Rust - Chapter 942



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RUST -942

Maru looked at Kim Yang awkwardly at the sudden mood drop. If the situation was serious, he would have said something about how serious it was.

“······.”

[It’s true.]

Behind Ms. Kim, who had an innocent and pure expression on her face, the nurse’s face appeared as if the atmosphere was strange.

Gumbug gumbug-

‘Uh- The atmosphere? The atmosphere is strange?’ Miss Kim turned her head as if she sensed something strange and protested as if she didn’t like the nurse’s expression.

[It’s true. The atmosphere is really strange.]

“What’s so strange about this atmosphere?”

[I said I’d clean up the spiders and ants when the weather clears up.]

“······.”

Maru nods his head as if telling me to keep going.

[Our kids have been rolling around for almost two months now, so shouldn’t we let them rest before we start working? Then we should take turns giving them vacations, and we should manage supplies in case it becomes a long-term war, right?]

That wasn’t a wrong statement.

[Managing troops sent to the rear, deciding on supply production, and administrative processing. Wasn’t that what Ki-sun and PD Ajae were doing? They said that they couldn’t leave everything to AI, and that important parts had to be managed by humans, so the two of them were doing the final approval and inspection.]

Maru nodded slightly at Kim Yang’s words. I thought it was just an excuse, but it wasn’t like there was no impure intention at all… But it was still understandable.

[How many months have you two been away? Isn’t the atmosphere strange?]

Certainly. PD Ajae was gathering faith while living with Japanese refugees in Korea, and Ki-sun was practically managing the military while traveling with Maru.

[No matter how okay it is, it’s not good to be away from the main camp for too long. Even if Na Ju-yeon is there, she’ll be so focused on her research that she won’t be able to see anything else.]

Na Ju-yeon was the president, so it’s not that she doesn’t have the ability to manage. She just completely let go of that part while serving as the director of the research institute.

[So shouldn’t the Supreme Dignity come quickly and take control?]

“What’s the center? If something serious goes wrong, Hood will know in advance, so stop overdoing it.”

Kim Yang sighed inwardly at Maru’s calm reaction.

Can’t you just pretend not to know? It’s true that I’ve been away for too long. Huh-

“I know what you’re talking about. I’ll think about it.”

After finishing his communication with Kim Yang, Maru went straight to Gi-sun.

“Whew- The more I learn about this, the more amazing it becomes.”

Although much of the data was lost while occupying the island, the remaining data alone was enough to show their power. There was no area in the world-scale organization that was left untouched.

“Pharmaceutical companies, grain companies, even electricity and water supply companies were all involved.”

“Is that so? I got a call from Ms. Kim. The atmosphere at headquarters is a bit strange.”

At those words, Ki-sun, who had been looking at the data, took her eyes off the monitor.

“Ah- That could be true. Well, I’m not like that, and neither is the PD guy. But I don’t think there’s a situation where a rebellion will break out or anything. Hmm- Is that the kind of atmosphere you’re in?”

The look in Ki-sun’s eyes as she looked at Maru was somewhat meaningful.

“What’s wrong with your eyes? They look so sensitive.”

“No. I think Miss Kim is all grown up now.”

“What the hell are you talking about? How old are you, Miss Kim?”

“Regardless of age, Miss Kim was a bit like that.”

“Stop being a jerk. One of you and the PD guy should go back.”

“That is… ha- That seems a bit difficult.”

PD Ajae was with the Japanese refugees at the moment. It was for the reform of the Holy Church centered around Maru.

“PD uncle needs to stay with the Japanese refugees for the time being.”

Since it was possible to create ‘holy water’ and ‘consecrate’ it with the existing doctrine of the Holy Church, if they could not gain faith through Japanese refugees, they would have to maintain Maru’s ability with a faith centered around animals, especially rats.

Now that it has been revealed that the Garden of Death is not invincible, faith has become an even more important resource. With faith, you can control the Garden of Death, and with faith, you can strengthen your abilities. If you have enough faith, you can compensate for some of Death’s weaknesses.

Besides, the compatibility between PD and Japanese refugees was not bad.

Just as MacArthur was popular in Japan immediately after World War II, PD was also popular among Japanese refugees.

It was also because the PD could create and consecrate holy water, just as the existing Holy Church created and consecrated holy water. It seemed that the fact that the PD was the real power in the Holy Kingdom had a big impact.

“Why is the real power in the Holy Kingdom?”

“I think they thought they could rely on it for their survival and safety.”

Faith is faith, and miracles are miracles, but there was an expectation that Japanese refugees could be entrusted with survival and safety.

These were Japanese refugees who experienced firsthand what it means for nature to threaten human life as it suffered a major disaster.

And it wasn’t just mutant monsters, mutated humans, and cannibals that preyed on survivors of natural disasters.

As the saying goes, the greatest enemy of man is another man, and survivors began to prey on other survivors.

Local governments began to fight over limited resources, and it felt like we were back in the Warring States period.

It was only a matter of time before Japan, which already had subtle regional sentiments and regional characteristics, was torn apart. The collapse of Japan’s security, which had prided itself on having the world’s best security, was also the case.

“Even if I escaped to Korea, I would have felt the same amount of anxiety.”

“······.”

There was an old nuclear power plant nearby that could explode at any moment, and there were many mutated monsters. A life where they negotiated with crows and even exchanged old and sick crows for food.

The Korean government was a cannibal government, and the situation continued where it was impossible to know when it would be driven to the battlefield against it. After that, the Korean cannibal government was overthrown by the King of the Holy Kingdom, but the new Korean government that took power could not have looked kindly on the Japanese refugees who had illegally occupied the territory.

Food conditions were always poor, and life and death were so fleeting that if you were to witness a miracle and have the chance to survive, you would naturally be drawn to it.

