Rust - Chapter 714



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RUST [RUST]-714

Kim Yang raised her chin at the news that a strange drug was beginning to spread in Richmond.

A smug expression as if to say, ‘Look at that. Didn’t I say they were just rotten humans in the first place? What would have happened if we had brought such humans into the Holy Kingdom?’

Ki-sun turned her head without saying a word.

[It appears to be a drug based on spider paralyzing venom.]

[It is a highly addictive hard drug, and it appears that it can produce various effects depending on how it is combined.]

The assistant AI has reported what it has found.

There were reports that crimes taking advantage of the phenomenon of motor nerves being paralyzed while the senses remain intact were skyrocketing.

Moreover, since the main ingredient is spider venom, there were even suspicions that people were handed over alive to spiders and that they received venom.

[Given the scale of the drug in circulation, there is a high probability that there is a connection between the spider and the survivor.]

Although I am a person who values ​​humanity, I feel my heart sinking when I hear about the recent events in Richmond.

“Is there any evidence?”

[Richmond has now eliminated spiders from most residential areas except basements. The analysis suggests that the number of missing persons has increased significantly since the safety was improved, which is a contradictory result.]

It was certainly odd that after the Holy Kingdom had wiped out the spiders and armed the survivors to chase the remaining spiders out of the city, the number of missing people began to increase.

People disappearing in a safe zone after being chased away by spiders? If spiders aren’t the cause of the disappearances, the only answer is the same people.

‘You feed humans to spiders and get the raw materials for your medicine?’

The cruel truth that it is human nature to treat human life lightly is simply an everyday reality here in Richmond.

Ki-soon began to search desperately for the missing person. As he turned the safe zone upside down, evidence that could turn his suspicion into certainty began to emerge.

Evidence that I hoped would not be the case···.

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The survivors of Richmond were divided into small groups, divided by region. They were promised ample supplies, but the demand for supplies continued to increase.

He demanded that they increase the supply, saying that they had promised to provide it generously even though they had not entrusted it to him, and that they would make the city safe by hunting down spiders.

As Ki-sun was suffering from a severe fall, the assistant AI reported the situation to Kim Yang.

[The Montrose Family and the Sandstone Clan have requested an audience regarding supply issues. What should we do?]

[What should I do? Let’s meet on the regular distribution date. If they come and ask to meet on their own, should I meet them?]

Although Kim Yang coolly told them to get out, the group of survivors surrounded the warehouse filled with supplies and tried to get inside.

[Are they crazy? You can shoot any kid who jumps over the wall.]

Those who had been sneaking peeks to see where the person in charge was became quiet when the red laser aiming point from the automatic turret was marked on their foreheads.

Should I really shoot? Should I really shoot? This is the Holy Kingdom, you say?

Didn’t they say something about HOLLY? Something about the ark that saves mankind?

But you’re targeting people with a machine turret?

Hey. You’re probably scaring me. Then you go first.

Kim Yang smiled strangely at the hesitating men.

[Just cross the line there. What happens? Yeah. Are you curious? Do you want to know if you’ll get through or not? I told you to cross over?]

In a literally tense situation, Ki-soon calmed the situation down.

“Stop. What’s going on here? It’s not even the distribution date yet.”

“Hahaha – isn’t it true that supplies don’t run out and run out in a set amount of time?”

“Yeah, that’s right. After wrestling with spiders several times a day, you’ll always run out of supplies.”

“As you know, spiders are smart. The flamethrower consumption has increased too much. At this rate, I think we’ll need at least 50 more.”

[50s? Are these guys crazy?]

Kim Yang’s exosuit grabbed the human by the collar as he made strange noises.

“Ugh- Ugh- Mo···mok.]

[Hey. Do you want to go to sleep?]

Where the hell do these kids get their shit together?

[What on earth make you believe in this? Huh? Do you just want to lose everything?]

Are there such things as brains? Did they lose their appetite after taking medicine?

Although the current situation was absurd, Ki-sun stopped Ms. Kim.

“Calm down. People are watching.”

[What if I watch? Just put it down because there are a lot of people watching? No. No. Every time a kid like this comes out, we have to break their balls.]

Kim Yang’s opinion is that in order to prevent the emergence of new maggots, it is better to clean up as often as possible, like now.

Eudd-d

The exosuit’s grip on my collar gradually grew stronger.

“Kueuuuu-sa. Sa …

The man who had been struggling desperately was now slumped over, seemingly out of breath. Ki-soon stopped Ms. Kim.

“Hold on. There’s also the HOLLY missionary group. And we need to check what kind of emotions these people have. If we just kill them, the recovery will be complicated.”

