Rust - Chapter 409



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RUST -409

It was a good body. A strong body.

Plus a brain with strong mental power.

A body like that could easily move.

CCTV and the link couldn’t penetrate his mind, but it was possible at close range. So I lured him and as expected, his body came.

I tried to take control of my mind at once, push it back to the past, and safely control my body, but it was torn out. How?

When trauma is stimulated, a crack is bound to appear.

No matter how strong a person’s mentality was, they could not escape that principle. Even if it was not trauma, it was the same for everyone, there was bound to be something stuck in them.

Living as a human means living with lumps and burying lumpy emotions. So if you stimulate that part of you, you will eventually collapse.

Young people throw away the present for the future, and old people waste the present reminiscing about the past. In the end, they end up throwing away the present to get what they want.

So, that abandoned present.

I will use it wisely.

A body that is used like that.

I will use it carefully.

The control was easy.

Especially those who were addicted to alcohol and drugs moved without even knowing what they were doing.

‘I don’t remember. Really.’

The guy I remember said that.

‘I don’t know anything.’

There were also years when I knew but just pretended not to know.

‘Have you tried everything in the book?’

The little boy who killed many people in the fire smiled brightly. The time when everyone was happy like this was short-lived.

‘I’m from Langley, Virginia.’

After meeting them, everything changed.

‘It’s a mental series.’

He began to run away after controlling the staff.

‘It’s no use. Give up.’

But it wasn’t long before they were caught. It was because the unruly ones had arrived. Those whose pasts had been erased. Those who had no future. How on earth could such people exist?

Researchers were equally amazed.

‘This guy can do mind control? How on earth does he do it?’

‘There are cases where mutations appear among the infected, so isn’t that the case?’

‘Send it to Pittsburgh.’

‘All right.’

‘Get your cumbersome legs out of the way, because you might run away again.’

Ughh …

‘Director, I think you heard us?’

‘What? Give me some sleeping pills. Hurry up.’

‘I’m not listening.’

‘Shoot the leg. I’ll cut it off anyway.’

I lost my leg.

‘Come to think of it, I don’t need arms either. Put your arms away.’

I lost my arm too.

‘The ability has evolved.’

‘Eyes. It’s eyes.’

‘Don’t look me in the eye. You’ll hallucinate.’

‘Fuck. Erase that.’

Aaaah …

‘Pluck out your eyes. You’re some kind of beggar.’

‘What happened to the optic nerve connection?’

‘it’s possible.’

‘Okay. You heard me, you little monster. If you listen to me, I’ll let you see the sky again.’

The sky seen again through CCTV had lost its color.

‘Why can’t I detect multiple places at the same time?’

‘That’s because this kid is stupid. He should be multitasking.’

‘He told me not to touch the brain.’

‘I put it in MK Ultra anyway, so I can do the multitasking experiment under my authority.’

What used to be able to control one person has now become able to control multiple people at the same time. It is now possible to move without having to stimulate desire as deeply as before, but it is hidden.

‘This fucking idiot. How low of an IQ can you be to still be like this?’

‘I think this might be a good alternative to medication when using MK Ultra.’

‘That’s okay.’

It became common practice to erase people’s pasts. Cannibals were a bit difficult because of the dominance of the higher entities, but once they were able to dominate the higher entities, their dominance exploded.

‘If I do this well, I can even control cannibals?’

‘Okay, I can push the Chinese away.’

Time passed and passed.

‘Can we still only do one at a time?’

‘Yes.’

‘What’s the distance?’

‘It seems controllable up to a mile.’

‘One mile. It’s ambiguous.’

‘It seems like the speed of mental control is gradually increasing. How about going this way?’

Cannibals began to move into the places where the infected had been cleared away. Even though they were taking over each and every one of them, they were able to continue to hide it as if it were not happening.

It seemed like they had been brainwashed by MK Ultra, but in reality, the cannibals who had already taken control were piling up. Then one day, a severe cold spell began.

The temperature, which was minus 10 degrees in the morning, dropped to 20 degrees at night and 30 degrees in the morning. The opportunity came and I didn’t miss it.

‘Break the CCTV so he can’t see!’

‘It’s no use. He was lying!’

