Rust - Chapter 87



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RUST -87

The woman who had been knocked unconscious tried to wake up while mumbling something nonsense.

“···What did arachidonic acid react with···”

Pak-

“······.”

Ah- That was tough. It was a bit hard, but it probably didn’t leave you disabled. Probably.

“Why are you looking at me like that? You’re not dead. If you’re not dead, that’s fine. If dementia is an early symptom, then there must be mid-stage or late-stage symptoms as well. Will you turn into a monster in the end?”

“A monster? That would have been better. It’s unclear whether to call it a symptom or to call it a patient in the first place.”

“Can we call a being with a completely different hormonal mechanism than the hormones that normal people have a human? Not only is there a change in hormones, but the brain is also a type of organ, and when an organ changes, it means that the existing human being is transformed into something different. Can we call a being that has been transformed like that a human?”

Okay, that’s it, that’s what I was curious about.

“Whether they’re human or not, that’s fine, it’s all good. But why did you catch the infected and release them? If you caught the infected, wouldn’t you have been able to study them or dissect them or something?”

“···It was for an experiment to promote change.”

Crazy. What the hell. These guys. Maru just laughed in vain. The man continued to explain what he interpreted that laughter to be.

“We discovered that some infected people were dragging corpses and eating the liver and brain, and we wondered why. Why the liver and brain of all things, and not other parts? And after research, we found the reason. The liver and brain contained large amounts of substances that helped to alleviate the symptoms shown by infected people, such as reduced intelligence, heightened emotional impulses, and anger management disorders. The infected people were moving to consume these substances.”

“The brain is rich in phosphatidylserine, and the brain and liver are rich in arachidonic acid. Now that we’ve discovered that those are the two ingredients that the infected are after, if we can figure out what effect those two ingredients have on the infected, it will be a milestone in human history.”

I don’t know what it is, but this is why Japan had such a good harvest.

“So the conclusion is that they did it to feed fresh liver and brains. Eating fresh brains and livers promotes mutations, so they caught infected people who had undergone such accelerated mutations and tried to experiment on them again?”

“okay.”

“Hey. What if the infected people who were just wandering around blankly go crazy and run wild after eating their brains and livers? Who’s going to take care of the aftermath? You said with your own mouth that their brains have changed and we might now call ourselves humans? A mark in human history? What mark are you going to make?”

The infected that emerged from the control room came to mind.

That strange infected that didn’t glow when I first knocked on it. I thought it was stabbing a normal person, so I thought, “Oh no.” Unlike other infected that react passively, it moved actively. You’re letting that thing wander around and eat people’s brains and livers? You’re crazy. These guys.

“Are you crazy?”

Yeah- yeah. They were just stone kids. The man with his wrists cut off, his neck bloodshot. He stared at the floor with his bloodshot face.

“Are you crazy? What is crazy? If you knew why people infected with the mutant virus can go without water for several days? If you could find the response mechanism and apply it safely to people, if you could reduce the consumption of nearly two liters of water a day to less than a tenth, don’t you know that conflicts over water would disappear?”

“Don’t be so mean. It wasn’t about wasting water. To be honest, were you thinking of making some kind of biological weapon?”

“······.”

“They don’t even drink water, and they have great strength, endurance, and agility, and they’re resistant to pain. They can even spread mutated viruses. So if you do something a little bit more to that, aren’t they just like biological weapons? They look human. They’re probably sold because they don’t show any signs of infection, and they’re supposed to put a few of them among people and release them in the enemy capital, so they can have a great ending? No?”

No answer?

“Kuhuhuhuhuhahahaha. A bioweapon? Khuhuhuhu. A bioweapon. What irony.”

Yeah, this is laughing, right?

“Hey. Stop laughing and speak properly. What are you talking about?”

“Kuuuuuuu. Well, I said it was strange. A bioweapon? A bioweapon?”

This guy is playing around by himself. Pfft- I lightly stabbed the tip of the knife into his shin. Seeing that this kid can’t come to his senses, I knew that cutting him off with one stroke wouldn’t do.

Slowly – slowly – let it feel like it – I need to carve it deep into my bones and soul so it doesn’t happen again.

“Chicksho- Stop. You. Do you think you’re normal right now? Do you think it’s normal to cut and slice people’s limbs without any hesitation?”

“You’re being really annoying. Is it normal to throw healthy people as food to the infected? People who had their brains eaten alive and their intestines ripped out would be really touched if they heard that.”

