Baby Rose's eyes widened abruptly after hearing Dante's voice.
Her eyes were filled with disbelief.
She could have directly taken over this body!
She had already pulled off a grand deception!
Why!?
This man... why did he discover her?
Dante looked at her expression, the smile on his lips growing wider.
This matter actually had clues.
Initially, Mia, as Evelyn's caretaker, was long exposed to Evelyn's E-Mold and became infected.
And after Ethan's death, it was also due to the E-Mold spread by Evelyn that he transformed into a humanoid Mold Beast.
It is also known that E-Mold is connected to the Mold Master, which is the black god consciousness.
Therefore, the child born to Mia and Ethan was a vessel with perfect Mold adaptability, and within this vessel, there had always been two consciousnesses.
One was Rose, the daughter of Ethan and Mia.
And the other was Evelyn.
Evelyn must have wanted to seize the opportunity to devour or kill Rose's consciousness, thereby truly occupying this body.
In her opinion, this Federal Bureau of Investigation Agent in front of her must have come to stop her!
However, in reality, Dante was actually trying to give her a chance to live.
Because from the Resident Evil 8 DLC content, Dante knew that Evelyn was instead the one who was completely consumed by Rose.
After all, Evelyn was a defective product, while Rose was perfect.
And now, the black god consciousness had already established a connection with Rose through Dante and Rose's contact.
Now, he didn't need to speak, he could communicate with Evelyn and Rose just by consciousness.
"Evelyn, I am giving you a chance."
"Wait... No! How do you possess the black god consciousness! This clearly belongs to the Mold Master..."
"It clearly belongs exclusively to the Mold Master, doesn't it?" Dante's expression remained unchanged as he continued to converse with Evelyn in his consciousness. "You have been dead for three years, and in these three years, many things have happened that you cannot possibly comprehend."
...So?
"So come out of Rose's body. A defective product cannot contend with Rose, the most perfect E-Mold vessel. The black god consciousness is your destination."
Dante wasn't particularly keen on sparing Evelyn's life.
He did this, firstly, to spare Ethan's family, who had suffered so much, from further tribulations.
Secondly, the black god consciousness was a bit too empty.
It wouldn't be bad to find an old employee of the Mold Master to manage it...
"No! I don't want to enter the black god consciousness! That's essentially being assimilated! I don't want to!"
"What nonsense are you spouting? Assimilation and absorption are characteristics of the Mold Master, not of the black god consciousness." Dante made a face at Rose. "If you're uncultured, ask me, don't just open your mouth and spout nonsense."
...Motherf*cker!
A phrase extremely familiar to Dante entered his ears, and then he felt a tremor in the black god consciousness.
He knew that Evelyn had still chosen to enter it.
After all, she was a clone artificially created from a young age, treated only as a tool and an experimental subject, with no education or culture.
Born under such circumstances, Evelyn, though dangerous, was unlikely to be intelligent.
The difficulty was comparable to tricking the Hulk.
And the moment Evelyn left, Rose's nascent consciousness completely took over, and those infant eyes once again became pure and flawless.
"What a good child."
Having achieved his goal, Dante naturally had no need to continue holding someone else's daughter.
Placing Rose back on Mia's bed, Dante didn't intend to leave. Instead, he smiled and asked Ethan:
"Ethan, and Mia, are you interested in joining the Federal Bureau of Investigation?"
"I'm sorry..."
"Don't be so quick to refuse."
Dante saw their expressions change instantly and knew that this couple was somewhat sensitive to such topics.
After all, Mia was originally an Agent of the biochemical terrorist organization "The Connections," and her mission was to supervise Evelyn.
And this identity had previously been concealed from Ethan.
It was only after the Resident Evil 7 plot ended, when the BSAA placed them in protective isolation, that Mia told Ethan.
Although it was in the past, it still caused a small prick between the couple.
Now that Dante proposed for them to join the Federal Bureau of Investigation, it naturally caused the deliberately forgotten prick to ache again.
"You should know that although you haven't been infected and mutated, you have indeed gained some unusual powers due to the E-Mold..." Dante pointed to little Rose, who was blinking her eyes. "And Rose has perfectly inherited all of this. Don't forget, she is the 'perfect vessel' that Mother Miranda spoke of."
Ethan and Mia glanced at their daughter, then looked at each other.
From each other's eyes, they both saw the word "wavering."
"Although Spencer and Mother Miranda are dead, it's hard to say which corner of the world might still have remnants of biochemical terrorists. After all, they are like unsightly small advertisements, completely eradicating them is almost impossible."
Dante's final words truly resonated with Ethan and his wife.
There might still be biochemical remnants, and if they found them, it would be another big problem.
At least the Federal Bureau of Investigation could completely relieve them of this worry.
"Of course, these are all excuses, because I saw the 'talent' in Rose, which is why I want to keep Rose in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's sight by recruiting you two. I guarantee with my life that I will protect this little one." Dante smiled. "If you think I'm trying to trick you, I can become little Rose's godfather..."
Ethan's face suddenly changed.
The true motive is revealed, you scoundrel!
So he was coveting his daughter all along!
But Mia, on the other hand, happily agreed to Dante directly.
"As our savior, Agent Dante, you are absolutely worthy of the title of godfather."
Dante smiled and nodded, indicating his agreement.
At this moment, a series of exclamations, some loud, some soft, came from outside the door.
Then, the sound of the door lock turning was heard.
The door swung open, and a woman in a dark green combat suit walked in.
"My Queen, what are you hiding here for? Why didn't you come to me if there was a mission? You know I just went to educate my two younger brothers, and I could come back at any time."
The newcomer was none other than Hela, Goddess of Death, who had already been crowned Lord of Midgard in Asgard.
And as soon as she entered, she immediately frowned.
"Why do you have this thing on you? Luckily it's cleaned up, otherwise I wouldn't want to touch you for at least a hundred years."
Dante was stunned and immediately understood that she was referring to the black god consciousness.
After all, the black god consciousness was something related to the soul, which happened to fall within her professional domain as the Death Goddess.
"Wait..."
Hela suddenly grabbed Dante's collar with one hand, pressed him against the wall, and lowered her head to sniff him carefully.
"You... why do you still smell of another soul!?
You cheated!"
(To be continued.)
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