The senior agents responsible for the President's safety, Leon Scott Kennedy and Helena Harper, were framed for taking bribes from a bio-terrorist organization.
They were accused of deliberately relaxing security forces and assisting the bio-terrorist organization in the assassination.
Currently, they are wanted by the U.S. Federal Government and the Federal Secret Service. Their wanted posters have spread across every police network, and citizens are even offered rewards for reporting sightings.
In short...
Because of Simmons' scheme,
Leon and Helena are currently in a precarious situation. The two had contacted Simmons to confront him,
but were instead counter-accused.
The Secret Service officially issued wanted posters and arrest warrants for Leon and Helena. Even Hunnigan, their intelligence communications partner, was powerless to help.
To avoid bringing trouble upon herself,
she could only silently obey Simmons' orders on the surface,
while helping Leon and Helena as much as possible in private. Based on years of experience as partners, Hunnigan simply did not believe Leon would assassinate the President—unless he had gone mad!
With no other choice, Leon and Helena had to go on the run.
Furthermore, due to the virus outbreak, Tall Oaks City, home to the University of Massachusetts, suffered the same fate as Raccoon City.
A large-scale bio-virus infection broke out across the entire city.
In addition to escaping Tall Oaks City, Leon and Helena needed to gather evidence of Simmons' betrayal of the President so they could prove their innocence.
However, by a stroke of luck,
the duo on the run, Leon and Helena, now had an extra person with them.
That was Ashley Graham, a biology teacher at the University of Massachusetts.
The bio-virus had broken out within the university, and Ashley was inevitably affected. This time, just like her trip to Spain, she would follow Leon on another unknown adventure...
...
Tall Oaks City—
On the chaotic streets, the figures of walking zombies were everywhere. Countless survivors fled in a frenzy. Billowing smoke, flames, and constant explosions rang out, accompanied by one scream after another.
Looking at the scene around him,
Leon's heart sank. It was as if he had returned to the tragic state of Raccoon City over a decade ago. At this moment, Tall Oaks City had also become a living hell.
Leon was currently driving a police car, weaving through the complex streets.
Two women sat in the passenger and back seats: one was his partner, Helena, and the other was Ashley.
Fleeing while bearing the crime of assassinating the President and having to look after two women, Leon felt a massive headache coming on.
"Ashley..."
"I'm sorry for getting you involved in this. I'll get you out of Tall Oaks as soon as possible and return you to Mr. Graham."
While gripping the steering wheel and driving, Leon apologized to the blonde woman in the back seat.
That was Ashley, the daughter of the former President.
Leon felt helpless about involving Ashley in a dangerous incident again. He didn't want to go through the events of Spain ever again; after all, it was truly a hassle.
However,
Leon hadn't expected that Ashley didn't mind at all.
On the contrary, Ashley was quite excited. Her quiet life finally had a ripple of excitement, something she had been looking forward to for a long time.
As for the Resident Evil incident in Tall Oaks City,
Ashley felt that since Leon could save her from that dangerous cultist village back then,
taking her out of this city shouldn't be much of a problem. She treated it entirely as an unknown and interesting adventure.
"It's okay, Leon."
"Don't worry, I'm not that little girl from eight years ago anymore."
"Besides being a proper teacher now, I'm also a firearm enthusiast. So you don't need to worry excessively about my safety; I can protect myself."
Sitting in the back seat of the police car, Ashley heard Leon's self-reproaching words and quickly spoke up to comfort him.
At the same time, she immediately took out a Beretta M84 pistol from the Hermès leather bag beside her, along with a few spare magazines.
The gun was small and exquisite. The silver-white body and the grip were engraved with patterns. It was a very beautiful small pistol, using 9mm bullets, with a capacity of 13 rounds and an effective range of 60 meters.
This was a small pistol specifically designed for female police personnel for self-defense.
It had low recoil and could be easily handled without much hand strength. It often appeared in movies and TV shows featuring female special agents.
This was the weapon Ashley had prepared for herself.
After the Spain incident ended, to avoid similar events from happening again, Ashley had enrolled in a shooting hobbyist training course.
She learned firearm shooting techniques, and over the years,
she had become an excellent firearm enthusiast. Although she had no combat experience, her accuracy at target practice was very high.
Furthermore, after Ashley obtained her concealed carry permit, she never left home without her gun. She hadn't expected it to actually come in handy now.
However, when Leon and Helena saw the Beretta M84 small pistol in Ashley's hand, they couldn't help but chuckle. What was with this inexplicable sense of cuteness?
They didn't mean to mock Ashley's actions.
It was just that when a normally pampered young lady suddenly says she's quite capable of fighting and shouldn't be underestimated while pulling out what looks like a fruit knife to show off, it feels inexplicably cute and funny.
After all, the Beretta M84 was too lacking in intimidation, making it hard for Leon and Helena to take Ashley's claims seriously.
"Little girl, I also quite like Beretta firearms."
"But I think you should upgrade to have enough persuasive power. For example... this Beretta M92F would look a little more intimidating."
Shaking her head,
Helena, sitting in the passenger seat, took out a similar Beretta pistol from her waist while looking at the small gun in Ashley's hand.
