Infinity, progress from Arasaka

Retired Air Force pilot, ace shooter, former police officer, special police officer...

A stack of BUFFs, what an image of justice!

As for Director Vera, she is a genius and a wealthy woman. She has been hostile to William Birkin, the instigator of the Raccoon City incident for a long time. It is normal for her to be deceived by the old vampire Spencer because of her inexperienced experience. But the American people like the idea of ​​her returning to the right path and becoming a prodigal son.

In front of the central rostrum, which is built in the style of ancient Roman Revival and mainly made of white marble, Vera, as the special speaker, ended her performance in the House of Representatives with "not repeating the past mistakes, emphasizing the responsibilities and obligations of citizens, and announcing the reorganization of military technology."

Yes, make an appearance.

Although Vera still does not have the status of a member of parliament, she was given the title of adviser after a conversation with the president.

White House technical advisor, think tank type role.

It's misleading to say that the power is absolutely zero, but it's certainly not comparable to Simmons' National Security Advisor (Assistant for National Security Affairs).

Boom!

The Speaker of the House of Representatives brought down his gavel.

"399 votes in favor, 5 votes against, 31 abstentions, 398 to 18. I declare that the Sanctions and Freeze Act has been passed. Umbrella Corporation is primarily responsible for the Raccoon City Biohazard Incident and has seriously violated the law. All Umbrella activities in the United States must be stopped immediately."

clap clap-

There was thunderous applause.

"Perfect speech, military technology, great name...Ms. Russell, do you have any thoughts on entering politics? I can be your introducer to the party."

"Thank you for your kindness, sir. I don't have any idea about this for the time being. When I think of Raccoon City..."

After stepping off the podium, Vera looked at the middle-aged politician with sunken eyes and bald head who walked in front of her, and shook her head slightly, "William Birkin has gotten himself into a huge mess."

House Majority Whip.

Vera thought about the favors she had given him. At the charity donation dinner organized by his wife, she bought a very expensive painting which she didn't appreciate any artistic value, and donated two million dollars.

"You can only judge a person by his appearance, but not by his heart. Spencer, that Englishman, calls himself a nobleman, but I never thought he would do such a wicked thing."

A tall, thin, middle-aged man with gray hair also joined the conversation at the right time, and Vera shook hands with him gently.

Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives.

The construction company where his son joined was the California branch of Umbrella, which was previously controlled by Vera. It had a large number of orders for its newly developed military technology.

"Gentlemen, this is a common hatred of the enemy that has not been seen since 1941. God bless America. When disaster strikes, our common patriotic stance proves the superiority of our system."

The Speaker, who had white hair but a strong and powerful body and a rosy and healthy complexion, walked down the podium, shook hands with his old opponents in Congress, and looked at Vera.

Vera smiled back.

She has some friendship with the Speaker.

The other party was once a VIP user of the rehabilitation and convalescent business of the California branch of Umbrella. After the incident in Raccoon City, she did not only look for Derek C. Simmons.

This highly respected old speaker, a lawyer by training, graduated from the Law School of the University of California, Berkeley. He was Vera's senior classmate many years ago. After using her connections, Vera promised him a leisurely job after retirement: legal advisor in the Military Technology Legal Department.

Under the introduction of these old men, Vera shook hands with every nearby congressman and politician, saying thank you with a polite smile.

This word is probably the one she said the most today.

Vera laughed in her heart as she listened to their encouragement and sympathy.

What bullshit unity! If the Raccoon City incident wasn't such a big deal, you would definitely be still engaged in party strife and infighting.

The 9/11 incident had not yet occurred. At that time, the North American mainland of the Chosen Country had never been attacked. Suddenly, a biological disaster would kill more than people and a city would be destroyed. No politician could bear this responsibility.

The president will be impeached no matter what, and if things go wrong, he will step down.

She has to come.

With benefits and taking the blame...

No, this was originally done by Umbrella.

The White House and Washington probably have an idea of ​​the dirty tricks that Umbrella has been doing in secret over the years.

The reason why no one cared was that, on the one hand, they had the need and Umbrella had the technology, which itself was not clean; on the other hand, the protective umbrella built by Umbrella's lobbying groups and political donations was quite powerful.

