"Such a pity, black tea with sugar is a top beverage for refreshing the mind." Soi shook her head. She looked at the tea table, found a packet of granulated sugar, tore it open, and poured the whole thing in.
This scene made Aiden's teeth ache a little, "Drinking like that, sooner or later you'll get diabetes."
"I'll talk about it when I get it. For now, live one day at a time." Soi looked completely unconcerned.
"So, what exactly do you want to talk about?" Their conversation made the people beside them unable to keep listening. Balalaika knocked on the table, indicating they had gone off-topic.
In fact, even if she hadn't spoken, Aiden also felt they had gone off track. He reorganized his thoughts and asked, "What do you do? Why would Koko hire someone to save you?"
"Can't you tell from how I'm dressed?" Soi asked in confusion. She lowered her head, looked at the white lab coat on her body, and continued, "As for the Koko you mentioned, sorry, I don't know her, and I don't know why she wanted to save me."
"Then do you all know?" Aiden turned to ask Dutch and the others.
Dutch shook his head, "I'm not too clear either. At the time, Koko just said to go pick someone up… Oh, right, she also said she got a call from a friend, and it was someone that friend asked her to pick up."
A person's figure immediately surfaced in Aiden's mind, "Ada?"
"Maybe." Dutch wasn't very familiar with Ada, so he shook his head again.
Then he pointed at Soi and said, "But according to Koko, they were originally supposed to send her to Europe, but she insisted strongly on coming to Southeast Asia, saying she had to find someone very important."
"So we went to pick her up and brought her to Southeast Asia. It's just that the person she's looking for disappeared, so we could only bring her to Roanapur first."
"I see." Aiden roughly understood the cause and effect.
Basically, Koko got word and found this woman named Soi, originally intending to send her to Europe for protection. But she wanted to come to Southeast Asia to find someone, so Koko paid Revy and the others to go pick her up. In the end, they couldn't find the person, so they simply brought her here.
After thinking for a moment, Aiden continued to ask Soi, "After saying all that, can you now tell us what exactly you do?"
"Sorry, that's a secret." Soi looked up at him and said lightly.
Aiden could only look at Dutch again, but Dutch also shook his head, showing that he didn't know either.
Instead, Balalaika let out a laugh and said, "Still need to ask? Just look at her clothes and you'll know, definitely a science researcher. Either researching weapons or pharmaceuticals. But for Koko to value her so highly, I think she must be someone who studies some kind of weapon of mass destruction… am I right, Miss Soi?"
"You got half of it right, but there's no reward." Soi's expression was calm, but her slightly narrowed eyes showed inner unrest.
"Aiya, what's the point of asking so much? It has nothing to do with us anyway. Once she finds her person, we just send her to Europe." Seeing everyone chatting for so long, Revy, who felt it was all nonsense, couldn't hold back anymore.
She said loudly, "Right now, the most important thing is to arrange a hearty lunch. I've been chewing on compressed biscuits in the jungle for days, and I've had enough."
After hearing Revy's words, Balalaika turned her head and asked her adjutant, "How's lunch coming along?"
"It'll be ready soon. It's your favorite Russian feast, Captain." The adjutant replied with his head lowered.
"Then please trouble everyone to wait a little longer." said Balalaika.
"If you don't mind, bring out more tasty drinks. It's been so long since I saw Aiden, we've got to have a good drink today." Revy added.
Balalaika gave her a glance, "Revy, don't forget this is the Moscow Hotel. Anything might be short, but there will never be a shortage of alcohol."
Her words made everyone smile knowingly. Indeed, this was the Moscow Hotel.
Aiden also laughed a few times. At that moment, he suddenly remembered something and immediately asked Dutch, "Dutch, have you ever heard of an organization called the Blue Legion?"
"Blue Legion?" Dutch was stunned, then frowned.
"Sounds familiar… let me think…" Dutch lowered his head.
After a moment of thinking, Dutch suddenly raised his head and said, "I remember now! Back when I served in the military, I heard about this organization. They often recruit people from the military, a mercenary group that works solely for money. And they have no bottom line, they've even done terrorist attacks for money."
"That sounds truly disturbing." After hearing Dutch's description of the Blue Legion, Aiden frowned.
"Why are you asking about them?" Dutch asked again.
"Because they're in Roanapur now. We even ran into them last night." Aiden spread his hands and said.
"They actually came here? Could it be…" Dutch looked at Soi but didn't continue, though everyone understood what he meant.
Dutch thought silently for a while longer and continued, "A group that works solely for money wouldn't come here for no reason. Although you can get rich here too, their usual activity range is in M Country. Someone must've paid them..."
"Speaking of which, regardless of whether their target is Miss Soi or not, we have to be careful. They have no bottom line, completely unscrupulous. They've even thrown bombs at innocent civilians to cover their actions."
"Such a headache!" Aiden sighed. "I just wanted to take a vacation, have a good time for a few days, but ended up running into this as soon as I arrived."
This time he came to the Resident Evil world just to catch up with Jill and the others, it could be said he came to relax. Although he knew he might encounter some trouble, he didn't expect it to happen immediately, which seriously ruined his mood.
"Relax, relax, Aiden, just don't get involved. Play however you want. Besides, they might not even be after Soi. Just chill."
