Multivers, Leveling Up in the World I Created

We traveled for a while and stopped at a gas station to take care of the surrounding zombies and refuel.

"Is that bastard Brian still alive?"

"I don't know."

"I wonder if we're just wasting our time."

"If we can't get any information, let's just escape from here.

There's no other way."

"Yeah, I guess we have no choice."

"Then what about the vaccine?"

"The doctor has already escaped, so the government will make it on their own."

"So we should just keep the vaccine as insurance in case we accidentally get infected."

"Do you trust that doctor?"

It was true that the doctor wasn't trustworthy, just as Jill said.

"It's not that I trust the doctor.

I trust Umbrella."

"Umbrella even disposed of the vaccines the doctor made to eliminate the evidence."

"That means the doctor's life, who can make the vaccine, is also in danger."

"So the doctor has to reach out to the government somehow to survive."

"I suppose so."

"Still, just in case, it's better not to use the vaccine and just keep it."

"That's probably the best."

I couldn't bring myself to tell Jill that the doctor had a very high probability of dying soon.

"And even if we meet survivors, it might be best not to mention the vaccine."

"I know."

"If the existence of the vaccine becomes known, it could cause problems."

"We should keep it secret until mass production."

"As expected, my lover is smart."

At that, Jill blushed and looked flustered.

"Wha, what are you saying!"

"Anyway, once we finish refueling, let's eat something and leave."

"I haven't eaten anything since I woke up."

"Yeah, let's do that."

We filled the tank with gas, had a quick meal inside the tank, and then set off again.

After traveling for a while, a group of heavily armed soldiers suddenly blocked our path.

Looking closely, they were people I knew.

"Hey!! Stop!!"

I spoke into the microphone connected to the external speaker.

-"What's the matter?

We're busy right now."

"Don't be so stiff in a situation like this!"

"We're U.B.C.S."

"We're on our way to 'Spencer Memorial Hospital' to rescue an important person."

"If things go well, we might be able to resolve this situation."

"So we'd appreciate it if you could give us a ride there."

U.B.C.S. was, simply put, Umbrella's biological disaster response task force.

And the man blocking us now was 'Carlos Oliveira,' another protagonist from Resident Evil 3.

He was also one of the U.B.C.S. members.

-"We just came from that 'Spencer Memorial Hospital' you mentioned."

"There's no one there."

At that, the U.B.C.S. members seemed very surprised.

"R, really?! Wasn't there a doctor named 'Nathaniel Bard' at that hospital?!"

-"There wasn't."

"We moved to the hospital because we heard there was a helicopter there, but seeing that even the helicopter was gone, it seems the people at the hospital had already escaped by helicopter."

"We just wasted our time."

"So you guys should just escape quickly too."

When I said that, one of the U.B.C.S. members with short silver hair cursed and kicked the innocent ground hard.

His face was filled with anger.

"Damn it!!! We came all this way with so much effort, and it was a waste!!!"

The person venting his anger was none other than 'Nikolai Zinoviev.'

He was the mastermind behind Resident Evil 3, a character in a similar position to Wesker.

His mission was to eliminate Dr. Bard and any vaccines that might remain, so he couldn't have been pleased with the current situation.

-"And I advise you not to trust Umbrella."

"They see you as nothing more than expendable supplies."

Then Carlos asked.

"Who are you to say such a thing?"

-"That's a secret."

"Just know that we were in a similar situation to you."

"Well, see you around."

After the conversation with them ended, I drove the Metal Slug past them and headed toward the police station.

Carlos and the U.B.C.S. members were capable enough to escape Raccoon City on their own using the subway, even without my help.

So I didn't interfere unnecessarily and left them alone, thinking they would find their own way out.

"What's U.B.C.S.?"

Jill asked me, seemingly curious.

"It's an organization Umbrella created for biological disaster response, but they don't know what they're dealing with either."

"It's similar to the situation with S.T.A.R.S."

"So that's why you gave that warning..."

"Those poor people."

"But you know that too.

You've done quite a bit of research, haven't you?"

"Yeah, I struggled a lot."

"You're more capable than me.

I only got useless information."

"I thought that information was useless too."

I felt a little stung by Jill's words.

Honestly, I had never gone around looking for information.

"More than that, do you have a place to go after this is over?"

"No."

"My apartment was everything, but with this situation, it'll be hard to keep living there."

"So now all I have is the money I saved while working at S.T.A.R.S."

"Then, let's live together in Chicago.

I have my house there."

"Anna is living there too."

"Really?

