Rust - Chapter 778



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RUST -778

Baeksuk Pose.

The nurse knew because she had eaten boiled chicken at the Vladyak Tower. That was the bird’s last(?) posture.

She thought she had to stop Miss Kim. She asked for help with treatment, and now she was told to eat boiled chicken. Isn’t that too much?

[Don’t. Don’t. Don’t. Don’t.]

[Huh? What?]

Clank-clank-

They sutured it with a medical stapler and forced the screaming crow to silence it by shoving jerky into its beak. The broken bones were simply broken raw and repositioned, and then the work of fixing them with rapid-acting injections continued as if it were flowing water.

The speed of processing one bird in about 20 to 30 seconds was similar to working in a chicken factory. Yes, the problem was that it was similar.

Heal the broken wing and attach it to the body. After straightening the wing, flip it over, stick out its claws, and struggle to wrap around itself so that it doesn’t get hurt, then cross its legs in an X shape and tie them together.

Birds rarely touch the ground on their backs. It would be no exaggeration to say that when they do, it is only when they are dying.

So, crows, being birds, would never lie down on their backs. The crows that suddenly lay down on their backs could not fight back.

The wings were tied to the body. The legs were twisted in an X shape, so they couldn’t use their strength. Even the feet were wrapped in a blanket, so they couldn’t even extend their claws.

I could only watch my colleagues line up one after another in a posture that made it impossible for me to do anything but remain quiet.

[Pear. You’re going to boil it!]

[Baeksuk?]

Miss Kim’s hand, which had been busily treating the patient, suddenly stopped.

Come to think of it, these are pretty big.

Roughly speaking, there are about 30 lakes?

It seems bigger than that.

The crow was boiled. The pheasant wasn’t bad either.

How about a crow?

The nurse jumped when she heard Ms. Kim muttering to herself.

Huh? Huh?

Weren’t you going to eat it?

But does that mean that if I say I want to eat it, it will be okay?

The nurse desperately tried to stop Ms. Kim.

‧

The skinny man and the seriously injured crows became the nurse’s followers. If it weren’t for the nurse who was an angel herself, they would have surely been killed by the devilish woman.

“Yeah. Right. Yeah. That devil bitch would’ve killed me.”

Kaaaah? Kaaaah- (That’s what you call boiled chicken? That bitch made me do boiled chicken.)

The skinny man, whose lips had unknowingly begun to water at the mention of boiled chicken, said to the crow as if he was lucky.

“A white-skinned person? I almost died.”

Caw? (What kind of posture is that?)

The man gave a brief explanation of what Baeksuk was. The crows, who had roughly understood the content, were astonished. Wasn’t it literally like they were almost boiled and eaten?

What kind of evil person is there in the world who catches and eats crows? How can such a vicious person exist?

[This is ridiculous. You guys didn’t eat humans?]

Ms. Kim suddenly came in and said.

“···No, that’s not true. How can you cook boiled chicken with a crow that might have eaten a corpse?”

[Don’t you eat fish? Don’t you even eat saury? If a person falls into the water and dies, don’t you know that the fish eat that body?]

“······.”

[Tell them. I saved your lives, so pay for my rescue or work until you pay the price.]

A crow croaked as the skinny man began to interpret.

Caw! (What the hell are you talking about!)

Ms. Kim showed her teeth in a crying fit so blatant that it didn’t even require an interpreter.

[Then you want to pay me back with your body? Should I just make you all boiled chicken right now?]

A nurse saw Ms. Kim holding a cute little nuclear grenade next to her and preparing to light the napalm flamethrower, and she ran over and hung on to her arm.

[Wait a minute- Jotto- Matkan stop!]

[Why? These kids saved my life, but they’re trying to eat me raw. Should I just leave them alone?]

[No, that’s not it. They are patients, after all.]

[That’s what I’m saying. What if you get better and then run away? Should I just put a self-destruct collar on you?]

[We decided to talk about it. You said it would take more than two weeks for the wound to heal. I’ll explain it to you before then.]

[Okay – I’ll give you exactly 3 days. Got it?]

The nurse nodded unconditionally.

First of all, this tyrant had to be kicked out.

[Okay. I’ll talk to you about it within 3 days.]

[It’s 3 days. Exactly 3 days. If it keeps up like this in 3 days, the ‘1st Baeksuk Festival hosted by the Great Side of the Holy Kingdom’ will be held. I’m serious.]

Miss Kim, who had been warned, backed off coolly. Naturally, the corners of Miss Kim’s mouth went up slightly as she turned around, as if Good Cop, Bad Cop had been successful.

