Rust - Chapter 457



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RUST -457

‘Piranhas are attacking in a school?’

Ki-soon, who had been expressing her frustration with her whole body, suddenly laughed like crazy.

“Like a school of piranhas attacking you?”

Heh- heh heh-

Hahahahaha!

Yeah, if Virginia Langley and the Department of Homeland Security and the 7th China and Russia are going to rush in, then they’re going to rush in droves. That’s right.

Ki-soon, who had been mumbling, looked at Na-ju-yeon and said.

“Hey- is that you?”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“Be honest with me so I can explain.”

“I don’t understand what you’re saying. Why are you acting like this today? Did Manager Kim Ki-soon get dumped by Naru again? He complained that he had a hard time eating a meal, so I made him sit down sometimes, but it seems like it’s no use. If it’s no use, shouldn’t it be time to give up? You tell me to give up, but you’re really stubborn towards Naru.”

Despite Na Ju-yeon’s whining, Ki-sun’s smiling expression did not change.

A face with eyes that at first glance appear mad, and a mouth that looks like it’s asking if I’m looking at water.

“Mr. Chairman, I have a question that I’m really curious about.”

“······.”

Ki-sun started to talk in a serious tone that seemed non-serious.

“You said that the piranhas were coming in a swarm. They wouldn’t have suddenly turned around and attacked you. They must have smelled blood. Then who sprayed the blood that provoked the piranhas?”

“······.”

The sound of Gi-sun’s voice lingered like an aftertaste.

“Why is that crazy Korean government suddenly demanding that Marune’s family be handed over after having waited for an entire winter? Don’t you know what to do in a situation like this? Yes?”

“······.”

Na Ju-yeon’s expression, which had been reacting lively, suddenly turned cold.

“What are you talking about now?”

“Are you asking because you don’t know? Should I say it again? You said that the piranhas that had been sitting still suddenly came in a swarm. Do you think they came just for no reason? They must have come because they smelled blood. Then the question is, who dropped that blood?”

“······.”

“Me, Chairman. No… Jooyeon-ah. Really. Phew- I hope not. Did you know that Maru declared a kingdom first? That’s why you left traces in the Korean government?”

There was no way the South Korean government in its right mind could keep the secret.

If you had just taken out one of the 7 Chinas, all 7 Chinas would have been released. It would have been a quick trip to Russia. The same goes for getting into Virginia Langley and the Department of Homeland Security.

“So. If you knew your family was in danger, you think Maru would come get you? Since he came to get your family, why don’t you take him with you too?”

“······.”

“Did you think that since you were taking your family with you, you couldn’t not take someone so capable? Is that why? Contrary to your expectations, six months have passed on Ulleungdo and winter is almost over, and there has been no news, so is that why?”

“······.”

Na Ju-yeon with her mouth shut like a clam.

Ki-soon let out a hollow laugh again.

“You. Is this what Maru meant when he said he’d find you? It wasn’t like this. This is driving me crazy-. Seriously. Even though he’s holding Maru’s family, he hasn’t contacted me once until now. Are you going to do it openly now? Are you hoping to get them to come here even if it means calling dangerous things? That won’t work. I told you to just give up.”

Just like cracks in marble, cracks appeared on Na Ju-yeon’s hardened face.

“I don’t know about others, but Kim Ki-soon. You know how I feel. Don’t you? Why are you hanging around here, making excuses about curing the tangle mutation? It’s because of Naru! You care about her because she’s your friend and family? Will you still be here after Naru disappears? No. You said you’d find a way, so what? Give up?”

Na Ju-yeon, who had been shouting, took a deep breath and spoke.

“Whew, Mr. Kim Ki-soon. You’re good at thinking in that direction. So, don’t you know how I feel, what my situation is like? You can’t give up on Naru either.”

Ki-sun’s face distorted.

Yes, Na Ju-yeon and Kim Ki-soon each had someone they liked. They were both being rejected by the people they liked. If it was a case of shared suffering, it was a case of shared suffering.

“Do you understand why Naru rejects you? You still don’t get it?”

I suppose it’s because Na Ju-yeon and Maruya are enemies, but I couldn’t figure out what the problem was with Kim Ki-soon and Hanaru.

Is it a problem that it was born that way? Fusing with a mutant snail? Then just say so. Since he didn’t tell me why, I was going crazy and going crazy.

If he had said something like, ‘There’s no reason. I just don’t like it.’, I would have hurled a whole bowl of abuse at him, but he consistently maintained his position of, ‘It’s fine to be an older brother that I know. I’m not sure about dating him…’

We don’t eat together, but we still drink together. If you try to make plans directly, he hates it, but if you contact him through Na Ju-yeon, he acts as if nothing happened.

To Kim Ki-soon, Naru was as painful as a parasite rooted in his heart. Ju-yeon, looking at Ki-soon’s crumpled face, said.

“When you think of Naru, you feel pain and resentment? I feel the same way. I feel it even more. More.”

Even though I used a lot of medicine, it didn’t work. Even though my love was converted into hatred and I treated him like a half-test subject, that didn’t work either.

She poured various drugs into Maru, but Maru was fine, as if he was resistant to the drugs she made.

And that rekindled her hatred into flames.

‘Ah, that person is someone who can’t be changed with medicine.’

A person who cannot be changed even by a miracle drug. The moment when the idea that love was just one of the hormonal effects collapsed. The existence of Maru was the proof of love that could not be changed into material things.

‘That person is the only one who can see me as myself.’

‘That person is the only one who can treat love with love.’

The love that was rekindled like that was deep and dark. It was a feeling that would never go out and burned deep in her heart every day.

