Rust - Chapter 904



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RUST [RUST]-904

It takes about an hour to travel from Seoul to Busan by private airship. Maru carefully looked over the video and data sent by the Korean government.

‘It could be something similar, though.’

If it was indeed the monster that Ms. Kim had seen in the Tokyo sinkhole, it was dangerous. They had clearly ‘eaten’ the two guards that had gone with her.

It had clearly eroded the guards wearing the exosuits. It was a change too foreign to be called an infection. The insides of the two people were changed as if their very essence had been distorted.

If it weren’t for the cool-headed Kim Yang, the damage would have increased in an instant. It was definitely the best decision to give the two people some rest and quickly retreat.

Maru looked back at the video. The digitally zoomed in image felt somewhat suffocating. Maru immediately used the assistant AI to check the AI ​​correction screen in more detail.

The distorted burn marks, oozing pus, and ashen crust-like lumps covering major areas such as the head, chest, arms, and legs were clearly visible.

‘It’s pus that flows out without freezing even at -35 or -40 degrees Celsius.’

It wasn’t normal.

It’s also weird to see her move around so normally with her completely naked body.

‘That’s certain.’

So it was certain.

The bastard had to be the monster that Kim Yang had encountered in the Tokyo sinkhole. At the time, Kim Yang had analyzed them like this.

‘It seems like he’s already dead.’

A strange assessment that the corpse seemed to be moving. The same was true for the eroded guards. I don’t know if they died because they were eroded, or if they died and were eroded…

It might be hard to catch them in the Garden of Death. That’s why Maru brought out Nuclipse. Even if the Garden of Death is powerless, Nuclipse’s space-eating ability should be enough to clear them out.

“Can you catch it?”

To Maru’s questions, Newclips feigned ignorance, saying, “I have no eyes,” “I’m a sword that can’t see anything,” and “I’m just a sword.”

Do you see this?

Maru laughed and moved on. If Newclips doesn’t work properly, it would be a shame and a shame to throw it away to death…

It’s not like I’m going to fight with a sword and a sword every time, and I’m only going to use coaxing and appeasement once or twice. If I did that every time, I could be in trouble when I’m really in danger.

What if even Nuclipse goes on strike when the Garden of Death isn’t working?

When using the Garden of Death, you can’t use equipment including the Ripper Suit and Core Armor. In that situation, Nuclipse says things like ‘I’m Cal.’ and ‘I don’t know.’

In that case, it would be better to feed Nucleus to the Garden of Death and see if Nucleus’s unique space-eating and space-tearing would work on the Garden of Death or not. The sword I’m going to use right now is replaced with a solid straight sword made by putting in a piece of the altar’s shard.

Maru glanced at the dead Nucleus in the scabbard, then turned his head to the monitor. The image showed a Japanese ability user breaking the frozen sea and drowning the monster underwater.

‘If it’s an immortal monster, then doing something like that would just be killing time… Are you saying that since there’s no way to kill it, you’re just going to cut it off for now?’

Or maybe the sea water has some effect on them?

‘I guess I should contact Ms. Kim.’

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After recapturing Mississauga, Canada, Ms. Kim and her nurses immediately moved to Toronto.

It’s not that there were no living people, but their number was very small.

Surviving in a city that has become a hunting ground for various mutant monsters. I guess only the brave ones who can survive even if a bomb explodes are left.

“Ehhhhh? So you’re saying you’re going to start by bombing the crows?”

“Haven’t you heard? How long are you going to evacuate survivors and rescue them?”

If they had just broadcasted the warning all day, that would have been enough. In fact, Ms. Kim thought that they shouldn’t have even done that.

“If the monsters seem to have avoided the warning broadcast, then next time I’ll just bomb them first, so keep your mouth shut.”

“You already have bad feelings with Canadians, so do you really have to go that far?”

The population of the Holy Kingdom was made up of Michigan residents, Canadians, and people brought from Korea.

Originally, the population of the Canadian Federation would have been the largest, but more than half of it fell away due to the Free Canada movement.

