Rust - Chapter 957



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Rust [RUST] – Episode 957

Naruz, full of the will to Aura-Burning(?), descended upon Zurich.

[descent!]

[Fox Team Drop Complete!]

[In front of the opera house. No one there!]

[There is no sign of life even near Fraumünster!]

[Enter the casino.]

[The casino is empty too!]

What greeted them was an empty city.

The center of the financial industry that has lasted for centuries. The city of gold, which ranks second in physical gold trading volume after the gold market in London, England, was deserted.

[Chick- Drone deployment.]

[Drone search begins.]

[Send a crow search party too.]

Caw-

Kaaaak?

The crows that had been working with Naruzu shook their heads.

[The drone went first? So, if there’s a problem, wouldn’t it be better to focus the search there?]

[Where did you get your hair? It’s an order, so tell them to leave immediately.]

Kaaaaaaah!

Knock!

The crow search party scattered in all directions along with the drones.

Kaaaak! (Go along the lake!)

Caw! Caw! (Big! Lake!)

On one side of the lake was a Chinese garden. The crows showed interest in the Chinese garden that suddenly appeared in a city filled with old European-style buildings.

Caw?

Naruzu raised his voice as he saw half of the crow search party flocking to the Chinese garden.

[I told you to search, what are you doing now?]

Kaaaak!

I told you that I have to search it thoroughly-

No matter how I look at it, it’s suspicious-

Suddenly, Chinese gardens are strange-

The moment the curious crows entered the Chinese garden, the seemingly ordinary grass, vines, and lush tree branches revealed their true colors.

The grass and vines that entangle the legs of crows sitting on the lawn. The dense branches that sweep away crows that startle and flap their wings again as they try to land.

It happened in an instant. Dozens of crows were dragged to the ground and caught in the branches.

The leaves, with their strong adhesive power like a sticky spatula, wrapped themselves tightly around the struggling crow and immediately began to digest it.

In less than 10 seconds, the struggle stopped, and in less than 30 seconds, the bones and feathers were completely melted. The gardener who had eaten the crow turned his blue leaves toward the sky as if nothing had happened.

[Did you see that?]

[······.]

It was a scene you wouldn’t believe if you hadn’t seen it with your own eyes. The crows that had been dragged into the grass and vines had disappeared without leaving a single feather behind.

Naruzu, who entered the main building, reacted immediately.

[Get away from the plants!]

[The plants have mutated!]

[Don’t go near the flower pot!]

[Activate chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear response equipment!]

Naruz’s exclusive core armor has increased output.

While Naruz, who entered the city, responded quickly, Naruz, who was searching around the lake along the road, also began to be attacked by plants.

[It’s not just Chinese gardens!]

[All the plants near the lake are strange!]

Plants that had not responded to the drone’s movements began to respond to the crows and Naruzu’s movements.

[Flamethrower!]

[okay!]

As the flamethrower spewed fire, the green waves that had been rushing towards them began to burn in an instant.

[Request napalm bombing!]

[check!]

A napalm bomb dropped from the airship ignited a huge flame in the writhing bushes. Naruj’s core armor advanced through the blazing flames.

[Check Tango.]

[tango!]

Naruzu dashed into the center of the squid-like, squid-like plant, covered in napalm flames. There, there was a large botanical garden consisting of three domes.

A strange sight, with tree roots and stems poking out from the ground of the botanical garden and spreading out in all directions like blood vessels. It seemed as if monster plants had spread throughout this botanical garden.

[What about the drone?]

[The drone that entered was caught.]

[Uh- It’s a rescue signal from inside.]

[This is the signal used by the mercenary unit.]

At that news, the Naruz who had advanced to the vicinity of the botanical garden, creating a sea of ​​fire, stopped. They looked at each other with solemn expressions and nodded.

Naruzu shared a determined look and made a decision.

[Let’s go.]

They retreated immediately.

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Ms. Kim felt very uncomfortable.

‘What did I do wrong?’

The news she heard was that the mercenaries who had gone to Zurich had fled without even putting up a proper fight. It was a simple operation to find traces of the mercenary group that had disappeared and bring back gold bars, but it had failed.

There was an excuse.

It was said that the mutant plant was coiled up, and that it was a monster that could catch a crow and digest it in an instant.

But to Ms. Kim, that was just an excuse.

Mutant plant? Isn’t it just a weed?

The grass that grows into a ball when fed napalm or herbicide.

If you don’t like napalm, what’s the use of small nuclear grenades?

The mercenary unit’s rescue signal came and said that excessive firepower was dangerous?

They probably knew that too.

All the mercenaries who were taken to the botanical garden or the botanical museum were turned into fertilizer.

When I see that the girls who used to do it suddenly retreat, I guess they must be aiming for something.

It will definitely be like that.

‘Huh, that’s obvious.’

He must have been excited because he wanted to operate like Maru.

huh.

Even if the bitches were like that, Kim Yang was in a really bad mood because of the green-haired girl in the cell.

‘You shot a civilian? Are you crazy?’

“If you’re going to do rescue work, why are you shooting instead of doing rescue work?”

Kim Yang was really upset because Green Soon said something like that. Before becoming a clone, he was careful even when making eye contact, but once he got to know her, his lungs were filled with air and he was saying things he couldn’t say.

