Rust - Chapter 503



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RUST [RUST]-503

An arm waving in the air despite having an information extractor embedded in its head.

‘The strength is also good.’

Kim Yang stabbed the chest of the still-living, squirming agent with the muzzle of his gun. His eyelids trembled in response.

Buddle- burr-

The half-opened eyelids widened and the pupils that were swaying back and forth turned to look at Kim Yang. One arm that had been waving in the air absentmindedly reached out tremblingly toward Kim Yang.

A desperate movement as if begging to be saved.

‘Wouldn’t you be unable to move if an information extractor gets stuck in your head?’

Clank-

Tuang-

The power of the large-caliber gun fired right in front was tremendous.

The headquarters agent was foaming at the mouth as his entire elbow joint was torn off.

When Ms. Kim, who had stopped her trembling arms from shaking forever, turned her head, the little boy was glaring at her with a scowl.

[What are you looking at? Why?]

“Shit, you piece of shit, shoot.” (Say the shit and shoot.)

Director Yoo Mark 2 glared at Kim Yang and shouted.

[Why did you crawl in here and start talking nonsense? I said I’d shoot, so what do you have to say?]

“You said you’d do it anyway.” (I told you I’d see that.)

Kim Yang’s eyes narrowed.

[What are you going to do with that?]

“I have to check to see if I missed anything.” (I have to check to see if I missed anything.)

‘Why would you care about that?’

Kim Yang thought to herself. So it was Director Yu Mark 2, whose atmosphere had changed after the large werewolf attacked the command vehicle and almost killed him.

[Hey, you piece of shit. Something has changed in you.]

“What the hell? Stop whining and go to sleep.” (What the hell are you talking about? Stop whining and just give me the materials.)

[I already sent the report, but what data? What are you so curious about?]

The important information extracted from the headquarters agent was sent straight to Maru, so the rest was not that urgent, but Director Yoo Mark 2, who asked for the data, was a subtle Kim Yang.

Well. Since it was extracted directly from the brain of a headquarters agent, there was more useful information than I thought. There was information about werewolves and information about nobles, that is, vampires.

He said he would look into all of that, but why would he need that? Just take off the diapers quickly. Despite Kim Yang’s suspicious gaze, Director Yoo Mark 2 was shameless.

“Telepathy, are you going to sleep?” (What about telepathy data?)

Since Mark 2 had emphasized the importance of long-distance communication, Kim nodded obediently.

[Your data is over there. Don’t touch the brain. Just look at the monitor.]

I thought headquarters agents could use telepathy, but they could only receive telepathy. And even that had serious side effects.

‘The side effects are very dangerous.’

Even the noble agent’s brain started to melt when he communicated with telepathy for too long. Drinking blood packs to increase healing power also had severe side effects.

‘This. If you can implant telepathy into anyone, isn’t that itself a weapon of mass destruction?’

That’s a weapon that can burn the opponent’s brain. Yeah.

Kim Yang thought of a movie he had enjoyed watching. There was a scene in which a telepath lost control and people in the surrounding area were simply massacred.

They say there are no telepathic weapons yet, but with people with abilities constantly emerging and crazy people conducting reckless experiments, it seems difficult to be confident that there won’t be any in the future.

Since I sent Maru all this information, he won’t just sit there. Then, after this operation is over, things will go round and round.

Kim Yang took a deep breath and looked at the back of Director Yu Mark 2’s head. It was nice that he could command and handle things comfortably because of that, but Director Yu’s clone was still a clone.

‘I have to make time for it sometime.’

‘We even had a three-way meeting… Now that I think about it, isn’t it not too far away until Mark 3 comes out?’

It was Ms. Kim who was calming down.

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Off the coast of Virginia Beach.

Far away, Norfolk, once a naval base, lay in ruins, buried in the darkness of the night.

“3. 2. 1. Drop.”

“All squadrons have completed bomb drop.”

Kwaaaaang-

Kwaaaaang-

Flames burst out with a huge explosion.

“Simultaneous strikes successful.”

“The aircraft is returning.”

“Move at full speed to the destination.”

“Full speed to point A.”