Ki-soon’s crumpled face made the sound of an aluminum can.

“Is that so? If the medicine you made could cure Maru’s father’s cancer, then you just left it like that so that you could treat Maru when he comes?”

“no.”

Na Ju-yeon’s eyes, which had been burning darkly, dimmed.

“then?”

“I don’t know the cause, but my father also had a constitution that didn’t respond to my medicine.”

At the moment, the only thing that could be done was to relieve the pain caused by the cancer that had spread throughout his body. In fact, it would not have been strange if his life ended at any moment.

“Then what about the old lady who was addicted to the medicine you made?”

“You know why the medicine I made is expensive. The severe dependence and addiction are not side effects of the medicine. My mother chose the past herself. She just wanted the happiest memories rather than the reality.”

It was a drug that could be taken and woken up at any time if one had the will, but on the other hand, if one had no will, there was no way to escape from the happy past memories one had created.

One of Ki-sun’s eyebrows was distorted.

“What about Naru? Did you drug Naru too? Did you have illusions about winning a piano competition or something?”

“I told you last time. I don’t plant illusions and things like that happen. I did use medicine related to strengthening, but I only used it for Naru’s dream. Naru’s dream was to be good at playing the piano.”

“······.”

“······.”

Writing meant writing.

Probably. She was probably trying to accumulate data related to Maru during that process. Maru would have been her ultimate goal.

Ki-sun spoke to Na-ju-yeon, who was as twisted as she was.

“It’s not my place to say this, but don’t make things worse and give up on Maru. At least give up for now. Maybe later, when more time has passed, but not now.”

The dark flame that had subsided at Gi-sun’s words seemed to burn again in Na-ju-yeon’s pupils.

“You want me to do something that you can’t do yourself? Oh? Come to think of it, you still have a way. A way to change Naru’s mind.”

Na Ju-yeon took out a small bottle from the desk.

“You were curious, weren’t you? You wanted to ask if there really was a love potion?”

“······.”

Na Ju-yeon looked into Ki-sun’s eyes and pushed the medicine on the table towards Ki-sun.

Swish-

“This is the medicine. It might find you the love you’ve always wanted.”

“······.”

Ki-sun’s gaze turned to the small vial.

Love potion.

Even though it didn’t work on Maru and he knew that it was the drug that made Na Ju-yeon’s father hate her, Ki-sun couldn’t help but waver.

“You know? The reaction of love is hate. It’s not indifference. Maybe the reason you don’t come to me is because you hate me?”

“······.”

“But if you use this, there are three possible outcomes. Either it won’t work like that person, or you’ll fall in love with me, or you’ll end up hating me. But it’ll still end, so what do you think?”

“Why now?”

“I don’t know when they’ll come, but they’ll come soon.”

“crazy···.”

I had my doubts, but Ki-sun’s prediction was indeed right.

“Maru doesn’t accept hostages. Family members don’t take hostages! I told you that when I was in Seoul.”

“Yes, I told you. It can be done.”

Na Ju-yeon’s dark, burning eyes turned towards Gi-sun.

“You···. You. You.”

“But you know, if family doesn’t work, what about friends?”

“Are you crazy?”

“You talk like you’re fine. So what are you going to do about this? Are you going to take it? There’s not much time left.”

Ki-sun swallowed her curse. The love potion was right in front of her.

If there is that. Maybe.

‘Wake up, you idiot. Did you see the woman who wrote that?’

There was a person right in front of me who had turned around because the medicine didn’t work.

Even though he knew that, Ki-sun couldn’t turn away from the love potion.

The important thing now wasn’t the medicine. I had to come to my senses.

Since they said they were coming, it was clear that at least two places would be targeting Ulleungdo.

‘Wait. You knew that Maru had declared a kingdom?’

It means that someone told me.

‘It’s China in terms of distance, but it’s not China.’

7 It wasn’t China. No matter how bad Na Ju-yeon was, she wouldn’t join hands with 7 China and voluntarily become the head of a human flesh capsule factory.

A memory that suddenly came to mind. Two business cards that Na Ju-yeon had, Virginia Langley’s business card and the Department of Homeland Security’s business card.

“Where? Who is this show partnering with? Virginia? Or the Department of Homeland Security?”

“Well, where should I go?”

Ki-soon’s head was spinning.

“Virginia Langley. Is that where you suggested leaking information?”

“···well.”

If you’re the type that exploits people’s weaknesses, then of course it’s you.

“Why did you do that when you knew Virginia Langley wasn’t a trustworthy person?”

“Is there anyone in the world you can trust? Isn’t there? I’ve talked to you guys before, so don’t worry.”

Na Ju-yeon’s smile seemed to say, “You too, are the same.”

‘Fuck.’

Ki-sun looked at the bottle of medicine she was holding without realizing it.

Na Ju-yeon said to that Ki-sun.

“I want us to be honest with each other now. I don’t want to waste time on this pointless thing. I’ll help you get Naru, and you’ll help me get Maru. What do you think?”

Na Ju-yeon took out a business card and placed it on the desk.

Virginia Langley’s business card.

“We’ve decided to use this place as bait to reduce the number of forces that could be a stumbling block in the future, so if we just join, our share on that side is secure.”

A family of pharmaceutical experts and a swordsman king. Of course they would flock there. And those who enter this narrow Ulleungdo will never be able to escape. This island itself will be a huge trap.

“What are you going to do? Will you come and make your dreams come true with me? Or…?”

A few days later, the gunfire and explosions that began at Ulleungdo Port were erased by a huge mushroom cloud.