Rust - Chapter 728



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RUST -728

Empire. Temporary capital Boston.

The power of the hydrogen bomb dropped on New York was enormous. The cloud that shot up through the stratosphere carried volcanic ash and dust up to 70-80 km.

Aside from the fact that there was little fallout and damage, the Holy Kingdom’s hydrogen bomb was literally powerful enough to blow up a metropolitan area in one fell swoop.

But, if they say they planted several hydrogen bombs in London, England and Paris, France, isn’t this in a way proof that the situation on the European continent is that serious?

President Dan Brown smiled bitterly as he looked around New York, where temperatures were two to three degrees colder than usual in the sweltering 40-degree heat.

[All the mutant monsters that approached the New York area are returning.]

A variety of mutant monsters were gathering toward New York, where over 10 million people were gathered. When the monsters saw the rising clouds and flames, they all scattered to different places.

It was as if they were afraid that a nuclear weapon would be dropped if they gathered together, as if they were completely scattered.

‘Herbivores stick together with other herbivores.’

Dan Brown reviewed reports and footage while sipping his whiskey on the rocks like tea.

‘As soon as winter ended, the herbivores gathered together and targeted New York, the most populous city?’

Looking at the information sent from the Holy Kingdom and the current situation, it wasn’t good.

At that time, in the Holy Kingdom of Canada, moose and buffalo were said to have not only swept away plants as they moved south, but also tried to cause carnivores and humans to coexist.

Dan Brown put down the glass of whiskey he was drinking and said.

“What happened to New York?”

[About half of them are refusing to evacuate.]

[Protests are growing increasingly violent, demanding that New York be rebuilt before the mega-float project.]

Is that so? Are you still unable to let go of your foolishness?

No, there must be piglets behind the protesters.

Those with stakes in New York will want to prevent the center of gravity from shifting from New York to the maritime cities.

“Send an emergency broadcast that monsters are advancing toward New York.”

[Yes? You mean the monsters? Weren’t they all scattered by the nuclear explosion?]

“They are herbivorous monsters. According to the data from the Holy Kingdom, carnivorous animals will come in between two weeks and a month.”

The herbivorous monsters have dispersed, but what about the carnivorous monsters? The city has been blown up to the outer wall and its flesh has been exposed, and there are millions of human prey swarming around. Should we just pretend not to see them and avoid them?

“And additional hydrogen bombs sent from the Holy Kingdom. Keep them ready for use at any time.”

[There are people who say they will never leave New York.]

There were millions of them too.

“So give the evacuation order. Tell them to keep evacuating. The monsters are coming, and there are no troops left to defend a half-ruined New York.”

[···All right.]

How far can greed go when the world has become like this? Those who sit on the ground in New York are still going crazy.

The number of lawsuits filed claiming damages from the use of hydrogen bombs has reached a thousand. Insurance companies, securities companies, and financial institutions are all in a state of panic, if not panic.

The empire’s weakness and strength was that it maintained the existing system. Because it maintained the existing system, the citizens had a sense of stability and satisfaction, but because it maintained the existing system, there were also limitations that could not be escaped.

‘I thought I had pushed out the Federal Reserve and Jewish capital through currency reform.’

This time, real estate and financial powers were plotting to rebuild New York.

‘They must also know that climate and natural disasters are coming.’

The protest now was demanding that the city give up its stake in the new sea city it was building. But Dan Brown had no intention of doing that.

‘This time I’m breaking up for real.’

We will cut off the roots of those who are destroying the United States of America.

[Your Majesty, the BR program was a success!]

[Consciousness is normal. Communication is possible.]

The operation to transplant the ampoule containing Joseph Meyer’s memories into a clone created through Bernard Green’s (Kim Ki-soon) DNA replication was successful.

“Did you turn into a vampire?”

[No, the test results are the same as a normal clone.]

Dan Brown looked down at his whiskey glass, where he could see the melted ice floating in a circle.

Diluted whiskey, melted ice.

The empire had no time.

‘There’s no need to delay.’

“Let’s check right now. Prepare for the interview.”

[four.]

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A completely sealed space. A man sitting there expressionless and calm, even as CCTV-linked automatic turrets and laser weapons flash.

Even though he was wearing a restraint garment that only a severely mentally ill person would wear, his face showed no sign of discomfort or annoyance.

