Rust - Chapter 761



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RUST [RUST]-761

Han Tae-sik’s face was haggard as he watched the video blankly and hesitated.

The sight of him lighting a lighter with trembling hands. His face, which was unable to properly light the cigarette and was staring back at the monitor with frozen eyes, seemed to have lost all its life.

Although he must have had a great deal of mental conflict, Lee Moon-sik’s actions made him wonder if he really knew the person. The person he had been with for nearly 6 years was detective Han Tae-sik.

How many cases have you solved since you were a low-ranking police officer? Your tracking ability was so amazing that it was literally close to a supernatural ability or a superpower.

He was a detective you would only see in novels or movies, able to identify the criminal’s main hands and feet with just a few traces and see through the criminal’s behavioral patterns.

But what does this indecisiveness I see now mean?

The tenacity and determination that he showed when tracking down and pursuing the criminal were completely absent, and he only seemed to close his eyes and avoid responsibility, making him seem like a completely different person.

“Detective Han. Let’s do it for now.”

“······.”

Lee Moon-sik urged a detective who was just looking at the screen without answering.

“Can’t I just say I’ll get out of here?”

“······.”

“No matter what I do, I can seize the opportunity if I go out.”

“These are the guys who blew up London and Paris.”

Han Tae-sik’s trembling voice.

“If the video is true, they will blow up Seoul. Not just Seoul, but the entire metropolitan area!”

The voice that had been trembling with fear, shock and horror began to fill with resentment and indignation.

“If I don’t find the government bunker, if I don’t find the martial law headquarters, I’ll kill you all!”

“So you’re just going to sit there and do nothing? I don’t know. It’s not my responsibility.”

“what?”

“Honestly, isn’t that what you’re saying? You don’t want to take responsibility. Then fine. Just reveal it.”

“Are you saying that now?”

“Are you saying this because you want to stall for as long as possible? No, how many hours would we stall for? We were told to make a decision by 8 o’clock tomorrow morning.”

“So. Tell me you’re not cooperating right now?”

“If you say you don’t want to take responsibility, they will react in some way. It’s not your responsibility. Tell me what you think and I will listen and consider it. This is how you should react to the criminal and respond accordingly. That was the detective who said that.”

“······.”

“Above all, isn’t it true that the current government and martial law command are acting strangely? Wasn’t it detective Han who said it was strange that they covered up the serial killer who appeared to be processing human flesh?”

A detective’s voice was boiling with phlegm as he listened to Lee Moon-sik’s persistent story.

“Let’s say they’re cannibals. Okay. Let’s say the government, the National Assembly, and the Martial Law Command are all cannibals, just like they say. So what if I become a hunting dog that chases them and kills the cannibals? What happens then?”

“Ah- Detective Han! No. Hyung! Why do you think about that? What changes when you think about the future?”

“So are you telling me to just sell the country? To the Holy Kingdom?”

“Let’s say what they say is true. Then what the government, martial law command, and the National Assembly did was turn Korea into a human farm. Does stopping that mean selling out the country? Seriously, why are you doing that, hyung?”

“The author, the King of the Holy Kingdom, is a mass murderer. There was also circumstantial evidence that the woman was a World Group killer. She was a woman whose information was controlled. How can you trust their information? How can you trust them?”

“······.”

“Look at this now. Are the authors who say they will destroy the Korean Peninsula with nuclear weapons if we don’t cooperate in their right minds?”

“Ha- That’s what I’m saying. What are you going to do by fighting with those crazy kids?”

“A fight? Is that what you want to say right now, Lee Moon-sik?”

“If it’s not a fight, what is it? You can’t trust them. Do you trust the government? Do you trust the martial law command and the National Assembly? Then, if you want to help them, shouldn’t you go out first? Let’s not just sit around and waste time, let’s get moving.”

Thick smoke billowed out, piercing Han Tae-sik’s lungs.

“Wh-Fuck. Okay, let’s go. For now.”

The two of them talked for a long time about what to do when they went out.

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After breaking up the meeting, Maru immediately had a video call with Na Ju-yeon.

Because he didn’t say a single word, but just blinked, it seemed like he had something else to say.

