Rust - Chapter 412



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RUST-412

If you’ve got Vladimir Kalin and the Virginia Company guys, things are going to get ugly, especially now.

‘Both sides are extreme groups.’

If Maru had known, it would have been an evaluation that would have made him jump, but that was how it was seen by Dan Brown. If you look at it like they sprayed VX gas to catch cockroaches and then tried to catch cannibals again, is it the same thing?

The same goes for Virginia Company, they said it was for the national interest and then they did MK Ultra and now they’re doing it again. They’re doing things that are effectively aimed at achieving their goals and don’t care about the aftermath.

‘Fuck… I’m telling you to do it in moderation.’

The problem was that the newly developed nerve gas was produced and labeled as VX because the situation was dangerous with infected people, mutants, and mutated monsters.

So, although they call it VX gas, they were actually producing an improved nerve gas.

They say VX gas is even more vicious than the actual gas. Considering that Russia’s Novichok is also of the VX series, the situation was very serious.

That doesn’t mean that Vladimir Kalin and Yania Kim weren’t spraying VX.

Actually, it was also a VX series. And how can we talk about the fact that the United States, while talking about preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, created an even more horrific poison gas through its back door?

‘Stop using it, it’s a hundred times dirtier than the known VX gas.’

I would write it better this way. It was pleasing to the eye.

‘At this point, shouldn’t you feel something is strange and stop writing?’

I never thought Yania Kim and Vladimir Kalin could be so clueless.

Director Den Brown covered up the investigation team’s report.

The report, which was filled with dire assessments of Vladimir Kalin and his forces, was almost malicious.

A team of 20 investigators headed to Pittsburgh, but only 7 returned.

Three of the seven suffered severe frostbite, resulting in the loss of fingers and toes.

A total of 13 people died, 3 from freezing to death and 10 from poison gas. With 10 of the 20 members of the investigation team dying from poison gas, it was certain that those who were already dissatisfied with Vladislav Town would raise their voices.

‘It would be a good idea to make the brainwashing incident public.’

It was a burden, but it was better than having Vladimir Kalin and the Department of Homeland Security take over.

“We worked with our agents in Virginia Langley, and if they’re not the enemy, then what is?”

“It’s brainwashing. How can we understand that they’ve restarted MK Ultra, which they said they were going to scrap? No. Is that something we should understand?”

“Haven’t you always been like that?”

“Yes. If you think about it, I just got my hands dirty for the sake of the national interest.”

“What? You just got your hands dirty for the sake of the national interest? Are you out of your mind?”

“Isn’t there any clear evidence of brainwashing?”

“Most of the people who died this time were hardliners. You’re not saying that they were brainwashed just because they opposed the Director’s policies, are you?

“The director himself said that it was an unfortunate accident that the vice director ended up like that. Are you saying that was a lie?”

An investigative team was sent to Pittsburgh to find concrete evidence, but the controversy heated up as things turned out.

There was a suspicion. There was a suspicion that Virginia Langley was working for the Department of Homeland Security. But more than half of the directors and section chiefs of the Department of Homeland Security were ‘denying’ that it could not have been done.

Just as Virginia Langley was committed to the national interest of the United States, the Department of Homeland Security could not believe that its premise of protecting the security of the United States had been broken.

“These Virginians joined the Confederacy. They betrayed the United States.”

The Virginia Company was also a direct agency of the federal government. Just like the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. But it sided with the Confederacy, which was centered around Texas, which advocated secession. No matter what anyone says, isn’t that a betrayal?

“No. It is possible that the company resorted to desperate measures to infiltrate the heart of the Confederacy.”

“Are you saying that you are trying to use us as a last resort?”

“What kind of crazy logic is that? The only expedient measure is to cut off your own limbs, not someone else’s limbs?”

“It could be a last resort. If you hit the Department of Homeland Security, a key agency in the East, as evidence that you’re going with the South.”

Director Dan Brown cleared up the controversy.

“Everyone, stop it. Whether or not they were trying to brainwash our children and take over the Department of Homeland Security in secret was a desperate measure is not the point.”

Even if it was a last resort, nothing would change.

“The important thing is that the Virginia company worked for the Department of Homeland Security.”

“There is only circumstantial evidence, right?”

That’s why we sent a research team to Pittsburgh, after Vladimir Kalin’s forces swept through. That means there’s Pittsburgh research lab data in Vladik Town.

“The evidence is in Vladik Town. When the weather clears, you can go to Detroit and get it.”

It’s January now, and I don’t know when this severe cold will ease, but I think it will be in March. Director Den Brown, who has bought himself at least two months, made a serious statement.

“What’s important now is that Homeland Security agents have been brainwashed.”

What mattered was who did it and where it happened.

The sound of the intercom brought out the sharp tension in the atmosphere.

[Director, we have an emergency request for assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the police.]

“What’s going on?”

[A large-scale disappearance crisis is occurring, centered in southern Brooklyn and southern Queens.]

“Mass disappearances?”

[Yes. It is said that it took a long time to notice the disappearance because the power and communication were cut off.]

“Did you all hear that? Apply for the exosuit unit. And let’s talk about Virginia Langley again when the weather clears up.”

“All right.”

Just wait until the weather clears up.