‘This is a level 1 emergency. Contact headquarters.’

‘Control room? Control room! Respond.’

‘It’s a dead end.’

‘The cannibals are on the move!’

‘Put the barrier down. Put it down manually.’

‘Kill him now. Kill him.’

The researcher who was about to press the emergency button suddenly stopped. An unfamiliar voice came out of the researcher’s mouth as he turned his head away with a face full of fear.

[They’re going to… kill me.]

That day, Pittsburgh was taken over by one man. Maru simply evaluated the desperate struggle for survival.

[So what?]

At Maru’s voice, the space collapsed into blackness and I returned to reality.

[how?]

The bastard who had fooled the researchers with his awkward and incompetent speech tried to reach Maru’s mind again, but there was no room to penetrate.

[The tongue-tied sound doesn’t work.]

Maru pointed his knife at the guy.

Are you done with the emotional selling? Is that the will?

What you did as soon as you awakened your psychic powers was a crime, but you’re just trying to sell your emotions?

A vicious aura began to form like drops of blood at the tip of Maru’s blade.

[Ah- I-]

Even without eyes, he could not help but know that death was inevitable. He threw a tantrum, spewing out mental waves. The sensation of bugs crawling on Maru’s entire body was ticklish, but it was no longer working.

[You. You’re a test subject too, right? You’re an assassin raised by the agency, right?]

[Where did they come from? The military? A pharmaceutical company? They’re just like the Virginia Company.]

[This is what the military-industrial complex does with their money. Could they have done an experiment of this scale alone?]

[Eventually, you too will become a dissector someday.]

[Look at me. Look at this. This is your future.]

[But if we join forces, the world will be ours.]

[I don’t need power. If you just find me a good body, I’ll be satisfied with that. So···.]

The awkward pronunciation began to come out smoothly as if spread with butter.

This is fucking crazy.

The sword in his hand was pulled back like an arrow from a bow.

[Wait. If you kill me, Virginia Langley will move.]

[You saw that the military and large corporations invested in this facility.]

[When I die, they will come looking for you.]

[You too will be caught by those guys and end up like me!]

[In the end, you too will be brainwashed and do as they please···.]

Ppujik-

The blade that had sunk deep into my skull twisted with a crack.

-■■■■-■■■-■■■■-■-■■-■-■■■■-■■!!!

A powerful mental wave swept through.

Squeak-

A mental wave that does not stop even after the neck is cut off.

Crunch!

Only after the head was crushed and burst did the nauseating waves disappear. Then, the researchers and armed guards chasing Maru suddenly stopped like toy soldiers whose stop button had been pressed.

[What about the situation above?]

[The cannibals on the first and second floors were completely wiped out. Half of the cannibals and civilians who went down to the third floor died, but the people on the other side of the barrier are alive.]

The scary thing about VX gas was that it was colorless, odorless, and tasteless. Even if the gas was released, it was difficult to tell, and by the time you realized it, you were already on the brink of death.

[Cannibals are really scary. If they were normal people, they would have died a long time ago.]

Eeeeeeeeeeng-

[Currently, poison gas has been sprayed due to enemy invasion.]

[Level 1 emergency has occurred.]

[Special Security Object Death Confirmed.]

[Level 1 emergency confirmed.]

[Confirmation of annihilation of border forces.]

[Confirmed multiple deaths. Confirmed annihilation of all test subjects.]

[Reorganizing the research lab.]

Puhwaaaaak-

A stream of water began to spurt out from the ceiling. Hood, seeing this, let out a scream without realizing it.

[It’s water. It’s water. What’s wrong with that! You said it’s 50 meters underground. What are you going to do?]

[Don’t worry, don’t miss the crow reconnaissance video.]

Puhwaaaaaaa-

Aaaah-

ah-

Joreuk-

Knock knock-

The water that had been pouring down began to stop before it could even reach the soles of my feet.

[Huh? This.]

[It’s already been a month since the temperature dropped below -45 degrees. Since the river is frozen, the water intake must have frozen too. If we hadn’t prepared properly for the water supply and sewerage, they would all have frozen.]

Maru, who calmly explained the reason why he said there was no need to worry, looked around. Even though water was pouring down from the ceiling, people were just standing there blankly.

