Listening to Javier, Catherine, who was beside him, also nodded awkwardly, because she had indeed heard from her father that the United States Government allowed the Umbrella Corporation to establish an Institute underground in Raccoon City, but it did not specify what was being researched.
However, for the sake of money, Mayor Mike Warren still couldn't resist the temptation and agreed.
Seeing that Catherine didn't try to argue, Leon and Claire both helplessly massaged their foreheads.
Good heavens... It seemed they had thought too simply. They didn't expect the movie was not really fictional.
Art comes from life, and movies come from reality.
Just in terms of bribery, the Umbrella Corporation could really deceive everyone, and it was still with the simplest and most versatile "money"!
"Alright, you don't need to invite us now,"
"No matter what danger is in the underground Institute, we will go down and investigate.
The United States Government can be corrupt to such an extent; if we don't solve it ourselves, I'm afraid this tumor will continue to exist."
Waving their hands, Leon and Claire immediately changed their mood from before and became full of fighting spirit.
There was nothing they could do... Before, they were forced to be invited, but now it was different... Facing such a terrible situation, the highly righteous Leon and Claire were ready to act on behalf of justice.
And so,
After organizing their equipment,
The group of five walked towards the Raccoon City Police Department's prison.
Unlike other police departments, the Raccoon City Police Department had its own prison, and it was not an ordinary prison.
It was not a simple cell for temporary detention for a few nights.
Instead, it had hundreds of cells, some even located in the basement, which could easily hold hundreds or even up to a thousand criminals.
The plan to build a separate prison within the Raccoon City Police Department was personally proposed by Chief Brian.
His excuse was that for the overall appearance of Raccoon City, they needed to detain more homeless people and prevent them from causing trouble on the streets.
Initially, when these homeless people were imprisoned, Chief Brian did provide them with three meals a day and even time for outdoor activities.
The homeless people thought they had entered a welfare home because the treatment was so good.
However, as time passed, batch after batch of homeless people were imprisoned but then disappeared from the prison, never filling it up.
It was then that these homeless people gradually realized something was wrong.
It turned out that these homeless people were secretly escorted by Chief Brian through a passage to William and his wife at the Umbrella Corporation's underground G Virus Research Institute to serve as experimental subjects.
Therefore,
Javier knew very well that there was a secret passage in the prison leading to the Institute.
"Thump, thump, thump…"
"Thump, thump, thump…"
Soon,
Javier and the other four arrived at the Raccoon City Police Department's prison.
However, to Javier and the others' surprise, there was still a man imprisoned in the cell at this moment, but unfortunately... he was already dead.
His clothes were very clean, and he was dressed very fashionably: black-rimmed glasses, gray-white long ponytail, beige jacket, skinny jeans, and leather shoes.
A card hung around his neck, and it looked like he was a reporter.
After all, most reporters and paparazzi dress like this, and it's unclear why.
However... his head had been crushed, leaving only a blurred face, and his entire body was soaked in brain matter and blood.
His death was extremely gruesome.
The prison wall behind him had a large hole, as if some terrifying creature had punched through the wall and then crushed his head with a single blow.
After all, there was no gunshot wound on his head; he was not killed by a high-caliber bullet to the head, but simply crushed and exploded by immense force.
This situation
led Javier to initially guess it was the work of a Tyrant.
After all, at this stage, the most suitable monster that could punch through a wall and crush a head with one blow was currently only a Tyrant, and it was the latest T-103 Tyrant developed by the Umbrella Corporation for mass production.
However,
When Catherine saw the dead body in the cell, she covered her mouth in disbelief.
Catherine had seen the body in the cell before; it was Ben Bertolucci, a famous news reporter from Raccoon City, who had planned to go on a date with her a few days ago.
He was a prominent figure in Raccoon City's media industry, often attracting the attention of countless media and citizens with various explosive news stories.
His revelations often made it to the front page of newspapers.
Unfortunately, this time he ran into trouble, targeting the Umbrella Corporation for a scoop, and was arrested by the vigilant fat pig, Chief Brian, and finally silenced by a T-103 Tyrant.
"He was alive and well a few days ago,"
"I didn't expect him to be dead now...?"
Looking at the terribly gruesome corpse of reporter Ben Bertolucci on the ground, Catherine didn't know what to say.
He was one of her suitors.
Originally, as the Mayor's daughter, Catherine didn't think much of a reporter who specialized in exposing others' dark secrets.
But Mayor Mike Warren felt that Ben Bertolucci might have found some dirt on him accepting bribes from the Umbrella Corporation, so he intended to have his daughter Catherine sound him out.
He didn't expect him to die just one day later!
Chapter Twelve: The Beautiful Figure
"You know him...?"
Looking at the gruesome corpse in the cell, Javier asked with some doubt.
After all, in Javier's impression, he didn't remember this glasses-wearing man whose head was crushed being any important character.
"Yes, I've met him a few times…"
"My dad wanted me to try dating him because he's a famous news reporter in Raccoon City and has a lot of scandalous news.
