Infinite: From the Resident Evil

"We ran into some trouble at the last one. You know, that guy is difficult to deal with." There was a slight blush on Tifa's face when she spoke, but it was not visible unless you looked closely, and now Jesse and Alice didn't know what this meant.

"Is that so? No wonder, that guy is really hard to deal with." Although Jesse was still a little confused, he looked at Shen Ye who looked very sure of it and nodded.

"Okay, let's eat first now that we're back!" Alice said, and brought out a bowl of broth from the bar's kitchen.

Several people immediately sat around the dining table. However, when they were about to eat, Claude suddenly appeared, followed by Weggie and Biggs.

"I smell the strong aroma of broth. Weggie, Claude, it seems we have come at the right time!" Biggs shouted as he entered the door.

"Yeah! I'm just hungry." As a food taster of the new dishes of Seventh Heaven, Weggie said while smacking his lips.

Claude didn't say anything. His eyes fell on Alice who was serving soup to Shen Ye. A familiar feeling arose in his heart, and fragments of memory popped up in his mind.

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Chapter 185! Memory

"I seem to...know her?"

The memory gradually took shape in Claude's mind, and the outline of a woman gradually became clear, but he could not see clearly what she looked like.

The deep memories also gave him a headache. He held his head, groaned in pain, and his body swayed and he could not stand steadily.

"Are you okay, Claude?" Weggie, who was standing by, saw this and quickly supported him, asking with concern, but all he got in response was Claude's even more painful wail.

Shen Ye and his companions who were about to eat also stood up and looked at Claude holding his head in pain. Everyone had a different expression on their face, but no matter what, they all showed a sense of worry.

"Help him sit down and rest for a while." Tifa, Claude's childhood sweetheart, said to Weedy.

Weggie nodded and was about to help Claude sit on a chair beside him, but at this moment, Claude suddenly pushed him away and pulled out the sword of destruction on his magnetic back.

Seeing him like this, Shen Ye guessed that his spiritual world was invaded because of Jenova's influence.

"Weiji, get away from him." Shen Ye shouted.

Listening to Shen Ye's words, Weigi hesitated for a moment, but looking at Claude holding the Sword of Destruction, he remembered the strength shown by Claude in the battle of Mako Reactor No. 1 last night, and he was so shocked that he stepped back.

But at this moment, Claude was looking at another scene.

In his "sight", Shen Ye and others in the bar had all disappeared, and the person who appeared in front of him was the person who drove him to join Shinra, his former idol, Sephiroth.

Also because of the influence of Zack's memory, and because Cloud has seen Sephiroth in the spiritual world more than once, he now completely regards Sephiroth as an enemy. Even though he was once his idol, Cloud swung his sword at him without hesitation.

"Hehe..." Sephiroth did not dodge and allowed Claude's Sword of Destruction to split him in half. But to Claude's surprise, Sephiroth, who was split in half, did not leave any corpse or blood, and just disappeared out of thin air.

Claude was stunned for a moment, and in the blink of an eye, the scene in front of him turned into the Seventh Heaven again, but in this Seventh Heaven, besides him, there were also Aerith and Tifa.

But the next second, Shen Ye appeared beside Alice and Tifa, and then Alice and Tifa waved to him, each holding one of Shen Ye's arms, and disappeared with him.

Seeing this scene, Claude could only reach out to them in vain, but he couldn't say anything.

"Are you in pain? Are you sad? Fate... should have favored you..."

Sephiroth's voice appeared like a ghost in Cloud's ears.

"It's a pity...your fate has been tampered with...perhaps...you can take another path?"

The voice was still speaking in his ears, but he could no longer hear it because the noisy sounds and exclamations pulled him back from his spiritual world.

"Claude, wake up, Claude."

The moment he opened his eyes again, Claude saw Biggs and others standing far away, calling his name.

"Are you okay, Claude?" Seeing that Claude's eyes were gradually regaining clarity, Tifa, who was standing next to Shen Ye, asked with concern, her eyes full of worry - of course, that was all. For Claude, she was thinking more about friendship now.

"I'm fine." Claude understood Tifa's eyes and a bitter smile appeared on his lips.

