Chapter 15: Chapter 15! Rewards and the beginning of the fall
When Shen Ye woke up, it was already the next day, and he was lying in a hospital bed. However, he found that he was not in a regular hospital in Raccoon City, but in a private clinic.
Besides Enrico and his accompanying helicopter pilot Brad, Jill and the others were all there. Although they all had injuries of varying degrees, they were not as severe as Shen Ye's and Enrico's. So, after sending Enrico to the hospital, they brought him here.
At this moment, they were arguing about something, but Shen Ye, who had just woken up, didn't hear clearly. Just as he was about to listen carefully, Rebecca noticed he was awake and immediately cleared her throat.
Jill and Chris默契 stopped arguing, then looked at him with different expressions.
Seeing their faces, Shen Ye guessed that they probably knew what he had done, and they were likely discussing how to deal with him.
Sure enough, Jill frowned and said, "Shen Ye, you were the one who robbed Robert's gun shop, right?"
Shen Ye didn't deny it, nodding honestly: "It was me!"
"Don't you know that's illegal?" Jill continued to frown.
"Of course, I know." Shen Ye continued to nod.
"Then why did you still rob it?" Jill raised her voice: "That's illegal."
"Because I need weapons!" Shen Ye also raised his voice.
"You could buy them!"
"But I don't have money."
"..."
Jill was speechless. She rubbed her brow hard, and said in distress: "Perfect logic, Shen, you should be a lawyer, because you always find suitable reasons."
Shen Ye smiled awkwardly, taking it as Jill's compliment, and then he asked seriously: "So, have you discussed a result? Are you handing me over to the Police Station or hiding me?"
"We were originally going to hand you over, but Jill disagreed because you saved her." Chris interjected: "And you're lucky, Robert didn't remember your appearance, and the surveillance in the gun shop was also broken. We... don't have evidence to arrest you."
Shen Ye was not surprised by this at all; it was all within his expectations.
However, what surprised him a bit was Jill's attitude. He knew Jill didn't have a good background, so after becoming a police officer, she was determined to be a good one, but now she chose to harbor him, a robber.
"Thank you, Jill!" Shen Ye didn't know what to say. After holding it in for a long time, he could only say thank you.
"No need, after all, you saved me more than once." Jill shook her head, then added: "I have to return your favor, don't I?"
Shen Ye smiled and nodded: "Then you have a lot to return."
"Actually, there aren't many favors left to return."
At this moment, Barry, who had been silent, also interjected. He ignored Jill's wink at him and said: "After Jill guessed that you robbed Robert's gun shop, she entrusted me to send a large sum of money to Robert to compensate for his losses. You should know that our salaries are not high, and Jill almost spent all her savings for you."
"So, in that case, it's my turn to owe Jill a favor?" Shen Ye asked.
"What do you think?" Chris, who was next to him, suddenly chuckled. He patted Shen Ye's shoulder and, with the tone of someone who had been there, leaned into his ear and said: "Jill, she's a good girl."
Hearing this, Shen Ye was stunned for a moment. Before he could understand the meaning of the words, Chris had already left the ward with Jill and the others, leaving him alone.
"Hiss... Judging by Chris's tone, it seems like there's something ambiguous between Jill and me..."
After a long while, Shen Ye figured out the meaning of Chris's words, then he pouted: "How can feelings develop after only spending one night together! That's too outrageous..."
However, this matter didn't bother him for long; soon, his attention shifted to the system space.
Before he fell unconscious, he remembered that the system had given him the rewards after the Mansion Incident was completed.
Shen Ye rubbed his hands, excitedly opened the system space, and then a translucent light screen popped up with a reward interface, clearly listing the rewards he had received.
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[Host has completed the main quest, Mansion Incident, with an excellent evaluation. Rewards are now being distributed as follows]
[Reward One: Comprehensive improvement of the host's physical fitness once]
[Reward Two: Reward host with a special card: Gene Lock Experience Card (one)]
(A special item from the Main God Space, it allows the host to temporarily experience unlocking the first-order gene lock, lasting for five minutes, with no side effects after the effect ends)
[Reward Three: Increase the favorability of the remaining S.T.A.R.S members towards the host]
[Hint: Card pack activated, host can check it themselves]
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No matter where you are, hospitalization is very expensive, especially in the beautiful country.
What's more, Shen Ye didn't have beautiful country medical insurance, and he was staying in a private clinic. In just over half a month, Jill and the others had emptied their savings for him.
Fortunately, Shen Ye's physical fitness had greatly improved, and his recovery ability had doubled. In just over half a month, his injuries had mostly healed, so he moved out of the private clinic and into a cheap rental house that Jill had prepared for him.
Shen Ye had no complaints about this; he knew that Jill and the others were not doing well now.
They had already been suspended.
As for the reason for their suspension, just as in the plot, due to the inaction and deliberate concealment of Raccoon City Police Department Chief Irons, and to appease the public's anger, coupled with pressure from Umbrella, they were forced to take the blame.
So, the angry few resigned and prepared to investigate the truth behind it themselves.
However, the process was not ideal, because during the investigation, Umbrella Corporation interfered with them.
Under duress, Jill and the others began to act separately, not even having time to care for Shen Ye.
Of course, to ensure Shen Ye could protect himself, Jill and the others still gave him a pistol and several magazines before they left.
Now Shen Ye was in the rental house maintaining the pistol Jill gave him:
A Beretta 92F, with the S.T.A.R.S logo engraved on the gun body. This was Jill's service pistol.
Soon, Shen Ye finished maintaining the pistol. He quickly assembled the gun, loaded the fully loaded magazine, pulled the slide to chamber a round, then turned off the safety, inserted it into the holster, and was ready to go out.
In fact, going out with a loaded pistol is a very dangerous thing, because doing so is highly likely to cause an accidental discharge, either injuring others or oneself.
But he had no choice; for safety, he could only do this.
He wasn't worried about encountering zombies, because the virus hadn't completely spread to the urban area yet. He was worried about Umbrella's people.
Yes, he, like Jill and the others, was also being watched by Umbrella Corporation's people, but the other party hadn't made any moves yet, so he was temporarily safe.
"Sigh!"
With a slight sigh, Shen Ye put on his baseball cap and left the rental house.
On the street.
Shen Ye walked with his head down, hugging the corner of the wall.
Not going out for a long time made him extremely enjoy the outside air.
Of course, if there weren't those free-roaming sights on the roadside, his mood would probably be even better.
Although the virus had not yet completely spread to the urban area, many infected creatures still appeared in the city.
Because the waste treatment plant of the Underground Research Institute in Raccoon City had been overloaded for a long time, many uncleaned corpses were discarded at will, and then they turned into zombies, appearing in various corners of the city through the sewers.
Their appearance made the already panic-stricken citizens of Raccoon City even more afraid, and the city's operations were once paralyzed.
And the limited police force of the Raccoon City Police Department was dispatched to clear the infected people in the city, leading to the growth of crime in the city, with violent incidents everywhere.
Raccoon City was gradually tilting towards hell.
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