Rust - Chapter 39



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RUST -39

Maru looked at the employee who looked to be in his early or mid 30s.

I felt a little strange seeing someone trembling with tears and snot running down his face. I glanced at him and saw that he was wearing the best gun and sword. Considering that he had the best bulletproof vest and other equipment, I thought he was a commander? A chief of staff or something…

‘Ha- I feel so gross.’

When I thought of Director Choi and Director Baek, I wondered what was going on. If they had tried to pull out their guns, I would have struck them down with one stroke. It would have been the same even if they had tried to run away. But this one didn’t run away, but was just trembling in place, so it felt like I was slaughtering some kind of yellow animal, and it was fucking crazy.

What the hell am I supposed to do with this? I heard a series of low, muffled sounds.

Pick! Pick!

A bullet lodged in the employee’s head.

Tears, snot, and saliva sprayed into the air. The eyes that had been trembling and shedding tears rolled back and fell over.

Ha- Maru exhaled and raised his head to look at the sky.

In the clear and clean autumn sky, white clouds were floating.

I looked at the direction the bullet came from and saw that it was Ms. Kim.

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Miss Kim quietly and secretly turned to the side and took her seat.

The pistol’s range is short. Especially the .22 caliber, the power of which decreases rapidly as the distance increases. According to the manufacturer’s specifications, the effective range is 50 meters, but when I actually used it, it was a caliber that I would not want to use beyond 20 to 25 meters.

If you were shooting in a street or inside a building, 20 to 25 meters would be enough, but outdoors, 25 meters was a really short distance. Maru walked so slowly that it was only after Kim Yang, who had been fidgeting, had settled down that he could see her walking towards the employees gathered in the distance.

And Ms. Kim saw a person’s head floating up.

‘Oh my.’

To the point where I instinctively look for my mother, whom I never want to see again.

There was no time to blink. Is that a human? My breath caught in my throat. My heart started pounding in surprise, and the goosebumps that had barely subsided began to appear again.

‘I fought something like that? I survived, it was really amazing.’

Kim Yang vowed that from now on, she would let her anger rest on the other side of the teacher. However, the atmosphere was a bit strange. The Baekjeong who had been cut down in an instant was standing there, with one of them left behind.

“Ha- That Amy… She’s doing it again.”

Miss Kim felt a little relieved. If there hadn’t been something like that, she really wouldn’t have been able to go out with that guy.

Well, since he’s that kind of guy, he thinks he’s alive, so is that okay? But if you keep hesitating to treat him like he’s unarmed and resisting, you’ll end up dead.

Hmm- and Ms. Kim tilted her head, wondering, ‘What should I do?’ She said, ‘I need to help you now.’

Boom! Boom!

The last employee to fall down with a pick-up.

Maru stood there blankly, then raised his head and looked at the sky, then looked at Ms. Kim. Ms. Kim quickly raised her casted hand. I- I did it- Wouldn’t the points you get when you do this be accumulated?

Maru drove the car without saying a word.

Originally, Ms. Kim was also the type to quietly seek peace in her own world, but now, she felt a bit awkward? The silence was a bit uncomfortable. Ms. Kim was closer to being an outsider than an insider, so she couldn’t say anything and just wiggled her cast-wrapped right finger.

Swollen fingers. When the swelling in my fingers and arms goes down, should I attach a cast to it so I can shoot a machine gun? I think that might work. Or maybe I should modify the cast a bit to hide a grenade in it… That might be difficult. A 20mm grenade might work, but grenades might be a bit too much? I was thinking about this and that.

“I’m sorry.”

The door on the floor, which had been tightly shut, opened.

“That’s done.”

Kim Yang made an expression that said, ‘Even Gire has a shred of conscience.’ The five employees that Kim Yang had rendered immobile. Maru was of the opinion that the five should be left alone as a warning to the company, while Kim Yang was of the opinion that that should never happen.

There wasn’t much of an argument, but in the end, it was Ms. Kim who ended up taking action. Maru was concerned about that. In any case, the reason he killed them was to keep information about himself from being passed on to the company.

What if it was revealed that he had this ability to use a knife? The company would definitely use any means necessary to catch Maru. At the end of those means and methods would be his family… They were already chasing the person who caught Director Choi and Director Baek, so if it was revealed, it would definitely be a mess.

Why did you report to the police, shoot, and do all that crap? Wasn’t it to keep yourself from being exposed? Wasn’t it to make things complicated so that there would be no confidence, and to blow up things that could have gone quietly?

So it was essential to eliminate the witness. So Maru apologized to Ms. Kim. Anyway, he had warned her emotionally and said he would spare her life because it was his fault.

Even though he knew that, Maru still felt uncomfortable about taking action against unarmed and non-resisting people. As time passed, it was hard to shake off the thought, ‘Someday, I will kill unarmed and non-resisting people, I will become a human butcher like Chief Hong said.’

He knew that words could pierce a person’s heart, but Manager Hong’s words, “human butcher,” tormented Maru like an indelible brand.

I felt really dirty. Very dirty.

“I’ll say it again, if it’s the enemy, kill them quickly and see. No- you have to kill them and see. This may seem like nothing, but it’s really important.”

This is a story from when I was in China, which was close to Shanghai.

Ms. Kim was quiet. But once she opened her mouth, she didn’t close it easily. She was a woman without any middle ground. Maru tried to say something, but held back and listened to Ms. Kim’s sermon.

Ki-soon and Ma-sang-mak are on equal footing? Surely they aren’t doing this to both sides?

The hotel that Ki-sun had booked.

Because of the Corona situation, the hotel was offering a special discount.

“When it comes to hotels in Busan, it has to be Charlotte. It has history and tradition. The decor is nice, and the service at Charlotte in Busan is just as good as Charlotte in Seoul. Who would have thought that the Club Junior Suite would be on a huge discount. And it’s a huge discount at that.”

