Rust - Chapter 79



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RUST -79

As I pulled down the optical cloak, I saw a small face. So what was its name?

I looked up slightly. I saw Kim Yang aiming her Walther P22 down from the cockpit. The backup was good, and there were no other signs around. It was dark at night, so I couldn’t see her face color well, but when I looked up close, she was so pale that it couldn’t be hidden by the moonlight.

I needed that pink medicine to fix Ki-soon and Kim-yang right away, but it wouldn’t be good to show it. Then I’ll have to be strong. He said calmly with an expression that said, ‘Why are you here?’

“Didn’t we decide to each go our separate ways?”

“······.”

When I glared at him to ask why he wasn’t answering, instead of answering, the bodyguard fell sideways with a thud. A harpoon was embedded in his small body.

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Even though I woke up in the middle of my sleep, the nurse was still alert.

“Uh. This. Uh- If I want to pull out the harpoon, I’ll have to cut it in the middle.”

Was it a question just now? It was a nurse who was avoiding Maru’s eyes. In order to cut the spear that looked like it was made of aluminum alloy, a grinder or a circular saw was needed. Fortunately, there was a grinder in the engine room tool box, so I used that to cut the spear.

As the spear was pulled out, blood gushed out. ‘Bleeding! Bleeding!’ The nurse started splattering like beans.

“Calm down. Calm down.”

“Bleeding. Blood vessels. Hemostasis. Hemostasis.”

The nurse who was always so sharp became confused and panicked. So, the spear went through a bad spot, and when the spear was cut and pulled out, bleeding occurred and it was difficult to stop the bleeding. So that means it’s dangerous.

“Can’t we help restore the patient’s consciousness first?”

“No. I lost a lot of blood. It’s difficult right now.”

I examined the bodyguard’s nape and wrist. There was nothing on the nape, but there was a bracelet on the wrist. The bracelet was made of leather straps and had small letters engraved on it. Her name was Hatsune Ayako, and her blood type was A. I had to make her conscious first. Then I would know where President Charlotte or her body double was. Once I got there, there should be medicine for emergencies. Then I would treat Ki-sun first.

A nurse is spraying a styptic while applying pressure to the wound with gauze to stop the bleeding. But if it’s urgent, why not just seal it with instant adhesive? Maru took some super-strong instant adhesive from his toolbox and sprayed it.

The nurse didn’t even give him time to stop him or anything, so she quickly turned him over and sprayed the punctured area. The instant adhesive quickly stuck to him and stopped the bleeding.

A nurse with a face like that.

“The bleeding has stopped, right? This person’s blood type is A.”

When I asked Ms. Kim, who was on guard outside, she said she was type A. Maru looked at the nurse.

“I’m type A.”

The blood transfusion began with enough blood to not overwhelm Ms. Kim and the nurse. As the eastern sky gradually brightened, the bodyguard came to his senses.

“So, why are you here?”

Since Charlotte had installed equipment and finished the interior construction, it would have been easy to attach something like a location tracker. Even if it hadn’t been attached, the Charlotte Group would have been able to confirm the ship’s general location since they would have been able to confirm the location information.

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“······.”

You’re slow to respond. I hate thinking about it. While I was thinking about what to do, the bodyguard answered in a dry voice.

“···Didn’t you turn off the radio? I couldn’t get through to you even if you tried to call.”

“······.”

Ah- Now that I think about it, I kept turning off the radio because people kept making noise here and there. So what should I do?

“Whether the radio is off or not, isn’t that enough of a reason for you to be here? Didn’t we decide to tear it apart and move on our own? Wasn’t that what we decided to do?”

“Didn’t you say you’d call in case of an emergency? But that didn’t connect either.”

What emergency is an emergency? I later received the location information and the radio, and just threw them in the cabin and forgot about them. Why would I carry them around? So the conclusion was that I contacted them because it was an emergency, but since they didn’t pick up, they came running.

“As you can see, this place was also in an emergency situation, so I didn’t have time to answer the phone or do anything. The seagulls were making a fuss, and the sea was a mess too.”

The bodyguard nodded as if he understood.

“So do you have any information as to why they’re like this? Why are the seagulls like that?”

“It has been confirmed that the virus can also infect animals.”

In the early days of the virus outbreak, there were videos of people throwing dogs and cats out of apartment complexes. Videos of animals being killed. The countries where the outbreak first broke out knew something about the virus. So they responded that way. And now the virus has mutated.

“Are you saying that mutated viruses can also be transmitted to animals?”

“Yes. It’s unclear exactly what effect it has on the animals, but it’s clear that they become extremely aggressive.”

Certainly, that was the case, considering what the seagulls had done.

“Why are all the ships in Tokyo Bay adrift? From cargo ships to large passenger ships, they can’t all be in trouble at once, right?”

“I don’t know what caused it, but I wonder if it was a strong electromagnetic field explosion… Cool, like that.”

The nurse gave the guard some water.

“Stop. The patient has just regained consciousness, and we need to stabilize him now.”

He’s a bodyguard, isn’t this okay? Hmm- I thought I was finally getting some information about what happened, but when Maru was about to leave, the bodyguard spoke in a crawling voice.

“Radio. Emergency radio···.”

Anyway, it was a situation where we had to find out whether it was the Hotel Charlotte president or a stand-in. There was nothing more certain than the pink medicine to treat Ki-soon and Ms. Kim.

I went down to the cabin and activated the emergency radio I had been given.

[Crackle… crackle.]

