'Chris'

Sergei Vladimir.

He was a highly decorated former Soviet colonel who joined Umbrella following the collapse of the Soviet Union, remaining fiercely loyal to Spencer.

Having participated in the Soviet cloning program, he possessed ten clone brothers, and Sergei himself was a rare individual with genes adapted for T-Virus mutation.

During the early development of Umbrella's Tyrant, these ten clones were used as experimental material; it was precisely due to Sergei's contribution that the Tyrant could be successfully mass-produced.

Of course, Sergei himself was also a B.O.W., the most perfect fusion with the T-Virus, possessing the ability to manipulate the virus within his own body at will.

Sui Bian vaguely remembered that in the game, Sergei was the first to detect Wesker's tendency toward betrayal, subsequently rushing to Raccoon City to transport the Red Queen's core, thereby thwarting Wesker's plan to seize data and files.

Yet, this colonel, so incredibly loyal to Umbrella, ultimately died at the hands of Wesker.

According to the system's assessment, Sergei was undoubtedly an anomaly.

Points to be earned.

Immediately, Sui Bian had the Red and White Queens closely monitor Sergei's movements while providing Spencer and the board of directors with the illusion that everything in Raccoon City was fine.

It wasn't just Umbrella investigating the disappearance of the USS team; the Raccoon City Police Department had also entered a state of combat readiness due to Albert Wesker's "bizarre disappearance."

In Sui Bian's eyes, Wesker was a boss—the kind of nuisance that was best dealt with sooner rather than later.

However, in the eyes of his police colleagues, Wesker was a dedicated and responsible captain, as well as the leader of the Special Tactics and Rescue Service (S.T.A.R.S.) Alpha Team.

STARS was a special department of the police force, spearheaded by the Mayor of Raccoon City and funded by Umbrella, consisting of two teams, Alpha and Bravo, totaling twelve members.

There were signs of a firefight at the apartment of Alpha Team captain Wesker; bloodstains, shell casings, and bullet fragments had all been cleaned up or destroyed, and the captain had been missing for an entire day.

His fate was unknown.

Coupled with the frequent "beast" attacks in the Arklay Mountains, the entire police department was gripped by anxiety, and morale had plummeted to its lowest point.

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

The case of Wesker's disappearance took a turn.

Police Chief Irons summoned all officers for a meeting, where he provided numerous "pieces of evidence" suggesting Wesker was working for a Colombian drug cartel, concluding that Wesker had likely been retaliated against after a price dispute.

Although most officers were skeptical of these so-called "pieces of evidence" and the Chief's speculations, Wesker had been missing for four days, leaving the officers with no choice but to temporarily believe what the Chief said.

In fact, these "pieces of evidence" were documents and photos forged by the Red and White Queens, and Sui Bian had already made contact with Irons on June 1st.

Lured by money, this psychopathic Chief Irons, who enjoyed dissecting living people, readily agreed to work for Sui Bian.

It is worth mentioning that when Irons claimed Wesker was a mole and a traitor, Chris immediately voiced his opposition, saying:

"Captain Wesker cannot be a traitor!"

How ironic.

In the game, these two were locked in a life-or-death struggle, with Wesker eventually dying by Chris's "firepower," but looking at it now...

These two were the "true love."

After Irons announced the end of the investigation into Wesker's disappearance, the police department began to return to normal, continuing to stabilize law and order in Raccoon City.

June 5th.

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

The supervisor of Rockfort Island was Alfred Ashford.

Spencer had once used some "little" tricks to kill his close friend and one of the founders of Umbrella, Alexander Ashford, in order to seize absolute power over the company.

The company directors were all well aware of this, but no one brought it up into the open.

Both the USS and the reserves were training on Rockfort Island, and since the supervisor was Alexander's "son" Alfred, Spencer certainly had reason to suspect that Alfred was behind the trouble.

Upon learning of this situation, the "true culprit" Sui Bian began to prepare to deal with the final hidden danger in Raccoon City.

Time: June 5, 1998, 10:44.

Location: Raccoon City Police Department, West Office (Command Room).

The conference room was not large, capable of holding at most thirty people.

The walls featured the classic white and green color scheme of a Chinese classroom, the floor tiles were a black and white grid pattern, and two vending machines stood on the right side of the room.

There was a wooden lectern, a blackboard, a projector screen, and the American flag to the left of the blackboard.

It was not much different from the remake's conference room; it was quite classical, as the police station was originally the Raccoon City Center Museum.

At this moment.

About twenty police officers sat on folding chairs; most were lieutenants or captains in charge of various districts, among whom were many familiar faces.

Such as Lieutenant Marvin Branagh, the black officer who had assisted Leon and Claire.

There was Deputy Chief Raymond Lane, who appeared in Resident Evil: Outbreak, as well as STARS Bravo Team captain Enrico Marini, and...

Chris Redfield.

The famous "Chris," who had not yet developed into the super-muscular hunk capable of punching boulders as seen in Resident Evil 5, still retained his fresh-faced appearance.

He sported a pompadour hairstyle and a standard build, dressed in dark green combat trousers and a white shirt embroidered with the STARS emblem.

Given Wesker's disappearance, Chris had temporarily assumed the role of captain for STARS Alpha Team, which was why he was present in this conference room.

Standing at the podium were Sui Bian and Irons.

Irons, pot-bellied with graying hair and a beard, stood behind the lectern in a white shirt and black vest, detailing the specifics of the Arklay Mountains case to the group.

Following this, Irons used a remote control to lower the screen and activate the projector to display detailed information.

As for Sui Bian, who stood to the right behind Irons, he remained dressed in a suit and leather shoes, his hair styled with a touch of gel.

The presence of Sui Bian, an Umbrella board member, did not strike the officers, including Chris, as unusual; after all, Umbrella had already permeated every aspect of Raccoon City.

Even half of their salaries were provided by Umbrella.

What they had not expected, however, was that the "beasts" inhabiting the Arklay Mountains were actually the products of Umbrella's biological experiments.

However, the data Irons projected had been provided by Sui Bian, and its contents pointed entirely toward James Marcus being responsible.

The blame for illegal experiments and the resulting casualties among innocent civilians was shifted entirely onto Marcus.

While the others were focused on watching the slides, Sui Bian secretly observed Chris.

[Anomaly detected.
Subject: Chris Redfield.]

Chris, it really is you.