Rust - Chapter 594



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RUST [RUST]-594

Erica, who had been wondering, dug into her head and screamed inwardly.

I should have screamed out loud, but I was doing psychometry so this is what happened.

‘Should I let go?’

[Don’t take your hands off me.]

Hueeeeeeeeeek!

It’s a mental state. I can’t take it out or put it in, it’s definitely a mental state. What should I do?

[If you let go now, I’ll die. Are you going to kill me?]

No. I said I wouldn’t kill them. I just went to the psychiatric lab…

ah?

Erica stopped thinking. She had to read, but she was being read.

‘······.’

I remembered the early days when I lived with Julia.

The reason telepathy and psychometry were able to get along so well at the time was because they were not trying to read each other without speaking or to penetrate the mind.

There were many cases where people with psychic abilities had a unique mental barrier. If there had been no such barrier, it would have been impossible for people with psychic abilities to become close.

Erica was able to calm down quickly as she recalled the old days. All she had to do was think back to when she had held hands with Julia and communicated with her.

[You’re not going to kill them? Are you saying you’re going to lock them up in a mental research lab and use them as test subjects?]

‘······.’

A question-like ending to encourage thought. This was not the kind of thinking a 100-day-old baby could have.

It was clear that she had the mental power to read the mind of a psychometrist, but not Julia. If it had been her, she would have immediately revealed herself and asked how she was doing.

[answer.]

‘······.’

What the heck? This year?

Erica was confused. Suddenly, ‘Answer.’

[Do you want to let a child this young become a lab test subject and die?]

‘······.’

Perhaps he thought they had made a mistake too, so he changed his tone to stimulate pity and conscience. Of course, it faded because of the power of the ‘answer.’

[If I die, it’s your fault.]

A child who realizes that and openly says, ‘It’s because of you.’

[You will have nightmares every night. In those nightmares, you will regret why you abandoned the child.]

From a story that foretells regret and devastation

[Isn’t the advancement of research into psychic abilities dangerous to all psychic abilities?]

There is even a theory of a community of psychic abilities that if you are separated from the psychic research lab, eventually all psychic abilities users, including you, will be affected.

So, contrary to her intentions, Erica was able to sort out the situation a bit more calmly. If she had been in New York back then, she would have been dragged into the conversation, but the current Erica was a capable person who had experienced everything.

‘If not Julia?’

Erica’s silence made him sense that the mood was not good, so he kept his mouth shut. As if he had never said anything like that. His thoughts became quiet.

When Erica lowered her head and looked at the child, the child’s eyes were wide open like a kitten’s and tears were welling up in his eyes.

Ugh-

[Save me. I don’t want to die in the lab.]

‘I can’t lie to you. I don’t want to die either. I don’t want to be a punk either.’

Erica turned her head slightly and took her hand away.

What should I do? Really.

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Erica had no choice but to report the results of her psychometry.

The opponent was Vladimir Kalin.

A being that provides good rest to enemies and traitors.

It was not easy for the meanings of ‘good’ and ‘rest’ to sound so grim, but when attached to him, it took on a strange meaning.

‘The floor of good rest.’

ah-

Erica, who felt dizzy just thinking about it, carefully explained the situation.

“So it’s not Julia?”

“Yes. Definitely not.”

Then what is it? Ice?

Are you saying that the child is possessed by a ghost? Maru’s forehead furrowed slightly.

“It could be the result of psycho-psychic interaction.”

“Details.”

Na Ju-yeon, who brought up the story, uploaded research data onto the monitor. It was data from research conducted by putting Yoo Hee-yeon and the clone into a virtual reality.

“If you look at the mental graph here, you can see that Yoo Hee-yeon’s connection ability is a type of mental ability.”

It had a wave pattern similar to the mental waves that occur when using telepathy. Unlike telepathy that can be transmitted to an unspecified number of people, Yu Hee-yeon’s connection ability only worked on clones with the same DNA.

That part was reproduced as is in virtual reality. It was possible to detect the phenomenon where Yoo Hee-yeon’s main body stopped and connected to the clone as if her consciousness was transferred.

As a result, we were able to analyze Yu Hui-yeon’s connection ability, albeit weak, and through this, we were able to infer the current situation.

“It seems that when additional beings with the same DNA are created, their psychic waves become entangled, resulting in unconscious communication and reactions.”

“so?”

Na Ju-yeon’s explanation continued. The simplest reaction, action and reaction, becomes more complex than expected when you delve into deep psychology and roles.

When Yoo Hee-yeon thinks of Director Yoo, a child with the same DNA as Director Yoo comes to mind.

When Yoo Hee-yeon thinks, “I am not Director Yoo,” the child may think, “I am Director Yoo,” as a reaction to that thought.

“When they are mentally connected like now, it is highly likely that the memories that Yoo Hee-yeon recalled during her nightmare were passed on to the child. The clones probably played the same role.”

All the information that the Empire implanted into the clones was Director Yu’s information. Even if they had to extract it based on his memories as quickly as possible to secure combat capabilities, that information was Director Yu’s experiences and memories.

If even those memories were passed on to the child, what would the child think of himself? Could he already be called a child? If the memories of an adult are engraved in his brain from the moment he is born?

Ki-sun muttered as if she found it ridiculous.

“A memory that has not been experienced becomes real? That’s crazy. A situation where responsibility without pleasure becomes real.”

Yoo Hee-yeon had a chance to objectively examine her situation with her lost memories, but she was not a child at all.