Revy slapped his shoulder hard and then said loudly, "To celebrate your return, let's do this, tonight we'll go to the Yellow Flag Bar and have a proper drink."
"I just went there last night." Aiden rubbed his brow, he didn't want to drink too often.
"Going again isn't a big deal. We just got back too, we need to unwind." Balalaika also tried to persuade him.
"Alright then." Aiden sighed and could only nod.
"Then next, let's enjoy a sumptuous lunch first." Seeing Aiden agree, Balalaika smiled, clapped her hands, and said to everyone.
———
At the same time, at an abandoned port in Roanapur, dozens of mercenaries in matching uniforms were constantly unloading crates from a small cargo ship into a nearby abandoned warehouse.
And inside the warehouse, more than a dozen uniformed mercenaries were checking the cargo inside the crates.
At this moment, a mixed-blood girl walked in from outside the warehouse. She held a list in her hand and walked with a cold expression up to a blond middle-aged man.
"Everything you asked for has arrived. Here's the list, you can check it. If there's no problem, please sign."
The middle-aged man took the list but didn't look at it. He simply nodded and said, "No need. Irina, I trust your work."
Faced with the middle-aged man's compliment, the girl named Irina was completely unmoved. Though she was in the same faction as the man before her, that was only because of her arms-dealer father.
In fact, she utterly despised the Blue Legion's behavior, and didn't like the man in front of her either. In her eyes, someone who could sell out vital intel of their original organization just to survive was not trustworthy. Who knows, maybe one day he'd sell out the people around him too, just to save himself.
Thinking of this, a trace of disgust flashed in Irina's eyes, and she urged coldly, "Hurry up and sign. Once unloading is done, I'm leaving immediately."
"No need to be in such a rush, Miss Irina." The middle-aged man still didn't sign. He obviously knew the girl disliked him, but thinking about her identity, he wanted to win her over.
The daughter of an arms dealer, and currently holding an important position in the united organization, if he could win her over, he might gain advancement opportunities in the future.
"Since you've come to Roanapur, why not stay a few days and enjoy yourself? If you're willing, I'll cover all your expenses." The middle-aged man said.
"No need. I don't like it here." Irina refused immediately.
After saying that, Irina turned and walked out of the warehouse.
Watching Irina leave, the middle-aged man didn't rush. Instead, he revealed a smile. When Irina was about to reach the warehouse door, he suddenly shouted, "Miss Irina, want to know where Choi Ji-yoon is now?"
Hearing that, Irina instantly stopped. She turned around coldly and asked, "You know?"
"I received news yesterday, Choi Ji-yoon has already snuck into Roanapur." The middle-aged man said, "I know you and her have some complicated ties, so I've been sending people to gather her whereabouts."
"I hate being lied to. People who lie to me usually meet terrible ends." Irina stared at the middle-aged man and said coldly.
"Of course I understand." The middle-aged man shrugged. "Just like Choi Ji-yoon, right?"
Irina's gaze became even colder. She gave a cold snort, said nothing, and walked straight out of the warehouse.
At this moment, the middle-aged man called out behind her, "There's a very good intel exchange center in Roanapur, it's called the Yellow Flag Bar. Miss Irina, if you don't mind, you might want to check it out."
Irina heard his voice, tilted her head slightly, and then gently nodded.
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[Moscow Hotel]
After lunch, Mr. Chang left with the Triad people. Originally, he had asked Shenhua to leave with him too, but she insisted on staying.
At first, Mr. Chang couldn't understand why. But then he noticed Shenhua's eyes were always on Aiden. He glanced meaningfully at Aiden, who was chatting with Revy, and left in deep thought.
"Aiden, move over to our place. We've made a lot of money recently and bought out the houses next to the agency. There's plenty of space to stay." Revy said to Aiden.
Dutch chimed in too, "Yeah, Aiden, just move in. It's good to have someone to watch each other's backs."
Of course, "watching each other's backs" was only part of the reason, the main reason was for Revy.
Although Dutch knew Aiden's relationships with several women were ambiguous, he still wanted to help connect Revy with Aiden as much as possible.
Aiden didn't speak. He looked at Revy's face full of anticipation, then awkwardly glanced at Balalaika sitting not far away.
In truth, Balalaika had invited him even earlier than Revy did. And besides Revy and Balalaika, there was also Shenhua, so now he was very conflicted.
Three choices, no matter who he chose, the other two would be displeased.
So, after thinking for a long while, Aiden decided not to choose anyone and continued staying at the hotel.
But staying in a hotel was also somewhat inconvenient. After all, hotels had poor privacy. So in the end, Aiden simply had Balalaika help him rent a house.
Although a little disappointed, Balalaika still nodded, then said, "Why not just rent the same place you lived in before?"
"That would be even better." Thinking of the house he used to live in, Aiden nodded.
After chatting idly for a bit longer, Aiden left the Moscow Hotel with Roberta and Fabiola.
Once he left, Revy and Shenhua's group also left. As for the target they were protecting, Soi, she was left behind at the Moscow Hotel. After all, in all of Roanapur, the Moscow Hotel was the safest place.
And before Aiden left, Balalaika even gave him a mobile phone. And in the phone, all the numbers of the people were already pre-stored for convenient contact.
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