Rust - Chapter 491



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RUST [RUST]-491

An empty park greeted Kim Yang and his bodyguards, who had come out heavily armed.

[Block the surrounding area. Start searching for the wolf unit.]

Krrrrrr-

Under the command of Kim Yang, the wolf unit began a search.

The wolves were digging all over the place, their scent still lingering.

[Dig where the wolves reacted. Plant a movement path flag.]

It was natural to put down the machine gun and pick up a shovel, and in an instant the once lush park was transformed into a construction site with bare earth exposed.

[There is something here.]

[Don’t touch this, call a bomb expert.]

Fortunately, there were no booby traps or anything.

[Are you sure?]

[Yes. There is no explosives or anything.]

Krrrrrr- (There is no smell of a bomb.)

Mr. Kim’s head tilted slightly.

If it were her, she would have set up a lot of booby traps and made a big mess of it.

[Then take it out carefully. Just in case, prepare for an explosion.]

It was bizarre that they had dug so carefully out of the ground.

Inside the transparent, long tube, the brain with its spinal cord was floating.

[···This is.]

Ms. Kim sent a live video to Maru.

[Is this it? It seems similar to Dr. Noedungdung.]

“okay.”

Brain and Spinal Cord Plus Version.

Even the veins and nerve bundles appeared to be contaminated with a dark red color.

While Maru frowned, Diana completed her basic examination.

[Reaction confirmed by the psychic wave detection sensor. It is definitely psychic wave related equipment.]

“Is that the only one?”

[There wasn’t one in this park. And these guys are weird. They didn’t even set any booby traps.]

[No other mental waves are detected by the detection sensor.]

There were no booby traps?

“Diana. Send that to the lab right now. Raise it as a top research topic and dispatch everyone in the relevant field to figure out what it is and what its function is. And the researcher was Tria, right?”

[Yes.]

“What about Dr. Brain? Is he still sending signals using Morse code?”

[Yes, we are sending a signal. We have therefore converted the CCTV connection in the storage room to a closed type, preventing any signal from going outside.]

“Is the Morse code content the same as last time?”

[Yes. However, recently, in addition to the rescue signal, it has been repeatedly sending out signals of unknown content. The result of the calculation appears to be some kind of code.]

“cord?”

[yes.]

Maru’s eyebrows moved slightly.

“It’s either a code or an emergency response protocol activation key… Whatever it is, it must be related to Tria.”

[It is highly likely.]

Dr. Noedungdung, who had been quiet, has been acting up recently.

“Have Diana personally manage the research on the recovered device.”

[All right.]

Considering that Dr. Brain Dungdung was sending out an unknown code in Morse code, it was better to exclude Tria from the study.

‘It’s brainwave-related equipment. If any communication technology using brainwaves comes out, I’ll be tired.’

Maru didn’t want to leave any room for trouble.

[I object. The field of study is my domain.]

Tria raised an objection as the red light that had been quiet for a while grew stronger. Maru answered honestly and frankly.

“If the doctor had just stayed quiet, it wouldn’t have been different. Even now, they’re sending out distress signals in Morse code, and you’re going to do brain-related research? It’s difficult to turn on the hope circuit just because you discovered a brain-related device that isn’t yours.”

[Does this mean you don’t trust the contract?]

“If that were the case, I would have disposed of him long ago when he started messing around with Morse code. I just want him to remember that the contract is valid and that I am keeping my promise to keep him alive.”

[······.]

“You’ve been doing well so far. It’s a shame that you still can’t let go of your doctorate.”

While Maru and Tria finished talking, Ms. Kim updated her field report.

[The wolves are following their trail. Pursuing?]

“Wait a minute, what are those flags?”

Kim Yang said in a proud voice.

[Ah- This- Does it catch your eye? It’s a flag indicating the direction the wolves were chasing.]

Behind her, red triangular flags were placed at regular intervals. The triangular flags were placed so that the enemy could see at a glance which direction they were moving.

“Check Diana’s direction.”

[Display the flag.]

Lines began to appear between the red dots floating on the screen. The city at the end of that long red solid line.

[7 o’clock. This is Toledo.]

[Turley too? Didn’t you swipe it once when you passed by there last time?]

Maru was lost in thought for a moment.

‘Talli Dora. Are you planning to use it as a stronghold to keep the kingdom in check?’

It was not Michigan, which had been declared a kingdom territory, but Ohio.

“What about Ohio? I heard the tribute rats took over the granary. Can we use it?”

Diana was able to answer immediately, as she was gathering information through crows and drones.

[Currently, the main force of the Tribute Rats is attacking the central and western breadbasket of Ohio.]

“Still? I thought the firepower of the Tribute Rats would be enough to clear out the state of Ohio in no time···.”

The momentum of the tribute rats, which seemed like they would soon be pushed back, was blocked by the monster rats’ human wave tactics, and they were going back and forth.

“Only pursue the wolf pack. Tell them to move at night if possible. First, let’s confirm whether the place they fled to is Tollido and then decide.”

[Okay.]

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After two days of pursuit, it was confirmed that the men had entered Toledo.

“I think the reason there is an enemy hideout nearby is to support the beauty queen.”

“That’s right. I robbed it once last time, but it came back again because of the honey trap.”

“······.”

“If they find out that the beauty queen is alive, they won’t give up and will definitely cause trouble again.”

“How can you believe that? They’ve been brainwashed, so if they get an order, they’ll reflexively commit suicide.”

“······.”

Producer Michael Newman quietly closed his eyes to the three women’s subtle claim to eradicate the beauty trap. However, Maru’s thoughts were different.

“I will not change my decision regarding the beauty queen.”

