Rust - Chapter 92



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RUST-92

The helicopter was plunged into silence.

Mr. Kim also stiffened for a moment in surprise and his eyes widened.

‘Tsunamis are fucking shit.’ Maru said leisurely, his low monologue behind him.

“If I pick that, will I die with the boss?”

The swaying shadow froze.

[Chijik- Ji… What is it now? The sound just now.]

“Oh, it’s nothing, so don’t worry about it.”

The helicopter pilot looked back and was shocked.

[What do you mean, don’t worry about it? Where is the boss…? No way…]

“What do you mean by no way?”

A voice with suppressed anger came from the shadows.

“What are you doing now?”

“warning.”

Kim Yang, who had been stiff for a moment, glanced at the floor with an expression that said, “As expected of Baekjeong,” “He doesn’t hesitate.” Then she looked at the orange vest swinging on the black sea below.

“Are you crazy···?”

“Don’t worry, I’m not crazy. If I had intended to kill you, I wouldn’t have done this, so take your eyes off me. Sir, do you know where the Yamazuki Pharmaceutical headquarters is?”

[······.]

“There is no answer.”

Kim Yang unconsciously grabbed Maru’s pants. “Hold on tight.” “You can’t go crazy here.” Maru tilted his head from side to side, whether he noticed her desperate gaze or not.

“Only the president knows how to enter the secret laboratory.”

“know.”

“What are you doing, knowing this?”

“Be quiet. I know. Or do you want to get off now?”

“······.”

“When people speak nicely, let’s listen to them.”

“······.”

“I won’t warn you again. Okay?”

“If you don’t want to rest your head in your hands, just do what you promised, as planned, without thinking about it, as you decided. Got it? Don’t push yourself.”

“······.”

“answer?”

“···Okay, I understand.”

“Okay. Do you believe me? Sir, lower the helicopter’s altitude. It’s dangerous if we don’t go down quickly, so hurry up.”

The helicopter lowered its altitude. Fluorescent life jackets floating on the black sea came into view.

“Should I take that off and go down on this to rescue him? Shouldn’t I rescue that guy?”

A head popped out of the swaying space. A face full of resentment. The small face had turned red. Maru absentmindedly held out the triangular belt attached to the hoist cable. The bodyguard who had taken off his optical cloaking robe grabbed the triangular belt with a snap.

“I’ll lower it for you, so hold on tight. Sir, do you see the orange vest below? I’ll pull it up, so keep lowering it as much as you can.”

[Chijik······]

As the helicopter moved into position, Maru moved the hoist and lowered the guard down.

“Miss Kim.”

Miss Kim was startled by the sudden voice calling her name.

“Take this. I’ll teach you how to use it later.”

The bodyguard took off his optical concealment equipment and kicked it towards Kim Yang. ‘Is this okay? It’s blatant shushing?’

“It’s okay. It’s okay. I saved your life, so you deserve something like this.”

No way, you threw the president at him with this in mind? If you were to kill him and take it, it would be ruined? Is that really so? Kim Yang’s eyes widened.

The bodyguard waved his hand, saying that he had caught the president from below. Wheeing- The president and the bodyguard came up with a low motor sound. Cough-cough- The president coughed, and a little blood was coming out of his mouth. I thought he had fainted, but he was more vicious than I thought. After catching his breath for a while, the president opened his mouth.

“···Why?”

“The boss insulted me. This is a warning to him.”

What is this? The helicopter became quiet again. Are you really crazy? Are you infected? Is there something wrong with your brain? The president, the bodyguard, and Ms. Kim looked at each other. Whatever. Maru urged the helicopter pilot.

“Sir, let’s go to Tokyo.”

[Chijik······.]

The helicopter pilot turned his head and looked at the president. He didn’t know what he would do if he didn’t go. When the president nodded, the helicopter began to fly toward Tokyo.

“···So, what did I offend you about?”

“Don’t bother me. Do I look like a fool? Just do what you said you would do, so why do you keep trying to check my liver? I told the bodyguard earlier, but I won’t warn you again. We just do what we said we would do, give and take what we have to give. Okay? Let’s not risk our lives for nothing.”

Cackle- The boss who had been biting his fingernails coughed again. A low, resonating cough.

