"This is an item I found in a studio, a white statue, exactly like the black statue you, Javier, found in the storage room. This should be the item needed for the Goddess of Balance statue, but I noticed that both of them are missing a part on their backs, meaning there should be a missing item that hasn't been found yet," Rebecca said, handing a white statue from her back pouch to Javier.
Upon seeing the statue, Javier's eyes lit up slightly.
He quickly removed the pair of white wings from the Book of Goodness he had found.
Comparing Rebecca's statue with the wings, they perfectly attached together.
This truly was a pair of items!
"Eh?"
"It actually fits together! What about this book and these wings?" Seeing the perfectly attached statue in Javier's hand, Rebecca was slightly stunned.
She hadn't expected the white statue to actually have a missing part; what she had just said was only a guess.
Her gaze fixed on the white book in Javier's hand, Rebecca also showed a puzzled expression, not understanding where the book came from.
"This is an item I found in a library, called the Book of Goodness.
It seems… this book and the statue are a pair.
We have now found the complete white Statue of Goodness, only the wings for the black Statue of Evil are left.
Once we find the corresponding Book of Evil, we can leave here."
Perhaps sensing Rebecca's puzzled gaze, Javier quickly explained.
Progress was made very quickly in an instant, only the last item needed to be found.
However, it seemed… the Book of Evil was not so easy to find, as they currently had no clues at all.
However, at this very moment, Billy Coen, who was nearby, timely provided the clue item he had found.
"Wait, Javier, I still have something here I haven't looked at!"
"I remember you also have this item, this microfilm.
I obtained this microfilm by solving the clock puzzle.
Perhaps it records some important information.
If we can play it, maybe we can find new clues.
This Institute should have a film projector, otherwise, Umbrella Corporation wouldn't have put this item here for no reason."
Just as Javier and Rebecca were at a loss, Billy Coen took out the palm-sized white microfilm from his pants pocket.
These microfilms were no different from camera film.
If inserted into a projector, they would display the information recorded within the film.
Billy Coen didn't think this was ordinary trash; there must be some important information inside.
Perhaps this was their last clue to finding the final Book of Evil—.
As expected, after hearing Billy's words, Javier and Rebecca's emotions couldn't help but become excited.
As expected of strong support, Billy Coen, as the secondary protagonist of Resident Evil 0, could always provide very important help at critical moments.
And after Billy Coen's reminder, Javier also recalled a piece of information he had almost forgotten: "Two Level 5 confidential meetings will be held at the following locations: F1 West Operations Command Room, F2 Southeast Conference Room…"
Yes, it was information Javier had found on a damaged document when he first entered the Institute.
Undoubtedly, the conference room must have a projector that can play microfilm.
After all, in 1988 conference rooms, when explaining various matters, projectors were often used to play various recorded visual data, discussing while presenting images through the projector, just like a multimedia projector, except it wasn't as advanced yet.
Therefore, going to the conference room was the only goal for Javier and his two companions.
Chapter 27: Emergency Passage
"Click!"
Using the Institute's key to open the door to the Southeast Conference Room, Javier and his two companions entered one after another.
As expected, rows of familiar seats came into view in the conference room, and like a cinema, an old projector was placed at the very front, pointing directly at the stage curtain.
Undoubtedly, this was where Marcus often taught students and held meetings in the Institute.
Javier and his two companions quickly ran behind the projector in the conference room and found two jacks on it, corresponding to the two pieces of microfilm Billy Coen had found.
And not only that, in a corner of the conference room counter, a damaged document was secretly hidden.
No, to be precise, it should be a casually written diary, because the writing style on it was not so formal and rigorous; on the contrary, it looked very much like a draft of complaints.
The sharp-eyed Javier quickly discovered this damaged document.
Picking it up, he saw that what was recorded on it was actually about Wesker and William, the two fellow disciples.
"Another bunch of useless guys.
Where did headquarters find these wastes?
It's simply a waste of time.
However… there are still some excellent talents, so there's nothing to complain about."
"William and Wesker, these two will surely achieve great things in the future.
However, William is a scholar, while Wesker is a man of action.
Their styles are different, and they will always compare with each other no matter what they do.
But there is one point where the two are particularly similar, and that is their shared coldness and ruthlessness…"
"Suddenly received an order from the director, telling me to encourage the two to compete with each other.
Tsk, this is the first time Director Marcus has shown interest in matters outside of research.
Although I don't know why, it doesn't matter.
I will make them hate each other to the bone…"
It was a draft document written temporarily during a meeting.
The white paper still had traces of carbon pen fiercely poking several holes, indicating that the person who wrote this casual draft was also dissatisfied with William and Wesker.
Perhaps it was because these two were too outstanding that they attracted jealousy.
But looking at this draft document, Javier, who was nearby, couldn't help but smile helplessly.
Hate each other to the bone, I'm afraid he was thinking too much.
Later, these two almost became in-laws.
Wesker didn't know where he sowed the seed, getting his son out, and then he partnered with William's daughter, Sherry, almost to the point where onlookers would cheer and shout "Get together!"
"What are you looking at…?" Seeing Javier suddenly chuckle, Rebecca, who was beside him, suddenly leaned over and asked curiously.
Javier quickly returned to his original state, cleared his throat, and continued to put on a cool expression, explaining indifferently: "Cough cough… Nothing, just some funny diaries of the Institute staff.
Forget it… let's not talk about these.
Where's the microfilm?
Has nothing been played on the projector?"
Seeing Rebecca's curious look, Javier quickly pushed Rebecca, the little girl, away to avoid spoilers, calmly changed the subject, and at the same time walked towards Billy Coen.
Since the beginning… Billy Coen had been debugging the projector equipment, but he still hadn't finished it yet.
