Raccoon City was a city developed single-handedly by the Umbrella Corporation.
Back when it had still been a small Midwestern town,
Umbrella came here.
Then hospitals, subways, universities... many modern buildings gradually appeared.
Every building and every wall in this city was connected to the Umbrella Corporation.
Walking through this city's streets, any casual brush with a passerby could mean running into an Umbrella employee.
When Leon arrived at Raccoon City Hospital,
he happened to hear the confession of an Umbrella researcher.
"My name is Nathaniel Bard. The current time is September 28th, 21:35.
I am the director of the Virus Research Center.
I hope someone can come save me.
But I'm afraid there's little hope.
They won't want me alive.
The Umbrella Corporation... those bastards will definitely kill me.
This biohazard outbreak in Raccoon City was caused by them.
I hope what I say next can be spread through this recording and save more people... at least so my reputation won't be quite so terrible.
The Umbrella Corporation, my employer, ordered me and my team... to participate in developing a bioweapon called the T-virus."
"Right now... oh my God, what was that sound just now?"
"I-I'll record it again later. I need to go see what's making that noise outside first!"
So Director Nathaniel Bard had been recording a video.
This video was the suicide note he had prepared for himself.
Listening to the various sounds drifting through the air, Leon hovered outside the hospital.
He swept his Super Vision across the entire building.
The hospital had now been occupied by infected creatures.
The only living person was the director of the Virus Research Center who had just made that confession.
But that man was not far from death himself.
As Leon remembered,
in a few more hours, the