Given that the location of Dr. Halsey is unknown, Captain Lance made an exception and allowed Subject 049 to provide assistance.
Time: February 25, 2007.
Location: Containment Center No. 1.
Video playing.
The perspective is presented via the surveillance camera in the interrogation room.
049 sat against the wall, legs together, hands resting on his knees, waiting quietly.
The gate opened.
Four Security Personnel in protective suits delivered the containment object, strapped to a gurney, in front of 049.
The gate closed.
The Security Personnel stood at the four corners holding flamethrowers, responsible for ensuring 049's safety.
049 stood up, walked to the gurney, and observed it carefully.
Upon seeing 049, the strapped containment object struggled significantly more.
Lance: (Speaking over the intercom) Doctor, could you...
049: (Interrupting, raising his right hand and pointing his index finger at the camera) Shh, Captain, please do not disturb me.
Lance: Understood.
049: (Nodding with satisfaction) Very good.
Following this, 049 did not use his medical kit to conduct any experiments on the containment object.
Instead, he rubbed his temples with his right hand and tapped the edge of the gurney with his left.
With the recording equipment turned to maximum volume, 049's muttering could be heard.
049: (Sighing) Ah... It seems I have seen this kind of patient somewhere before.
My amnesia symptoms; I really wish someone could help treat them, good heavens.
(Tapping his head lightly with his right hand) Hurry... hurry... I remember!
Subsequently, 049 took out a notebook from his medical kit and flipped through it quickly.
Soon, 049's behavior indicated that he seemed to understand the transmission process of the containment object.
049: (Walking under the surveillance camera) Captain.
Lance: Doctor, any discoveries?
049: (Nodding) Yes.
(Picking up the notebook to look at it) According to my previous travel records, yes, that's right.
The patient was infected by a, hmm... what should I call it...
(Somewhat annoyed) Ah, damn it!
(After a long while, having a breakthrough) Wendigo! A type of evil spirit!
Lance: (In disbelief) An evil spirit? Doctor, are you sure?
049: (Shaking his head) This is just the closest description available.
(Putting the notebook back into his bag, walking towards the containment object) I forgot in what era I encountered them, but I remember it was a very cold winter.
In conditions of extreme cold and lack of food, the Wendigo will appear.
They guide people with muddled minds to engage in cannibalism.
Once someone cannot resist the temptation and takes action, their scheme succeeds.
They will possess the patient, turning them into this (pointing at the containment object), trapping them in an endless abyss of hunger.
Hmm... it's a bit like the plague.
Lance: One of our Agents was bitten by a Wendigo. Will he not mutate? Or... be possessed?
049: Yes, as long as that brave soldier does not consume his own kind, he will not become a patient.
Lance: Then how can they be completely controlled?
049: (Happily) Ah, simple, just burn the patient clean with Fire, much easier to solve than the plague!
Lance: Then how can they be contained?
049: (Rubbing his temples again) Hmm...
Wendigos only appear in extremely cold weather and in certain specific mountainous areas.
As for the containment you mentioned, that is not my area of expertise. Please forgive my inability to help, Captain.
Lance: No, Doctor, you did very well. Thank you for your help.
049: (Smiling) It is my duty.
Oh, also, I am running low on experimental materials. Could you help me replenish them?
Lance: No problem, Doctor.
Video ends.
Containment Center No. 1 classified the Wendigo as Euclid.
After confirming there was no risk of mutation or possession, Agent Adam Galt was sent to Regina, the capital of Saskatchewan.
The Agent will receive the best treatment at the Umbrella General Hospital in Regina.
The surviving Wendigo 01 was confirmed dead after experiments by Subject 049.
Wendigo 01 was sent by the Security Personnel of Containment Center No. 1 to the incinerator for total destruction.
The transmission method of the Wendigo is unique and belongs to an anomalous phenomenon that cannot be fully contained.
Therefore, under the command of Colonel Andre, the Blackwood Mountain area where the incident occurred was completely sealed off, and humans are prohibited from entering within a three-kilometer radius.
The dispatched Agents in the town of Deschambault Lake were replenished, and Adam Galt will take over as Sheriff after his recovery.
Subsequently, the company used the brainwashing technology perfected by Dr. Halsey to downplay the cases of the eight missing high school students and the two deceased Mounties, and had Agents warn the town's residents not to go to the Blackwood Mountain area.
Reading ends.
Time: (UTC+1) March 11, 2007, 18:45.
Airspace: Over Cairo, the capital of Egypt.
Aviation clearance: Special approval obtained from the Egyptian government.
The A380 that William was riding in was returning to Troy Base in the west, escorted by two F-22s.
Inside the cabin; William was sitting on the sofa, reviewing the content on the laptop screen in front of him.
And Halsey, who was beside him, had her arms wrapped around William's right arm, her gaze also focused on the screen.
After William finished reading about the Wendigo containment operation, he couldn't help but ask the System in his heart:
'System, didn't you say that anomalous phenomena only started appearing one after another from January? But that Wendigo, which transformed from a miner, has existed for at least fifty years, right? What is the situation with this?'
[Replying to Host, this anomalous phenomenon did indeed exist fifty years ago. However, it was the extreme cold weather that caused it to awaken, which fits the characteristics of appearing one after another.]
'That is to say. Earth in this World has had anomalous phenomena for a long time, and now they are starting to revive one after another, right?'
[Very similar, Host, you can think of it that way.]
'Fine.'
Regardless. The anomalous phenomena are there, and struggling with it is useless. It doesn't matter.
"Sigh." Halsey beside him suddenly let out a sigh.
William looked at her and asked confusedly, "What's wrong?"
"Boss." Halsey looked up at William, saying with a sad face, "I feel like those three Agents are really a pity. If they had AAES, those Wendigos would be no match for them at all."
"There's no way around it." William said helplessly, "A set of AAES costs over twenty million, and even the UBCS hasn't been fully equipped yet. But the families of the sacrificed Agents have also received benefits that ensure they won't have to worry about food or clothing, which is enough to let them pass on in peace."
"That's good~" Halsey's arms tightened again, resting her chin on William's shoulder, smiling with narrowed eyes, "I declare, from now on, you are no longer a black-hearted boss~"
"I never was, okay."
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