As Ki-sun’s speech began, Maru held out Kim Yang.

“So, even though it’s only for one night, is there a service we can use… Oh, the person I mentioned before? That… That… Hello. Nice to meet you. Maru’s friend, Ki-sun. My name is Kim Ki-sun.”

Kim Yang stared blankly at Gi-sun, then looked at the floor again. After a while, she looked at Gi-sun again.

“You can call me Ms. Kim.”

And then he bowed and greeted the folder.

Ki-soon was taken aback by Kim Yang’s greeting. She poked Maru’s side, slightly distanced herself from him, and whispered in his ear.

“Hey. Is that person’s real name Kim Yang?”

“I don’t know either.”

I really didn’t know what her real name was. In a situation where there was someone named Kim Young-hee, Kim Hee-young, or even Kim Young-young, there was no way to ask what her real name was.

“No, stop joking and be serious. Should I just say Miss Kim?”

“That’s what I told you to do.”

As Ki-sun was about to say something again, Ms. Kim raised her voice.

“I don’t like hearing you whispering like that. If you have something to say, please speak up like a man.”

Ki-soon looked at Maru in surprise. Is that person, Ms. Kim, originally like that? She seems a bit on the higher side. It’s there, right? The clean area that starts with D. Yes. There. The area above that. Maru, who read that look in her eyes, nodded silently. Ki-soon quickly wiped away her “ah-” expression and apologized to Ms. Kim.

“Okay. Sorry. But can I call you Miss Kim?”

“Then it will be fine. Can I call you Ki-sun?”

“Excuse me, but how old are you?”

“You know you shouldn’t ask a woman’s age so casually, right?”

Kim Yang’s round eyes narrowed slightly.

“No, I made a mistake again. I’m sorry.”

“That’s fine···”

Miss Kim looked around from side to side, then looked at the floor.

Maru tied up five bundles of Kim Yang’s luggage with rope and held them up in one bundle, then spoke to Gi-sun.

“Let’s go there first since we’ve reserved a room there.”

Ki-soon nodded.

“Oh, right. Room. This way.”

Was it because a woman got involved, or was it because he was already a very picky person and now he was getting teased?

Ki-soon floated near Kim Yang, and didn’t stop talking from the moment the elevator doors opened until the elevator went up and until the doors opened again.

That kid used to be very talkative. Should I put him with Ki-soon and Kim? That doesn’t seem too bad, but looking at Kim’s expression, it’s hard to rule out the possibility of an accident. And a gun accident at that.

There was only one friend left, so it was difficult.

“Gisun, you look tired.”

“Huh? Really? Oh, sorry. I’m just glad to see you again.”

“······.”

Instead of answering, Kim Yang looked at Maru with narrowed eyes. ‘Is this true?’ ‘This is your friend?’ ‘Real?’

Maru nodded silently. Even if it’s embarrassing, I can’t abandon my friend. Okay- That Ki-soon is my friend. Why can’t I say it? That’s not right. It’s embarrassing to say it.

As the door that Ki-sun had reserved opened, a cool scenery spread out through the wide window.

Kim Yang must have liked this too, because her round eyes sparkled. Kim Yang bowed to Ki Soon. Ki Soon said, “Haha,” but waved her hand, saying that Maru had paid for it.

He ate up a lot of points. In the bottom of the ninth, with two outs, Ki-sun hit a grand slam. Maru dragged Ki-sun out so that Kim Yang, who appeared to be a Bangkok sect member, could get some rest.

“Hey- no, resting is good, but you need to know each other a bit so that there are no misunderstandings. And when you’re tired, you need to poke at each other a bit to see their true personalities. You’ll be living together in a small ship for a long time, and if you don’t know their true nature and something urgent happens, it’ll be really dangerous. If you can, you should filter them out in advance.”

“You little brat, what’s the excuse? Why? Do you think Miss Kim is pretty just by looking at her eyes?”

“Why does my pure heart say ‘oh-yes’ like that?”

Well then, it was an ‘oh-yes’, not a misunderstanding.

The once playful Ki-sun took on a serious expression and spoke meaningfully.

“You know? I’m single-minded.”

“This is crazy.”

Maru reflexively replied and then closed his mouth with an embarrassed expression. Ki-sun nodded at Maru.

“It’s true.”

“okay.”

Maru and Gisun quietly headed to the hotel restaurant.

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Jumping on the big bed and jumping, Kim Yang felt good. At this moment, the world felt good. It was too good.

I only stayed at the accommodations that the company provided. Even the nicest officetels were two-room apartments. When I went to the countryside for work, most of the places I stayed were cheap motels. Even the ones that were converted from abandoned houses were horrible.

Kim Yang, who jumped up and shouted “Long Live Capitalism,” headed to the bathroom. Seeing the bathroom as fancy as the ones you see in dramas, her whole body felt itchy. Just as she was about to take a quick bath.

Gulp

The stomach was growling.

Ah- Now that I think about it, I skipped breakfast except for Burger Queen. Kim Yang thought of Maru. Maru, who ate more than her.

Hmm- Should we eat together?

Since I bought it last time, I should tell Baekjeongbo to buy it this time.

Hoho- it’s revenge.

Miss Kim sent a text message.

[where?]

[Eating.]

What? You’re already eating? Me?

[Where to eat?]

[Here? 5th floor buffet.]

Buffet? A buffet? You went to a buffet without calling me?

Ms. Kim felt dizzy, her hands shaking, her body trembling, and her blood sugar dropping.

They say there’s no one you can trust in this world, but is it just you?

Kim Yang jumped up from her soft bed, charged up her anger, and headed to the fifth floor.

It’s a matter of the account.