Rust - Chapter 395



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RUST -395

When Vladimir Kalin spoke out loud, FBI and Homeland Security agents had the same thoughts.

‘There’s a communication problem, so it’s not a good sign?’

‘Those guys went in and came out with a bunch of stuff?’

If he really felt it was dangerous, would he have carried the load so heavy that it made a creaking sound in the exosuit?

“It’s evidence, but they can’t even confiscate it. I don’t know what’s going on.”

The Homeland Security agent nodded in agreement to the FBI agent’s sigh. He was quiet when he heard that all those who had complained to the director had been sent back to basic camp, but he was still dissatisfied.

“Still. That’s what Vladimir Kalin said. Let’s get it as soon as possible.”

The war against cannibals has brought the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, the New York Police Department, and the Drug Enforcement Administration closer together. Agencies that used to be at odds with each other are now working together.

There was quite a lot of material piled up in the empty space inside the inner passage. It was obvious that Vladimir Kalin had taken it.

“As expected···. These guys are amazing.”

“Even if they were cannibals, they were from an old family.”

Starting with expensive equipment that you can’t buy now, each and every one of them was so precious that it made your eyes dazzle.

“Take it out right away.”

A crowd of people, like ants clinging to candy, began to carry the goods. In a long line.

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[Vladimir Kalin is not answering the phone.]

“Keep turning.”

There was a chance that communications would be lost once the airship left New York. It had a military radio on board in case that happened, but it was meaningless if it wasn’t turned on in the first place.

“Why are you doing that all of a sudden?”

You made a good contract, so why are you doing that?

[It is said that there was an attempt at forcible detention by the police department.]

“what?”

You tried to forcibly take Vladimir Kalin away? What kind of crazy people?

The veins on the forehead of Director of Homeland Security Dan Brown were slightly visible. He was so upset that if he paid attention to one side, something would happen on the other side.

“So you’re saying that Vladimir Kalin left immediately after you simply checked him? Are you honestly expecting me to believe that right now?”

[Ahem. That’s not it···.]

Who knew that Vladimir Kalin, who was supposed to be in Detroit, would be driving a van in New York? And if you knew that this monster was coming to New York, you should have told him in advance.

I got a call from Homeland Security and FBI agents saying there was a suspicious van. They were waiting to check it out, and then it suddenly went into the sewer.

If you go to the sewer, there’s a van with a psychometer in it? How about you catch it and pretend not to know? Surely things won’t get worse?

Even if he’s Vladimir Kalin, he wouldn’t just kill the police and agents. He was on good terms with the police during the first cannibal subjugation operation, right? You can just solve the cold case with psychometry and send him back.

“···Are you saying that now?”

[Is this all just for the police’s benefit?]

The police commissioner bristled at Dan Brown’s scathing remarks.

[If you have psychometric abilities, you should have brought them to light a long time ago. Honestly, wouldn’t it be better to create a joint center to manage psychometric abilities?]

So, isn’t this how things turned out because the Department of Homeland Security was trying to use a person with psychic abilities on their own?

After letting out a deep sigh, Chief Dan Brown tried to appease the police chief who was complaining about the injustice and then hung up the phone.

The FBI and the NYPD were the same. They thought of Vladimir Kalin as a local vigilante, or a good pirate from a comic book?

This was because Vladimir Kalin had not caused any accidents, and because he was a hero who had distinguished himself in the military.

‘This kid is scary, but I don’t think he’s really a bad guy.’

‘It’s not like we’re going to do bad things.’

‘They say they’re going to catch all the criminals and find the cannibal collaborators.’

‘If you have psychometry, things will be over quickly.’

‘I’m just saying let’s use good things together.’

‘Just use it well and return it.’

I thought that there wouldn’t be a problem with borrowing the favorite item of a comrade who fought together. I thought that Den Brown, who said that we should give and receive, was on the strange side, but the other side didn’t think so.

