Jame, who was originally overjoyed, calmed his excited mood and still shook his head lightly, saying, "Boss… there's really no need. My retirement fund is enough for two lifetimes."
Jame, who was about to enter the A-class rank, knew that Umbrella's various high-tech equipment were expensive.
There was no need to spend a lot of money to send him, an already 'disabled' agent, back to the front line.
Moreover, Jame knew very well that he could never return to his peak condition.
"Sigh…" William also sighed.
Finally, with deep respect, he said to Jame, "Thanks to you, and the countless agents who made sacrifices, people can live in a 'normal' world."
After speaking, William looked out the window.
It was noon.
The sun was bright.
In Central Park, in front of the General Hospital, a large number of people were gathered, enjoying themselves.
July 1st, Canada Day.
It was also the warmest time in Halifax, and people had changed into tank tops, vests, and shorts, leading their wives, children, and parents out to play.
They enjoyed the summer fun…
Or complained about their boyfriends' low emotional intelligence, or grumbled about the police who had to work on Canada Day.
Everything seemed so real.
Little did they know that inside the hospital lay the agents, UBCS, and Marines who had sacrificed everything for them.
If it weren't for Umbrella, people in this world would have long known whether God truly existed.
"This is all as it should be. When I joined the army, it was to protect my home and country. Now that I've joined Umbrella, the goal has become a bit bigger… to protect Earth and humanity," Jame said with a light smile.
Upon hearing this,
William withdrew his gaze, looked at the ceiling, nodded in agreement, and said distractedly, "Chinese soldiers must be the loveliest group of people."
"Huh? Boss." Immediately after, Jame seemed to remember something.
He asked, "How is that girl Rebecca? She should have survived too, right?"
"Of course, she was the one who gave the detailed information to Serina. She's about to be transferred to the Phantom to assist Dr. Halsey," William said with a smile.
"That's good." Jame breathed a sigh of relief, then said helplessly, "She really should stay in the lab. Being an agent isn't suitable for her."
"Still too young," William also said, shaking his head.
Just then, Rebecca, wearing a dress, walked into the recovery room with a fruit basket.
Seeing that Jame was no longer unconscious, an irrepressible joy appeared on her face.
But when she saw William, her boss, was also there, she suppressed the urge to rush to the bed and celebrate Jame's awakening.
William also noticed Rebecca's little thoughts.
He then stood up and said to Jame and Rebecca with a faint smile, "Alright, I won't disturb you two."
?
"Disturb?" Jame was a little confused.
"Yes, boss." Rebecca stood up straight and watched William leave.
"Jame! How are you feeling?!" After William had completely left, Rebecca quickly ran to the bedside and sat in William's previous seat.
"I'm fine," Jame replied calmly.
Seeing the fruit basket Rebecca was holding, he asked with a puzzled expression, "Do you Westerners also bring fruit when visiting the sick?"
"Hmm?" Rebecca, who was about to peel an apple for Jame, smiled when she heard his question.
"No, I specifically looked up your Chinese customs, after all, it'll be more convenient when meeting the parents later."
???
"Meeting the parents?"
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…
In the corridor of the General Hospital.
William led Hunk and the Alphas, preparing to leave the hospital and head to the helipad behind it, to take a Pelican back to the Phantom, which was hovering in low Earth orbit.
Walking out of the hospital.
Boarding the Pelican.
Inside the cabin, William stood at the rear hatch, looking down at the gradually ant-like pedestrians, lost in thought.
.
The Thing…
The Thing was discovered in Antarctica.
William felt a chill just thinking about it.
When he was still quite young, Channel Six's movie channel would show European and American films at night, and if he was lucky, he could catch science fiction movies.
Such as "Starship Troopers," "Mars Attacks!," "The Fifth Element," and so on.
Especially on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, the chances were even higher.
However…
Until one day, William watched a movie called "The Thing."
He probably didn't sleep well for several weeks.
Especially when the doctor at the research station was performing electric shock CPR on someone, that person's abdominal and thoracic cavities opened wide.
The unprepared doctor, holding two defibrillators, directly put his arms into the cavities, and then his arms were directly 'bitten off'.
Afterward, another head spewed out from that person's cavity.
When it was being burned by fire, its original head detached itself and turned into a spider-like creature.
William was only seven or eight years old at the time, and when he saw that scene…
He was completely terrified.
However, this kind of childhood trauma actually existed in his world.
This time, it wasn't just fear.
It was a problem of species assimilation.
A single cell was an individual existence; this form of creature was simply unsolvable.
Fortunately, Halsey used Athena's blood to develop the nano-serum, and fortunately, there was a senior agent like Jame in the multi-national joint research station.
Otherwise, whether Umbrella could successfully eliminate the Thing would still be a question mark.
So, no matter what Jame's physical condition became, William and Umbrella would take care of him for the rest of his life.
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…
After returning to the Phantom.
William let Hunk and the others move freely, while he put on his headphones and went to a scenic deck corridor on the Phantom.
Holding the railing with both hands, looking at North America through the porthole below, he asked Serina calmly,
"Serina, is there anything special worth noting recently?"
"Regarding containment, aside from the recently discovered 'Thing,' there's nothing worth noting for now.
Most of them are Safe class, with no fatalities.
The same goes for business; we hold an absolute monopoly in various fields.
And the game culture aspect is also well-received, especially 'The Last of Us' released by Microsoft's newly established studio, which has extremely high ratings and sales.
Even I couldn't resist buying the digital version and play it occasionally," Serina reported.
"The Last of Us?" William was stunned when he heard the game's name.
Then he asked, "What's the name of the studio?"
"It's called Naughty Dog, hmm… I don't know what they were thinking," Serina replied.
"Oh?" William was surprised that Naughty Dog, which should have belonged to Sony, had appeared in his Microsoft camp.
Immediately after, William's expression darkened as he said, "Serina, is there a guy named Neil Druckmann in that studio?"
"Let me check… Yes, boss, what's wrong?" Serina asked, puzzled.
"Hmph." After confirming that guy was also in this world, William showed a slightly gloomy smile and said,
"Nothing."
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