Rust - Chapter 684



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RUST -684

panic room

“Here it is. They say it can withstand even a nuclear attack. Is it true that it’s made of some special new material?”

The woman with the robotic arm asked as she applied lubricant to her elbow joint. As we entered the confined space, she spoke in a somewhat military tone.

“okay.”

The corners of Ki-sun’s eyes twitched slightly. If Maru’s words were true, there was something strange about Mr. Den Brown’s behavior.

It could be a side effect of being exposed to the vampire’s powerful psychic powers, but what if it isn’t?

So what if he was acting tough just to get attention?

‘There must be some intention, right?’

Intentions that benefit the empire.

Something you want to hide? To fool Maru’s senses?

Can Maru’s senses be fooled? If he had tried to hit a dangerous target, he would have been caught right away.

I wouldn’t have just left it at that, whether it was Den Brown or anything.

That doesn’t mean he wasn’t trying to take a risky approach.

My thoughts expanded and grew. If I had been in the Imperial Council conference room with him, I would have been able to discern what kind of emotion he was feeling from the color of the halo.

‘You have to see the results to know the intention.’

As soon as Dan Brown went out hard, Maru backed away.

If we think about it the other way around, it means that they responded strongly in order to send Maru away quickly.

‘The reason I wanted to send it out quickly was…’

Let’s just think about the results.

What would Maru have done if he had remained in the bloodbath scene in the conference room?

‘I guess they incinerated all the vampire corpses.’

???

But Maru only cut off the branch. Ki-sun sent a text message right away.

[Imperial Conference Room. Were all the vampire corpses from the fight in the Imperial Council Building just beheaded?]

[however?]

Since I’m not sure, let’s start with the build-up.

[Looking at old data. In the past, they burned all the cannibal corpses. I thought they would do the same this time.]

[Before, if you left the corpses of cannibals alone, they would eat them and go crazy, so that’s why they did that. The Empire must have been frying and frying the corpses of vampires for a long time.]

The Empire fought the Confederacy and fought fiercely in Seattle. They must have plenty of vampire and cannibal corpses. Maru thought simply.

[Even if you can’t secure the body, it’s just a matter of time before you do. The old man is halfway through. If you’re not going to provoke him and stab him, you can just grab what you need and leave. What’s the problem?]

[No, that’s not a problem.]

Ki-sun briefly conveyed the thought that suddenly occurred to her.

[Hmm- It’s possible that that old man did that on purpose···.]

Maru recalled the moment when General Dan Brown had fearlessly gone in search of the ‘Imperial Assets.’ After hearing Ki-soon’s story, it seemed like that might have been the case.

‘Is that why the feeling is so subtle, sometimes awkward and sometimes not?’

It felt almost certain that it would activate if my life was at stake, but there was no way to utilize it otherwise.

‘I’m not sure, but it seems like some kind of intuition.’

‘But that intuition. Didn’t it work in Mayenshi too?’

The program Mayenshi (Maru Dating Simulation) that Na Ju-yeon created was unnecessarily elaborate. When fighting Maru himself, he had no choice but to admit that his simple intuition was actually a really troublesome ability.

Virtual reality was effective, but it was equally dangerous. A typical example was Ki-sun. As he kept killing and killing Naru, his personality changed.

It wasn’t enough to judge whether the change was good or bad, but the important thing was that it had changed. Highly developed virtual reality is indistinguishable from reality.

So, is the experience in virtual reality different from the experience in reality?

Can someone who has experienced dozens and hundreds of deaths and killed hundreds and thousands of people say that he is not strange?

So Maru wanted to limit the use of virtual reality for the time being.

‘It’s not clear that there’s a problem.’

‘Personality? What else could change here? I agree with running a virtual reality.’

‘Isn’t virtual reality the perfect way to train that sense?’

‘That’s right. If you want to experience the refreshing taste of writing, virtual reality is the best.’

Na Ju-yeon and Kim Yang, who seem to have some dark intentions, took the lead in opposing restrictions on the use of virtual reality.

Anyway, Maru trained his sense control using the virtual reality system. He was able to use it to some extent. He was able to roughly mark areas that felt strange on a map.

But that’s it.

I was able to get a general idea of ​​the area, but not enough to pinpoint exactly where it was. That was when I was looking for the headquarters in Langley, Virginia.

Because I had to go to the area in person to find it.

‘If that old man had intended to be hostile to the Holy Kingdom, he would have felt it.’

The floor was simply cleaned up.

[As we briefly discussed earlier, I would like to ask you to take care of the relationship with the Empire.]

[How much authority will you give?]

[Full authority. But I wish the embassy would open a little later. It would be a bit much to take it out and open it right away. You can do whatever you want with the trading post.]

[Okay, but does it take a long time to get there?]

[why?]

[I don’t know how these kids are using this, but they’re breaking through the panic room door.]

They were slowly breaking through the outer walls and doors made of special materials.

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New York.

A force of clones, personally commanded by Dan Brown, headed towards the Imperial Senate building.

The Imperial Diet building, surrounded by yellow caution tape and barricades, was a mess.

‘You’ve been going wild.’

Traces of combat were clearly visible here and there in the building. Judging from the explosions of bombs and napalm, it was clear that they had been running wild without any concern for the aftershock.

‘Fuck.’

“Dan Brown ordered, swallowing his anger.

“Entrance and hallway. Ambush inside the conference room.”

Beep-

The new clones began to disperse, finding their positions, as low mechanical sounds replaced their answers.

‘The Virginia Langley guys always come here.’

They will definitely come to check if Joseph Meyer left anything behind, or even to retrieve the body.

For them, Joseph Myers’ fresh corpse would be like a tonic that would increase their abilities by one level.

