The Truth

"Swish—"

"Clomp, clomp."

As the interrogation room's automatic door opened, William's military boots struck the gleaming floor, making a pleasing clomping sound.

Inside the standard-layout interrogation room, Johnny Rico, dressed in a gray Federation Uniform, was already seated behind the square table in the center.

As the automatic door closed, William also slowly walked over to Rico.

He sat down.

He crossed his legs.

Then he smiled at Rico and said, "Acting Sergeant Johnny Rico, after the disturbance two days ago, you've become quite the 'big star' of our Umbrella Enterprises, haven't you? Heh."

"Bang!" Unlike William, Rico did not have such a good temper. He slammed both hands onto the table, shot to his feet, and tried to grab William by the collar as he shouted, "Why?! You're all human too, damn it! Why are you enemies of the Human Federation?! Why didn't you go after that brain bug?!"

"Smack~"

William ignored Rico's string of questions and raised his right hand, lightly slapping away Rico's hands as they reached toward him.

!

Rico had clearly never expected that this Umbrella 'high-ranking officer' could possess such tremendous strength, and was easily interrupted by William.

Seeing Rico in a temporarily dazed state, William smiled faintly and said, "Rico, you should listen more to Lieutenant Rysgaard's advice. Young people should calm down. Don't try to solve everything with your fists. Remember to use your head more often.

"Now, please sit down. Let's have a proper chat."

"..." Rico glared at William without saying a word. His fists clenched tightly, and the veins at his temples bulged.

In the end—

"Sigh...!"

Rico could only let out a heavy sigh, swing his right fist forcefully once, and sit back down.

After all, from that earlier contest—which could hardly be called a contest—Rico had already