Recently, he's been tracking the Umbrella Corporation, so my dad was afraid he might have some evidence of the Umbrella Corporation bribing him.
That's why he wanted me to try dating him to see if I could get any useful information…"
Seeing Javier's puzzled expression, Catherine awkwardly explained, her voice getting softer as she spoke, her face flushed with embarrassment.
It was as if she was very ashamed of her actions, but there was nothing she could do... After all, her behavior was indeed unpopular.
A honey trap...
And it was a Mayor father who drove his own daughter to use a honey trap on a reporter.
Catherine, as the person involved, felt very ashamed and embarrassed, and at the same time, she was slightly disappointed in her father.
After all, she was the dignified daughter of Raccoon City's Mayor.
If she were to stoop to using a honey trap on a paparazzi reporter who might have dirt on her father,
Catherine felt she would lose all face.
Her status as the Mayor's daughter would be too cheap!
In response,
Leon and Claire, who were beside her, nodded with expressions of having long been accustomed to such things.
This seemed quite normal.
The Mayor of Raccoon City could be bribed with money even for the Umbrella Corporation to establish an Institute underground.
What else was impossible if he used his own daughter as a honey trap to lure a reporter?
This world was too magical,
And Leon and Claire were already accustomed to the magic...
"Alright, don't worry about him.
This reporter is dead, and your Mayor father is probably happy about it now.
Let's go into the prison secret passage first."
In such a situation,
Javier was equally pleased.
The Tyrant had directly provided an assist.
If this reporter were still alive... then Javier wouldn't be able to fool Catherine, and he might really expose the Mayor Mike Warren's bribery, which would be troublesome.
Javier would lose his financial backing and would probably have to rely on the United States Government again, which was the situation Javier least wanted to see.
However,
Just as everyone was about to delve deeper into the underground prison,
A deafening sound suddenly erupted.
With a "boom," the wall, which had only a single hole, instantly shattered again.
Spiderweb-like cracks rapidly spread, and the cement wall seemed like foam, turning into a pile of rubble with just one impact.
"Bang—!"
"Rumble—!!!"
One side of the prison wall was immediately smashed, forming an even larger opening.
Right inside the cell of the gruesomely dead reporter, a tall, burly dark figure suddenly appeared, slowly bending down and squeezing in.
It was a giant nearly three meters tall, with an enormous and magnificent physique.
Clad in a special, jet-black leather trench coat, black gloves, and black boots, with a black hat covering its head, its face was an incredibly ashen color, like a frozen corpse, with slight traces of decay.
Its eyes were stark white, staring intently at Javier and the others.
It looked very much like a human, and a giant one at that.
But undeniably, it was a monster, a Tyrant, a new research achievement of the Umbrella Corporation, an improved version of the T-002 Tyrant, the first mass-produced batch of Tyrants, the T-103 Tyrant, a truly qualified Tyrant.
The difference between it and the previous two generations of Tyrants was that its appearance was more human-like.
Restrained by the jet-black leather coat, the Tyrant in front of them looked like an extremely cold-blooded killer giant, rather than a mere monster; this was the greatest improvement.
Additionally, the material of its outer leather coat was very special; it was armor meticulously custom-made by the Umbrella Corporation for the Tyrant.
These leather coats were generally like bulletproof vests, capable of withstanding a large amount of weapon damage.
Unless it was heavy weapons or a sniper rifle, ordinary small-caliber pistols and submachine guns would find it very difficult to penetrate the leather coat's defense.
Furthermore, these coats also had fire-resistant properties, which could be used to protect the Tyrant's originally vulnerable exposed heart.
Only by breaking through the outer shell of the coat would the Tyrant enter combat mode, so all in all… the T-103 Tyrant's combat power had been elevated by a notch.
After all, it had an additional form.
One form was with the coat, another was physical combat, and yet another was when the power limiter was removed.
Three health bars were much stronger than previous Tyrants, making it a truly boss-level unit, and its intelligence had slightly improved.
Although it was still an imbecile, it was much better than having no intelligence at all before.
The T-103 Tyrant in front of them appeared in the Raccoon City Police Department prison because it had been given orders to kill the reporter Ben Bertolucci and Javier and the others.
Reporter Ben Bertolucci had already obtained incriminating information about the Umbrella Corporation, which was why he was silenced by the Tyrant.
Javier and the others were also designated as targets because Javier belonged to S.T.A.R.S.
This was a manifestation of the T-103 Tyrant's imbecility; it might still be a big brute, but it could already obey orders, which was much better than randomly killing people without listening before.
"Roar—!!!"
A deep roar.
Its giant arm slowly pushed upwards, and the stone bricks on the wall shattered again.
The entire body of the T-103 Tyrant squeezed into the cell, and looking at the iron bars that were still trying to block it, the T-103 Tyrant simply used a little force with both hands and pried open the entire iron cell door.
Seeing such terrifying monstrous strength before them,
Leon and Claire on the side were dumbfounded.
