Chapter 118 - I, Bai Ye! Raccoon City's Five-Star Good Citizen!
From the way Jiru was pulling him to escape, Bai Ye realized that they had probably encountered the Tyrant that had just been chasing him. Jiru had not yet reunited with her old teammates, so she naturally didn't know that this Tyrant was actually sent by Umbrella Corporation to hunt her down.
After the Mansion Incident, because the STARS team brought up the events inside and demanded an investigation, Umbrella Corporation sent the Pursuer to hunt down the remaining members of the STARS team.
"I'll take you to a safe place first, and then you leave here yourself!"
Jiru turned her head to look at Bai Ye, then her gaze returned to the front, giving him a warning. She still believed that Bai Ye was an innocent citizen who had been caught up in this.
Because of her situation, Bai Ye was also being chased by the Tyrant, but she didn't have the energy to deal with Bai Ye right now. She could only take Bai Ye to a safe place and then let him leave.
To Jiru, Raccoon City at the moment was a disaster. Before she could figure out the situation, she had to investigate the intelligence here and expose Umbrella Corporation's conspiracy!
"There are no safe places left in Raccoon City. The entire city is full of zombies, and that Tyrant is here to hunt you."
After Bai Ye spoke, Jiru was clearly stunned for a moment, looking at Bai Ye with some surprise and shock on her face. She was clearly shocked by this news.
Moreover, he knew everything she didn't. It seemed this guy was not a normal citizen as she had thought.
But before she could recover from her shock, the wall to their left was instantly blasted open, and the massive pursuing figure slowly walked out from it. Jiru was at the center of the explosion, and the impact force instantly sent her flying.
"Hold on to me!"
Saying that, Bai Ye hugged Jiru and then leaped, directly jumping down from the third floor.
At such a high distance, Jiru's heart was filled with extreme surprise. Was this guy crazy?
Falling from the third floor while still holding her, even if he didn't die, he would definitely suffer comminuted fractures, right?
The intense sensation of falling pulled Jiru's thoughts back. She instinctively hugged Bai Ye's shoulders. The next second, the two landed safely, turned around, and rushed into an alley. Bai Ye snatched a car parked by the roadside, first stuffing Jiru into the passenger seat, then taking the keys from a nearby corpse, casually throwing the zombie that was about to mutate to the ground, and stepping into the driver's seat. Bai Ye immediately started the car and drove away.
He was short on time. First, he had to go to the laboratory to get the samples. Although he had met Jiru, Bai Ye didn't want to waste too much time with her.
Secondly, he couldn't expose many of his abilities now. Although elementalization and all other abilities could grant immunity to physical attacks in various senses.
But he had a fatal flaw: his body in this world had no special abilities or special energy. Bai Ye from other worlds could use Chakra or spiritual pressure to replace stamina and use the abilities of other-world Bai Ye, but he couldn't!
He could only use stamina, so after his stamina was exhausted, he was no different from an ordinary person.
Similarly, his stamina was currently the most pressing issue. Even the Eight Gates only increased a portion of his stamina, which was nowhere near enough to maintain elementalization under the sustained bombardment from that little boy.
This world was already very chaotic. Before his stamina weakness was completely compensated for, Bai Ye was not very eager to expose too many of his special abilities, lest he be targeted by those with ulterior motives.
If they can't catch you, can't they just continuously bombard you with missiles?
Moreover, is there anything in this world that one RPG can't solve? If there is! Then just use another one!
Click!
"Hey, hey, hey, isn't that a bit rude to your savior?"
While Bai Ye was contemplating his next plan, Jiru's pistol was aimed at Bai Ye.
Clearly, from Bai Ye's series of abnormal actions, Jiru had thought of some bad things.
If Bai Ye was sent by Umbrella Corporation to contact her and get something from her, then all of his suspicious behavior from before could be understood.
