Rust - Chapter 768



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RUST -768

Ki-sun’s head turned as he saw a detective leaving with the face of someone who had received some kind of revelation.

“Is that why it changed like that?”

“maybe.”

Ki-soon was a little taken aback by the change in attitude of a detective who seemed almost like a PD-level fanatic.

“So you’re saying that’s why he ended up like that because he got hit and didn’t die?”

“I don’t know either.”

At Maru’s answer of not knowing, Ki-soon looked at the back of a detective who had gone outside. He was walking unsteadily as if he had lost his mind.

‘I don’t know.’

Even looking at it again, I still have reasonable doubts. Now that I think about it, that’s what happened. Even the little rats were busy praising the ones that didn’t die after being hit by the flesh as the god of death. The same goes for crows, wolves, and seagulls.

‘Moose and buffalo in Canada also fled to Maruhan.’

Ki-soon’s squinted eyes narrowed even further. There were too many suspicious cases to call it a simple diagnosis.

‘Come to think of it, PD Ajae also said that the first time he got a taste for it was when he was captured by a gang and almost burned alive, but Maru saved him, right?’

Should we assume that, of course, he must have been affected by something big or small?

If you think about it that way, there are still some things that are bothersome. For example, Ki-soon himself did not think of Maru as a god.

Anyway, it wasn’t like he was in awe of Maru or anything… Ki-sun’s narrow eyes narrowed even more.

‘Really? Are you not in awe?’

Ki-soon couldn’t help but doubt that she was even judging objectively. Even just thinking about the nurse and the hood, there was something strange about it.

When the nurse’s eyes slightly changed, she suddenly transformed into a saint mode. The nurse’s serious eyes and expression were too serious to be called a saint just as a joke.

The hood was the same. She was wearing a half-and-half mask. It’s not that there’s no quick fix, but the quick fix is ​​used to fill the hole in the head that was drilled to extract information.

Of course, it was strange that Maru was not treating the burns that he could have treated whenever he wanted, and it was also difficult to understand Hood’s reaction to it.

So, it would have been natural for him to strongly demand treatment, but he didn’t and instead waited. Even if the nurse let it slide because of his grandeur, Hood’s face was half burned.

If a woman wanted to heal her burns and take off her mask, it was certainly strange that there had been no complaints or demands about it until now.

‘Ms. Kim···.’

Kim Yang, who has been with Maru since the beginning, must have been swept away by life many times. What if the side effect is to find the highest dignity and to sing of a great sidekick?

Given her origins, the highest dignity would be a term that would mean a being almost a demigod. A title given to a being that turns pine cones into grenades and crosses rivers with leaves.

So, doesn’t that mean that Kim Yang was thinking of Maru as a demigod without realizing it? And the meaning of the phrase “great next door” is the projection of a desire to assist a demigod-level being.

Ki-soon shook her head and glanced at Maru.

“Why are you glancing at me like that? If you have something to say, just say it.”

“······.”

“Hey. You… do you. So. when you see bread and fish, you feel like pressing ctrl + C, ctr l + V, and when you see a lake or a river, you feel like walking on it?”

“You crazy kid.”

Maru snickered at Gisun’s joke and responded with a crazy laugh.

“The rats, crows, and wolves have been doing this since long ago, but even the new recruits who came back from the dead this time are deifying you.”

It wasn’t just a mere meme. The new recruits, who had been on the verge of death despite being given cardiac stimulants and combat stimulants, ‘believed’ that Maru was more than just a human being.

Such beliefs were found in many places. Maru became a kind of symbol not only to HOLLY followers but also to those who encountered or saw Maru’s abilities.

Maru looked a little tired.

“Yeah. I’m a little worried about that too.”

The silence I kept, thinking it was effective in pursuing survival and safety, has only made me grow bigger and bigger.

They simply overlooked the fact that animals like rats, crows, and wolves were considered gods of death, because it was advantageous to be accepted as a divine being in controlling the rat herd.

If rats and crows, who are as smart as humans, believe that Maru is the god of death, then it must be possible for humans to do the same.

If I tell humans that I am not a god, that story will surely be told to animals like rats and crows.

That’s why Maru chose to remain silent, but in cases like this, silence tends to be tacit consent. So it was the same as saying that his deification was his own choice.

“So what are you going to do from now on? If someone like detective Han comes along, are you going to use that?”

Ki-soon let out a small sigh at Maru’s answer that he would use it without hesitation if he had to, although it would depend on the situation.

What can I do? If I had tried to convince a detective with words, I would still be at a loss.

[A detective found a group of cannibals hiding in Inheon-dong.]

[Traces of movement in the direction of Haengun-dong confirmed···. Cannibals discovered in Haengun-dong. The search begins.]

[Cannibals begin a sit-in at Gwanak-gu Office. Request for support.]

How long has it been since you left?

“That guy… his performance is really good.”

Ki-sun muttered at the assistant AI’s report.

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“Detective Han! Detective Han!”

A detective who had been blankly staring at the passenger seat of a car blinked at Lee Moon-sik’s shout.

“Uh. Uh. Are they all here?”

“Have you been tortured by any means? Why are you acting like a crazy person? It’s scary.”

If only I had been tortured, this wouldn’t have happened.

A detective felt a pain in his chest whenever he recalled his encounter with Maru.

Should I say that? That person? That being?

Just thinking about that rippling death made my breath catch in my throat.

Nothing had any meaning in the face of death. As a philosopher once said, the final destination of life is death. So I thought that how I died was as important as how I lived.

‘That was a stupid idea.’

The death I actually encountered wasn’t like that.

“Detective Han! No. Seriously, why are you doing this?”

