Rust - Chapter 788



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RUST -788

“What is the current status?”

[He is lying on the bed and stroking the gold bar.]

Diana answered with a slightly emphasized tone, as if to say, “Does it really have to be reported like this?” So, the king and that strange bitch were different from the average human.

‘I knew it was strange from the beginning, but it’s difficult to handle with basic computational power.’

The consumption of computational resources was too great. Maru and Kim Yang were impossible to analyze by general predictions.

Of course, if we use quantum computer resources, we can simulate even the variables of variables, but what’s the point of that?

“Gold bars? What kind of gold bars are you looking at?”

[···It’s a 10kg gold bar.]

Several days passed and Miss Kim did not come out.

Na Ju-yeon thought that it might be the early stage of depression as she saw him eating room service and just blankly staring at gold, and recommended that a new type of antidepressant be effective, but Kim Yang refused.

‘Are you afraid of taking that medicine?’

‘Are you doubting my medicine now?’

‘It’s scary. Of course it’s scary.’

‘If you don’t like medicine, how about getting a chip implanted in your head? I’ll implant the latest chip in you. It can fix your personality and your mental abnormality all at once.’

‘I have a chip in my head and you have a bullet in your head? I’m fine, but you’re fine?’

‘······.’

It was even worse after I had a fight with Na Ju-yeon, with whom I was building a friendship(?) through Mayenshi.

[It still hasn’t come out?]

“Oh. It’s like I’ve become some kind of hikikomori and I don’t even think about coming out of my room.”

Ki-soon responded to Maru’s worries as if it made sense.

[Yeah. You kept rolling around. I heard from you last time that when you were working at a company, you would at least rest for two to three weeks after returning from an overseas business trip. This time, as the expedition leader, you couldn’t rest and had to roll around for months, so the stress must have piled up.]

“Still, that’s true. Since I’m locked in my room and don’t come out, I get anxious about this and that.”

Ki-soon started making strange noises while listening to Maru’s story, saying, “Oh, I’m really nervous. What kind of nerve is that? Is it the sympathetic nerve? Or the parasympathetic nerve?”

“Take it easy. It’s not like that.”

[Oh my, Your Majesty. It should be like that. The PD is so worried, and when I listen to his story, I get worried too.

“What are you worried about?”

[Like the old man said last time, if something happens to you, the Holy Kingdom will be shaken to its roots. I agree. The system we have in place so far will last for a few years. But will it last forever?]

Maru’s brow furrowed as he suddenly changed the subject while talking about Ms. Kim.

“Here we go again. Again.”

[Don’t be so impressed. Does that solve the problem? Shouldn’t you have decided on a way to prepare for emergencies in the first place? The more you avoid that, the more you keep talking.]

“······.”

[At the very least, shouldn’t we have a succession plan in place for emergencies, like mine?]

Ki-soon gave an example of how he had set up a system to automatically resurrect as a clone if something went wrong. So, if Maru dies, he’ll be resurrected as a clone right away.

“That’s already been determined. In the case of people with powers, even if you create a clone, the same powers won’t be manifested. Even if you create my clone, it won’t have the powers I have, so what’s the point? So you’re saying we should create a clone anyway?”

Creating a clone doesn’t mean that the original’s abilities are inherited. If that were the case, Director Yu’s clones would all have had the ability to rejuvenate.

The same was true for Maru. Even if he was resurrected as a clone and copied in its entirety, the possibility of Maru’s unique abilities being maintained was slim.

[Yes. In the end, if you have at least your shell, there will be a situation where you can control it. Or, in case of danger, you should clearly establish the order of succession to power. PD said that you should seriously consider stabilizing your power through marriage.]

“Ha- This is driving me crazy. Why is that old man acting like that all of a sudden? Not only is he religious, but now he’s trying to interfere with my marriage issues as well.”

[It’s not an intervention, it’s a natural concern and problem. In fact, it’s a country you created, and if it weren’t for the king, it would be a mess right away. A mess.]

The AIs didn’t know what to do, and so did the crows, the field mice, the sacred mice, and the mountain mice. There were also the seagulls that were now starting to count, and the allied ants didn’t know what to do without the floor.

Ki-sun continued her story with her eyes narrowed.

[You know that too, and that’s why you’re concerned about Korea. You can control it by installing AI, or you can put Kim Yang in charge and run it, but you chose the election to see what happens. You wanted to see what happens if you get rid of the cannibalistic ruling class and then hold an election, right?]

Since becoming the King of the Holy Kingdom, Maru has not made any careless decisions. This includes his plans to introduce Korean immigrants and use rapid growth techniques after adopting a newborn to make them do their part.

The use of DNA technology to treat newborns with disabilities and to use whole-brain technology to enable them to function as full-fledged human beings was also a result of preparing for the future.

“···okay.”

[PD uncle is the same. Just as you consider future political issues, PD uncle thinks that your marriage could also become a political issue. I do the same.]

“Crazy. So you’re secretly pushing me to get along with Ms. Kim this time?”

[Do you have to get along well only with Ms. Kim? What are you going to do with Na Ju-yeon?]

“what?”

[I don’t understand why Na Ju-yeon and Kim Yang are suddenly being so sharp to each other? Why does Kim Yang look for a great person next to her? If Na Ju-yeon is a med scientist, she’s probably at the top of the list, but don’t you understand when you see her being so quiet?]

“Crazy…” Ki-sun urged Maru before he could say anything.

[It’s the Holy Kingdom. It’s called a kingdom. You’re the king. If you practice monogamy, it’s monogamy. If you practice polygamy or polyandry, it’s the same. If it’s hard to do that overall, you can make an exception for the king. It’s hard for people with abilities to have children. It’s true that natural pregnancy is difficult for both Kim Yang and Na Ju-yeon. What do you think they’ll think when they see the current situation with Korean newborns?]

