"Women can also be knights." Jill gave him an unkind glare—things were already like this, and he still had the mood to joke.
Aiden laughed hee hee, not replying, because he was in too much pain.
With Chris's cover, Jill carrying Aiden smoothly found a safe place. She swept out a flat spot on the ground with her foot, gently laid him down, then began to treat his wounds.
However, Aiden's injury was on his chest—a sharp piece of iron was deeply embedded inside, with only a small part exposed.
Jill immediately frowned. She tried pulling it, but the iron piece didn't budge at all. Aiden broke out in cold sweat from the pain. She had no choice but to tear open the medical kit and stuff hemostatic cotton into his wound, trying her best to slow the bleeding.
But this move nearly took Aiden's life—he groaned in pain, "Can't you give me a shot of painkiller first? Adrenaline works too!"
"Sorry, I don't have the things you mentioned—they're all with the team doctor."
"Then call your team doctor over."
"I don't know where Rebecca is. I really hope she's okay." Jill glanced at Chris, who was still bombing the Tyrant, a trace of worry flashing in her eyes.
Aside from worrying about Rebecca, there was also the missing Enrico.
On Chris's side, the battle was nearing its end. After taking more than ten grenade rounds, the Tyrant was battered and bruised, even moving had become a problem.
With the final grenade accurately hitting its exposed heart, the massive creature could no longer hold out. Letting out a furious roar, it collapsed with a thud.
Chris let out a breath of relief, glad he hadn't wasted the grenade launcher he found on the mansion's second-floor balcony—otherwise, he really wouldn't have dealt with this big guy.
Tossing away the empty grenade launcher, he shouted toward the lab entrance, "Rebecca, get in here! Someone's injured!"
Outside the door, a small head peeked in—it was Rebecca, the youngest in the team and also the medic, cherished by everyone.
Seeing the injured Aiden, Rebecca ran inside. And just after she entered, another person came in from outside the lab—it was Enrico, who had been missing.
Seeing Enrico still alive, Jill's last bit of unease finally vanished. She waved at Enrico, then looked on as Rebecca treated Aiden's wound.
Since Aiden was sweating from the pain, Rebecca first gave him a shot of painkiller, then began examining his wound.
"How is it? Can it be removed?" Jill asked her.
Rebecca frowned slightly, didn't respond, and just pressed around Aiden's wound area. After that, she relaxed her expression, took a pair of tweezers from her medical toolkit, slowly inserted them into Aiden's wound, and pried forcefully—the iron piece popped out.
"You're lucky—it was stuck on your rib." Rebecca said with relief, then took out needle and thread to stitch the wound.
"Professional matters need to be handled by professionals!"
The stitching process was naturally hard to watch—even if Aiden wasn't afraid of blood, he couldn't stand a needle going in and out of his body. He could only speak to distract himself.
"Are you complimenting me?" Rebecca blinked and asked.
"Of course." Aiden wanted to nod for affirmation, but lying down made it impossible, so he had to raise his hand and wave it hard.
"Thanks." Rebecca smiled happily—she really was a pure-hearted girl.
Once Aiden's wound was stitched up, Chris came over carrying Barry and asked Rebecca to check him.
"He just fainted—no injuries." Rebecca checked briefly and told Chris.
Chris nodded, then looked at Aiden, wondering just what his relationship with Jill was. After all, Jill risking her life to save Aiden was too surprising—their relationship was definitely unusual.
Just as he couldn't hold back and was about to ask, the unconscious Barry woke up, so he had to hold off.
Barry's first glance after waking saw Jill standing nearby. A strong sense of guilt made him unable to meet her eyes.
"Sorry, Jill." Barry apologized again.
Jill shook her head, "I've said before—this is all Wesker's fault."
Speaking of Wesker's name, she seemed to suddenly remember something, quickly ran to the spot where Wesker fell, and then said with disbelief, "How is this possible?"
Chris, who followed her, curiously asked, "Jill, what's wrong?"
Jill said with difficulty, "Wesker's body… is gone."
…
Regarding Wesker's body mysteriously disappearing, the remaining S.T.A.R.S. members found it hard to believe—but Aiden wasn't surprised. He knew Wesker had injected himself with the virus given to him by William before they arrived—he hadn't truly died, just revived again.
Only, it was slightly different from the game. In the game, Wesker revived not long after Jill and the others left, but now...
'The plot has changed.' Aiden sighed lightly, no longer overthinking it.