The face was clearly Gi-sun’s, but the expression was absent, and Joseph Meyer’s signature impression was clearly visible.

[Chick- Now that you’ve come to your senses, shall we talk?]

“Den. Den. Den Brown. You’re being too cautious. Since you’ve come this far, don’t you think we should talk face to face?”

[-Beep- I don’t think so.]

“You don’t think so? Then I have nothing to say.”

[-Beep— Aren’t we experts in this area? You know there are many ways to open your mouth, right?]

“Threats. Well, I guess I won’t be able to hold out much longer with this weak body before I start crying.”

Just as the mind controls the body, the body can control the mind, as the saying goes, and it is a golden saying. It was a proven fact that if you keep talking, you will end up saying something.

Even the most mentally gifted person would almost certainly be able to open their mouth through serious torture accompanied by appropriate drugs.

[-Chick- Since we don’t have much time, let’s get to the point. How much of your memory ampoule did you extract?]

Ki-soon’s face, with Joseph Meyer’s expression, answered Dan Brown’s question.

“You don’t have time, so you’re asking useless questions. Why are you asking such things? If you’ve scattered hundreds of them, can you get them all back?”

[Beep- You fucking bastard!]

The speakers rang out at Dan Brown’s profanity.

[You- What the hell are you thinking?]

“I didn’t know the Holy Kingdom would do that. This is not a situation where we can choose our means and methods. Do you think it would be good for me to have hundreds of my dregs floating around? Even if they are dregs, it doesn’t feel good.”

[Beep- Are you alive?]

“I wish you would take off the self-destruct devices attached to this body and say something like that. This thing is already a corpse to begin with.”

As the conversation continued, the number of battles became more and more elaborate. Dan Brown realized that Joseph Meyer’s memory ampoule was not just a fragment of memory.

So this was something more than just a kind of memory duplication.

You sprayed these ampoules in the hundreds?

crazy.

That number would be bluffing, but even if there were just a few dozen, it was obvious that something terrible would happen. Even more so when you consider the vampire mutation ampoules that were sprinkled along with the memory ampoules.

[······.]

“You think too much. That’s why you’ve been a manager all your life.”

Later on, he quickly rose to the position of chief of staff and became the highest-ranking official in the Department of Homeland Security, but wasn’t that all just luck? He also got some credit for Vladimir Kalin.

“Ah? I only saw a little bit. In fact, even if it was called an empire, it would have collapsed long ago without the help of the Holy Kingdom.”

Joseph Meyer’s memories were many.

[-Chick- Stop the work below. Did you know about this situation in advance?]

“This situation? What kind of situation? Are you going to use the memory ampoule? Or is there not much time left?”

Joseph Meyer knew more about the end times than Dan Brown himself did.

It couldn’t be otherwise, because Dan Brown had primarily been in charge of domestic terrorism-related work. Not only was he in a position where he had difficulty understanding global-scale events, but he also failed to properly grasp the flow of events after becoming head of the Department of Homeland Security.

Before we could properly verify the confidential information, we suffered an internal coup. As a result, more than half of the important information was lost, and there was nothing we could do.

[Beep- The Empire doesn’t have much time left. No, humanity doesn’t have much time left. Did you know what was going on in advance?]

Joseph Meyer’s once calm expression disappeared again.

“I told you, the only way for humanity to survive is to make the leap to a new species.”

[Chick- New humans? Don’t talk nonsense. Cannibals and vampires can’t be created that quickly. Beep- Cannibalism can’t spread that quickly. The same goes for the mutant virus incident.]

Dan Brown’s voice, which had been speaking calmly, gradually grew louder. Dan Brown blurted out the question he had been holding back.

[Neither the spread of the mutant virus nor the distribution of the vaccine was normal. What the heck? What do you know? What did you do?]

“Don’t ask if you already know.”

This situation was entirely a human choice.

What is the goal of humanity?

No, what is the goal of those in power?

Joseph Meyer opened his mouth in a flat tone.

“Yes, that would be a good thing. ‘Now that this man has become like us, knowing good and evil, he must not stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat and live forever.’ So he drove man out of paradise. From then on, man’s goal has always been one.”

Joseph Meyer calmly reciting the words from Genesis.

There have been many stories throughout human history about seeking eternal life. There was the elixir of life of Qin Shi Huang, the mummy, and the story of finding the Holy Grail.