[······.]

Kim Yang, who was trying to crush and kill him very slowly like a burrower, stopped grabbing him.

Ki-soon used his power on the people who came to ask for supplies. He wondered if all the people gathered here were the kind of people that Kim Yang was criticizing.

‘No way.’

It couldn’t be. It had to be.

When I used my ability like that, the colors of the emotions that came up were all strange.

(Shock. Disbelief.)

(Anger. Denial.)

(Hostile. Anger.)

(Disbelief. Surprise.)

There was no worry about the colleague who had grabbed her by the collar, and no fear of Ms. Kim. When Ki-soon was silent for a moment, Ms. Kim whispered quietly.

[What color is it? Isn’t it a shit color? You can tell the price of these just by looking at them.]

“···Let’s put it down for now.”

[Tsk- You want to bet again? You bet your gold watch that if you let these guys get away with it, you’ll end up with a headache later?]

The execution of the exosuit, which had stopped, slowly began again.

Ugh- Ugh- Ugh-

The man was emitting a dark mixture of fear, anger, and revenge.

Is this all there is to it?

Ki-soon felt like she was out of breath.

“I told you to stop. Killing them one by one isn’t enough.”

[So you want to bet?]

“Okay. Let’s do it. I’ll take two gold watches.”

[Received 3 more?]

Ki-sun’s once innocent eyes began to shine fiercely.

“Don’t joke around.”

[Okay.]

Kim Yang didn’t stop the burrower from breathing. Ki-sun took a deep breath and stepped forward in front of the people.

“If you have any supply-related issues, you can talk to me.”

“Didn’t you promise to provide enough supplies?”

“They said they would provide generously, but what is this!”

Ki-soon responded calmly to those who shouted as if they were angry.

“The situation is not favorable as there are increasing requests for supplies from other areas.”

“Then what do you want me to do? Without additional supplies right now, we can’t stop the spiderlings.”

“It’s not just the spiders that are the problem. Once you get rid of the spiders, the ants and cockroaches are trying to take their place. We really need to get some supplies.”

“There’s even a strange rat coming out of Sandstone. The rats are said to self-destruct.”

Ki-sun’s squinted eyes narrowed.

Suicide? Isn’t that rat a Fire Clan rat?

Are you saying that the people from Sandstone crossed the middle ground and went south?

Why?

Leaving curiosity behind, Ki-soon checked the new rules once again.

“You can’t just increase supply in any situation.”

“So what are you going to do? Are you going to let the spiders run rampant again?”

“What about ants and cockroaches?”

“I told you the rat is going to explode!”

“However, additional supplies have to be based on performance.”

The method that Ki-sun came up with was a performance-based system.

“Performance-based system?”

“Yes. The basic supply will be the same as before, but the additional supply will be provided to those who bring in a lot of spider webs, spider byproducts, and monster corpses.”

“Ugh- Ugh- What the hell are you talking about?”

A man with open breathing swore.

And those who sympathize with that evil.

The emotions they had were a jumble of emotions.

It was neither a feeling of trust nor a feeling of gratitude.

It was to the point where I was overcome with a similar feeling as when a loan shark came to collect interest on a loan.

Ki-sun’s eyes became narrow.

“So, if you want to take it generously, you just have to show that much performance.”

[I told you these kids are rotten to the core. We should just cut off supplies here and get out.]

Kim Yang sent a message so that only Ki-sun could hear it.

‘I told you not to do that.’

If people here become spider food or monster food, only nearby Newport News will be in danger. There will be no benefit.

Besides, what crime did the civilians and children in the area controlled by these guys commit? In the end, the only answer that Gi-sun could come up with was to exchange additional supplies according to performance.

“I repeat, if you want additional distribution, you must bring in the corresponding performance.”

And such measures backfired on civilians and children in the area, as the armed group began collecting its own taxes.

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Ki-sun was momentarily speechless at the assistant AI’s report.

[Armed forces began robbing civilians in their area of ​​supplies in exchange for taxes.]

“You stole basic supplies?”

It’s only been a few months.

It’s only been a few months since spring passed and the hot summer began to rage.

At most 2~3 months.

It had only been two or three months since those who had been treated as bait and stored prey by the mutant spiders were able to hunt the spiders in return.

‘It’s human to have a brother who tries to kill his younger sibling over an inheritance, and it’s human to have someone who risks their life for a friend they’ve known for only a few years.’

Ki-soon laughed bitterly.

I remembered the moment when I almost got killed by my half-brother, but survived thanks to Maru’s help. Maybe that’s why I’m so obsessed with it.