Okay.

I'll be in your care for a while."

"What do you mean for a while?

You're going to live there with me from now on.

As for kids... um... okay!

Let's have exactly eleven.

We're going to form a soccer team!"

At that, Jill frowned and delivered a smashing blow to my back.

Smack!

"Ugh!"

"Are you trying to kill me?!

Stop the nonsense and just hurry up and move to the police station!"

"Yes, yes."

Anyway, we kept moving and were able to arrive at the police station.

Perhaps because there were almost no survivors left, during the entire trip to the police station, I didn't see a single survivor other than zombies.

"Let's go to the parking lot in the back first."

"There's a gun shop there too, so we can replenish ammo."

"Okay.

But is Robert still alive?"

"Robert left on a trip with his family."

"I owed him a lot because he sold me ammunition cheaply."

"So I was thinking about how to repay him, and I gave him a travel voucher I happened to get as a gift."

"Really?

That's lucky.

He's got good luck too, avoiding this period exactly."

I felt a little stung again this time, but I let it slide.

We went around to the back of the police station and parked the tanks next to Kendo's Gun Shop.

After that, I packed my backpack with various ammunition, grenades, some ready-to-eat food, drinks, and even the vaccine.

Jill also packed ammunition compatible with her gun into her bag and slung it over her back.

"Will it be okay to leave the tanks here?"

"As long as the hatch is locked properly, no one can open it unless they use a bomb or something."

I said that and handed the keys to the tank to Jill.

"If we get separated and you run out of ammo, come back and restock."

"If it gets really dangerous, you can even escape in it."

"I doubt that'll happen, but anyway, okay."

After grabbing our weapons, we got out of the tank and headed for the police station's underground parking lot.

The parking lot's shutter was firmly down, so we couldn't get in.

"I have a keycard."

Jill took a keycard from her pocket and tried to open the shutter.

But I quickly stopped her.

"Wait, there's something in the parking lot."

I kicked the parking lot shutter a few times with my foot.

Then, zombie dogs that heard the sound appeared from inside the parking lot and started barking wildly at us from behind the shutter.

Seeing that, Jill sighed.

Grrr!!

"Hah... here they go again, these things."

"Still, it's nice to see these dogs after a long time."

"Really, what's there to be happy about.

Anyway, let's deal with them quickly and get inside."

"Yeah."

We shot the zombie dogs inside the parking lot with our handguns, easily dealt with them, then raised the shutter and went inside.

We could have taken the chief's private elevator straight to the chief's office, but I told Jill we should look around first in case there were survivors in the police station.

Jill agreed.

So we took the stairs that the regular police often used and headed to the first floor of the police station.

"Grrraaah..."

"Jake! Damn it..."

Bang! Thump!

Thud.

But because familiar police colleagues had turned into zombies and attacked, Jill seemed a bit distressed.

'Seeing that the zombies are still alive, have Leon and Claire not cleared them yet?

Or have they just not come to the parking lot side yet.'

Since we had just arrived at the police station, I had no idea how far Leon and Claire had progressed.

So I decided to go to the central hall first.

"There's no one here?"

"Yeah... let's look around for a bit."

"Okay."

I knew a way to check Leon and Claire's progress in the central hall.

In the central hall of the police station, there was a large marble statue, and beneath it was a device that could hold three medals.

If you inserted all the medals into that device, a secret passage leading underground would open.

That passage connected to the underground parking lot, which was blocked off, so it was a place that absolutely had to be opened.

So by just checking how many medals were inserted into the device, I could roughly guess how far Leon and Claire had progressed.

At that moment, Jill saw a zombie corpse and shouted.

"Jin! The zombie's head is blown off.

There must be a survivor!

What should we do?

Should we look around more?"

"No, I don't think we need to."

I pointed to the device under the statue and spoke.

"Look here.

Someone has inserted medals, so it seems they're trying to use this device."

"So I think if we just wait here for a bit, they might come on their own."

"Oh, really?

Now there are two..."

"Then they'll come here to find the last one."

"But we can't just wait around blindly.

We need to find the chief too."

"Then let's wait for about 30 minutes."

"If they don't show up by then, we should just go find the chief."

"Hah... I guess we have no choice... Okay, let's do that."

We put down our backpacks for a moment and sat on chairs to rest.

But less than ten minutes after we started waiting, we heard gunshots from the second floor of the police station.

Bang, bang, bang!

"Did you hear that?"

"Yeah, I heard it."

We immediately picked up our backpacks and headed up the stairs in the central hall toward the sound of the gunfire.

