Rust - Chapter 389



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RUST -389

Maru looked at the agent who shot Julia while being eaten by cockroaches.

This was especially true because the expanded image on the HUD allowed me to clearly see the agent’s gaze. It was a gaze filled with a sense of mission and conviction, not one of revenge or malice.

‘That’s great.’

The situation was complicated, so I was watching, but looking at the way things were going, it seemed like the cannibal that had just appeared had a head. And it was the one that controlled the cockroaches. I definitely had to catch that one.

Square, square – A few cockroaches were climbing up and down the walls, but most of them were on the floor, preoccupied with eating the corpses, so there was no chaos. Maru clung to the wall and waited quietly for his chance.

“Keeeeeeeeeeee! Julia!! No!!!”

Erica let out a dolphin-like scream as Julia’s body slowly began to convulse.

The cannibal’s gaze and attention were focused on Julia, who had crouched down at the sound of the tearing. The cockroach’s movements also became loose, as if it had lost focus and was moving freely.

Maru, who had been waiting for an opportunity to cling to the corner wall, did not miss this gap. Maru, who had been running vertically along the wall, kicked off the wall and flew horizontally.

Kujajak-

Maru runs as soon as his feet touch the ground.

Pak- pak- papak- koojik-

Swiftness that tears apart the rippling space.

A stride of over 12 meters per step.

?

Brett Baden, sensing something odd, turned his head and looked in the direction Maru was coming from. He seemed to have figured it out pretty well, but it was meaningless now.

‘It’s late.’

But, Maru shot out a blade that penetrated a distance of nearly 40 meters in just one second.

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬———–

The trajectory of the blade, which extended like a laser, was dyed black.

Shake.

‘?’

At the end of the long solid line, thick drops of blood spurted in all directions.

“!”

The blow that should have pierced Brett Baden’s head instead tore through his temple.

Avoid this?

Sasak- Sasasak-

The cockroaches, who had been unable to react to the sudden attack, began to move as one living thing in an instant.

Kshashashashasha-

The brown waves began to swirl and rotate as if they were going to grind away at the floor.

Chick- Chick-

The stealth function began to break down little by little as the cockroaches gnawed across the surface of the Ripper suit.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

A sense of danger began to creep up on Maru, and a sense of tension and crisis that he had long forgotten began to sharpen his senses.

Julia was on her knees, mumbling in a gasp. Erica was slowly beginning to see Julia sobbing, holding her in her arms, begging her not to die.

And then the cannibal baby with a long tear on its temple looked at the place where its hiding power was starting to break, snickered, and slowly walked towards Julia.

That kid… did he just laugh?

Did you think you’d end up as bug food without being able to break through the swirling cockroaches?

Contrary to his complicated thoughts, Maru’s hands were already moving.

Teeing-

The clip is popping.

Three. Two. One.

As soon as it falls out of my hands.

Flash-

Ppeu …

As the flashbang exploded, the swirling cockroaches scattered in all directions like shrapnel.

Strong lights and loud noises were effective in scattering the cockroaches.

It was the same in Japan too. So.

Ting-

three.

Maru picked up speed again, squeezing through the gaps where the cockroaches had scattered.

two.

Brett Baden’s eyes, which had been laughing, changed from surprise to confusion.

“MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!”

A long, drawn-out scream, and the cockroaches that had scattered in all directions quickly regrouped to block Brett Vaden’s path.

one.

The flash grenade that had been thrown in advance exploded.

Flash-

Paaaaaaaah

The cockroaches that had been blocking his path fell like corn dominoes in the strong light and loud noise. On the other side of the space revealed like that. Brett Baden slowly evaded with a look of shock on his face.

Kwajik- Kwajijik-

Maru stretched out towards his goal, stepping on the sound of cockroaches popping under his feet.

The blade is fired again.

Even in the slow-moving world, the blade, pulled taut like a clothesline, was aimed at Brett Vaden’s eyes.

Shake.

Brett Baden’s eyes widened for a moment as he shook his head reflexively to dodge the first blow. The blade that had been pointed at his eye suddenly fell like a forkball and headed for his chest.

!!!

Kookjik!!!

Ugh-!

Brett Baden slumped to the floor, clutching the blade that had pierced his chest with both hands.

“You’re dead. You can’t get out of here alive…”

Instead of answering, Maru put strength into his arms.

Boom-

As he twisted the blade that had pierced the bastard’s chest, Brett Baden shouted ‘No!’, ‘Stop!’ with his eyes.

Kujik-

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬———–

The blade rose from his chest and tore vertically through Brett Vaden’s torso.

Sasa sasa sak- Sasa sasa sak-

With control gone, the cockroaches fluttered in confusion.

Another flashbang was detonated, and a brief moment of silence followed as the cockroaches disappeared deep inside, like an ebbing tide.

Traces of napalm were burning here and there, and the many corpses had disappeared, leaving scattered remains here and there.

Trembling

Erica, who had been covering her ears and lowering her head to the sound of the flashbang and the scurrying of cockroaches, raised her head and looked around when everything became quiet. She cried while crawling to stop the bleeding from Julia’s chest, who was right next to her.

“Don’t die. I told you we were going to escape. I told you we were going to go together.”

[I··· live and work···]

Julia’s body, which had been trembling, went limp. Then, strong thoughts came rushing in. Erica grabbed her head and curled up into a ball.

The powerful telepathy that Julia unleashed began to disrupt Erica’s psychometric abilities. Erica was unable to scream due to the pain of her brain being torn apart, and could only gape.

I want to live. I want to live. I don’t want to die. Save me. Save me. I will live. I will not die. Why···, help me. Someone please···.

Erica’s head, which was spinning as if she had been shocked by a powerful thought, was filled with thoughts of having to survive.