“I understand that you said you wouldn’t force faith. But isn’t this not the situation of Japanese refugees? If PD uncle puts in just a little effort, he can gather faith without much difficulty. There’s no need to miss this opportunity.”

It was a good thing for both the Japanese refugees and this side.

“Then you go.”

“It’s a bit like that now.”

Ki-soon refuses, “You go to Detroit.”

“why?”

“I also need some practical command experience.”

Ki-sun thought that there would be more intense battles ahead.

This was the case even in this base attack operation. Two Black Drake-class airships were destroyed, and there were over 200 casualties. The casualties were on a completely different level than when fighting ants or spiders.

Ants and spiders were monsters that could ignore even the most advanced weapon systems, but this battle was completely different in nature.

High explosives exploded in the ship, followed by multiple rocket launchers, mortars, and tanks. The attack was so powerful that it broke the core armor shield, and the battle line collapsed, making it impossible to build makeshift bunkers.

This was because the storage locker that contained the temporary bunker had exploded. Most of the supplies the paratroopers had brought were blown away by the explosion and concentrated artillery fire.

The same goes for directly hitting an airship with a hypersonic missile. That was an attack that ants and spiders couldn’t do.

Even so, if they had had proper war experience, they wouldn’t have lost their airships and paratroopers so easily.

Ki-sun realized that he needed war experience to prepare for the future.

“It’s their stronghold anyway. We can’t just leave it there.”

“······.”

It was dangerous for Maru to attack their bases in Kyushu, Kansai, and Hokkaido alone. Even if they had been prepared from the beginning, it would be difficult to guarantee that they would be able to win with their current strength.

The abilities of the highest-level vampires at the time were also formidable. Long-range attacks, instant amplification, corpse control, clairvoyance, and even blood flames.

If you were going to charge up Death and wipe them out, then it wouldn’t be that hard. If you were going to fight on the condition that you would retrieve their heads and collect the data intact, then it wouldn’t be easy.

Maru also agreed with Gi-sun’s words.

If the guys hadn’t split into three or two, but were all five together, it would have been difficult. We might not have been able to secure even one of their heads.

“···You need practical experience. I won’t stop you.”

“······.”

“But whatever you see in their stronghold, whatever their data contains, I hope it doesn’t waver.”

Maru set a condition because Ki-sun was already having complicated thoughts just from the fact that the fire woman had blown herself up.

It was completely different from thinking of the enemy as someone who could never and should never be compromised, and thinking that the enemy was also human in a sense and therefore there were no eternal enemies or allies.

“Okay… Okay, I understand.”

I agreed because I knew what the conditions on the floor meant.

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The Holy Kingdom completely razed the island.

“What are we going to do with this island? It would be a waste to just destroy it.”

“We need to use it as a trap to catch them.”

“Are you planning to use it once and throw it away?”

“Why? Do you feel sorry?”

Their technical skills were considerable.

They pumped out lava in advance to reduce the pressure of the volcano so that it would not erupt, and used the heat of the active volcano to run a geothermal power plant.

The use of steam and smoke screens served to block aerial reconnaissance, as did ash and dust, and to some extent offset the ash and dust blowing toward the island.

“They were also researching shields. Judging from the data showing that they are currently conducting experiments, it won’t be long before they come out with shields.”

It wasn’t just the shield. The most powerful technology they had was bionics.

“They are actively extracting abilities and weaponizing them using bionics.”

That’s how the ‘choir’ was created.

The test subject was forcibly implanted with psychic and sonic abilities. When the test subject died because he couldn’t endure it, he was revived using his corpse control ability. In effect, he forced the manifestation of his abilities.

As the power of one was weak, several entities were gathered to create a ‘choir’, and when that wasn’t enough, the ability to instantly amplify the power was added.

“There may be a choir or something similar in other strongholds.”

“The paratroopers will have a hard time.”

“No. The landing force must also go. As I said last time, you can’t handle things alone as the king forever.”

The core armor had a psychic countermeasure device. What’s the point of having the device if you don’t fight?

“Now is the chance to attack their strongholds simultaneously.”

They had sent their best forces from each base here to take control of the sinkhole in Tokyo.

As with the Tokyo Sinkhole Operation, the vampires waiting on the island were killed, so a power vacuum was created in the base they commanded.

“Their forces are weak. Wouldn’t it be better to combine our forces and defeat them one by one?”

“If one gets attacked, the other two might go into hiding. Otherwise, they’d probably realize that the highest-ranking vampire here is dead because their dominance has been lost.”

Now was a good time to launch a simultaneous attack operation, and Ki-sun insisted on striking three locations at the same time.

“I will take Kyushu, the King will take the Kansai region, Kyoto and Osaka, and in Hokkaido, we will divide the forces into groups, focusing on the armored corps, and strike simultaneously.”

Thus began an operation to simultaneously attack enemy strongholds.

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Commander-in-Chief Kim Yang, who was leading the operation to recapture Canada, was depressed.

This depression was all Baekjeong’s fault. He said he would come back soon and give me a vacation, but he didn’t come soon and didn’t give me a vacation.

The bitter cold that had dropped to minus 20 degrees Celsius began to rise to minus 5 and 7 degrees Celsius, and the daytime high temperature began to rise above zero.

Spring has come.

Before we could even rest, war came.

‘Should I say full stomach?’

If Baekjeong gets angry, he’ll really get angry, right?

I hope ants and spiders don’t come.

I really hope it never comes.

Just don’t let it come until summer.

Please.

Ms. Kim even prayed, something she had never done before.

[A colony of ants has been discovered in northern Quebec.]

[Ant swarm moving towards Quebec.]

[Ant swarm discovered north of Ottawa.]

[Ants are advancing towards Ottawa.]

Kim Yang’s eyes, which had been praying, became blurry.