Rust - Chapter 364



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RUST -364

Hood disembarked from the airship returning from New York.

“You’re here earlier than scheduled. Did something good happen to you?”

A PD nearby greeted Hood and asked.

“Oh? Things are going well.”

Hood spoke casually as if nothing had happened, but he couldn’t figure out why he was acting so nonchalant.

“That’s good. He said he had something to do outside, so I’ll contact you when he gets back.”

“Yes. I’ll wait.”

She was a computer programming expert, an AI expert, and a hacker. Having had multiple life-threatening experiences, it was natural for her to look around and check identities.

Producer Michael Newman was a person with a decent education and career. The reason that What’s Up TV, which was declining in the industry while doing gossip shows, was able to survive was mostly because of Producer Michael Newman’s planning skills and foresight in watching programs.

If you consider his achievements, such as graduating from middle and high school, entering a prestigious university, graduating early, and earning two master’s degrees, he was clearly an outstanding person.

But how can such a brilliant person act like a fanatic? Look at his actions just a moment ago. He was managing his schedule right next to Vladimir Kalin as if he were his personal butler.

‘What is the reason?’

Hood’s curiosity was piqued. It is said that it was because he saved his life, but there was no official information.

Click-

[Are Detroit’s gangs okay with this? Attempt to kidnap and burn a TV station PD to death.]

[PD’s Dramatic Improvement from Fatal Burns: Is It a Miracle or an Advance in Medicine?]

Perhaps it was by this point that his life was saved. The treatment was… Hood nodded, looking at his own clean, white arms. He probably used that mysterious cure.

So you’re saying that he became a fanatic because you saved him from the gang and treated his burns?

A man who skipped grades and entered a prestigious university, graduated early and graduated with honors, and even holds two master’s degrees, is a fanatic? And he’s someone who has worked hard in the media and broadcasting industry?

It was certainly possible when he was rescued, but it was hard to understand why he was still doing that after so many months.

Vladimir Kalin was never a god.

Doesn’t the PD know this? If he knows, why does he deify him, make him into a descended being, a savior, or something?

‘Self-hypnosis?’

‘Mental problems? So, because of PTSD?’

‘···Political issues?’

‘Using Vladimir Kalin?’

She had been scribbling down various thoughts when she suddenly stopped writing with her pen.

‘Why am I thinking like this?’

Kkugit- Hood, who had crumpled up the paper and thrown it into the trash can, went into the bathroom to shower, and Whiing- the automatic cleaning robot emptied the trash can.

As the red sunset began to set in, a call came in.

After finishing his shower, Hood looked out the window while organizing his documents and checked his watch again. It was too early for dinner.

So, that means I’ll get a report before dinner. It didn’t bother me before, but now I feel a bit strange and uneasy.

‘This information is sufficient credit.’

She shook her head. The only thing she had to think about now was getting her face treated. Hood packed his laptop and materials and headed to the conference room.

A moment later, a file appeared on the conference room monitor.

[ U+ ]

A program to collect Director Yoo’s eggs and create clones and second-generation children.

“As you know, this is a very dangerous experiment. We must prevent it, or at least take measures to ensure its safety.”

“Why is that? Cloned humans, test-tube babies, and genetically modified babies (mosaic babies) are already being studied in secret.”

The PD questioned Hood’s claim.

“That would be the case for any normal human being. Please take a look at the following information.”

Both the mutants and the cannibals were based on a mutant virus. The cannibal virus mutant virus mutated again. So, originally, the mutants were not susceptible to cannibalism.

The same was true when the initial wave of infected people at Bloody Ark Tower erupted. The cannibals tried to infect the mutants and infected people by biting them, but it didn’t spread properly.

Maru nodded, remembering that time. He knew that the information Hood had brought was true, since he had disposed of the mutants and cannibals at the back of the wave.

“The results of research conducted in various laboratories to date are as follows.”

1) A mutant virus is a virus designed for a specific purpose.

2) It acts on multiple organs, but mainly on the brain nervous system, including the frontal lobe.