And seeing Javier skillfully change the subject, Rebecca didn't pay attention to the damaged document Javier had thrown away.
Her eyes darted around, and she quickly chased after him with her hands behind her back, then explained: "Billy said that the projector's wiring is a bit old, and the power can't be connected, so we have to wait a moment."
As expected, Billy Coen was busy repairing the projector.
He opened the casing, took a lighter, and burned the wires.
After burning off the outer layer of plastic, he twisted the copper wires inside with his hand, re-entangled them, and then reconnected the power.
"Puff… "Buzz buzz buzz…" After a burst of sparks and lightning, the aged power supply was re-energized, and the projector's light source also lit up, starting to read the information inside the microfilm.
Soon, a black and white image suddenly appeared in front of Javier and his two companions.
It was a top-down view of the conference room seats.
At the same time, when the two films overlapped, a series of red numbers appeared on each seat in the top-down view of the conference room seats, in order from top to bottom, left to right: [0 1 2 3] [4 5 6 7] [8 9 A B] [C D E F] A total of ten seats, each with its exclusive number marked.
There was basically no need to guess; this should be some kind of key clue, but they just didn't know how to use it.
However, at this moment, "Click—!" Just as the film finished playing, a crisp sound suddenly came from the table below the projector, as if some hidden lock had opened.
Seeing this, Billy Coen quickly reached out and opened the drawer under the table.
Inside, a blue-cased disk was prominently placed.
"…" "It's a disk, but how do we use it?"
Seeing the disk in the drawer, not only Billy Coen but also Rebecca, who was beside him, frowned in confusion.
There was nothing they could do… it seemed that the puzzle elements were becoming more and more numerous, and what was even more unbearable was that they currently didn't have many emotional clues; they simply didn't know what the true purpose of these films and disks was.
However, seeing this, Javier quickly ran to the podium.
The podium was not an ordinary podium; it also had a screen similar to a computer, and there were many ports and a keyboard next to it, and even a disk slot.
Undoubtedly… this was actually a multimedia podium, and the equipment inside was also connected to a computer.
Without hesitation, Javier beckoned and quickly had Billy Coen insert the disk into the podium's slot.
As expected… the gray-white podium screen suddenly lit up, and a blue computer interface came into view, with the Umbrella Corporation logo in the upper right corner.
"Buzz… "Conference Room Emergency Evacuation Passage Status: Locked.
To unlock, a dedicated disk must be inserted… Disk detected.
Please continue to enter the password to unlock.
Password is 0A…" Seeing the text on the podium screen, Javier frowned slightly.
He reached out and typed the two alphanumeric characters "0A" on the keyboard below the podium screen, but the conference room had no reaction at all, not even a slight movement.
This situation made Javier even more strange, not understanding the meaning of this password.
But soon… Javier turned his head and immediately saw the microfilm image displayed on the projector screen.
It had a series of red alphanumeric characters, very similar to the keyboard below the podium screen.
After a slight shift in thinking, Javier quickly knew how to solve this puzzle.
"I know… Rebecca, Billy, look at the film image displayed on the projector screen.
The password is 0A, corresponding to the seats below, the first seat in the first row and the third seat in the third row.
There are buttons on those seats, press them simultaneously!"
Without hesitation, the clear-headed Javier immediately instructed Rebecca and Billy Coen in front of him.
Although Billy Coen and Rebecca couldn't react immediately, they still obediently followed Javier's words, walked to the designated seats, and simultaneously pressed the buttons on them.
"Click—!" "Click—!" With the two buttons pressed simultaneously, a strange sound suddenly came from the rear right side of the entire conference room.
The greatsword of the knight statue suddenly rose slowly, and the previously tightly closed iron door suddenly opened.
Was this iron door perhaps the "Emergency Passage" of the conference room that the podium screen had just mentioned?
Chapter 28: Black and White Chess
After successfully solving the puzzle, Javier and his two companions gained access to the emergency passage, located on the side of the conference room, connecting to an emergency escape passage, like a long corridor.
However, although it was called an escape passage, there were various picture frames hanging on the walls.
It made people sigh… As expected of Marcus, he didn't miss any blank space where he could display art.
He had to fill it with his unique taste to be satisfied.
However, there were also a few zombies lurking in the emergency passage.
They should have been the Institute staff who tried to escape from here, but unfortunately… they were still trapped and even infected, which was truly pitiful.
Javier couldn't bear to watch, so after casually firing a few shotgun rounds, he sent these people to meet God early.
Why couldn't they do anything else… they just had to block the way.
The end of the emergency evacuation passage connected to Marcus's office.
After simply dealing with the remaining zombies, Javier and his two companions entered Marcus's office.
"Clang—!" Pushing open the door, what came into view was a medieval-style room decor, with various retro-style furniture placed inside.
In the center of the room, on the floor, there was a giant international chess board, also known as Western chess.
The large black and white squares formed the board.
Western chess has a total of 32 pieces, divided into two groups, black and white.
Each side holds 16 pieces, and there are 6 types of pieces: King, Queen, Rook, Bishop, Knight, and Pawn.
The rules of play are similar to Chinese chess, with each piece having its own movement method.
Although there are some differences, once familiar, it can be played smoothly.
It is a good intellectual game.
And seeing such a large chessboard placed in the center of the room, along with stone-stool-sized pieces, one could see the fun-loving nature of Director Marcus.
It should be in line with his personality of upholding genius above all else— After all, these Western chess pieces were just toys used to show off Marcus's intelligence.
Of course… it could also be a specially set up mechanism item.
Not only that, on Marcus's desk, there was also such a black and white chessboard.
The two should be somewhat related.
"Western chess?"
"Does Dr. Marcus usually like to play these things…?"