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Chapter 29: Chapter 29: The Floating Island Incident (Part 3)

"It worked." The doctor who arrived shortly after, exclaimed after examining Chris. This hospital wasn't an ordinary one; it was set up by the United Nations specifically for dealing with biochemical viruses. Patients from all over the world infected with biochemical viruses were sent here.

"Then quickly prepare the vaccine," Chris urged upon hearing the doctor's words.

"Well, the current results are promising, but we don't know if there are any side effects yet. It would be best to observe for a while," the doctor said hesitantly.

"By the time we observe, people will be dead." Under the strong insistence of Chris and Jill, they eventually injected the vaccine into everyone infected with the virus. As Chris said, they were on the brink of death anyway, so there was no time to worry about side effects.

If there were any side effects, they could still be observed after the vaccination. To avoid potential side effects, Chris and his team wouldn't be able to return to the front line for a while.

"Thank you," Jill said, looking at Daniel Davis with gratitude.

"You're welcome. I'm here for this exact reason. Without you risking your lives on the front lines, we wouldn't be able to conduct our research in the rear so peacefully," Daniel replied.

After expressing her gratitude once more, Jill hurriedly left. The emergence of a new biochemical virus was bad news for both the BSAA and the FBC.

"What did you say? The virus vaccine has been developed?" The rapid development of the new virus vaccine shocked all the biochemical experts on the island. The speed was astonishing.

"I got the news from Jill. We owe it all to you this time," Rebecca quickly contacted Daniel. Since learning about Chris's infection, Rebecca had been in the lab, researching tirelessly to save him.

"How did you do it?" Rebecca asked, voicing her biggest question.

"I just discovered the structure of the virus and got lucky afterward," Daniel explained his thought process briefly. It sounded simple, but it was incredibly difficult to achieve and required constant experimentation. Daniel managed to do it quickly because his surgical fruit ability could skip those trials.

The T-Abyss virus held no value for Daniel; it was purely a biochemical virus. Strangely enough, Umbrella Corporation's T, G, Veronica, and Ouroboros viruses initially aimed to enhance humans. According to Umbrella's claims, they were creating a new breed of humans.

Subsequent viruses, however, turned into pure biochemical weapons. The research on biochemical viruses had deviated from its original purpose. In this respect, Umbrella's objectives seemed nobler than those of others, which was a huge irony.

"Damn it, how is this possible?" Somewhere on Terragrigia Island, a leader-like figure hurled a military knife in anger upon hearing about the vaccine. The knife embedded itself deeply into a wall.

"Shall we continue with the plan?" a subordinate asked.

"Let me think," the leader said, dismissing his men before immediately contacting someone on the phone.

"Didn't you say there was no vaccine? What's going on now?"

"Just a minor setback. We need to act ahead of schedule. Start the operation tomorrow night. I'll provide support," the person on the other end of the line said.

"This is too rushed. My people aren't ready."

"Tomorrow night, no matter what," the voice on the phone reiterated.

"If you insist, I want triple the payment."

"No problem."

"Mr. Davis, our boss wants to meet you. Please come with us," Daniel, who was watching a movie in his room the next night, was suddenly confronted by four fully armed intruders.

"I don't know your boss," Daniel said, raising his hands as three guns were pointed at him.

"You'll know him when you see him." The leader gestured to a man behind Daniel, who approached with a syringe.

"Trouble comes too quickly," Daniel muttered, preparing to act when a faint gunshot rang out in the room. The man behind him fell with a blood hole in his head.

The remaining three reacted but too late. Three muffled shots followed, and they too fell.

"Didn't expect you to be so popular," a familiar voice said. Ada Wong emerged, holding a silenced pistol. She had taken out the four intruders.

"Your job is full of surprises," Daniel remarked with a smile after a moment of shock.

"Your reaction is also unexpected." Ada's vigilance heightened, and she pointed her gun at Daniel.

"Are you here to take me to meet some boss as well?" Daniel seemed unconcerned by Ada's actions.

"Yes, please come with me," Ada nodded slightly.

"But what if I don't want to leave? If your boss wants to see me, he should come in person."

"Do you think I won't shoot?" Ada moved her gun, aiming for a non-lethal spot.

"Of course, you will. But..." Daniel flicked his right index finger, causing Ada's guns to fly upwards. Unexpectedly, Ada herself was lifted as well. She quickly let go of her guns, landing smoothly and drawing another gun from her waist.

Just as she was about to fire, she noticed the gun in her hand had been sliced in half as if by a sharp blade.

"Stop moving, or I won't be so polite," Daniel said, holding a scalpel in his left hand.

