Rust - Chapter 408



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RUST [RUST]-408

As the elevator doors slid open, a siren blared.

Eeeeeeeeeeng-

[Intruder detected. The elevator on the 3rd basement floor is under attack.]

Even in an emergency situation, Maru put a can down in one corner.

Eeeeeeeeeeng-

[Intruder detected. The elevator on the 3rd basement floor is under attack.]

[Armed guards are now taking the elevator to the 3rd basement floor…]

Leaving the red siren behind, Maru jumped down to the fourth basement floor.

[What’s the situation?]

[The cannibals do not move.]

hmm.

Everything was strange from the beginning to the end. Where did the armed guards go? If they weren’t there, shouldn’t they have released the cannibals from the basement 1 and 2 and pushed them down?

If you watch, you’ll know what the plan is.

[Turn it on.]

[Get started.]

Click- With a small sound, the can lid that Maru had left open slightly, and a small antenna and camera rose up. Soon, the situation on the basement level, the second floor hallway, and in front of the third floor elevator unfolded on the HUD.

Maru said to Hood, clearing the screen that appeared on the HUD.

[I’ll leave it to you.]

[yes.]

The 4th basement floor was quite deep. After installing two repeaters in the middle, we arrived at the 4th basement floor, which means we were at least 50 meters underground.

[What is the strange situation on the 3rd basement floor?]

[None. Security AI appears to be in operation, but is in its rudimentary state.]

Kuddudjik-

I opened the elevator door on the 4th basement floor and went inside. The lights were brightly lit, just like before. Unlike the 1st to 3rd floors, where there were prison cells on both sides of the narrow corridor, I came across a space that looked like a hotel lobby.

Maru’s eyebrows furrowed slightly. He forced his way into the elevator on the fourth basement floor, but the alarm wasn’t sounding.

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A man with a poker face who had no way of knowing what he was thinking said:

“What happened?

“It seems like a failure.”

Despite the report of failure, the expression on Virginia Langley President Joseph Meyer’s face did not change.

“Both?”

“yes.”

The best thing to do is to kill the psychometric power user who is a risk factor. The psychic power user must either be controlled or eliminated.

“What about ruining your ability so you can’t use it?”

If that was difficult, it would have been better to at least break it so that it couldn’t be used properly. Fortunately, the psychometric Erica Lisbon was mentally weak.

“It worked. It looks like he’ll be unable to use his powers for quite some time due to the fear of being assassinated. The second plan also worked well.”

Plan B: Using the assassination to create a rift between Vladimir Kalin and the Department of Homeland Security. What would he think of having an assassin aboard a Department of Homeland Security airship?

What will Vladimir Kalin do when he learns that the Department of Homeland Security’s grip on New York is weakening? Will he leave to help? Or will he stay put, refusing to get involved in a dangerous situation?

“Vladimir Kalin closed the door as expected.”

“okay?”

Joseph Meyer’s expression didn’t change even with his success, so his subordinates couldn’t relax.

“The airship that was operating regularly every day stopped···.”

Even if we take into account the fact that the extreme cold made it difficult to use airships, it was true that the flow of goods between Vladivostok and New York was cut off.

“···In the long term, the trade between Vladivostok and New York···.”

Joseph Meyer recalled the days when Dan Brown, director of the Department of Homeland Security, was the director of the agency as he listened to the whining reports.

‘What do you do in China?’

‘Do something for the national interest.’

‘Viruses and national interests studied in China.’

‘Director, don’t forget. We pursue national interests overseas, and the Department of Homeland Security pursues national interests at home.’

The director seemed quite smart, so when I told him the truth, he bared his teeth for no reason.

‘Okay, but you’ve got barbed wire in Pittsburgh. Why do you need all that barbed wire? Are you trying to recreate World War I in Pittsburgh? Or is something like 9/11 going to happen?’

‘One more piece of advice… If you want to go up, don’t smell this way. Even if you smell it, just move on.’

Dan Brown was a watchdog with a keen sense of smell. After years of being overworked and rotten, he was tried to be used as a useful hunting dog by messing around with him, but the situation changed drastically.

