Rust - Chapter 451



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RUST [RUST]-451

The plan to release the woman who strangely resembled a nurse and then track her down ran into trouble from the start.

“Pittsburgh is one of those places, but when you think about Wilmington, it’s best to go alone.”

Pittsburgh may be like that, but Wilmington was ready to self-destruct. The malicious intent to bury everyone alive was clear.

If Wilmington did that, it was obvious that other labs and centers would have similar self-destruct devices. Even the destroyer was blown up when Wilmington was robbed, so the poison must have been high, but how could he go there alone? The PD was shocked.

“It’s dangerous, so you shouldn’t do it. And you’re going alone. Absolutely not.”

Of course, it was dangerous, so Maru said he would go alone and come back right away, but the PD was adamantly against it, saying he could never send him alone.

“I’ll decide whether to deal with it while I’m at it or just figure out the location and then leave, so it’s okay.”

The PD looked at Maru with a blank expression, wondering what was okay about it.

“Have you ever just walked away because you thought it was dangerous?”

Maru was at a loss for words at the question asked with sharp eyes.

“······.”

“······.”

So, this is the situation.

About the king going out alone with a sword a few days after proclaiming the kingdom.

The PD said this.

‘Why on earth are you doing this? Huh? Please.’

Ms. Kim nodded.

‘Then, as a king, you should do whatever you want. Okay.’

The nurse was busy trying to save the crow.

‘Do you need a crow as a messenger and a night watchman? Kids are good at it these days. They’re good.’

Psychometry was not an idea.

‘I can’t tell what she’s thinking.’ Her powers didn’t work on Maru.

In any case, the PD had no choice but to oppose.

What would happen to the Holy Ark Kingdom if he ascends? Either he should at least strengthen his successor, or he should at least prepare an alternative when he ascends.

“If it’s just finding out the enemy’s location, it can be done using just crows or drones.”

“It’s difficult because there are crows over there too. It’s the latest drone, so it can withstand temperatures of -20 to -25 degrees, but if it’s below -30 degrees, there will be battery problems. The most certain way is for me to go and check it myself.”

Maru and PD’s claims were sharply opposed, but what can we do? The king said he would go.

However, even if Vladimir Kalin was at his best, he really couldn’t go alone.

“···If you insist on going in person, you should go with personnel who can provide long-distance support and final security.”

“Long distances? It’s difficult to bring the newly-experienced guards to this operation.”

Kim Yang and the guards were deployed to support the reeducation of crows and protect Nanae from any potential poisonous crows. However, taking the close-range-focused knights with them was difficult in a situation where covert maneuvers were key.

“I repeat, it is best to go quietly and alone. As everyone advises, they would never think that the one sitting on the throne would personally pursue them, right?”

The PD shook his head at Maru’s claim that it was rather possible since it was still early in the kingdom declaration.

“It is dangerous to go alone because of the crows.”

“Even if a poisoned crow is dangerous, it’s okay because it’s just a poisoner.”

Even if a human takes medicine, he is still a drug addict.

At first, my job was to write for the herbalists. Didn’t I try to cut them into different types in the beginning?

From new drugs like Berserker Fall and Crystal to those using traditional drugs to take down criminal organizations like gangs, cartels, and mafia.

Since Maru had been cut to the point where he was sick of it, the PD was starting to get worried.

Actually, that was true. I had no intention of sitting on the throne as a totem, saying, “Come here,” “Go away,” just because I became the king, so the PD’s opposition and concerns began to feel burdensome.

‘Whew- this will be difficult.’

The PD swallowed his words as he watched Maru’s expression getting worse.

In his opinion, this person was taking the poisoned crow too lightly.

These were the ones who escaped even though the artificial intelligence Diana hunted them with the latest drones.

Is it that easy?

It was never easy.

What if there’s a genius crow among them who’s taken drugs?

“The drug they gave the crows was identified as an amphetamine. If it has a similar effect on crows as it does on humans, it is even more dangerous.”

It would have been better if it was a battle stimulant like Berserker Pole or Crystal. Those are the ones that make you lose your sanity and become more aggressive.

