Rust - Chapter 368



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RUST -368

A Javelin flying aimlessly gets tangled up with a can of tuna and explodes.

Tuna exploding like fireworks? Caw- caw- Even the crows seemed to be laughing strangely.

“What did we just see?”

“A crow stopped the Javelin by throwing a large can of tuna at it.”

“My eyes weren’t weird, were they?”

“If my eyes weren’t all red, I guess I was seeing it correctly.”

He was wearing SWAT gear and markings, but his conversation and attitude made it seem like nothing of the sort.

The police controlling access approached them.

“Did the suspects escape on an airship?”

“How about an internal search? I heard they’re going to bring a search warrant.”

A man naturally waves his hands and acts coquettish as two police officers nearby approach them and ask them questions.

“Thank you for your hard work. But what should I do since it’s a spirit tablet and not a warrant…”

“Huh? A spirit tablet?”

Phew-

Thud-

Two police officers fell with a low noise.

The man, hiding the silenced pistol behind his back, lowered his body and shouted.

“It’s a sniper!”

“They remain.”

“The police are down!”

-Officer down!

-Officer down!

The subordinate who had fallen down next to the man who was filming the live broadcast alone spoke with a dumbfounded expression.

“What are you doing now?”

“What? Plan B.”

Now that they’ve escaped, shouldn’t we at least bury them in shit? That way we can at least create a connection with the Department of Homeland Security. Right?

“Are you crazy? What kind of plan B are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“But. Were there any crazy people here?”

“······.”

First of all, everyone knows that if something happens at the Department of Homeland Security, they should take responsibility, since the head of the household has passed away. So, if they really do something about it, the atmosphere will change here.

The man chuckled and put his arm over his subordinate’s shoulder.

“You know what I mean by Plan B.”

“······.”

“Okay, let’s get the camera ready. Let’s take some nice, hot shots.”

Thud thud thud!

Thud- Phew!

The end of a long string of gunshots.

The police officer who resisted until the end fell to the ground.

A short while later, a series of explosions occurred at the hotel where Ms. Kim was staying.

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[Breaking News]

[Hotel chain explosions! Terrorist attack possible!]

[Many police officers killed while trying to arrest an unidentified armed group staying at a hotel.]

[Uncovering the secret of how a heavily armed terrorist group was able to enter New York.]

[9pm tonight. Behind the terror. Revealed for the first time.]

While watching the news special, Director Dan Brown began to shake, removed his oxygen mask, and vomited blood.

Cool- Whew-

The medical staff who had been by his side rushed over to check his condition.

“It looks like gastrointestinal bleeding!”

“Get to the operating room quickly.”

If caught early, bleeding can be stopped using endoscopic surgical tools. Electrocautery. A method of stopping bleeding by applying electricity to the bleeding area.

Director Den Brown gave orders as he was wheeled into the operating room.

“We can target the lab. To those guys···.”

The medical team covered the director’s mouth with an oxygen mask and rushed him to the operating room. The gastrointestinal bleeding was quickly controlled, but the aftereffects of the poison gas continued, and he could not escape the hospital.

The press and broadcasting were endlessly abuzz.

[···Are you saying there is a possibility that weapons were hidden in the underground waterway?]

[Yes, look at what the unidentified armed group is carrying.]

The CCTV footage was blurry due to the distance, but it was enough to make out that Kim Yang and his subordinates were carrying a lot of supplies.

[And this is the video from when it came out.]

[There is nothing that was brought in.]

You go in with a lot of stuff, but come out empty-handed?

Then where would it be? It must be hidden somewhere in the underground water.

Why would you keep it hidden? Could it be to do this and that?

[If you look at the volume that has been brought in so far, it is a huge amount. Why did they hide so many weapons?]

[I will skip the answer. It seems like a sensitive issue to express an opinion on.]

Those who didn’t know that there were monster rats and man-eating cockroaches in the sewers spread their wings of imagination wide. As expected from a country of conspiracy theories.