Unlike Yoo Hee-yeon, who chose not to be Director Yoo even after regaining almost all of Director Yoo’s memories, Ai’s memories of Director Yoo have already become her own.

Would it be acceptable to explain that this is a side effect of mental entanglement?

Is he already Director Yoo himself? At this point, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that he was covering it up or possessing it.

“Director Yoo, it’s confirmed.”

Ki-soon made a face that said she would be tired from now on.

“Oh- Then what happens to Mark 2 and the clones? Doesn’t that mean that even if Mark 2 isn’t there, Director Yu might take control of the clones?”

“I thought it would happen at some point from the moment cloning technology was developed.”

As the PD said, it was a problem that could have exploded at any time. Even if it was just Ki-soon, it was like that right now.

Just as we acknowledged Ki-soon, whose consciousness was cloned and transplanted using virtual reality, as Ki-soon, can we say that a being that has inherited Director Yoo’s consciousness and recognizes it as itself is not Director Yoo?

“Yoo Hee-yeon is amazing. Even though her memories were vague at the time, she must have believed that she was the reincarnation of Director Yoo.”

He continued talking as if the hood was amazing.

“So I don’t think it’s right to assume that the child in question is Director Yoo. Just as Yoo Hee-yeon decided her own existence, I think the child should be given the opportunity to decide her own existence.”

“What kind of dog-bone talk are you talking about? That was already Director Yoo from the start. He’s not a child, he’s a war maniac who’s been wrapped up in a 50-year-old shack. Not a child.”

Na Ju-yeon started to drift quietly between the collision between Hood and Kim Yang.

“It’s actually difficult to completely rule out the possibility that Director Yoo was possessed. It’s true that there are things that science still can’t explain. There are also some things that can’t be explained by mental entanglement alone.”

“······.”

“······.”

“And. Director Yoo’s rejuvenation ability is a mental ability, while Yoo Hee-yeon’s ‘connection’ ability is a mental ability. Perhaps it was influenced by exposure to a powerful mental ability? Maybe we should consider that as well.”

“Don’t go that far.”

Maru, who had been listening to the story silently, sorted out the situation.

“It’s not for us to decide whether it’s Director Yoo or not.”

Maru believed that. Deciding what kind of being you are starts from within yourself, not from the judgment of others.

“Show me the entire meeting contents without any additions or subtractions.”

The fact that he was only 100 days old was just a shell. If Director Yu had the memory and reasoning ability, he would know what this meeting meant. The issue of treatment was something to talk about later.

The child yawned as he watched a comedy show on a monitor hanging from the ceiling.

‘What are they doing now?’

Is this even up for discussion?

If it were me, the moment I realized that he was an unidentifiable being, I would have killed him without looking back.

‘after-‘

I couldn’t help but laugh. It seemed like they wanted to say that they weren’t themselves.

How ridiculous is that? That your own memories are not your own memories. Isn’t that already out of the question?

Conversely, let’s say you admit that these memories and emotions are not your own. Does that mean that the memories and emotions will disappear?

The child’s eyes began to shine with madness.

Am I saying it’s my choice?

Soft. Back off.

Memories and emotions are all mine, so what else do I have to choose?

Even if it was all a lie, this little heart wanted the heat of battle.

Listen to this clear, beating sound.

Doesn’t life prove that every moment is a battle?

‘You’ve both grown so much.’

The last memory was vivid.

The blade of the floor also dug into my chest.

The moment when Kim Yang’s arm was blown off by a bullet.

It was as vivid as if it had happened just a few days ago.

Thinking back now, it was purely an emotional act. Perhaps, he was trying to fight in the name of victory, to find a place to die.

At that time, I needed something to cool down my anger and sense of loss that was about to explode, and I had no choice because it was a fight for my life.

Anyway, since I’m alive now, it’s already in the past.

The problem was that he couldn’t hide these thoughts because of his psychometric abilities.

‘If you can’t fool them, you have no choice but to confront them head on.’

If this idea were revealed, Ms. Kim would want to kill her, but since other people weren’t the type to just say get rid of her, it was quite possible.

It is said that one should avoid being stuck in the lab while avoiding disposal···.

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New York, the capital of the empire and the city that never sleeps, was covered in snow from the first snow.

Unlike last year when the city was completely paralyzed by a sudden snowstorm, the city, fully prepared for snow removal, seemed to be going about its daily life in peace.

“The damage continues to increase?”

“It looks like they’re trying to store food for the winter.”

The rat babies are storing food. It was a different reaction from when they used to eat everything and reproduce.

“Even mustard gas doesn’t work.”

“In fact, we should consider the rat poison side as well.”

Last year, a group of rats had already developed resistance to VX gas.

Every time resistance developed, the animals developed resistance to all types of gases and rat poisons sprayed, leading to the conclusion that chemical agents were no answer.

Traps and snares have long since become useless.

Even when they tried to block the main entrances and exits, including the sewers, in an attempt to starve them to death, it was no use, because the rats maintained their numbers through cannibalism.

“We need to reduce the number as much as possible before the cold season starts.”

“Ahem- who doesn’t know that? The damage is not trivial, that’s the problem.”

It was true that pushing in the punitive force had considerable results, but the resulting sacrifices were not insignificant.

The rat hordes that occupied the underground of New York used human-like strategies and traps to cut down the suppression force, and as a result of the continued accumulation of damage, the underground of New York began to be treated as a semi-rat territory.

As a result, it was not realistic to send soldiers into the sewer, unless the rats came out and fought.

“What happened to the Bloody Mary program?”

It was a time when the clone troop based on Vladinaru was needed to take action.