Rust - Chapter 643



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RUST [RUST]-643

The sound that came out mixed with the mechanical sound of the Ripper suit didn’t sound like a human voice, but like the voice of something else. That was understandable, because the sound seemed to have weight and color.

[That■. It looks like you’re comfortably ■sitting in the back■. Why did you press the emergency button?]

Dick Herold was so nervous that he wondered if he was hallucinating because of the combat stimulant. Combat stimulant? From the rear? Of course not.

Clearly, I had attempted to communicate with the microphone of the emergency signal just a moment ago. The emergency signal I was holding was proof of that.

So what is this presence I feel behind my back?

I couldn’t turn my head back.

I didn’t want to turn around.

A heavy tone that cuts through the dizziness.

[···Why did you press the emergency signal?]

“That. That. That. That.”

It’s true.

It’s not an auditory hallucination or an illusion, it’s real.

King Vladimir Kalin was right behind him. Dick Harold bit his tongue and relaxed.

Huh-

My mouth tasted like metal, but that didn’t matter. If I did well this time, I could return to the Holy Kingdom.

“All the commanders and officers of the provisional government army are cannibals.”

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“The traces we found in the port cities and towns were not simply traces of apostates being ferreted out. They were traces of human hunting and the disposal of those who rebelled.”

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Maru gathered his thoughts in silence at Dick Herold’s story. So it was a fight between cannibals and cannibals. The reason the provisional government forces surrounded and killed the anti-government forces was.

‘Are you pressuring the superior entity to not come out?’

As the cannibals died and were injured, more had to be created to maintain power.

In order to create more cannibals, they had to infect ordinary people, and the infected had to eat ordinary people to satisfy their explosive appetite immediately after mutation.

In other words, if one cannibal dies, two humans are needed in a short period of time to fill his place.

The same thing happened when I was deeply wounded. I had to eat fresh humans again to speed up my recovery.

The government forces are said to have used it. They blew away civilians and cannibals without exception with artillery fire. They attacked the city of Nantes as if they were going to demolish it entirely, a strategy that blew away the fighting power of the anti-government forces.

The intention was to increase the strength of the other side while limiting its power supply.

“And… they are capturing anti-government forces. Judging from the fact that they were loaded onto a vehicle used for disposing of the bodies, it seemed like they were disposing of the captured people alive.”

[Are you a civilian?]

“It seemed like there were both ordinary people and cannibals. Perhaps because they lacked identification kits, they just captured them alive and sent them away.”

Processing alive? Why?

‘Cannibals rarely prey on other cannibals.’

It was the same in New York. Even if they fought each other and killed each other, they were limited to humans.

There were cases of cannibalism when ordinary people could not be saved, but the results were not very good. The speed at which the body broke down was faster as the reason was lost.

‘no.’

Maru shook his head. This was Europe, and France.

I wasn’t going to judge based on preconceptions.

With the slug-eater out, what else wouldn’t be there?

‘It may be a simple power struggle, but if it’s clear that they’re eating each other, then it may be that they’ve developed different characteristics.’

In any case, these guys were not going to be allowed to come over to America. The Empire was likely unaware that the entire Provisional Government leadership had become cannibals.

Before disembarking in New York, they would undergo quarantine procedures to diagnose cannibals, but if they dispersed at the same time, there would be no way to stop them.

‘I guess I should wrap things up here.’

Even if you just cut off their heads, they will start internal strife to become the superior entity. The remaining ones will be dealt with by mercenaries, French ability users, and civilian units.

[Where is the command center?]

“The operations command is at 3 o’clock.”

[The numbers are small, but is this all?]

“No. We split up because 38 people sent out distress signals and held on.”

Whether he heard the answer or not, Maru’s presence disappeared. Dick Herold, his legs giving out, sank into his chair.

Huh- Huh-

Beads of sweat poured down belatedly, dripping down onto the table.

The provisional government general. I remembered the cannibal staring at me. But it wasn’t as scary as it was at first. The pressure of that damn cannibal monster felt like a charm.

‘What the hell.’