3) It develops into symptoms similar to dementia, including anger management disorder and cognitive decline.

4) There is a chance that an infected patient’s DNA will mutate. This can be seen by observing the mutations occurring.

“Director Yoo’s body is the problem here.”

So this explanation and Director Yoo are the problem now?

The hood slowly appeared on the monitor screen.

“Director Yu had the ability to rejuvenate. If this ability was the result of infection with a mutant virus, she would not have contracted cannibalism. Even if she had, the odds would have been very low.”

“so?”

At Maru’s questioning expression without changing, Hood continued talking while lightly biting his lips covered by his mask.

“Despite the low odds, Director Yu mutated into a cannibalistic superior. In other words, if we study Director Yu, we may be able to find a way to infect people who have overcome the mutated virus and acquired immunity with the cannibalistic disease.”

And being infected with cannibalism meant becoming a superior or inferior being, and for most, it meant beginning a life dominated by the inferior being, a life where one could not escape from human flesh.

“And the clones and the second generation created from Director Yu’s eggs are also problematic.”

Imagine an egg infected with a cannibalistic disease that produces a cannibal with rejuvenating properties.

What if the trait of rejuvenation leads to a long life? This was the birth of a cannibal with a terrifyingly long lifespan.

“If the cannibals know this fact, they might use the U+ program to mass-produce clones of Director Yu and use them as their main food source.”

The reason cannibals prey on human flesh seems to be to sustain their existence by consuming humans. But what if the cannibals eat a clone or a second generation of Director Yu and absorb his youthfulness?

It was clear that the ruling class would all try to contract cannibalism to regain their youth. Let’s grind up Director Yu’s clone and drink it to achieve youth.

Huh? Maru, who was small and stern, asked the main point.

“so?”

What should we do?

“We must stop the experiment. We must dispose of Director Yoo’s body, which is the cause. And the eggs.”

Hood exposed corruption in criminal organizations and government agencies, lost friends, lost family, and after being burned, her life.

It had been a long time since she had been led around on a leash and the words “public good” had been abandoned, but her curiosity and actions still had something of that.

Maru spoke coldly to Hood, who was looking expectantly at him through his goggles.

“We handed it over to them for a fair price, and whatever they do or whatever terrible things happen, that’s their business. Get rid of it. It’s not our job to do it.”

“but···.”

Maru, who raised his hand to stop Hood from speaking, continued his story. He explained why he decided not to burn Director Yu’s body.

“Even if I say I burned it, will those who were seeking rejuvenation believe it?”

There was a high possibility that no one would believe them and they would continue to push forward.

So I tried to direct the aggro elsewhere.

They say it’s to prevent meaningless deaths, but Vladimir Kalin was just an ordinary person who only thought of himself and those around him.

Even in the midst of all this, what is absurd is that the PD’s eyes of trust and faith did not change despite Vladimir Kalin’s seemingly selfish reasons.

‘Why do you believe that? Even after hearing the story just now? Even after hearing the reason, you still believe it?’

“···We also think this way, but doesn’t the Director of Homeland Security know that? Then you’re saying that he’s conducting the experiment knowingly, so do you think that’s what happened?”

“I guess it’s a lure.”

Maru nodded slightly at the PD’s words.

Director Den Brown set a trap through the U+ program.

They would have used Director Yu’s body as a tasty bait to lure out those who talk about rejuvenation and evolution by seeing cannibals. If this prediction is true, then they should have never intervened.

“Even if that’s not the case, my thoughts remain the same.”

That was the principle. If you make a deal and receive something, that’s the end of it. Maru, who is not a gangster, wouldn’t have made a deal, but it was not in his nature to make a fuss and then cause trouble.

Cannibals are running rampant? It was something that could be dealt with as soon as they were seen. If an unexpected problem arose, Director Dan Brown would take a shit or something and solve it. If he couldn’t, he would ask for help.

“However, we will make quarantine measures more thorough than before. We will add a virus item to the air pollution inspection items and measure them every hour.”