“Fleet, full speed ahead.”

“No radar abnormality.”

A fleet consisting of one aircraft carrier, seven Aegis ships, and one airship turned toward the open sea.

“Is it really necessary to go this far?”

General Edmund Garfield believed that there was no chance of seagulls reaching the area where the fighter jets were launched 30 to 40 kilometers off the coast.

“Because it’s best to be careful about everything.”

Maru’s thoughts were different. Even if you only look at crows, they can fly with a low noise, although not as well as owls or barn owls, and they can also dive vertically at high speeds like a Stuka dive bomber.

Silent flight and high-speed vertical dive are both characteristics of other birds, and Maru judged that if our crows can do it, seagulls might be able to do it too.

“Hmm. As you know… the deck is in bad shape, so landing won’t be easy.”

Even when the flight deck was intact, accidents were likely to occur during night takeoffs and landings. However, the general was dissatisfied with the fact that night operations were pushed ahead.

“It’s really dangerous to try to do it while driving at high speeds. How about nearby Baltimore Marshall Airport or, a little further away, Philadelphia Airport?”

So, even if the sortie was to be made from an aircraft carrier, they wanted to land at an airport on land, but Maru was against it.

“The airport is overrun by birds and rats. It would take at least a few days to clear it out, and we don’t have time for that.”

The aircraft carrier had seven Aegis destroyers, so we could wipe it out by bombing and firing missiles at it and burning it, but would that leave the airport runway untouched?

If we wanted to take control of the airport while keeping the runway open, we would have to deal with swarms of birds and rats on the ground, which of course would take a long time.

‘Then you can go! Why don’t you just go and sweep away the flock of birds and rats?’

The general’s thoughts were like this after watching the educational(?), propaganda(?) video he came across while deciding to join the royal army. The video had a strange title, ‘The Majesty of King Vladimir Kalin: The Great Swordsmanship, The Dignified Legendary Achievements Med Movie Collection.’

He was seen slashing at buildings with his sword, and splitting anti-tank missiles in half. Even a giant bear that could have stood three stories tall, and a swarm of rats swarming like bees, could not withstand his sword strikes.

If the video is a composite or CG, wouldn’t it be over if Vladimir Kalin showed up? He was just going to wipe out the airport? But why isn’t he going there himself and just standing here?

Even though General Edmund Garfield sent him a look, Maru continued to pretend not to know. The missionary video wasn’t a lie, but it was a video that omitted the part where he had struggled to die.

Just looking at the buildings was like that. How many times have I been in a situation where I was really scared?

The same goes for the encounter with a flock of birds in the forest, which gave rise to the possibility of recruiting crows.

Although it may seem like it was easy to organize by writing about life, it was by no means an easy task at the time.

Now I can live freely, but back then I couldn’t. There was also a hole called the forest where I could escape when things went wrong.

But what about the airport?

Fighting off tens of thousands of birds and rats in an open airfield, not in the dense cover of a forest?

Living wasn’t something that could be used infinitely.

Kill, kill, kill. What happens when the will to live is cut off?

‘Is it really necessary?’

Maru usually prepared for the worst.

Because it was such a floor, I could easily ignore the general’s gaze and say things like, ‘Night landing is difficult. There may be an accident, so we need to find a nearby airport and clean it up.’

To be honest, what do you believe in?

It had only been a few days since the 2nd Carrier Squadron had become part of the Kingdom. In addition, almost all of the fleet’s operating personnel were soldiers who had been under the command of Edmund Garfield.

It was true that there was no room for me to interfere in the operation of the fleet since there was no guard with naval experience. I said it couldn’t be helped, but what did they expect me to believe in?

If Maru had just gotten off with the guards to clean up the airport and run away saying, “Now is the time,” wouldn’t the kingdom have become a retard?

‘Now that I’ve experienced it once, I’m sure I won’t be able to get close to it.’

If that situation were to occur, even if it was Maru, it would be impossible to penetrate the seven Aegis ships. So even if the chance of betrayal was 1%, right now was the time to stick close to the aircraft carrier battle group. That was Maru’s judgment.