Certainly the devil and angel concept worked well.

The seriously injured crows decided to entrust themselves to the nurse, thinking, ‘It’s not just the magpies that repay the favor, those rascals repay the favor too. Are we the ones who are supposed to repay the favor?’

The skinny man was the same. He said that since he had received the kindness of lifesaving, he would follow the nurse until he repaid his debt of life.

[Ah. But you should be loyal to our king, not me.]

Kaaaak! (We don’t know that!)

Knock knock knock! (We will repay the favor!)

Kim Yang approached me, pretending not to know even though she heard everything.

[What’s so complicated? Are you done talking?]

[···Yes. But these people said they wanted to repay my favor.]

The corners of Kim Yang’s eyes went up.

[I did the treatment, but you want to be loyal to the nurse?]

Kaaaak! (Get out you boiled devil!)

Kak kaaak! (Isn’t that what you were treating me to boil!)

[What do these say?]

[Uh. E-again- so.]

As the nurse tried to choose her words carefully, Ms. Kim’s eyes became hazy.

[Unit 1. Don’t think about it. What did the new brains say?]

[Pear. Didn’t you treat it to make boiled chicken?]

Kim Yang, whose pupils had lost their light, looked down at the crows who were bandaged in serious injuries. The crows turned their heads away from her soulless gaze.

[Deliver the message properly to Unit 1. If I wanted you to be boiled, you would have all had your hair pulled out and become boiled a long time ago. I treated you, but you are now whining. It doesn’t matter if you are loyal to Unit 1, but if you received my treatment, shouldn’t you be grateful to me? Answer.]

When the nurse relayed Ms. Kim’s words, the crows closed their eyes and clenched their beaks as if they had not heard her. The nurse, who was getting impatient at the sight, tried to calm the situation down.

[Uh- Now a little-]

[Okay, if that’s the answer.]

Kim Yang, with a rotten smile on her face, went out without any regrets.

‘Looking at what they’re doing, it looks like the crows will flock together again.’

You’re going to die a lot after screaming in front of the highest authority.

huh.

Kim Yang just left without telling us. In the early days of the Holy Kingdom, they had weeded out the crows, but should they just leave the Korean crows alone?

‘Then let’s take a look at what the old man with the big nose is doing.’

The skinny man fainted as soon as he saw Ms. Kim.

Huiiiiik-

Why is this kid doing this again?

As if I saw something I shouldn’t have seen.

I feel so bad (KIBUN).

Ms. Kim resisted the urge to kick the trembling man away and went out.

‘I said that magpies and owls are enemies.’

She immediately went into negotiations with the magpies.

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The Holy Kingdom had no people to serve as battalion commanders, regimental commanders, or legion commanders. With the collapse of the 2nd Fleet, the reality was that officers had to be raised and promoted.

“So. I decided to put a colonel, a commander of Russian special forces, into virtual reality.”

The PD looked troubled at Na Ju-yeon’s explanation.

“Wasn’t it discussed not to put real humans in virtual reality?”

PD’s thoughts were consistent. It was dangerous to leave it to AI. Likewise, he was against separating the human mind and body and putting the human mind into a virtual reality.

“It is dangerous to transplant human minds into machines. There is a risk that people or artificial intelligence that can operate machines will dominate human minds. I am against it.”

“That’s why we use Russian soldiers.”

“Regardless of what country or race you are, the very idea of ​​doing that is dangerous.”

“You weren’t against using virtual reality to train new recruits, were you?”

The PD’s face fell in response to Na Ju-yeon’s rebuttal.

“Are the data of the new recruits in the virtual reality? Rather than being connected to the virtual reality, are the minds of the new recruits copied as they are? If so, then it means that clones can be produced at will···.”

“Don’t pass it over. That’s… no. And this matter was approved by His Majesty the King.”

The PD let out a sigh as he heard Maru give permission.

“If He permits it, then there’s nothing I can do.”

It was a bit disappointing for the PD. It was the same for Ki-sun, who was listening to the story from the side. It was because it was said that the conclusion was reached without the PD or Ki-sun being present.

[Well. I’m a little worried too. And that Mayenshi too.]

Ki-sun’s squinted eyes turned to Na Ju-yeon. Na Ju-yeon shamelessly responded with ignorance to Ki-sun’s tone that seemed to say, ‘I know the poem you wrote.’

Since Mayan City is virtual reality and virtual reality is Mayan City, it is basically the same as having permission. Gi-sun continued her story bitterly at Na Ju-yeon’s attitude.

[The Holy Kingdom is not yet safe. So we are trying to avoid anything that might lead to internal division. So please, do not cross the line.]