Dick Herold, who had been gulping down water, let out a deep breath he had been holding.

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There was no sound in the shadows. The sound of gunfire, cannon fire, and distant screams were all that permeated the command center.

“There are 134 lightly wounded, 732 seriously wounded, and 459 dead. Among the seriously wounded, more than 80% were classified as black.”

A black judgment meant certain death. It meant that over 80% of the seriously injured were still breathing but in reality there was no cure. That meant that there were over 1,000 casualties in this operation.

“Ah Putain! (Fuck!)

The appearance and voice of the two-star general did not match. A young voice, an old appearance. The appearance that seemed to be in his 60s or 70s was gradually changing into that of an 80-year-old.

Gulp gulp

Wheezing

As I drank the shake, which was not properly broken down and had yellow fat and muscle tissue mixed in here and there, my rapidly aging face began to slowly calm down.

“Those rebels. Bring them to me. Bring them to me!”

“We’ve caught the general. We’ve succeeded in capturing Jean Paul.”

The general threw down the shake he was drinking and got up abruptly and went out the door. People followed him. A shadow followed behind him.

The captured man appeared to be a fairly high-ranking member of the anti-government forces.

“Hehehehe – Your face is falling apart. Looking at you running so hurriedly, it looks like you don’t have much time left.”

“Jean Paul – where are you? Where are you?”

A rebel named Jean Paul turned his head toward Nantes, which was engulfed in flames.

“Huh- It must be over there somewhere.”

At that sound, the general grabbed the tightly bound prisoner by the collar and lifted him up. A gaunt old man who looked to be in his late 70s or 80s was lifting a muscular, well-built man.

“Do you want to die like that? Do you want to die like that?”

“Would killing me change anything? It was wrong from the start. We were wrong from the start.”

Hehehehe- The old man bared his teeth at the prisoner who was laughing in vain.

“Did those who say it was wrong kill the Westerners? Indiscriminately increase the number of new humans that should be thoroughly managed?”

Just as herbivores need grass to survive, and carnivores need herbivores to survive, cannibals needed humans to establish themselves as a new species.

Ironically, as the number of cannibals increased excessively compared to the number of ordinary people, the existence of cannibals became uncertain.

Increase the number of cannibals and decrease the number of civilians. This was a strikingly similar method to how the provisional government forces suppressed the rebels in Nantes.

“Ah- New Humans? New Humans who want to have the capital power of the bourgeoisie and the political power of the aristocracy at the same time? That’s the most effective way to stop such retarded behavior. And you guys must have killed ordinary people too, right? You say you go through thorough verification, but are the guys drooling next to you also people who went through that meager verification?”

As the old man turned his head, the adjutants next to him turned their heads and bowed. As they wiped their mouths with their sleeves and the backs of their hands, the old general’s eyes became sharp.

“Everyone get out.”

“Okay, General.”

The strong dominance characteristic of the superior entity filled the space.

“Everyone get out. Now.”

“ancient.”

As the adjutants and soldiers who had followed the general went out, the old man threw the prisoner he had been holding by the collar. The prisoner fell to the floor with a thud and laughed.

“Why? Are you going to eat it alone?”

“shut up.”

The general looked at his hands. He saw the wrinkled backs of his hands, covered with black fungi. His reflection in the broken glass was an old man standing there, his hair falling out in patches.

“Jean Paul- Where did you take him? Tell me. If you tell me, I will at least send you away with honor.”

“Honor? What honor is there in dying? Ah- it’s useless. From the moment the Republic thought of turning its citizens into cattle, great France was already ruined.”

A hearty appetite began to seep out of the gaunt old general.

“Hehehe- yeah. You pig. You held it in for a long time. Keuhahaha!”

“If that’s what you really want, I’ll tear your bones apart.”

A stiff hand like a dead tree reached out to the prisoner’s head.

The old man grabbed the prisoner’s face and put strength into his hand, and with a thud, his head burst apart like a crushed apple.

Churruk-

Ewww-

The sound of greedily sucking and devouring the scalp and brain echoed.

