44: Dinner is served

Emma’s call of ‘Papa’.

Jill and Kendo immediately fell silent, staring blankly at Emma.

“Daughter! My sweet daughter! You’re finally safe!”

Putting Emma down and watching the adorable little girl rush towards Kendo, Jill’s face broke into a relieved smile.

In Raccoon City, which had become a living hell, witnessing this scene of a family reunited brought Jill a sense of comfort.

However, the next moment, the smile on her face froze.

Because with a bang, Emma sent her dad, Kendo, flying.

“Kendo!”

“Papa!”

Kendo, who had flown several meters, struggled to get up from the ground.

After a few violent coughs, Kendo raised his hand and spoke.

“I’m… *cough cough*… I’m fine…”,

“Tha— *cough cough*— Thank you, Jill, and your… boyfriend.”

Seeing that Kendo was fine, Jill breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at Joa.

She saw the expected playful expression on his face.

Jill felt her face flush slightly.

“You… you misheard!”

Hearing this, Joa’s lips curled into a grin.

“Oh? Is that so?”

“Let’s just say I misheard, but I remember someone saying she could just now…”

Hearing Joa’s words, Jill became even more flustered and stiffly changed the topic.

“When did You cure her?”

“You didn’t even tell Me in advance, making Me…”

‘Damn it! How did it come back to this?!’

Seeing Jill’s mind go blank with embarrassment, Joa stopped teasing her.

“She’s so small; even I couldn’t bear the pain of integrating the virus.”

“So, I thought I’d try to knock her out first, then let her integrate the virus. That way, it might lessen her pain.”

“Judging by the result, it seems to have been quite effective.”

When Joa played the game, he always had some regrets that Kendo and his daughter didn’t survive.

Now, by a fortunate coincidence, he had saved them.

Joa was in a pretty good mood.

Jill breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Joa no longer dwelling on the previous topic.

Then, seeing the smile on his face, Jill asked, puzzled.

“You… know Kendo and his daughter?”

Hearing this, Joa said something that made Jill’s face flush again.

“I don’t know them, but You do.”

Joa was referring to Jill in the game; when he played, the character he played was Jill.

Jill had no idea of the deep meaning Joa was hiding; she naturally understood it as Joa doing it for her.

‘This guy… he really is… always so direct.’

She didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Jill took two steps forward, leaned close to Joa’s ear, and whispered.

“If… if You want… I can, after this is over…”

Licking his somewhat dry lips, Joa smiled.

Joa, who had long desired her, was about to tease Jill again when a Black Police officer suddenly stumbled out of a small alley and ran towards them.

Behind the Black Police officer was a zombie.

“Marvin! Brad!”

“Jill?”

Seeing Marvin was fine, Jill looked at Brad not far away.

Just as she was about to take two steps forward, Marvin stopped her.

“Don’t go, Jill, he’s already…”

Hearing this, Jill’s face darkened.

Brad was bitten trying to save her.

Just before she arrived at the parking lot.

She turned to look at Joa, her eyes full of pleading.

Seeing Jill’s gaze, Joa sighed lightly and shook his head slightly.

If he hadn’t turned into a zombie yet, he could have saved him with the Blacklight Virus.

But he had already turned… Joa had no way.

Completely losing hope.

Jill turned to look at Brad with a somber expression, drew her pistol, and prepared to send him off.

“I’m sorry, Brad.”

“I’m… sor… ry…”

The zombified Brad’s voice was hoarse, repeating Jill’s words one by one.

This made Jill’s eyes widen, stunned.

But just then, Brad roared and immediately lunged at Jill.

“I’ll do it.”

Taking the pistol Jill was holding, Joa reached out and clutched Brad’s neck as he lunged at Jill.

He spoke softly.

“Although You saved Jill, by extension, You could barely be considered to have saved Me.”

“You performed poorly in the first part, but very manly in the second.”

“Rest in peace.”

Bang!

