Rust - Chapter 689
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RUST -689
The news that those who had targeted the military were annihilated was delivered, and the trading post where Roana Blanc was attacked
The guys started to withdraw their bodies.
Naruzu’s morale soared as he defended himself like a turtle against the vampire’s fierce attacks.
[They’re running away.]
[Should we chase and burn it?]
[Tear, chop, and burn!]
[For Oraburning!]
[For!]
[Kill me!]
for a moment.
What’s the point of chasing?
Why are they like this?
[Are you setting a trap for your brother?]
[You dare aim at the king.]
[Let’s kill!]
[Kill me!]
As the aftermath of the war was cleared up, the hideous traps hidden by the men were revealed, and Naruzu became furious. Perhaps because they were traps to obtain Maru’s blood and flesh, many of them were hideous in their intent.
‘I will kill you no matter what!’
Even though he knew that chasing them would be dangerous because of the booby traps and ambushes, Naruzu’s anger was genuine.
In fact, it could have been dangerous depending on what choice Maru made.
For example, if you were trying to catch a vampire emitting psychic waves on the outskirts to protect the Imperial Army, you might have fallen into a trap.
There were various traps, such as using the Imperial Army with their minds broken to attack or commit suicide, recording Maru’s sword swings in response, and labeling him as Maru who slaughters the Imperial Army.
Contrary to their predictions, Maru went straight to the operations headquarters where the commander and officers were, rather than helping the fighting imperial forces.
And then they immediately took control of the operations headquarters. They cut down all the generals and officers who had become cannibals, and cut down the vampires and cannibals that were coming to the operations headquarters.
[Everyone worked hard to defend and organize.]
Maru barely managed to calm Naruzu down, who was filled with anger.
[We’ll prepare a special strawberry buffet, so take your time and enjoy.]
“Is the King coming too?”
One of the Naruz suddenly asked a question. More than 2,000 eyes turned to the floor.
[okay.]
Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
A high-pitched roar erupted.
“Strawberry Brunch Meeting with the King!”
“A chance to see my brother up close!”
“Clothes? What should I wear?”
“What are you wearing? We only have our uniforms.”
“Ah, I put my entire salary into the bank.”
“The Holy Kingdom financial services are not available in the Empire.”
“ATM too?”
“Yes. The Empire uses paper money, but we use gold coins.”
“In the past, it was easy to exchange money and the kingdom’s coins were accepted, but they say it’s difficult now.”
“How did you know that?”
“The Imperial Army kids told me everything?”
“You sold your face?”
“Do you think I sold it? They must have been shocked when they saw it.”
“Well, the face of the actual girl is quite appealing.”
“That face is your face.”
“It must be our faces.”
“Ahhhhh! When? When are you coming?”
“Time. There’s no place we can go at the same time.”
“Scouting a place. Oh, and where should I get dessert…”
In an instant, the preparatory committee for the first strawberry brunch meeting with the king was formed.
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It felt like an idol fan meeting, but Maru, who had succeeded in calming down Naruzu’s ‘Search and Destroy’ madness, started cleaning up the scene.
[How about you?]
[Here too, I went after poking around twenty to twenty-three times.]
It is said that as many as 20 people stabbed the Governor-General’s residence, which was under the control of the Montreal Guard. It is said that Kim Yang, his bodyguards, and some of the guards, including Naruzu, were in a tight defense, so they were unable to do anything and fled.
[Ha- But what they were after here wasn’t me, it was the mercenaries.]
[Mercenaries?]
Those who were lacking in content were sent to France. There are only five mercenaries left alive today. The one who formed a new mercenary group by gathering deserters and survivors from France was Dick Herold.
The last communication was that he was currently moving towards the French Alps, intending to cross into Switzerland and take control of the Zurich gold market and banks.
In the Holy Kingdom, most mercenaries were people with awakened abilities. Most of them were physically capable, but there were also those with awakened special abilities.
Abilities such as acceleration, telekinesis, acidic fluid, clairvoyance, and short-range blinking. Come to think of it, there was a vampire with acidic fluid.
‘The guy who melted the stilettos is the same.’
The Japanese ability users who fought on the old KTX were also like that.
Although they are lumped together as acids (acid, acidic), acid seagulls, acid rats, and acidic body fluids are not strictly speaking chemical acids.
The reason it was called acidic was because it produced results similar to acid, making it intuitively easy to understand.
[Yes. There are people with physical abilities, but among those with special abilities, there are some who are different.]
It may have been an ‘ability’ that disabled the AI supporting the stronghold near the Newport News Shipyard. Ki-sun also thought about that and organized the missing mercenaries and their abilities.
[The simulation results show that if mutant cells are extracted from the brain, cerebrospinal fluid, heart, or internal organs of high-level cannibals or vampires, the probability of those with abilities becoming infected also increases.]
[······.]
The ampoule Joseph Meyer gave to Dan Brown came to mind.
I sent an ampoule to the Vladiak Tower, so I can analyze what they have. If the technology has reached the singularity, it will take time, but it can be analyzed.
[And we’ve confirmed the evidence of their intrusion. It seems that they can neutralize field mice, although the range is limited.]
The claim that the bio-psychic generator could make small mammals go berserk was not just a threat. The first line of defense, the field mouse defense line, could be breached at any time.
[I have a headache. I have to assume that blocking the Canadian border is impossible.]
A deep sense of fatigue was evident in Ki-sun’s text.
Ki-soon grumbled that he now knew why the Empire was so obsessed with clones.
[Let’s stop crying and go ahead with the plan, even if it’s slow.]