Those who remained in the now ruined city were the so-called Free Canadas. They had no political or military power, and were simply people who lived each day avoiding the mutated monsters.

“There are Canadian soldiers among our soldiers. Shouldn’t we at least show some humanitarianism for the sake of those soldiers?”

“So we have to do rescue work? What are you talking about?”

Kim Yang’s blurry eyes stared at the nurse. She saw her own reflection in the nurse’s transparent pupils.

If it were the past, I would have said, ‘Where is the Ilhogi staring with his eyes wide open? I’ll suck the ink out of his eyes. Close your eyes-‘ and wiped away his tears. But now, Ms. Kim had grown up a lot.

“So what did they do when we rescued them? They built a fortress in northern Canada, put our kids and AI in there to build a defense line, and helped them run Canada’s infrastructure when they had nothing left, but what was the result?”

“······.”

“Wasn’t it the commander? But in order to save those who were the commanders, you have to do it regardless of whether our children die or not, regardless of whether they are in danger or not? Are you in your right mind?”

“That’s not it.”

Despite the nurse’s protest, Ms. Kim’s eyes remained gloomy.

“If you do not understand the human beings, the crow and the wolves are.

“No… that’s not it.”

Losing the advantage of a surprise bombing to save the Canadians meant, conversely, that the odds of our own forces being put in danger increased.

But let’s evacuate and rescue those bitches? And those who have been beaten up? What on earth could possibly be in their heads to think that way?

“Then is this the inside or the outside? Have you lost your mind? If you think you’re losing your mind, keep your mouth shut.”

“···Poem. Rescue activities are necessary, even for the sake of faith.”

Faith? Kim Yang’s brow furrowed.

“Old. I heard that what soldiers need is pride.”

If civilians are killed along with soldiers in the name of driving out mutant monsters, can soldiers have pride in their actions?

“Shut up. Think about it.”

The commander-in-chief was Ms. Kim. No matter what the nurses said, she was the one who made the decisions.

“······.”

To be honest, Ms. Kim thought what the nurse was saying was just a joke because she had never had anything like that in her life.

In a world where people kill and die to eat and live, there is no such thing as pride or self-esteem. There are only the living and the dead.

“······.”

But Ms. Kim didn’t answer right away and thought about it.

[His Majesty the King has contacted you. Shall I connect you?]

An assistant AI that notifies the silent Kim Yang that a communication has arrived.

“Connect.”

[Connecting.]

Maru’s voice can be heard right away.

[How’s the situation?]

“It’s okay.”

Kim Yang’s voice became lively as she felt her complicated thoughts clear up as soon as she heard Maru’s voice.

[I know you’ll do well, but don’t push yourself too hard.]

“Okay.”

[When I went to the Tokyo area of ​​Japan last time.]

“huh.”

[You said those monsters seemed to be dead?]

“That’s right. There was no biological response. But why the Tokyo Monster all of a sudden?”

Maru briefly explained the current situation. That is, monsters were following the Japanese refugees who had fled to Busan and were heading that way.

“That’s strange. They stopped chasing me once they got a certain distance away.”

Maru could sense something from Kim Yang’s story. The refugee armed forces bastard. There was something he was hiding. Kim Yang tilted her head as if she had sensed something too.

“If the kids in the sinkhole chased them all the way there, it’s strange. Yeah. Something’s strange.”

[They say that the New Japan Reconstruction Association is a representative of the refugee armed forces. It’s not Kamada, it’s Kadama, it’s Keiichi Kamada.]

“Kadama? Isn’t that the one from back then? The old man who was bullying people in a helicopter at a large Japanese hospital. Uh- That’s what happened.”

The old man who bullied a Japanese member of parliament as a local power broker and was then coolly thrown out by Maru was surnamed Kadama.

He said that he was so powerful that Chairman Charlotte was shocked. Something related to him that he touched something like a sweet potato vine.

huh.

There was a guy with a knife who jumped out and a girl who was swearing at me. They all told me to go.