Wesker's missing body didn't trouble them for long, because they had something more important to do… and that was to leave this place.
Since they still couldn't reach the helicopter pilot, Brad, they discussed for a while and decided to first return to the mansion, then walk back to Raccoon City.
On the way back to the mansion, Jill supported Aiden at her side—this was her strong insistence.
Seeing this, Chris gave Aiden another long look.
'There's definitely a story between them.' Thinking that, he whispered to Vice-Captain Enrico, whom he was helping, "What kind of person do you think he is? Or rather, what's his relationship to Jill?"
Enrico shook his head, "I'm not sure—I only know they met just one day ago."
"Just one day?" Chris was surprised and said with some emotion, "I thought they'd known each other for a long time. Look at how Jill's acting—it's hard to imagine she'd be this gentle to a man."
"Yeah, unbelievable." Enrico also sighed.
While chatting, the group had already left the underground lab. During the process, Chris also activated the power room's self-destruct device—to destroy the remaining monsters and prevent the virus from spreading.
[Brad calling Alpha Team—please respond if you hear this.]
Just as they returned to the surface, Jill's walkie-talkie sounded—it was the voice of Alpha Team helicopter pilot Brad.
Hearing the voice, Jill grabbed the walkie-talkie and instinctively wanted to scold Brad for being a coward—but quickly realized this wasn't the right situation, so she frowned and responded.
The following story played out just like in the game—Brad would pilot the helicopter to pick them up on the mansion's rooftop.
…
On the rooftop, Chris fired a flare into the sky, then released a smoke canister to mark the landing spot for the helicopter.
While the group waited, they suddenly felt a violent tremor beneath their feet. Then, the floor of the rooftop exploded with a loud boom, and a massive figure leapt out of the hole.
It was the Tyrant T002—it had revived.
The revived Tyrant looked even more violent. Its body, abnormally red, exuded immense intimidation. It roared at the group in rage, then charged at the nearest one—Chris.
Chris quickly fired at it, but by now, the Tyrant had completed its evolution into a Super Tyrant—its combat ability had risen by a whole level. Normal firearms no longer posed a threat.
The others joined in and opened fire as well, but even Barry's powerful Magnum could only leave shallow marks on its body.
Enduring all their attacks, the Tyrant forcibly reached Chris and slapped at him.
After becoming a Super Tyrant, T002's speed nearly doubled. Before Chris could even dodge, he was sent flying—but worthy of being the strongest male protagonist in the Resident Evil series, he rolled on the ground a few times and got up like nothing happened.
'This is freakin' absurd!' Aiden's eyes widened—he felt Chris was more worthy of study than the Tyrant. But now wasn't the time to think about that, so he shouted, "Don't fight it head-on! Run! Normal weapons are useless now!"
But the rooftop was only so big—where could they run? They could only dodge and weave around the limited space.
Thankfully, Lady Luck hadn't abandoned them—Brad's helicopter arrived just in time.
Though it wasn't equipped with any support weapons, a rocket launcher was thrown down from above—the most powerful weapon approved by the Raccoon City Police Department.
Aiden, quick-eyed and steady-handed, endured his discomfort, picked up the rocket launcher, skillfully unlocked the safety, and took a standard kneeling firing position aimed at the Tyrant.
"Goodbye, baby—hope you're reborn as a Nemesis next life." Aiden muttered, then pulled the trigger.
Boom!
With a loud explosion, the Tyrant was blown to pieces.
This being—even praised by Wesker—ultimately couldn't withstand modern heavy firepower.
"Finally... it's over."
Aiden threw away the rocket launcher and collapsed on the ground. Once the tension faded, overwhelming exhaustion took over.
Just then, a ray of sunlight fell on his face—it was the morning sun. After a night of fighting, they had finally welcomed the dawn.
Jill walked over to Aiden, gently helped him up, letting him lean against her, and together they looked at the rising sun in the distance.
———
As the helicopter slowly lifted off and flew toward Raccoon City, the mansion exploded violently, turning into ruins amidst endless flames.
Inside the cabin, Aiden rested his head on Jill's lap, slowly falling asleep to the sound of the system prompt:
[Resident Evil Series, Main Mission: Mansion Incident Complete]
[Host's participation level: Excellent]
[Notice: Mission 2 – Raccoon City Incident is about to begin. Please prepare accordingly.]
[Due to the host's participation, the Raccoon City incident storyline has altered. Characters from derivative works will appear later. Mansion incident rewards have been issued—please check your system space.]
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