The roar stopped.

Joa released his hand, and Brad’s body fell to the ground.

Seeing her teammate meet such a tragic end, Jill’s hatred deepened.

“Damn Umbrella Corporation!”

“I must destroy it completely!”

Patting Jill’s shoulder, Joa turned to look at Chief Marvin.

“Where’s Leon S. Kennedy, who has to bond with his colleagues on his first day at the Police station?”

“Roughly when will he arrive?”

Hearing Joa’s question, Marvin was stunned.

Although he didn’t know how this person knew Leon was coming today, he thought of the situation inside the Police station.

Marvin gave a bitter smile.

“Is this some new hellish joke?”

“However, it’s true; if that rookie comes to work today, he really will have to bond with his colleagues.”

At this point, he suddenly remembered that there were other surviving Police officers inside the Police station.

“No time! We have to find a way to save them quickly!”

With that, Marvin charged into the Police station’s main entrance.

Seeing this, Joa looked at the dozen or so Blacklight Warriors following Jill, as well as some of the survivors they had rescued.

He gestured with his chin towards the Police station entrance.

Signaling them to help rescue people.

Then, Joa hugged Jill from behind, whispering something softly.

Seeing this scene, Polaris’s teeth ground audibly.

But she still held back from reacting, letting Joa flirt.

“Actually, for Me, it doesn’t matter what happens to this World.”

“But I am willing to protect what You cherish, want to protect, and care about.”

Hearing these two sentences, Jill suddenly turned around, cupped Joa’s face with both hands, and kissed him passionately.

Passionate and fervent.

Embracing Jill’s slender waist, Joa reciprocated.

For a long time.

Just as Polaris was about to burst, the two finally separated.

Looking at Joa seriously, Jill’s lips curled up, and she said softly.

“You bastard, You’re like a demon who walked out of hell, bewitching people.”

Hearing this, Joa was very happy.

“It seems You’ve been bewitched by Me.”

Seeing his smug expression, Jill rolled her eyes, about to say something.

The sound of helicopter propellers appeared in everyone’s ears.

“Oh ho~! Flirting ends here.”

“Our main course has arrived!”

Bang! Boom boom boom boom!

One after another, huge metal crates were dropped from the transport plane into Raccoon City, not far outside the Police station.

That is, near Joa and the others.

Not only metal crates containing Tyrant and Pursuer.

But also a large number of weapons.

Flamethrowers, anti-tank Rockets, Vulcan machine guns.

These noticeably smaller crates contained armaments prepared for Pursuers with independent consciousness, capable of adapting to combat situations.

“Heh, I don’t want to be hit by these things!”

With a sneer, Joa exerted all his strength and rushed towards the airdrop location.

Polaris and Jill followed closely behind.

Before the Tyrants and Pursuers were released.

All the airdropped weapons were kicked away by Joa.

As for where they flew.

That couldn’t be seen.

In short, they disappeared into the vast night sky.

Seeing this, the Umbrella Corporation soldiers rappelling down the ropes immediately stopped mid-air.

Is that a person down there? Why does he feel stronger than a Tyrant or a Pursuer?

After reporting the situation, these soldiers immediately received a retreat order.

Before they could even ascend, the transport plane fled in a panic.

Fearing that the humanoid monster, who seemed stronger than a Tyrant or a Pursuer, would throw something and crash their helicopter.

Under normal circumstances, the Umbrella Corporation would not dispatch troops to carry out the same mission as Tyrants and Pursuers.

These biological weapons are extremely dangerous and full of uncertainty.

Carrying out missions with them is suicidal.

It would greatly affect morale.

This time, Sergei only intended for the troops to provide assistance from the side.

But in the current situation… the troops couldn’t intervene in this battle at all.

Since that was the case, Sergei planned to have the troops hide nearby and wait for the Tyrants and Pursuers to eliminate the opponent.

Then, he would capture the extraordinary individual and hand him over to the experimental department.