No matter how beautiful Aiden's thoughts were, the two of them still had important things to do.
After passing through the street with the broken barricade, they rushed toward Raccoon City Police Department.
However, because most intersections had blockades, their journey wasn't smooth, and they spent more time taking detours.
And because of those detours, plus the fact that most of Raccoon City's streets were damaged, they found themselves seemingly lost.
Finally, near an apartment building, Aiden and Ada stopped. They planned to find a place to rest for a while and replan their route.
But before they could find a safe room, they heard inhuman roars coming from inside the nearby apartment.
Not wanting more trouble, Aiden complained, "Seriously, can't I just have a proper rest?"
Then he nudged Ada, who was showing both vigilance and curiosity toward the sound's source, urging her to leave quickly.
But before they could move, the safety door on the fire escape outside the apartment wall was suddenly kicked open, making a loud bang.
Hearing the sound, the two instinctively looked over and saw, at the top floor of the apartment, a woman running down along the fire escape on the outer wall.
Aiden always had sharp eyes. Seeing the woman, he was pleasantly surprised. Wasn't that Jill, the one he was looking for?
"Jill." Aiden ran to the bottom of the stairs, waving his hands and shouting.
Jill was very familiar with Aiden's voice. She was first delighted, then immediately remembered the monster chasing her and anxiously shouted, "Aiden, run! Something's chasing me!"
As if to confirm her words, right after she spoke, a loud roar came from behind her, and the door she just passed was blown into pieces—frame and all—by a huge force.
A terrifying-looking monster walked out. This monster was also tall and wore a special coat. Though it was shorter than the Tyrant, Aiden knew this guy was harder to deal with.
It was a Nemesis, a BOW product developed from the Tyrant model, except that it had a special parasite inside, which gave it more varied attack methods.
Jill noticed the noise behind her and anxiously sped up her descent, but upon reaching the third floor, she found that the fire escape on the second floor had been destroyed, filling her with despair.
"Jill, jump down!" Aiden had already noticed the broken fire escape. He opened his arms and shouted up at Jill.
Jill hesitated. She knew well the consequences of jumping from that height and what impact the person catching her would suffer.
"No, Aiden, you go first. I'll find another way." Jill shook her head at Aiden and turned to open the third floor's safety door.
But because residents had locked all the doors from the inside to defend against zombie attacks, she couldn't open it from the outside.
At that moment, Ada suddenly fired her gun. Nemesis had reached the seventh floor.
But that would only temporarily slow it down. It was only a matter of time before it caught up to Jill.
Aiden shouted again, "Jill, hurry! Jump! Don't hesitate!"
Jill looked behind her and finally stopped hesitating. She climbed over the railing of the fire escape, but instead of jumping toward Aiden, she chose an empty spot.
However, due to the damage on the second-floor fire escape, the third-floor one wasn't stable. Right after she climbed over, the railing she grabbed suddenly broke. With a scream, Jill fell straight down.
Aiden had been watching her the whole time. Just before she hit the ground, he dove forward and caught her in his arms.
At the moment he caught Jill, Aiden clearly felt a huge impact. He instinctively turned his body, leaned back, and let his strong back hit the ground first, then started rolling to release the force.
After rolling seven or eight times, Aiden stopped, because he hit a pair of long legs. At this moment, the owner of those legs was looking at him expressionlessly.
Since the Nemesis was still coming, Aiden had no time to explain to Ada why he did what he did. He released Jill, helped her up, and then quickly got up himself, urging both women who were about to check his condition to leave.
By then, Nemesis had reached the fourth floor. Seeing the fleeing trio, it also jumped down, but after losing its high vantage point, it couldn't see them anymore.
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In fact, the three hadn't run far. After confirming Nemesis wasn't following, they stopped after crossing only two streets.
Of course, another reason was that Jill was worried about Aiden's condition and had to find a place to check him.
Ada naturally had no objections. She was also a bit worried, though unlike Jill, she didn't show it and remained calm as always.
They randomly picked a private clinic on the roadside. Jill kicked the door open without hesitation, then shot the doctor-turned-zombie inside, and shoved Aiden onto the sofa despite his strong protests, beginning to strip his upper clothes.
Realizing he couldn't resist Jill, Aiden let her do as she wished while giving a bitter smile to the coldly observing Ada.
In return, Ada gave him a cold laugh.
Soon, Jill finished checking Aiden's entire body and concluded that he really wasn't hurt. His body was still ridiculously strong.
Only then did Jill slowly calm down. Then she remembered there was another woman in the room besides Aiden.
Seeing Jill's embarrassed expression, Ada shrugged and said, "Glad you remembered I exist. Honestly, that whole scene was so cheesy, I felt like I was watching an 8 PM soap opera."
That made Jill even more embarrassed. She looked at Aiden, then at Ada, then reached out her hand, "Thanks for the firepower support just now. I'm Jill Valentine."
"Ada Wong." Ada briefly shook her hand and then quickly pulled it back.
Thankfully, Jill didn't mind the impolite gesture. She began telling Aiden about her recent experiences.
Basically, it was the same as the original story. She had been staying up late in the apartment writing reports, then got a call from Brad, and finally got chased by Nemesis.
The only difference was that Aiden and Ada happened to show up, so there was no mention of UBCS members like Carlos in Jill's version.
Aiden didn't mind that either. Without Carlos and the others, there'd be less trouble. Though only a little less, because bigger trouble was still ahead.
However, before solving their current problems, a new one appeared.
Jill and Ada had a disagreement.
To be precise, a disagreement about where to go.
After resting for a while in the private clinic, Jill suggested they go look for Brad, her only S.T.A.R.S teammate in Raccoon City.
But Ada insisted she had to go to the Raccoon City Police Department.
So, the two who disagreed both looked at Aiden, hoping he'd make the decision.
"This…" Aiden scratched his head, troubled.
Facing the gazes of two women, he suddenly felt an indescribable headache. He'd rather face Nemesis alone than make a choice that would definitely upset one of them.
After frowning and thinking for a bit, Aiden ultimately chose to help Jill find Brad first. He planned to get Jill and Brad out of Raccoon City, then return to help Ada.
"Ada, sorry, I need to help…" Aiden said awkwardly.
Ada wasn't surprised at all. Clearly, she knew Aiden was closer to Jill, so before he could finish, she interrupted, "I understand. No need to explain."
Then she added, "Wish you both a safe journey."
After speaking, Ada turned around and walked toward the clinic door without looking back.
"Wait a second." At that moment, Jill called out to Ada.
Ada stopped, didn't turn back, and asked, "Something else?"
"Why don't we go together? Brad said he saw a rescue helicopter. We can leave using that," Jill said.
Ada turned around, looked at Aiden with a complicated expression, and shook her head, "Sorry, I have something I must do. I need to find someone, that person is my boyfriend."
Jill was stunned, then looked at Aiden, using her eyes to signal him to stop the woman who had helped them.
Aiden thought for a moment, walked up to Ada, but instead of persuading her, he handed her some ammo and said softly,
"Don't worry, Ada. Once I get them out, I'll come find you."
These words made Ada's heart tremble. She nodded imperceptibly and said, "Pay attention to your earpiece."
After that, she left the clinic.
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