After 9/11, the villains of conspiracy theories were the Virginia Langley Company and the Department of Homeland Security. But the Department of Homeland Security was the one with the most power in New York, so people whispered that the Department of Homeland Security and its mysterious director were behind everything.

A person who was promoted from manager to director in an instant. And what’s worse, a person who was promoted to director again just a few months after being promoted to director.

The shadowy director who holds the Department of Homeland Security in his hands. The media was flooded with reports of suspicions about Dan Brown.

Director Dan Brown looked like he was going to die when he saw that sight. It seemed like the blood vessels that had been electrically cauterized to stop the bleeding were about to burst again.

‘Crazy things.’

“Ugh- Those little bastards···.”

“Absolutely. If you continue to be excited and unable to calm down, I will have to put the TV away.”

The medical staff, who saw Director Dan Brown about to have a seizure, turned off the TV and gave a soft warning.

[···I see. He is the director who practically holds the Department of Homeland Security in his hands.]

[The Department of Homeland Security is a powerful position, seventh in line of succession to the presidency of the United States.]

[The Director of Homeland Security has extremely broad authority in security-related situations.]

[···Do you remember the large-scale riots that rocked downtown New York last time?]

[Yes. Are you talking about the incident where it was announced that people with cannibalism were plotting a coup?]

[Yes. It was revealed that at the time, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the New York Police Department, led by the Department of Homeland Security, were mobilized and a large number of people were summarily executed.]

[Oh my goodness. An immediate death sentence? Didn’t they say that if you take a cure for cannibalism, you can go about your daily life without any problems?]

[The Director of the Department of Homeland Security ignored such things and, under the pretext of protecting security, summarily executed cannibals who did not participate in the coup, as well as those who were taking the cure and living their daily lives.]

The director began to sweat profusely as he tried to suppress his boiling anger. He quickly wiped the sweat away from the eyes of the medical staff who were staring at him, and closed his eyes.

No matter how much I thought about it, it wasn’t just a simple news story. This was a broadcast that was blatantly targeting me. Let’s say that it was like linking myself to the Department of Homeland Security.

But what does it mean to involve those who go in to get rid of cockroaches and rats?

Yania Kim and her men were barely able to clear the sewer by dumping massive amounts of napalm, ammunition, and possibly even VX gas, but their stupid actions blew their chance at extermination.

What if they openly say on TV that they seem to have hidden weapons in the sewer?

The sewers of New York. A labyrinthine, dungeon-like sewers whose entire structure is still unknown.

What if we hit the news that there’s a huge amount of weapons somewhere deep inside? What would the result be?

‘You’re back.’

It was crazy.

If the homeless, criminals, and refugees go in after seeing that news and try to get a piece of the action, wouldn’t they just end up falling prey to monster rats and man-eating cockroaches?

What if we announced that New York’s sewers were infested with monster rats and man-eating cockroaches? What if we told people that the thousands of missing people were due to those rats and cockroaches?

‘Public order will collapse and there will be riots.’

And taking advantage of that chaos, the cannibals will expand their power.

‘Is that what you’re aiming for?

What would happen if they tried to block the entrance to the culvert by sending in the police as if it were nothing?

With so many underground water connections, abandoned subway tracks, and underground passageways connecting buildings, much of the NYPD would have to rely on controlling the water lines.

Then they will take advantage of the absence of police force to expand their power.

Just watching the news right now, it seems like there are groups of guys disguised as SWAT teams or police officers out there. What if they attack city halls, city councils, hospitals, telecommunications facilities, water and sewage facilities?

What if we kill the police officers who scattered to block the underground water?

They’re going to take over New York.

‘It’s dirty.’

It was a terrible trap.

A trap that prevents you from choosing either option

Will they unleash monster rats and man-eating cockroaches, leading to chaos and street fighting that will lead to a breakdown in law and order, or will they quietly bury the issue and mobilize all police power to control the sewers, gradually drying up and dying as they are defeated one by one?

