Rust - Chapter 78



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RUST -78

Any idea what the flare means?

It was unclear whether it was a signal of welcome or a signal to run away. I heard that pirates also shoot signal flares to stop ships. Of course, it could have been a signal to be rescued. However, since there was no way to prove that it was really a signal to be rescued, I ignored it.

As the catamaran Maru was passing by in the distance, the person who had been waving a white cloth wildly on the other side looked at me with a bewildered expression. I turned my head and shouted something, so it seemed like he wasn’t alone. As expected, the signal flare didn’t mean anything good.

A moment later, a radio transmission came into the cockpit, which had been quiet. There was no way that the radio, which had been dead from southern Kyushu, could suddenly come in. It was a short-range radio transmission.

[Chijijik-gu···]

nine?

Are you talking about 9?

Click- Maru lightly turned off the radio. Since he didn’t hear anything, his conscience was not hurt at all.

Above all, it was obvious. Large cruise ships, luxury mega yachts, and several medium-sized and large yachts were entangled, and only one person came out to fire a signal flare and wave a white cloth? Even for a large cruise ship, there must have been at least several thousand passengers.

‘Are you kidding?’

Only one survivor? That wasn’t funny. If I thought there was only one person and went closer, what if armed men rushed at me? Would I have to dance with my sword again? At least I danced with my sword. If it was ordinary people, it would have just ended.

I didn’t feel good either.

Maru moved while controlling his speed, pushing away and avoiding floating objects.

As we got closer to Tokyo, there were more and more ships drifting. There were tankers, bulk carriers, container ships, they were all drifting. It was incomprehensible that so many ships had engine problems.

pop!

A signal flare rose from a large container ship. As if in response, a signal flare also rose from an oil tanker.

I couldn’t understand. The distance to land was within 20km, or at the very least, 25km. In other words, it was a distance that could easily be covered by a lifeboat. To put it bluntly, it was a distance that could be covered by taking turns rowing in a lifeboat. It wasn’t even in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, so I couldn’t understand why they were firing off signal flares here. The response was simple. I don’t know, so I ignore it.

‘But because of the seagulls?’

Looking at the sky, I couldn’t see a single bird, let alone a seagull. The seagulls must have moved to a nearby sea area earlier, because there wasn’t a single feather to be seen here.

So it’s not a seagull problem, but is there something else? Why don’t they go to the lifeboat or life raft? Is it because of the floating objects? I couldn’t figure it out.

As the catamaran moved, signal flares rose one by one over the nearby drifting boats, almost like a welcoming greeting.

The ship Maru was on slowly moved away, leaving behind the welcoming greetings that decorated the sky.

We sailed proudly behind the ships that were firing flares like celebratory cannons, but we had no choice but to gradually slow down.

Because there was too much floating material. It was hard to keep pushing through the large floating materials including the remains of houses, oil tanks, and cars. It wasn’t even thickened with iron plates on the front to prepare for this situation, so what if it cracked while continuing to push?

It was the same with getting off the motorboat. Even the catamaran was having a hard time pushing the floating objects. If you were going in a small motorboat, you would have to avoid everything, which seemed realistically difficult.

Even if it was possible to avoid it, the floating objects themselves were a problem. If it were just a bunch of ordinary floating objects, I would have tried, but there were things like fishing nets, fishing gear, and fish farm nets underneath like mines. If they got entangled in the screw of the motorboat, it was over. Fortunately, the catamaran was a water jet.

“If we continue like this, there won’t be an answer?”

Isn’t it worse inside Tokyo Bay? It’s not like there’s a war going on, so why is it such a mess? Thump- thump- At first, I was so shocked that I went to the bow to check, but it was chaos, but now I just ignore such talk and keep pushing forward.

After lying down for 8~9 hours, Ki-soon and Kim-yang regained consciousness, and the nurse got down to work. She took off Kim-yang’s half-dead cast on her right leg and fixed the gaping wound. She said that she needed an X-ray to check properly, but since she didn’t have one, she fixed it as best she could and then put the cast back on.

