Rust - Chapter 476



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RUST -476

If this town had fallen into the hands of Virginia, the military, or any other bastard, tolerance would have been meaningless. Even if we spared those who had joined them, they would only continue to cause trouble.

“Eh- Exactly?”

The nurse’s eyes widened.

Didn’t they originally only kill cannibals and those with the ability to resist, and spare the rest? Even so, wasn’t it planned to spare the villages in the outskirts so that they could defend their strongholds autonomously?

Maru froze the video at the nurse’s questioning gaze. The still image showed the machine gun in a blurry form.

“I can only see one here, but what is that tent on the roof of the building next door? And what about that tent over there?”

Even assuming there were only anti-aircraft guns, there were a whopping three of them.

What if it’s not an anti-aircraft gun, but a surface-to-air missile battery or a mortar emplacement?

We had to consider the worst case scenario.

“If it’s a big bomb, aren’t the sacred crows dangerous?”

“It’s okay to start by hitting with 155mm.”

Anti-aircraft guns can be blown away. Self-propelled guns have to be fixed and fired since the repair technicians and parts from the empire have not yet arrived, but if you deploy them with towed artillery and increase their numbers, you can quickly push them away with firepower.

First, we’ll clear them out with artillery fire, and then finish off the rest with sacred crow bombing.

If you can hold out, hold out.

‘Why did the cannibals who took over the village join us? Is it simply because of the weapons?’

If you can take over just one large village, you can live like a god, so why would you want to go under someone else? It seemed a bit strange to say it was because of weapons. Smuggling alone would have been enough.

If the cannibals had retreated, it would have been because they had submitted to a superior entity with higher power than them, or because they had been offered to evolve into nobles.

“Are you going down there and saying I’ll make you a vampire?”

The nurse said with an ‘eh-‘ expression.

“Maybe so. Humans are difficult animals to raise.”

Even if we survive this winter, what happens next?

What if winters get longer, or summers suddenly get longer?

Something like an earthquake or a volcanic eruption could have happened.

If the Yellowstone volcano erupted, North America would literally be in ruins. In Japan, volcanoes erupted and caused chaos, so it would be difficult to assume that the same thing would not happen in the Americas.

Even if they were trying to operate a human breeding colony like the one in the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base bunker, it would be impossible to maintain the captured humans after a few years of extreme cold and abnormal weather.

If that were to happen, it would be fatal for cannibals who had to eat humans to sustain their bodies. Fighting over humans? They didn’t even have a chance to fight for survival.

Because if a superior entity steals a human from a cannibal with less dominance than itself, that’s it. So upgrading to a vampire was a realistic way to prepare for the worst case scenario.

If we approach it this way, the cannibals in the border areas and outskirts will have no choice but to join the Virginia Company and the military.

“Bring me all the weapons I can use right now.”

“The location is here. It’s 26km behind the hill.”

Since Maru planned the operation and personally commanded it, preparations were completed in no time. Four self-propelled guns and eight towed guns. A total of twelve 155mm guns were ready to fire after completing their firing.

[Unconditional surrender and evacuation recommendations were delivered.]

The leaflets were dropped from the air using the Sacred Crow Unit.

If you do not disarm and surrender unconditionally, we will attack you. A generous recommendation to evacuate the village and take shelter if you do not want to die.

If you take the warning seriously and vacate the village, that wouldn’t be a bad thing either. They’d just shell and bomb the empty village.

“Huh? They all left?”

“They might have set a trap.”

Maru’s story was that there might be someone hiding somewhere in the village who could press the detonator and bang.

“Then why did you distribute the leaflets···.”

“I have to see what happens.”

Did the villagers willingly join the cannibals, or were they forcibly dragged along?

If there were a lot of people who wanted to be freed from cannibalism, there would definitely be some kind of reaction when they saw the leaflet. If not, they could just push it away.

“If they have a plan, they’ll try to contact us. We and they might try to use that against us.”

“Huh? Is that so?”

It was a bit complicated.

The nurse glanced at the floor with that thought in mind, then turned her head to look again.

It was okay when I wasn’t conscious of it, but once my mind started to focus on it, it kept happening.

Is it because there’s nothing blocking the seat next to him? Come to think of it, is the seat next to him??? Huh?

Her face was gradually heating up. Whether he knew her feelings or not, her heart was pounding louder, Maru was busy planning a plan.

“When they come out of the village, surround them with the wolf unit, bomb them with the sacred crow unit, and then subdue them all at once when the guards are deployed.”

Since they ran away without surrendering, it was natural to attack them.

It was innocent because he didn’t say he wouldn’t attack if I left quietly.

Just catch them all and do some psychometry on them.

What if a cannibal hides in the search party and comes out with them, or abandons the people and runs away?

It didn’t matter because the black horse that was rolling hard would react first.

So how will it turn out?

A report was sent to Maru.

[The townspeople are climbing onto the roof of the building and onto the fence.]

Tsk-

A wrinkle formed between Maru’s eyebrows.

The scenario I most want to avoid.

The cannibals’ choice was simple.

It was a hostage situation, where they were using the townspeople as a meat shield to hold out while waiting for an opportunity.

Infiltrating the village like last time is a bad idea.

If they were the ones who had the upper hand, it was clear that they had laid a trap to blow up the entire village.

That means… I guess we should consider the hostage situation going on right now as a lure?

What would be the most effective and surefire way to rescue the hostages? It would be to infiltrate using the Ripper suit’s cloaking device. That means they know that too.

“Are you telling me to come in? It’s not just cannibals.”

Lured into a hostage situation as if waiting for the options of resistance, escape, and surrender?

