Bullets streaked across the night sky. Various grenades and hand grenades exploded into bursts of sparks. In front of the Moscow hotel, the fierce sounds of gunfire rang out once again.
"This time, our alliance is limited to only once, and it is the only time."
The G-virus fused mutant brought not only fear and death, but also an unpredictable future. Having figured it out, Alexia, while flinging her own blood and blasting open wound after wound on the charging G-virus fused mutant, loudly shouted toward Aiden and Wesker.
"Of course, after this time, we're still enemies." Aiden had already exited that strange state. His eyes returned to normal again, but the aftereffects of leaving that strange state left his body somewhat weak. He could only madly fire his gun at the incoming G-virus matured forms, while also throwing handfuls of grenades taken from the system space at them.
Wesker also picked up a gun and fired at the G-virus fused mutant. Now it was his turn to be depressed.
He currently only had superhuman physical fitness and recovery ability, and unlike Alexia, he didn't possess special powers like igniting or exploding his own blood.
And when dealing with a G-virus fused mutant, a giant organism, personal physical bravery might not be as useful as just a gun.
What made him even more anxious was that, due to the influence of that special information, he found that his reaction speed had started to seriously decline.
So now, he eagerly awaited Ada's arrival.
'As long as she brings the linear particle cannon, everything will be fine,' Wesker thought to himself as he pulled the trigger.
The battle quickly entered a chaotic brawl. Under the purposeful attacks of the G-virus fused mutant and the G-virus matured forms, Aiden and Alexia's group began to be gradually separated.
Moreover, that G-virus fused mutant kept attacking nearby new UBCS soldiers and Balalaika's subordinates with its tentacles, and more and more G-virus matured forms were being spawned.
The human side, already suffering heavy losses, began to scatter and retreat under the attacks of the now numerically superior G-virus matured forms. If the ones still alive weren't elites, they would have already collapsed.
After shooting down a G-virus matured form charging at him, Aiden found only a few familiar people remained at his side.
Roberta, Revy, and the Triad's Mr. Chang's assistant — the cheongsam beauty named Shenhua.
"Last magazine. Someone give me some bullets."
Shenhua wasn't good at using guns. She was better at hand-to-hand combat, so her shooting efficiency was the lowest. The bullets she carried ran out the fastest, so she could only shout to Aiden and the others.
Aiden glanced at the gun in her hand and saw it was an AK74M, so he pulled a few 5.45 caliber magazines from his space and tossed them to her. "Take them."
"Thanks." Shenhua nodded at him gratefully, while feeling some regret in her heart, why didn't she listen to Balalaika from the start and bring more magazines?
She truly didn't want to fight those monsters up close. The terrifying appearance of the G-virus fused mutant had scared her stiff, she didn't want to turn into something like that.
"No need, just stay safe," Aiden waved a hand and continued shooting the incoming G-virus matured forms.
Although the G-virus matured forms were failed offsprings of the main G-virus carrier, compared to lickers, they were a level stronger. Even with four people continuously shooting, it took a long time to deal with the ones surrounding them.
But before they could catch their breath, a series of heavy footsteps came from behind.
Aiden and the others turned toward the sound and saw Sergei, wearing a specially-made protective suit, walking toward them with his two Ivan-type tyrants.
"Goddammit, fuck!" Seeing them, Aiden couldn't help but curse, then raised his gun and opened fire on them fiercely...
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On Wesker and Alexia's side, the situation wasn't very good. As the pheromone's influence deepened, they gradually became overwhelmed.
Several times, Wesker had almost been grabbed by the G-virus fused mutant's tentacles and dragged into that jaw full of shattered teeth.
Alexia, too, began to reduce the frequency of her blood attacks, because she realized her recovery couldn't keep up anymore.
Fortunately, Wolf Squad stayed loyal to Wesker and continued to support him with remote firepower nearby. Otherwise, he would've been fused long ago.
'Looks like next time I need to apply to the company to raise Ruper's kids' benefits again,' Wesker thought.
At that moment, Ada's teasing voice suddenly came through his earpiece. [Wesker, you looked pretty pathetic just now.]
"Ada, when did you get here? I'm so glad to hear your voice."
[Just when that monster grabbed you.]
"Damn it, you got here that early and just watched?"
[What else?] Ada laughed lightly.