Since Yania Kim and her subordinates were branded as terrorists, things were bound to get complicated. Apart from that, it was also necessary to see that the relationship with Vladimir Kalin had become dangerous.

From their perspective, it looked like they were handling a case commissioned by the Department of Homeland Security, but the police interfered and treated them like terrorists.

Since the internet is still on, you must have seen the New York news. How would you react if they framed you for the hotel bombing and the murder of a police officer? You even became a prime suspect in a poison gas attack.

What will Vladimir Kalin do after seeing the news?

What if we blame this incident on cannibals and drag him in?

Director Den Brown shook his head slightly.

‘Even if Vladimir Kalin comes, it is realistically impossible to sweep them away all at once.’

If they were keeping each other in check and fighting, it would be understandable, but now they are united as one and on edge.

When Vladimir Kalin starts slicing, they will blow up the entire building he entered. If one building is not enough, they will blow up the entire area around it.

They would blow up a building without a care in the world, no matter how many innocent people were involved, if only they could bury Vladimir Kalin alive.

It is true that Vladimir Kalin was the best in street fighting, but it was under limited conditions.

If we look at it objectively, it was only when the city was meaningful that it was invincible. So what if the city was blown up? He wasn’t immortal either.

Realistically speaking, it’s the same even if you think of it in terms of buildings rather than cities. Vladimir Kalin’s power was strong only under the premise that he didn’t blow up entire buildings.

Even if he has tremendous killing power, isn’t it not more killing power than carpet bombing or concentrated artillery fire? If it doesn’t matter whether it’s a forest of buildings or innocent civilians, what if the thing being blown up is the target?

shit.

Director Dan Brown began to cough in vain, unable to bear the mental stress.

Knock knock knock

As if they had been waiting, the medical staff took out a syringe and smiled.

“I will prescribe sleeping pills for your stability.”

“No. I’ll sleep···.”

“It’s okay. Just take a deep breath and when you wake up, you’ll feel better.”

‘What’s okay? I’m telling you, it’s not okay right now!’

Before he could even protest, the needle was immediately stuck.

As the sleeping pills coursed through my veins, I began to slowly lose consciousness.

‘Fuck.’

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Detroit, Vladik Town is in disarray.

Because there was serious news coming from New York broadcasts that could be seen through the stratospheric airship.

[···Amid the circumstances surrounding the poison gas attack on the conference room of the Department of Homeland Security by an unidentified armed group···]

[How did they get into the Department of Homeland Security? Security must have been tight.]

[Because they appeared to have some kind of relationship with the Department of Homeland Security···.]

[Breaking news. Police officers controlling access to a hotel where unidentified armed groups are staying have been shot and killed.]

[It appears that the criminals shot and killed the police officers controlling access, blew up the hotel, and then fled···.]

The camera briefly caught sight of the hotel engulfed in flames from a series of explosions, with the bodies of police officers scattered everywhere, before the screen went black.

A notice was posted saying, ‘There are scenes that may not be suitable for children to watch, so please guide your viewers so that they do not watch it.’

A moment later, the black screen brightened and a horrific image was revealed, full of blazing flames and strewn death.

According to the news, people were confused because it meant that Ms. Kim, who went to work in New York, and the ‘Ark Revolutionary Guard’ had committed a poison gas attack, killed a police officer, and even blew up a hotel.

The nurse muttered in surprise, “Huh?! Lies.”

Hood kept his mouth shut with only half of his face healed. The half-mask made of carbon composite material contrasted sharply with his white healed face, creating a strong impression.

“The atmosphere is not good.”

The PD cautiously stated that the movements of people living outside the city walls, centered around the satellite village, are unusual.

There were people who wanted to go to New York City, where the daily life was the same as before, with the Internet connected and watching broadcasts from New York City, but it seems that there is a movement to leave the place due to the influence of this terrorist attack-related news.

“It seems likely that there will be a large-scale exodus.”

Maru nodded slightly.

“No matter how many there are, if you want to go, send them. And please retrieve all the exosuits and weapons we rented.”

I have to send him off to die.