After saying this sentence, Aiden wished he could slap himself twice, truly too much of a scumbag.
But to tell the honest truth, that sentence actually wasn't considered a lie either, otherwise he wouldn't have specially returned to the Biohazard world once.
The deep feeling within Aiden's words Jill could still hear, so she became even happier, speaking at extremely fast speed about the things she had experienced these past few days, seemingly wanting to share everything she had gone through with Aiden.
Aiden held the phone and listened to her carefully, and the more he listened, the more guilty he felt. If it weren't for worrying about Ada's situation over there, he even wanted to have Shenhua change the plane tickets into a flight to M Country.
Only, at the moment Jill was safe, so he could only focus his thoughts on Ada's side first. Moreover, in terms of weight in his heart, Ada seemed faintly higher than Jill, after all, back then when parting in Raccoon City, Ada had revealed her feelings earlier than Jill.
However, he also clearly understood one thing, that he had no right to divide the affections of these women. Therefore, he could only secretly swear, he must not wrong any of the women he liked.
This phone call with Jill lasted nearly an hour. It was only close to the end of the call that Aiden tactfully inquired about Chris's situation, asking Jill where Chris currently was in Europe.
Jill didn't suspect anything, immediately told him Chris's itinerary, and even gave him Chris's phone number, letting him call Chris after he arrived in Europe.
Aiden wrote down Chris's phone number, then chatted with Jill for a little while longer, and only then hung up amidst Jill's reluctant voice.
After sitting on the bedside to calm his emotions for a while, Aiden then continued to dial Chris's number.
After a good while, Chris finally answered the phone. His confused voice came through, [You are?]
"Chris, it's me, Aiden." Aiden directly said his name.
[Aiden… how did you know my number? Jill told you?] Chris recalled Jill asking for leave some time ago.
Aiden shrugged, "Otherwise?"
[Then is Jill still by your side now?] Chris asked again.
"She returned to M Country."
[You didn't go with her?] Chris's tone was very dissatisfied, [She went especially to look for you.]
"Cough, that's because I still have something to do, I have to go to Europe."
Aiden felt a little guilty, [Jill said you're in Europe, told me to look for you when I get there.]
[I don't have time to entertain you, I'm working with Leon right now.] Chris said.
Aiden said, [That's fine, just tell me where you are, I'll come find you when the time comes.]
[So what exactly do you want to do in Europe?] Chris wasn't as easy to fool as Jill.
Aiden felt even guiltier, thought for a while then said, "I'm going… sightseeing…"
Although Chris didn't quite believe Aiden went to Europe just to travel, he still told Aiden the country and city he was in, only didn't tell him his specific location.
Of course, this wasn't because he didn't trust Aiden, it's just that in Chris's view, this belonged to official operations and had nothing to do with someone clearly a civilian like Aiden.
Aiden wasn't stupid either, of course he could hear the meaning in Chris's words, but he wasn't interested in their operation to begin with, this time going was also only for Ada.
After ending the call with Chris, Aiden thought for a while, then once again dialed Shenhua's number, letting her prepare some military goods.
Shenhua didn't understand what method Aiden would use to bring those military goods to Europe, but she didn't ask much. After inquiring what types of military goods Aiden needed, she immediately went to handle it.
By afternoon, Shenhua brought people and delivered all the military goods, among which was the anti-armor weapon Aiden needed most, the RPG, which was also a powerful tool against B.O.W.s.
After storing all the military goods into the system space, Aiden then bid farewell to Shenhua, and brought Roberta and Fabiola to Bangkok airport, boarding the afternoon flight to Europe.
———
Unlike Leon, Aiden wasn't a vehicle killer. The next day at noon, the plane the three of them took smoothly arrived at the destination, the capital of a small Western European country.
Coming out of the airport, Aiden directly used cash power to rent an off-road vehicle to take them to the city Chris had told him about.
What was unexpected was, the driver of the off-road vehicle he rented happened to be a local of the place they were going to.
After hearing Aiden say the three of them were going to his hometown for tourism, he volunteered to be their driver.
With a local leading the way, Aiden naturally wouldn't refuse, and proactively gave him a generous payment.
So the driver became even happier, chattering all the way introducing his hometown, but Aiden didn't listen at all, and once again dialed Chris's number.
Whether it was that he was busy or something happened, this time after a long while, Chris still didn't answer his call, so he urged the driver to speed up.
In a flash, time came to evening. After several hours of driving, the off-road vehicle carrying the three of them was less than fifty kilometers away from the target city.
But at this time, the driver suddenly stopped the car.
Aiden had been resting with eyes closed. Feeling the vehicle stop, he opened his eyes and asked, "What's wrong?"
At this moment, the driver's upper body was sticking out the window, stretching his neck and looking around.
Hearing the question, he retracted and said to Aiden, "Sorry, seems like there's a traffic accident up ahead, the road is blocked, probably won't be passable for a while."
Aiden immediately frowned, "Then is there another small road to detour through? I'm in a hurry."
The driver hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "There is, we just passed it, only…"
"Only what?" Aiden asked.