The place we arrived at was the library.

As we entered the library, the first thing that caught our eyes was the bookshelves toppled in all directions, and standing tall among them was a massive Tyrant.

That Tyrant was wearing a black coat and even a fedora, a look that didn't suit a monster.

It was exactly what users commonly called the 'Kim Doo-han fashion.'

That outfit had the lore of preventing the Tyrant's physical deformation and having bulletproof capabilities.

"Damn it, another Tyrant!?"

Jill frowned as soon as she saw the Tyrant.

She had gone through all kinds of trouble because of that thing, so she couldn't have been happy to see it.

"I know, right.

How many of them did they release?"

Without hesitation, we raised our shotguns and opened fire on the Tyrant.

Bang, bang, bang, bang!! Click, bang!! Click, bang!!

But unlike the bare-skinned Tyrant we fought in Resident Evil 1, we weren't seeing much effect, probably because of its bulletproof coat.

"This way!"

Just then, Marvin and two strangers we hadn't seen before waved their hands urgently and called us from the stairs leading to the upper floor of the library.

We kept the Tyrant at bay with our shotguns and quickly moved to the stairs.

As soon as we joined them, we hurriedly exited the library through another door on the upper floor.

We kept moving and arrived at the darkroom where photos were developed.

Catching our breath, we talked.

"Jill, Jin.

I'm glad you're safe.

We were struggling with that big guy too."

When Marvin said that, Jill sighed and spoke.

"Of course you'd struggle.

That's a Tyrant."

"Tyrant? Do you know about that big guy?"

"Yeah, of course.

That's a bioweapon created by Umbrella."

"We've already killed two of them."

At Jill's words, Marvin and the two strangers seemed shocked.

"Why would a pharmaceutical company..."

"I don't know.

We haven't investigated enough to be sure, but they probably made it to sell."

"Then... this incident..."

"It seems a virus that Umbrella was researching spread."

"It was definitely called the T-virus."

"By the way, who are these two with you?"

When Jill asked, Marvin pointed at each of them and introduced them.

"Ah, this handsome guy is Leon, the new recruit who was supposed to start today."

"And this young lady is Claire, Chris's younger sister."

"She said she came looking for her brother."

Seeing them together like this, I could tell that the development had diverged greatly from the original.

Most of all, Marvin was alive.

In the original, Marvin died because he was bitten by Brad, who had become a zombie.

But this time, because Brad escaped alive, that never happened.

And I figured that with Marvin surviving, Leon and Claire ended up acting together with his help.

'The butterfly effect is amazing.'

Leon offered a handshake and greeted me.

"Senior, you must be Jin, right?

Nice to meet you."

At this time, Leon was still a fresh rookie.

Instead of the disheveled hair of the future, he had a neatly styled 7:3 part, and unlike his future self, who showed signs of fatigue, he was a handsome man full of rookie spirit and vitality.

"I got the gift you left in my locker.

Thanks, it helped a lot."

"I'm glad.

It was worth preparing it for you."

"But I never thought that gorilla would have a sister who looks normal."

At that, Claire burst out laughing.

"Pfft, a gorilla... Well, he is a gorilla.

Nice to meet you.

I'm Claire Redfield."

Claire at this time was also a college student, so her face still had a youthful air.

Her brown hair tied in a ponytail, her clear eyes, and her lively yet healthy charm were naturally on display.

Jill and I explained to them what kind of people Umbrella was, and why Chris and some S.T.A.R.S. members had gone to Europe.

"So that's what happened..."

I first gave the W-870 shotgun, which I had strapped to the bottom of my backpack, to Claire, who only had a handgun.

Then I handed one Magnum Lightning Hawk to Marvin.

After that, I opened my backpack and distributed ammunition to everyone.

"Wow, you prepared this much."

"More than that, carrying this much ammunition around must be incredibly heavy.

How on earth do you carry it all?"

Marvin asked, finding it curious that I was carrying such a large amount of ammo.

"I've trained for it, but after fighting zombies and giving ammo to teammates, it gets light quickly."

"I suppose so.

You've already given away a significant amount."

"More than that, we need to take down the Tyrant."

"If we leave it like this, it might keep following us and cause a dangerous situation."

At that, everyone seemed surprised.

"How?!

We just fought it.

Guns barely work on it."

When Claire asked, I explained step by step.

"We take advantage of the fact that it stupidly follows us."

"We set up a booby trap and then lure it in."

"If we use the explosives stored in the police armory and the grenades I have, we can definitely take it down."