After obtaining a Raccoon City tourist guide, Asa figured out his location.
In the northern part of Raccoon City, on Raccoon Street, to the north was the Umbrella Corporation headquarters he had just walked out of, and to the south was the Raccoon City Park.
Out of caution, Asa, having just brought Sherry out, did not intend to make contact with the main cast; this plan's priority was temporarily ranked after purchasing weapons and training his marksmanship.
After all, Chris and Jill's direct superior, Wesker, was the mole planted by the Umbrella Corporation in the police department, and his superior, Chief Brian, was even more of a mole bought off by the Umbrella Corporation.
Who could guarantee that Chris and Jill would trust their captain more than a researcher from the Umbrella Corporation?
Prioritizing the improvement of his own strength was what was most important.
If the virus hadn't yet fully broken out, Asa would have really wanted to just find a zombie and let it take a bite out of him.
However, looking at the blonde girl beside him who was tightly gripping his hand, Asa sighed softly.
Perhaps ordinary people all say how strong the settings of the second-generation virus-affected in Resident Evil are, but their misery is also truly real.
Annette Birkin had limited affection for Sherry from a young age; in her heart, research was more important.
And William, from beginning to end, only showed a little concern for Sherry after transforming into an infected entity, and even that was under the stimulation of the G-Virus's reproductive urge.
Either staying at school or staying at the research base, and lacking parental care, this led to the reclusive personality Sherry developed from a young age. After her parents died, she had a brief period of happiness before being imprisoned by the government for eleven years, and after that, she had to join the US government to work for them.
In the early plot of the ninth generation after transmigrating, Sherry developed T-Virus infection syndrome again, and in the end, she and Jake did not have a happy ending.
Love, family affection, dreams—in the end, she had nothing.
Especially that line Sherry asked Claire and Leon at the end of the second generation, "Will you adopt me?", it was truly ironic.
Asa squatted down, looked into Sherry's eyes, and asked softly:
"So, Sherry, shall we go to the zoo to play today?"
"Okay!"
Sherry jumped up excitedly.
On the weekend, the zoo was crowded with families bringing their children to play, and Asa and Sherry did not appear out of place among the tourists.
Asa figure was tall and straight, his features angular, his nose high and straight, and his eyes deep, like a noble young master from a mysterious Eastern country; he was practically three Andy Laus combined, a top-tier specimen among men.
Coupled with the blonde-haired, blue-eyed little girl following him, it made the surrounding young women imagine a cross-national romance, a story of him as a foreign prince and her as a woman going through menopause raising two children while working as a cleaner, having gone through countless hardships but eventually...
Asa could not stand the surrounding gazes; the local beauties nearby were already unable to hold back the tide and were starting to hit on him, so he hurriedly took Sherry and headed to the next part of the zoo.
"So that's how it is. In a foreign land, this face of mine is still quite popular. Why didn't I feel that back at the research base?"
Asa touched his face and pondered to himself.
After experiencing the daily life of an ordinary spectator once, Asa continued to stroll around with Sherry. To avoid attracting attention, he deliberately leaned forward slightly, did not make direct eye contact with anyone, lowered his head, and hunched his back. His aura quickly shifted from sunny to dark and sleazy, and the people hitting on him instantly disappeared.
[Congratulations on acquiring the skill "Disguise (Novice)"!]
The system's notification sound rang out unexpectedly.
This works too? There's a pleasant surprise?
Asa was surprised. It seemed his development of the system was less than 1%; he must try all sorts of behaviors in the future.
[Disguise (Novice): You can blend into the crowd through your demeanor, but people with some life experience can tell at a glance that you are so distinct and so outstanding in the crowd.]
What is this description? He's not a pig butcher.
The zoo in winter mostly had antelopes, cougars, elephants, crocodiles, black bears, and so on, and Sherry watched with great interest.
Asa also stood to the side admiring them, but in his heart, he thought that in a few months, when facing the T-Virus infected zombie animals, the protagonists would probably only have the two words "FK" to say.
"Emma, slow down, Daddy can't keep up with you."
A figure ran quickly past Sherry; it was a girl about the same age as Sherry, with shoulder-length black hair parted in the middle and a pink and white sweater, making faces at the middle-aged man behind her.
"Daddy, hurry up, I want to see the elephants."
Sherry's gaze instantly shifted from the black bear in the enclosure to the father and daughter beside her, and she suddenly felt that the black bear in the enclosure, posing and begging for snacks, was no longer interesting.
The middle-aged man happily picked up the girl named Emma, hugged her, and quickly walked towards the elephant enclosure, laughing loudly:
"Daddy will take you to see the elephants!"
Sherry's expression became increasingly dim.
How could Asa not know that the little girl was starting to make comparisons? He stepped forward and encouraged her:
"Sherry, the other girl is the same age as you; why not go up and make a friend?"
Asa did not say things like "your father also loves you, he's just too busy." At twelve years old, Sherry knew in her heart whether it was care or indifference, and besides, Asa had no intention of whitewashing William.
He just encouraged Sherry to step out of the shadows and make friends herself.
"I, can I do that too?"
Sherry subconsciously wanted to shrink back; reclusiveness and low self-esteem were conjoined, and at this moment, Asa just needed to give her courage.
"Trying it out never hurts. Let's go."
Holding Sherry's hand, Asa caught up with the two figures, one big and one small, in front.
The negotiation with the other father went very smoothly; when the middle-aged man heard Asa request, he readily let the two girls go play together while the two of them watched from the side.
"Asa."
"Robert Kendo. You're Eastern?"
It's him.
Asa subconsciously sized him up; the image of the middle-aged man before him gradually overlapped with the gun shop owner from the second and third generations.
This really was a coincidence; the first step in Asa plan was to purchase firearms for self-defense, which inevitably meant making contact with the owner of Raccoon City's largest gun shop: Robert Kendo.
"Isn't it obvious?"
"Oh, that cute girl probably isn't your daughter, right?"
"She's my boss's daughter. He doesn't have time to take her out, and I'm not short on time."
Asa spread his hands.
"Then your salary must be very high."
The two started chatting idly.
The friendship between children is very pure; after Sherry plucked up the courage, Emma gave a sincere response, and the two little girls quickly started playing together.
The chubby gun shop owner leaned on the railing to the side, his gaze directed at the figures of Emma and Sherry chatting away, sighing:
"Emma is truly my angel. You haven't been a father yet, so you might not understand; the moment I saw her born, I knew I was willing to die for her."
"..."
The two of us have only just met for the first time, why are you starting to set a death flag?
Robert was just sighing, but Asa knew the plot; after the infection broke out, Robert's wife would be infected first, then his daughter, and finally, Robert himself would fail on the evacuation route and die.
After a brief silence, Asa said softly:
"Yeah, striving to live out a short life and leaving the results for the next generation to inherit—humanity grows slowly through such repetition. Life is always like this; it's quite amazing, isn't it?"
Now Robert didn't speak; the tone was set too high for him to handle.