“So what do you have to say?”

[Research on the bio-psychic generator installed by the Confederacy has been completed.]

A psychic generator buried near Detroit. It was a terrorist device that was intended to shake people’s minds.

The fact that human emotions can be swayed is a much scarier thing than I thought.

Why is there a saying that it is a love that falls from the country? And why do we fall for it even though we suspect that it might be a snake or a swallow?

In most cases, propaganda begins with provoking emotions. And once people have responded to a stimulus that has crossed a threshold, facts and falsehoods become unimportant.

He comes to believe that he truly loves the woman he suspected of being a snake, and when the snake says, “If you love me, then don’t do this for me,” he replies, “Okay, the woman I love asked me to do this,” and he does it.

Even when people around him say that she is a snake due to her irrational and unreasonable behavior, he does not believe her and just fantasizes that it is all a trial of love.

[I can’t yet convert many emotions into mental waves, but I can use basic emotions to some extent.]

In the East, there are seven basic human emotions: joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, love, hate, and greed.

[You can create and transmit four of the seven emotions. What if you use them?]

The emotions that can be used in the current operation are said to be anger, sadness, love, and greed. Joy, pleasure, and hate overlap with love, and so do pleasure and hate. So, to effectively release mental waves, it was anger, sadness, love, and greed.

“······.”

Maru’s forehead furrowed slightly. Even in that brief silence, Na Ju-yeon immediately responded.

[If you’re not sure where the bunker is on Namsan, why not just use a psychic generator to stimulate the entire mountain?]

“More details···.”

[Based on the current situation, there must be factions among the cannibals.]

As Maru signaled for her to continue talking, Na Ju-yeon continued to explain.

[They may be united for a common purpose now, but they will definitely think and act for the benefit of their own faction. So if you just instill greed in them, you can destroy them through internal strife.]

Na Ju-yeon thought that even if the bunker did not collapse due to internal strife, someone would come out of the bunker the moment a battle broke out.

[The suspected area is Namsan anyway. If we guard it and catch anyone coming out of Namsan and extract information, we will be able to figure out the exact location and internal structure.]

If we could figure out the exact location and entrance of the hiding place in Namsan, we could have put a bunker buster in there, and after destroying the entrance and ventilation system, we could have filled it with nerve gas.

I was able to wipe out all the guys in Namsan at once. Of course, they wouldn’t be gathered only in Namsan, so I needed the help of a detective to get rid of them by the roots.

Maru’s gaze turned to Na Ju-yeon.

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[···If it’s not a fight, then what is it?···]

[Whew- Fuck. Okay, let’s go. Let’s go out and let them know what happens after we get out.]

Kim Yang, who was eavesdropping on Han Tae-sik and Lee Moon-sik’s conversation, felt like she was going to explode with anger.

Aooooooooo-

My stress levels were exploding, and I felt like cortisol was rushing through my veins. I just wanted to punch a hole in their heads.

‘You know? You’re going to tell the cannibal?’

As Maru, who had finished talking with Na Ju-yeon, entered the conference room, Kim Yang turned her head and looked at Maru.

“What’s going on? Why are you looking at me like that?”

“These kids are trying to pass information to cannibals.”

Are you trying to pass on information? Maru snickered.

“What information? Information that the Holy Kingdom has established a base near Dongtan and Yongin? Or is it information that they plan to blow everything up with a hydrogen bomb if necessary?”

“Is that something to laugh about? That guy is a detective, but he’s a total traitor.”

Miss Kim got upset.

What kind of traitor are you all of a sudden? Maru looked at her with a look of ‘aren’t you?’

“Not a traitor. A traitor to his own people? A traitor to the people? Whatever. He’s trying to sell people out to cannibals. It’s true.”

Not helping us means selling people out to cannibals.

huh.

Ms. Kim was resolute.

“I told you it was weird from the start.”

As soon as he got into the room, he searched the room with a hidden camera detector? A wiretapping detector? Something like that, and he said he couldn’t believe it because the highest dignity is a criminal?

Of course, the new surveillance equipment of the Holy Kingdom wouldn’t be detected by such low-level sensors, but it was funny to hear.

