Rust - Chapter 557



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RUST [RUST]-557

Ki-soon’s concentration improved and his reactions were quick.

‘Is that really true?’

‘Is that really Japan?’

Text scrolling up from the contact lens.

‘Is it an earthquake?!’

Could the text also go up like a plea?

Maru nodded at Ki-sun’s signal.

It wasn’t clear at first, but the moment I thought back to the Japanese earthquake, it became clear. This was definitely the tremors I felt back then.

As Ki-sun and Maru made serious expressions, Manager Lee Ki-young’s eyes also became heavy.

“Hey, Manager Lee. Are you just going to stay there? I need to get the cockroaches off your sister’s back.”

“······.”

Despite Gi-sun’s words, Lee Ki-young did not move away from the entrance. He simply clenched his fists. Clang- A distorted metallic sound came out softly from his dark gauntlets.

As Maru’s eyebrows twitched slightly, perhaps because the sound was irritating, Ki-sun quickly turned his attention away.

“There’s a cockroach on the band sister’s back.”

“Keep your mouth shut!”

“No, it’s true.”

“quietly!”

The substitute who had covered Ki-sun’s mouth kept sending signals to Sim Eun-young, but Chairman Sim did not respond. No matter how much he pestered the secretary’s office, the situation did not change.

“I lost contact with the Chairman. What happened?”

[We are unable to connect on our end either. Please have the agent take command according to the emergency response plan.]

It was like trying to remove a wart only made it grow back more, but the substitute quickly calmed down.

“Okay, I understand. From now on, I will take command.”

The first thing that changed was the tone of voice. The voice actor who had the same tone as Sim Eun-young began to sort out the situation.

“Declare a state of emergency. Issue an evacuation order immediately.”

The secretary’s office began to move, with sirens blaring and emergency lights flashing. Chairman Shim’s stand-in moved as if he had become Shim Eun-young.

“Hey, sis. What are we going to do if you just leave?”

Ki-soon raised his voice toward her as she headed toward the exit.

“I’m waiting here.”

“No, wait a minute, Sister. Didn’t you hear what we talked about earlier? What Chairman Shim and our King talked about? Are you all planning to commit suicide?”

“······.”

“That old man over there is really dying. That old man over there is losing his strength in his eyes. Let’s put our hand on our heart and think about it honestly. Can that old man stop our king? No, right?”

Instead of answering Ki-sun’s words, Manager Lee Ki-young quickly adjusted his gauntlet. The text Maru had sent came to Ki-sun’s eyes.

‘The troops are moving this way. I have a bad feeling about this.’

‘Wait a minute. Miss – If we do something, let’s find a reason. Okay.’

“If you send troops here now to block the situation, there will be no one behind you. You clearly said that you would respond first. This is clearly going to be a piece of evidence. What good is it if you die as soon as you become acting president?”

“Please be careful what you say.”

“If you don’t die to our king, you’ll die in an earthquake. If you want to survive now, you must escape to a safe area. You have to run away right now, but you’re telling me to stay here? An earthquake is going to happen.”

“Earthquake? What does that mean?”

Ki-soon sent a signal to Maru and continued talking.

“Our King was the first to notice the earthquake in Japan. They say the same feeling is being felt in San Francisco now.”

“What nonsense are you talking about···.”

The agent’s face crumpled. Did he feel the earthquake? Was it some kind of animal?

“Whether it makes sense or not, we’re going to get out of here.”

“That’s difficult.”

At the sound of a whirlwind, Maru stepped forward slightly and let out a faint murderous aura. Heup- Ki-soon, who was next to him, held his breath and held on.

The cardiotonic medication worked, as it didn’t cause fainting or breathing difficulties. Maru opened his mouth after confirming that Ki-soon was holding on.

“Why do you want to lock us up?”

“We have lost contact with Chairman Sim Eun-young. While you were wasting time here, the most likely situation is that someone else attacked Chairman Sim Eun-young. So I would like you to stay here quietly until we figure out what’s going on.”

Even though the substitute explained the situation, Maru did not give up his life.

“An earthquake is coming. Get out of the way.”

‘Or else I’ll bend it.’

Maru was sincere.

