Rust - Chapter 688



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RUST -688

A faint but clear sense of warning.

Maru never let this feeling pass him by.

Maru, who had been running like the wind, stopped running and took a breath.

The Ripper suit helmet ventilation system kicked in, belching out hot air. In the freezing temperatures of minus 47 degrees, the moisture-laden breath blew away in white crystals, suffocating.

I stop running and breathe slowly, feeling the rushing sensation gradually subside. A garrison far from the Chancellery where Dan Brown is and the trading post where Roana Blanc is.

‘Why here, of all the garrisons?’

Even though they were a scattered remnant of Virginia, they were experts in this field.

‘The reason why those bastards, who are part of a terrorist organization and a guerrilla organization, are so fucked up is because if you catch one, the rest will run fine.’

‘Even during the heyday of the United States, they spent an astronomical amount of money trying to catch a terrorist organization, but it took more than ten years, not one or two years, to catch it. The worst part is that the terrorist organization was actually trained in Virginia. Isn’t that funny?’

I remembered the story that Ki-soon had told.

The organization that catches terrorist organizations is Virginia Langley. Virginia Langley not only provided anti-terrorism training, but also trained terrorist organizations. What would happen if they became a terrorist organization?

The answer to that question was here. I had predicted that either Dan Brown or Roana Blanc would be targeted, but the real target was the military.

I came here in a panic because I thought I had been exploited, but what if it was just a diversionary tactic within a diversionary tactic?

Maru took a deep breath again.

A chilling sensation on the back of my neck. It wasn’t dangerous at the moment, but this chill was a chill that could turn dangerous at any time.

Another reason for the cold.

The predecessor of the Imperial Intelligence Service was the Department of Homeland Security.

The Department of Homeland Security was the United States’ counterterrorism agency.

So, couldn’t General Dan Brown, who was at the top of the intelligence agency, have foreseen this situation? Really? If he had foreseen it and requested rescue, why?

‘Betrayal?’

no.

It’s not a betrayal.

If Dan Brown had betrayed, he would have set a trap.

If that had been the case, it would have definitely been detected as a crisis.

‘Damn. Kisoon should have been here.’

If Ki-soon had been able to confirm the other person’s emotions through the ability to see them in colors, she would have been able to analyze Dan Brown’s emotions and responses.

‘It moves.’

I had a feeling that even these worries might be due to their psychological warfare.

Huh- Maru, who went in deeply again and shook off his thoughts with an exhalation.

Operation in progress now.

It was okay to do that after I had processed my complicated thoughts.

If even this commotion is an enemy trap, what is it for?

How can we recover if the garrison unit collapses?

Who can stop heavily armed troops from shooting each other and turning all the surviving soldiers into vampire followers?

Who can end this situation?

There is only one person that comes to mind.

okay.

This situation was not a trap. Rather, it was like an invitation to call Maru himself. It was even an invitation that said, “If you come, you’re good,” and if you don’t, you can just eat the military.

‘These kids.’

A thick murderous aura rose up and bloomed.

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Push-push-

A muffled sound from a silenced gun.

A drop of blood flowed from somewhere and slowly cooled.

“Is this okay? If I decide to wait and then leave, it’ll be a bit…”

“It’s okay. It’s okay. We were originally a result-oriented, performance-oriented, achievement-oriented system.”

Something transparent and rippling accelerated briskly, then leaped up the stair railing. The sound of it kicking off the opposite wall and landing on the third-floor terrace was drowned out by the gunshots and explosions echoing from all directions.

“You’re making a lot of noise and drawing other guys’ attention to you by telling them to look at that.”

It certainly was. Even if you were not a noble but a knight, you could infiltrate without leaving a trace. Then why did you make such a fuss?

“You’re trying to create followers while reducing the Empire’s military forces. You’re trying to lure them at the same time.”

“Are you trying to lure? Who are you trying to lure···.”

“It would be great if the Empire’s proud new clone came, and it would be even better if it came with General Dan Brown. What about the Bloody Maru Kalin that Chairman Joseph Meyer highly praised? It would be crazy good. Isn’t that what it is?”

“Is there a chance that Vladimir Kalin will come?”

He was a nobleman who continued his explanation as if his subordinate’s questions were not even bothersome.

“The other team is assuming that they are going that far and spreading psychic waves around the outskirts. It would be fine if a new clone or General Dan Brown came, but if you analyze the pattern of Dan Brown’s actions so far, he asked Vladimir Kalin for help.”

The new employee nodded at the team leader’s explanation.

“If no one comes, we can just absorb the soldiers and grow our force. If the Empire’s new clones or Dan Brown come, we can just take control of them and bring them under our command.”

“What if Vladimir Kalin comes? The pinnacle of nobility. A natural(?) noble. A chance to see Vladimir Kalin in person, who is considered to be a true king’s vessel. If I can obtain his blood or tissue, it would literally be a jackpot.”

As expected, it is hard to understand the thoughts of a nobleman. The team leader tapped his temple and said to his subordinate who nodded reflexively.

“What’s important is always the head.”

Thinking is the head, and the first thing to strike is the head. In a situation like the present, whoever takes control of the military’s head first has the advantage.

Kkadak-

The vampires who entered the command center building by ripping out the bulletproof glass windows froze before taking even a few steps.

‘The smell of blood?’

Because I became a noble who was sensitive to blood, I could tell. It wasn’t just a thick scent of blood. Likewise, because I became a noble, I couldn’t escape the thick temptations that were overflowing from all directions.