Wesker was speechless. He fired several shots at the G-virus fused mutant, then asked, "Where's the stuff the company sent? Did you get it?"
[Of course. This time they sent two, including the experimental one,] Ada said, looking at the box behind her.
"Then throw it to me already," Wesker said.
[Right away,] Ada replied, then seemed to recall something.
[Why haven't I seen Aiden?] Her voice was a bit anxious. When she arrived, she'd first looked for Aiden but didn't find him.
"Who knows where he got chased to by those G-virus matured forms," Wesker said. "Didn't you give him a contact device? Why don't you ask directly?"
[If I could contact him, why would I ask you? No, I have to go find him.] Ada frowned immediately, picked up a box, and got ready to move.
"Damn it, can't you give me the thing first?!" Wesker's usually cold face now showed urgency.
[The item's on the rooftop of the building in front of you. Go get it yourself,]Ada coldly tossed the line and left the rooftop.
"Hey, hey, Ada. Aiden, you bastard."
Wesker called a few more times, but Ada had already turned off the communicator. He could only curse Aiden in his heart, then looked at the building ahead and rushed forward.
Climbing along the outer wall, Wesker reached the rooftop and saw the box Ada had placed in the most obvious spot.
He ran over, opened it, and immediately went dark in the face, Ada had left him the experimental linear particle cannon.
"This is your love for him, huh, Ada..." Wesker gave a bitter smile.
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On the other side, Sergei, with his two Ivan-type tyrants, began a long chase with Aiden's group.
During the back-and-forth chase and fight, they passed through more than half of Roanapur's city area. They were about to reach the suburbs, but still couldn't shake Sergei off.
"Give it up, Aiden. You can't escape." On the street, Sergei leaped high and punched toward Aiden while speaking.
"You wish." Aiden dodged flexibly and then fired several shots at Sergei.
But as a perfect T-virus variant adapter, Sergei, while not as agile as Wesker, had physical strength and recovery ability not inferior to, or possibly stronger than, Wesker. Bullets did no damage at all, being squeezed out of regenerated muscle the next second.
"Guns are useless against me." Sergei pulled his arm out from deep in the wall and strode toward Aiden, speaking disdainfully.
"You should use your own strength, just like when fighting Alexia. Let's fight fair and square."
"To deal with you, I don't need that kind of power," Aiden snorted coldly.
But inside, he was anxious, because he had tried to re-enter that gene-unlocking state, but no matter how he pushed his adrenaline or stimulated his body, nothing happened.
'Why… How did it activate just now so suddenly?' While firing at Sergei, Aiden frowned in thought.
'Could it be… I can only activate it when facing a near-death situation like when Alexia hit me hard earlier?'
Just as he thought that, Sergei rushed at him again, swinging a huge punch down.
Looking at Sergei's fist, Aiden suddenly had a thought, should he take the hit? Maybe he could unlock the gene lock again?
But unlike with Alexia, Sergei was slower, so just as the thought appeared, Aiden's body already reacted on its own, stepping aside, causing the punch to miss.
However, Sergei didn't stop, another punch followed. And again, Aiden's natural reflexes avoided it. So Aiden gave up on using beatings to unlock the gene lock and continued retreating while firing at Sergei.
Meanwhile, on the same street, Roberta, Revy, and Shenhua were fighting the two Ivan-type tyrants together.
Unlike ordinary tyrants, Ivan-types were fully controllable models, had intelligence superior to Nemesis, and could coordinate attacks.
So even though these two didn't look as physically intimidating as the T-103, they posed a huge threat to Roberta's trio.
If they weren't among the strongest human fighters, they would've been killed already.
But in the end, they were still human. And humans, always face unexpected situations.
The first mishap came from Shenhua. As the weakest among the three, she was soon targeted by the Ivan-type tyrants. Under a coordinated combo attack, she took a punch to the stomach. While groaning in pain, holding her abdomen, she was struck again and sent flying.
Lying on the ground, Shenhua coughed up blood. She tried to get up, but her body had no strength. Though she forced herself to stand, her vision darkened, and she fainted again.
Revy, who had a good relationship with Mr. Chang of the Triad, wanted to go check on her when she saw Shenhua possibly dead.
But without one member, the pressure on the two women doubled. Revy had to give up the idea and fought one tyrant alongside Roberta.
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