"You almost split Weggie in half just now. If Shen Ye hadn't been quick and pulled him back, we would have to prepare a funeral for Weggie today." Jesse glanced at the frightened Weggie and said to Claude with dissatisfaction.

Claude then turned his gaze to Weggie. Seeing the horrified expression on his face, he put the Sword of Destruction back on his back, nodded slightly and said, "I'm sorry, Weggie."

"No...it doesn't matter. You didn't really hurt me anyway." Weigi gasped, trying to calm his wildly beating heart, but it was obviously of no use because his legs were still shaking.

"What happened to you just now?" Seeing that Claude seemed to have really regained consciousness, Tifa brought him a glass of water.

Claude picked up the water cup and took a big sip. After the cool liquid entered his body, his mind became clearer. He sighed and said, "I'm not sure. It seems to be a problem I developed during those years as a mercenary."

"Can it be cured?" Jesse asked from the side. "I don't want you to suddenly get sick and kill us all when we are on a new mission together in the future."

"It should be possible!" Claude was not sure, but he was sure of one thing, his problem was definitely related to Sephiroth.

"That's good!" Jesse breathed a sigh of relief, although she didn't quite believe it.

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After all this trouble, everyone continued to enjoy lunch.

Claude, who was a bit of a loner by nature and had just almost hurt someone, sat alone at a table. However, Weegee and Biggs didn't mind and sat directly opposite him.

"Don't blame yourself, Claude, you're just sick." Looking at Claude who seemed to be in deep thought, Biggs and Weedy comforted him.

Claude looked up at them expressionlessly and forced a smile: "Thank you."

This thank you was really sincere. Although they had only known each other for a short time, he could still feel their friendliness.

"You're welcome. We're companions in saving the planet together." Biggs said casually.

At this moment, Alice placed three bowls filled with broth in front of them: "Try my cooking!"

"Thank you for your hard work, Miss Alice." Weggie learned from Jesse that Alice made the lunch. While thanking her, he took a big sip from the bowl and said in surprise, "It tastes really good!"

"Of course, Shen always praises my cooking skills." Ai Li said without any surprise.

Just as she was about to turn around and go back to Shen Ye, she heard Claude shout, "Are you... Alice?"

Alice glanced at him and nodded: "What's the matter?"

"No...it's okay." Although Claude really wanted to ask, "Do you know me?", looking at the other person's unfamiliar eyes, he could only lower his head and drink the soup.

But what he didn't know was that the moment he lowered his head, a slight change of emotion appeared in Alice's eyes.

However, Alice quickly returned to normal, and sat back next to Shen Ye with a sense of relaxation and comfort.

Shen Ye stopped eavesdropping and picked up the bowl to blew away the non-existent hot air.

"Do you want me to help you blow it?" Alice seemed to have guessed Shen Ye's thoughts. The corners of her mouth slightly raised up, and then she took the initiative to move over and blew it gently.

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Chapter 186! Curious

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After lunch, there were still no customers, and all the preparations were done, so everyone had some free time again.

After chatting for a while, Weedy and Biggs left. They were also members of the vigilante team and had to participate in patrols in the afternoon. They also wanted to replace their leader, Barrett.

Claude did sit for a while longer, but only drank a few more cups of tea. He felt that he was now a redundant person. Although Shen Ye and the others did not isolate him when they were chatting, he just felt uncomfortable, so he found an excuse to leave.

Of course, it wasn't necessarily an excuse, because Biggs mentioned to him before he left that monsters had appeared on Rubble Street, and nearby residents were willing to pay mercenaries to clean it up.

Claude, who thinks of himself as a mercenary, will not miss any opportunity to make money, especially now, his biggest goal is probably to make enough money.

Looking at Claude's receding back, Shen Ye felt a little sorry. He actually wanted to follow him. After all, he had been in this world for a month and he had not seen with his own eyes what a monster looked like!

However, apart from this pity, he originally wanted to talk to Claude about Sephiroth, but every time he wanted to talk to the other party, the other party looked at him with indifference, so he had to give up.

"Tifa, can you find me a piece of wood? And a thicker pen? Oh, and some nails and ropes. The rope doesn't need to be too thick, just something sturdy will do."

Not long after Claude left, Shen Ye suddenly remembered that he had said in the morning that he wanted to be a Midgar City Hunter. Although he received his first business order right away and completed it smoothly, and the reward was so satisfactory that he was still thinking about it, he couldn't just do this one order and then sit there doing nothing!