PD Ajae thinks that we need more wives. I think so too.]

“So you want me to become polyandrous or whatever? Are you crazy? Even if the PD guy thinks so, you think so too? Are you serious?”

[Crazy. Are you serious? Then are you serious? Are you joking? Think about it seriously. Are you going to exclude Kim Yang and Na Ju-yeon as your spouses? Are you confident that you can handle the aftermath? So you’re going to kill them both?]

“······.”

[And the nurse that people call a saint is the same. You’re going to hand over the nurse who has the support of HOLLY followers and animals including crows to someone else? To whom? Me? Is that okay?]

Ki-soon could see emotions. So she could tell who Kim Yang, Na Ju-yeon, and Nurse Hood’s emotions were directed at.

But since it was a personal matter, I just watched and watched, but it wasn’t a situation that could be overlooked like that.

It was because Kim Yang and Na Ju-yeon began to show signs of wavering. The nurse and Hood also showed signs of wavering, albeit slightly.

[What about the Hood who is in charge of all information and security systems? Are you going to torture them with hope until they are all in their thirties? And after they are in their thirties? Are you going to say that you are not responsible because they chose to grow old? Is that going to work?]

“······.”

When Ki-soon, who could see emotions, spoke frankly, Maru had nothing to say. In novels and comics, all sorts of situations appear, but this was reality.

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Kim Yang, who was healing herself by stroking the gold ingot, had a wrinkle between her eyebrows.

When I stroked gold, all my worries disappeared and I felt happy, but at some point I began to find it difficult to be satisfied with gold alone.

Should I say that it is difficult to be satisfied? Or should I say that something more is needed besides gold?

‘no.’

It’s probably because there’s not enough gold. If there weren’t sinkholes in Japan, I would have collected more gold. That damn sinkhole is overflowing with strange monsters, and that’s why it turned out like this.

Korea was the same. Since we defeated the cannibals, can’t we eat the gold they had?

‘What kind of election is this, a freezing election?’

When I think back to the time of the mutant virus incident, there was no answer. Why were there so many people with intermittent explosive disorder at that time?

Didn’t politicians, worried that they would lose votes if they suppressed people with anger management disorders, respond in a disorganized manner and end up in a mess?

Will the results of the vote be a mass suicide, like a herd of lemmings falling off a cliff to their deaths?

Who can guarantee that politicians elected through elections will be normal? After being elected through elections, didn’t they immediately use cannibalistic technology to turn the people who elected them into food?

CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) was able to succeed because the cannibal government declared martial law and controlled it using the martial law command.

‘Isn’t it?’

The important thing in the end was not the election. Maru must know that too, so why are they so obsessed with the election?

Kim Yang was honestly hard to understand. And somehow the reason why he was so annoyed was the same. Now that I think about it, there was no reason to be annoyed.

There was no problem with the Supreme Being doing whatever he wanted anyway. It didn’t matter if Korea was ruined as a result of the election.

‘Huh- Should I admit I was wrong?’

What he did wrong was wrong, but seeing him continue to live as if his old self had never gone anywhere, it seemed like he did it again.

Roll around here-

Roll over there-

But still, it was something I had to see in order to succeed in life. If I hadn’t come all the way here, sticking close to Maru, would I have been able to do this in the special room of the hotel?

Huuuuung-

But these days, I’m saying that I’m starting to get annoyed. Na Ju-yeon, the nurse, and the hood all seem to be getting a little annoying.

Especially Na Ju-yeon.

A bitch who pretends not to know anything while doing everything she can. When I see the bitch who used to go crazy over her fiancé acting like nothing happened, should I just say that I feel bad for no reason?

[Beep- What are you doing?]

At Maru’s voice, Kim Yang rolled from one end of the bed to the other and grabbed the gold bar of affection. The heavy, cold feeling relieved her tension.

“I’m not doing anything.”

[Have you eaten?]

“Not yet. It’s not dinner time.”

[Then do you remember the meat restaurant we ate at when we escaped before?]

That raw meat place back then?

“Yeah. I remember.”

[Want to eat dinner there?]

What’s going on all of a sudden?

“well.”

[See you there in an hour.]

“Okay.”

Kim Yang hummed, feeling happy at the thought of eating beef for dinner.

Meat. Meat. Raw meat. Hanwoo two-piece meat.

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It seemed like Kim Yang’s complaints had been completely wiped away with one serving of beef. Na Ju-yeon also had her desires(?) relieved after over ten thousand DNA procedures and brain surgeries, and she stopped clashing with Kim Yang.

Ki-soon was a little taken aback. Both Kim Yang, who got better after eating beef once, and Na Ju-yeon, who became docile after undergoing surgery and experiments, were not normal women.

They’re like those bitches who can’t eat even if you set the table for them.

Ki-sun shook his head.

‘Is the only hope the nurse and the hood are left with?’

It looks like the hood is just wearing a half mask, so it won’t be easy.

‘I’ll have to move the nurse.’

No matter who it is, once you connect with one person, the rest will follow in a row.

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The nurse responded grandly to Ki-sun’s suggestion to go on a date with Maru.

“Eeeeeee. Date. Dateyooooo–”

With him?

A date just the two of you?

An image that comes to mind in an instant.

Kim Yang, whose pupils had lost their light, Na Ju-yeon, who was holding a syringe and looking at it expressionlessly. And the corners of the mouth of the hooded man wearing a half-mask were also curved.

uh?

hmm.

company.

“Uh···. I appreciate your consideration, but···.”

[Ms. Kim and Na Ju-yeon have already dated once each. Is that okay?]

Kim Yang at the meat restaurant, Na Ju-yeon at the lab.

“Okay. Then I’ll do it too.”