You see, after Raccoon City was destroyed by a nuclear bomb in the original timeline, due to the lack of solid evidence and some unknown taboo, Umbrella, apart from being criticized as a major suspect, actually managed to survive in the stock market from 1998 to 2005.

If Wesker had not submitted the information about Umbrella Corporation's private research on biological viruses and biological weapons to the International Court of Justice, they might have been able to hold out for a few more years.

Now, Vera has defected, countless insiders of the Raccoon City branch have been rescued by the USF, and a large amount of evidence that would have been destroyed in the Raccoon City nuclear explosion has been made public. For this, the politicians in Washington applauded.

The responsibility must all lie with Umbrella. Now that we have the evidence, we must convict and sentence him to death!

Otherwise, aren't they incompetent?

Under the temporary united front, the congressmen all looked harmonious.

There seemed to be no pressure or conflict.

The four of them, the newly appointed military technology executive, the party whip, the opposition leader, and the speaker, who inherited all the business during Umbrella's transformation, are in the same frame. The sensitive reporters will naturally not miss the opportunity to capture them.

When the four walked out of the Capitol from the main entrance, many reporters who were waiting on Capitol Hill swarmed in like a tide. "Click, click, click!" Flashes of light kept flashing, and all kinds of questions came one after another, creating a noisy atmosphere.

"Was the Raccoon City incident really caused by the leakage of a biological virus?"

"William Birkin has turned into a deformed monster, Ms. Russell. Are the photos and videos you released real? Can you guarantee it?"

"Why did you name the new company after USA Umbrella's reorganization Militech? Ms. Russell, can we boldly guess your relationship with the Pentagon?"

"Ms. Russell, is this move of yours an attempt to convey to the outside world your future duties and business direction? Will Militech, which was reorganized from the California branch of Umbrella, abandon its old pharmaceutical business and become a 'pure' defense contracting company?"

"Ms. Russell, you are so eager to reach a severance agreement with the Pentagon, the White House, and Congress. Do you have any other connection with the Raccoon City incident? Or is Congress specifically using this opportunity to force you to sever ties with Umbrella's Paris headquarters so that Umbrella can be split up?"

Secret Service agents and police officers on duty worked hard to block the crowd of reporters.

Vera didn't steal the show.

At times like this, the stage should be given to these old politicians, who will handle everything.

After sharing the benefits, the existence of military technology will bring them benefits instead of Spencer and Britain in the past. They will never allow anyone to confuse Raccoon City with the emerging military technology.

They also acted very rationally and restrained regarding the specific equity arrangements for Vera to lead "Military Technology" to leave the illegal company Umbrella.

Discuss later...

It is well known that Vera is a genius.

Geniuses who surpass their contemporaries are never afraid of sharing profits because they can create new profit growth points.

They saw this very clearly. What was valuable was not the military technology, but Vera.

No one would compete with Vera for the dominance of military technology. She is the only one who can take the position of chairman and CEO and be the largest shareholder with absolute equity.

After all, they are powerful lawmakers and need money through legal channels.

Obviously, Washington's job was more important, and there was no need to tear his face with Vera. In 1998, no one would think that a board seat in a company would be more important than Washington's position.

Vera accompanied the old man in Congress to put on a show. In the flash, she felt that her facial expression was almost unnatural. Finally, the waiter from the White House and the lieutenant colonel of the Marine Corps saved her from the suffering.

"His Excellency the President and Mr. Simmons are waiting for you in the White House Situation Room, Ms. Russell."

Pointing apologetically at the general coming from the White House, Vera apologized to the congressmen, and then with the support of the Secret Service and private bodyguards, she got into the special car and rode in the same car with the lieutenant colonel.

"How can I help you?"

"In the early morning of the 26th, the National Guard has joined your advisor, the USF, at the evacuation point outside the city west. However, the Delta Squad and the Echo Squad that entered Raccoon City from the southeast of the city were attacked by the USS..." He paused, "William Birkin... According to the report, they seem to have encountered a severely mutated Dr. William."

Vera raised her eyebrows slightly.

She was not surprised at the news. Entering from Raccoon Street, the west side of the city was relatively open, with square blocks, while the southeast of the city had the police station, city hall, and substation, and the underground was narrow and complex. Especially the school was there, and William, who wanted to lay eggs, would definitely go to find her daughter...