“A poisoned crow. Okay, I understand.”

Maru calmed the PD down by saying that he understood, because he felt more comfortable being alone, even if it meant just deciding to live.

“No matter how dangerous it is, in a situation like now, moving alone is more advantageous in many ways.”

“···Please remember that you are the center of the Holy Ark Kingdom. Your Highness’s safety is of utmost importance. Please pay attention to safety above all else.”

“I promise. I won’t push myself too hard.”

PD couldn’t stop Maru’s stubbornness.

So Maru started to track down the released enemy and the poisonous crow.

widely-

Wheeeeeeeeeek-

widely-

Dadadak

Boooow-

widely-

Maru, who had been jumping between buildings using the Ripper Suit’s stealth function, crouched flat.

Huh?

A crow flew low over the snow, coming down to check on it.

‘Did you get caught?’

Should I decide to kill him? At that moment, the crow looked around once more and gained altitude.

‘This is ridiculous.’

It was definitely tricky having crows on the enemy.

I used to think that crows were just doing reconnaissance and let it slide, but when I experienced it from the enemy’s perspective, crows’ reconnaissance was a bummer.

‘There’s no separate bio-drone. Come to think of it, I told these guys to patrol, but they were just loitering around because it was cold outside?’

Perhaps because it was a matter of life and death, the security of the mere 20 or so crows was quite strict. If they had come with the guards, they would have been caught.

‘That woman. She’s faster than I thought.’

The woman, who seemed to be a nurse, moved quite quickly. Like a brainwashed assassin, she seemed to have her physical restrictions half-released.

After walking hurriedly for a while, the woman entered a house on the outskirts of the city.

‘Surely that place isn’t some kind of branch office?’

If so, it means that it was dark under the lamp. Maru slowly raised his head and checked the sky. In the sky, he could see about 20 crows all flying around busily.

As a crow that had taken medicine, it would move around briskly now that it was full of medicinal energy, but it was clear that it would become limp when the medicinal energy wore off.

Maru took a seat in the shade and called out to Diana.

“Check your current location. I found a building that appears to be their hideout.”

[Confirmed. We will prepare the suppression force.]

Diana immediately reported the situation and gave the order to deploy.

“How long will it take to immediately surround and prepare to suppress it?”

[Arrived at the currently marked location. It will take 15 minutes to begin suppression operations.]

“Take along a unit of exosuits equipped with optical stealth modules and bird capture equipment.”

[Delivered.]

Brrrrrr-

“Wait a minute. I hear a noise like a chainsaw.”

An engine noise began to emanate from the building the woman entered.

Boo-boo- brrrrr-

“What is this sound?”

[Similar to the sound of a small engine.]

One side of the wall on the second floor of the building collapsed open and a snowmobile burst out.

“Fuck-”

It was scary when Maru suddenly rose from the shadows.

Above-

The snowmobile the woman was riding started to speed away with the roar of the engine. Maru also reflexively started to run.

Crows circled around and observed the surroundings as if they were escorting a moving snowmobile. They moved without hesitation, as if they still had some energy left.

From shadow to shadow. Maru was chasing a snowmobile, running in three dimensions along the side of buildings and through dark alleys.

[Shall we form a pursuit team?]

“If that was the case, I wouldn’t have come. They haven’t been caught yet. Start predicting the snowmobile’s path and be careful because there might be a suicide device inside.”

[Delivered.]

“Have you confirmed their escape route?”

[There are currently 5 routes that enemies can move through.]

“Put it up.”

A map appeared on Maru’s HUD, showing possible escape routes. Two routes led to the west and north of Detroit.

“Except West and North.”

Two routes were erased, leaving only three routes. Each route branched off to the southwest, south-south, and southeast. Maru checked the major cities along the route.

No matter where you went, it was difficult to travel more than half a day by snowmobile. The most likely place was Toledo, but Toledo was a city that had been hit by a nuclear bomb.

The last time I visited, it was a lawless city where most of the survivors of the nuclear explosion had left.

‘Wait a minute. If it’s a lawless city with radioactive material, wouldn’t that be a good place for their secret research lab?’

