After finishing lunch, Aiden and the others rested for a while, then went together to the Moscow Hotel. They still had many things to trouble Balalaika with.
Aside from the maid lady and Garcia's ship tickets out of Roanapur, there was also the matter of those people who had arrived in the past few days...
Moscow Hotel is located right in the center of Roanapur, and the Black Reef Trading Company is a regular customer here. It didn't take long to arrive.
"The boss has been waiting for you in the reception room." At the door, Balalaika's adjutant said to them.
This veteran, who had fought in the Imperial Cemetery just like Balalaika, had no emotional fluctuations on his face. After saying the previous sentence, he turned to Aiden and said, "You are a celebrity, I know you."
Aiden had a confused look on his face. His impression of SL was still based on past national and online propaganda.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Aiden said.
"You will know soon." The adjutant's expression finally showed a slight change. "The boss has learned something about you."
"About me? What have I done?" Aiden still looked confused. Even if there were plot connections, he hadn't done anything significant in Roanapur.
The adjutant smiled indifferently and gestured for them to enter. "Please go in first, the boss is waiting."
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As a newly established organization after the disbandment of the former SL, Moscow Hotel's scale is actually much larger than most people imagine. Even the branch located in Southeast Asia is a very terrifying existence.
Following the adjutant upstairs, not only Aiden, but the head maid Roberta, who was trailing behind, also gasped in amazement.
"Even the Colombian Revolutionary Army probably doesn't have such power."
She was a veteran and could naturally tell how powerful the members of Moscow Hotel hiding around them were. These people had fallen into the underworld, which was the misfortune of this world.
Soon, they arrived at the top floor of the building.
Revy and Dutch, as old-timers in Roanapur with close ties to Moscow Hotel, opened the door directly upon entering and walked in. They then said to the woman behind the desk, "Balalaika, we've come as invited."
"Welcome." Balalaika nodded, biting on a large cigar, and pointed to the sofa in front of her. "Please sit for a while, we have some friends coming."
The "friends" Balalaika referred to were naturally their friendly counterparts, members of another underworld organization, the Triad.
Not long after Aiden and the others sat down, two people entered the room.
One was a man wearing a trench coat despite the 30-degree heat in Roanapur, and the other was a woman in a cheongsam.
They were the Triad members invited to the meeting.
"Let me introduce you, Mr. Chang, and his assistant, Miss Shenhua, also known as Crane." Balalaika said.
Of course, this was directed towards Aiden and Roberta.
Except for the newly joined Rock, the Black Reef Trading Company members were still very familiar with the Triad boss.
"Long time no see." Aiden was naturally not unfamiliar with Mr. Chang and Shenhua, so he said this polite greeting in Mandarin.
In foreign countries, a familiar language is usually a bonus for friendship and goodwill. Even though there's a saying about how "hometown people can shoot each other in the back," for Mr. Chang and Shenhua, both of them were equally strong, and with Aiden having a respectable reputation, they only felt a sense of closeness.
"Long time no see." Mr. Chang stood up and cupped his hands toward Aiden.
Shenhua did not stand and bow like Mr. Chang, but instead elegantly bowed and said, "I have heard of your great name."
After the pleasantries, Balalaika continued, "Mr. Chang, how's the situation on your side?"
Mr. Chang lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and said, "My people say they were probably discovered by the other side, but it seems like the other side doesn't have any malicious intent, so after being discovered, they remained very calm."
"Same here." Balalaika wasn't surprised at all. "The people I sent out were also discovered, but they didn't show any malice. They even sent people to negotiate with us, offering us money."
"And then?" Revy asked. Right now, her main concern was this, anything related to Aiden, especially his safety.
"No 'and then.'" Balalaika said. "Although the other side showed goodwill, Roanapur is my territory..."
At this point, she glanced at Mr. Chang, saw he was still calm, and continued, "I don't really trust them."
"The right choice." Aiden didn't mind fueling the fire for his own safety.
"Outsiders are not to be trusted." He added.
Hearing this, Balalaika smiled and said, "You're an outsider too."
"I'm different. I have no intentions for Roanapur, and besides, I can't do anything." Aiden said. "But those people are different. Although they don't intend to take control of Roanapur, they might take some bad actions, like causing damage here while targeting me."
"They're just some pharmaceutical companies, what kind of damage can they cause?" Shenhua, who looked like a traditional beauty from China, asked.
