Upon seeing his old friend, Leon's eyes immediately lit up with surprise, and his gun unconsciously lowered.
Sheva Alomar, standing beside him, exclaimed in disbelief, "What? Leon, are you sure you're not mistaken? That woman is… Senior Jill?"
Whoosh—
Almost at the moment Sheva Alomar spoke, Jill Valentine on the opposite side darted towards her and Leon with lightning speed, then kicked Leon in the chest, sending him flying backward.
Jill Valentine then used Leon's body in mid-air to stomp down, her graceful figure changing direction again in mid-air with a flip, landing in front of Sheva Alomar.
Bang—
Jill Valentine swiftly delivered a high roundhouse kick, directly kicking the pistol out of Sheva Alomar's hand, then, before the latter could react, clamped her neck with her legs, and used the huge momentum of her downward swing to violently spin, forcibly throwing Sheva Alomar far backward.
If not for the railing at the edge of the deck, Sheva Alomar might have been thrown directly overboard.
"Jill, what's wrong with you…?"
Leon put away his gun and rushed towards Jill Valentine with bare hands, "Wake up, it's Leon!?"
However, what responded to him was a heavy knee strike and an armbar. Although he didn't know what had happened to Jill Valentine, her current skill and reaction speed were absolutely beyond what ordinary people could compare to.
Even an experienced veteran like Leon was utterly defenseless against Jill Valentine.
"Hahaha…"
Ricardo Elvin saw this and laughed triumphantly, "Your skills are really good. Since you have now reunited with your long-lost friend, I will leave the two of you here to catch up properly!"
With that, he walked towards the cabin, laughing.
Leon, however, completely ignored him, struggling to prevent Jill Valentine from breaking his arm, and shouting loudly:
"Wake up, Jill, pull yourself together… I'm Leon, I'm here to save you and Chris, Jill Valentine!!"
"Ugh…"
After Leon's shouts, Jill Valentine, who had a frosty expression, suddenly felt a buzzing in her mind, and images of missions she had previously carried out with Leon and Chris flashed before her eyes.
Her body staggered, and she subconsciously released Leon's arm.
"Ugh…"
Jill Valentine let out a painful wail, then tore open the collar of her combat suit, revealing a special spider-like device underneath.
At the position of the spider's abdomen, it was filled with a red liquid.
As soon as Jill Valentine's consciousness showed signs of recovery, the spider-shaped device began to inject the liquid into her body, causing her to once again become the cold, ruthless soldier who only knew how to follow orders!
And what was contained in this spider-shaped device was a chemical substance that Wesker had accidentally obtained two years ago while researching the Progenitor Virus.
Later, Wesker named it the [P30 Controller]!
This Controller, when injected into the experimental subject's body, could make them more susceptible to brainwashing and control, while also enhancing their physical strength and power.
However, the [P30 Controller] had a very fatal flaw: its effect could only last for a very short period of time.
The [P30 Controller] injected into the body would gradually be eliminated from the body through human metabolism, so if long-term control was desired, frequent replenishment of the drug would be necessary.
Such a fatal drawback greatly reduced the usability of the [P30 Controller], so much so that Wesker later did not put the [P30 Controller] into large-scale mass production.
It was only used on a few important targets… such as Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield!
However, to compensate for this flaw of the [P30 Controller], Wesker finally ordered his researchers to develop a special device that could be installed on the experimental subject to continuously supply the drug.
Which is the spider-shaped device Jill Valentine is wearing on her chest.
This device is tightly connected to Jill Valentine's chest blood vessels through six metal conduit 'spider legs' and will automatically push the drug into her body when it detects that her internal drug level is below the risk value, thereby suppressing the recovery of her own consciousness.
"Huh?"
Ricardo Elvin, who had already walked to the cabin, couldn't help but show a look of surprise on his face, "It's incredible, she still has resistance consciousness even now… Didn't Excella say that her mind was completely controlled by that virus?"
"But unfortunately, all of this is futile."
Almost at the same time his words fell, Jill Valentine, who had been injected with the [P30 Controller] again, had already pounced on Leon.
Bang bang bang—
Sheva Alomar asked, full of confusion, while firing to distract the opponent, "What is that red thing on her chest?"
"I don't know either." Leon shook his head, "But my intuition tells me that that damn thing is controlling Jill's mind, we must find a way to take it off."
But this was easier said than done.
Because the enhanced Jill Valentine, in terms of both strength and speed, was far superior to the two of them.
And just as Leon and Sheva Alomar were racking their brains trying to remove the spider-shaped device from her chest, a swift black shadow suddenly descended from the sky, silently landing behind Ricardo Elvin.
"You… who are you?"
Ricardo Elvin, hearing the movement behind him, subconsciously turned around, only to suddenly see a strange figure dressed in a black combat suit, wearing an animal helmet resembling a Black Panther on his head, staring coldly at him.
"Don't think about resisting, just come with me obediently."
Prince T'Challa, wearing the [Vibranium Combat Suit], first glanced at the battle on the opposite deck, then grabbed Ricardo Elvin by the collar and dragged him backward.
"Save me, come and save me…"
Ricardo Elvin felt an irresistible force, and he was actually lifted directly by Prince T'Challa, who then walked towards the stern deck of the yacht.
Whoosh—
On the deck, Jill Valentine, who was about to deliver a fatal blow to the retreating Leon and Sheva Alomar, heard Ricardo Elvin's cry for help, immediately abandoned her attack on the former, and with lightning speed, rushed behind Prince T'Challa, instantly kicking him in the back.