Ewww-

With a chewing sound, the wrinkled hands full of mushrooms began to slowly regain their elasticity.

Chew, gulp, gulp –

The sight of his once thin muscles slowly swelling up. The sight of the general eating the prisoner’s head in an instant was not that of an old man in his 80s.

The general, who looked to be in his early 40s at first glance, licked the blood off his hands and spoke as he opened the chest of the headless corpse.

“I was wondering for a long time, but now I know for sure. That corner. What are you curious about that you’re hiding there?”

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The general’s gaze is focused precisely on where Maru is hiding.

“Isn’t that why you waited so we could talk alone?”

The general, looking away from the unresponsive shadow, thought so. If he were an assassin, he would have attacked long ago when he was distracted by eating.

“Let’s talk after we finish eating.”

Ugh-

As the strong ribs were ripped apart with the sound of a crab shell being torn apart, the heart that kept beating without stopping was revealed.

The moment when two greedy hands tear out the fresh heart.

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬—-

A black solid line passed between the two arms and disappeared.

?

The two arms that were holding the thumping heart fell to the floor.

!

The general’s mouth opened on its own in excruciating pain as both arms were cut off.

Kk—kkk—

The black blade that had entered through the gaping mouth came out through the back of the general’s head. A round hole had been made in the back of his head, as if it had been stabbed in and then spun around before being pulled out.

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬—-

The blade that had pierced his skull smoothly changed direction and passed through the general’s neck. Thud. The headless corpses were piled up side by side.

Maru radioed Dick Herold.

[Prepare to escape.]

[Chick- Huh? Old.]

Thump thump-

The fresh heart the general was after lay on the floor.

Thump- thump- thump- thump-

A heartbeat that gradually slows down.

Maru put the heart that fell to the floor into a storage case. When he put it in a special solution, the heart started beating regularly again. It was truly a terrible life force.

The same terrible vitality was present in the general’s heart. It was necessary to compare the hearts of the anti-government cannibals and the provisional government cannibals, so the general’s heart was also taken out and placed in a container.

‘What on earth is going on?’

The conflict between the anti-government forces and the provisional government forces seemed complicated, but that was not Maru’s concern. The cannibals had the same appearance and intellectual abilities as humans.

However, when the desire for cannibalism arose at regular intervals and was not relieved, it gradually lost its reason and form and degenerated into a simple cannibalistic monster.

And the characteristic of existing cannibals was that they became stronger the more they ate humans and consumed them whole.

But in France, slug eaters had already appeared, and as we saw earlier, rapidly aging cannibals were rejuvenating by eating other cannibals.

[Are you ready?]

[Chick- Ready.]

[If there is a commotion from the direction of the Operations Command Center, escape. Wait on the outskirts of Nantes.]

[All right.]

Squeak-

As Maru slowly opened the closed door, the adjutant and soldiers who reacted to the strong scent of blood rushed into the room. The adjutant screamed when he saw the corpse of the general with his head missing.

“The enemy···.”

Crunch-

As the adjutant’s head rose into the air, the soldiers and adjutants drew their guns.

“What the heck!”

“Seaaaaah!”

The men’s shouts of curses and orders to look at the floor dragged on, and the heads and arms that had found freedom were scattered in all directions.

Heeeeeeek-

Coming in last, one of the soldiers who was not touched by Maru’s sword backed away and ran away. Maru opened the door and heard the sound of someone running, and he slammed Eclipse into the wall.

A cutting sound echoed from the other side of the wall. I turned around and ran away, but I didn’t see Eclipse coming through the wall, so I ended up jumping into the blade.

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Creak creak-

The wall was cut diagonally, and the thick blood characteristic of cannibals seeped in.

Kuung-

The French cannibals, who first encountered the existence of Maru, were helpless.

“A monster. A monster···.”

A cannibal with his upper body cut off diagonally muttered into the empty space.

And as if in response, an eclipse struck the cannibal’s head.

‘Is this the last?’

The shadow that pulled out the eclipse headed towards the city of Nantes where the fighting had stopped.