Rust - Chapter 84



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RUST-84

I was momentarily confused. This isn’t it…

So what if they suddenly pop out? They must be infected, right? If they were a normal person, they would have hid and screamed when the door flew open. In the first place, wouldn’t they have reacted when you knocked? Oh, shit- If they were infected, wouldn’t they have freaked out when you knocked? They didn’t freak out…

As the white dust settled, a corpse lying peacefully was seen.

‘I don’t know.’

Just by looking at their faces, it was hard to tell the difference between a normal person and an infected person. No, why did they suddenly pop out and… If they were normal people, they would at least make a sound and say things like, ‘I’m going out.’, ‘Wait a minute.’, ‘Please save me.’ They have a lot to say.

When I went inside the control room, the inside was a mess. There were broken monitors on the floor, and many of the real-time situation control monitors on the walls were broken and cracked. That’s why I had to physically control the elevator.

First, I need to bring people over and clean it up.

There was a sound of the door flying open, but there was no sign of the infected rushing in.

But what is this smell?

A musty smell.

It wasn’t a completely rotten smell, but it was definitely a pungent smell. I could see things strewn about on the other side of the desk and equipment.

“Ah- fuck-”

What’s the point of having a good harvest? The birds were making a fuss, and now the people are going crazy? I needed to learn more about the mutant virus.

Before that, let’s check the suspicious things first. Maru quietly went to the disaster supplies storage room across from the control room.

dripping-

Was it a little small?

Swish-swish-

Wow wow

There was a loud crashing sound from inside, and an angry scream. It was like someone was beating someone to death.

Yes. This was the typical behavior of infected people. So was that guy in the machine room a real person?

It was too early to jump to conclusions. It would be impossible for a human being to do that, but when I think about the endings of the US Air Force pilots who crash-landed during World War II, it was like that.

Let’s be quiet, it was a place that quickly became quiet.

‘I need to bring people first.’

Woof-

A person who throws up instead of cleaning up.

Most of the people who were cleaning the control room vomited at least once. Not only was the smell bad, but the situation was also very strange. Several people in the clinical pathology department were enthusiastically collecting samples, and several doctors were also enthusiastically doing something, so it seemed like this was not a normal situation.

“We need to check whether this should be considered corruption.”

“It’s progressing too fast to be called corruption. It’s impossible, considering the environment.”

“If not corruption, then what do you think? Fermentation?”

People gathered here and there and chatted. Since there were a lot of professionals gathered, the conversation flowed professionally. There were occasional nervous reactions, but it wasn’t enough to worry too much.

“All the bodies were confirmed to be infected.”

I was a little worried that they might have given a break to a healthy person, but when they said they were infected, I felt relieved.

“You said the reason we were all gathered on the 15th floor was because of the helicopter?”

“Yes.”

He said there was one helicopter operated directly by the hospital and two helicopters operated by the emergency rescue team. So there were three in total, but none of them were returning.

“Have you been in touch?”

“The last communication we had was that they were going to rescue the House of Councilors.”

Most of the people who took refuge on the 15th floor were hospital staff, especially medical staff. They probably thought that they would come to rescue the medical staff since the earthquake and the infection outbreak had occurred.

‘Well. Of course. It would be nice if a helicopter came.’

Thinking about the helicopter, it was worth clearing up the hospital to some extent. If we had not secured a safe zone and were left to fumble around on the 15th floor, wouldn’t the helicopter have come and taken away the medical staff?

If we use the secured safe zone as a stepping stone to gradually increase the number of areas we have organized, it would not be impossible to secure the entire hospital. Since there is no reason to run away from the safe hospital, what use would a helicopter be? In that case, it would be human nature to use it. It would be a great idea to quietly and peacefully receive the helicopter and go to Tokyo.

“When was the last communication?”

“It was this morning.”

Okay. It wasn’t just a day or two. I had to wait and see because Ki-soon and Bodyguard 1 had surgeries.

“Then, thank you for your hard work.”

“thank you.”

I felt strange after receiving several bows. I didn’t really like this kind of thing, but now that it happened again, it was a bit, how should I put it?

hmm.