Boo-boo-geu-seu- There was a sound of flesh being ripped off. The strange sound of flesh being torn. Oh? That’s right. This thing collided with the three-stage pole and the blade was badly damaged.

“Ugh- You idiot. Stop! Stop it. Chik-sho! Stop!”

“Your acting is so realistic. I bet you won’t feel much pain after getting the injection.”

“Is it normal for a living person to be stabbed in the back? Is it normal? You crazy bastard. You are not normal, you idiot! Think about it. Is this normal? Are you crazy?”

“Ah- Okay. I’ll play by myself for now, and I’ll talk nonsense. Are you going to do this leg like you promised? Don’t cry from now on, because we’ll go all the way. Just fight and endure. Got it?”

“Stop… Stop it. I understand. I’ll tell you everything-ah-”

town-

First of all, it’s noisy, so cover your mouth.

“Ugh- My head···, hurts.”

Ah- why does this woman wake up so quickly?

Pak-

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Ms. Kim, who was searching the third floor, tilted her head at a subtle feeling.

Something that wasn’t a Baekjeong, but was definitely similar to a Baekjeong. Like, a young Baekjeong? That’s a bit like that, but a really weak Baekjeong? If you shot it well, it would probably die… A Baekjeong of lower rank, like a Ten-Jeong? It seemed like something like that was flashy.

‘Is the butcher sneaking up and watching?’

At first, I thought so. Something like someone doing a good job and then suddenly popping out from behind. But there was no sign of that happening at the moment, and instead of the hint coming from behind, it kept circling to the side.

‘If he was a Baekjeong, this wouldn’t happen.’

Not a Baekjeong? Then what is this feeling like a ten-jeong? A very faint sensation. A creepy murderous feeling that feels like it’s going to slash. Clang- Ms. Kim pulled out the Glock 17 that she had been using again after her right arm was healed.

‘Cutie. 17.’ How long have you wanted to catch it?

It was sturdy because the magazine was alternately loaded with hollow and armor-piercing bullets. Armor-piercing bullets could easily penetrate anything weak. Hollow for the head, armor-piercing for the body. If you just shoot them in a course up and down, they’ll meow like a cat in heat and then die.

Kim Yang used a hand signal to drive the Charlotte men to one side. Back to the wall. In order to prevent Baekjeong’s specialty of suddenly jumping in from behind and jumping into the center to start a mess, the best way was to keep your back to the wall and focus on the front and left and right.

The old men blocked one side like that and moved forward.

Lower the center of gravity to facilitate quick forward, backward, left, and right rolls.

Kim Yang, with her back lowered, stood in front of the door, her footsteps muffled. Clank clank. A locked laboratory.

‘also.’

Someone locked the door from the inside. The door opens when you insert the master key and turn it.

Click- I kicked the door open with my foot and rolled- I rolled inside the door. If I had been standing with the door open, the blade that would have pierced my head and chest split the air. I fired back in the direction the blade had come from!

Bbae■!

Pp■!

Bang■!

A dull sound different from the Walther P22. The 9mm high-pitched sound that could not be hidden by a silencer filled the laboratory.

‘One shot hit, the other two just grazed?’

Fire three shots and roll around twice before responding to evade, then immediately take a kneeling stance and fire.

Pp■. ■Bam. Ppah!

Roll again, hold the center low and move sideways. Fire.

■Bam. Bbae■. Bbae.

Heuk- Kim Yang didn’t miss the low groan.

There you are!

Tak-k-k-k-k-

It was a Glock 17. I had fired 12 rounds, but there were still 5 left. That was it. Kim Yang turned on the tactical light attached to the Glock 17. The light pierced the dark laboratory in a straight line.

The red blood that touched the light reflected like paint. At the end of the stained bloodstain, a man who had been shot was lying face down.

Bam! Bam!

He put two shots in the man’s head to confirm the kill, and moved on. He put his back against the wall and turned on the switch to light up the lab. He had three rounds left, but he had to reload the magazine. He loaded it-

Okay. One in the chamber, 17 in the magazine. 18 again.

Dadadadak

A man in a white gown ran toward the open door at a tremendous speed. He was definitely not a Baekjeong, but a ten-year-old. Despite the fast running, Ms. Kim calmly kept up the rhythm.

Left foot. Left foot. Left foot – the trigger is pulled.

Quick!

Gyah!

