaaaaat!

Kwaaaaah!

It was a clumsy gesture, but it was a desperate gesture that showed the physical ability unique to cannibals. It was a desperate gesture that just had to get away from Mother right away.

The desperate struggles of those who rushed in were torn apart in vain. Crunch – the neck was cut off, and crunch – the waist was torn in half. Taking advantage of the brief gap between the two being cut off, the man untied the restraints that were binding the secretary.

Clank-

As both arms were released, the secretary put her hand on her half-severed neck and gave a creaking signal. The moment the man who was releasing the restraints on her legs turned his head, he saw a blade falling vertically.

Quaddudduk-

The one who pressed the button that released the device that bound the secretary’s two legs while being split vertically split left and right.

Clank.

The secretary, whose throat was half cut off, ran away desperately.

‘I want to live.’

One step

Beatle.

Blood flowing from a half-severed neck.

‘Save me.’

Two steps

Sway.

‘I don’t want to die.’

Iron-pudeok-

I slipped on the blood on the floor.

Red blood was painted on her naked white body. Her earnest desire to live further evolved the secretary’s aura.

A fatal charm that no man can avoid blooms like a rose at the end of death.

Ah, how pitiful it is.

Yeah, we have to save the test subjects.

We need to keep test subjects like that alive.

The researchers around him gathered like moths to a flame, like zombies.

The chief researcher was unknowingly applying a rapid hemostatic agent and a suture to the secretary’s neck. The blood that had been flowing out stopped, and the half-severed neck healed as if it had been glued together with instant adhesive.

Can live.

I can live.

‘Run away quickly…’

The general researchers started to cling to Maru and try to stop him.

“Please be patient.”

“You must not kill.”

“This is an important test subject.”

Researchers who didn’t even know what they were talking about were just hanging on to Maru’s arms and legs.

“Get out of the way!”

“Calm down.”

“Please be patient.”

“This crazy thing… Come out!”

The distance was too close to spray the lifeblood. An ordinary person who was hit with the lifeblood at such a close distance would surely be half dead and crazy. That was difficult.

“Hey, get out of the way!”

The secretary took desperate steps.

If you just go out, if you just go out.

Outside the wide open lab door.

A small smile appeared on the secretary’s face as she went outside into the brightly lit room.

‘I survived!’

Something approaching from the front.

I had to catch whatever it was to replenish my energy.

The secretary ran towards it, towards the terrified prey.

?

Kkiyungkkiyung

[What the hell is this?]

Tuang!

A circular shock wave spread across the secretary’s forehead.

Although the solid skull was not pierced, the impact did not go anywhere. The secretary, who had fallen backwards, lost consciousness for a moment.

omg!

When the secretary, who had fainted, opened her eyes, what she saw was the muzzle of a 12.7mm gun.

“Okay. Wait a minute···”

The secretary instinctively raised her aura to its maximum. Pitifully. Mournfully.

[What a moment. While you were licking your lips and whetting your appetite.]

What the heck, why is this girl useless? Vladimir Kalin was useless, and this girl?

“That’s not it-”

[No, that’s not true.]

bang!

A bullet fell to the floor with a heavy gunshot.

Ms. Kim was merciless.

These things are tougher than you think. That’s why.

Thump! Bang!

It was Ms. Kim who was meticulous in making sure that she was killed.

The senior researcher looked at the rapid hemostatic agent in his hand.

Why were you holding this?

Yes, the test subject. The test subject had to be saved.

I didn’t know when I would ever get another living test subject like that. I had to stop him first.

uh?

A tragedy that happened in the blink of an eye.

Before I could even stop and think about it, a gunshot was heard. And the test subject fell backwards. No, you don’t die from being hit in the head. There was no way a bullet could penetrate that strong head.

“Stop! Stop it.”

As if his voice couldn’t be heard. The gun was pointed.

Eyes? Aiming at the subject’s eyeballs.

“Hey. Stop!”

Taang!

The incendiary armor-piercing bullet pierced his eyeball and set it ablaze. The image of the subject’s body convulsing and then stiffening slowly crept into his mind.

Bang! Thump!

Even though I told him not to… he went as far as to kill her to confirm.

Ugh.

An unknown emotion sprouted deep in the chief researcher’s heart.

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With the sound of a gunshot, the researchers clinging to Maru were momentarily stunned.

Maru shook off the researchers who were clinging to his limbs as if he was dusting them off. The researchers who had been clinging to him tenaciously fell away helplessly.

Kkiyungkkiyung

[Secretary year caught.]

Kim Yang looked around with a proud look on her face. It was just chaos.

“We must eradicate all cannibals.”

[?]

As if it never happened before. What’s going on?

“You said that the Kiss Riser went west.”

I’ve got to catch that guy first. Don’t give him any time.

Ms. Kim frowned.

So why all of a sudden?