Maybe he wanted to prove that there is goodness in humans, that there is love, that there is faith, that there is hope.

“Why are you so serious? That’s just how humans are. It’s easier if you just give up.”

There must be a reason why they call it a fucking mess.

Kim Yang began to move to the rhythm with her characteristically blank expression.

“This place is overflowing with dicks- overflowing with- ah- dicks overflowing with—ah—ah—-”

Huh-

Ki-soon couldn’t help but laugh at the subtly familiar rhythm and absurd rhyme.

K-k-k-k— k-k-k-k-

It must have been something he did to relieve his own mind. He was a professional killer.

Hahahahahaha!

After all, there was hope for humanity.

But aren’t there more guys than I thought who are throwing shit at that hope?

What should we do with those kids?

Ki-soon’s squinted eyes somehow narrowed sharply.

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Ki-sun summarized the situation so far and sent it to Maru.

[So the reason why we decided to provide additional supplies based on performance is to reduce the distribution of drugs and reduce the number of missing people?]

[okay.]

If there were really a lot of people who crossed the line, the prediction was that there would be an increase in disappearances. But an increase in disappearances meant that there would be fewer people receiving basic necessities.

If you don’t kill the spiders, you will only receive basic supplies. So the basic supplies given to civilians are also plundered by those who are plundering them. If you throw people as food to the spiders, the basic supplies you were receiving will be reduced.

So, no matter how crazy those weird guys were, the moment they killed civilians, they ended up creating a situation where they ended up with less of what they got. With just one performance-based system.

Maru nodded while looking at the data sent by Ki-sun.

It was definitely Gi-sun. In that short moment, he calmed down Ms. Kim and introduced a performance-based system for additional supplies.

If he had been there, he would have been dancing with his sword, desperately trying to kill her, and Kim Yang would have been busy putting bullets in next to him.

[So there’s a guy in Richmond who’s connected to spiders, and there’s a guy who makes medicine with spider venom?]

[···It seems almost certain. I think there is someone related to the spiders, either in China or Japan.]

[So what are you going to do?]

[So what’s the matter? Since I have taken the position, I hope that the King will come and brighten up the place at the crucial moment.]

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The first to withdraw was the Crow Bombardment. The Crows, true to their workaholic nature, were the first to leave Richmond after receiving their allowances.

Next, Hee-yeon, U+ clones, and the Newport News Defense Force withdrew, and now all that was left were the Royal Guard troops that came with Kim Yang and Ki-soon.

As most of the Holy Kingdom’s forces withdrew, Richmond’s armed groups began to display at first agitation, and later a strange madness.

“What will happen to the supply once everything is gone like this?”

“These kids said they’d give us plenty of supplies, but they’re still looking for performance-based pay and making a fuss!”

“The master of the success system is also a high person?”

“They said the cross-eyed brat was the Governor General of Canada.”

“Let’s catch him. If we catch him, we can leave here.”

“Why are you leaving here? If only I had enough supplies, I could live like a noble, even if I’m not a king.”

“You’re a noble. Yes, the life of a noble is good.”

“Don’t you want to become a real noble?”

“Living with spiders isn’t so bad, honestly, since they keep watch over the outskirts of Richmond.”

“Well, it’s true that even the most mutated monsters can’t enter.”

“The Holy Kingdom is full of crazy kids, so they say they’ll use nuclear weapons if they get in trouble.”

“확실히 실적제 새끼랑 미친년을 잡아야 안전하겠어.”

“Even if the performance-based system is like that, what are you going to do about that crazy bitch?”

“There are spider webs, right? And there are spiders that are good at weaving.”

For a spider, tying down a few exosuits was no problem. Capturing the squinty-eyed hatchlings was no problem either.

The conference room was filled with people like that. Ki-soon spoke from the podium.

“Richmond has successfully driven out the spiders with everyone’s help and created a safe zone. Now Richmond is a safe city. ···As I said, the Holy Kingdom and the Empire are in charge of supplies···.”

“Hey, Mr. Performance-Based System. How can we believe that? You said you would provide ample supplies, but then you changed your words to Performance-Based System?”

“That’s right. If you say you’ll give us supplies and then wipe your mouth and leave, what will become of us?”

“It’s the same in terms of distribution and performance.”

“Spider webs and spider byproducts are really good, but aren’t you taking them too salty?”

People who were sitting began to stand up one by one.

“That’s what I’m saying. Our performance-based gentlemen and the people there want our performance to improve a bit.”

Something rippled behind the people who were slowly pressing down.