“Uh. No.”

If I lost focus for even a moment, that moment would come to mind. That time when the inevitable death was gnawing at my whole body.

“Phew- Let’s get down.”

The detective took a deep breath and got out of the car. He walked towards the intersection, following the images that were floating around in his head.

“Moon-sik, are there any tire marks at the intersection?”

“Is this a sign of sudden braking?”

“No. There is no trace of drift, regardless of direction, left or right.”

“No… It’s not like that. There are some tire marks in the right turn direction.”

One detective’s gaze turned to the right.

‘Come down from the mountain, get in the hidden car and go straight. At the intersection, turn right without slowing down. One of two things.’

That you’re being chased. Or that there’s an escape route with a limited time.

Are you chasing after the cannibals who escaped from the Gwanak bunker? Who? Why?

A detective’s mind began to become complicated.

‘I guess I’ll have to think about this separately.’

He pushed the pursuit hypothesis to one side and focused on the time-limited escape route hypothesis.

‘If you wanted to go to China, you should have gone west.’

The western coastal area of ​​Gyeonggi Province was virtually under the effective control of Chinese refugees. Refugees numbering in the millions or perhaps even tens of millions were occupying cities and towns along the coast, centered around Incheon.

‘The east is Gangwon-do, occupied by monsters. Why did you go there?’

Chuncheon and Wonju had long been occupied by monsters. So, it wouldn’t be going to Chuncheon or Wonju. If you go further east, there were Sokcho and Yangyang, and further down, Gangneung.

‘harbor?’

Are you sure there’s a boat?

So where will the ship go?

It’s unlikely that they’re going to North Korea and Japan, which are practically doomed. If they were going to China, it would have been more effective to cross the West Sea, so they’re out.

So, there’s only one thing left.

‘Is it Russia?’

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Tuyuyuung-

Newuuung-

Every time Kim Yang pulled the trigger, the sniper coil gun made a strange sound.

It has little recoil so it’s easy to aim, there are no dropped cartridges every time you shoot so there’s no snagging, and it’s convenient because it’s fully automatic loading…

What should I say? It didn’t have a heavy taste. It felt like I was shooting a toy gun, so even though I worked hard, I felt like I was slacking off.

[I don’t need to extract information, so just blow my head off.]

[All right.]

[four.]

[The disposal of 4 cannibals has been completed.]

[Move to next goal.]

The body disposal team was captured on Kim Yang’s HUD (head-up display) collecting the corpse of a cannibal. It was an enemy that could be dealt with by a cleanup team consisting solely of expedition members.

It wasn’t easy when I was hunting in Texas in the Confederacy, but in Korea, it was easier than expected.

‘It’s strange. The cannibals here have better abilities.’

The American high-level cannibals and higher-level entities were really not easy opponents. More than anything, their aggression and recklessness were a burden.

But the cannibals we’re currently eliminating are quite different.

When they realized they were surrounded, they all tried to negotiate. When negotiations failed, they tried to take hostages, and only when they realized that taking hostages was useless did they try to fight.

It wasn’t just once or twice, but it was annoying that they kept repeating the same repertoire. The closest place on the HUD was Gwanak-gu Office.

‘District office?’

It’s not a community center, it’s a district office? Does that mean it’s going to be a big deal this time? It’s a shame that the highest dignity came and swept it all away.

It wasn’t that I was doing it because I was annoyed.

huh.

‘I guess I’m trying to avoid densely populated areas.’

‘Is there a problem?’

‘It seems like the scope and power of the killing have become stronger. If I set out to catch cannibals in the city, it seems like mass killings will break out.’

‘······.’

Ms. Kim had no choice but to admit it.

[Surround Gwanak-gu Office and prepare bunker busters and crow bombing.]

[ancient.]

[Caw.]

By the way, I heard that there is a magpie habitat on the southern edge of Gwanaksan Mountain. I guess I should go to the magpie area after reorganizing the district office this time.

‘It’s different from the magpies in the country orchard.’

They say that low-pesticide fruits are this and that, and that fruits grown with care are real fruits. They are definitely different from the crazy-looking country magpies.

[The siege is complete.]

[Bunker buster ready.]

[firing.]

[Target District Office. Launch bunker buster.]

A bomb fell from the sky and went into the center of the roof of the city hall, creating a large hole. A dull blast followed for a moment. Every single window was blown out, and smoke began to rise from the hole in the roof.

[One more room.]

[Bunker Buster Launch!]

The bunker buster exploded after going through the gap. It dug deeper and exploded, and black smoke began to rise.

And a moment later, people started rushing out of the city hall building. Not in the tens or hundreds, but probably in the thousands.

People scattering in all directions. If there are cannibals hiding among them, it’s a complete mess.

[Stop them! Block them all from going outside.]

First, we had to block them. The exosuits that had been guarding their positions stepped forward to control the people pouring out.

And people who rushed towards the heavily armed expedition team in exosuits without any hesitation. Boom – The eyes of the 10 or 20 people attached to the exosuits were bloodshot.

This is what it looks like when the anger disorder virus takes over.

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Maru received Kim Yang’s report and immediately rushed to the district office.

Kwaaaaah!

“Get out of the way. Get out of the way!”

“Come out. Come out of there, aaaaah!”

A scene where ordinary people beat up an expedition team armed with exosuits with their bare hands. They were seen having a fit, not caring if their hands broke or their teeth broke.

[Administering cardiac stimulants.]

[Administering cardiac stimulants.]

As the expedition team administered cardiac stimulants, Maru shouted with all his suppressed anger.

[Stop!]

Thousands of people who had been bustling about suddenly stopped.

The heart.