Rust - Chapter 367



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RUST -367

Large-scale terrorism.

At the news of the poison gas attack, New York was in chaos as if a hotteok shop was on fire.

New York was the city that suffered the 9/11 terrorist attacks, so it was a place with deep trauma from terrorism, and yet another terrible incident had occurred.

Broadcast stations broadcast terrorism news all the time, and newspapers filled their pages with terrorism specials.

In the midst of all this chaos, one broadcasting station suddenly threw oil on the fire.

[Let’s watch the exclusive report video.]

[This footage shows an incident that took place in an underground sewer outside the city before the poison gas attack.]

Near an underground sewer outside New York City. 911 emergency responders and SWAT bioterrorism teams in full-body protective gear move busily.

The victims being carried out on stretchers were covered with white sheets. The sound of the siren was followed by the sound of the water pipe inlet.

Kkiyungkkiyung.

Wheein-chick. Wheein-chick.

A humanoid weapon appeared out of the underground water with a mechanical sound. The footage shows reporters rushing towards it and people taking out their cell phones to take pictures.

[Over there! It’s coming out!]

[It’s a robot!]

[I think there’s someone inside?]

[Exosuit? Powered armor?]

In addition to the noises of the general public, the reporters with cameras were even more blatant.

[Is there a fire in the sewer?]

[Did you set fire to it?]

The reporters asked about the soot stains here and there on the aircraft. The other party kept walking without answering. Then, the New York police began to control the reporters so that they could not follow them. The reporters hung on to the end of the no-entry line and shouted loudly.

[Why did you do that?]

[Is it because of the sewer alligator?]

[Is this related to the recent disappearance case?]

After the van carrying the unidentified weapon drove off, the anchor paused the video and asked the expert.

[What is that robot-like thing you just saw?]

[It looks similar to the exosuit the military was developing.]

[Did you say military?]

[They don’t look like they belong to the military. First of all, they don’t have any unit marks or any markings related to the Federation.]

[So are you saying that the private sector is dealing with such things?]

[I understand that there is no relevant law regarding exosuits yet.]

The following video shows the autopsy of a body found in a sewer.

[What caused the victims to die? There is an opinion that they died from smoke inhalation. Is that correct?]

[···I will not comment.]

[While the autopsy doctors refused to be interviewed, an anonymous informant sent us the autopsy report.]

Documents that surfaced in the video. The cause of death is believed to be poisoning by toxic gas.

The news, which focused on ‘poison gas’, started with the poison gas in WWI, then went back to the poison gas in WWII, and the Holocaust, then circled around the biochemical weapons of China and Russia, the poison gas in North Korea, the poison gas in Iran, and the poison gas in the Middle East, and then went back to the scene of terrorism.

A situation where more than 100 people died at once and were scattered across several hospitals. After scenes of reporters persistently asking for the cause of death and being rejected, they succeeded in obtaining an anonymous interview.

[···The poison gas detected at the scene of the accident and on the bodies of five people who died in the underground sewer appears to be of the VX series.]

[And if you look at the scene where over 100 people died and the traces of the dead confirmed so far, it appears to be the same VX series.]

So, it is assumed that the VX gas found at the scene of the accident in the groundwater is the same VX gas used in the terror attack. People flocked to the point where the broadcasting station’s server could not handle it.

A completely sealed isolation ward.

Cool-

There was a long, gasping breath, accompanied by a cough, as if he was on an oxygen mask.

Siieeeeek-

Saeeeeeek-

Director Dan Brown almost suffocated from his high blood pressure while watching TV. Since they had practically taken control of the media and broadcasting, the current broadcast was about them openly testing their livers, saying they would stab them in the future.

“Chief, please calm down. It’s still dangerous.”

“···Fuck. What happened?”

“The FBI and the NYPD say they can’t do anything about it. It seems like they’ve decided to at least make a show of arresting him.”

“Damn. It’ll be hard to contact you right now, right?”

“It’s difficult because the guys are so poisoned that they can’t even breathe.”

They will probably be mobilizing all their resources and sharpening their senses.