He knew about her situation, understood the current state of Raccoon City, and just happened to be waiting there for her and the Tyrant's appearance. Afterwards, he displayed skills that were difficult for ordinary people to comprehend; jumping from the third floor with her in his arms without any problems, and even being able to carry her from the street to the road where the car was.
"Who exactly are you? Are you from Umbrella Corporation? My gun is already loaded!"
Jiru's heart actually leaned more towards Bai Ye not being from Umbrella Corporation, at least he had saved her once when facing the Tyrant just now.
But prolonged hallucinations had already tormented Jiru's mind to its limit.
"You can't kill me."
"Why?"
Jiru asked subconsciously. Sure enough, this guy had a big secret!
"Because I'm driving."
"..."
Jiru was silent, her grip on the gun unconsciously loosening. The next second, the gun in her hand was instantly snatched away by Bai Ye and pointed at her forehead: "Gunner, how can you not even hold your gun steady?"
Saying that, Bai Ye tossed the pistol in his hand to Jiru, looking forward without any intention of continuing to tease her: "I was there to gather information. Speaking of which, it seems you were the one who brought the Tyrant, right? Also, I belong to the International Criminal Police Organization, responsible for investigating the biohazard problem Umbrella Corporation has caused in Raccoon City. In short, I'm giving you two choices now: first, get out of the car here and search for the truth you want to find or something else; second, follow me to find Umbrella Corporation's secret laboratory in Raccoon City!"
"It's at the next intersection ahead. There are ten seconds left on the red light. When the green light turns on, I'll assume you're coming with me."
Saying that, Bai Ye stopped the car at the traffic light, giving Jiru the choice.
"Drive!"
"I knew you'd choose me!"
Being with him was better than aimlessly searching in this vast Raccoon City.
Jiru's path had now deviated too much from the original, and she might not necessarily meet Carlos. Moreover, she no longer had the guidance of her old teammates. Although she learned from Bai Ye that the Pursuer was after her.
But at present, Jiru was more like a headless fly. Given the choice, she would rather follow Bai Ye, who seemed to know everything.
"Please, there are zombies everywhere. If you wait ten seconds for me, how will we leave?"
Jiru made a helpless gesture with her left hand, raising it to cover her forehead, speaking with some exasperation.
How should she describe this guy?
Stopping for ten seconds at a red light to let her choose whether to leave with him.
Raccoon City was already in this state, and he was still waiting for a red light?
So, he was a five-star good citizen, huh?
If Bai Ye really waited for ten seconds, she didn't know if the Pursuer would catch up, but the area would definitely be surrounded by zombies soon, and whether they could even drive away would be a problem. So, to Jiru, this was not a choice at all.
"Sorry, I misunderstood you a bit just now."
After getting a bit more familiar, Jiru apologized to Bai Ye for her previous action, which was somewhat like repaying kindness with enmity.
Mainly, she had been scared by Bai Ye's maneuver just now.
Jumping from the third floor without any problem made Jiru inevitably think of the monsters she had encountered in the mansion earlier, which seemed to be exactly the same. If Bai Ye's face hadn't looked completely human, she would have even suspected that Bai Ye was one of those monsters.
This was the reason why Jiru believed that Bai Ye might be someone sent by Umbrella Corporation.
"Oh, you mean that thing just now? If you work for me for a year, I won't mind it anymore."
"?"
Dude, really?
I apologize to you, and you want me to work for you?
"I'm telling you very seriously, this world is no longer the same as before. Not only Umbrella Corporation, but many other companies are currently engaged in bio-virus research."
Not only T-Virus and such, Bai Ye also didn't mention some other things, like Silent Hill, which also existed, and even the USG Ishimura. Anyway, Bai Ye felt that this world was going to end sooner or later.
And since he had already decided to leave the International Criminal Police Organization, it was naturally best to recruit a group of people to join him.
Like the protagonists in the original work, they were actually the best choice. Of course, Bai Ye was also very clear that some people would not choose to join, and Bai Ye would not force them.
"So what do you understand?"