‘Oh? That’s right.’

It was Ms. Kim who came to mind when I thought of the Charlotte Group.

“That was a secret research institute in Tokyo, Japan. The people who invested there were said to be Kadama and the Charlotte Group.”

[Right? I was a bit hesitant because I was hesitating. Okay. Thank you.]

Kim Yang’s complicated feelings were alleviated by the words of thanks.

“Be careful, those monsters are weird.”

[Okay. You too, work hard.]

Huuuuung-

Kim Yang made a decision, making a subtle snort somewhere.

“Bombing begins.”

“Huh? Huh? Didn’t you say you were going to think about it?”

After hearing Maru’s voice, my mind cleared up and I came to a conclusion. Humans were creatures who repeated the same mistakes. The most certain way to eliminate mistakes was to eliminate people. Without people, there would be no mistakes.

If there’s one thing I’ve felt deeply while working in the company, it’s that living goals always cause trouble. Dead ones don’t have any problems.

“Despite the warnings, no one tried to escape from the city.”

“That. That’s. There are mutant monsters outside.”

“Mutant monsters are scary, but bombings aren’t?”

“Yeah. Still.”

“But what the heck. Surely they won’t bomb? If they don’t go out, they won’t bomb, they’ll just replace the soldiers and rescue them. Isn’t that what they’re thinking as they hold out? You fucking punks. You’re going to die.”

What appeared in Kim Yang’s hazy eyes was ruthlessness.

“Should we rescue those years because of the morale of Canadian soldiers?”

“······.”

It was a funny story.

“Pride is important in the military? That’s a good point. Yeah. I agree. But who said that?”

“······.”

If the Canadian soldiers had truly wanted to help, they would have made their wishes known directly, either through their officers or through a voice box.

Shouldn’t we tell them to let us go? Shouldn’t we tell them to stop bombing for a moment so that we can go into rescue operations first?

But you didn’t do that. If you really wanted to do rescue work, you should have done that. Instead, you moved the nurse and made a fuss?

“So who are you? Who put the wind in you?”

“······.”

“If you’re not going to answer, then shut up.”

Kim Yang’s blurry eyes turned to the bulletin board.

“Crow bombing squad, deploy. Bomb the entire area.”

“······.”

The nurse shut her eyes tightly.

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A white airship arrived over Busan. Huge tents were erected here and there, and the mountain peaks were covered in dull snow.

‘It seems colder than last October?’

It was definitely strange that the temperature was still around -10 to -15 degrees Celsius in late March. It would have been normal if it was inland, but this was Busan, which is on the coast.

‘I think we need to prepare.’

If Busan was like this, the Holy Kingdom had no idea what would happen. It’s not that they didn’t have the technology, and if they had known about the problem, they could have minimized the damage.

Jerk- Jerk-

As I got off the private airship and into Maru Hall, a representative came out to greet me.

“Thank you for coming. My name is Keiichi Kadama, Chairman of the New Japan Reconstruction Association.”

“You guys. What did you do?”

“yes?”

“What did you do in Japan to bring this monster here?”

Kadama Keichi’s secretary and escort were furious at Maru’s direct question.

“Watch what you say.”

“How can a king of a country be this reckless?”

Even though the atmosphere suddenly became tense, Maru didn’t even blink an eye.

“And what about you? I remember Gadama Keichi as a dead man.”

“······.”

■■-Churilyric-■-

The vines of death that stretched out from under Maru’s feet swayed as they drew out their daggers.

“Emergency. Emergency! The Chairman is in danger!”

“Get on standby right away!”

“The communicator is dead!”

“Please take cover behind the chairman.”

As the bodyguard tried to get between Maru and Gaechi, a tentacle wielding a dagger shot out. With a sound of tearing air, the bodyguard was separated into upper and lower body.

WHACK!!!

At the same time that the bodyguards bent over Gadama Keichi’s body and drew their weapons,

■-Churilyric■■—

■■□■-Lyric—

In an instant, the vines of death that had sprung up took over the space.