Rust - Chapter 581



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RUST [RUST]-581

Ki-sun was startled when she saw Maru bring her a werewolf corpse and a vampire head.

“No, you… Ha- Your Majesty, please take it easy, I told you. Yes?”

“Would I have wanted to do this? These bastards knew I was coming, so they turned into werewolves and attacked me. And that vampire head over there was screaming at the top of its lungs, as if it had some kind of grudge with me. It was running away and it was chaos.”

Ki-soon shook his head as he looked at the vampire’s head, its lips still quivering.

“You know we have a non-aggression treaty with the Confederacy, right?”

“This is the West. What kind of invasion is this? They must have thought about that when they attacked me.”

“Then what are you going to do? Are you going to use the fact that you were attacked as an excuse to attack us? In the West?”

“Let’s start by extracting information from the vampire’s head. It looks like it’s higher up than John Posey’s head from last time, so there should be a lot inside.”

“I don’t have any spare information extractors. Just give me that head. I’ll put it in the preservation device.”

After Dr. Brain Dungdung’s rampage, the quantum computer and the grapes designed a new information extractor. An information extractor made by cultivating artificial brain cells, it can extract and organize information for 1-2 people.

It was a way to block problems at the source, like Dr. Jack Neese, but the downside was that the information extraction capacity was very limited.

“Can’t you increase the capacity a bit?”

“There is a reason for reducing the capacity, but increasing it would be putting the cart before the horse. Above all, it is an unknown area what will happen if the capacity of the artificial brain cell is increased.”

The brain was an organ that was difficult to analyze even with a quantum computer and a bunch of grapes.

Just thinking about psychic abilities, it was like that. The brain is the organ that allows us to show illusions to other people, send and receive telepathy, read thoughts and memories through psychometry, and even see residual thoughts, so it is close to the realm of mystery.

Even if you run a simulation with a quantum computer and a bunch of grapes, it doesn’t mean that you can find a clear answer. It’s just a question of probability and can only be estimated in the realm of distribution.

Since there was an interpretation that the brain is an organ that touches the essence of an individual existence, both people kept their mouths shut at the same time.

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After a brief moment of silence, Ki-soon quickly placed the throbbing vampire head into the preservation device. The clear special liquid turned red from the blood dripping from its neck, but it quickly turned transparent again as the purification device started to work.

Pogurrurururuk-

Ppeugururururuk-

The head floating in the preservation device moved its mouth and made bubbles.

“What the heck is this? What are these bubbles that make such weird noises?”

It was a moment of caution that was trying to draw attention.

“Could it be a problem with the preservation device? A design problem, or some kind of defect?”

Pokkurrrrrrrr-

He nodded with a face that said, “I’m a vampire who has just lowered his glowing head into the barrel.”

“So what is that guy going to do?”

“Major Roy Stern?”

He was in his mid-30s, younger than the PD.

“I can still see that his eyes are still swollen. He’s not that handsome. But if you look at his rank, that’s not true. If you’re in your mid-30s and have the rank of major, you’re a real ace, right? Isn’t that right? In the US military, if you’re in your mid-30s and have the rank of major, you’re considered to be promoted quickly?”

“I’ve fought in the Northern China theater in Japan, and I’ve had many opportunities to make contributions in various ways. I’m sure I can reach the rank of major.”

“He’s a really necessary talent to have earned the rank of Major as an armored ace. That’s strange. Didn’t he apply when we were recruiting?”

“He was a bit like that. He saw that I had turned the command center upside down and left, saying he wouldn’t join us.”

Ki-sun organized the information on her tablet and held it out to me.

The screen showed that a medium-sized exosuit was currently being developed with upgraded defenses and armaments of the current lightweight armor-type exosuit.

In addition, there was a lot of information posted about how they dismantled the captured armored personnel carriers, reengineered them, and began designing and researching new armored personnel carriers.

Gi-sun quietly began to tell the story, giving Maru ample time to check.