They couldn't understand what kind of abnormal monster this was, capable of prying open hard steel with just its bare hands.
Was this thing Hercules?
"Hey! Javier, what kind of monster is this again?"
"The joke's gone a bit too far.
If the Umbrella Corporation is all monsters like this, can we really defeat them?"
Leon and Claire looked at the enormous monster in front of them and couldn't help but complain.
They admitted their voices were a bit too loud just now; this kind of thing didn't seem to be something they could deal with.
"That's a Tyrant, a T-103 Tyrant, a Bio-weapon developed by the Umbrella Corporation.
This thing is the latest model.
Its outer leather coat can block a large amount of weapon damage, just like bulletproof vests, and it's special.
It's also fireproof."
"Only by breaking its outermost coat can you successfully harm it, and it has an exposed heart organ inside its body, that's its weakness.
This guy is very fast and incredibly strong.
Its only flaw is that its brain isn't very good.
After all, it's all muscle, so if you make good use of its imbecilic nature, there's still a chance to defeat it!"
Seeing the sudden appearance of the T-103 Tyrant,
Javier didn't panic.
After all, they were old acquaintances, so he calmly explained to Leon and Claire beside him.
At the same time, he raised the Springfield M1903 sniper rifle in his hand, opened the scope, aimed the crosshairs at the Tyrant's heart, chest, and head, and fired two shots, ready to test the waters!
Javier wanted to test the power of this old World War I and II rifle.
He wanted to see if the gun spirit that once dominated battlefields still remained, and if this retired veteran could withstand the test of history.
"Click—!"
The large sniper rifle was reloaded.
A chilling cold air emanated from the jet-black, cold muzzle.
And looking at the Springfield M1903 sniper rifle pointed at it, the T-103 Tyrant seemed to sense a hint of danger and immediately covered its head with its thick, large hand.
This high-penetration sniper rifle posed a significant threat to the Tyrant.
Although it wasn't as abnormal as anti-material heavy sniper rifles,
It could still penetrate the Tyrant's specially made leather coat, including its brain and other weak points.
Once hit, there was also a risk of a headshot, so the Tyrant's best choice was to protect its head and abandon all other body parts.
After all, the brain was the most important organ.
Other physical injuries were irrelevant.
"Bang—! Bang—!"
Two incredibly piercing gunshots instantly rang out.
Like the cry of a bird tearing through the air, two 7.62 sniper bullets, propelled by the barrel of this World War I and II retired veteran, instantly erupted with incredibly powerful kinetic energy, shooting out at an astonishing speed, with clear white air trails trailing behind them!
"Pfft…!"
Both bullets penetrated the Tyrant's defense.
On the T-103 Tyrant's heart and chest, the special leather coat was instantly pierced by a thumb-sized bullet hole.
It was clearly a breach in its defense, and a pool of crimson blood slowly began to seep out.
It was unknown if it had hit the exposed heart hidden beneath the leather coat, otherwise the bleeding wouldn't be so severe.
As for the other bullet,
It shot into the palm of the T-103 Tyrant's hand.
The bullet was firmly lodged in the flesh and bone of its palm.
This bullet didn't cause any damage to the T-103 Tyrant, as it had been timely blocked by its giant palm.
"Is it effective…?"
"It worked!"
Seeing Javier's effective attack with the Springfield M1903 sniper rifle, Leon and Claire on the side couldn't help but exclaim, because they had indeed seen blood seeping from the Tyrant's chest coat.
Could it be a one-shot kill?
Thinking of this,
Leon and Claire suddenly felt that this ugly, giant monster didn't seem so difficult to deal with after all.
But in reality, Javier pursed his lips.
If the Tyrant was really that easy to kill, that would be great.
This was merely the first step of breaking its defense.
If it were the T-001 Prototype Tyrant and it got a headshot, it might have been instantly killed, but now… that was wishful thinking.
"Roar, roar, roar—!!!"
Soon,
The situation was indeed as Javier had predicted.
The T-103 Tyrant, having taken two sniper bullets head-on, was completely unfazed.
Looking at Javier and the others, it directly opened its foul-smelling, gaping maw, which hadn't been brushed in years, and roared furiously.
The next second!
The T-103 Tyrant instantly ignored the restraints of the steel cage and violently charged out.
"Retreat quickly…!"
Seeing this,
Javier didn't hesitate.
He directly ordered Leon and Claire and the others.
The prison environment was very narrow, completely unsuitable for engaging the Tyrant.
To wear down and kill this T-103 Tyrant, they had to return to the police department.
"Can't this monster be killed?"
"If the Umbrella Corporation is all monsters like this, how are we supposed to deal with them!"
After hearing Javier's words, Leon and Claire immediately turned and fired a few shots at the T-103 Tyrant with their Garand Rifle and riot shotgun, but the leather coat's defense remained astonishing.
Hitting the T-103 Tyrant's body merely caused sparks to fly, with no significant damage being inflicted.