To be honest,
if Annette had a choice, she naturally wouldn't entrust Sherry to Javier. But a quick glance at Ada Wong, Leon, Claire, Catherine… none of them were trustworthy in her eyes. Even a kind college student like Claire didn't impress Annette…
After all, she still wanted Sherry to have a good life,
not just simply doing part-time jobs with a college student.
Therefore, the seemingly unreliable Javier became slightly more dependable.
As for Javier himself, he frowned. He had promised Annette a good living environment for Sherry, but he never thought of helping to raise Sherry. That was too outrageous. An adult male in his prime raising a little loli… Uh, are you really not afraid I'd have ulterior motives for Sherry?
Besides…
The laws of almost all countries in the world prohibit adult males from raising underage females. Thinking of this, Javier felt a headache. Although Sherry was cute when she was little and beautiful when she grew up, raising a child was truly a troublesome matter.
Javier sighed, intending to refuse,
but seeing the deep, dark eyes of the dying Annette before him, and the gazes of Claire, Catherine, and the others behind him, he stopped the words on the tip of his tongue. 'You're the ones telling me to raise her, I didn't want to! If her personality goes astray and she turns into some little devil, don't blame Javier!'
"Da da da…!"
Just then,
the crisp sound of high heels echoed again. Ada, who had been rummaging through the sample Laboratory, successfully found the remaining G Virus sample. She also held a briefcase containing the G Virus vaccine syringe. A satisfied smile blossomed on her pretty face.
Hmm…
This mission made her very satisfied. She hardly had to exert any effort to obtain the G Virus sample, which was even simpler than she had anticipated. Of course… this was also thanks to Javier, a former S.T.A.R.S member.
Although his personality was extremely unpleasant, he was much more useful than she had imagined, much more convenient than Leon, the intern police officer.
"Here, the G Virus vaccine you wanted."
"I'm taking the G Virus sample. We're even, Mr. Javier. I'll deposit the agreed-upon payment into your account as promised. I can't believe we cooperated so well; it's truly unbelievable. Are you interested in joining the FBI and becoming my colleague? I'm sure you'd easily catch the eye of the higher-ups."
Ada tossed the silver metal syringe vaccine to Javier, while playing with the purple G Virus sample in her hand, a slight smile on her lips as she spoke.
Even now,
Ada still wanted to lure Javier into Tricell. Mainly, Ada really wanted to see Javier and Wesker working together at Tricell; that would be truly interesting. Additionally, Javier was genuinely capable; Tricell would be very interested in recruiting such a talent.
After all, the Umbrella Corporation was on the verge of collapse.
Tricell, in order to defeat this corporate arch-enemy, would stop at nothing and use every means to crush the Umbrella Corporation, absolutely not allowing it to become a'skinny camel that never dies'!
"Forget it,"
"I don't like being an employee. I prefer to start my own business. If there's an opportunity in the future, and the FBI accidentally fires Miss Ada without any fallback, you can try developing at my company. I can offer Miss Ada a satisfactory position, although my company is currently still in the process of raising funds."
Waving his hand,
Javier decisively rejected Ada's request. What FBI? Did she really think he was a fool? She simply wanted to trick him into joining Tricell, where the defected Wesker also was. Once he entered Tricell, Javier suspected Wesker would directly kill him.
As he spoke,
Javier quickly removed the needle cap from the vaccine syringe in his hand, turned over the unconscious Sherry on the ground, pinched her fair neck, and forcefully jabbed the vaccine syringe into a visible vein.
"Zzz…"
"Cough cough… Cough cough…!!!"
With the injection of the vaccine,
the unconscious Sherry began to cough violently. The purple worm-like parasite in her chest struggled fiercely but quickly went still. The purple blood vessels spreading across Sherry's cheeks also receded completely, seemingly returning to normal.
Most likely, the vaccine worked…
"The remaining vaccines and samples are all for you."
"I only need one set. That's it. If you want to leave, hurry up, because time is indeed short. I forgot to tell you earlier that when I obtained these G Virus samples and vaccines, I accidentally triggered the Institute's self-destruct system. This makes things simpler; we can just leave without worrying about anything else."
Seeing that Javier had already injected Sherry with the vaccine, Ada simply threw the briefcase to Javier. Taking one sample and one vaccine was enough for her; she didn't want to carry so many things. At the same time, Ada's tone subtly changed, taking on a 'don't blame me, it was an accident'… little womanly demeanor as she explained.
And sure enough,
the next second—
"Beep beep beep…!!!"
"Beep beep beep…!!!"
"Beep beep beep…!!!"