Anyway, since Ms. Kim was now able to shoot her gun leisurely, she was planning to be on guard starting this evening.

“Huh? The patient shouldn’t push himself yet.”

“Um- I just need to look around and snap my fingers when I need to. Is that too hard?”

“The sea breeze is cold, no way!”

“Let’s talk again over dinner.”

If you have something to solve, eating and doing it is half the solution.

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Ms. Kim said in a slightly hoarse voice.

“··· I owe you something.”

Ki-soon smiled rottenly.

“Just in words?”

A cracked voice. Kim Yang stared at Ki-sun like that. It was a vague memory, but she remembered shooting Ki-sun. She shot reflexively. You shouldn’t shoot when you think about it. She tried not to shoot, but her body moved as it pleased. Even though she shot, Ki-sun threw herself to save her.

“What? Why? Why are you looking at me like that?”

“I just looked at it. Does it wear out when you look at it?”

Somehow, a blunt voice came out. Seeing Ms. Kim like that, Ki-sun cut her off like a knife.

“You’re not my type. And you said you owed me money, but you’re just saying it? Save it and pay it back.”

Who said anything? The talking head thinks he’s my type? It hasn’t been long since I’ve known him, but he’s this kind of person. A total punk. Kim Yang smiled faintly.

Should I shoot it? Oh? I already shot it. Kim Yang felt a chill down her spine.

Did Baekjeong know that he shot his friend?

It was as expected.

After dinner, Maru looked at Ms. Kim and said, explaining the current situation.

“How is your health, Mr. Kim? How is your eyesight? Are you able to see normally? Are the fingers of your left hand moving well?”

The nurse made a face like, ‘I told you, you’re a patient!’ but Maru’s gaze made her sink.

“I’m not going to be out and about anyway. Just keep an eye out while I rest for a bit.”

Ms. Kim could only nod her head. Maru’s gaze at her seemed to say, ‘I know you shot a gun in the past.’

“Hey. Don’t misunderstand, I’m not saying that to mean something different. I’m saying this because I have no one else to go to. Ki-soon still has a fever and falls asleep, so you can’t tell her to stay on guard.”

It was also ridiculous to ask a nurse who had been dragged in at dawn to do guard duty. The nurse had been working hard all day. Seeing her take a nap every now and then, it was also a problem if she fell asleep while doing guard duty.

“Let’s sleep for exactly 6 hours. It’s 7pm now, so wake me up at 1am. It would be better if you wake me up later.”

Ms. Kim silently replied that she knew.

If we used the autopilot to go all night, we could arrive around dawn, but we decided not to move at night. The floating objects in the sea were dangerous, and we didn’t know what would come out at night, so we decided to watch for a night.

“The windows on this side are all blocked, too.”

The nurse also looked very tired.

After blocking all the areas where light was leaking out, Maru handed Kim Yang an infrared detector and a flashbang. It was a double flashbang, also known as a two-pulse bang, a flashbang that exploded twice with a time difference.

“What is this?”

“If something swarms you, throw it. Tear gas was effective against seagulls, but it’s a bit strange to tell them to use something that produces a lot of smoke. Any animal should have eyes, nose, and ears. If you use this, you can buy some time.”

If the tear gas worked, the flash grenade will work too.

“Shoot only people with your gun, and avoid shooting at animals that are swarming you. If they do, shoot the flash grenade I gave you earlier. Wake me up.”

“all right.”

“Okay. Thanks for your hard work.”

Kim Yang looked at the sky from the cockpit on the third floor. There was not a single star in the sky over there. The dark sky was gradually increasing, as if the stars had been erased with an eraser. On the contrary, the sky over here was pouring down starlight like crazy.

Now that I think about it, it’s been a while since I’ve just looked at the stars without thinking about anything.

Suddenly, the new cast felt a little uncomfortable. It felt like it was made by an amateur. Maybe it was because it was a plaster cast, but it felt heavier than the previous cast. It also felt a little rough because there were no air holes.

