Chris touched his own face, then looked at Leon, and finally had to admit that what Aiden said indeed made some sense. However, he still muttered a sentence, "If it were ten years ago, I'd definitely be more popular with women than Leon."
"You're not wrong, but Chris, the times have changed." Aiden smiled and shook his head.
While the two of them were speaking, Ashley had already taken a look at Aiden and the three women with him, then turned to ask Leon, "Leon, who are they?"
"He's my friend, his name is Aiden." Leon first pointed at Aiden, but when introducing Ada and the other two, he found it a bit difficult. After pondering over the wording for a bit, he then said, "They are Aiden's... good friends."
On the words good friends, he even stressed the tone. Anyone who understood a little could tell what kind of "friend" he meant.
But Ashley was a pure and innocent girl, as the daughter of the President, she had been well protected, of course, referring to daily knowledge, not personal safety, otherwise she wouldn't have been captured here.
"Hello."
As soon as Ashley heard they were Leon's friends, she hurriedly greeted Aiden and the others.
"Hello, hello."
Aiden responded enthusiastically, while Ada and the other two only casually nodded at Ashley, but Ashley didn't mind.
"Alright, gentlemen, ladies, there'll be plenty of time for small talk later. Shouldn't we leave here first?" Seeing Aiden and the others finish greeting Ashley, Chris promptly spoke.
"We should leave, but not leave the island, we need to go somewhere else to find a way to remove the parasite inside Ashley." Leon looked at Ashley with concern, this had been troubling him all along.
Upon hearing this, Aiden glanced into Leon's eyes. Seeing that no red light flashed, he guessed that with Chris's help, Leon had not been injected with the parasite by the cult leader Saddler.
"Looks like we can only go find Saddler. He must know how to remove the parasite inside Ashley, but I'm sure he won't tell us." Chris said angrily, how could an enemy possibly help them?
"Too bad Luis is dead, otherwise the parasite inside Ashley would've already been removed." Leon's tone was somewhat sorrowful, although he had only met Luis a few times, in his heart, he had recognized him as a friend.
More importantly, before dying, Luis had already developed a suppressant for the Plaga parasite, only to have it snatched away by Saddler at the end.
Looking at the two filled with anger, Aiden smiled faintly and said, "Actually, there's a device on this island that can remove the Plaga parasite."
Leon looked at him in surprise and asked, "Where did you find that out?"
Aiden said, "Found the information in a laboratory. It recorded that in an underground lab on this island, there's a device that can remove the parasite."
But his words aroused Ada's doubts, since entering the castle, they had never been in any so-called laboratory. But remembering what Roberta had said, that there were many secrets even she didn't know, she didn't think about it further.
"In that case, what are we waiting for? Let's go quickly." Leon anxiously took Ashley and walked toward the exit.
But he didn't know the way inside the factory, so after walking just a few steps, he came back and looked at Aiden.
"You know how to get there?" he asked.
Aiden nodded, "I'm not clear about the rest, but the information had the route to that lab, so, follow me."
After saying that, he walked up to the front.
But honestly speaking, he didn't remember the route to the lab very clearly, because when playing the game, that place was only a cutscene trigger point, unlike the village and the castle, which he had traversed back and forth countless times to collect materials and solve puzzles. So, on the way to the lab, he led them the wrong way several times.
Luckily, there was no time pressure now. And except for Ashley, everyone's physical abilities were top-level among humans in this world. Not long after, they arrived at the lab safely despite the detours.
Inside the lab, a device similar to an operating table was installed in the center of the room. Next to the device was the control system used to operate it.
The anxious Leon directly had Ashley lie on the device, then checked the control system, discovering that it actually had a complete operation process for removing the parasite. Overjoyed, Leon quickly read through the operation steps, then activated the device.
Just like that, the last problem troubling them was resolved.
"Now we can leave here at ease." Leon let out a sigh of relief.
His and Chris's mission this time was to rescue Ashley. Now that the parasite in Ashley's body had been removed, they could leave directly. As for the villagers and people on the island who had been parasitized, after they left, the army would be sent in to clean up.
After saying that, Leon took out his communicator, about to contact his support agent Hunnigan, but unexpectedly, the comms channel was once again hacked by Saddler.
Although he felt a little speechless, Leon was still in a very good mood. Seeing Saddler's face appear on screen, he mocked him.
"Saddler, the parasite inside Ashley has been removed, your scheme has failed."
But Saddler wasn't anxious. After a cold laugh, he said, "So what? You're still on the island. As long as I kill you and capture her again, that's enough."
Leon turned and glanced at the people around him. Seeing these incredibly powerful companions, he said confidently, "Who ends up killing who is not certain yet. And, Saddler, before I came, I already informed my superiors. My reinforcements will be arriving soon. What's waiting for you will only be death."
"Then… I'll be waiting." Saddler said, and hung up the call.
Right after finishing the call, Leon said, "If we don't take care of Saddler, it looks like we still can't leave here."