It would have been better if they couldn’t give up the honey trap and kept coming in. I was confident I could prepare for that.

Besides, if you put in double and triple safety measures, that’s it. Where are you going to get such talent? They gave you talent for free, so you’re just going to throw it away?

Just looking at the one-armed man’s inspection, it was the same. They said that if he fulfilled his public service, they would reattach his original arm, and then they would send him to a remote village and make him wander around.

The same goes for Bbangsooni. Not only was Diana watching it closely, but the head chef was also in charge of managing it. But when it came to disposing of it,

“The decision now is what to do with Toledo. Not the beauty trap.”

“······.”

“······.”

Toledo was too close to Detroit. Given the missile attacks that had come from Toledo, it was hard to leave it alone.

“···I think it’s because there’s a city there and space to hide in. What if it’s completely turned into ruins so they can’t hide?”

Ms. Kim expresses her opinion in a serious voice.

“So you’re talking about creating a kind of buffer zone?”

The PD nodded. It may seem unfair from the Ohio side, but it wasn’t a bad idea from the Holy Kingdom’s perspective.

“What about the movement in Ohio?”

[There has been a lot of activity since the end of the severe cold. It has been confirmed that the National Guard and the National Defense Corps have finished reorganizing and are putting all their efforts into ensuring public security.]

“How large is the force?”

[About 120,000 people including the National Guard and the National Guard.]

They picked a lot. I thought the population was around 12 million, but 120,000 out of that. Considering the population that decreased due to the cold weather, it means that all the young men were practically pushed into the defense forces or defense corps.

“Our relationship… won’t be good.”

“Uh-uh. I heard from the crows over there. They say that people there think we made a preemptive strike on Pittsburgh and Toledo.”

To be precise, Vladimir Kalin, the current king of the Holy Ark Kingdom, was reported to have united the two cities.

“Probably the relevant footage was distributed to influential figures in Ohio.”

The hood added flesh to the nurse’s words.

“If we found evidence of hacking on the CCTV, it would not be impossible to recover the footage. If we sent evidence of a video of someone running around the city with a knife, the state of Ohio would naturally be suspicious of us.”

“It’s hard to understand. Even if Toledo is like that, Pittsburgh wouldn’t be so easy to get away with. There would be a lot of cannibal corpses and evidence of experiments. And yet you still suspect us?”

“Because you’re good at manipulating information and turning it around.”

“Even if they knew they were manipulating it, it would be the same. If they were trying to persuade the upper echelons of Ohio by talking about new humans and the evolution of humanity, then it wouldn’t be true.”

“So your goal is to pit Ohio State and the Holy Kingdom against each other?”

“If we look at the results alone, yes. In any case, we cannot just leave Toledo alone.”

Ha- It’s not easy.

“Is this why you didn’t blow it up with a booby trap?”

“It is possible.”

If we had blown up the brainwave device with a booby trap and cut off the trace, we wouldn’t have gone in the direction of attacking Tollido. That’s why they used the brainwave device and the trace to induce our actions.

‘No. That’s not all.’

Even if they hadn’t set up a booby trap, the Thunderbolt device could have been disposed of. Even if they had disposed of it and left only a trace, they would have tracked it and headed to Toledo. However, it was strange that they left behind an intact Thunderbolt device.

“It’s definitely weird.”

“If it’s a technology related to mental waves, it’s a very important technology. It’s also a mental wave generator that assists in the beautification process. Ah- mental waves- wait a minute.”

Hood started tapping on the keyboard. Psychological data began to fall onto the monitor.

“Samantha. Please give me a separate abstract of research on psychic waves.”

[What is the keyword?]

Blue lights flashed inside the conference room.

“Contamination. Communications networks. Telepathy. Brainwashing.”

[112 Imperial Lab files, 6 Ark Tower Lab files found.]

“Please open the contamination-related files first.”

The files Hood opened contained a research hypothesis that powerful psychic waves could contaminate the thoughts and judgments of animals or people.

“No way… Are you trying to keep me exposed to a certain mental wave…?”

“······.”

“······.”

Maru immediately gave an order to Diana.

“Diana. Stop the relevant experiments immediately, isolate all researchers involved, and begin observing for any abnormalities. Until a solution is found, send the psychic generator to the storage room and seal it.”

[Delivered.]

Tsk- these kids are really playing dirty.

If you look at it from the other side, you’ll probably get cursed at for not getting caught.

Maru turned his head from side to side and bared his teeth.

“Okay. If you want to get Ohio State and us involved, let me show you. What happens if you touch it?”

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Kiiing-

Profit-

The exosuit exclusively for the Royal Guard made its debut, accompanied by a heavy mechanical sound.

The new models of the SS, using the monster’s byproducts, mounted powerful 20mm machine guns and paraded towards their commander.

Kkiyungkkiyung-

A small, light sound different from the heavy sound of the Royal Guard exosuit stopped and Kim Yang’s serious voice filled the parade ground.

[Today we are going out to wipe Toledo, the hotbed of their dirty tricks, off the map.]

[Don’t worry about civilians in Toledo. We’ve given them ample time to evacuate. If you’re a civilian, we’ve warned you several times to vacate Toledo.]

[So remember, those who still remain in Toledo are the work of dirty men, regardless of age or gender – they are all our enemies -]

[Let’s go! For victory!]

Kkiyungkkiyung-

A tank-led exosuit force marched toward Toledo. Self-propelled guns, towed guns, and rocket launchers followed at the end of the long convoy.

The kingdom’s press gave extensive publicity to this expedition.

“I will let the enemies know clearly.”

“Even without the King, even without the Crow Bombardment Squadron, our military will show that it is strong.”

And that night.

The airship carrying Maru and the Crow Corps rose into the darkness.