“Honestly, I was appalled when I heard your story. Cannibals, werewolves, and even vampires. Our kingdom is not in a position to be pushed back by anyone, but when I think of those guys coming in by the thousands or tens of thousands… Ha- s- I’m swearing.”

Maru nodded silently.

“If those guys are going to attack, I think it would be right for us to respond with armored exosuits and armored soldiers. And if we go towards the machines, we’ll need proper instructors and aces.”

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“Why? Is there a problem with that person?”

“In the crow reconnaissance screen, that gentleman was moving with the Confederate werewolf and vampire.”

Ki-sun’s eyes narrowed at Maru’s answer.

“Then that’s a guarantee of your skills. It means you’re worthy of being scouted by the Southern Alliance.”

“On the other hand, it means that there were people who took the bait offered by the Confederacy.”

“It’s not like I became a cannibal.”

“He’s not a cannibal, judging by the fact that he passed out and foamed at the mouth. It’s true that he probably fell to them. It’s a bit much to trust and use someone like that…”

Ki-soon was trying to console Maru, who was ready to dispose of it if necessary.

“Let’s not do that here. He might have been dragged away under duress, or he might have been offered revenge. He lost all his subordinates, right? Thinking about that, it’s hard to assume that he went with them because he was possessed by a cannibal or a vampire. And if we’re going to kill him, it would be better to take him to the Ark Tower and kill him. Isn’t that right?”

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Maru was silent for a moment.

“Why? Do you want me to handle it right now? Did you get a feeling?”

Ki-sun’s eyes became serious. Ki-sun was ready to react sensitively to Maru’s touch and sensation.

“No. That’s not what I’m feeling. Ha- Okay, Miss Kim said she’d talk to Major Roy Stern separately, so let’s see what happens and then decide.”

Roy Stern’s future rests on Kim Yang.

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“Hey, Major. Come to your senses.”

Kim Yang poured water on Roy Stern’s face.

Kkkkkkkkk-

She persistently pours water into my nostrils.

Crook- keuk-

Coop- Keuuuuk-

As expected, water is a precious thing that awakens people.

May those who have lost their minds come back to their senses, and may those who have lost their memories come back to them on their own.

Yes, that’s right.

Water always knew the answer.

Kkeuk keuk-

Roy Stern, who was out of breath, looked around.

The last thing he saw was werewolves with their throats cut and their skulls pierced in a cloud of tear gas.

and?

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and···.

I lost consciousness with a pounding heart.

Knock knock knock

“First, drink this.”

What Roy Stern saw, holding a half-empty 2L water bottle, was a sniper he had briefly known in Japan. The sniper who had been with Vladimir Kalin.

And according to the information that came out during the integrated meeting with the Charlotte Group, Yania Kim, 2nd in the hierarchy of the Holy Kingdom. Commonly known as Ms. Kim.

I could tell by her glance that she had saved me. I felt relieved that I was alive, and emotions welled up inside me. In order to survive, in order to get revenge, I had joined hands with the monster bastards…

He drank water gulps to hide his moist eyes.

after-

“How did you faint there? You said you went out with your subordinates. Where were your subordinates?”

Kim Yang slyly brought up Roy Stern’s story.

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Kim Yang made a fuss to open his mouth. Only after he said that he would send a scout to find him if he had separated from his subordinates, did Roy Stern open his mouth.

As soon as the scouts discovered the militia’s unusual movements, communication was cut off. Soon after, indiscriminate mortar fire fell, and the men were lost. A short story.

“Where are the bodies of your subordinates?”

“I buried it nearby.”

It was obvious that he had not been able to properly recover from being hit by a mortar. Ms. Kim let out a small sigh and asked him.

“Wouldn’t it be better to collect the bodies of our subordinates and cremate them? If we leave them as they are, they’ll become food for rats and cockroaches.”

“···Thank you.”

Miss Kim nodded and went to the scene with him.