But the M92F model was clearly much larger than the M84. Comparing the two was like the difference between a machete and a fruit knife.
*Cough cough*...
"Alright, Ashley, I believe you can protect yourself, but remember not to overreach. If you encounter danger, hide behind me."
"I have an obligation to protect you, regardless of whether you're still the President's daughter or if there's a presidential order."
"As for you... Helena, I hope what you said before is true. We must head to the Tall Oaks Cathedral now to find evidence of Simmons' private bio-virus research, otherwise, we'll never clear our names."
At that moment,
Leon, busy driving, quickly stepped in to smooth things over. While telling Ashley not to be reckless, he also cast his gaze toward Helena.
He still couldn't fully trust this partner of his.
Because it was Helena's actions that led to the President's death.
If he discovered that the President's death was Helena's intentional doing, then Leon would not let his partner off...!
...
New York, USA—
Outside the bay villa,
Javier was loading things into his Hummer SUV—mostly basic daily necessities and extra weapons and equipment.
From the moment he saw the CNN news report,
Javier knew that the plot of Resident Evil 6 had begun. Therefore, Javier planned to make a trip to Hong Kong.
After all, the main stage for the Resident Evil 6 plot unfolded in Lanxiang City, Hong Kong, China. Although he didn't know why Simmons and Carla targeted Lanxiang City,
it was likely because Capcom felt Resident Evil lacked Chinese elements.
After all, China's Chinatown style is unique in the world, so they intended to add new elements and chose Hong Kong as the map for this instance.
Of course, besides Javier himself, there was another person in the Hummer's passenger seat.
That was a fully armed Sherry. This girl had been persistent about following him, no matter what.
Having no other choice, Javier agreed to let Sherry come along. After all, this was originally her stage in the script; it was useless for Javier to try to refuse.
But unfortunately, now that Sherry was moving with him, much of the original timeline's plot would disappear.
For example, her partnership with Jake and her confrontation with her superior, Simmons.
Javier himself was quite curious if any new plot would happen if Sherry met Jake and Simmons.
And then there was the issue of the Sherry and Jake CP (coupling) fans.
Although it looked sweet at first glance in the story, Javier realized upon reflection that Sherry was essentially an 'old cow eating tender grass' (robbing the cradle).
As a father figure, he felt a bit ashamed. Although Jake was a genuine 'ghost-fire youth' (rebellious punk), his daughter Sherry didn't seem like a saint either.
Besides being willful and spoiled—completely unlike the reasonable girl in the original work, having been raised 'wrong' by him—the most important thing was that Sherry was now twenty-eight years old.
Like Ashley, she was approaching thirty, while Jake was a young lad who had just turned twenty.
It was just that because of the bio-virus,
one aged slowly and the other developed quickly, making them look like a good match. The actual age gap, however, was quite awkward.
So Javier himself felt a bit embarrassed.
If Sherry and Jake really happened to meet and hit it off in the Lanxiang City instance in Hong Kong,
then as a father figure, he wouldn't know what to do.
Agreeing or refusing both felt wrong, so he could only take it one step at a time. But for now, Sherry was still under Javier's control.
"Javier..."
"Hurry up, are you done? This is the first time you and I have gone out together; I'm so excited! Hong Kong, China—I've never been to a place so far away. Is there anything fun in Hong Kong? Is it full of Chinatowns everywhere?"
In the passenger seat, Sherry, a military enthusiast, was wearing a camouflage short-sleeved shirt and tactical pants.
One side of her fair face was smeared with a small streak of three-color camouflage grease. She wore gloves, and a Glock 22 pistol was even hanging from her waist, with a tactical dagger strapped to her thigh.
Javier looked at her, speechless.
Although this outfit reminded Javier of that girl Rebecca, he couldn't help but complain to Sherry:
"We are going on a plane, not to war, understand?"
"Planes from the U.S. to Hong Kong don't allow weapons. They must be reported through security before they can be checked in."
"And even after arriving in Hong Kong, you aren't allowed to carry firearms on the street without permission. Give me the knife and the pistol; I'll give them back to you when we arrive."
Ignoring Sherry's whining, Javier quickly snatched the weapons Sherry was carrying. What Javier said was the truth.
After all, not every country is the 'land of the free,' America.
There are actually very few countries in the world where gun ownership is legal; the U.S. is one of the exceptions. Places like mainland China and Hong Kong have very strict controls on weapons and firearms.
Let alone carrying a gun, even private possession is a crime now.
Unless one has special permits, they cannot be carried. To avoid this trouble, Javier planned to throw all the weapons into the space of his Storage Ring.
He would just take them all out once they arrived, thus avoiding the hassle of carrying weapons.
Luckily he had the storage space.
Otherwise, simply checking in weapons... no, even buying weapons in Hong Kong would be very difficult.
Unless they had credentials from BSAA. After all, BSAA is now an international organization.
By using the excuse of investigating bio-weapons, one could safely carry weapons to Hong Kong without being blocked. But that was too much trouble, not as easy and simple as Javier's own method.