In the name of scientific advancement, it was dangerous to start crossing the line because there was no immediate solution.

Why doesn’t Maru accept cannibalism?

Isn’t it because they think that a cannibal who has crossed the line can cross the line again at any time?

So, I shouldn’t have crossed the line. Na Ju-yeon more than anyone else.

“···I know. But right now, there is no other way.”

[······.]

The command center that controlled the returning soldiers who came back with the Charlotte Group also had a feud with the Holy Kingdom, and there were quite a few cannibals within the command center, so they had no choice but to wipe them out.

There were quite a few ranks below lieutenant or captain, but in reality there were virtually none above that. In reality, there was a lack of resources to command troops at the battalion or regiment level.

To fill the void of commander-level personnel as quickly as possible, the only options were rapid training using virtual reality, information injection using clone technology, or mass-producing commanders by selecting clones.

Among them, information injection and clone commanders were bound to damage diversity. What if all commanders or clone commanders who acquired the same information made the same judgments and made the same mistakes?

“Of course. You can mass-produce the best commanders. But war is about analyzing and resembling the enemy. No matter how great a commander is, it is dangerous for the same commanders to carry out similar operations.”

[Does this mean that a meaningful pattern is emerging?]

“Yes. I don’t know about soldiers or ordinary citizens, but I think that high-ranking commanders need diversity and individuality.”

Ki-sun Do also agreed with Na Ju-yeon’s story. It was certainly right for the commander to properly train and nurture them through education.

The PD who was listening to the story asked Ki-sun.

“What about the Korean army? Don’t they have field-level officers? I heard that their organization is almost the same as that of the US army.”

The basic training was also quite similar, so I think that using the Korean military could fill in some of the gaps.

[Unfortunately, the situation was not good for the Korean military either. Those above the rank of captain and major were practically cannibals.]

“okay.”

Even if he wasn’t a cannibal, it wouldn’t have been easy for a Korean general to command the army of the Holy Kingdom. Unless all the men in the unit were HOLLY followers, it wouldn’t have been easy for ordinary soldiers to accept an Asian commander who suddenly parachuted in one day.

The PD, who heard Ki-sun’s words, slightly lowered his head as if he thought his thoughts were short.

“You must be having a hard time.”

[Because reality is reality.]

Even though Maru was doing well, the complaints were building up, so it was honestly a bit difficult for Ki-sun to do the work of the governor. Above all, because she could see the other person’s emotions, her nerves would get on edge several times a day.

As things became safer, as daily life returned to normal, invisible racism and discontent deepened.

It wasn’t without reason. There was the mutant virus outbreak that started in China, the cannibalism that spread from Chinese grocery stores, and even a nuclear war that China preemptively attacked.

There, the Oriental King launched nuclear attacks on major cities in the Confederacy and obliterated London, England and Paris, France with hydrogen bombs.

It’s hard to hope that there’s no feeling at all toward Asians, but isn’t it Maru and the current leadership that have kept them alive up until now?

If you think about it objectively, there is no particular reason to be dissatisfied, but humans are a species that has difficulty maintaining that objectivity.

“Humans are like that by nature. When Moses led the people out of Egypt, they experienced no less than ten miracles.”

[······.]

The story of Exodus. This is an event from the Book of Exodus in the Bible, and it is a famous story that has been made into many movies and novels.

“What the Jews did after they were freed from slavery was to create a golden calf. By worshipping the idol they had created, they betrayed the God who had saved them.”

[······.]

“I protected them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, and I fed them with food that fell from the sky, but they betrayed me. That’s human nature.”

[······.]

You said something similar last time. Is this what you call comfort?

The PD continued his story with a serious face amidst Ki-sun’s silence.

“How about making the HOLLY religion a true state religion, not just a state religion in name only? As I mentioned briefly last time, I am not saying that we should eliminate religious freedom. I just think that it is time to make the HOLLY religious education course mandatory.”

[······.]

So are you saying that you are going to force missionary work on all the people? The PD explained further that that is not what he meant.

“The military command should be held by a faithful HOLLY believer. No, all soldiers should become HOLLY believers.”

[···What does that mean?]

PD answered Ki-sun’s question.

“You’re learning from the Russian commander? Okay. Then what about the betrayal? What are you going to do when those who don’t believe turn away? Are you going to brainwash them all? Or are you going to put them in a shackle? No, I don’t think so.”

[······.]

“That is why the army of faith needs a commander who is steadfast in faith.”

Sir, it wasn’t like this.

A look of bewilderment appeared in Ki-sun’s squinted eyes.