Kim Yang, who had been moving her right arm slightly one by one, took a seat and checked the surroundings. They said it was near Tokyo, but there was not a single light on land or sea. There were a few large ships floating here and there, but they didn’t turn on their lights, so they looked like dark shadows.

How many hours have passed?

Ms. Kim looked at her watch. The hands pointed to 11 p.m. Time passed faster than she had thought. Was it because she got the IV and slept well all day?

A calm sea. A rocking catamaran. Starlight and moonlight reflecting on the sea. Large ships floating here and there. It would have been a peaceful scene if it weren’t for the floating debris.

huh?

As Kim Yang leisurely looked around, something caught his eye. Something moving slowly. Kim Yang used an infrared sensor. A red thermal image was visible in the distance. It was a person. He looked around with a sniper scope. People rowing a rubber boat.

I was tense as if it was coming this way. The rubber boat moved slowly towards the large shadow. Ms. Kim carefully observed it with the scope attached to her sniper rifle.

There were seven people on the rubber boat. The large boat looked like a cruise ship. Judging from the way they threw something like a hook onto the cruise ship and climbed up, they didn’t seem to be trained.

Bam- Flash

Ah- eyes-

Kim Yang took his eyes off the scope.

The cruise became busy as people watched the net.

Suddenly a flare went off and red and green emergency lights came on.

moment

The sea was boiling.

Dadadak-

The sea splashed like something boiling water.

Uh. Uh.

Without realizing it, Ms. Kim held on to the railing next to her.

Ting- Tidding. Something that hits the bottom of a boat and bounces.

In the distance, people who couldn’t transfer from the rubber boat to the cruise ship were screaming.

Before the cries for help and rescue had even died down, the rubber boat capsized in the rolling waves.

The person who fell into the night sea screamed as he went into the water and came out like a fishing rod.

A long, tearing scream. The sea seething as if in response to the scream.

!

A sudden sensation from behind. Kim Yang immediately turned the sniper rifle back.

The muzzle was moved to the side with a ticking sound.

Miss Kim, who almost pulled the trigger reflexively, looked at Maru and tried to yell, but then lowered her voice.

“What if they suddenly come from behind? What if they shoot? Did you see that? Did you hear that over there just now?”

“No. I didn’t see it. I just heard the sound.”

Maru looked towards the cruise ship, which was slightly brightened by the lights.

The black sea seemed to be boiling. The screams of the person who fell into the sea were fleeting. It rose and fell a few times, and then disappeared as if it was being sucked into the sea.

It was far away so I couldn’t be sure, but there was definitely something going on in the ocean.

Bam-

Cheolpung-

cheep.

huh?

uh!

There was a noise from the back of the ship. Maru and Kim exchanged glances. When Kim picked up the sniper rifle, Maru shook his head. Kim put down the sniper rifle and pulled out a Walther P22 with a thick silencer. It was unclear whether the sea was making a fuss because of the light or the sound.

After exchanging signals with their eyes, Maru took out his dagger and jumped down slightly to the stern.

Bam!

The murderous intent intensifies as soon as you step down.

A low, thick, airy sound.

A harpoon shooting through the darkness.

Tick!

He deflected the harpoon’s direction with his dagger.

Phew!

After bouncing the harpoon, he swung his dagger in the direction from which the harpoon had come.

A dagger struck the head of a black shadow with a dull sound. The shadow floated up from the impact of the dagger in its head and fell into the dark sea. With a splash, the sea began to splash as if it were alive.

As the sea began to rage, the black shadow that was trying to escape to the rubber boat he had come on hesitated for a moment. Maru did not miss that moment and pulled out a dagger and threw it. The dagger was stuck in his spine. Then, the shadow fell into the sea like a stiff piece of wood.

Tadadak

Padadak

The seawater made a splashing sound.

What the hell is this?

The sea was noisy, but the subtle feeling did not go away.

Maru looked around the corner of the ship. Yeah, something feels off.

Let’s take the sashimi out of the waistband.

The dark, rippling light disappeared, revealing a familiar face.