Kkudangtang.

Kim Yang steadily fired hollow-point and armor-piercing bullets into the knees, shoulders, wrists, and ankles of the fallen woman. The woman’s screams turned into sobs, and the sobs turned into pleas.

“So- tell me. You. Why can you run so fast?”

I was curious. The actions, the body, it was just a normal person’s body, but the reaction speed. What was that running movement? How did you do the ten-level movement? How did Baekjeong know about this and tell him to just shoot?

It was Ms. Kim who was looking at the woman squeezing the juice with her bright, sparkling eyes.

“If you don’t tell me quickly, I’ll shoot your ankle too.”

The woman who had been crying loudly took out an ampoule syringe from her pocket.

“You said you took some medicine?”

Ah- Now that I think about it, that’s what happened. People who rush in after taking drugs are a pain in the ass. But this woman is still conscious even after taking drugs. And most importantly, she was shot here and there, but there was less bleeding than expected. Even if the armor-piercing bullets penetrated, if she had been hit by a hollow-point bullet, she would have been in trouble, but her condition was better than expected.

This is a wonderful medicine. Kim Yang carefully examined the ampoule syringe the woman was holding.

“What are the side effects of this? Explain it to me carefully.”

With the woman’s voice in a crawling voice as background music, Ms. Kim searched through the body of the man she had confirmed dead. Oh, the man had an ampoule injection too. Two of them.

“So. Where do you belong?”

Where are you getting these drugs? You’re too ordinary to be a Japanese government agent, and your speech and words smell like ink to be just a regular person. Where are you?

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[Chijik- Yamatski new drug researcher and security guards··· beep···]

“Oh really? I guess we can cross this side and check. Thanks for your hard work.”

[This woman is making strange noises…, needs to be checked… chiik]

“Okay. I’ll check that out first. Is the third floor clear?”

[Chi – 1 killed, 1 captured. 2 total. Completed.]

“Okay. I’m also cleaning up the mess here, so let’s meet up on the third floor once I’m done here.”

[Okay. Beep-]

“You heard? Hey? Come on.”

At Maru’s words, the man suddenly had a seizure.

“Eww! My legs. My legs.”

“So you have to talk properly. If you keep joking and acting, will you continue like this?”

Without waiting for an answer, he raised his sword again. The man who had been convulsing became quiet.

“Good. I wish it had been like that from the beginning. Are you a Yamatsuki Shinyaku security agent?”

“Yeah. That’s right.”

“Is that a drug that increases reaction speed, strength, and stamina, made by Yamazuki Shinyaku?”

“That’s right. It’s made from the New Testament.”

“Is it true that the medicine was made from ingredients extracted from infected people, as the female researcher on the third floor said?”

“I don’t know about that. I don’t know about that.”

As Maru grabbed the knife, the man spoke urgently.

“I really don’t know. But I’ve heard rumors that it is.”

Hoo- You made a medicine using ingredients extracted from mutated infected people. So you’re saying that you just let the mutated virus spread in order to ensure a smooth supply of raw materials? Are you crazy?

“So, was the vaccination like that too?”

“I heard that.”

“Even if the mutant virus spreads, they just leave it alone, and inject the mutant genes under the pretext of vaccination, and use people as embryos, right? Isn’t that right?”

“But they said that was the only way. They said that Japan could survive only by promoting evolution. The political, business, and leadership all judged that promoting and spreading mutations was the only way.”

Who are you talking about? What is this? You’re just thinking of ordinary people as cultures, so who uses the extracted drugs? This is really. You guys are ridiculous.

“Ah- That’s okay for now. Yamatsuki’s new drug. The laboratory in the basement of the Tokyo headquarters. Is it still in good condition?”

Whether they supported it or not, they had to do whatever they wanted and extract as much information as possible from the Yamazaki Pharmaceutical headquarters.

“We lost contact with the Tokyo headquarters for a long time. That’s why we decided to continue our research here at the hospital. The underground lab is designed to withstand natural disasters and nuclear war, so it should be able to survive on its own. We lost contact with the staff who went to Tokyo, so we don’t know their current situation.”

If you go, it means you can go. Besides, from what I’ve heard, it won’t be a waste of time, and although it’s a bit inconvenient that the communication is cut off, there’s no need to communicate anywhere, so let’s go right away. Let’s go right away and get the medicine and recipe, and then leave.

‘But before I go, I need to clean up here a bit.’