You don’t know it’s CG? So you can’t believe it? That was funny.

If the Supreme Being were to wish, he could destroy all the cannibals with hydrogen bombs until they’re dead. He was just trying to get rid of the cannibals, so what the heck?

Maru, who had calmed down Kim Yang’s anger, told her about Na Ju-yeon’s plan. It was a plan to use a bio-psychic device to cause internal strife among the cannibals in Namsan.

“That’s a mind-bending device. You don’t hate it, do you?”

Kim Yang’s eyes widened. She hates things that touch her emotions and memories, so she grabbed Na Ju-yeon like a mouse. That’s why she has strict regulations on virtual reality.

“I don’t hate it.”

But it’s funny to keep nitpicking while catching cannibals. If we can’t catch them that way, we’ll have to use hydrogen bombs, but that’s better than wiping them all out with nukes.

It was Ms. Kim who nodded her head in confusion at Maru’s explanation.

If we left the cannibals alone, they would pose a greater danger, so we had to get rid of them. Whatever the method.

“Then can I just throw those away?”

“No. We need it to track down the remnants.”

[···Since there is a human mint, you can just warn them through it.]

[The new exosuits were in the thousands. ···The water defense forces will have to be mobilized.]

Two voices flowing out of the speaker.

Maru and Kim Yang didn’t listen to what Han Tae-sik and Lee Moon-sik were talking about.

“Get ready to go. We’re going to turn around Namsan tonight.”

“Okay.”

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Clank-

The locked door opened with a heavy sound and the lights came on.

[Get up. We’re going.]

Kim Yang, fully armed with a core armor, looked down at the faces of Han Tae-sik and Lee Moon-sik, who were lying down in the searchlight.

“Ugh- what the hell is this all of a sudden.”

“Didn’t you say you’d give me until 8 AM?”

The two people, who couldn’t open their eyes properly due to the strong light, covered their faces with their hands and spoke. Ms. Kim found what the two people were doing ridiculous.

[Drag and go.]

[Come here.]

“Wait. Just a moment.”

“Where are you going?”

The two people who were dragged out witnessed a giant airship landing on the field.

“Rain. Airship?”

“······.”

“How did the airship···.”

“······.”

A flock of birds just left the airship? There must be birds that dominate the skies in each region. That was the case. So were the scattered flocks of pigeons.

Even if it was reduced from 150,000 to 30,000, it would still be 120,000. Given the nature of birds, which rush to flying objects in the sky as if in a fit of a fit, if they had spotted an airship, they would have certainly rushed to it.

So that’s why you moved at dawn?

Avoiding the pigeons’ eyes, moving in a quiet airship.

Han Tae-sik and Lee Moon-sik exchanged awkward glances. There was no way to make contact if they moved to the airship.

“Ugh- my stomach. Ugh.”

Lee Moon-sik slumped forward and clutched his stomach. Kim Yang, looking down at Lee Moon-sik, who was trembling and complaining of pain, crouched down next to him and asked.

[Does your stomach hurt? Where does it hurt?]

“Stomach. Aaugh- stomach. Side.”

[Where did you see it?]

“Ah …

[Grab the arms and legs.]

[ancient.]

Lee Moon-sik, who was crouching as if he was going to die from pain, was forcibly stretched out in the shape of the letter “大”. Then, the hand of the crouching Noh-shim armor took a beating stance.

?

???

And then he mercilessly struck Lee Moon-sik in the center.

■■■■!!!!

It’s a silent scream.

Lee Moon-sik, who said his stomach hurt, had both hands holding his groin.

[Are you in pain too?]

Detective Han Tae-sik could not help but shake his head.

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A giant airship.

Lee Moon-sik crouched down and trembled in fear.

These guys were crazy. The scariest thing was that they didn’t have a shred of hesitation.

Pogurrurururuk

A tentacle-like cable was stuck in the head of a detective, connected to a strange device with a floating brain. His eyes rolled back and he was trembling. Lee Moon-sik gritted his teeth at the sight that made it seem as if his soul was being sucked out.

Pogurrurururuk

[There seems to be some kind of facility in Namsan and Bukhansan as well.]

[Let’s start from Namsan.]