Cleaning Up the Mess

The charter for taking over the Umbrella Corporation was very brief: all power within the company was managed and distributed by the artificial intelligence Red Queen. As long as equity and positions were transferred voluntarily or inherited through the proper line of succession, one could retain control over the Umbrella Corporation.

Alicia transferred her shares to Duncan. After becoming the owner of the Umbrella Corporation, Duncan also automatically inherited the shares previously held by the deceased Isaac.

With this, the Red Queen system was unlocked, and she completely transformed into a well-behaved child who listened to Duncan.

Although the Red Queen was obedient, the data stream added by Alicia regarding the protection of humanity remained in effect. If Duncan were to do something that endangered all of humanity, the Red Queen would secretly take action.

This could be considered a small contingency Alicia left behind to keep an eye on Duncan. After handing over power, Alicia, who had long harbored a desire for death, closed her eyes. With her mental burden lifted, she no longer wished to drag out her existence in a sickly body.

The Umbrella Corporation had completely fallen into Duncan's hands, and the shareholders and senior executives remaining in the cryo-pods were all frozen to death after Tony cut the power.

If Duncan had cut the power himself, the Red Queen's underlying rules would have banned his shareholder rights for ten years; this was a necessary rule to protect everyone.

The cruelty of corporate warfare manifested in every aspect. Some prominent figures spent hundreds of millions annually on personal security, all out of fear of being assassinated by competitors.

Duncan, as a shareholder, could not do it, but Tony could!

He was a person from another world. By importing chaotic data into the Red Queen's database and cutting the power while the Red Queen was frozen, he locked the cabin doors. In an instant, thousands of guilty people turned into popsicles, and Duncan later found people to dispose of the bodies.

The Hive facility had been left in a mess by the infiltration of Natasha and her two companions and could not be used until the facility was repaired. Duncan brought the lifeless Alicia back to the surface and temporarily stored the young old woman in the cold storage of the Raccoon City General Hospital.

Next was dealing with the mess left behind by Isaac.

First and foremost, the most important thing was to terminate the world-extinction plan and contain the spread of the virus.

All Umbrella underground bases around the world received the order to terminate the plan. The order was issued with the highest administrative authority and was an absolute command that allowed for no questioning.

Wesker was Isaac's most loyal subordinate. He had followed Isaac to do dirty work since the company's inception and had been heavily relied upon throughout his rise.

When Isaac implemented the plan and entered his cryo-pod, Wesker was the only insider who did not enter cryosleep, remaining outside to guide the plan's execution.

At this moment, he was still running around for the Umbrella Corporation, striving to stockpile enough supplies for Umbrella bases around the world before the apocalypse arrived.

Despite the simple modifications from the virus that made his body as tough as iron and gave him incredible stamina, the exhaustion of running all over the world to order goods still left him somewhat weary.

At this time, Wesker did not know the news of Isaac's death. He had just finished dealing with supply issues at the Tokyo base and was at the airport, preparing to take an Umbrella private jet to the underwater base in the Russian sea.

"Wake me up when we arrive. I'm going to rest for a bit," the exhausted Wesker said to the bodyguards on the plane before lying back in his seat and closing his eyes.

The bodyguards were loyalists trained by the Umbrella Corporation. They nodded in unison, sat around Wesker, and waited for the plane to take off.

Before the plane could even depart, their communicators emitted a special alert sound—the kind that only triggered when a first-priority order was issued by the Umbrella Corporation.

They dared not delay and pulled out their communicators to check.

A moment later, they looked up at Wesker, who was resting in his seat. They put away their communicators, drew their pistols from their waists, and emptied their magazines directly into their superior, focusing their fire on his head.

Dense gunfire echoed inside the plane, and a hail of bullets turned the resting Wesker into a sieve.

It did not stop there. All of Isaac's loyalists who had been flagged early on by the Red Queen were purged. Duncan now held most of the power in the Umbrella Corporation and had the authority to fire any employee.

With Isaac's loyalists killed, the plan to release the virus naturally came to an end. Furthermore, they needed to mobilize resources to do their best with public relations, pushing some clones out as scapegoats to provide the public with a satisfactory explanation.

In the world of Resident Evil, the influence accumulated by the Umbrella Corporation gave this multinational monopoly immense power; it was the most suitable world to serve as a foundation.

Duncan could already feel that in a short while, he would be able to open the second door and establish a connection with a new world.

However, he did not intend to enter a new world until the issues with the Umbrella Corporation were resolved. Moreover, the Marvel world was sufficient for accumulating strength in the early stages, and there were many projects worth collaborating on between the Umbrella Corporation and Stark Industries.

Major Cain, who was observing from the Meimen Bridge, was also one of Isaac's subordinates. Although he was only a clone now, that did not prevent him from dying.

The captain of the Security Force was a Black man, and he also received the company's emergency communication. Unlike the other company loyalists, he was not a clone.

When he saw the content displayed on the communicator, a look of confusion appeared on his face, and his brows furrowed slightly. However, he quickly gave up on thinking and signaled two subordinates to walk down from the wall.

Major Cain, who was directing the evacuation, was captured and restrained inside a tent. Shortly after, a helicopter arrived at the temporary camp outside the city.

The Black captain went to the helicopter to greet the interim commander who had rappelled down from the aircraft.

A beautiful silhouette opened the helicopter cabin door. Natasha, now wearing a beige women's suit, stepped out, followed by Steve. The two of them were the interim commanders of the camp.

"Sir!" The Black captain stood at attention and saluted Natasha.

Although the Umbrella Corporation's security was highly militarized, the true controllers still wore suits, so it was appropriate to greet Natasha, who looked more like an administrator.

Natasha nodded at the Black captain, then walked quickly toward the stairs of the wall, saying as she walked, "Suspend all passage. Those who have already come out must remain in the camp for quarantine. How many people can be mobilized here right now?"

The Black captain was stunned by Natasha's swift and decisive tone. He became more serious and replied, "Most of our men have been deployed to guard the weak points of the wall. Currently, we only have six squads available."

"How many people exactly?"

Natasha climbed the ladder to the wall, with Steve acting as her bodyguard, following silently behind.

The Black captain hurried to catch up and said, "42 people!"

The area below the wall was still in a state of chaos, which gave Natasha a headache. Although she was accustomed to the unrestrained nature of the free world, at times, this kind of blind pursuit of freedom was truly infuriating.

"I understand. Close the gates first. And get me a map of Raccoon City!"

"Yes, Sir!"