From the moment he was held at gunpoint, Daniel had activated his surgical fruit ability and noticed another presence in the room. He didn't use his ability to eliminate the four intruders outright because he sensed the extra person, who turned out to be Ada Wong.

It was the conductor's baton that made Ada's guns fly.

"A superhuman?" Ada looked at Daniel in surprise. Though this world had no mutants, many people had superpowers due to radiation or other causes, while some were Inhumans.

"More or less," Daniel said, moving his right hand to make Ada's broken gun and her two floating guns fly towards him.

"Looks like my luck isn't great today," Ada admitted. She had encountered superhumans before, but none with abilities as formidable as Daniel's.

"I'd say my luck is pretty good. Sit down," Daniel gestured for Ada to sit across from him on the couch.

"What do you plan to do with me?" Ada asked, obediently sitting down.

"Don't worry, I won't harm you. In fact, I need someone to help me with some tasks. Interested?"

"You want to hire me?"

"Exactly," Daniel smiled.

"It seems I have no choice but to agree," Ada resigned herself.

"Not at all. As long as you promise to keep my abilities a secret, you can leave anytime," Daniel pointed to the door, speaking calmly.

"Do you trust me?" Ada asked.

"Of course," Daniel nodded with a smile.

"Then I agree," Ada said, standing and walking towards the door, watching Daniel's reaction. He remained indifferent as she left the room.

"Looks like Wesker has set his sights on me. Makes sense; you can't research viruses without biochemical experts. Many experts have gone missing over the years, and it's not hard to guess where they ended up."

"I hope Wesker comes to find me himself. The Red Queen..." The things Daniel wanted from Umbrella now were the Sun Ladder and the Red Queen. Finding Wesker should lead him to these.

"I wonder who those four were?" Looking at the four corpses, Daniel opened a small mirrored space to dispose of them, making it easy and convenient to eliminate the evidence.

"Is something happening over there? Is it on fire?" Daniel noticed a blaze in the distant city through the window, surprised by the sudden sight.

The blaring alarm that followed immediately made him understand the situation—biochemical virus alert. This alarm system was established after the Raccoon City incident and didn't sound under normal circumstances. Its activation meant the entire city was unsafe.

"A Raccoon City reenactment? What is S.H.I.E.L.D. doing?" Just as Daniel was cursing S.H.I.E.L.D., Jill arrived with her team to escort the biochemical experts out of the area.

From Jill, Daniel learned the situation was out of control. The city was in chaos with viruses, hunters, and panic all mixed together.

"To get so many hunters into the city, Hydra must be behind this. Only they could manage this under S.H.I.E.L.D.'s nose," Daniel muttered. When in doubt in the Marvel universe, suspecting Hydra was never wrong.

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Chapter 30: Chapter 30: The Floating Island Incident (Conclusion)

Boom.

The retreat convoy had just set off when it was ambushed, not by biochemical weapons, but by human attackers. The casualties were heavy.

"Watch out," Jill warned as she led others to counterattack while ensuring the biochemical experts were evacuated. The BSAA's task force, battle-hardened from years of fighting bioterrorism, quickly eliminated the attackers.

"It's those Greyhound bastards," Jill and her team were filled with anger upon seeing the attackers' bodies. Greyhound was a bioterrorist organization and an old nemesis of the BSAA.

"Rebecca, are you okay?" Daniel Davis was on the phone with Rebecca. Unlike Daniel's lab, which was located far from the city on Terragrigia Island, Rebecca's lab was in the city.

This difference existed because Daniel's lab housed various bioweapons samples captured by the BSAA, making it too dangerous to be located in a city. In contrast, Rebecca's lab only analyzed viruses and had sufficient defensive measures to ensure safety even within the city.

"I'm fine, but we're evacuating," Rebecca said, just before gunshots were heard over the phone and the line went dead.

"Rebecca, Rebecca, someone's looking for trouble," Daniel muttered, immediately informing Jill of the situation.

"I'll notify Chris," Jill said, contacting Chris right away. In such chaos, Chris and his team's quarantine was inevitably cut short.

"I'll go check myself," Daniel said, about to pick up a weapon from one of the fallen Greyhound members, but Jill stopped him.

Jill advised Daniel against picking up terrorist weapons, similar to how one shouldn't pick up enemy weapons on a battlefield. Daniel finally understood why movie protagonists often didn't take their enemies' weapons—for safety.

Terrorists were desperate people who might grip a primed grenade or wear a bomb vest, even in death. Although such instances were rare, each occurrence led to additional casualties.

"Chris is on his way. Rebecca will be fine."