[Beep- Beep..]

[Chi-Chi–Chi.O.S.]

What about the free lunch?

The bodyguard’s already unhappy expression worsened when he heard that the emergency radio was dead.

There was an emergency location tracker or transmitter, but it was too far away to be displayed. If you knew the general direction of where the guards were coming from, you had no choice but to go there and hope that the signal would connect.

“What happened?”

“···I was betrayed.”

Some thought they might betray. However, it was difficult to expect that the entire Kyushu branch would betray. That was understandable, since Kyushu was close to Busan. The Charlotte Hotel had considerable economic ties with Kyushu.

“We had financial problems for almost a year because of Corona, but… I didn’t think the entire branch would betray us all at once….”

“So you’re saying I ended up walking into the trap on my own?”

“No, that’s not true. Hehe- Heh- I expected there to be a traitor, so I hid my route and moved.”

“But? Was there another problem?”

If the route had been kept secret, wouldn’t there have been no problems?

“Because the volcanic chain eruption cut off all routes by private plane or helicopter, the only way was to use the sea. We set off by changing ships at a port equipped with an emergency contact network…”

The story goes that, except for the crew that had sailed the ship from Busan, everyone on board was thinking of something else.

“There was a melee on the ship, and this ship was nearby, so I sent a radio message, but it wasn’t answered, so I came over myself. Is that what it is?”

The bodyguard nodded.

So, the guys who came up on the rubber boat were the ones chasing the bodyguard. If the bodyguard got hit and came all the way here…

“I think it’s already too late.”

There seemed to be no reason to spare those who had betrayed him, whether he was the president or a stand-in. It was a shame. I thought I might be able to get that pink medicine, but it seemed difficult.

“No.”

The bodyguard was making loud noises and panting heavily. The nurse calmed the bodyguard down. If necessary, he was ready to inject a sedative or sleeping pill.

“No, that’s not true. Both they and the headquarters want the recipe for the medicine, so they won’t do anything about it right away.”

The mega yacht had a self-sustaining safety cabin. It was a detachable structure that could survive even if the ship sank. They said that they were holding on there with the door locked, so there was nothing they could do right away.

The bodyguard was breathing heavily and trying to say something more, but the nurse coldly injected the sleeping pill.

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I spread out a map on the screen and marked the areas of the sea where it was difficult to move due to floating objects and the places where seagulls were running wild. A fairly large area was marked.

The direction in which the bodyguards are believed to have come is approximately 8 to 10 km from here. It is about 4 km from land, inside Sagami Bay.

The number of traitors was 31, and there were 14 employees who came from Busan with them, a substitute for the president, and 2 bodyguards, making a total of 17 people. Since there were 31 and 17 people, if it was normal, it would have been reduced by half, but if it had been a surprise attack due to betrayal, there could have been many enemies left.

Maru stretched like this and that. There was still slight muscle pain. It was evidence that his body had not fully recovered.

‘There were two people who followed the bodyguards on a rubber boat. Even if there were two fewer people, we have to assume there were 20 more.’

Assuming that we found the president or a substitute, Tokyo Bay is difficult for ships to enter, so if we were to go by land, we would have to go from Sagami Bay to Tokyo via Yokohama and Kawasaki, a distance of approximately 40 km.

If you take a day off in the middle of the 80km round trip, you can go for two days, and if there is a problem, three days. Can you stay for two to three days without any problems? It was dangerous to anchor the ship. Since all the ships nearby were out of action, people would surely get upset if they knew there was a ship nearby that could move.

‘The ship is anchored some distance out to sea.’

Even though the night sea was noisy, it was less noisy than the people.

Kim Yang listened to Maru’s words quietly. The cast on her right arm was still heavy and uncomfortable.

“So, I’ll go and come back alone. I’ll come back as soon as I get the medicine, but I have to think about it for three days. The bodyguards and nurses won’t be of much help. The same goes for Ki-soon.”

If I prioritize the border, I’ll even consider going further out to sea. I’d like to change my status while I’m at it, but I think that’ll be difficult and I’ll prioritize treatment.

Ms. Kim nodded.

“Okay, please.”

Maru grabbed his dagger and Glock 41 and lowered the rubber boat. Kim Yang let out a small breath as she watched the boat slowly rowing away.

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We rowed the boat at sunrise in the morning and it was only around 9 o’clock that we finally found the mega yacht that the security guard had mentioned. There were no seagulls or other birds in the sky. The sea during the day was calm except for some floating debris.

I don’t know about the night, but it was not easy to approach the mega yacht during the day. It would have been nice to swim there, but after seeing it at night, I didn’t have the confidence to go in and swim.

Since the distance is not that far, should I use the motor? If there is no sharp way, a quick solution is the answer.

Booooooooo

The rubber boat began to move forward with a low motor noise.

Rattling. The rubber boat bounced on the floating objects. A grinding noise began to come from the motor. Regardless, it headed straight for the mega yacht in the shortest possible direction.

When the mega yacht that had seemed small became bigger than my forearm, I felt alive.

A tingling sensation of life.

Sniper?

As I lay flat on the boat, a sharp crash tore through the air.

bang!

bang!

It hit the rubber boat, but there was no sudden loss of wind or anything.

Pung- Kiririririk

There was a rattling noise as if something was caught in the motor screw, and smoke started to rise from the motor.

just a little.

Just a little more.

A motor that rattles and rattles.

The sea is starting to get a little rough.

A man’s face was seen holding a sniper rifle on the mega yacht.