Memories of the beginning of friendship.

It's like yesterday......

That was in the third year of exile in Kawanakajima.

When the system told Lance that it was a pity that progress was slower than expected, that there were more materials to download than expected, and that the upgrade had to be postponed.

He's rolling all over the ground!

He was furious!!

He wanted to smash everything he could to vent his anger.

However, he couldn't because he had nothing to smash.

The island has nothing but a small tree.

Even if Lance smashed the egg with his fist, it was only painful.

Lonesome. Sandbar. Cold.

At some point, he even wished that the Styx ferryman or black and white impermanence would take him away, and he was willing to pay whatever it took to get out of the broken island

- Who is going to kill me!!

So he made a decision that defied the norm.

"Let's ...... on"

[Dear user Lance, are you sure you want to deactivate the simulated intelligence of "The Strongest Male God System" and officially launch artificial intelligence at the same time? 】

"Sure, I need friends, or I'm going to go crazy soon."

[Note: Before starting this feature, the system must fulfill its obligation to inform.]

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a self-aware system administrator who can actively learn and make autonomous decisions.

The personality architecture of AI is guided by the following four basic principles:

1. AI is only an aid, and the will of the user must be respected.

Second, AI cannot lie to users, it must be honest.

3. AI must maximize benefits, but it should not harm the dignity of users.

Fourth, AI must respect personal privacy and prohibit interference or snooping on users' critical moments. 】

[Warning: Once the AI is turned on, it cannot be turned off or stopped.] 】

"I heard you very clearly."

[End User License Agreement——

Lance, artificial intelligence is a promise, a lifelong companionship, which contains mutual comfort, help and trust between two lives.

Are you willing to turn on artificial intelligence, whether you are poor or rich, whether you are healthy or sick, whether you are in good times or bad, whether it is smart or stupid and demented, you will always work hand in hand with it, rely on it, be with each other, and never abandon it for the rest of your life? 】

"That sounds a little subtle!?"

Would you like to? 】

"What if you don't want to?"

Would you like to? 】

"......, I do!"

……

July 24, 1998, 8:30 a.m.

Ambrera Company Cadre Training Institute. Perimeter of the underground laboratory.

Moving steadily, Rebecca and Lance's escape went smoothly, as they hadn't encountered a monster in a while.

But this is also normal, because in this cadre training center that has been abandoned for ten years, the total number of monsters is actually limited.

For example, the most widespread horde of zombies was made up of the first group of members sent by Ambrera to investigate: even if it was twice the size of the second group of members of the Zodiac Express, the limit would not exceed 100.

The zombie monkeys and zombie dogs with strong mobility are the experimental objects brought by the first batch of members, and the space is limited, and it is impossible to carry too much, and they are gone after the fight.

As for the rest of the messy frogs, spiders, bats, centipedes ... And so on, all have a fixed habitat, as long as you pay attention to it, it is not a big problem.

It was Lance and Rebecca who could walk and talk, the young people of the 21st century were knowledgeable, and the girls of the 20th century were bright and lively, and the atmosphere of their exchange was harmonious.

The journey was uneventful.

Follow the map guidance, see the exit in sight, pass through the buzzing blower passage, the two of them crashed through the rusty thick iron door, the next second-

――Hiroma is covered with leeches!?

It's so unfortunate.

As far as the eye could see, the ceiling, the floor, the surrounding walls, countless black bulges swelled and squirmed, as if countless eyes were staring at them.

…… Belch.

To tell the truth, Lance was tempted to close the door and find another way out when he didn't see it; But there is no way, this place is the only way to the "exit elevator".

And both of them seem to have been spotted by a presence as well.

"Hmph... Hey... Hahaha... Mhahahaha! ”

From the high platform, an old man in a suit with a wild smile walked out, full of the temperament of the villain BOSS, and that face looked quite familiar.

Bald forehead, sunken eye sockets, and shriveled cheeks......

"It's the person on the portrait in the main hall, the first director of the cadre training institute." Lance, who recognized the other party, frowned.

Rebecca's face was also full of disbelief, because according to the intelligence gathered along the way, "James. Dr. Marcus!? Aren't you already dead? ”

The corners of the old man's mouth raised, and he squeezed out a deep dark smile in his nasolabial folds, "Death?

Yes, I used to die.

Ten years ago, the president of Ambrera & Co., Ozwell. E. Spencer sent someone to assassinate me and take all of my research.

Wesker and Boken, two of my most trusted disciples, were involved, shameful betrayers, who threw my body down the drain to rot. ”

"Wesker!?" Hearing the familiar name, Rebecca couldn't help but murmur softly, but then decided it was just a coincidence.

At the same time, Dr. Marcus's speech continued, and he raised his hands in the air and gestured to the fanatical Y, "They killed me, though." But no one noticed that when I was shot and fell, the cute leech queen just fell into my mouth......

Then a miracle happened, the Leech Queen combined with the Tyrant Virus and spent ten years reinventing my new life.

Now, I'm back!

I want revenge on Ambrera, and the world will burn in the infernal purgatory of hatred! ”

Tsk, it's really a BOSS speech...... Lance raised an eyebrow.

Although I don't know why I didn't ask anything, the other party explained everything, but from the Dr. Marcus in front of me, I can feel a strong malice and danger, and few people infected with the tyrant virus can maintain their sanity......

This guy doesn't seem to be in his right mind, but he seems to be able to communicate?

It's best to be able to get through here without fighting.

Thinking of this, he spread out his hands in a friendly gesture, "Dear Dr. Marcus, I can understand your anger, I fully agree with Ozwell. E. Spencer & Ambrera & Co., must be punished by law.

In fact, we have a common enemy, and Officer Chambers has gathered a lot of criminal information, and when he leaves here, he will report Ambrera. ”

"Hehehe... Hahaha! As if hearing a funny joke, Dr. Marcus grinned, "No, no, no...... No, you don't.

The Tyrant Virus will sweep the world!

And you will die here. ”

With that, he began to transform and transform.

"Puff p

It swelled, split, and blackened violently, and in the blink of an eye it became the monster it had encountered on the train—the human form formed by countless leeches—the leech queen.

On its humanoid surface, a lump of terminally syphilis-like sarcoma bulged, and tentacles protruded from the gaps, each with a small, jagged mouth dripping with slime.

This indescribable shape makes you feel that your sanity is declining just by looking at it, and it can be said that it is quite appropriate to describe it as the appearance of an ancient god.

And according to the "Diary of a Cadre Alternate Member", it is very likely that it will be infected if it is sprayed with leeches' body fluids, so it must not be given any chance to attack!

So when the leech queen came from the platform, "Smack! "When it hits the ground.

"Bang mile pound, bang pound long - boom!"

"Dada-

Lance and Rebecca didn't hesitate, immediately throwing Molotov cocktails at the monster, then picking up their automatic rifles, eager to shoot all the bullets along the way into its body in a matter of seconds.

Compared to the leech people she met on the train last time, the leech queen is even bigger and more durable, but there is no essential difference between the two.

So in the fierce web of fire that crossed the two men, it quickly lost its ability to resist, and was scorched by the flames and fell to the floor, turning into a mass of unrecognizable black substance......