"Got it." Realizing Jill wouldn't let him act alone, Daniel pretended to comply. He knew that by the time Chris arrived, it might be too late, especially with the city's bioweapon-infested state, which would take considerable time to navigate.

But for Daniel, this wasn't a problem. While Jill was occupied, he grabbed his suitcase, got into a car, and drove off. Once he found a deserted spot, he used his suspended ring to open a mirrored space, parked the car inside, and retrieved a small cabinet from his suitcase. The cabinet expanded, revealing various weapons.

Pym Particles allowed enclosed spaces to shrink, so shrinking the cabinet meant he didn't need to shrink each weapon individually.

"Magic combined with modern technology is the way to go," Daniel mused, considering the Ant-Man suit and darts inside but decided against using them due to their sensitivity.

He packed up, reduced the suitcase to a trinket size, and clipped it to his waist. The car was stored in the mirrored space.

"This is grim," Daniel muttered, arriving near Rebecca's lab and hearing gunfire, roars, and cries in the distance. It reminded him of Raccoon City. Back then, he struggled to survive, but now he could observe detachedly.

Daniel had no intention of saving strangers; he wasn't like Iron Man or Spider-Man. If Rebecca weren't in trouble, he would have left with Jill and the others, watching events unfold from a safe distance.

"It looks like she's gone," Daniel noted, finding only fallen guards and researchers' corpses in Rebecca's lab.

"Such valuable equipment, S.H.I.E.L.D. really is lavish," he remarked, resisting the urge to take the lab's equipment.

Finding Rebecca was the priority. Equipment wasn't more important than her life.

"It seems the military has issues too, or they would've intervened by now," Daniel thought. The island housed a military garrison since its construction.

"Maybe I can get a few tanks later," he mused, remembering Hank Pym's tank keychain he always wanted. Tanks weren't easy to acquire, but this chaos might present an opportunity.

"Found her," Daniel spotted Rebecca on a rooftop with about fifty armed men escorting scientists to a helicopter. The mirrored space made it easier to locate Rebecca amidst the city's chaos.

"This is tricky," he muttered, noting the armed guards' positions. Rescuing Rebecca without revealing his abilities seemed impossible.

"No choice," he decided, entering the mirrored space beneath Rebecca's location and activating his surgical fruit ability.

"Room, Slaughterhouse," he created a hemispherical space encompassing Rebecca and her guards, swapped three grenades for Rebecca, and pulled her to safety as they exploded, creating a three-meter hole in the ceiling.

The explosions alerted the guards, who moved to intercept.

"We can't let them leave. They've taken a lot of viruses," Rebecca informed Daniel, who handed her another gun.

"Stay hidden," he instructed, charging out with his Desert Eagles. His enhanced physique made it possible to take down the fifty guards without using his abilities or magic.

Bang, bang, bang.

One precise shot after another took out the guards as they descended the stairs or jumped through the hole.

Bang, bang, bang.

However, as Daniel moved towards the rooftop, he was pinned down by heavy fire.

"Captain America's combat style makes sense now. I could use his shield right now," Daniel thought, realizing its bulletproof capabilities.

"Think I can't deal with you?" He hurled grenades upwards, reducing the gunfire. Climbing to the rooftop, he found many scientists already taken away in helicopters, the remaining ones executed, and the virus containers gone.

Standing by a familiar corpse, Rebecca was saddened but quickly composed herself, drawing from her experiences in the training facility, the mansion, and Raccoon City.

"Who are they?" Daniel asked.

"Not sure, but they were after the viruses and experts," Rebecca replied. The abundance of labs here made it likely all known viruses were present.

"S.H.I.E.L.D. can investigate later. Let's get out of here," Daniel said, calling Jill.

Following Jill's directions, they moved to rendezvous with Chris and the others.

"Bastards," the BSAA, FBC, and even a certain one-eyed black man at the Triskelion headquarters in Washington cursed in unison, watching the Greyhound leader claim responsibility for the incident on video.

Unlike the hidden truth of the Raccoon City incident, Greyhound openly declared their involvement this time. This sparked a debate on whether to nuke Terragrigia. The U.S. military strongly opposed this, not just to nukes but also to using the solar matrix satellite as suggested by a UN official, Morgan.

Terragrigia wasn't U.S. territory, but it housed U.S. troops. The military's strong opposition, coupled with their promise to eradicate the island's monsters and their swift action, quashed the idea of destroying the island.

However, the military's stance aroused suspicion in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s one-eyed director. The military's unusually large response suggested hidden motives.

"What the hell is this?" Daniel, having infiltrated a military base to acquire some items, was stunned by what he saw inside.

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