The original plan was to hit the head that had crawled in, and the bodies would fight each other to become the head. But as the old man said, reality was different.

In the competition for the throne, there were many places that set a condition that the one who uncovers the truth, finds the culprit, and takes revenge would succeed to the family.

Likewise, companies that had previously thought they would engage in hostile mergers when key executives died joined hands to figure out the situation.

And now.

They started to cast a net using the media and broadcasting that they controlled.

It was an issue that could have been dealt with sufficiently, but the time I lost consciousness was too long.

Even if he had been given the antidote, it is true that he would have died if first aid and the admiral had not been delayed. It was just a stroke of luck that he lost consciousness and woke up, so there was nothing to regret.

‘Would it have been better to fake death? No. It would have been more dangerous.’

At first, he tried to fake his death, but the moment he faked his death, Yangji had to give up. It was too much of a worry.

Above all, it was the relationship with the deputy director. The deputy director was going to take the director’s seat, and he was a hardliner. He was also dissatisfied with his relationship with Vladimir Kalin, so what would happen if he officially became the director?

It takes a long time of faith and dedication to build trust, but it only takes one betrayal to destroy that trust.

The Deputy Director would have no qualms about deceiving Vladimir Kalin for his own purposes, and the moment Vladimir Kalin found out, the outcome was a foregone conclusion.

Sieeeeeek-

“Whew- If there was telepathy, we could have easily talked in situations like this.”

It was Director Dan Brown who was disappointed with the telepathic ability that Vladimir Kalin had acquired.

Their roots in New York were deep and deep. The old agents were fine, but the new agents who had settled in New York were at a loss.

So there were many areas where psychometric abilities could be used, but if things continued this way, there was a possibility that this side would become dangerous.

“Is the psychometrician still in quarantine?”

“yes.”

It’s a shame, but it’s better to let it go now.

“Before the FBI or the NYPD take it away. Send it to Vladimir Kalin.”

“Are you okay?”

“Yes. It’s a shame that he’s a rare person with this ability, but it’s better than risking falling for them.”

“All right.”

“What happened to the aqueduct that Yania Kim was working on?”

“We were working until yesterday, but since the broadcast went out, the police and the FBI have been blocking us from leaving our accommodations. They may come as early as dawn.”

The judiciary is also influenced by the old ones. Search warrants will be issued easily. And if a search is conducted, it is natural that VX will be found.

‘Even if you decided not to use it, that doesn’t mean you would have disposed of the VX gas you brought with you.’

‘We need to put the cockroach extermination operation on hold for now for Yania Kim. We need to tell her to take the psychometrician and return to Detroit first.’

Should I send someone?

That wasn’t it. If they knew that a Homeland Security agent had contacted them, they’d be convinced.

There was no way right now.

You must have seen the news. I can only hope that they send telepathy to us from the other side.

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Ms. Kim felt uneasy.

Why are they doing this now?

The news was talking about some kind of terrorist attack, poison gas, etc., and today, the police suddenly started controlling access.

“Please follow the controls.”

[What? Are you doing this knowing what we came here for?]

“This is an emergency. Please follow the instructions.”

[We came here to solve the emergency, too?]

I decided not to use the VX, so I stopped using it, and instead occasionally used the small and cute V’s x to get rid of cockroaches and rats.

I don’t know if these guys are allies or if they’re just trying to take my place, but I was feeling good about killing them all… What the heck?

Just as Ms. Kim was about to have a seizure at the police who were blocking her entrance, a communication from the ‘Ark Revolutionary Guard’ in her dorm came in.

[You should watch the news now.]

[news?]

First of all, the police remembered your faces. All of you.

Can’t these DHS kids call people in and order them around and do things like this properly?

Miss Kim frowned and went into her room.

Large letters appeared on the TV.

[Exclusive Breaking News. Unidentified armed group. Circumstances of using poison gas in underground waterways revealed.]

The background was a video of the homeless and refugees coming out of the sewer where they had died.

[What the heck is this?]

Kim Yang was dumbfounded, but the killer’s experience was sounding an alarm.

Are you trying to blame us for this poison gas attack right now?

