Rust - Chapter 8



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Rust [RUST]-8

An escape that would last a month and a half was imminent.

As time passed, Maru became more and more anxious. Suddenly, memories of the mess that had happened came to mind.

Unfortunately, an earthquake occurred and Morino was struggling, dropping the ribs where the drugs were hidden, and while trying to grab the gun, he ended up stabbing himself without realizing it.

When I went to the office, Yamatsuki, who should have evacuated because of the earthquake, was shooting first.

At the time, I said that my actions were calm and collected, but in reality, they were half panicked and flustered.

Wouldn’t the police or the yakuza sniff out the airport and search it?

I wonder if he got caught right before he left the country because he missed some crucial piece of evidence?

“Stop shaking your legs. It’s okay. It’s not a problem when you get to Korea, but it’s okay now.”

“Will it be okay?”

“Ah. It’s okay to go. This will be the problem later.”

Ki-sun tapped the inside pocket of his jacket. There was a thud-thud sound of a wad of money.

“Will this cause problems later?”

“If money is at stake, would the yakuza or gangsters just sit there and do nothing? At the very least, they would check, or at least catch the people nearby and beat them up.”

Maru’s eyes sank at Gisun’s words.

“First, hide the cash and spend it little by little as needed.”

“Don’t you know that I don’t?”

“You knew so well that you brought up the issue like this?”

“Okay.”

“What can I do? If you look at it from the outside, you have to look like you’re in trouble. When you give money to your family, you have to be very careful. I feel bad saying this.”

“For less than 100 million won, really.”

Ki-sun made a face as if she really couldn’t stop Maru from saying that.

“Hey, whose dog is 100 million? Spend 100 million like water right now. What if the gangsters find out? It seems like a guy who escaped from Japan has put money in a corner of the house? What do you think they’ll do then? So it’s best to just pretend it doesn’t exist, and if you absolutely have to spend it, spend it right away.”

“I know. I know. Just.”

The 8 billion I put in the Tokyo arcade locker came to mind.

‘At least 8 billion, that’s it.’

Maru’s mouth was bitter.

Contrary to my fears, there were no police or yakuza in sight. All I could see was a crowd of people. Even when I went to a cafe outside the airport, there were still a lot of people.

There was something there that kept bothering me. At first I thought it was a long time ago, but then I realized that something had definitely become more subtle.

“Hey, Ki-sun. Seriously, doesn’t the floor here feel a little squishy?”

“Shut up. People are staring.”

Ki-soon, who was as skinny as a bean with 40,000 dollars in his jacket pocket, whispered to him to be quiet.

Maru stepped on the floor. It felt solid, but somehow it felt sloppy. The smell was strange, and the high-pitched beeping sound was strange in many ways.

The crowds at the airport were now being pushed out to coffee shops on the outskirts of the airport.

“Hey, let’s go outside. There’s a bench over there.”

Ki-sun and Maru came out holding glasses.

There were quite a few people outside trying to avoid the crowd. The couple sitting on the bench next to me, rubbing their sides, got noisy.

The woman shook her head with a “whoosh.” A cockroach bigger than her thumb fell out.

“Whoa- What wheel is bigger than your finger?”

“The majesty of radiation? X-wheels?”

Maru and Gisoon cheered for the cockroach. Damn couple hell, solo heaven. The two of them laughed together.

“Is the flight at 6 o’clock sharp?”

“uh-”

“Let’s get up slowly.”

“okay.”

The moment Ki-sun woke up first, Maru saw that Ki-sun’s back was covered in cockroaches.

“Hey- hey?”

When Maru saw that, he stopped calling Ki-sun and suddenly got up, shaking his back as if something came to mind.

“Hey, what are you doing? Why are you doing this show alone?”

Ki-sun, who saw Maru squeaking, said, “He’s being annoying. He’s being annoying…” As soon as she finished saying that, she felt something crawling and licking near the back of her neck, making her flap her wings and making a strange noise.

Kujik-

Kwajik-

Ppujik-

Every time they jumped, something burst under their shoes. Maru and Gisoon tap danced.

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“Oh, it’s really horrible. Japan. Wheels thicker than your finger and mice the size of your forearm. But it’s Haneda Airport, what are wheels and mice…? In the distance, crows are flying around like clouds. I’m afraid there’ll be an accident during takeoff.”

Ki-soon shivered as if she had goosebumps. Maru agreed.

“Hey, is this really okay?”

Ki-soon, who had 40,000 dollars in her arms, stuttered like a robot.

What Maru had been anxious about earlier was now the opposite.

‘Isn’t it possible that I’m going to die?’

“It’s okay. It’s okay.”

Maru, who had become somewhat shameless, confidently passed through the security checkpoint with the mysterious amount of money, 4,973,700 yen, in his bosom and boarded the plane.

“See, it’s okay.”

“Oh, I really thought I was scared.”

“Hey, King Ki-soon, are you a coward?”

“Yeah. Okay.”

Maru sat down in his seat and smiled brightly.

“It’s free. Maru is free.”

“I would like to ask Nobi Maru about his feelings at the scene of the escape. How do you feel about escaping from Chuno?”

Ki-soon rolled up the pamphlet and handed it to Maru.

“I really like it.”

“Shoot big.”

“I’ll throw you a left right straight and a hook.”

In just a few hours, the joy of escaping became greater than the guilt of murder. Who would have thought that Morino and Yamatsuki would die so easily? If he had hesitated even a little, it would have been Maru who died.

Life and death were divided in an instant. Life and death were so easily divided. It felt like human life was just something insignificant and pitiful. A life that dies so fleetingly. It felt like the values ​​I had previously considered important were being shaken.

Just sitting on a plane seat, feeling relieved that I escaped, I had this thought.