"Then let's take him out." Aiden patted the rocket launcher on his back, this thing he had asked Shenhua for three of before coming, and also got over ten rockets. Don't even mention just one Saddler, even a main battle tank could be blasted into scrap metal by him.
In this world, aside from a few special beings, there were no creatures that could withstand a direct rocket hit. And even if there were, then a second shot, and a third shot. Eventually, it would be taken down.
After a quick discussion, the group retraced their steps and quickly left the inside of the factory.
Just as they exited, they saw Saddler standing not far ahead on a platform with all of his mercenaries. As soon as he saw them come out, Saddler immediately ordered those parasitized mercs to attack.
Aiden's group instantly scattered and raised their guns to return fire. Gunshots roared all over the platform.
Although the mercs outnumbered Aiden's group by far, after being parasitized, their skills had clearly degraded, aside from enhanced physique, all other abilities had suffered.
As a result, a bizarre scene unfolded on the platform, the large number of mercs were actually being suppressed by just six or seven people, even showing signs of being completely one-sidedly slaughtered.
In an instant, the number of mercs dropped by nearly a third, but the remaining ones still charged forward fearlessly while firing.
"Grenades!"
Seeing the parasitized mercs recklessly charging under fire with their strong vitality, Aiden pulled out a bunch of defensive grenades, then pulled the safety pins and threw them one after another, also remembering to warn the people nearby to avoid friendly shrapnel damage.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Facing the thrown grenades, those parasitized mercs wouldn't dodge like normal people. So, as explosions rang out in succession, the area where those mercs had stood instantly turned into an empty space — nearly all of the charging mercs were taken out by the grenades, and countless broken limbs were hurled in all directions by the shockwave.
"What a bunch of idiots!"
Seeing this, Saddler couldn't help but curse out loud. But he also knew this was because the subordinate-type parasites had severely degraded the mercs' intelligence, otherwise they wouldn't be so suicidally brave.
"Looks like I'll have to do it myself." A red light flashed in Saddler's eyes. Then with a sudden open mouth, a horrifying eyeball actually crawled out from inside.
Even so, he could still speak unclearly, "Let me show you my true power."
As soon as he finished that sentence, his body began to undergo violent mutation. The muscles and skin on his upper body split apart inch by inch, and then, several spider-like limbs began growing crazily in all directions.
In the blink of an eye, he had turned into a giant monster resembling a spider.
Looking at the monster in front of them, Aiden's group didn't show even the slightest bit of panic. As soon as he gave an order, behind him, the three women, Ada and the others, each raised a rocket launcher and aimed at Saddler.
"Send him to meet Ramon." Aiden swung his hand down hard.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
With three whooshes, three rockets shot straight at Saddler.
Then, amid three simultaneous explosions, Saddler was directly blasted into countless fragments...
With Saddler eliminated, there was nothing else on the island that could threaten them. The group was preparing to rest for a bit, then take the boat to leave. Just then, a rumbling sound came from far to near.
They looked up, it was an armed helicopter, exactly the reinforcements Leon had mentioned earlier.
"Cliché plot, final boss is dead, then the backup troops arrive, just like cops in a gangster movie."
Looking at the helicopter, Aiden made a jab, and then saw Leon and Chris giving him side-eyes.
"My friend, when mocking the police, please be mindful of who's standing next to you." Leon waved his fist at him unhappily.
Only then did Aiden remember that Chris and Leon were both former police, though Leon had never actually served a single day.
"Sorry. I'll pay attention next time." Aiden shrugged with zero sincerity, then turned and walked up to Ada.
"Really planning to quit for good? Ada." Aiden hadn't forgotten what Ada told him before.
Ada nodded and softly said, "If I keep doing this, next time we meet, your kid might already be calling me auntie."
Aiden was delighted inside, and with a smile, reached out his hand to her, "In that case… come home with me."
———
Aiden did not accept Leon and Chris's invitation to leave by helicopter, he still had to return the driver's body.
Later, after saying goodbye to the very confused Leon and Chris, Aiden took Ada, Roberta, and Fabiola by boat back to the village square, then drove that off-road vehicle out of the village.
And not long after all of them had left, Wesker appeared on the island...
———
'System, return to the real world.'
After returning the driver's body and giving his family a large sum of money, Aiden drove with the three women to the outskirts of the city, then called the system to send them back to the real world.
With a flash of white light, the four appeared in Aiden's bedroom.
Since this time they had actively entered a previously experienced world, the system didn't give him any rewards, but it still allowed him to bring people back.
However, just like before, aside from Aiden himself, Ada and the others all fell into a deep sleep.
Looking at the sleeping women, Aiden also felt a bit sleepy, by the time he returned, it was already night. So, he took off his coat and, holding Ada in his arms, fell asleep.
In the blink of an eye, it was the next day.
While sleeping soundly, Aiden felt someone touching him all over. Although unwilling, he still barely opened his eyes, and saw Ada lying beside him, drawing circles on his chest with her fingers.
"Ada, don't want to sleep a little longer?" Aiden looked out the window and saw it was still dark. He asked somewhat helplessly.
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