Chief Lee Ki-young raised both his fists and took a stance, wearing dark gauntlets, as if to confront that sincerity, and answered firmly.

“I can’t get out of here.”

Ki-soon took a step forward.

“Ah- This is driving me crazy. I’m telling you, we’re all going to die like this. Are we all going to die like this? Let’s say we’re the bait, like you said, and Chairman Shim is in trouble. Okay. Then we should live to find out the truth and take revenge. What’s the point if we die here?”

“You’re confident. There was a guy who did that before. His name was Director Kim.”

Director Lee Ki-young revealed his teeth, as if he too could not see everything.

“Gisun-ah.”

Ki-soon lay down flat and blew up the smoke bomb with Maru’s low voice.

Pung- Ki-soon, who had been waiting for the moment when the smoke bomb exploded, quickly went to a corner and turned over his hiding robe. Crack-crack- The feeling he felt on the floor. The unique crushing feeling of chitin gave him goosebumps, but he couldn’t help it.

Puhwaaaaaaaah-

Even before the smoke had fully cleared, Chief Lee Ki-young’s dash continued.

Following the Tyson drill, let’s block the straight shot that flows like water with the side of Eclipse.

When the time comes-

A metallic sound that resonates like a medieval monastery bell.

A low kick followed by a one-two-straight through the smoke and bell.

Ding-ding- when eeeeeeng-

Woooooooooo-

The shell-like attack collided with Eclipse, and the shockwave caused the smoke grenade to disappear momentarily.

Swish-

A substitute intervened in the close combat. She approached him silently and aimed for a crab-swinging attack on Maru’s lower body.

To give her the perfect opening, Manager Lee Ki-young shook his head vigorously. The hook continued fiercely as he shook his head sideways from left to right and right to left, as if he was lying down in a figure 8.

When the time comes-

When the time comes-

Maru, who had been blocking all attacks from his spot until now, took his first step. With a single step, he avoided the double’s scissor attack and escaped Lee Ki-young’s Dempsey Roll, and then rolled his feet again.

Maru’s body, which had been stepping back, faced the diagonal ceiling. Maru bounced towards the ceiling like a sledgehammer and swung his sword from the ceiling towards the floor.

Tsugeureureureureuk-

The dark gauntlet that had blocked the Eclipse screamed, but Maru’s attack was only just beginning.

The sword stroke that Maru thought was being swept away with the gauntlet was now drawing a semicircle and heading towards the double who was aiming for the scissors cut.

Chief Lee Ki-young tried to block it with a shoulder charge, but even that was Maru’s plan. The blade aimed at the substitute grazed Chief Lee’s forearm as he thrust his shoulder forward.

The point of contact between the gauntlet and the bare skin was cut cleanly, as if with a knife, and fell to the floor.

Chief Lee Ki-young, ignoring the pain whether it was cut or not, swung his bleeding arm towards Maru’s face.

Thud thud – Drops of blood sprayed out like spray and covered Maru’s face.

“···!”

Maru, who had lost her sight in the blood, reacted to the intense murderous intent of Chief Lee Ki-young, who was digging through the scattered drops of blood.

As Eclipse lay on his side to cover the vital spot, the text that Ki-sun had sent appeared inside his red-tinted vision.

‘Uppercut! Uppercut!!’

‘!’

As he twisted the blade he had raised to block the straight, it changed as if he had thrust his own arm into the falling blade. The fist that had been rising fiercely fell to the floor in vain.

Bam-

Kwaaah!

Despite losing both arms, Chief Lee Ki-young did not stop. He opened his mouth wide and aimed for Maru’s nose. Maru’s cheek moved as if he was a zombie in a fierce counterattack.

Crunch-

The head fell to the floor with its mouth open and rolled along the floor.

‘Ah- hold on to everything… hold on. Just a little.’

The text that sounded like a sigh was dizzying to the eyes, but Maru ignored it.

The feeling was mixed with a tingling, trembling, and uneasy feeling.

The murderous intent that was not dispersed mixed with the murderous intent that was leaking out from outside the entrance, making my scalp tingle. On top of that, there was a feeling of swaying and shaking as if the building was shaking, and there was also a strange, uneasy feeling.