"Only it might be a bit dangerous." The driver gripped the steering wheel uneasily, "That small road passes through a mysterious village. I once heard people say, the villagers there like to attack passersby for no reason."
These words immediately piqued Aiden's interest. While sighing that he was truly constantly favored by Lady Luck, he asked, "Don't the police manage this?"
He didn't directly ask about the village's situation, after all the driver might not know.
The driver thought for a while, said, "Heard that the nearby town once sent police to investigate, but every time police went, the villagers would mysteriously disappear, so later the town police gave up, just reminded nearby people, unless necessary, don't pass through that village."
The driver immediately continued, "So are you sure you want to take that small road to detour?"
Aiden smiled and nodded, "Didn't I already say, we originally came to travel. The village you mentioned, I'm very interested in, it's worth a visit."
"There are places more fun than there, my respected guest, you absolutely don't need to take risks, and I definitely won't choose to pass through there." The driver tried to persuade, mainly because he himself didn't want to go.
"No need for you to go, we'll go ourselves." Aiden didn't want to trouble the driver, patted his shoulder and said, "I'll spend a fortune to buy your car, you only need to point us the direction."
As he spoke, Aiden took out a thick wad of cash from behind, amounting to several tens of thousands.
The off-road vehicle was already a second-hand one, even if transferred it could only be sold as scrap metal.
Seeing the money in Aiden's hand, he almost didn't hesitate, immediately agreed, and even said he could take them there himself, personally lead the way.
This made Aiden once again sigh, cash power was indeed the most powerful ability, even capable of making people forget fear.
But Aiden didn't want to drag the innocent driver into this, stated that he only needed to point the direction. However, the driver had already been overwhelmed by the money in Aiden's hand, and as he spoke, he sharply turned the wheel, turning back into that small road.
It was just dusk, and after the vehicle drove into that small road, the last bit of sunlight was also blocked by trees.
The driver had no choice but to turn on the front headlights to light the road, but the secluded small path looked like no one had come for a long time, appearing incomparably desolate.
The withered trees due to the approaching autumn and winter showed a trace of eerie atmosphere under the light, making the driver feel a bit regretful.
But someone doing this kind of labor at the airport was obviously not well-off. Thinking of the rich reward Aiden promised, figuring he wouldn't have to go out working again the rest of the year after this run, he once again gathered his courage.
Moreover, he occasionally glanced at Aiden and the two women in maid outfits sitting in the back seat. Seeing their calm expressions, he felt even less nervous.
If others weren't afraid, what was there for him to be afraid of.
With this thought, the driver drove toward the village according to his memory.
In the second half of the year, it grew dark earlier than usual. When the people in the car saw the vague outline of the village not far away, dusk had already completely fallen.
"All right, let's stop here."
Aiden patted the car door, said to the driver. He had already seen the clearly crashed car parked at the village entrance.
He saw it, and naturally the driver saw it too. He looked doubtfully at the smashed car, and couldn't help but feel a bad premonition.
"My respected guest, if possible, I'd still like to advise once more, leave this place…" The driver was a kind person, advising as he looked toward Aiden, but saw that Aiden's hand at some point held a pistol, so he immediately shut his mouth in tension.
Aiden didn't see the driver's nervous appearance, of course, even if he did, he wouldn't say anything. He threw the wad of cash to the driver, then got out of the car with Roberta and Fabiola.
The driver pocketed the money but didn't immediately count it, only turned his head and watched the three walk toward the village. After a while, he then drove away.
However, he didn't drive far before stopping again. He backed the off-road vehicle into a relatively hidden spot, then took out that wad of bills and began to count. As he counted, he thought that he'd better wait here a while. Maybe if they got scared, they'd still need his car.
Only, just as he was counting the money, he didn't notice that in the surrounding dark corners, faintly someone was approaching him…
———
Just like in the game, at the entrance of the village there was a small wooden hut, originally belonging to a hunter in the village, but it was also the beginning of Resident Evil 4's plot.
Looking at the hunter's hut ahead, Aiden pushed the door open and entered without hesitation. The car parked at the village entrance was empty, which meant Leon and Chris had entered the village long ago, so he wasn't worried about being attacked at all.
Besides, his own skills were incredibly strong, and he had Roberta and Fabiola with him. Even if they were attacked, he didn't care.
After entering the hut, Aiden indeed saw the villager who had been killed, several 9mm handgun bullets had blown open its skull, a large amount of red-and-white human tissue like tofu brain was scattered all over the floor, and about a meter in front of the corpse were several scattered shell casings.
And at the place where the casings were scattered, Aiden also saw two pairs of footprints of different sizes. Because a long time had passed, the mud marks left by the footprints had already dried completely.
No need to guess, Aiden already knew these were left behind by Leon and Chris.
Roberta and Fabiola were also observing the room, though they were purely examining the room's decor. But this was just an ordinary hunter's hut, other than a few animal pelts, there was nothing that caught their interest.
Aiden clapped his hands, stood up, just about to lead his big and small maids out of the hut, when he suddenly heard the roar of a car engine.
The three immediately rushed to the window to look out, and saw the off-road vehicle that had brought them speeding along the winding path, heading deeper into the village.
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