As the situation changed rapidly, before I could do anything, I was promoted to director, and in an instant, I became director of the Department of Homeland Security, which is the 7th highest position in the presidential line.

Since the shepherd dog became the director of the Department of Homeland Security, he has caused enormous damage to the interests of the United States. Not only did he overthrow the military coup, he also stopped the midnight operation in New York.

It was evidence that he couldn’t get away from the dog.

What is national interest?

If you start a war with certain victory by manipulating evidence, is that an action in the national interest? Or not?

On one side, if tens of thousands die and suffer from disabilities and PTSD, causing enormous damage, while on the other side, if the weapons stockpiles are used up and the profits are used to develop new weapons, further strengthening the military power of the United States, is that in the national interest? Or not?

If an agent commits a crime in another country for the good of the United States, is that agent a bad person or a patriot?

Is it in the national interest to brainwash useless people and recycle them? Or not?

Even if some of the former directors of Virginia Langley colluded with corporations or politicians to commit crimes, it was ultimately in the national interest.

If you don’t understand it and use it to your advantage, you’ll end up just a shepherd dog.

“What happened to the Department of Homeland Security?”

“It failed.”

“Because of Dan Brown?”

“It seems like they noticed that there was an agent turning this way and took advantage of it.”

As expected, he was the best as a shepherd dog. Then, we have to shake the shepherd. Principles and rules? Since he likes the law, we can feed him a lot.

“Contact the governor, mayor, and legislators and proceed with the next plan. Mobilize your media personnel as well.”

“The number of field agents has decreased significantly, so it is difficult.”

“Send more. We have to finish it now while we shake it. It’s time to push.”

“It’s physically impossible. Because of the extreme cold, you would have to accept an 80 to 90 percent loss if you were to go all the way to New York.”

The cold. The damn weather was the problem. If it was -10 to -20 degrees, then that would be fine, but walking 500 to 600 miles (640 to 965 km) in weather that was 40 to 50 degrees, or even 55 degrees, was like asking to die.

“···Is Pittsburgh still allowed?”

“Yes. We’ve prepared double and triple-checked, so there won’t be any problems until the weather clears up.”

“Even if it’s difficult to get to New York, wouldn’t it be possible to check out Pittsburgh?”

“Even if we make the minimum schedule, it will take 25 to 30 days. It will take 50 to 60 days round trip.”

The Homeland Security blimps were crashing mid-flight, so even the company’s blimps were no different. NASA was working on a modified stratospheric blimp that could move freely even in extreme cold, but it would take at least another month.

“It would be a problem if that went wild.”

“You can’t escape since only the torso remains.”

Pittsburgh Institute.

Initially a large-scale facility for studying infected individuals and mutants, it was originally a research institute created for large-scale MK Ultra experiments. After the Cannibal Incident, it was converted into a research institute for cannibal research.

There was even a facility that could draw water from the river and drown all the test subjects, so if something went wrong, you could just fill it with water, reset it, and start over.

“If even one of the torsos manages to escape the lab, he’ll be drowned before he even leaves the fourth basement level.”

“······.”

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Maru began to carefully explore the fourth basement floor.

‘This is···.’

The bodies of people strewn here and there were in a miserable state.

A person who died from a fractured skull after hitting his head against a wall several times.

A man who stabbed the person in front of him to death and then committed suicide by cutting his own throat.

Even grotesque corpses with their eyes gouged out, guns in their mouths, and then they pulled the trigger.

What on earth happened?

The floor was a mess, as if it were covered in sticky, dark red paint.

Crackle- Crackle-

The sound of the sole of a shoe hitting the floor.

‘this.’

I made a mistake because of the corpses strewn across the floor. I should have moved along the walls or ceiling. In the undulating space, the floor froze in place as if it were ice.

‘You didn’t get caught?’

[Beep- You’re here. You’re here. Good body.]

[Yes, you came. You came well. You are in good shape.]

[Body. Body. Body.]

A murmur from a speaker hanging from the ceiling.

[The cannibals on the basement floor have been released.]

[Running underground now.]

[The second basement level has also been released.]

