Rust - Chapter 762



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RUST -762

[But isn’t it a waste?]

Kim Yang said as she looked at a detective who was extracting information. I was trying to be nice and polite so that he would help voluntarily. If this continues, I guess we can say that voluntary cooperation has gone down the drain.

[He’s someone who will remain uncooperative until the end. You can’t just coax him with nice words.]

Kim Yang nodded at Maru’s calm reaction.

As expected, there is no mercy in the highest dignity.

That’s right.

It is trustworthy.

That’s why I don’t get upset even if we hang out together.

It’s not that there aren’t any soft parts, but it’s still great.

[He just gets rid of it?]

As Kim Yang’s gaze turned to a corner, Lee Moon-sik unconsciously crouched down.

[What about the disposal? It seems like all the criminal information has been extracted. Fill in the holes and let him rest.]

[Not disposing of it?]

Maru’s tired gaze pressed down on Kim Yang.

[Really. No. I get it.]

Hodadadak-

Kim Yang pulled out the information extractor embedded in a detective’s head and filled the hole with a rapid healing agent. The hole was blocked in an instant, as if boiling.

“Geuu …

[Over there. Come here and get this.]

“yes?”

[Aren’t you coming quickly? Take care of this guy. Hurry up.]

“I’m going.”

Lee Moon-sik, who came with a gait that was as if he had caught a whale, supported a detective who was slumped over.

“Lord. You’re not going to die, are you?”

[Why die? You’ll be fine after a few hours of sleep, so take me and get some sleep. Take these people to the cabin.]

[ancient!]

[Get up and watch from the side so that you don’t do anything stupid.]

[four.]

As the guard next to her took the two people away, Ms. Kim quietly sat down next to Maru again.

Information extracted from a detective’s brain appeared randomly on the monitor.

Most of the scenes that passed by in a flash were about chasing criminals. And the part where they found traces of Ms. Kim at the Dongtan beauty salon also came to mind.

[Oh- Is that a trace? Did you see that? Is that the one that tracks computer dust marks?]

[okay.]

Maru and Kim were impressed by the way he traced back to the beginning, starting with the dust marks on the computer. Looking at it this way, he was definitely a capable person.

If the hood were attached to hacking here, it seemed like the strongest tracking team, both online and offline, would be born.

[Isn’t this a cannibal case?]

[······.]

The footage also showed incidents involving cannibals. Several incidents, including evidence of cannibalism and a closed biological laboratory, appeared to be linked to cannibals.

[You still can’t believe us after seeing that? Were you kidding me?]

Despite Kim Yang’s active build-up, Maru focused on the video.

[The above line must definitely be considered a cannibal.]

The higher-ups ordered a halt to the investigation into what appeared to be a cannibal case, telling them not to dig too deep. Han Tae-sik was furious, but he followed his superiors’ orders.

[Isn’t this reaction strange? Did you just see that?]

[···Let’s take a closer look.]

In the process of investigating a series of missing persons cases, when one detective caught the tail, the order to close the investigation came down from the higher-ups. It also seemed to be a case related to cannibals. One detective stopped the investigation and became furious.

Kim Yang’s eyes narrowed.

[Did you see it now? The perspective is weird.]

[okay.]

Information extraction is extracting the subject’s memories. So, it was natural that any information would be from a first-person perspective.

However, when a detective from above blocked or stopped an investigation, it changed as if it was a third-party perspective.

It’s like seeing yourself in a dream. Like taking a selfie. I’ve done a lot of information extraction, but this is a first.

Even after things returned to normal, the behavior was still strange. What would you normally do if the investigation was ruined by improper intervention from higher-ups?

Wouldn’t it be nice to be angry? Wouldn’t it be normal to apply for a vacation or just slacken off in protest? But one detective investigated and pursued it more diligently.

As if there had been no intervention from the higher-ups. Perhaps that was why his partner, Lee Moon-sik, seemed to respect detective Han.

Maru could feel a sense of incongruity at such repetitive memories.

‘Obsessive-compulsive disorder? An obsession with investigation?’

No, there’s something more. I don’t know what it is.

‘What if we analyzed it with psychometry?’

no.

If it can’t be figured out through information extraction, then psychometry can’t find it either. But there was definitely something different about one detective’s thing.

‘If we could understand the changes in memory, thoughts, and perspectives, and the gaps in emotions, we might be able to find something strange.’

Emotions…

Should I interrogate a detective directly?

It took some time to figure out the disconnect with my emotions.

Right now, Canada is having a hard time keeping its side from bursting.

