10:10.
Raccoon Police Department.
The chief's office.
At that moment, the man sitting in the chief's chair wasn't the potbellied Irons, but Sui Bian, dressed in a black shirt and dark blue suit trousers.
As for the perverted, money-grubbing Chief Irons, Sui Bian hadn't made him a D-Class member outright. Instead, he continued to make use of Irons's connections to gradually take control of Raccoon City and even all of Colorado.
You couldn't have clear water and fish.
Sometimes, a "loyal" lackey like that came in handy.
Irons had connections with people on all sides—black, white, and gray—and knew how to handle relationships in American politics.
The company's partnerships with wardens at various prisons, which gave it access to enough D-Class personnel, were all thanks in no small part to Irons.
If they'd left it to the upright Raymond...
It never would've worked.
To bring Colorado completely under Umbrella's covert control, Sui Bian had White Queen use some of the company's methods to send Irons to the state government, where he could await the 1999 gubernatorial election.
Umbrella and Sui Bian knew Irons was a scumbag, but the citizens and officers of Raccoon City thought he was a dedicated, capable police chief.
He had the résumé and political capital he needed. All that remained was to buy his way up.
If a dark horse or a strong opponent appeared next year, Red Queen would make arrangements to deal with them.
In short, the path to promotion had been laid out. The rest was up to Irons.
The current chief of the Raccoon Police Department was Raymond, the former deputy chief.
Raymond was in Denver for a meeting, so Sui Bian had temporarily commandeered the chief's office for the day. The visitor he was receiving was none other than Leon, a