‘Give what you have to give? Take what you have to take?’

‘You’re a former mercenary under the Department of Homeland Security, but you give and take?’ ‘You’re not just making a fuss about giving and taking among yourselves and saying that we have to give them plenty to use for our children?’

Although the atmosphere of cooperation has only recently been established, the Department of Homeland Security has not been on good terms with other departments. Now, they have managed to restore relations and are doing well, but that is the limit.

“If there had been a unified chain of command, this wouldn’t have happened.”

“Yes, sir. This is a national security emergency.”

“We need to reorganize the Department of Homeland Security according to the law.”

Director Den Brown looked around the conference room at those raising their voices.

It wasn’t a wrong statement. It was right.

‘A harsh word.’

The authority of the Department of Homeland Security must be invoked.

The Department of Homeland Security needs to be reorganized.

With national security at stake, the Department of Homeland Security must step forward.

Who does the work?

Who is responsible?

It’s unfortunate that those who have the audacity to insist that we destroy the relationship between the police department, the FBI, and the DEA, which has improved to this point, are from the Department of Homeland Security.

‘Fuck.’

The bigger problem is not that they do that because they don’t know the situation, but that they do that knowingly.

Dan Brown looked around the conference room.

There were very few faces he had seen when he was a manager.

It was the same with those I got to know after becoming a manager.

It was clear that other agencies were in similar situations. The police, the FBI, the DEA. It was as if those who tried to avoid the field were applying for office jobs.

Director Den Brown looked expressionless at those who were shouting at each other, as he always did.

[Director. We secured a large amount of supplies while recovering the remains and belongings of the pursuit team.]

[It appears to be items stolen by the cannibal clans as they fled to avoid attacks.]

Even at a glance, there were many things of enormous value. The news that a huge amount of materials had been secured completely distracted other topics.

Soon, calls started pouring in from all directions, all about the problem of disposing of the goods.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Police Agency, and the Drug Enforcement Administration began to vie for stakes.

“You heard? The police department and the FBI are like that, but what are the DEA guys doing?”

“There are drugs among the items.”

“We are the ones who suffered the most casualties in the pursuit?”

Seventy percent of the pursuit force was from the Department of Homeland Security. About 20 percent was from the FBI and about 10 percent was from the police department, so they tried to distribute it in the same proportion, but the FBI, the police department, and the DEA opposed it.

Eventually, the New York State and New York City governments and legislatures also took an interest in the loot, saying it was appropriate to use it to secure finances.

The atmosphere of cooperation that Director Dan Brown had worked so hard to create began to crumble in the face of the enormous spoils.

One side of the culvert where people were moving supplies like ants. After the sound of gnawing and rustling, a small hole appeared in the brickwork.

Click-

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An airship heading to Vladivostok.

It was incredibly large, perhaps because its payload was as much as 150 tons. The payload of the first ship was about 100 tons, so while the payload increased by 50%, the volume seemed to be about 70% to 80% larger.

‘It’s slow. The cruising speed is probably around 120~130km?’

It was slow, and its flight altitude was low. The first ship could easily fly over 12km, but this one was barely flying at 7~8km. Will it get better if modified?

Researchers were studying airships, but building them wasn’t easy.

Since most of the helium gas was imported from Australia, securing helium gas was difficult. The same was true for the special materials and alloys that make up the body.

Despite the various problems, there was no practical benefit to siding with the Department of Homeland Security or New York.

[Communication established with Yania Kim.]

“Okay. Check the location.”

I decided to pick up Ms. Kim on the way back.

Thud-thud-

A chunk of ice fell from the exosuit and rattled through the empty cargo hold.

“Ah- I’m dying. Seriously. Totally.”

“great job.”

Kim Yang, who had no strength to grumble, walked with a plodding pace and looked around. Then she didn’t see a familiar face. The woman with the leash on and a grim expression.

“Telepathy?”

“That’s what happened.”