Hood shouted urgently.

[Burst it.]

[···All right.]

But it would still be dangerous if thousands of cannibals rushed in now. When Hood pressed the button, the cans placed here and there from the basement level to the third floor burst open, spewing out VX gas.

Chwieeeeeek-

Puhwaaaaak-

The cannibals who were running from the basement to the second floor suddenly started to collapse. They collapsed while going down the stairs. Those who were running from the second floor to the third floor also froze before they even reached the middle of the third floor hallway.

[What is it? What is it? Body. What’s going on?]

[Body. What is it? Come here. Grab it.]

Whoosh- Maru, who threw a dagger and broke the CCTV in the corner, jumped up. Da-da-dak- He ran along the wall and started destroying all the CCTVs attached to the ceiling.

The speaker blared.

[Body. Here it is.]

[Grab it. Grab the good body.]

Armed guards, emaciated and haggard, shuffled inside. Their pupils were wide open as if they had been on drugs, and they could not even properly look ahead. Then, the men who had lined up in line with them pointed their guns at them.

Place of birth-

The muzzles were sticking out tightly. Instead of finding the target and shooting, they took a firing stance to suppress the surface.

‘Damn.’

Was he a bastard who could control people as well as cannibals?

[Body. Hurt. Come out.]

[Good body. Save me.]

[Surrender. Body.]

Clank-

Tudadadadadak-

The gun barrels were aimed at the cotton so tightly that there was nowhere to run, and bullets were spraying from one corner. So, they were conducting a drive-by shooting.

Maru smiled ferociously at the pressure from the guys to show up and surrender if they didn’t want to become a beehive.

‘You crazy kids.’

Hunting? Exploring the body like that?

Kwajik – There was a dull impact and footprints appeared on the wall. Suppressive fire was launched in the direction of the footprints, but Maru was already gone.

Kwajik-

Maru, who had run 12 meters in a single step, flew towards the opposite wall. After missing twice, the men split into two groups and started shooting at the walls on both sides, and Maru slid down through the ceiling and landed behind them.

widely-

The sound of the floor coming down from the ceiling.

Krrrrrrrr – The growling sound of Eclipse emerging from its scabbard.

“Moooooooom!”

[Mooooooooom!]

The moment when the sound of one of the guards with his eyes open turns around and overlaps with the sound coming from the speaker.

A black line cut off the sound.

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬——

The long, torn laboratory fell silent.

A little later,

Thud-degururur-

Thud thud – thud thud –

Something fell and rolled behind him, and Maru came out of the laboratory. Those outside were researchers. They were holding blood packs, syringes, scalpels, and other things.

Maru quickly looked around, jumping to avoid those running like zombies.

Open doors

It was opened

It opened.

And. I found it. The door that wouldn’t open.

Maru ran towards the closed door.

When the sound came from behind, the researchers rushed in and threw slightly torn blood packs toward the invisible floor, but it was no use.

[Coming. The body. Coming.]

An excited sound coming from the speakers.

Kwajijijik-

Maru, who had cut open the door and jumped inside, was momentarily puzzled.

‘Excited?’

Are you going to die soon?

When I raised my head, I saw a person whose limbs had been cut off and whose torso was left behind. There were only traces of nutrition supplied through the ringers stuck here and there in his limbs.

Both eyes were gouged out, leaving empty sockets. His ribs were sticking out every time he took a shallow breath while wearing an oxygen mask.

Maru recognized it at a glance.

It’s that guy.

Tak- The moment I took a step towards him, I heard his voice.

[Here it comes. The body.]

[Good body.]

In your head, not on the speaker.

I blinked to shake off that dirty feeling, but it was in a strange place.

“Hey. I told you, Baekjeong.”

Manager Hong, sitting on the sofa, said with a smile.

This fucking-

As Maru was about to swing his sword, a high, sharp voice was heard from behind him.

“Do you like living like that, killing people? Are you happy, abandoning your family?”

Dog- yuck-

“Shut your mouth!”

Buhwaaaaaaaaaaah-

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬——

The space was torn apart.

[Mom. Oh··· M?]