[Ambush complete.]

“Stand by until ordered.”

Beep-

It seemed like a one-sided defeat in the fight against Naruzu of the Holy Kingdom, but it didn’t seem to be the case for Dan Brown.

‘The odds are good.’

This one was armed with a Ripper suit and a full body bulletproof vest for special forces, while Naruzu was heavily armed with the latest exosuit of the Holy Kingdom.

They were badly outgunned and outgunned, and even when Naruz had more troops, they were able to seriously injure Naruz. That shows how much potential the new clones have.

‘Vladimir Kalindo and Gisun also have no intention of turning hostile towards us.’

In that case, I guess they’re trying to build up their pride to some extent. What they need is an exosuit to arm the new clones.

Even if it wasn’t the latest model, but a model from a generation ago, if it could be armed with a proper exosuit, it would have a chance.

Beep-

[An intruder was caught by the motion detection sensor.]

Although there were only three intruders, Dan Brown did not let his guard down.

“Three are the advance party. Just let them pass.”

Beep-

Dan Brown’s judgment was correct.

After the advance party entered and there seemed to be no problem, a group of about fifteen people entered the building.

“Team 9, search the direction they came from. Team 10, backup.”

Teams 9 and 10, who had quickly found the rear guard, sent out a signal.

“We have to attack at the same time. We have to think of them all as vampires and respond accordingly. If we can’t cut off their limbs, we have to kill them. Operation commencement.”

At Dan Brown’s command, gunshots and explosions erupted simultaneously.

“It’s an ambush!”

“Disturb!”

The imperial soldiers who ambushed her had sharp body curves. This means they were female soldiers.

“Take off your helmet and show me your face.”

“Go and say you surrender.”

A glance from a well-trained nobleman could slow down their attacks.

Although he was a lower noble, he was still a noble. He showed his dominance with his characteristic decadence and fleeting gaze, but the imperial forces responded without wavering.

“They’re like stone and wood. They don’t work.”

“Are these soldiers who have had their minds manipulated?”

“It’s weird. They all look like they have the same body type.”

“Could it be a clone?”

“Just take what you’ve learned. Let’s escape.”

“That damn Den Brown. It’s obvious what he did.”

“We must escape before we are surrounded.

“If you fall behind, I’ll leave you behind.”

The Empire’s surprise attack was so successful that the bastards fled in shock. This was because they were so busy looking around that they were hit hard in the back of the head.

“FUCK!!!”

“Run.”

Five of their reserve force were killed on the spot, and twelve of the eighteen who entered the building were killed. The remaining six tried to escape, but they were already completely surrounded.

[The enemy entered the waiting room. It seems they chose to stage a sit-in in the waiting room.]

They will either hold out from the inside and wait for reinforcements, or they will try to induce negotiations.

“If their support unit comes. The key points are here and here. We’ll ambush them here and if their support unit comes, we’ll attack from both sides simultaneously.”

As time passed and there was no sign of enemy reinforcements, Dan Brown decided to catch the rat in the poison.

“attack!”

An operation that directly applied the wall-breaking technique that Maru frequently used began. The clone unit threw flashbangs, smoke grenades, and hand grenades into the hole created when the walls on both sides of the waiting room simultaneously exploded.

bang!

Paaaaang-

Puhwaaaaak-

The clone troopers, who had advanced with great momentum, accompanied by a trio of loud noises, flashes of light, and smoke, saw a large hole. A large hole in the floor.

[Enemy. Escape through the floor.]

[Are you chasing?]

“···Wait.”

Dan Brown immediately checked the scene.

There was a hole large enough for even a large person to pass through freely.

‘What the heck is this?’

There was no sound of the floor or walls being pierced.

There were no reports of them doing anything.

So what is this hole here?

Dan Brown’s sharp gaze turned to the hole in the floor.

A reddish slimy consistency.

There was a pungent, toxic smell in the thin white smoke rising.

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Cheeeeeeek-

A melting sound was coming from the panic room door.

‘Door made of special material melts?’

Ki-sun’s face turned pale without her knowing it.

“Please move to the back.”

The woman with the mechanical arm drew her sword. The following pose was the upper position. As soon as the woman took the pose, a large hole appeared in the door that had melted like ice cream.

A soft voice was heard from beyond the hole.

“Bernard Green. No, should I call you Kim Ki-soon?”

“······.”

The voice continued as if it didn’t care about Ki-sun’s silence.

“What we want is for the Holy Kingdom to cease war. Let us each go our separate ways.”

“······.”

“I wish things could be resolved peacefully, but as you know, there is a problem. I cannot trust the Holy Kingdom.”

“······.”

“There may be many reasons, but the bottom line is that the Holy Kingdom unilaterally broke the non-aggression pact and launched a nuclear weapon. So I hope that Your Excellency the Governor will exert some force.”

“······.”

When Ki-sun didn’t respond, a soft voice said as if it didn’t matter.

“We’re going to be on the same side anyway, so I hope you won’t put up pointless resistance.”

A long object shot out of the hole.

Rope? Whip?

It was like a whip or a tentacle, writhing and aiming for the spur.

Kagang-

The mechanical arm woman’s sword and whip created sparks.

As the whip bounced off the sword strike and spun around to wrap around the blade, the bodyguard straightened the blade vertically and applied strength to the mechanical arm.

OMG-

The sound of the motor running at full power and the grinding of metal joints filled the panic room. The whip that had been struggling so tensely suddenly slackened.

The bodyguard woman took the tangled sword from the hanging whip, assumed the upper position again, and spoke to Ki-sun.

“Stay close to the corner.”

A voice that comes through the tight tension

[Hey, are you okay?]

It was Maru’s voice.