“What should we do?”

“The smell of blood is vibrating everywhere… Whatever. What’s important is that I now have more blood at my disposal.”

More blood means more strength.

“The Empire has reorganized its military around clones and power users. The clone corps is said to operate under the direct command of Chancellor Dan Brown, but the military in charge of the existing forces is comprised of generals from the original Federation Army.”

“Even though they are united around the president, there will be conflict with the military.”

“It’s not just the military, but the imperial parliament, the administration, and the business community that are dissatisfied. They’re just keeping it to themselves because they’re not in a position to openly rebel.”

Looking at the situation, it seems that there are guys who came in with the same intention of taking control of the military as we did. Judging by the strong smell of blood, it seems like they’ve come full circle.

If there is a problem

‘They say that they don’t feel the energy of the guys who came in first···.’

“But, here. Doesn’t it smell too strong to be seen as a double-crossing scheme?”

The rookie spoke cautiously. As expected, he was a smart rookie. He seemed to have good instincts.

“It can’t be bad, since it means that they fought that fiercely.”

The blood that had flowed down the end of the hallway began to flow slowly, like a snake, in long, slurping streams. Eventually, they arrived at the operation control room and carefully opened the door.

A door that opens smoothly without even making a sound like hinges.

At the same time, the smell of blood poking into my nose was dizzying.

No matter how much stocks are said to be blood, the smell of blood mixed with poop and urine was definitely not easy. My eyebrows furrowed involuntarily.

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!!!

The operation control room looked like a hellish slaughterhouse. Corpses were split open vertically, their entrails spilling out and strewn about the floor.

“······.”

“HOLLY···.”

Corpses lying on cleanly torn desks and chairs, cut at the same time as those split left and right…

Following the sound of dripping blood, there were heads scattered like soccer balls.

With his eyes wide open and his pupils losing their light, a long, orchid-like blade was drawing a red ink painting on the reinforced concrete drawing paper.

Even the team leader, who had been through a lot, was tired of the overwhelming slaughter. Even he, a nobleman, found it difficult to do this.

The vampire’s unique senses were whispering secrets of the scene.

It is a trace made by just one person.

Even with heavily armed new humans mixed in, it only took a few seconds to dismantle them all.

“Hey. What is this?”

“Be quiet.”

The blood was still warm.

As I looked around nervously, I saw drops of blood fluttering in the air.

Shaking?

Ripper suit?

Cut and chop?

“It’s Vladimir Kalin!”

At the same time as his shout, the blood droplets on the floor turned into red skewers and rose from the ground. Thorns sprouted along the surface of the red stakes that had protruded, and in an instant, a thorn bush was created.

A barricade of red thorns cut through the rippling space and the vampires. Crunch- crunch- blood-made thorns poked through the severed desks, corpses, and long dents in the reinforced concrete.

The team leader, who smiled in satisfaction without realizing it at the fierce spread, called the new employee.

“I locked him up. Get the acid fluid ready.”

“······.”

“His sword is weak against acid, so aim for the sword first.”

“······.”

“What are you doing! I said prepare the acidic fluid!”

When I turned my head, what I saw was a handle on the subordinate’s forehead. The stiletto was stuck in the new recruit’s head, leaving only the handle behind.

!!!

The gaze that had been looking at the newcomer turned back to the front.

What was reflected in his eyes was a long, horizontal black line.

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The sight of thick stakes and thorn bushes being cut down silently was fantastic.

Zzz- A black dot shot through the gap between the vertical and horizontal and hit the team leader in the chest. A dull shock pierced his heart.

Big-

He lowered his head and looked at his chest, and saw the stiletto that had pierced his heart. He unconsciously grabbed the stiletto handle with both hands.

‘Ppo… I have to pull it out.’

The heart pierced by the blade was holding on with the tenacious vitality characteristic of nobles. So, pull it out quickly…

Crunch-

For a moment, his vision spun around and he saw his own torso, holding the handle of the knife stuck in his heart with both hands.

Bam-

Degururur–

Bam-

The team leader’s pupils, which had hit the head that was lying on the floor, slowly dilated.

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The operation control room literally became an ant hell.

Those who had been waiting for someone to come while absorbing the private soldiers also entered the operation control room to get information when the rescue team did not arrive even after a long time, and ended up becoming guests who never returned.

[What are the Imperial Army going to do?]

[What should I do? If he’s lost his mind, you just have to bring him back to his senses.]

As none of the vampires who entered the headquarters building returned and their control was lost, the remaining cannibals began to unite as one.

“What is going on?”

“We lost contact with our team leader. Is that the case with you too?”

“Yeah. It seems like everyone here has lost contact with the team leader.”

“Are you going to search it?”

“Are you crazy? The number of team leaders who went inside was seven. There was even a mid-level noble, but they were all cut off in an instant.”

The problem was that I was cut off without even being able to send a mental wave asking for help. What was inside was a monster.

“First, let’s proceed as planned. Split up the followers and go to the President’s residence.”

“I guess this force will do it. Agreed.”

The soldiers, who had lost their minds due to the psychic wave, began to check their equipment under the guidance of the cannibals. And then, Maru appeared like a shadow in the midst of them.

“What?”

A cannibal of intermediate level responded, but his body froze.

Ugh-

The life that consumes the air.

Death, shaking like a ripple, spread like a circular wave.

Ugh-

Eeeeeeeeeeeee-

Woof!

The soldiers who had been infected by the vampire’s psychic waves collapsed.