The body of Chief Lee Ki-young, who couldn’t hold out for three seconds and lost his neck, fell down with a thud. The substitute took advantage of the gap and pulled the trigger toward the floor.

Head. Head. Chest.

It was a great Mozambique drill, but her bullets only penetrated the air clouded by smoke.

! The band that missed the target tried to turn around, but before he knew it, it was a thin solid line. A hot sensation that stretched from his left shoulder to his right side.

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

The torso, cut diagonally, slowly separated into upper and lower body. Even though her body was split in two and collapsed, she didn’t let go of the gun she was holding until the very end. But that was it. Her gun was silent.

Thud thud

Maru, who had wiped the blood from his eyes with water, sent a signal to Gi-sun.

‘I’m going out right now.’

‘······.’

Maru did not respond to Ki-sun’s silence, which seemed to indicate that he had to kill her. In the quiet smoke, Ki-sun took out his grappling gun and checked it.

“It looks like the walls, ceiling, and floor here are all covered with something like iron plate?”

“Shoot at the desk.”

Ki-soon asked, aiming the grappling gun at the desk that was split in two.

“Left? Right?”

“Anyway.”

Big, big, big –

The floor, which had broken through the tempered glass across the entire office, grabbed Ki-sun’s belt.

“Stop! Stop! I haven’t shot yet!”

“Shoot!”

The moment I hurriedly aimed my grappling gun, something vaguely moved beyond the smokescreen.

“Eww- What. What was that? Just now.”

“?”

Churilyrik!

Something black and wiggling.

Ki-soon was startled by the vague shapes and sounds.

“Fuck. Tentacles? Tentaclesu …

Maru grabbed Gi-sun’s belt and jumped down. As soon as the grappling gun was fired, the rope came loose and Gi-sun let out a silent scream.

‘Ahhhhhh-‘

‘Ahhhhhhh-‘

‘Uwaaaaaa-‘

Maru focused on the sensation even as the screams converted into text through the contact lenses continued to rise.

The sharp sensations were rather deadened by the mixture of trembling, unease, and the murderous intent shooting out from all sides.

‘Ahhhhhhh-‘

‘Uwaaaah-‘

The text of Ki-sun’s scream changed in an instant.

‘Down! Down!! Down!!!’

Below the building, monster rats the size of a human arm begin to pour out of the sewer holes and cracks.

‘They say rats and cockroaches eat each other!’

They were moving in one direction, ignoring the people who were warming themselves near the burning drums.

Kujik- As Maru, who had landed on the floor, let go of Kisun’s belt that he was holding onto, a loud cheering sound was heard from beneath his feet.

Big- big-

‘ah-‘

“·········.”

“What are you doing? Let’s go.”

The moment he lightly pushed Ki-sun’s back, the mixed and muddled sensations screamed for danger.

A swarm of rats growing ever larger.

Cockroaches covering the pavement.

People are running around in confusion.

Maru’s eyes instinctively scanned the surroundings, but there was no immediate danger. The rats and cockroaches were all headed in one direction, as if possessed by something.

‘Run!’

As Ki-soon jumped forward at the signal that came to mind, a lump fell down where he was standing with a thud. It was the torso of Section Chief Lee without a neck or arms.

“Fuck!”

Ki-soon, who had come back from the dead, raised his head and looked up at the building.

A few thin, waving black tentacles could be seen sticking out like nose hairs from the hole where it had been pierced. Ki-sun’s eyes widened at the sight of the black tentacles writhing between the smoke-filled holes.

“There. There. There.”

“I saw it. Let’s get on it.”

Maru boarded the airship, feeling a sense of tingling.

“Why is your face like that?”

Kim Yang, who had been waiting fully armed, tilted her head when she saw Maru’s appearance.

“Raise altitude! Now!”

As the airship gained altitude, the cityscape of San Francisco gradually came into view.

The streets were filled with gray rats and brown, chitinous cockroaches. People were running around in confusion, and flocks of birds were flying eastward in the distance, which was clearly ominous.

!?And a giant sound wave?

The tall buildings began to shake, with a feeling that something indescribable was spreading out.

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San Francisco was on the boil in an instant.