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

Chapters 456, 828, and 829: The Unexpected Intrusion of the Black Panther

Upon reuniting with his old friend, Lyon's eyes lit up with surprise, and the muzzle of his gun unconsciously lowered.

Upon hearing this, Sheva Allom, standing beside him, exclaimed in disbelief, "What? Lyon, are you sure you're not mistaken? That woman is... Senior Jill?"

whoosh-

Almost the instant Sheva Allom spoke, Gilles Valentian appeared in front of her and Leon with lightning speed, then kicked Leon in the chest, sending him flying backward.

Gilles Valentian, taking advantage of the momentum, stomped down on Leon in mid-air, her slender figure changing direction again mid-air, flipping and landing in front of Sheva Allom.

boom--

Gilles Valentian launched a lightning-fast high roundhouse kick, sending the pistol flying from Sheva Arom's hand. Before she could react, he clamped his legs around her neck, using the momentum of his swing to spin downwards, throwing Sheva Arom far backwards.

If it weren't for the railings at the edge of the deck, it would probably have thrown Sheva Allom overboard.

"Jill, what's wrong with you...?"

Leon holstered his pistol and charged at Gilles Valentien bare-handed, yelling, "Wake up! It's me, Leon!!"

However, he was met with a heavy knee strike and armbar. Although it was unclear what had happened to Gilles Valentian, her current skill and reaction speed were definitely beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Even a seasoned veteran like Lyon, with his extensive combat experience, was utterly helpless against Gilles Valentian.

"Hahaha……"

Seeing this, Ricardo Erwin laughed loudly with pride, "Your skills are really good. Now that you've reunited with your old friend whom you've been dreaming of, I'll leave you two here to catch up!"

After saying that, he laughed and walked toward the cabin.

Lyon completely ignored him, struggling to prevent Gilles Valentian from breaking his arm while shouting loudly:
"Wake up, Jill, pull yourself together... It's me, Leon, I'm here to save you and Chris, Jill Valentine!!"

"Ugh..."

After Leon's call, Gilles Valentian, whose face had been frosty, suddenly felt a buzzing in her mind, and images of missions she had carried out with Leon and Chris flashed before her eyes.

She staggered and instinctively released Leon's arm.

"Ugh..."

Jill Valentine let out a painful howl, then tore open the collar of her combat suit, revealing a special device shaped like a spider underneath.

Located on the spider's abdomen, it is filled with a red substance.

Just as Jill Valentine's consciousness began to return, the spider-like device began injecting a drug into her body, turning her back into the cold-blooded soldier who only knew how to follow orders!

The spider-shaped device contained a chemical substance that Wesker had accidentally obtained two years ago while researching the Progenitor Virus.

Wesker later called it the "P30 control agent"!
When injected into experimental subjects, this control agent makes them more susceptible to brainwashing and control, while also enhancing their physical strength and power.

However, the P30 control agent has a fatal flaw: its effect only lasts for a very short time.

The injected P30 control agent will be gradually eliminated from the body through metabolism. Therefore, if you want to control it in the long term, you will need to frequently replenish the medication.

This fatal flaw greatly reduced the availability of the P30 control agent, so much so that Wesker did not put the P30 control agent into large-scale mass production.

It is only used on a few important targets... such as Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield!
However, in order to compensate for this shortcoming of the [P30 control agent], Wesker eventually ordered his researchers to develop a special device that could be installed on experimental subjects to continuously supply the agent.

This is the spider-shaped device that Gilles Valentian is currently wearing on his chest.

This device, consisting of six metal conduits forming "spider legs," is tightly connected to the blood vessels in Gilles Valentian's chest cavity. It automatically injects the drug into her body when it detects that the drug level in her body is below the risk threshold, thereby suppressing the recovery of her consciousness.

"what?"

Ricardo Irwin, who had already reached the cabin, couldn't help but show a look of surprise upon seeing this. "It's unbelievable that she still has the will to resist... Didn't Iscolla say that her mind was completely controlled by that virus?"

"Unfortunately, it was all in vain."

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, Gilles Valentian, who had been injected with the [P30 control agent] again, lunged at Lyon.

bang bang bang-

While firing her gun to keep the other man occupied, Sheva Allom asked with a puzzled look, "What's that red thing on her chest?"

“I don’t know either.” Leon shook his head. “But my gut feeling tells me that it’s that thing controlling Jill’s mind, and we have to find a way to take it off.”

But this is easier said than done.

Because the enhanced Jill Valentine is far superior to the two of them in both strength and speed.

Just as Leon and Sheva Allom were racking their brains trying to remove the spider-shaped device from each other's chests, a swift black shadow suddenly descended from the sky and landed silently behind Ricardo Erwin.

"You...who are you?"

Hearing the noise behind him, Ricardo Erwin instinctively turned around, only to suddenly see a strange figure dressed in a black combat suit with an animal helmet resembling a black cheetah staring coldly at him.

"Don't even think about resisting, just come with me obediently."

Prince T'Challa, dressed in the Vibranium Combat Suit, first glanced at the battle on the opposite deck, then grabbed Ricardo Erwin by the collar and dragged him backward.

"Help me, please help me..."

Ricardo Irwin felt an irresistible force come over him, and he was lifted up by Prince T'Challa and carried towards the deck at the back of the yacht.

whoosh-

On deck, Gilles Valentian, who was originally preparing to finish off the retreating Leon and Sheva Allom, abandoned his attack upon hearing Ricardo Irwin's cry for help. He darted behind Prince T'Challa with lightning speed and delivered a powerful kick, striking him squarely in the back. *Bang!*

However, the expected scene of flying backwards did not occur.