"Virus sample removed, virus sample removed. Institute initiating self-destruct sequence. Institute initiating self-destruct sequence. All passage doors are emergency closing. All passage doors are emergency closing. Must eliminate and clear any possibility of virus leakage. Must eliminate and clear any possibility of virus leakage. Members still within the Institute, please apply for high-level authorization to deactivate the self-destruct sequence, or perish with the Institute. Self-destruct countdown entering 5 minutes…"
The piercing alarm sounded,
and the electronic female voice broadcast echoed throughout the G Virus Research Institute. This was the command William had set for the G Virus Research Institute's Mother Supercomputer: once a stored G Virus sample was stolen without authorization, this self-destruct sequence would be triggered.
The only way was for William, the owner of the G Virus Research Institute, to apply for high-level authorization to deactivate the self-destruct.
Although Ada had obtained Annette's password, she must have encountered some problem halfway, which led to a forceful bypass, and then the Mother's Supercomputer mistakenly identified her as an illegal entity stealing the G Virus, thus triggering the self-destruct sequence.
Regarding this,
Javier was also helpless.
He asked Annette, who had only one breath left:
"Is there any other way to escape the Institute…?"
Upon hearing the piercing alarm inside the Institute, Annette's face also showed a hint of helplessness. Sure enough, Ada Wong was not only a vixen but also a jinx.
Annette slowly reached her trembling hand into the pocket of her white lab coat, pulled out a yellow key chain, and handed it to Javier.
"There's an emergency underground train escape tunnel below the G Virus Research Institute. These are the train keys. This was originally the means for William, Sherry, and me to leave together. I didn't expect to give them all to you. Please, let me see Sherry one last time!"
Annette explained the purpose of the yellow keys, and at the same time tried to reach out her trembling, fair, slender fingers to touch Sherry's unconscious face on the ground. But because her hands were covered in blood, Annette wanted to touch Sherry's cheek, but her hand unconsciously pulled back.
Because the sleeping Sherry looked so peaceful, Annette couldn't bear to disturb her. And seeing Sherry's breathing gradually stabilize,
Annette's previously tense mood also gradually calmed down. She seemed to be relieved; as long as Sherry was fine, that was all that mattered…
"Bang-------!"
But the next second,
Javier raised the Desert Eagle in his hand,
and without hesitation, fired a shot at Annette's head. Along with the loud gunshot, a spray of blood splattered. Annette's face froze at that moment of loving tenderness towards her daughter Sherry, and then she fell straight to the ground. A large pool of blood flowed out, and she instantly lost all signs of life.
Facing Javier's sudden action,
Everyone nearby was startled; Claire, Leon, Catherine, and the others looked incredulous, while Ada Wong's eyes held appreciation.
Decisive and ruthless, how interesting!
Javier calmly closed Annette's eyes, who had died.
Time was running out.
Javier had no intention of letting Annette continue to entangle with Sherry; at the same time, it was also Javier's way of letting Annette quickly end all this suffering.
Finally, it was to end Annette's sins.
Speaking of Annette, she was undoubtedly guilty, and unforgivably so.
Initially, when she followed William, Annette had not made any mistakes; she merely diligently helped William research viruses.
But later... after the G Virus Research Institute was built, for the progress of the G Virus experiments, Annette actually agreed to William's proposal.
She bribed Chief Brian of the local Raccoon City Police Department with money, which was a human trafficking deal.
Chief Brian, in order to obtain this large sum of money, did not hesitate to sell prisoners without backgrounds from the police station's jail to William and Annette as virus test subjects.
Later, to obtain more money, Brian even built more jails under the guise of housing city vagrants and beautifying the city, to capture test subjects for G Virus research.
Even later, Brian's ambition was not satisfied; he continued to build an orphanage.
Brian became the director, a beloved orphanage director to everyone on the outside, but secretly he was a devil who specialized in selling orphans to William and Annette, continuously providing test subjects.
During this period, who knows how many innocent vagrants and children were harmed, and how many people like Lisa suffered inhumane biochemical virus experiment torture?
This was almost unimaginable.
William and Annette not only felt no shame or guilt about this but reveled in it, showing no intention of reflecting.
Even Annette, who had a lovely daughter like Sherry, felt no sympathy or pity for other orphans without parents, simply being utterly selfish!
Only as a mother was Annette barely competent; she felt nothing about harming other children but doted on her own daughter.
Therefore... Annette was guilty, which is why Javier fired that shot, not letting this mother say a proper farewell to her child, considering it a small punishment for her!
"Javier..."
Seeing this, Leon, Claire, and the others nearby wanted to say something more, but when they saw Javier's gradually chilling gaze, they finally stopped.