They weren’t the kind of people who would just leave the crows alone. They would dissect them piece by piece to find out the secret of the crows’ heightened intelligence.

Snowmobiles can fly 100 or 200 miles if they don’t break down, but crows can’t fly that long. No matter how much you wake them up with drugs, it’s hard to overcome their physical limitations.

‘Then. It’s a mess.’

If you went somewhere other than Toledo? You’d have to follow them by airship.

Booooooooo-

As Maru predicted, it was a snowmobile that controlled its speed to prevent the poisoned crows from spreading.

“Okay. If we go on like this, will we be headed towards Tullydo?”

[85% chance of getting in the direction of Tully.]

Maru, who had been running at full speed, slowly slowed down.

Then there was no need to run and lose stamina.

“Prepare a snowmobile equipped with a stealth module and send an airship here. Bring all the new drones as well. Go to Toledo before they do and wait.

[The airship is taking off. It will arrive on site in 7 minutes.]

As the crows that had taken medicine in the distance disappeared from Maru’s sight, a huge airship hovered over the roof of the building for a moment before rising.

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The airship circled around to avoid detection by the scouts of the ravens and arrived at its destination. The snowmobile, equipped with a stealth module, was connected to Diana.

[Control system connection complete. Then, repeater installation begins.]

“Send all the new drones.”

About a hundred new drones capable of long-range attacks were deployed in formations of threes and fives from the airship and spread out in all directions.

“Move in a shadow-like manner, so as not to be caught by the crows.”

[What should we do with the airship?]

“Maintain an altitude of 8km, prepare air-to-ground missiles and bunker busters.”

[Confirmed.]

“Have you figured out the location?”

The tracking device chip implanted in the woman was functioning normally.

[As expected, we are moving towards Tully.]

“Okay. Let’s go.”

The snowmobile Maru was in hiding, and it was positioned near the turret. After about 20 minutes, a flock of crows could be seen flying around the sky.

There were only seven crows keeping watch in the sky, perhaps because some of them had lost their energy. Of those, two were flapping their wings heavily, unable to gain altitude.

Booooooooo-

A snowmobile cuts through the distant snowfield, making a loud noise. Maru’s snowmobile cautiously follows suit.

Drones waiting between the buildings began to gather silently in the direction the snowmobiles were moving.

A moment later, a woman got off her snowmobile, which had stopped in front of a large building. The building, shattered by the aftermath of the nuclear explosion, stood there, looking hideous, without a single light.

The woman, who looked like a nurse, calmly walked towards the ominous building.

Kaaaak-

Evil—

A woman on a sled tied to a snowmobile is called by crows who are feeling weak, but she goes inside the building without looking back.

Maru also got off the snowmobile and started approaching the building.

[Scout crows descend.]

Maru stopped in his tracks at Diana’s warning.

Foodduck-

The sound of wings flapping, which should have been quiet, was rough.

As one swooped down, all the remaining crows swooped down as if to throw away all reconnaissance and all.

Kaaaak-

Caw-

A crow that had taken the snowmobile key out with its beak immediately opened the snowmobile’s cargo area with the key.

Soft

Caw

Kak- kaw

The crows that had been sick and dying flapped their wings excitedly.

A white pill inside a clear bottle, carefully lifted out.

The moment when two crows work together to twist open a bottle cap.

Boom- Boom-

Perverbung-

The trap net fell upon the crows with a noise.

Swish – People getting up from the snow. Agents wearing full-body hazmat suits laughed at the struggling crow.

“These kids are out of their minds because of the drugs?”

“What kind of reconnaissance is this? It’s just a bird’s eye view that hides in the snow and doesn’t even notice.”

The sight of crows struggling to eat medicine that fell from a bottle even though they were caught in a net was heartbreaking.

“Hey. Get those kids out before they take their medicine. You have to stop giving them medicine if you want to experiment with it.”

“All right.”

The agents who were capturing the crazy, glowing crows one by one suddenly adjusted their weapons.

“Fuck. That bitch came with a tail.”

“Prepare for battle!”

At the same time that sound, Diana reported to Maru.

[The location tracker has been turned off. I think I’ve been detected.]