Caught off guard, Prince T'Challa only staggered forward a few steps before successfully stopping his momentum.

The vast majority of the force of that attack was absorbed and dispersed by Vibranium, so it did not cause any real damage to Prince T'Challa.

However, the Black Panther combat suit he is currently wearing is only the first generation, and it does not have the powerful function of passively absorbing kinetic energy and actively releasing it, which is present in the second and later versions.

"Get out of my way, I don't want to hurt the innocent..." Prince T'Challa threatened coldly, revealing the sharp claws on his hands.

But he was met with a fierce and relentless offensive from Gilles Valentian.

bang bang bang-

Faced with such a powerful and fierce attack, Prince T'Challa's wish to quickly end the battle with the help of the Black Panther suit was completely dashed.

His fighting skills, which he was so proud of, seemed so inadequate and full of mistakes in front of this 'female monster' whose strength and speed far exceeded the limits of human beings.

Although he was currently wearing the Vibranium Combat Suit that his sister Su Rui had meticulously developed for him, which had the maximum 'damage reduction' effect, he was still feeling both angry and frustrated from being constantly beaten up.

This is not to say that Prince T'Challa is weak.

Rather, it's because Prince T'Challa at this stage is still a long way from becoming the Black Panther who, in the original comics, ate the Heart-Shaped Herb and officially became the King of Wakanda.

Only after consuming the Heart-Shaped Herb can he establish a special spiritual connection with the Black Panther Goddess Buster, just like his father, King T'Chaka.

This grants the user a blessing from the Black Panther Goddess, pushing their five senses, as well as physical abilities such as strength, speed, endurance, and reaction time, to the limits of human potential.

The current Prince T'Challa is nothing more than an 'ordinary person' who wears a high-tech combat suit and is proficient in fighting skills!
Therefore, when facing Jill Valentine, who possessed strength beyond the limits of human capability, he seemed somewhat powerless.

"hateful……"

Prince T'Challa's anger surged as he realized his capture plan might fail because of the aggressive woman in front of him.

He immediately gave the order over the communicator to Okoye, the captain of the [Dora Guard] who had accompanied him and was currently piloting the 'stealth spaceship' hovering in the air:

"Okoye, start the energy machine gun immediately and take care of this troublesome guy in my way."

"But... this could very well result in you and that prisoner being accidentally injured?"

"It's alright, my combat suit can withstand that kind of attack. I'll protect the prisoner... Fire!!"

"Very well, Your Highness."

In mid-air, in a small spaceship from Wakanda that possessed the same 'stealth' capability as S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier, Okoye quickly tapped a few times on the monitor in front of him, and a beam machine gun immediately emerged from below the spaceship.

Under the system's command, the gun barrel precisely locked onto Jill Valentine, who was attacking Prince T'Challa below, and then a dark finger gently pressed the fire button.

buzzing-

Energy orbs, shimmering with blue light like raindrops, poured down from mid-air, completely engulfing the area where Jill Valentine and Prince T'Challa were located.

Rumble——! ! !
In just a few moments, the stern of the yacht was riddled with holes and completely destroyed, with thick smoke and flames everywhere, and the huge hull began to tilt backward.

"Jill..."

Seeing this, Leon on the forward deck was about to rush over to save the people, but was stopped by Sheva Allom beside him. "Don't go over there. Going now is suicide."

"But……"

Lyon's eyes were bloodshot, but he knew in his heart that he was powerless to do anything about the situation and could only pray that Jill would be alright.

Fortunately, the shooting only lasted for a few dozen seconds before it stopped abruptly.

When the aerial attacks ceased, Gilles Valentian lay in a pool of blood, his body from the abdomen down blasted to pieces by the hail of bullets, his right leg held together by only a layer of skin and flesh.

Blood gushed out of the huge wound on her waist and abdomen, and within a few breaths, a pool of blood, neither too big nor too small, formed beneath her.

Meanwhile, Ricardo Erwin, who was not far away, was completely unaffected under the protection of Prince T'Challa's 'vibranium body'.

"Jill?!!"

Upon seeing this, Leon's eyes immediately reddened, and he raised his gun to fire at Prince T'Challa, but all his shots were blocked by the vibranium combat suit on the other side.

"You bastard, look what you've done..."

Before Leon could finish his rant, Prince T'Challa on the rear deck grabbed Ricardo Irwin, who was slumped on the ground, and then leaped overboard. The two were immediately pulled into the cabin of the spaceship above by a traction field shining down from the sky.

Then, to the astonishment of Lyon and Sheva Allom, they sped off toward the rising sun.

"Damn it, who exactly is that guy?"

Lyon roared angrily at the horizon where the enemy had vanished, then rushed to Gilles Valentian, who was on his deathbed, dragged his mangled body onto the flatter deck at the bow of the ship, and cried out in sorrow:
"Jill, hold on! I'm calling for backup right now!"

"Ah, Leon, it's you... I'm so sorry about before."

Whether it was a final burst of energy or because the spider-shaped device on Gilles Valentine's chest had been accidentally broken during the battle, causing the potion inside to leak out completely, it's unclear.

The loss of the effects of the P30 control agent, coupled with significant blood loss, allowed Jill Valentine to regain her senses.

After his already fading pupils clearly saw Leon's face, a weak smile forced onto his bloodless, pale face. He then turned his gaze to Sheva Allom beside him and said haltingly:
"You must be Sheva, right?"

(End of this chapter)