It seemed like a bad choice to provoke him at this moment.
Compared to the helplessness of Leon and Claire and the others, Ada, who was nearby, still hugged her arms, gloating.
She only felt that Javier was very interesting and belonged to the same type of person as herself.
Their perspective on things was often self-centered, not bound by worldly concepts, sometimes good, sometimes bad, entirely dependent on their character.
This was a good partner, but unfortunately... precisely because their personalities were too similar, Ada felt that there was no chance for them.
"Stop looking like you're about to speak, all of you..."
"We don't have much time.
Let's quickly take the cable car and leave the Institute.
It's really going to explode soon.
As for this woman, she deserved to die.
Don't pity her just because she loves her daughter so much.
Even a tiger won't eat its cubs; what mother wouldn't love her child, unless the father of the offspring is useless?"
"The numerous zombies and Lickers in the G Virus Research Institute, and the G Virus samples in my hand, how do you think they came about?
Can they be researched just by thinking?
It requires a large number of human experiments to obtain.
As William's wife and assistant, do you think her hands haven't been stained with the blood of innocent people?
Don't be ridiculous...!"
Tilting her head, Ada Wong brazenly attacked the kind Leon, Claire, and the others in front of her.
Although Leon, Claire, and the others were kind, sometimes they were foolishly so.
William and Annette had harmed countless people.
If it weren't for the deep mother-daughter bond, Ada probably would have shot her before Javier did.
Although Ada Wong considered herself not a good woman, at least she had a clear conscience and had not harmed any innocent people, unless the other party insisted on pestering her!
After hearing Ada's brazen attack, Leon, Claire, and the others fell silent again.
Indeed... this question was worth pondering.
So-called kindness... is not being kind to everything.
However, Javier truly had no intention of blaming them for their misunderstanding.
Instead, he shook his head, too lazy to bother with such nonsense.
After emptying the reserve bullets from the tactical backpack behind him, Javier picked up the unconscious Sherry from the ground and stuffed her into the tactical backpack.
The previous scene was entrusting the orphan in Baidi City; now, it was most likely seven ins and outs at Changbanpo.
"Take as many bullets as possible.
We're going to break out.
The underground train is beneath the G Virus Research Institute, near where the G Virus monster fell earlier.
There might be many Lickers and zombies hidden there.
We only have 4 minutes left.
We must leave here as soon as possible."
Carrying the unconscious Sherry, who weighed about 30 kilograms, it was just about Javier's load capacity, allowing him to move normally.
As for whether they could escape to the surface, Javier had no confidence, as there might still be G4... G5... those annoying Stinky Mud monsters waiting for them!
Chapter 28: Overlord Class
"Click, click—!!!"
After checking that the Desert Eagle's magazines were all loaded and the Springfield M1903 sniper rifle also had enough bullets, Javier prepared to lead everyone to the underground train.
They needed to descend several floors from the Laboratory to reach it, and because it was closer to the zombie hive, it was inevitable that as the Institute collapsed, many zombies and Lickers would continuously appear.
So Javier and the others had to be mentally prepared enough—
"Rumble..."
At this moment, because no one applied for high-level authorization to disarm the self-destruct sequence after one minute, the Institute's interior also began to collapse rapidly.
The originally sturdy steel frames fell one after another, and countless dust and debris fell, looking as if it was about to collapse.
This was probably another one of William's preparations to destroy evidence.
Not only did he want the entire Institute to be covered by the flames of the explosion, but he also wanted it to be buried by countless dust first before he could rest assured, as evidence buried hundreds of meters underground could not be excavated by anyone.
"It's collapsing here..."
"Lisa, I'm sorry, but I'll have to trouble you to clear the way again later.
We must leave here as soon as possible, otherwise we'll really be buried inside."
Feeling the violent tremors and shaking from the entire G Virus Research Institute, Javier turned his head and apologized to Lisa behind him, requesting her help.
At this point... they still needed to rely on Lisa's strength.
After all, Lisa, having evolved to this form, was already an overlord-level existence among the countless zombies.
Ordinary Lickers and Tyrants could not pose a threat to her; only special Tyrants like the Nemesis 'Pursuer' were qualified opponents.
Although Javier and the others also had the ability to deal with Lickers, their efficiency was too slow.
Lickers were very fast, and Javier couldn't quickly deal with a very large number of Lickers while protecting Catherine, Claire, and the others.
Therefore, they could only rely on Lisa to clear the way.
"..."
"It's okay, just hide behind me.
There should be enough time.
But, Javier... if this incident is completely over, is there anything you want to do?"