"Hmm." Aiden thought for a moment and said, "Maybe they'll release a virus or turn this place into an experimental site or something."
"This is not a movie." Shenhua said.
"You have to believe, anything is possible." Aiden said. "If you've experienced what I've gone through, you wouldn't say that."
"Indeed." Balalaika continued Aiden's sentence. "Based on some intel, certain forces targeting Aiden do indeed possess abilities like those shown in movies."
"Especially someone I used to know." Balalaika said.
"A colleague of mine from the KGB told me that one of my former superiors joined a pharmaceutical organization in Country M. This organization gave him abilities that ordinary people would never believe."
At this point, Balalaika looked at Aiden. "But those abilities come at a cost, which is why they sent people to Roanapur to capture you."
"So, Aiden, I'm really curious now. What exactly did you do in Racoon City that made my old superior, Vladimir, obsessed with you?"
As for what happened in Racoon City, due to news blockades from Country M, Balalaika was naturally not fully aware.
However, through some channels, she learned some so-called insider information, one of which was related to her former superior, Sergei Vladimir.
The day before Racoon City was nuked, Sergei appeared in Racoon City and had a conflict with Aiden.
As for Balalaika's question, Aiden didn't know how to answer. It wasn't that he couldn't say anything, but he didn't know where to start.
Of course, the main reason was that he didn't understand why Sergei targeted him that way. Was it because of his actions back then? But other than fighting with a tyrant, everything else was something any normal person could do.
Looking at Aiden, who was frowning in thought, Balalaika roughly guessed that Aiden wasn't clear about some things either, so she waved her hand and said, "Let's not talk about that. The reason I invited you here is to discuss the people who've recently entered Roanapur."
With that, she glanced at her adjutant behind her.
The adjutant immediately turned on the projector placed on the desk, and a photo appeared on the white cloth across from them.
"This is the first group of people who entered Racoon City." Balalaika said.
"From the symbols on their shoulders and the equipment they carried, they seem to belong to the security team of a pharmaceutical company called Tricell."
"They're here too, I didn't expect that." Aiden was taken aback. Although Tri-Pharm was also a long-established company, isn't it a bit early for them to appear now?
"Looks like you're familiar with them." Balalaika said.
Aiden nodded. "Not too familiar. I've only heard of them, never dealt with them, but I know they've been around for a long time."
"Oh, I see." Balalaika said, then signaled her adjutant to switch to the next photo.
Click, the next photo appeared, but it showed several figures at once.
"These people are more mysterious. We found very little information about them, and they're the least in number among the factions that entered."
Balalaika pointed to one person in the photo and said, "But you should know this guy. The data shows that he's also one of the survivors of Racoon City."
"You're wrong." Aiden shook his head, correcting Balalaika.
"He's not just a survivor, he's one of the people responsible for the disaster in Racoon City. It's because of him that Racoon City became hell."
The person Balalaika was referring to was someone Aiden was very familiar with... Albert Wesker.
And the other people in the photo, he wasn't unfamiliar with either, they were the Wolfpack Squad who had sided with Wesker.
However, Aiden found it strange that he didn't see Ada in the photo.
'Didn't she participate in this mission?' Aiden wondered. He clearly remembered that Ada was a top agent, and she participated in every HCF operation.
"Are you familiar with him?" Balalaika asked, noticing Aiden's surprised expression.
Aiden nodded. "He's a terrifying guy."
Then he added, "His strength is extremely formidable. If nothing unexpected happens..."
At this point, he scanned the people in the room and said, "Even if we all combined, we're probably no match for him."
"Is it that exaggerated? He's not Superman." Revy asked skeptically.
"He's just as exaggerated as Superman. Trust me, Revy, none of us can defeat him. He can even ignore firearms."
Aiden knew Wesker very well. This guy, who could almost perfectly adapt to the virus, possessed Superman-like abilities, and could even dodge gunfire at close range.
He clearly remembered that in the fifth game's storyline, Wesker easily defeated Chris, even after Chris used all his equipment.
But for Wesker, any gun was just a decoration.
If it weren't for the plot, Aiden was certain he could have been the final boss and caused all the protagonists to naturally die.
"You're exaggerating, Aiden."
Balalaika, of course, didn't believe him. She had seen too many geniuses on the battlefield to believe anyone could dodge bullets.
"I'm not exaggerating. Trust me, if you encounter him, running is the best option." Aiden said.
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