The Savior of American Comics? I'm the Subspace Evil God!

Chapter 453, Chapters 822 and 823: The Power of Friendship

"What's going on? Could that monster, like the previous 'Executioner,' also be able to release poisonous mist into the outside world?"

Sheva Arom asked, puzzled, as she put on her gas mask.

"I'm not sure about that yet..."

Lyon shook his head gravely, then reached into the military Humvee, replenishing ammunition as he said in a low voice:
"However, this monster is clearly not the same type of BOW as the previous 'Executioner'."

Then he glanced at the yellowish-green blood slowly evaporating on the ground. "Perhaps it's because it's nighttime and there's no sunlight, that's why this yellowish-green blood is evaporating so slowly... Otherwise, we would both probably be dead here."

"what?"

Sheva Arom felt a chill run down her spine upon hearing this, and couldn't help but feel a wave of fear.

If it weren't for the experienced Leon's timely discovery of the monster's blood anomaly, she probably wouldn't have realized it until the moment of her death.

Immediately, Sheva Allom's gaze shifted anxiously to the corpses of Delta Squad members scattered around. She searched the area, but couldn't find Captain Josh Stone's body among them. She muttered to herself with concern:
"Old Joe, I really hope you're alright..."

Leon cautiously scanned his surroundings, and after confirming that there were no lurking infected individuals, his gaze finally settled on the increasingly dense yellow-green poisonous fog around him. He frowned and said:

"Xiewa, the situation has changed. You should go back quickly before things get worse!"

"how about you?"

Sheva Allom clearly understood the meaning behind Lyon's words and asked with some surprise.

Lyon thought for a moment and said truthfully, "I'm afraid I have some personal matters to attend to. Thank you for your help along the way."

"Personal matters?"

Sheva Allom stared wide-eyed in disbelief, assuming Leon was just trying to be brave and complete the dangerous mission alone. She pointed to the corpses scattered around them and urgently urged him on:

“Leon, take a good look around us. This mission is far beyond what one or two people can accomplish. Headquarters needs to send more people and better equipment…”

"The best thing we can do right now is to get out of this awful place as soon as possible!!"

Although the two had only spent less than a day together, Sheva Allom had already developed a deep sense of identification and dependence on Leon through their numerous life-and-death crises.

So she really didn't want to see him die in this godforsaken place.

However, upon hearing this, Lyon shook his head slightly and said, "Seva, you misunderstand. I'm here not just to complete the mission of capturing Ricardo Irwin..."

"Lyon, what are you talking about?" Sheva Allom looked puzzled.

Seeing this, Leon knew he couldn't keep it a secret any longer, otherwise the poisonous fog would become even denser, and the other party wouldn't be able to leave. So he gritted his teeth and said:

"I received some intelligence suggesting that my two missing partners might still be alive. At first, I didn't quite believe it, but after Captain Josh brought me the decryption information, I confirmed it... Chris and Jill are alive!!"

"Wait a minute, you mean... the two people in that intelligence photo?"

Sheva Allom stared blankly at Lyon. "Are you sure it's them? If I remember correctly, didn't the BSAA leadership announce their deaths a long time ago?"

"No, the higher-ups at the BSAA made that announcement to evade responsibility. We have always believed that Chris and Jill are not dead."

While reloading the Hydra shotgun during the lull, Leon explained, "I've been through thick and thin with those two many times, so I'm absolutely certain that the two people in the photo are them..."

"Although the BSAA leadership publicly declared that the two of them were dead, they were unable to find their whereabouts or bodies for two whole years."

Then, he changed the subject, "Xiewa, thank you for your help and companionship along the way. Take my advice... go back. What happens next has nothing to do with you, and you don't need to take any risks for it!!"

After saying that, he started walking towards the dock in front of the swamp.

"Leon, wait...wait a minute."

Watching Leon's departing figure, Sheva Allom felt a strange sensation. She gritted her teeth and suddenly spoke:

“You can’t go to an oil field alone; you know nothing about the terrain.”

"it does not matter."

Without stopping or turning his head, Lyon said, "I don't have much time left. I have to find both of them... I've been waiting for this for almost two years!!"

"Okay, then I'll go with you."

Sheva Allom rushed to Lyon's side, and together they walked towards the small open-top speedboat moored in front of the dock. "All my companions died here. I have to find the culprit and settle the score!"

Leon stopped in his tracks with a strange expression, looked at the other person, and said, "Seva, are you sure you really want to do this? You were just about to leave..."

"That was just now, now is now."

Sheva Arom puffed out her heavy chest and declared with high spirits, "Whether it's for Alpha Squad or Delta Squad, I can't leave like this, looking so defeated!!"

Leon's brow furrowed involuntarily. He wanted to say a few more words of persuasion, but then he saw that the village behind them was already shrouded in a large patch of yellowish-green poisonous fog, from which faint, inhuman whispers could be heard, all of which exuded eeriness and danger. So he could only nod helplessly and say:

"Have you thought this through? From now on, there will be no more orders from headquarters; it will just be the two of us."

"of course."

Sheva Allom brandished her pistol, looking intently into Leon's eyes. "We're partners, from the very beginning... So, let's go!!"

"OK then."

Leon didn't say much, and the two boarded the speedboat. Using the bright moonlight and the speedboat's searchlight, they set off towards the oil field deep in the swamp. "Can you tell me what happened to Chris and Jill?" Seemingly unable to bear the quiet surroundings, Sheva Allom asked first.