Secret agents from Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, Britain, France, the United States, and many other countries were searching for eternal life.

“Humans sought God, but God did not respond. Ah- of course, there were those who responded, and there were miracles. Then, someone thought, If God exists… If the wars written in so many scriptures are true, then wouldn’t there also be demons?”

Rather than a god who is difficult to hear answers from, wouldn’t it be more realistic to have a devil who gives answers if you just offer a sacrifice?

No, isn’t the existence of the devil itself proof of the existence of God?

That’s how humans started looking for the devil.

The story goes that he began to search through other dimensions and began to offer sacrifices.

[Sigh- Stop talking nonsense. The root of this situation started with religion?]

“No. That’s not it. It’s just because of humans who try to use religion and even mysticism.”

religion.

mystery.

What I found at the end.

So humans found the prophecy.

There have been many prophecies that have led to the end of the world, including the prophecies that the Black Death would spread, that Genghis Khan would burn the continent, and that World Wars I and II would occur.

What should we do if the end is decided?

Life – What must we do to gain eternal life?

What would be a good way to take advantage of the apocalypse?

Who on earth would want to use it?

Which country can even use the apocalypse?

The world’s largest economy is the United States, followed by China and Japan.

Is it really a coincidence that these three countries are involved in all this?

“Don’t you know? The darkness of the United States of America that we are trying to protect is deep.”

[Chick – Don’t use that as an excuse to justify betraying your country. What you did was immoral enough.]

“Oh. What you’re doing right now is moral?”

[Let’s not nitpick. So this situation is the result of the actions of the three countries? Everyone, including the president, knew about this situation?]

“I don’t know everything. Even if I knew, it’s already out of control and there’s nothing I can do about it.”

[What were you trying to control? How were you trying to control it?]

Joseph Meyer’s expressionless face suddenly changed into a grim one.

“Unfortunately, that’s it. If I may give you a hint, it’s the result of three countries that agreed to share the benefits of the end times trying to hit each other in the back of the head and losing control. The United States, as you know, is divided and unable to respond in a consistent manner, which is why it ended up like this. Isn’t that right? If you and I had worked together from the beginning, would this have happened?”

[Beep- This is it?]

At Joseph Meyer’s words, Dan Brown immediately pressed the emergency bell.

Wheeeeeeing- Wheeeeeeing-

“It’s late.”

[You little punk!]

And as if taking the alarm bell as a signal, gunshots, explosions, and screams began to ring out from all directions.

[Your Majesty! The vampires are attacking.]

[The location of the laboratory has been revealed!]

[You should avoid it.]

Dan Brown held the suicide device in his hand and glared at Joseph Meyer. Joseph Meyer looked at Dan Brown calmly.

“A shell that has lost its soul is nothing but a pathetic belief. Well, let’s meet again. Even though you may not remember it now.”

[You son of a bitch!]

Kkuk-

Pfft!

With the sound of a leather pouch bursting, Joseph Meyer’s torso with the face of a kisun exploded. Pieces of flesh and internal organs scattered in all directions. Blood stained the monitor red.

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Holy Kingdom. Detroit. Vladiak Tower.

Ugh-

Maru was tickled by Kim Yang’s report that he would search for them while going down to Tokyo, not the Manchurian warlords.

‘The crows on the Russian side must have fallen for it.’

I suggested that they head north, thinking that if they brought some slender Russian crows, our crows would be more active in laying eggs, but I was sharply rejected.

‘Isn’t that a warlord-controlled area? Then there would be an anti-aircraft network. That won’t work.’

‘I don’t think it’ll be that dangerous since we have new air defense equipment.’

‘But that won’t do. I told you to get out if it’s even the slightest bit dangerous.’

‘Yes. Since you are the field commander, just don’t forget the purpose of the expedition.’

Maru did not interfere with Kim Yang’s opinion on going to Tokyo. However, Diana’s analysis showed that the search for Tokyo would likely not be easy.

[As a result of analyzing the data sent to Sakhalin and Hokkaido, there is a considerable amount of volcanic ash and dust. Based on this, it appears that Japan’s volcanic activity is still active.]

“Crazy. Still?”

[Yes. The calculation results show that there is a 99% chance that volcanic activity and earthquakes will not stop.]