“That’s a good idea. How about we take more detailed measures to manage pollution in the water supply area?”

Maru and PD were giving and receiving each other’s greetings. Hood unconsciously bit his lips covered by his mask. His stiff, dehydrated lips soon split slightly.

If we interpret Vladimir Kalin’s words, it means that the information could have been obtained as deceptive material passed on for the purpose of an operation by the Department of Homeland Security.

As a hacker with a lot of experience, Hood knew what he meant right away. ‘Trap.’ And when the possibility of a ‘dummy file’ came to mind, she panicked.

‘Isn’t that a public enemy?’

no.

no.

This time I had to get treatment. Whether it was a Homeland Security operation or not, I had used up the hidden worm, so there was no next time.

It was difficult to break through the AI ​​firewall using conventional methods. Even if it was possible to do so, it was nearly impossible to avoid being detected.

Either way, I had to get my face treated this time, right now.

To do that, we had to prove that the information we brought in was useful.

Hood checked other materials besides the [U+] file.

I had to find it before the story of Vladimir Maru and PD Michael Newman ended.

The eyes that had been shaking back and forth inside the goggles suddenly stopped.

‘there is.’

[Research on a super soldier program using people with abilities]

If done well, it could be a game-ending hit. And [Measures to stop Israel’s Samson Protocol], and lastly [Study on the singularity in Tokyo, Japan, where the most abilities are manifested].

‘It’s possible.’

These three were important enough information. If even one of them was caught, it would be public knowledge. Hood, who had been chewing his bloody lips without realizing it, calmed down.

“I think the most urgent thing is to be able to guarantee permanent safety.”

The small voice in the hood was tightly packed.

“If you look at the following material, you will understand why.”

Maru and the PD, who were reading the materials, momentarily frowned and relaxed. It was because they heard Ms. Kim’s voice in their ears as if it were an auditory hallucination.

‘If you look at this, you’ll immediately start talking about nuclear weapons.’

‘So you’re saying we need to have nukes?’

The eyes of the two people who had thought of Ms. Kim without realizing it met. A moment of silent approval and understanding passed by and disappeared.

And that day Hood got his face treated.

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Only half.

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The history of New York City’s sewer system is quite long. Beginning in Brooklyn in 1857, New York’s sewer system has been remodeled and expanded repeatedly, creating a maze-like system.

There was a section of abandoned subway, an abandoned evacuation route, and what appeared to be hastily constructed air defense facilities from World War II. It was literally a dungeon.

Kim Yang began the extermination in an effective manner. He split into two teams and carried out a hammer and anvil-like operation.

They also drove it in and threw in some small poison gas. They said they wouldn’t use VX, so something else. Something like the x in V, or the x in V. As long as it doesn’t leak out, that’s fine, right? So something small. Yeah.

Guilt of conscience?

I told you it’s not VX.

Miss Kim had no shame at all.

Puhwaaaaaaaah-

[Stop the flamethrower. Shoot.]

Weeeeeeeing- 7.62mm bullets were sprayed along with the sound of an electric motor. With a firepower of over 2,000 rounds per minute, the cockroaches were instantly transformed into numerous traces.

Kim Yang threw an x ​​in the spicy V without a gas sound.

With a popping sound and a pow-oooooooong – a small gas leak. Now any cockroaches that come this way will automatically die.

I can’t help but use this. Just kill them and move on, and the cockroach remains will disappear cleanly somewhere.

In my experience in Japan, cockroaches drag the corpses of their fellows and their prey somewhere.

Whether you take the body and supplement it with protein or whatever, leaving it alone is good for the cockroaches. What do you think of that? Kim Yang slipped an x ​​into V.

[Clear Area B-23]

A telepathic report came in from the team that had sent 6 out of 11 people tied up.

[That’s it for today.]

After a rewarding day, a slightly urgent telepathic feeling entered Kim Yang’s mind.

[Bravo Team is under attack.]

[It’s not a wheel, it’s a mouse.]

what?

mouse?!