Bang—
However, the anticipated scene of him flying backward did not happen.
Prince T'Challa, caught off guard, merely stumbled a few steps forward before successfully stopping his momentum.
Most of the force from that blow was almost entirely absorbed and dispersed by the [Vibranium], so it caused no substantial damage to Prince T'Challa.
However, the Black Panther combat suit he was currently wearing was only the first generation and did not possess the powerful function of passively absorbing kinetic energy and actively releasing it, which the versions after the second generation had.
"Don't block the way, I don't want to harm the innocent…" Prince T'Challa revealed the claws on his hands, threatening in a cold voice.
But what responded to him was Jill Valentine's storm-like offensive.
Bang bang bang—
Facing such a powerful and heavy offensive, Prince T'Challa's wish to quickly end the battle with the Black Panther combat suit was directly dashed.
And his proud combat skills seemed so inadequate and full of flaws in front of this 'female monster' whose strength and speed far exceeded human limits.
Although he was currently wearing the [Vibranium Combat Suit] meticulously developed for him by his sister Shuri, which provided the maximum 'damage reduction' effect, being passively beaten all the time made him feel both frustrated and annoyed.
This is not to say that Prince T'Challa was weak.
It's because Prince T'Challa at this stage is still a long way from the Black Panther in the original work, who ate the [Heart-Shaped Herb] and officially became the King of Wakanda.
Only after consuming the [Heart-Shaped Herb] can he, like his father King T'Chaka, establish a special psychic connection with the [Black Panther Goddess] Bast.
Thereby gaining the power blessing from the [Black Panther Goddess], raising all his five senses, as well as strength, speed, endurance, and reaction speed, to the peak of human limits.
The current Prince T'Challa is merely an 'ordinary person' wearing a high-tech combat suit and proficient in combat skills!
So when fighting Jill Valentine, who possessed superhuman strength, he seemed somewhat out of his depth.
"Damn it…"
Prince T'Challa, seeing that his capture plan might fail because of this aggressive woman in front of him, felt a surge of anger in his heart.
He immediately ordered Okoye, the Captain of the Dora Milaje, who was accompanying him and currently piloting an 'invisible spaceship' hovering above, via his communicator:
"Okoye, immediately activate the energy machine gun and deal with this annoying guy in front of me."
"But… that might accidentally injure you and the prisoner?"
"It's alright, my combat suit can withstand such an attack, and I will ensure the prisoner's safety… Fire!!"
"Alright then, Your Highness."
In mid-air, from a small spaceship from Wakanda, which had the same 'stealth' function as S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Sky Carrier, Okoye quickly tapped a few times on the display in front of her, and an energy machine gun immediately extended from the bottom of the spaceship.
Under the guidance of the system, the muzzle precisely locked onto Jill Valentine, who was attacking Prince T'Challa below, and then a dark finger gently pressed the firing button.
Buzz buzz buzz—
Energy bullets, shimmering with blue light like raindrops, immediately poured down from mid-air, directly covering the area where Jill Valentine and Prince T'Challa were located below.
Boom boom boom—!!!
In just a moment, the stern part of the yacht was already riddled with holes, battered and broken, with thick smoke and flames visible everywhere, and the huge hull also began to tilt backward.
"Jill…"
Leon on the front deck saw this and immediately prepared to rush over to save her, but was pulled back by Sheva Alomar beside him, "Don't go, going now is suicide."
"But…"
Leon's eyes were bloodshot, but he knew in his heart that he was powerless in this situation and could only secretly pray that Jill would be alright.
Fortunately, the shooting only lasted for a few tens of seconds before abruptly stopping.
And by the time the attack from the sky ceased, Jill Valentine was already lying in a pool of blood, her body from the abdomen down having been blasted into a bloody mess by the previous hail of bullets, with only a layer of skin and flesh connecting her remaining right leg to her upper body.
Blood instantly flowed continuously from the huge wound at her waist and abdomen, and in just a few breaths, a not-so-small pool of blood had gathered beneath her.
Ricardo Elvin, not far away, was completely unharmed under the protection of Prince T'Challa's 'Vibranium body'.
"Jill?!!"
Leon's eyes immediately turned red at the sight, and he instantly raised his gun and fired at Prince T'Challa, but all the shots were without exception blocked by the Vibranium Combat Suit on his body.
"Bastard, look what you've done…"
Before Leon could finish cursing, Prince T'Challa on the rear deck had already pulled up Ricardo Elvin, who was collapsed on the ground, and then leaped out of the boat. Their figures were immediately pulled into the cabin of the spaceship above by a tractor beam shining down from the sky.
Then, under the astonished gazes of Leon and Sheva Alomar, they sped away towards the direction where the sun was slowly rising.
"Damn it, who was that guy?"
Leon let out an angry roar towards the horizon where the enemy had departed, then quickly rushed to Jill Valentine, who was already on the verge of death, dragged her shattered body to the relatively flat deck at the bow, and called out mournfully:
"Jill, hold on, I'll call for backup now!"
"Ah, Leon, it's you… I'm really sorry about earlier."
Perhaps it was a moment of lucidity before death, or perhaps because the spider-shaped device on Jill Valentine's chest was accidentally broken during the previous battle, and the liquid inside had already completely flowed out.
Losing the influence of the [P30 Controller], coupled with the massive blood loss, caused Jill Valentine to regain her consciousness.
After her already unfocused eyes recognized Leon's face, she managed to force a faint smile on her bloodless, pale face, then turned her gaze to Sheva Alomar, and said intermittently:
"You must be Sheva, right?"