The three immediately held their breath, raised their HK416 assault rifles, and aimed at the corner ahead.
Then…
"Click."
The sound of a pin being pulled rang out ahead, exceptionally clear in the silent underground waterway.
"Grenade! Take cover!!"
As he finished speaking, he immediately ran towards the corner behind him.
But the opponent had no intention of letting them go, directly releasing the safety lever in his hand, delaying for a second before throwing it into the air.
It bounced off the dome of the underground waterway, ricocheting in front of the three.
At this moment, the flashbang detonated.
The blinding light, enough to temporarily blind a person, lit up. Even the battle-hardened Leon didn't manage to completely avoid it. He only had time to push Claire and Sherry away, still suffering some effects himself.
If exposed to a flashbang at close range without protection, it would take at least a day or two for the visual system to fully recover.
And now it would probably take about ten seconds.
"Damn it! It's a flashbang! Claire! Sherry! How are you… Pfft!"
Leon's instinctive words of concern for the two were cut short as he was forcibly pressed onto the cold ground of the underground waterway.
"Oh, Leon, we meet again."
"…Holy crap! Why is it you again, you demoness!"
Leon's hair was practically a bird's nest from panic!
"What if it is me? This time you've returned to Raccoon City in groups. Do you think a few of you can resolve this incident yourselves?"
"No comment on this matter! You woman who works for Umbrella Corporation!"
"Then aren't you afraid I'll just kill you?"
"Then you'd best act fast, you fake FBI agent!"
"I am indeed not an FBI agent." Ada Wong directly flipped Leon over, then placed her FBI ID in front of his nearly recovered vision. "But I am now a Level 4 Elite Agent of the General Bureau, and after this quarter's headquarters accounting, based on the completion of missions during this period, I estimate I'll skip the originally planned Level 5 Agent and directly be promoted to Level 6."
Leon struggled to sit up, coughed a few times, and then continued:
"Who knows where you got another fake ID."
"No, Leon, she is indeed a Level 4 Agent of the FBI, I can guarantee that." Sherry, who had been pushed away by Leon, hurried forward and saluted Ada, then said, "FBI Provisional Agent Sherry Birkin reporting to you, Officer."
Ada looked up at the young girl with short platinum hair.
Seven years ago, she had glimpsed this girl from afar, but at that time, Sherry was just a frail twelve-year-old loli, completely different from the determined-eyed girl in front of her now.
"Ada Wong… you've actually transformed into an FBI Agent now?"
Claire was somewhat incredulous. Although that demoness back then, from the final outcome, did indeed help her and Leon, she didn't treat them as burdens at all.
But she didn't treat them as people either.
"Claire, why do you and Leon sound so resentful when you see me?" Ada walked forward and used Dante's Magnum to lift Claire's chin. "Factually speaking, it wouldn't be an exaggeration for you two to call me Teacher, would it?"
When Leon and Claire heard the word "Teacher," their hearts were already filled with tears, goddammit.
Pulling the alarm to attract zombies for them to practice shooting.
Dashing movements to lure the Tyrant in front of them to train their courage.
The most outrageous part was when they encountered William Birkin infected with the G-virus, she told them to use a steel pipe to stab that big eyeball on his shoulder!
What kind of good person teaches like that!
But in these seven years, both of them had cursed Ada ten thousand times in their hearts, yet they had to admit that in that urgent and dangerous situation, she did enable them to gain the ability to protect themselves and even solve problems in the fastest possible time.
Especially Claire, who was originally just a motorcycle girl, after nearly two days of hellish training, she directly evolved into a master of headshots.
Human potential…
Is truly incredibly miraculous.
"Can you two stop reminiscing about the glorious past for a moment…" At this point, the most reliable one was nineteen-year-old Sherry. "Since Agent Ada Wong is here, it means Star Team has been deployed. And Star Team's deployment means… this matter seems to be quite serious."
"The young girl is right, this time, you've gotten yourselves into big trouble. Follow me." Ada put away her gun, turned around, and returned the way she came, continuing as she walked. "Every single one of you basically has an official identity, either high-ranking BSAA officials, or direct Agents of the American Government, and there's even an FBI Provisional Agent among you. What in the world possessed you to forcefully break through A.R.G.U.S.'s blockade and enter Raccoon City?"
"This matter is a long story."
Leon sighed, just about to start explaining, when he arrived at the corner where Ada had appeared…
Dozens of Fungal Beasts were piled up motionless here, and several people in strange uniforms stood there.
Perhaps these were the so-called peacekeepers? Or Superheroes?
But fortunately, there were still two normally dressed people: a balding middle-aged man in a suit, and a Republic Person in black combat fatigues.
And that Republic Person looked up, revealing a kind and benevolent smile.
"Since it's a long story, make it short."
Sherry excitedly poked Leon in the lower back, then whispered, "This is Captain Dante of Star Team, a Level 7 Agent of the FBI! The absolute authority on supernatural events!"
"Uh, so young… Alright, Officer, it's like this."
Leaving aside how obviously formidable this group of people in front of him was, just the authority of a Level 7 Agent of the FBI was immeasurably higher than his as a CIA Agent.
Calling him "Officer" was no problem at all; his rank was sufficient to command him across agencies, and his leaders, even the President, couldn't find fault with it.
So Leon boldly chose to tell the truth.
"At first, we were all just investigating biohazard incidents individually, but ultimately, the different incidents in our hands all pointed to the same place… a certain village in Romania."
"But before we could go there, they entered America via a Latveria cruise ship."
"Then, while we were jointly analyzing intelligence, we encountered a man named Ethan Winters, who was an acquaintance of Chris, and he asked us…"
"To rescue his wife and child from those biohazard fanatics."
"But A.R.G.U.S. has already notified all organizations of the ban on Raccoon City."
"There was nothing we could do, so we just had to come ourselves."
(To be continued.)
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