He looked like a can that had lost its soul. The mental world was indeed dangerous.

[Approaching the snowmobile will result in your head being blown off without warning.]

[Okay.]

[Is it finished?]

At Hood’s words, Maru lifted the leg he had trampled.

The floor was littered with crushed skull fragments and gray matter.

The uneasy feeling didn’t go away.

It’s clear that it’s over, but I feel uneasy.

Could it be because of the crazy mentality at the end?

‘if?’

Suddenly, I remembered when Julia Burton died. Would a psychic with abilities that had been manipulated through repeated experiments be weaker than Julia Burton?

No, I don’t think so.

What if it’s stronger?

I remembered Julia Burton’s influence on psychometric Erica Lisbon at the end.

You felt a bit uneasy too.

What if it’s more than that?

The fact that he wanted this body must have been because he was confident that he could swap it with his own body that had its limbs cut off.

Did he give up after struggling until the very end and failing? Or did he hide in someone here, determined to survive until the very end?

Maru’s eyes became fierce.

[Cut the signal off until I contact you.]

[Yes? Yes.]

[Okay.]

From what I saw in the spirit world, network connection was dangerous. That guy can use his powers even through CCTV. And on the rooftop, he controlled the cannibal with something close to possession.

then···.

Maru’s decision was bold.

Kwajik-

A researcher who was standing blankly in front of Maru had his throat cut.

Quaddukduk-

Three heads rose into the sky at once.

Heads fell to the floor with a thud. Blood gushed out.

And Maru reacted by slowly trying to escape outside, perhaps surprised by the sudden execution.

‘Are you there?’

A fresh blade rose into the chest of the fleeing man.

Pukak-

The wide-open pupils turned towards the floor that pierced his heart.

“What should I do···.”

Before he could finish his sentence, his throat was cut off.

The mental wave that started to rise again was much weaker than before.

This is it.

The blade moved along with the gaze of the Siluk Maru. The fiercely shining blade of the god of death began to harvest the heads of the researchers and armed guards who were standing there blankly.

Crunch-thud-

Straight-forward-thumping-degururur

“FUCK! What the hell are you!”

“Why are you doing this to me?”

Kook- thud-

“You should have just killed him. You should have killed him three times.”

“You crazy kid. You’re going to end up like me!”

Hudda!

The knife was deeply embedded in the back of the armed guard who desperately turned and fled.

The mental waves that used to surge with each death have now become faint and weak. It was clear that the distances they traveled became shorter as the mental waves weakened.

“Please. Save me.”

“Please, I’ll do whatever you say.”

The last body he chose was a female researcher.

The pupils of the blonde, slightly dilated female researcher were dilated.

“······.”

As the stabbing stopped, a small look of relief appeared on the female researcher’s face, but Maru’s questions began.

“Why did you do that when you could have easily moved it?”

There’s no need to stick to a body that’s only a torso, right?

“If you keep moving like this, your abilities will diminish and your memories will get mixed up… Please save me.”

The story was that moving around so hastily like this was not good for one’s abilities and that problems would arise as the residual thoughts remaining in the body one moved to were affecting them.

The body that was left with only the torso had the best abilities after going through various experiments. He said that it was a shame to give it up so easily. That’s why he didn’t move until the best body was created and he was developing his abilities as much as possible.

If it’s impossible to find a good body, then there’s nothing we can do, but until then, we’ve been experimenting with cannibals to create the best body possible.

“······.”

Maru, who had raised all the barriers using the control room on the 4th basement floor, headed to the ground level. As he got into the elevator with the door cut off, the blonde woman who was following him quickly got into the elevator and pressed the password.

[Going up.]

Wheeeeeeeeing-

[Ding- It’s the 3rd basement floor.]

The third basement level was filled with corpses strewn everywhere. From cannibals who ran to the fourth basement level and died in droves to ordinary people who ended their lives in prison.

“This is… nerve gas?”

The blonde woman’s footsteps slowly slowed and she fell forward with a thud.

“개새끼가— 너. 너도···.”

The red dot that had been clearly visible on the Ripper suit’s HUD biometric detection screen slowly faded.