Standing in front of a low pile of stones, Roy Stern clutched the dog tags of his men.

“This is it.”

[Here, carefully clean up this area and collect the bodies that come out.]

As he cleared the rubble, bright drops of blood flowed down between the torn pieces of the body. His hands turned red as he looked at the hardening corpse.

[The body is badly damaged, so I think it would be better to cremate it jointly. Is that okay?]

“···yes.”

After the guards and Miss Kim collected the body, they sprayed it generously with new napalm and set it on fire.

WHAAAAHHHH!!!

The super-hot flames instantly reduced the bodies to ashes. This was possible because the new napalm, made for use against monsters, had a high temperature of over 1,500 degrees.

After the extremely high temperatures, which were so high that the rebar that had been protruding from the earthquake melted and the surrounding debris vaporized, subsided, all that remained was a pile of ashes.

Kim Yang carefully placed the remaining ashes into an urn and handed it over to Major Roy Stern.

[That urn. How about burying it in the national cemetery in the Holy Kingdom? It would be nice if the subordinates here could visit their comrades’ graves once in a while.]

It was Miss Kim who found out that there were two subordinates who had decided to entrust themselves to the Holy Kingdom.

“···thank you.”

[Thank you. But what are you going to do with the Major? He’s buried in the national cemetery, so wouldn’t it be better for him to join our army if he wants to come and see him sometimes?]

It was Ms. Kim who naturally entered the sales business.

“I’m sorry. I don’t have the face to face my subordinates…”

It was a story about subordinates who had surrendered to the Holy Kingdom. Kim Yang was puzzled at the question of how he could possibly see the faces of two people when he was the only one who survived while everyone else was wiped out.

[Then shouldn’t you come to our kingdom more?]

“?”

[Shouldn’t you be directing them so that the remaining two people don’t die? At a time like this.]

In a world where man-eating monsters run rampant, cannibals, werewolves, and even vampires appear, if you want to save your remaining subordinates, isn’t joining the kingdom the most likely option?

Blood flowed again from Roy Stern’s clenched fist.

“Look. Revenge is···.”

[Ah- You figure that out yourself. It’s not good for the military to have a rumor going around that they fought a bloody battle with civilians. I’ll let you run the armored soldiers that were left behind because they didn’t have energy packs.]

Revenge should be taken by the person involved, isn’t that obvious?

Know it. Okay.

In that regard, Ms. Kim was cool and resolute. Roy Stern was rather grateful for Ms. Kim’s attitude.

“thank you.”

That night.

A fully armed armored trooper, whose energy pack had been dropped and left abandoned, headed toward the warehouse. The armored trooper was equipped with an Avenger Vulcan.

The 30mm ammunition, modified from the GAU-8/A Avenger mounted on the A-10 fighter, began to cry out for revenge. Even in the melee where mortar shells exploded and Javelin missiles flew, the armored personnel carrier piloted by Roy Stern did not back down like a medieval knight.

He pressed forward even as a Javelin and a modified RPG sank into his shield and a 12.7mm anti-materiel rifle half-penetrated his cockpit.

Doo doo doo doo doo!

The 30mm armor-piercing rounds fired at anything caught by the bio-reaction sensors and motion detection sensors, piercing even enemies hiding behind concrete piles.

Wheeeeeeeeing

As the huge ammunition cans the armored personnel carriers were carrying on their backs were nearly empty, the bio-signal response near the collapsed warehouse became zero (0).

Doo doo doo doo doo doo-

Hurrrrrurr

As if burning the dark night –

-The burning ashes sang the end of revenge.

Kim Yang, who was looking down at the blazing battlefield from inside the airship floating high in the sky, raised her head.

A slightly reminded face.

Shining eyes.

“It’s all over.”

A voice with a somewhat cheerful tone.

As Maru nodded slightly, Kim Yang declared.

“So now I just need to pack everything in the warehouse?”

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