Tifa also remembered what she had said late at night about hanging a sign at the door of the bar, so she excitedly rushed into the small compartment where the wine was stored. After searching for a while, she finally found a piece of wood that was probably removed from a wooden box that contained wine.

"What should I write on it? Just write Midgar City Hunter? It won't be easy for others to recognize it." Before Shen Ye could speak, Tifa grabbed a pen and thought about it. "Claude nicknamed himself 'Universal Helper', which is much more recognizable than Midgar City Hunter, and it's shorter and easier to say."

"Then Shen should be called a jack of all trades, or an all-around helper." Jesse interjected, "That sounds loud enough."

"No, that would be too much of an imitation." Alice retorted, "I think we should just remove the three words Midgar and just call it City Hunter, or Hunter x Hunter, what do you think? Shen."

Alice turned and looked at Shen Ye, waiting for his decision. Shen Ye also had difficulty making a choice. To be honest, this was all a spur of the moment decision on his part, and as the plot progressed, and with Sephiroth targeting him, it was hard to say how long he could do this.

After thinking about it, Shen Ye decided to keep the original name: "Let's call him Midgar City Hunter!"

Seeing that Shen Ye had made the decision, the three women naturally had no more objections. Tifa then wrote the words on the wooden board, and then Jesse, who was the most hands-on, tied a rope to the board and nailed it to the door of the bar. Shen Ye did not move a finger during the whole process.

"Okay." Jesse clapped his hands, turned around and said to Shen Ye: "Next, we just have to wait for the guests to arrive."

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In fact, customers came to the store in the afternoon before get off work ended. Of course, they basically came to drink. Although many people stopped to take a look at the sign when passing by, they just took a look.

After waiting for another half an hour, still no one wanted to hire Shen Ye. With nothing to do, he simply sat at the bar and started drinking.

Unlike the somewhat depressed Shen Ye, Alice and the others were very satisfied with the current situation. In fact, they didn't want Shen Ye to run around, and staying by his side and watching him was better than anything else.

"Uncle, Sister Alice, Sister Tifa, Sister Jessie!"

Just as Tifa was making a cocktail for Shen Ye, Marlene ran in from the door. After politely calling out to everyone, she climbed onto the chair next to Shen Ye and sat down, then asked Tifa for a glass of juice.

But Tifa was busy. Alice gave her the juice. After pinching Marlene's little face, Alice asked, "Are you alone? Where's your dad?"

"After my dad picked me up from school, he went back to the vigilante team." Marlene bit the straw and said, "My dad told me that a lot of monsters have invaded the seventh district recently, and they have to patrol all night, so he asked me to come and find Sister Tifa."

"Then you better be good!" said Tifa after she finished her work.

Marlene nodded immediately: "Marlene will be very good."

"Speaking of which, the situation of monsters invading the city has indeed become more and more serious recently. Every day we hear news of monsters injuring people." Jesse sighed and said, "The poor people in the slums are in a panic."

"This is normal. The area dozens of kilometers around Midgar has turned into a wasteland. Those monsters also need to eat. They can't find food outside, so they have to go into the city." Shen Ye took a sip of the wine handed to him by Tifa. While speaking, his eyes scanned the bar. Several people had just come in from outside, and they all wore masks and hats, wrapping themselves tightly. This aroused his curiosity.

But curiosity aside, this is a famous bar in the Seventh Street District, so it's not uncommon for some strange people to come here. Just be careful not to cause any trouble.

After hearing what he said, Jesse snorted coldly: "It's all Shinra's fault. If they hadn't extracted the lifestream near Midgar, this place wouldn't have become like this."

Alice nodded with some empathy. As the only ancient species, she was basically the spokesperson for the planet. Environmental changes had the greatest impact on her. She also said angrily, "They are just a bunch of greedy guys."

The two did not deliberately lower their voices, but their voices did not travel very far in the noisy bar. Only a few people around them could hear them clearly. Those who were farther away could only hear the general idea.

"Keep your voice down, Alice, Jessie, don't let anyone hear you." Tifa thought her voice was a little loud. Although no one seemed to notice their conversation, she still reminded them.