"Chris"

Sergei Vladimir.

He was a highly decorated former Soviet colonel who joined Umbrella after the collapse of the Soviet Union and remained utterly loyal to Spencer.

He had participated in the Soviet Union's cloning program and had ten clone brothers. Sergei was also a rare individual with genes that adapted to T-Virus mutations.

In the early stages of Umbrella's Tyrant development, those ten clones had been used as test subjects. It was thanks to Sergei's contribution that Tyrants could be mass-produced.

Of course, Sergei himself was also a B.O.W. He was the perfect host for the T-Virus and could control the virus within his body at will.

Sui Bian vaguely remembered that, in the game, Sergei had been the first to realize Wesker was showing signs of betrayal. He had then gone to Raccoon City in person to remove the Red Queen's main body, foiling Wesker's plan to steal the data and research materials.

But in the end, even this colonel, who was so loyal to Umbrella, had died at Wesker's hands.

According to the system's assessment, Sergei was definitely an anomalous entity.

That meant points to be earned.

Sui Bian immediately had the Red and White Queens closely monitor Sergei's movements and give Spencer and the board the impression that all was well in Raccoon City.

It wasn't only Umbrella investigating the disappearance of the USS team. The Raccoon Police Department had also gone on alert after Albert Wesker's "mysterious disappearance."

In Sui Bian's eyes, Wesker was a BOSS—the kind of problem that was better dealt with sooner rather than later.

But in the eyes of his fellow officers, Wesker was a dedicated, reliable captain—and the leader of Alpha Team in the Special Tactics and Rescue Service (S.T.A.R.S.).

STARS was a special division of the police department, overseen by Raccoon City's mayor and funded by Umbrella. It had two squads, Alpha and Bravo, with twelve members in total.

There were signs of a firefight in STARS Alpha Team Captain Wesker's apartment. Someone had cleaned up or destroyed the bloodstains, shell casings, and bullets, and the captain had been missing for an entire day.

His fate was unknown.

On top of that, frequent attacks by "beasts" in the Arklay Mountains had left the entire department on edge and morale at rock bottom.

However, on the afternoon of June 3, at 14:30,

the case of Wesker's disappearance took a turn.

Police Chief Irons summoned all officers to a meeting and presented a slew of "evidence" that Wesker had been working for some Colombian drug cartel. He also claimed that the likely explanation was that Wesker and the cartel had failed to agree on a price, leading the cartel to retaliate against him.

Most officers doubted both this so-called "evidence" and the chief's theory, but Wesker had already been gone for four days, so they had little choice but to provisionally believe Irons.

In truth, the "evidence" was made up of forged documents and photos created by the Red and White Queens. Sui Bian had also contacted Irons on June 1.

Lured by money, the perverted Chief Irons, who enjoyed dissecting living people, had gladly agreed to work for Sui Bian.

It was worth noting that when Irons called Wesker a mole and a traitor, Chris immediately objected.

"Captain Wesker can't be a traitor!"

How ironic.

In the game, those two fought to the death, and Wesker eventually died beneath Chris's "cannon." But now...

It seemed they were the "real deal."

After Irons announced that the investigation into Wesker's disappearance was over, the police department began to return to normal, focusing once again on maintaining order in Raccoon City.

June 5.

According to the Red Queen's latest report, the company investigation team led by Sergei had arrived on Rockfort Island at 10:14 Raccoon City time.

Rockfort Island was under the command of Alfred Ashford.

Spencer had once used a few "tricks" to kill his friend Alexander Ashford, one of Umbrella's founders, and seize power within the company.

Every member of the board knew what had happened. They just never said it out loud.

The USS and the reserves both trained on Rockfort Island, and the commander was Alexander's "son," Alfred. Spencer had good reason to suspect that Alfred was behind it.

After learning this, the "real culprit," Sui Bian, began preparing to deal with Raccoon City's last remaining threat.

Time: June 5, 1998, 10:44.

Location: West Conference Room (Command Center), Raccoon Police Department.

The conference room was small, with space for no more than thirty people.

The walls were painted in the classic white-and-green scheme of a Chinese classroom, and the floor was tiled in a black-and-white checkerboard pattern. Two vending machines stood against the room's right wall.

There was a wooden lectern, a blackboard, and a pull-down screen for projections. An American flag hung to the left of the blackboard.

The room wasn't much different from the one in the remake. It had a distinctly old-fashioned feel. In fact, the police department had originally been a museum in downtown Raccoon City.

At that moment,

about twenty officers sat on folding chairs. Most were inspectors or captains responsible for various districts, and many of them were familiar faces.

Among them was Captain Marvin Branagh, the Black police officer who had helped Leon and Claire.

There was also Deputy Chief Raymond Lyon, who had appeared in Resident Evil: Outbreak; Enrico Marini, the leader of STARS Bravo Team; and...

Chris Redfield.

The famous "Chris," who hadn't yet become the super-muscular hunk from Resident Evil 5 capable of punching a boulder into motion, still had a fresh-faced look.

He wore his hair in a crew cut and had an average build. His outfit consisted of dark green combat pants and a white shirt embroidered with the STARS insignia.

With Wesker missing, Chris had temporarily taken over as the leader of STARS Alpha Team, which was why he was in the conference room.

Sui Bian and Irons stood at the lectern.

Irons was portly, with gray temples and a white beard. Wearing a white shirt and black vest, he stood behind the lectern and briefed the officers on the cases in the Arklay Mountains.

Then, using the remote, Irons lowered the screen and brought up a detailed presentation.

Sui Bian stood behind him on the right, dressed as usual in a suit and leather shoes, with a bit of gel in his hair.

None of the officers, Chris included, found it strange to see Sui Bian, an Umbrella board member, there. Umbrella had its hands in every part of Raccoon City.

Half their salaries even came from the company.

What they hadn't expected was that the "beasts" in the Arklay Mountains were the products of Umbrella's biological experiments.

However, Irons was showing materials provided by Sui Bian, and they all pointed to James Marcus as the one responsible.

The blame for illegal experiments and the deaths of innocent civilians had all been laid at Marcus's door.

As everyone watched the slideshow intently, Sui Bian quietly observed Chris.

Anomalous entity detected.

Subject: Chris Redfield.

Chris. So it really was you.