Clearly, although she had never met Chris and Jill, she was already very familiar with their exploits.

After all, the other party, like Leon, was one of the 'original eleven' who established the [BSAA].

As a branch agent, what she enjoys discussing and exploring most often is the history of the early days of the BSAA.

"I was on an overseas assignment in Europe at the time, so I don't know the specifics of what happened to them."

Mentioning his two friends, Leon sighed, a rare occurrence, and continued, "But I later heard from the BSAA that they had an accident while pursuing Albert Wesker and have been missing ever since..."

"Albert Wesker?"

A look of bewilderment crossed Sheva Allom's eyes. Clearly, their West Africa branch didn't know much about the real mastermind behind Oswell Edward Spencer and the Umbrella Corporation.

Or perhaps... with Sheva Arom's current level of access, she doesn't have enough access to such high-level secrets.

Leon clearly noticed the confusion on the other person's face, so he carefully explained:

"It's normal that you don't know Albert Wesker. He used to be a senior researcher at Umbrella Corporation and also the captain of the Special Tactics and Rescue Service Team formed by the Raccoon City Police Department."

After the Raccoon City incident and the bankruptcy of Umbrella Corporation, they disappeared from public view.

"Two years ago, Chris and Jill obtained reliable intelligence that pinpointed the exact location of Oswell Edward Spencer, the former founder of the Umbrella Corporation. So the two of them planned to raid the castle where he was hiding and interrogate him to find out the whereabouts of Albert Wesker."

"But unexpectedly, they encountered Albert Wesker there, who had come to assassinate Oswell Edward Spencer..."

At this point, Leon couldn't help but sigh. "You've probably heard what happened next. The BSAA conducted a three-month search for Chris and Jill's bodies, but they were never found."

Ignoring our advice, the higher-ups, citing the need to save money, unilaterally announced that Chris and Jill had died accidentally during their duties.

"For the next two years, I and a few friends relentlessly searched for every possible clue that might be related to Chris and Jill's whereabouts, but in the end, we found nothing."

"Until recently, Rebecca... ah, you probably don't know her either. She used to be one of us, she went through thick and thin with me, Chris, and Jill, and now she works for [Subspace Corporation]..."

Rebecca told me that Chris and Jill might appear in the [Kizuzuz Autonomous Region], so I volunteered to be dispatched here.

"You probably already know what happened next. I saw someone in the photos who looked exactly like Chris and Jill, so no matter what, I had to go there and find out if they were still alive."

Sheva Allom turned to look at Leon, who was piloting the speedboat, and said with a complicated expression, "It's clear that you two have a very good relationship, much closer than that of ordinary teammates..."

To be honest, she still couldn't quite understand why this man was willing to risk his own life for two teammates whose fates were unknown, and take such a huge risk to find them.

But this did not prevent her from sincerely admiring the other person's behavior and qualities.

After all, in today's profit-driven society, people with a personality like Leon are extremely rare.

Therefore, she is very willing to be friends with such people, and even become close friends with them...

"how about you?"

As Leon steered the speedboat forward, he deftly scanned the surroundings, casually asking:

"And why did you join the BSAA in the first place?"

Sheva Allom remained silent for a long time after hearing this, seemingly recalling some unpleasant memory, and slowly spoke with a somewhat unnatural expression:

"When I was a teenager, my parents died in a biochemical leak at a company..."

Lyon raised an eyebrow and asked tentatively, "That company wouldn't happen to be Umbrella, would it?"

Sheva Alom nodded. "That's right, [Umbrella Africa Branch, Factory No. 57] was located not far from my house at the time..."

"It was only after investigation that we discovered that the so-called accident was just a cover-up for the failure of testing biological weapons."

"The Umbrella leadership has always used Africa as their testing ground, so Umbrella must be held responsible for my parents' deaths. Someone must pay the price!!"

Lyon said with a gentle expression, "So that's why you decided to join the BSAA?"

However, Sheva Arom did not answer his question, but instead smiled at him with a touch of emotion:
"Leon, you know what? I never really thought that I would one day be a partner with a legendary figure like you."

Lyon waved his hand and couldn't help but laugh, "No, I'm not some legendary figure."

However, he quickly suppressed his smile and said solemnly, "But I want to remind you that from now on, only by working together can we ensure that we end all of this alive..."

Sheva Allom echoed solemnly, "Lyon, let us avenge our comrades who bravely sacrificed their lives!!"

Lyon nodded emphatically, and the speedboat continued forward for a while until they came into view a primitive village built on a raised piece of land.

With the help of the bright moonlight and the glow of the bonfires and torches scattered throughout the village, Leon and Cheva Allom were able to make out the general outline of the village.

The village wasn't very large, and it was surrounded by simple protective walls made of sharpened wooden spikes. It seemed that the only way to get inside was through the main gate woven from vines and tree trunks.

Although the tall wooden wall blocked most of Lyon and Sheva Allom's view, they could still see many simple wooden houses built inside the village through the space above the wall.

The roofs of these wooden buildings and houses were all covered with a lot of thatch and leaves, and the two could vaguely see figures moving inside some of the buildings.

In short, the entire village is filled with a mysterious and primitive atmosphere.

(End of this chapter)