‘That guy was frozen for disobeying orders and having a fit of self-indulgence.’

At least she didn’t. She had the authority to respond to the raiders’ attacks, and she was also responsible for holding off the Imperial troops while the raiders dragged in civilians as shields.

Frankly, the Imperial Army was responsible, and she was not.

Who is coming in?

Honestly, there was only one reason why she felt bad.

Let’s say I did something wrong.

Yeah, right.

Then that’s wrong.

Wasn’t that something that could easily happen at an exhibition?

This happened often when I worked at the company.

So I thought Baekjeong would understand. I believed that Maru, who had been through the chaos from Seoul to Busan and Japan, would understand. But he was a vassal.

She felt like a political scapegoat.

The imperial army is at fault

The looters did it

why?

So Ms. Kim requested.

“Zurich, where the Naruz kids are digging. I’ll go and clean it up.”

Send me.

[Please be cautious for the time being.]

Maru, who looked obviously tired, refused Kim Yang’s request.

No. Why?

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empire.

The Boston council, the temporary capital, was in an uproar.

One thing became clear from this incident.

That the Holy Kingdom is not a kingdom of men, by men, for men.

That is why the order from Kim Yang, the second in the power hierarchy, was shocking.

This is something that Israel would have done in the pre-apocalyptic world. Even Israel responded to refugees from an enemy country they had fought for decades.

But what about now?

Isn’t this a situation where you came to help your ally, the Empire?

Are you going to shoot at the looters there, leading the children and women?

How much do you pay for relief supplies and medicine? Why can’t you just fall back or get on that damn airship and take off? But just openly shoot?

The Imperial Diet, broken in many ways, was furious.

It’s also like comparing the lives of ants that were attacked while doing rescue work to the lives of citizens of the empire.

It’s also like shooting at the looters who threaten the rescue team’s position.

“Is the Holy Kingdom still an ally?”

“There wasn’t even a word of apology. They just walked away after committing that massacre!”

“Look at what they did. More than 120 people died.”

“It was an unarmed civilian. I shot him!”

In fact, if you look closely, there were no more than thirty people who died from the shooting. The rest were killed or injured while running away in panic, falling down and getting crushed.

If they had been shot with coilguns or railguns, the main firearms of the Holy Kingdom’s core armor, they would have been pierced in the order they charged, killing thousands, but these were not the council members who would be concerned about such things.

What was important now was that women and children were killed. There were casualties, and half of the casualties were unarmed civilians.

And there was one point that had to be the point of contention above all else: the Holy Kingdom Rescue Force had come at the request of General Dan Brown.

“They came to the Empire because of the Führer’s demands.”

“Yes, it would have been fine if we had just received relief supplies.”

“Who sends a rescue team and sends a fully armed force along with it?”

“It was wrong to ask for ants. What are ants? Ants.”

“It is a request that ignores the citizens’ feelings. Would those who were killed by ants have been able to accept rescue ants?”

“I agree. This is an incident that resulted from the harm caused by arbitrary decisions.”

That was the reason why the members of parliament were raising their voices. They wanted to use this situation to further reduce the powers concentrated in President Dan Brown and increase the powers of the National Assembly in the sea cities.

Dan Brown looked silently at the lawmakers who were raising their voices. Their words were not entirely without merit.

There were certainly citizens who had an aversion to ants, and there were also those who had negative feelings toward the Holy Kingdom.

In fact, there was a desire to secure public order by using the fear of ants, and there was also a purpose to divert public attention without touching the Holy Kingdom through rescue activities.

‘Looking back now, it may have been greed.’

Even if it was his own mistake, the lawmakers and the military were too greedy. What they were after was power in the maritime city.

That was a non-negotiable. If you disperse consistent ruling power in the limited space of a maritime city, the risk is bound to double.

“What would happen if something like this happened in a coastal city?”

“I think it would be better to hold a meeting and decide on matters that could affect safety after gathering opinions from the National Assembly and experts.”

“What has become clear through the earthquake and tsunami is that the mainland is not safe. The only places that can guarantee a minimum level of safety are maritime cities. I believe that appropriate procedures and institutions are needed to operate these maritime cities safely.”

“I agree that we need an agency to take charge of the safety of our maritime cities.”

It was natural, as we had experienced that no matter how hard we tried to rebuild New York or foster future industries centered around Boston, they would all end with one earthquake or one tsunami.

“I think we also need to re-decide on the issue of maritime city immigrants.”

“Yes, the existing immigration conditions are ridiculously unfair.”

The immigration requirements proposed by Dan Brown were high-barrier. High school or college graduates had to have specialized knowledge and skills, and so did military personnel and their families. Those with criminal convictions were excluded, as were those addicted to drugs or alcohol.

Those who post anti-social messages on social media, those who are religious or who are fanatical supporters of certain ideologies, were also excluded from the immigration target.

“All citizens shall not be discriminated against on the grounds of ideology, religion, belief, race, or gender. Do you intend to violate this principle?”

Dan Brown’s leadership is put to the test.

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Maru, who was listening to Dan Brown’s story, asked the main point.

“So?”

[We demand an official apology from the Holy Kingdom. We demand punishment for those responsible for this incident and compensation for the casualties.]

“That can’t be.”

Maru refused Den Brown’s request.

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