“Sir, instead of Yamazuki Shinyaku, shouldn’t we go to Takaichi Pharmaceuticals first? Do you know where it is?”

‘What should I do? I think I might need some medicine, even though I didn’t mean to.’

Maru spoke to the pilot in a tone that indicated he was very worried.

[··· Changes direction to Chijik- Takaichi Pharmaceutical Headquarters.]

Maru nodded.

Kim Yang: Could this really be all Baekjeong’s plan? He said he was sorry about Gi-sun and the cure, but really? It seems like the Baekjeong I knew wasn’t like that.

With that face, he stuffed the optical concealment equipment into his bag, and then his eyes met the bodyguard’s. His hands, which were stuffing it in, slowed down, feeling embarrassed as if he had been caught stealing something.

“Uh. This is all, uh, so.”

“Ah- I said it’s okay. Are you okay?”

What if it’s not okay? Maru squinted at the bodyguard. The bodyguard, who had been staring at him for a moment, turned his head.

“See, it’s okay.”

“Oh. I don’t think that means it’s okay,” thought Ms. Kim, as she quickly stuffed her stealth equipment into her bag.

To be honest, it was an item I really wanted. Isn’t it the dream of a stealth and sniper combination gunman?

Even if I glanced at the bodyguard, or thought of what was in the bag and felt proud, or saw the butcher and thought, ‘Why is this butcher acting like this all of a sudden?’ I had to control my expression so much that I almost felt like a mouse was crawling on my face.

Cough, cough, cough. A low coughing sound was heard.

“How long does it take? I think it would be best to go as fast as possible.”

[Beep- We are going at top cruising speed. It will take about 35 to 40 minutes to reach Takaichi Pharmaceutical Headquarters.]

To avoid any possible danger, we moved at a higher altitude.

The president’s coughing became a bit more frequent as he gained altitude. It seemed that the shock from the fall was greater than expected. Fortunately, if he had landed horizontally, he would have suffered a ruptured internal organ, but he seemed to have avoided a fatal injury.

“Kolok- So, why are the hospital director and the people like that? Kolok-”

“You must not speak.”

The bodyguard told him to stop struggling and rest, but the boss opened his eyes wide as if he was waiting for Maru’s answer.

‘Doesn’t the president know what happened at that hospital?’

I thought that might be the case. Communications were cut off and transportation was virtually cut off. It might have been the hospital director and the research team’s arbitrary decision.

Maru calmly explained the incident where he made the hospital a safe zone, the incident where the mutation of the infected was revealed, and the crazy incident that occurred on the first floor of the hospital where he was going to use it for research. After hearing the whole story, the president closed his eyes for a moment.

How long had it been? The president, who had finished thinking, opened his eyes and looked at Maru with a strange expression. It was an expression that seemed to indicate that he understood, but it was also a look that seemed to be looking at a slightly strange person. Maru, who did not want to hear what the president had to say, avoided the president’s gaze and looked out the window at the dark city.

‘This is near Tokyo?’

The land that should have been filled with lights was shrouded in pitch darkness. The occasional light was mostly the light of buildings burning in the fire. It was strange that the electricity hadn’t been restored, and it was also strange that people weren’t turning on the lights.

‘It’s not like it was a blackout, but did the electromagnetic field explosion have any effect here?’

Then the range of explosion is a bit strange?

The dark city seemed as if it had been plunged into the apocalypse.

[After a while, we arrive at the sky near the Takaichi Pharmaceutical headquarters.]

Maru held the handle of the knife quietly. The uneasy feeling subsided a little.

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Takaichi Pharmaceutical’s headquarters was located near the port, a little outside of central Tokyo.

The surrounding area was devastated by the tsunami and earthquake, making it difficult to find a place to land. The Takaichi Pharmaceutical headquarters building was in danger of collapse just by looking at it from the outside, and so were the tall buildings nearby.

“Land the helicopter on the nearest building and move. Is there a low-rise building with a sturdy structure nearby?”

The helicopter lowered its altitude and looked around.

“Over there. Right. Let’s land on the roof of the 3-story mart building. Is that possible?”

[It is possible. It looks like the water is not draining because the ground is low. Is that okay?]