Flashbang grenades, the death of cannibal leader Brett Vaden, and the slaughter of cockroaches all came together in an instant. As I hung my head in fear, this is what happened. Erica’s powers reacted to Julia’s thoughts as if they were overclocked.

Erica crouched down and placed her hands on the floor. Her psychometry ability, which could only read from a very close range, suddenly increased in range.

Someone jumping off a wall. A cockroach slaughtering Brett Baden. And a face that is unreadable and buried in deep shadow.

‘Vladimir Kalin.’

Erica recalled the memory of when she touched the nurse.

The powerful force he displayed on the yacht, the rapid cure that cured a man named Kim Ki-soon, his various activities in the United States, the time he came to rescue people when they were kidnapped from the hospital, and the time he single-handedly saved people when they were in danger of being killed by a swarm of rats at a church outside the city were all spread out like a panorama.

‘Rapid treatment!’

Can live.

I can live.

It’s not that you can save, it’s that you can live.

I remembered the story that even if the heart stopped, there was a chance of survival within a few minutes. The pink potion. If there was a rapid cure, there was a chance of survival.

“Please save me!”

“Maru. Vladimir Kalin. I know it’s you. Please. Please. Save me!”

Chijik-chijijik-

Erica’s plea reached the back of Maru’s head as he prepared to burn Brett Baden’s body, but Maru remained silent and just did the rest. Seeing him cut up Brett Baden’s body into pieces, Erica spoke fearlessly.

“Pink potion. You know that quick fix!”

Chijijijik-

He turned his head, his stealth function broken here and there, making him look unrealistic.

Maru recalled what the two women had done.

Whenever he opens his mouth, he talks about freedom. When I checked with the artificial intelligence Diana, he would often call for freedom. At first, I thought he was doing it intentionally because he knew he was being watched.

So, I thought there was some capitalist intention behind bringing me here, saying, “I want to get a higher salary and benefits, so I want to get a higher salary and benefits.”

Isn’t it natural to think that way?

Is there freedom once you leave Vladivostok?

Will we ever have the freedom of daily life like we used to?

It was the same even if I went to New York.

How can you make money without using your skills?

Using psychometry or telepathy, you could find cash hidden by the mafia, gangs, or cartels. Are you confident that you won’t get caught?

What about the CCTV, and what about the bounty hunters? Two women living together in New York? So, in Maru’s eyes, the two of them were very strange.

‘But because you’re confident that you won’t die?’

Anyway, these are actions that assume that your life is not in danger. You will be treated as a slave, but you will not be killed, so let’s escape and find freedom.

Maybe that’s what you’re thinking.

Should we call that reasonable?

Or should I say he is a fool who doesn’t know the ways of the world?

‘Even so, that means you have something to believe in.’

What on earth are you believing that makes you keep going in?

Suddenly, I remembered Director Yu and the cannibals attack. The incident where telepathy operated on the cannibals. Yes. Julia was definitely able to use telepathy on the cannibals.

What if there was an ability that was so awkward that it was almost embarrassing?

As the PD gave as an example. What if it was possible to possess people or cannibals?

Or you can trick a cannibal into moving as if it were being ordered by a superior entity.

It is possible to deceive people into believing that a transcendent being is giving them revelations.

Then you could bring out the cannibals, but instead they’re going inwards?

Maru, who was about to cut off the head of the cannibal with telepathy and psychometry, hid himself in the shadows for a moment due to an unexpected situation.

‘What is this?’

I thought they were luring them into a trap, but they were dragging the cannibals and cockroaches out and fighting well. The situation of them biting each other’s tails continued, and the pursuers easily held off the swarm of cockroaches.

Psychometry and telepathy seemed to be working hard at something, and the formation of the pursuit force was changing in real time, giving them a good fight.

‘Isn’t it stuck?’

Moreover, the feeling of being dirty and awkward was gradually disappearing. Since this was the first time something like this had happened, Maru continued to watch.

The result was a victory for the pursuit team, which was close to a two-sided plan. However, Maru did not move. He was after a superior entity.

After a long wait, the hidden cannibalistic head revealed itself, leading the cockroaches. And the gap created by the agent’s gunshot to his telepathy. Maru did not miss that opportunity.

But. What should I do with this?

“Please save me. There is a rapid cure. Hurry up and save me before it is too late. Please.”

You even know about rapid healing. Did you read the nurse’s memory? It definitely worked well.

Erica, who had noticed Maru’s hesitation, crawled over and tried to grab Maru’s trouser leg. Even though he slightly stepped back, she desperately clung to him.

“It’s already too late.”

He was hit in the lung and liver with a large-caliber rifle. Even if he treated these wounds with rapid-fire medication, he would not have enough blood.

“Try it. Try it. Try the rapid cure. Try it and tell me!”

Were the two of them that close? It didn’t seem like it.

He was screaming for help as if he was half crazy.

Maru felt uncomfortable with that blind behavior.

It feels as if the person in question is asking to be saved…

But telepathy is already dead. If there is a possible way, it would be to make them cannibals and use a cure, but…

As Maru thought about it, he crawled towards Brett Vaden’s body, trying to extract the brain from Brett Vaden’s split head.

Maru kicked Erica.

“Do you want to die? What are you doing?”

“Save me. I want to live.”

“I told you it’s already too late?”

“You said you could survive if you became a cannibal? There’s a chance. You just need to eat the cure.”

This is···.

Maru then cut off Julia’s neck right next to him.

Kujik-

Julia opened her eyes wide at the moment her neck was cut.

A powerful thought came out.

Kaaaaaaah!

Crunch-

The mental wave that disappeared only after the lid of the head was opened.

Erica, who had been struggling, suddenly collapsed like a kite with its string cut off.