I felt like I needed some training to make this a base. The helicopter landing pad and the other spaces I had secured here and there were too valuable to just throw away.

It’s not like there weren’t any people, and at the very least, they should have been trained to the point where they wouldn’t just close their eyes and do nothing. It certainly seemed like training was necessary to keep things from going crazy just because one infected person came in.

What should I do?

If I told them to gather for training, they would start making noise again. In this case, it would have been better to just call them and tell them to do it. Maru nodded slightly and called over the experienced Kim Yang.

“What about your right arm? Did you put the cast back on?”

[Chijik- Okay. I did it.]

“Then, come down to the control room on the first floor. I’ll have to go around a bit more.”

[···Chik- I have to take a painkiller···.]

“Okay. Eat slowly and come down quickly.”

[···Crackle··· Crackle···]

“Should I pick you up?”

[···Chijik··· Go in 15 minutes.]

“Bring plenty of bullets.”

[······. Beep be …

I’m sure you’ll take care of it yourself, since Ms. Kim is good at taking care of things like that.

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Unless you were going to use a small C4 for each door, you would need a master key. I told the guy cleaning out the machine room what the master key was, and he brought it to me a moment later.

Iron Crack

A thick bunch of keys was placed on the table. What is this? I was momentarily confused.

“Is this the master key?”

Are these bunch of keys all master keys? Usually, a master key can open everything with one key, right?

“Yes. It’s an emergency key. The VIP room has dual security with a digital card and key, but all other areas are secured with individual keys.”

When I saw the staff member’s voice full of pride, I wondered if this was the right thing. After gathering some of the keys from the first floor, I led Ms. Kim, the medical staff, and the hospital staff to the disaster supplies storage room.

“I’m just saying this just in case. Just stand here in front of the door and aim the spear straight ahead.”

People who were very nervous nodded.

“Don’t be nervous. There’s a skilled team and experts right next to you, so you don’t have to worry. If anything comes out, we’ll stop it with a spear and stab it. Got it?”

The people who were awkwardly holding the window nodded as if they understood when they met Maru’s eyes.

Maru looked at Ms. Kim. She made eye contact with Ms. Kim… Ms. Kim avoided eye contact. Why?

“Well, Ms. Kim will back you up if a dangerous situation arises.”

“···yes.”

What is it? Miss Kim was nice until lunchtime, but why all of a sudden? Is it because Ki-soon didn’t teach her how to be a woman? Is it because Japanese painkillers don’t suit her body?

Maru stretched his head left and right, then opened the locked door. The door opened with a small sound of hinges. It was a dark room with the lights off. As the name of the room, Disaster Preparedness Storage, suggested, it was a large warehouse-like room.

As soon as I turned on the switch, the light suddenly turned bright and a scream erupted from inside.

Kwaaaaah!

Two? No, three!

Kwajik- The shelf fell over and one jumped out. It ran towards the floor as if jumping. The moment its hand was about to grab Maru’s face, it took a step to the side and tripped. The infected person was thrown out the door with a bang. The people outside made various sounds such as Eek! Eww! Kkwyak!

Okay, I sent you one textbook first.

Kim Yang was shocked. Explain something. The infected person suddenly jumped out of the door with a bang. He was thrown so hard that half of his face was torn to the floor.

Kwaaaaak!

It sounded like a scream of pain. When I looked around, there was a person who had collapsed. A woman who was shouting “Ottoke”, a man who had thrown away his spear and was in a standing start position, looking at the run-gak. It was all different. Why wasn’t there a single person who wanted to fight?

The infected person with half his face torn off looked around. His eyes were sparkling white. He had bloodshot eyes and was even urinating.

‘Okay.’

Kim Yang took a deep breath and shot the infected person’s knee joint with a Walther P22.

Thump- thump-

The infected person, who was about to jump up and rush forward, fell back down, hitting his head on the floor.

“Hey. You idiots. Open the window.”

Kim Yang said in an annoyed voice. Of course, ‘If you run away, you’ll lose.’ The gun was pointed at the man who was trying to break the standing start.

Glanced outside, I saw that Miss Kim was doing well on her own.