[Communicator. Contact me now.]

[Anomalous signs in New York. Check the news. There is a possibility of fighting.]

Miss Kim reports directly to Maru via telepathy and takes action immediately before even hearing an answer.

[Prepare barricades and booby traps. Pack your bags. Go to the roof. Where’s the airship?]

[We are trading in a distribution complex.]

The airship brought in items made in Detroit and sold them, and carried items that were difficult to obtain there.

[Tell him to hurry up and come.]

[Delivered.]

Although they lacked training in this area, they still began to prepare under Kim Yang’s orders.

[But wouldn’t it be dangerous if it were a booby trap?]

[Who? Us?]

He was doing well in New York, but when the atmosphere became hostile without him knowing what was going on, he had difficulty adapting. It was clear that he was not well-trained.

Kim Yang’s eyes narrowed at the sight of the ‘Ark Revolutionary Guard’ moving around in a panic.

Now, I was thinking of pretending to catch shrimp and grilling some rat traps, but this seemed frustrating. After all, it’s not like you can just pick out regular people and have them work for a few days and they’ll become elite.

Maru’s contact came through telepathy, along with a tingling sensation.

[I contacted Director Dan Brown. It looks like there’s a problem on their end.]

“If there was a problem on your side, why did you do this to us?” Ms. Kim thought, but now that it was being relayed through telepathy, her thoughts were conveyed to Maru in their entirety.

[···It seems like New York is not yet completely organized.]

‘Ah, annoying.’ As soon as Kim Yang thought that, Maru reacted.

[Please bear with it. I’m the same way. I don’t mean to be a substitute, but I decided to send the psychometric ability user you wanted over here.]

It was Ms. Kim who immediately changed her stance at Maru’s words. ‘If that’s the case.’

[Police are continuing to be added.]

[It looks like SWAT vehicles and armored vehicles are coming this way.]

That’s weird. Even an armored vehicle is coming?

[These guys are going to hit us if we don’t do anything. Can we shoot?]

[···Come out before I shoot. If it looks like we’re going to engage, use a smoke grenade and scare them away. If they keep on fighting, start with the arms and legs.]

[Okay, I get it. But who brought the psychometry? This place is currently blocked from the outside world.]

[I said I was going to be a pizza delivery guy. I’ll leave right away once I get in.]

They said they would not stop pizza delivery, but would just control it so that it cannot come out.

[I see.]

Miss Kim, who had lost contact with Maru, waited for a while.

[The pizza delivery has arrived. Did you order it? Should I ask the hotel staff to bring it?]

[No. Tell the delivery person to bring it up himself.]

It was a psychometric ability user who arrived sooner than expected, but what if he was just disguising himself as that?

[Communicator. Are you connected to psychometry? Is that pizza delivery guy who just came psychometric?]

[···you’re right.]

It was good.

[If everything is ready, go to the rooftop. Has the airship arrived?]

[Arrived.]

Ms. Kim quickly dragged the dapper female delivery girl who had come in carrying eight large pizzas onto the airship. Without even greeting her, she let her onto the airship like bossam and immediately shouted for departure.

When the airship suddenly returned and tried to take away the suspects from the rooftop, an uproar arose among the police officers controlling access.

“How do I do it?”

“Call them. They’re leaving.”

“They are telling us to block it no matter what?”

“What do you want me to do to stop the airship?”

Wheeeeeeeeing-

A SWAT team armed with power loader-type exosuits disembarked from a police special forces armored vehicle.

“You’re late.”

“They are quick-witted.”

“Since Detroit is their base anyway, they’re going to Detroit.”

The airship in the distance was gaining altitude and getting smaller.

“But we’ve come this far, so shouldn’t we say goodbye?”

“Huh? Missiles are not allowed.”

“I told you to capture him alive···.”

“Stop···”

Before he could finish his sentence, the Pujak Javelin missile was launched.

The missile fired towards the receding airship flew fiercely.

And the sight that met their eyes.

Kaaaak-

Caw

The scene involved crows hovering around throwing large cans of tuna, causing them to collide with the Javelin warhead.

What The···.