Once the evidence comes out, they won’t let it go. The Homeland Security agents are gnashing their teeth.

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Using brainwashed operatives to destabilize the Department of Homeland Security and intensify the power struggle to prevent the East from uniting, DHS Director Dan Brown caught on sooner than expected.

In addition, he showed his skill by using the trick to get rid of the vice director, who is the hardliner. Did he feel humiliated because he was dealt with so cleanly?

“When was the last report from New York?”

“It was the last report that came in before the cold wave cut off transportation and communications.”

Of course, we had Plan B and Plan C prepared. We needed to make various adjustments to start the operation right away, but contact was lost.

Even Texas couldn’t escape the cold.

The damage was even more severe because the warm weather that had lasted until late October suddenly changed. The city was paralyzed by a sudden cold wave and heavy snowfall. Water and electricity outages were common, and people died of the cold.

“It’s difficult. An easy task is turning into a difficult one.”

When we lost contact during a cold front while traveling overland from Texas to New York, we had to assume the worst and proceed accordingly.

We prepared for various variables, but there was no variable that would cause the temperature in Texas to drop to -15 to -20 degrees Celsius. What a ridiculous thing that it is impossible to dispatch additional troops due to extreme cold…

“We decided to move on to the next step as soon as contact is lost, right?”

“Yes.”

“If we just go ahead and do nothing, will we be able to avoid the eyes of the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI?”

“It doesn’t look easy.”

After stabbing the Department of Homeland Security, next up were the FBI, the DEA, and the Marines stationed outside New York, but I wonder if they’re just wasting their time.

“The weather should clear up soon.”

“That’s right.”

If the seeds sown throughout the winter grow, bloom, and even bear fruit, that too would be a beautiful sight.

“We have lost contact with the agents sent to Pittsburgh.”

“What? Is it a repeater problem?”

“It doesn’t seem to be the problem because we installed repeaters considering the cold wave that overlapped with the communication failure.”

“It may have malfunctioned because it was buried in snow, so let’s check again.”

“All right.”

“And what happened to the agents we sent to Vladiak Town?”

“We lost contact with you too.”

“Should I have been directly involved?”

“Security is not good. There must be followers of Vladimir Kalin, so this side must have been exposed.”

“I guess so.”

No matter what I did, the weather had to clear up first.

“Even if we estimate Vladimir Kalin’s forces to be large, they are not even 50,000 strong. Compared to you···.”

“I think now is the time to focus our efforts on New York.”

“What happened to working with the New York State Assembly and the City Council to create division?”

While we were discussing how to proceed, the intercom rang.

[It is said that contact was lost after a distress signal was sent from the ferry.]

Perryton was a small city in the northernmost part of Texas, on the border with Oklahoma.

“You sent an emergency rescue signal?”

[Yes. They said that after they started talking nonsense about people disappearing, they lost contact.]

Virginia Langley isn’t a missing persons search center here?

[The state of Texas has requested assistance directly.]

The state government requested it directly? Something smells off.

“Hmm- is it a mutant monster?”

“It seems that the cold wave has caused hungry monsters to invade Peryton.”

If it were that simple, the Texas state government wouldn’t have been complaining and making a fuss.

“You contacted us without mobilizing the Southern Army you recruited this time, so does that mean you want to see our capabilities?”

“It is highly likely.”

“How have the exosuits been improved?”

“We have succeeded in reducing the weight and have increased the operational time.”

“Okay. Let’s do a field test of the improved exosuit.”

“All right.”

With agents armed with new exosuits, a small town could be cleared out in no time.

‘Den Brown, Vladimir Kalin, you’ve done a good job so far…’

When the weather clears up, I’ll see the end. When the weather clears up.

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Detroit Vladiktown.

A meeting was being held with materials from the Pittsburgh Institute in front of them.

“It’s true that the Virginia chicks were trying to water us.”

Hood, who had been working all night analyzing and organizing the data, raised his voice. Hood had a long history of bad relations with Virginia Langley.

“We need to thoroughly investigate the people in the newly incorporated satellite villages.”

“No, we also need to check all the people who were there before.”

Not only did they shake the satellite village, but they were also carrying out an operation to push brainwashed people into the outer city. The scary thing about brainwashing using people with psychic abilities was that the brainwashed people had no idea that they were being brainwashed.

How can you tell if someone is brainwashed or not? Normally it would be difficult, but here comes psychometry.

“Is it because Erica’s ability allows her to catch it right away?”

“Yes. I think that this is exactly the situation that needs that ability.”

Hood answered Maru’s question as if it was a given. But still…

“That… Erica is still having a hard time. I don’t think she’ll be able to use her powers on that many people.”

“······.”

Maru and Kim Yang’s eyebrows shot up into the air.

“How long has it been since the assassination attempt and they’re still doing it?”

“Uh- That’s why I was scared that if I used my ability, an assassin would come again.”

“Are you kidding me? Or are you kidding me?”

“······.”

“First, let’s say we just need to make sure that people are brainwashed in a safe place. If they refuse, we’ll bring them in.”

“Uh-huh. Yes.”

While we were talking about using psychometry, Diana’s report came up.

[An emergency signal has been received from a southern mining town. Rescue request.]

“A request for rescue? How did that happen? Tell me more.”

[It is said that the miners who entered the mine have gone missing.]

what?