Jiru was currently in a period of extreme confusion. She understood some truths, but those were only what she learned inside the mansion. However, looking at it now, that was just the tip of the iceberg.
But this person from the International Criminal Police Organization seemed to know more.
"What do you mean?"
"Umbrella Corporation? Other organizations?"
Jiru thought for a moment, then chose the two questions she cared about most.
"There's not much to say about Umbrella Corporation. Haven't their goals already been revealed? It's just those few things. As for others, it's probably something similar to the T-Virus called the Z-Virus. Anyway, if you join, you'll know everything later."
Bai Ye scratched his head, feeling like he didn't quite know how to explain this.
Some things he couldn't explain clearly, so it was up to Jiru's own decision.
"Join the International Criminal Police Organization?"
Jiru thought about it and felt that it was possible. At least this place shouldn't be like Umbrella Corporation. However, she didn't agree, but planned to investigate first.
After the Umbrella Corporation incident, Jiru naturally wouldn't simply believe someone's words.
"No, I'm planning to leave the International Criminal Police Organization."
Bai Ye shook his head. He felt that he had pretty much reached the end with this organization.
Bai Ye would never believe that those guys at the top didn't want to get their hands on this stuff.
Staying inside and being manipulated by those guys, it would be better to leave and form a new organization. Perhaps that was the best choice.
"Leave?"
Jiru was stunned subconsciously. She had originally thought Bai Ye was inviting her to join the International Criminal Police Organization, which was at least a legitimate organization. But now Bai Ye wanted to leave, clearly intending to drag her to a new organization.
Why did she feel like she was about to be sold?
"What organization are you going to join?"
Jiru's vigilance also increased considerably. If Bai Ye joined Umbrella Corporation, wouldn't she just be going in circles and ending up back where she started?
"I want to form a new organization. With various viruses breaking out now, fighting alone won't solve any problems. I need to gather a group of people with common aspirations. How about it, Jiru, do you want to resolve the chaos in this world together?"
Bai Ye looked at Jiru and, seeing her thoughtful expression, didn't rush to interrupt her.
At this time, Jiru needed some time to think carefully, and he understood that.
After a long while.
Jiru emerged from her thoughts and looked at Bai Ye seriously, asking: "Your goal is to change the world, but if you leave the International Criminal Police Organization, how will you change it? Even if I join, I'm just providing individual combat power. You haven't seen those guys, you simply don't know how terrifying they are. Just like this Tyrant now, I'm no match for him, let alone those who created this guy, who control many weapons!"
Jiru knew very well that what Bai Ye was currently doing was somewhat fanciful.
He simply didn't know how strong this Tyrant was, nor how powerful Umbrella Corporation was. If they relied on the people behind the International Criminal Police Organization, perhaps they could try, but if Bai Ye left, this matter would be impossible.
"What do you think those guys sent me here to do?"
"Do what?"
"On the surface, to investigate evidence against Umbrella Corporation, but secretly, they also hope I get the T-Virus data samples, right? This stuff has already been put on the table and has long been noticed by all forces. We are all in this torrent and can no longer escape."
When Bai Ye played the game, there was one point he never understood.
According to the world's background, Umbrella Corporation had already created this thing, yet the whole world could still just watch. In the game, Umbrella Corporation was almost like a god in the early stages.
Moreover, various countries' attitudes towards the T-Virus were even more bizarre; hardly anyone sent troops to seize it.
It wasn't that no one took action, but they didn't show much importance to it.
In the game, a monster that could be solved with one rocket launcher was actually impossible to be like that in reality. Such a weapon could not be something no one wanted, and the T-Virus was researched by Spencer for immortality. How could those guys not be tempted by this?
And Bai Ye could only treat this as a game, but in reality, Bai Ye could be sure that once he got the T-Virus sample, he would probably be asked by the higher-ups to hand it over. If he didn't, he would face pursuit.
So this was another reason Bai Ye chose to leave. Before, he had no strength or research capabilities, so he could only be a subordinate. Now it was different, why should he humble himself?