“It doesn’t matter. After you get off, go to a tall building nearby. I’ll contact you when I’m done.”

[Chi- Okay, I understand.]

There was a possibility that people would gather around to see the building they were looking for to land on. The helicopter should have gone somewhere else.

It was better to move while the water from the tsunami had not yet completely receded. If you wanted to avoid running into people who had run away to escape the tsunami, it was better to move now while the water had not completely receded.

Cool-

Huh-

The bodyguard carried the president, but he was getting slower and slower. It took more than 10 minutes to walk just 100 meters. Maru didn’t carry the president or help the bodyguard. The feeling of unease was getting stronger.

“Where do we go from here?”

The intersection where the Takaichi Pharmaceutical headquarters building is right in front of you. The president nodded his head with difficulty. The security guard who noticed this helped the president into the small building facing Takaichi Pharmaceutical.

From the outside, it looked like a narrow and long building, but inside, behind the information desk, there was a wide staircase and elevator. The middle of the staircase was completely blocked by a wall and was filled with deep water, and the elevator seemed uncertain about its operation as the water was ankle-deep.

“Coolook- with this-”

The president took off the necklace he was wearing and gave it to the bodyguard. I thought it was a pendant, but it turned out to be some kind of key. When the bodyguard pressed the button on one side of the wall where the elevator was, a keypad popped out. The bodyguard quickly entered the 16-digit password, as if the president had told him in advance. After a while, the keyhole opened with a low sound.

Crunch.

As soon as the guard turned the key, the water that had not yet drained rushed into the open elevator. The guard seemed to be in a hurry, so he used the key to control the elevator as soon as he got in.

WHING WHING

It felt like riding a coal mine elevator going deeper and deeper underground. The further underground you go, the dirtier it gets, that feeling I can only describe as.

‘I feel really bad.’

Maru’s nerves were on edge, feeling different from when a major earthquake or tsunami had struck. Kim Yang, who had been looking around the large elevator, took out an optical cloaking robe from her bag and waved it in front of Maru.

Kim Yang, shaking her optical cover robe vigorously. She looked like she was wearing a gas mask, not sure when she took it out.

“Ah- I told you I’d show you how to use this. If you look about halfway inside, there’s a control panel. Right there. Since it’s a curved panel, that part might look a little odd when viewed from the outside. Make sure it’s facing downwards or toward the shadows as much as possible, and be careful when moving it because the back is obviously covered by the camera.”

“Okay.”

Kim Yang stretched out her arms to make a thumbs-up gesture, then lowered them and turned over her optical cloak. Soon, the shadows near the floor began to ripple. Kim Yang was definitely quick to adapt to this kind of thing.

“Something feels dirty, so prepare yourself well. When I say ‘Seom,’ I’ll throw a flash grenade. When I say ‘Choe,’ I’ll drop a tear gas grenade.”

“A grenade? A hand grenade?”

“Should we detonate a grenade here?”

“Ah-?! That was a mistake.”

The elevator, which had descended into the basement, opened its doors with a low metallic sound without any announcement that the doors were opening. Contrary to what I had expected to be bright and airy like in the movies, a dark tunnel with red emergency lights on unfolded before me.

after-

It seemed like something was floating in the air, mixed with the red emergency light.

“Boss. Boss!”

Everyone was here, but the president seemed to be losing consciousness. Did he relax now that he was here? His eyes were definitely slowly opening, and he looked like he was losing consciousness.

The president’s lips twitched. The bodyguard glared at Maru once and carried the president. The small bodyguard carried the president, who was half a head taller than him, and went ahead.

‘Over there.’

Maru sent a signal to Kim Yang. The shadow that had been swaying near Maru seeped into one side of the hallway. As they turned into an L-shaped tunnel that seemed to be about 6~7m wide, a large door like a round vault door appeared.

After the security guard entered the password and inserted the key, and scanned the president’s palm and eyes, the lock was released with a motor sound.

“Wait a minute. Wasn’t there always a security guard here?”

The moment Maru, who had been guarding the surroundings, called the bodyguard, the thick door opened with a metallic creaking sound.

Rattling.

Inside the wide open round door was pitch black darkness.

Sasa sasa

Square square

A rustling sound came from the deep darkness beyond.

“Fuck. Water!”