‘Should I do that?’

I feel sorry for Ki-sun, but Maru didn’t want to overlook something subtle that bothered him.

[I should call Kisun too.]

[Didn’t you say you had a lot to do?]

[I feel uneasy, so I can’t do it.]

[really?]

Kim Yang-do blinked, knowing Maru’s unique sense. If there was something that bothered him about the feeling of the highest dignity, it was better not to just ignore it. By the way,

[Why do pigeons do that?]

Another strange scene emerged from a detective’s memory.

It was a pigeon’s strange behavior.

A scene a detective saw on the road while coming to the Dongtan base.

It was a sight of a healthy pigeon committing suicide(?) or self-harm(?) by hitting its head on a telephone pole or streetlight.

[I guess I’ll have to check that with psychometry.]

Maru ordered his bodyguards, armed with ripper suits, to bring him the pigeon that had committed suicide by harming itself, and continued to check the information.

That was Maru who confirmed the approximate location of the emergency bunker that one detective knew. As a result of the confirmation, it was found that neither detective had personally entered the Namsan Bunker or the Bukhansan Bunker.

[Even one detective doesn’t know the exact location.]

[Still, I think you have a rough idea of ​​the area?]

It was just a side story that I heard while investigating that there was a secret facility somewhere in Namsan and Bukhansan and made a deduction, but this is where one detective’s tracking ability shined.

With just a simple hint, he was able to quickly trace the general location. A detective’s thoughts appeared as text on the monitor.

‘If there is a secret bunker in Namsan, it would be connected to the road.’

There are four areas that are connected to the road and can be secured at the same time.

‘The two places among them are crowded, so it’s highly unlikely. Assuming that artillery fire comes from North Korea out of the remaining two… That place would be the only one that would be relatively less affected.’

Kim Yang stuck out her tongue as she recalled the memory of a detective who had found a promising entrance in an instant.

[This is more amazing than I thought. If there really is an entrance on that side, we can catch the cannibals right away even if they run away.]

Ms. Kim, who was trying to build up her disposal little by little, immediately changed her stance.

[Okay. Let’s check first.]

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News that Maru and Kim Yang’s expedition team had decided to attack the Namsan bunker reached the Sacred Kingdom of Detroit.

Everyone sighed at the sudden change in circumstances.

“Let’s sort out the situation now.”

Ki-soon started crying first.

The initial goal of doing what I had to do and getting away without leaving any evidence was now burning brightly. I wondered how I could possibly handle it up to that point, but what the heck.

A situation where ‘It must be erased.’ has appeared.

Considering Korea’s geopolitical characteristics, the situation of the seven Chinas, North Korea, Japan, and Russia, it was too dangerous to leave Korea alone, where cannibals were running a pregnancy factory.

And now.

The king’s decision was to first pinpoint and eliminate only the cannibals.

“If the detective’s abilities are true, it seems possible to catch the cannibal.”

“What would that mean? The moment we cut out the cannibals, the Korean system will collapse. Do you think we can raise over a million newborns under the current conditions? After all. Our Holy Kingdom will bear the burden. Over 30 million people and over a million newborns.”

PD said that he would follow his will, but he did not give up on the fact that the most effective solution in reality was to erase it.

It was difficult enough to look after the Holy Kingdom and its surroundings, but managing the bombs across the Pacific was both inefficient and irreligious.

“Non-religious?”

“Yes. The geopolitical risk of the Korean Peninsula cannot be eliminated.”

So, the meaning of governing Korea will be in the long term, the form of migrating Koreans to the Holy Kingdom.

“Why is that non-religious?”

“As you can see from the data, most Koreans do not consider cannibals as enemies. They do not believe his words.”

It was a detective’s story.

“It could be because they don’t know the truth.”

“The problem is that someone with that level of tracking ability, and a detective at that, doesn’t believe what he says.”

“······.”

“······.”

“······.”

“If a detective, whose job is to analyze and delve into things, is like that, what do ordinary people think? If the detective who has seen the truth about cannibals the most doesn’t believe it, do you think ordinary people will?”

“······.”

“What if such people flock to the Holy Kingdom? It would only accelerate the spread of distrust already spreading in Canada.”

Hood and Gi-sun’s eyes furrowed at the same time. Although they were talking about distrust, the meaning hidden in the word ‘religious’ could be interpreted as ‘political’.

“There was something strange about the detective’s memory. We are currently researching it, so I would like you to leave that out for discussion.”