As expected, Ms. Kim. The image of a skilled assistant. She did not disappoint.

Kwajajak. The sound of the relief supplies on the floor being trampled. It was a slightly heavy sound. Maru sneaked into the shadowy space behind the door. Perhaps not seeing Maru, the infected, who was quite large, moved toward the noisy place outside the door.

The moment a large infected man was about to run into the chaos where an infected man with a split face and shattered knees was crying out, employees who couldn’t run away because of the gun were crying out for help, and Ms. Kim was threatening him with an annoyed expression, both of his Achilles tendons were severed.

Crunch – A lump of flesh that falls over with a loud noise.

Ughhhhhhhhhhh

A roar of rage. As he tried to stand up with his arms on the ground, the tendons in his arms snapped with a light sword sound, and he fell forward again. The sight of the large body struggling listlessly with its limbs hanging off the ground was rather grotesque.

Wow wow wow

“Okay. What are you all doing? Let’s bring the spear and stab each other ten times. Got it?”

At Maru’s gentle words, one of the medical staff was about to shout something.

“What are you···!”

An infected person jumped out from behind Maru. It jumped out silently like a feline beast and aimed for Maru’s neck.

Wow- The eyes of the female employee who was watching the scene from the front grew wide.

?

Maru’s body shook, and then a knife was stuck in the neck of the infected man who had come from behind. The blade was sticking out of his wide-open mouth. Maru quietly took the body of the infected man who was falling down and put it down.

“What are you all doing? Everyone, take your spears and stab me ten times. Those who can’t stab me will continue to go with me.”

As soon as Maru’s eyes met, the medical staff who had been shouting shut their mouths tightly.

A moment later, a thud-thud-thud sound filled the hallway. The sobbing of women and the voices of comforting each other followed. The eyes of the medical staff who occasionally looked back were like madness.

“Is it really necessary to do this?”

Ms. Kim was curious. She wondered if it was necessary to do this while receiving such gazes.

“It’s a waste to waste the hospital. Seeing what they do. It’s like that.”

It’s all good because it’s good. You can thank me later or not. You can get it by helicopter. If you don’t have a helicopter, you can get it by medicine. You can take a few people and do both.

‘What helicopter all of a sudden?’

Kim Yang had a hard time understanding Maru’s monologue. Baekjeong’s way of thinking was definitely different.

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Maru continued to roll people in turns without stopping.

Maru easily ignored the complaints of those who were being dragged around semi-forcibly. Even the people who were making a fuss became quiet after seeing Maru’s swordsmanship on the spot.

“The old man who just said something. Come out here and say what you want to say. No? You don’t have anything to say, right?”

“What about that lady? Was she a nurse? Did she say she was tired? Did she say she was in pain? Are you okay?”

Maru gathered the medical staff who would operate on Ki-soon and Bodyguard 1 separately and demonstrated his knife skills. He stabbed them deeply and silenced them with one blow. He even showed them how to dismember each part by swinging the knife. He showed them how to use the knife with a bright smile and a cheerful look.

“Isn’t this scary?”

Kim said, seeming a little worried.

“What are you afraid of? If the surgery goes wrong, you’ll experience it firsthand. You should know about it in advance.”

Maru was calm. He was quick-witted when he thought his life was at stake.

Miss Kim swallowed without realizing it.

“Hey, what are you so nervous about? Between us.”

Ms. Kim couldn’t ask, “What is our relationship?”

All she could do was pray that Ki-soon’s surgery would go well. Baek-jeong had no reason to turn his back. Kim Yang glared at the medical staff in charge of the surgery.

‘It’s something that needs to be done properly.’

The medical staff who had received Kim Yang’s life-saving message ran away to prepare for the surgery.

The areas secured in this way were the medical core areas such as the various examination rooms on the 1st to 3rd floors, as well as the control room, pharmaceutical room, laboratory, blood collection room, clinical pathology room, artificial kidney dialysis room, diagnostic evaluation conference room, and operating room. People’s expressions brightened because they secured a food court, convenience store, laundry room, and nutrition room (restaurant and food storage).

In an overall good atmosphere, the surgery of Ki-sun and Bodyguard 1 began.