Maru looked at Ki-sun, who had an expression that made everything look like it was burned white. He thought that perhaps his expression was the same.

The plane gradually increased its speed for takeoff, accompanied by the captain’s announcement. Finally, the escape was truly successful. The joy was short-lived.

Wing- Wing-

It felt like some kind of electromagnetic wave was passing through my entire body.

Maru looked at Kisun with a rumbling stomach and a stabbing headache.

Ki-sun just closed her eyes with a calm expression on her face, as if she didn’t feel anything special.

Looking around, no one seemed to feel anything strange.

A strange feeling that is growing stronger.

Something that had been sweeping over my entire body now seemed to be pounding and squeezing my entire body.

My heart was pounding. My stomach was churning.

My heart and stomach felt like they were dancing on my liver.

Woof-

Suddenly, he felt like vomiting. Maru opened the vomit bag and retched.

Kook.

Ping- I felt dizzy. Along with the dizziness, I was struck by a splitting headache.

As it was the moment of takeoff, the flight attendants were all seated, but Ki-sun, who was next to me, suddenly started to fuss, asking what was going on.

At that moment, the people sitting by the window screamed.

Gyaaaah

Oh my god.

Holly-

Ki-sun looked out the window and froze.

The Haneda Airport control tower was shaking like a stick and collapsing.

The airport runway danced like a wave and collapsed, creating a long, deep crater in real time.

The water pipe burst and became a fountain.

pop-

A fuel storage facility exploded with bright flames.

As the plane climbed, the skyline of Tokyo came into view. The vast city was swaying like a cherry blossom tree with its last swaying blossoms.

An unbelievable sight, the entire earth shaking.

High-rise buildings, trying to keep their balance, swayed and eventually broke and collapsed. Residential areas that collapsed were blown to pieces as if they had been hit by a bomb. Explosions continued everywhere, and cars crashed through the railings of the overpass.

Parts of the city sank beneath the ground, as if a giant sinkhole had formed.

Some people on the plane burst into tears, some pressed their phones repeatedly, some showed signs of seizures, and some even fainted because they couldn’t stand it anymore.

Even as the plane gained altitude, the crew remained frozen and unable to move.

Maru looked out the window, holding the vomit bag.

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Incheon Airport was in chaos.

This was because most of the planes heading to Japan were diverted to Korea.

The passengers were silent. Most of them were Japanese. Before getting off at the airport, and even after getting off, the passengers kept calling and texting and crying.

Maru clenched and unclenched his fist.

If I had been just one day late, I would have died in the earthquake.

If I hadn’t thought of escaping, I would have definitely died.

ha-

It was a floor where you could calm your mind and body by clenching your fists like that.

huh?

I was fiddling with it for a while, but the strength in my hand felt a bit strange.

Has your stamina gotten stronger? Your eyesight seems to have improved, too. Maru lightly pressed on his bulging abdominal muscles. They have definitely gotten firmer.

‘Hmm. Did you get abs from working hard?’

What a good thing. Maru packed his carrier with various things.

The immigration process was also uneventful. Perhaps because of the chaos caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake, the procedures seemed to have been greatly simplified to manage the influx of people.

“Wow, this is really possible. It’s only 40 thousand dollars.”

Ki-sun was surprised. Even if it was Japan, bringing in 40,000 dollars in cash was a direct passage to the country.

“I guess I’m lucky because of the earthquake in Japan.”

“Maybe so.”

Maru smiled bitterly at Gi-sun’s admiration. If I had known this would happen, I would have brought more money. Why not just bring a bundle of gold and report it? After all, I have dollars and yen.

‘Ah- my money.’

Since Tokyo was destroyed by the earthquake, it was obvious that the arcade lockers would have been destroyed as well. Even if they weren’t destroyed, they would have torn the lockers down during the restoration work.

The joy of escaping was short-lived, and Maru suddenly became depressed.

‘At least 8 billion. At least 8 billion.’

“Hey, what are you thinking so deeply about? You’re lucky. The big earthquake will just bury the accident you caused. The whole neighborhood was destroyed by the earthquake, so the yakuza offices and everything would have collapsed. A lot of the yakuza would have died.”

“World livestock farming is the problem?”

Ki-soon nodded at Maru’s answer.

“It is a problem, but since Japan has been devastated by an earthquake, it’s a bit different than before. I don’t think they’ll find fault with you for running away because you were afraid of the earthquake. As long as you don’t get caught bringing money, I think they’ll just let it go. Until we can properly contact Japan, I think there won’t be any problems, right?”

“······.”

“Well, Japanese yakuza are from Japan, so they’ll be fighting there, but there will also be some who want to come over to Korea. Those who want to come over to Korea will come because they have a place to hide in Korea.”

“I see. Then we’ll get involved again?”

“If you get involved, you’re screwed. If the guy connected to the place you set fire to comes back to Korea alive, wouldn’t he be looking for you first? The timing is also like that.”

“······.”

I hope we don’t get entangled. Maru nodded quietly.

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After breaking up with Gi-sun and moving into the semi-basement house,

An announcer greeted us with a serious expression on his face as he read out an article on the TV visible from the main entrance.

[··· An earthquake measuring between 8.8 and 9.0 struck Tokyo at 6:08 a.m. today.]

[Tokyo citizens were left helpless when a massive earthquake struck just before rush hour.]

A video showing a ruined Tokyo, the Tokyo on the screen was literally a scene of chaos. The roads were paralyzed, and fire trucks couldn’t even get out. The places where fires were burning were not even able to be extinguished. Black smoke rose from all over the city. It looked like it had been bombed.

‘Oh my, Maru. My baby. Are you hurt anywhere?’

Mrs. Oh Mi-ye, who should have been making a fuss, was just staring blankly at the wall.

It’s a matter of the account.