Why on earth did it happen?

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A little boy was sticking his butt out. He seemed to be using anger as energy.

“What the hell···”

The child, who was about to roll over, fell forward and screamed. Regardless, Ms. Kim’s lips curved slightly as she flicked her fingertips and made the child fall again.

“Oh my, my shit-sitter. I loved that shit so much. I could writhe around on it.”

“Jugyeogyeobeo···.”

Miss Kim again gently touched the child’s leg as he woke up shivering.

Slippery-

Tears began to well up in the eyes of the child who had collapsed on the ground. Unable to bear the anger any longer, the child began to tremble.

“Look at that little guy’s eyes, he’s got his legs wide open. He’s going to catch a person. He’s going to catch a person.”

“······.”

“So why are you getting all worked up and yelling at other people? They’re just clones, so what?”

“······.”

“Why? Why are you looking at me like that?”

“······.”

“You thought it was a reincarnation, but you’re disappointed because it’s a half-copy? Is that why you’re yelling at a normal person?”

“Judy got hurt—!!!”

“So you’re saying you’re a bitch with athlete’s foot? Yeah. If you were the original, do you think you’d care if you were a clone or something?”

Kim Yang’s smile was a smile that reminded me of someone from the past. The child’s face was distorted by the look of a little excitement mixed with a little madness.

“My brother is a clone, and you are a clone. What’s the problem with that?”

“···What the hell.”

Director Yu Mark 2 was unbelievable.

Is memory loss evidence that you’re a clone?

He wasn’t reincarnated with memories, but was just a clone. And what’s worse, he said he was using the surrogate mother’s womb to create another clone. How can he be sane knowing that?

Is that why it was so funny? Is that why it was like that?

‘Fuck.’

In a clear memory. He had a vivid memory of grabbing the bitch in front of him like a mouse. Yes, he had definitely grabbed this bitch. Was this an implanted memory?

I couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t believe it.

Are you trying to get revenge for that time? Is that why you’re lying? Director Yu Mark 2 thought so.

He urged the researcher who was taking care of him to tell the truth. As he started making a fuss by grabbing the researcher’s cheek, pulling out his hair, and making a fuss, Ms. Kim came down.

That’s how the shit party started.

Is this crazy bitch just being crazy?

The anger that had been bubbling up cooled down.

Director Yoo Mark 2 looked straight into Kim Yang’s smile.

On the outside he looked like he was laughing, but his eyes weren’t laughing.

Why did you tell me I’m a clone? Just because I’m crazy?

That can’t be it.

The little Miss Kim in my memory, who was running towards me while getting hit, overlapped with the present Miss Kim.

“What is this? It’s a dog.”

Kim Yang was pleased to see him looking straight into her eyes and talking as if it was nothing to do with the shit smeared all over her face.

“We’re at war right now… WAR, that is. WAR.”

“woah?”

“Yeah, that’s dirty too.”

“Huh? That guy.”

As she organized the seven villages, Kim realized something.

That it wasn’t simply a village clearing out by cannibals.

So the current situation is a kind of irregular war.

A situation exactly like the irregular wars that frequently erupted in places like the Middle East and Africa.

If I was not careful, I could have fallen into a swamp.

Luckily, fortunately, there was an expert in that field here, right? It was still a poopy diaper, but I thought that if I stimulated and tightened it, something useful would come out, and in the end, it was bingo.

“Yeah, war. You’re good at it.”

Director Yu Mark 2’s eyes widened as if the word war had become a keyword. Yang Kim gestured to the researcher who was watching from the side.

The researcher who was hesitantly approaching Director Yu Mark 2 had a clear wound on his cheek that looked like it had been scratched by a child.

“Don’t worry, I won’t have a seizure anymore.”

“···thank you.”

“Thank you, what?” Kim Yang replied sheepishly.

“Go wash up and come out. I’ll clean up here.”

As the researcher led Director Yoo Mark 2, who had been covered in shit, to the shower room, Kim Yang nodded again, looking to a corner.

“there.”

“yes?”

“Are you just going to watch?”

“yes?”

“Clean it up.”

“yes?”

Then, will I, who is second in line, be the one to take care of it?

These are missing.

We need to gather all the researchers and technicians together and establish discipline.

At the corner of Kim Yang’s eyes that were slightly curved, the woman who had been following the researcher started cleaning up quickly.

After a while, Director Yu Mark 2, who had been washed clean, returned to his seat. Yang Kim got straight to the point without any haste.

“Diana. Upload the border area engagement information file that has been up to now to this monitor.”

[···Uploaded.]

A long, stretched border.

The villages that were stuck like islands along the roads that were lost here and there were like fortresses. A small child looking at a map that was located like a ghost in an area that could be a stronghold or a strategic point.

Director Yu opened his mouth after carefully examining the records of Kim Yang’s engagements with Mark 2 and the village Maru was recently trying to conquer.

“I’m going to spread the Jajuper gun. It’s okay. I’m going to take it.”

Although the pronunciation was slurred because the tongue muscles were not yet developed, it was enough to be understood.

“Limited- here.”

“It’s a trap, so you’re telling me to just blow it all away?”

Kim Yang and Director Yoo Mark 2 put their heads together.

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Waaaaa …

The sky was filled with the sound of 30mm anti-aircraft guns rotating at high speeds.

The crows that were approaching the village for close reconnaissance suddenly flew down and hid in the forest.

[The scout crow was attacked.]

Maru’s eyes turned murderous. As expected.

How did a village this remote know that crows were calling from this side?

“Commence shelling!”

Twelve 155mm howitzers opened fire.