Huh- Did you get cut? The world is going to end because you put a leash on that telepathic bitch, you were all that noise and now you’re gone. Kim Yang nodded slightly and gestured to the people sitting in a group on one side.

“What about them?”

“People who have decided to join us.”

One woman, four men. Kim Yang’s narrowed eyes quickly grasped the estimate.

“Beginner?”

“I survived the pursuit of the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI. I’m not a total novice.”

Doesn’t it look like that?

What should I say? It doesn’t feel like a sharp feeling. There’s no such thing as a military background or a back alley background, but you say you shook off the pursuit? Suddenly, I remembered the things I experienced in Japan.

“A capable person?”

“They say it’s a physical strengthening ability.”

What is that? It basically means that your physical abilities become as strong as a cannibal. Kim Yang lost interest after hearing that there were no special people.

“How did things go?”

“Nothing special. I got rid of all the cannibals. The rest of them should have been sorted out on their own.”

Due to the sudden drop in temperature overnight, most of those who went to New York to resume their daily lives died before they could even get halfway there. A futile ending due to rapid climate change.

“But what happened in New York?”

Kim Yang could tell that the cargo hold was almost empty, even though it had been packed to capacity when it left New York. It felt like it had just run away. What was the rush? There was a floor.

The psychometric device attached to Unit 1 caught Kim Yang’s eye.

“If it’s because of psychometry, then just selling it on installments···.”

“Can you find out something like the safe password in one go?”

Ah- right. Then cancel.

Ms. Kim immediately withdrew her opinion and her eyes lit up.

With psychometry, you can go on treasure hunts, so I can’t resist that. But psychometry is a mental paper, so doesn’t it cause seizures when you see something strange?

“Isn’t it useless to go crazy over something you saw?”

“I don’t think I’ll have seizures like I used to. Time will tell.”

Kim Yang nodded at Maru’s words. It was going to be done anyway. More or less.

As soon as they arrived in Vladiak Town, Maru called a meeting. Kim Yang, without even being able to rest, grumbled, asking what kind of meeting this was. The PD, who heard the situation, made a worried expression.

“If you have any questions, please let me know.”

“There’s a security checkpoint. I’m worried about the Department of Homeland Security.”

Producer Michael Newman thought that this might be a sign of cracks in the system that revolved around the Department of Homeland Security. If so, it wasn’t good.

“What does that mean?”

“It means political unstable.”

What politics in this situation? The PD continued talking at Kim Yang’s expression.

“New York State and surrounding areas were unusually unscathed, so the existing political, economic, administrative and judicial systems remain intact.”

Whether it was an apocalypse or a survival story outside the area, it was possible to maintain a normal life without any direct damage. I was trying to maintain that normal life, but I didn’t know how long that would last.

Ultimately, we have to acknowledge and accept that the old order has collapsed, but will the citizens of the East Coast and the people of New York understand and accept that?

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“Up until now, we have dealt with threats centered around the Department of Homeland Security, but now that the cannibals, a prominent threat, have been eliminated, there is no reason for other agencies to unite around the Department of Homeland Security. And since the existing system remains, it seems that the Department of Homeland Security will have a hard time operating.”

PD felt that this inspection issue was also going to be politically driven.

“If there is a problem with the Department of Homeland Security, there is a good chance that they will try to get us involved, as we have a close relationship with them.”

That’s what politics is.

Maru also agreed with PD’s explanation.

It’s best to avoid it unless you’re going to cut it all down.

“It might have been possible if the Department of Homeland Security had declared a state of emergency from the beginning and assumed power under the Homeland Security Act, but it’s too late now.”

“···I think it would be better to keep some distance.”

After the non-intervention policy was decided in New York, Maru uploaded the abnormal climate data that Director Dan Brown had handed him onto the screen.

“······.”

“······.”

A heavy silence fell over the conference room.

On the screen there was a red-tinted Earth and a white-tinted Earth.