"Mr. Simmons hopes that you can try to persuade the USS team to surrender, and immediately order the USF to enter and capture or kill Dr. William Birkin... and try to determine the last possibility of saving Raccoon City."

what.

When capturing creature G, Vera's mouth twitched a few times and she shook her head and laughed. What a bold idea.

"Okay, do you have a satellite phone?"

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Chapter 034 William, x! Vera, ?!

Just as Vera was leaving for the White House, the news that the bill she pushed in Congress to "sanction and freeze all Umbrella activities and force reorganization" was passed by the House of Representatives was made public by the media.

With a slight delay, the footage of Vera talking to a group of congressmen and politicians under the Statue of Liberty on Capitol Hill was also broadcast to the world in real time.

In Denver, Colorado, in a secret safe house hidden in a high-end apartment building in the city, the news that the House of Representatives passed sanctions against Umbrella was playing, and the news was flashing changing blue lights in the dim room.

A tall man wearing a navy blue shirt, an armpit holster, sunglasses, and a slicked-back blond hair leaned back in his seat and stared at the screen quietly.

Among the balding old men and the middle-aged ladies with bob haircuts, that beautiful young figure stands out so conspicuous.

A high-end uniform with dark red patterns that gave it a high-tech feel, a delicate and neat face that looked like a vase, and shoulder-length wavy light blonde hair that fell like a waterfall.

And those impressive indigo eyes.

"...Spencer, you are in trouble. How could someone like Vera Adelheid allow you to control and suck her blood?"

Albert Wesker smiled grimly.

Although he was not sure how much Vera knew about Umbrella's private research on biological viruses and biological weapons, after all, it was true that the other party had never actively contacted virology or done anything tricky, but her arrogant and disdainful attitude could not be false.

After a few brief face-to-face encounters and watching from the corner, Wesker could even feel that he and the woman were of the same kind to some extent.

Wesker admitted that in the past, he even felt envy, jealousy and inferiority towards this woman's achievements and rapid promotion to a high position (this feeling is similar to what William felt in the original novel when Alexia became a researcher).

"William...you still lose in the end."

squeak.

Wesker looked at the deformed monster that was blurred with mosaics on the news, the statement in large and bold letters, 'William Birkin, Umbrella's chief virology researcher, the instigator of the Raccoon City incident', and he couldn't help but clench his fists. A vein bulged on his forehead and flashed away.

In Umbrella, William Birkin was one of his few good friends.

When he voluntarily injected the experimental mutant strain of the Progenitor virus in order to fake his death, it was William who helped him prepare and inject it.

Wesker knew that William was almost driven crazy by the pressure brought by Vera in the company in recent years.

He was probably aware of his personal ambition, the oppression and contempt of his colleagues, and his increasingly dim prospects in the company. He was also probably aware of William's contacts with senior US military officials and his possible preparations to defect from the company.

And the result is obvious, William still lost miserably.

The other party didn't even pay attention to him.

It was Spencer who did it.

Looking at the news again, Vera may have already been in cahoots with Washington and the Pentagon.

Even if William succeeds by chance, Wesker doesn't think his good friend will compete with Vera.

It is true that the military has a need for BOW and biological and chemical weapons, but compared with the obvious prospects of cyborg technology, intelligent unmanned technology, and electronic information industry brought by Vera, as well as the emerging military products that are being realized and profitable step by step, William's technical shortcomings and limitations are too obvious.

Now that William has indirectly caused the world's first major biological and chemical leak, the military immediately cut off contact with William and cooperated with Vera's speech in Congress to push all the blame onto William.

Pentagon: What William Birkin? Not familiar! We are afraid Miss Vera will misunderstand.

Soon, Wesker even saw the news that William Birkin's alma mater removed him from the Hall of Fame and deprived him of his graduation qualifications. Many private hospitals also announced the termination of their cooperation agreements with William personally...

"Rest in peace, William. I will never make the same mistake again..."

Although the picture has been mosaiced, the overly deformed and swollen human body makes Wesker very clear that his friend has died when he was infected with the G virus.

beep...

The text message alert stopped Wesker from paying his last tribute to his friend. He picked up the phone and the caller was Ada Wong.