Na Ju-yeon, who had been silent, expressed her opinion. Ki-sun also agreed with Na Ju-yeon’s opinion.

“It is true that one detective’s judgment seems to be biased to an extreme. And there is another strange thing.”

This was the reaction of the cannibals and ability users who attacked Maru and Kim Yang on the highway. Even if the cannibals were like that, the ability users were definitely strange.

It’s strange that people with powers don’t hesitate to kill other people with powers, but it’s also strange that they’re the ones being killed.

Even if you are held by a leash, if you are about to die, wouldn’t it be normal to try to get revenge or fight to survive?

But most of them just died. It was as if their will to live had been cut off.

“Do you think you were affected by a psychic ability?”

“That’s a possibility.”

“If I had brainwashed you with my psychic abilities, would I have needed to wear a leash?”

“It’s not a very strong ability. If it’s just a matter of slightly controlling and stimulating emotions or memories, then you’ll probably need a leash.”

Even while answering the PD’s questions, Ki-sun’s narrow gaze was directed at Na Ju-yeon.

“It’s been two years since the Southern Alliance attempted to use a bio-psychic generator to commit terrorism. If they had any connections with Korean cannibals, then the relevant technology could be in Korea. Isn’t that right?”

“That’s a possibility, so we’re examining one detective’s memory in detail.”

Ki-soon shrugged at Na Ju-yeon’s answer and summarized the story.

“It may be a unique characteristic of one individual detective. Or he may have been gaslighted by the power relationship.”

“······.”

“······.”

“······.”

“Whether it’s because of the bio-psychic generator, or because there are psychic powers that can manipulate emotions or memories, or because there are cannibals who have such a powerful influence that they can manipulate the public’s minds. Nothing is certain yet. If by any chance the Holy Kingdom is not trusted because of such a thing, I believe the Chief Administrative Officer’s worries will disappear as soon as that problem is resolved.”

“······.”

The PD agreed in silence.

“Then I will send you the meeting details.”

After finishing the meeting, Ki-sun headed to the boarding gate to depart. Na-ju-yeon caught up with him.

“Let me talk for a moment.”

As Ki-sun nodded, Na-ju-yeon told him the results of the Mayeon City simulation.

“It’s scientifically impossible, but it seems like when he kills a living being, his intangible energy becomes stronger.”

“······.”

I thought it might be like that in the past, but now that time has passed, the data has accumulated to the point where it cannot be ignored as just a hypothesis.

Even the unknown power was affecting Mayenshi, just how strange it was. That is, the energy that Maru emitted while training in the virtual reality was also affecting Mayenshi, which was a simulation.

“So you’re saying that power works in virtual reality too?”

“Yes. If the simulation results are correct, I wonder if combining a stimulant and a combat aid would be enough to prevent instant death.”

It was dangerous even before it drove away 150,000 pigeons, but now that it has killed tens of thousands of pigeons, if its ability has become stronger, it is now truly dangerous.

If Na Ju-yeon said something like that, it wasn’t something that could be just passed over.

This is it.

Ki-sun’s eyes narrowed.

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It was past 1:00 in the morning when a giant airship was heading north.

A night view from afar. The size of the brightly shining halo was noticeably smaller than before.

[Didn’t you say that the air defense network was stacked in layers?]

[It definitely was.]

It was said that it was moving at an altitude of 20 to 22 km to increase its altitude to facilitate a response, but it was strange that there was no response even though it approached Seoul like this.

[Did they notice?]

[How do you know we’re on our way now? By the way, the time has changed from 8AM to 1AM. Does that feel a bit weird?]

[···That’s not it.]

[Isn’t that okay?]

Miss Kim frowned.

[Then I will install the psychic generator, and the guards stand by.]

[You go down alone? Without surrounding Namsan? It’s okay because there’s a mental blocking device.]

[He said that even though he was given cardiac stimulants, it was still dangerous.]

[······.]

This was the problem. It was becoming increasingly difficult to fight with Maru, who was at full strength. Kim Yang, a sniper, was somehow able to do it, but it was difficult for the regular soldiers, including the guards, to carry out joint operations.

[Go.]

[Okay.]

The hatch opened and Maru’s figure disappeared into the darkness.

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The lights of Namsan Tower did not go out.

Wheeeeeeee-

A huge shadow approached Maru as he was gliding down the paraglider.

The murderous intent that approached silently and quietly. Maru returned that murderous intent with a murderous intent that was tightly suppressed.

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Booooooooooooooooo!!

The shadows that were trying to grab the floor fell down like corn.