Animal defense from field mice, crows, and wolves. Drone defense using AI. And finally, troops armed with exosuits equipped with psychic countermeasure equipment. The plan is to create a defense line using these three.
Oh, that was the plan.
[A plan to use field mice, AI, and soldiers to make up for each other’s weaknesses in a stronghold defense format?]
[······.]
Ki-soon’s text message continued, somehow filled with a cynical air.
[The idea was nice, but let’s look at reality. The outer fortifications placed near the Newport News Shipyard have been breached, so what alternative is there? Honestly, I’m still shaking.]
[······.]
Perhaps because he was the Governor General of Canada, Ki-sun seemed to have a lot on his mind.
[You say that you have no problem in building your own body, and I have a bodyguard and a Naruz escort, so it’s okay, but they’re not ordinary people. If they decide to spread the infection or openly commit simultaneous terrorism, there’s no countermeasure.]
That’s why the war on terror was so frustrating.
[We’ve gotten a lot of heads this time, so shouldn’t we get a few of them? If we just destroy the supply depot and eliminate their gathering points, we should be able to stop things like terrorism.]
[I wish that were true. Oh, come to think of it, Mr. Den said that we should talk after seeing each other’s faces.]
[My face?]
[The situation has come to this. Don’t you want to restore relations with us? The Empire is probably in a state of chaos due to the terrorism. If you want to sort things out with us, you’ll probably want to meet the King in person.]
The Empire was in a mess in many ways, so while it would be nice if it went as Ki-sun predicted, the opposite was also possible. Since Maru had practically dismantled one of the four units defending New York, it was possible that it was related to that story.
[That could be true. That guy tends to be a bit picky about things like that.]
[I didn’t know that there would be so many generals leaving when the empire was founded and personnel transfers were all over.]
Maru did not hesitate to catch cannibals and vampires.
A general of the empire? So?
Neither coaxing, nor threats, nor surrender could stop Maru’s sword strike.
Tsk-
Maru’s expression was not good as he recalled the cannibals that had been swarming the operations headquarters.
[Could it be because of what Joseph Meyer uncovered last time?]
[There were generals who joined hands with Virginia because they thought the purge would serve as a stepping stone to dictatorship?]
Ki-soon nodded at Maru’s words.
[It’s true that if those Virginia guys want to fool the military in that way, it’s possible that they can do so.]
If it was a story about Joseph Myers gathering together the imperial senators and administrators under the pretext of their arrival, purging those who opposed the dictatorship, and then blaming Virginia for it, then it would have been a very shaky story.
The garrison collapsed in vain due to the psychic attacks of the vampires, but the command center’s internal response was also a major factor.
[In any case, it is true that Dan Brown’s ruling power has been damaged. Suspicions of dictatorship are also growing, so it is a time when a breakthrough is needed.]
To break through this situation, it would have been better to either completely turn away from the Holy Kingdom and prepare for an all-out war, or to restore relations with the Holy Kingdom and secure technology and resources as before.
Maru, who had been nodding his head at Ki-sun’s analysis, opened his mouth.
[It’s good that you want to talk while looking at my face, but if you’re going to look, let’s look at it together.]
[Me? Why?]
[I want to see General Dan Brown’s feelings with my ability. I need to check what on earth he was thinking when he requested military support. Was he really asking for support with sincerity or was there something else in mind?]
And if you’re just messing around with other people’s thoughts…
Maru’s eyes became cold and sank.
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Dan Brown’s brow furrowed.
“Are we going to have a summit in Detroit?”
[Because the only place we can be sure is safe from terrorism is the Vlad’Ark Tower in Detroit.]
Imperial officials unanimously opposed the Holy Kingdom’s proposal.
There were all sorts of rumors, from the status of the empire to the young ones coming and going without permission, but the Holy Kingdom was resolute.
[It would be fine to hold a summit in New York, but if anything unpleasant were to occur, I would think that the Empire is after His Majesty the King of the Holy Kingdom. Is that okay with you?]
The conference room erupted in anger as a message from the Governor General of the Holy Kingdom of Canada appeared on the monitor.
“What are you saying?”
“What are you saying now?”
“You can’t trust the Empire?”
“If there is a problem, it is our responsibility!”
Are you saying that the Empire cannot be trusted?
If you don’t trust them, you can just reject the summit, but they’re coming out like this.
Dan Brown’s furrowed brow did not straighten.
‘I noticed cracks beginning to appear within the empire.’
There were some cannibals and vampires among the Imperial senators and government officials. They were cleaned up using the Joseph Meyer incident, but the rift in the Empire was only growing wider.
Several Imperial Intelligence agents were dying each day. The number of people falling for the persistent attacks, threats, and persuasion of the hit-and-run vampires and cannibals was gradually increasing.
The good news is that production of new clones is accelerating, but it takes time for the number of clones to accumulate.
“The meeting place will be Detroit, in the Holy Kingdom.”
It was a bad time to be away, because the moment he left New York, there was a danger that they would shake things up.
‘I think I’d better go.’
Still, Dan Brown decided it was best to go.
I went to Detroit because they told me to, but a coup occurred while I was away? Naturally, I will be able to borrow the power of the Holy Kingdom.
So the meeting place was decided to be Detroit.
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Ki-soon looked at Den Brown and his group.
‘The bodyguards are almost hostile.’
Everyone in the group, including the bodyguards, had bad feelings. Thinking that it wouldn’t be easy to come to the Holy Kingdom by only selecting these people, Ki-sun sent a signal.
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