“The aircraft is returning.”

“Put up the good signal.”

The carrier-based aircraft circled sharply over the aircraft carrier. Then, the fighter jet approached the landing deck, lowered its landing gear, and slowed down significantly. The plane, which had been shaking slightly, landed on the landing deck.

Crunch- cheeeeeeek-

“Goodness!”

The plane, which had been skidding for a long time, lost the third brake cable and jumped to the second brake cable. The tension on the deck eased a little as I watched the carrier-based plane barely manage to land after getting caught on the last remaining cable.

“Goodness success!”

“Get ready quickly. Quickly.”

Amid the bustle of the deck, the signalman raised his voice.

“Emergency signal from Michael Buffy.”

At the mention of the emergency signal, the slightly excited atmosphere in the control room calmed down as the night flight went smoothly.

“Return the call. What’s going on?”

[Seagulls. A flock of seagulls are coming.]

Data sent from the Aegis ship showed something approaching so dense that one side of the radar screen appeared white.

“What are you all worried about? It’s just a bird.”

“Yeah. What can a seagull do?”

The tense atmosphere was relaxed as the aircraft densely filled one side of the radar. What could a seagull do to a fleet? General Edmund Garfield must have thought so too, as he ordered the landing to hurry.

“Just be good until the Flock of Gulls arrives. Hurry up and clear the deck as much as possible.”

“Everyone hurry up.”

“Change to emergency response procedure.”

“Everyone, get ready quickly.”

The already busy deck became even busier. Maru, who had been quietly watching this, asked General Edmund Garfield.

“Have you ever encountered any mutated animals in the Atlantic or the North Sea?”

“Yes. I’ve heard on the news that various animals have mutated, but I’ve never encountered one myself.”

Because of the radio interference, the Aegis ship’s radar range was only about 40 to 50 km. The aircraft carrier’s radar worked well out to 30 km. That meant that a flock of seagulls had already approached within 40 to 50 km.

‘Isn’t it good?’

Even the crows couldn’t penetrate the armor. Even when attacking the power loader type exosuit, they couldn’t touch the frame. If it had a hard shell or thick leather, it would flirt and ask to be caught.

So, I thought there was no way that a seagull, a species of the same species, could attack a fleet made of steel, but I had a bad feeling about it.

‘Even crows give up quickly when they realize they can’t attack.’

The characteristic of mutant animals is that their intelligence is somewhat improved. So, even if the seagull is not as smart as the crow, it must be smarter. But it is still chasing after them?

At the same time, the feeling of unease grew a little more.

“Stop being nice and pick up the pace.”

“yes?”

“Let’s move at top speed.”

“What do you mean?”

In the Navy, command was extremely important. Generally, the moment a captain took command, it was assumed that command would not change unless something like the removal of command occurred.

General Edmund Garfield’s face hardened.

“Are you saying that you are going to interfere with my command now?”

Maru felt the atmosphere in the control room change completely and wondered what was going on.

“If you intend to shake the principles and discipline of the ship, I would recommend that you strip me of my command.”

Since this was Maru’s first time being involved with the Navy, he could only laugh in vain.

“It’s not that grand.”

The atmosphere on the floor has also changed.

“I was telling you this because I’ve never fought animals that have turned into monsters.”

“······.”

“I had no intention of touching the command of the fleet. Do your best. Do your best.”

“······.”

Maru immediately contacted the airship.

“Raise the airship to maximum altitude. Take all the crows with you.”

[Yes? What’s going on?]

“A seagull chased me.”

[Didn’t you say the bombing was successful?]

Hood made a bewildered sound.

“That’s what I’m saying. Until I contact you separately, stay as far away as possible.”

[Yes. But will you be there?]

“I didn’t know the atmosphere in the Navy was like this. If I were to escape on an airship in this atmosphere, there’s a good chance it’d be a mess.”

[All right.]

A loud explosion is heard in the distance. The sound of a siren follows.

Waaeng- Waaeng-

Waeng- Waeng- Waeng-

[All ready for battle, take your positions]

[All ready for battle. To each position.]

The emergency lights started flashing.