CHAPTER 5: It finally begins

"Terror in Raccoon City! New Victim!" was the headline in the Raccoon City Times about the murder case found on the west shore of the scenic lake in Victory Park on the morning of June 21. The victims, Dean Rush and Christopher Smith, are both known to be 19 years old. Their families reported the two missing to police on the 20th. According to information from relatives and friends, they were trying to capture people who were believed to be missing in Victory Park that night. Both were determined to have been killed by the same serial killer after forensic identification.

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June 22, 1998 afternoon

Mayor Warren held a press conference, but the content was not about the recent series of gruesome murders, but rather appealed to the general public to respect the ban on going out at night...

With the enactment of the nighttime ban, the entire Raccoon City became deserted at night. Except for the patrolling police cars, few pedestrians were seen walking. The citizens began to panic.

Today, Javier and others were resting in the office. Enrico, the captain of Team Bravo, walked in, followed by a cute little girl.

When Javier saw the person coming, he knew it was Rebecca.

"Let me introduce you, this is our new member, Rebecca Chambers. She will be our team's doctor from now on."

Rebecca greeted everyone shyly, and everyone smiled at this beautiful little girl. "Javier, you will lead our newcomer."

Javier asked Rebecca to sit down, then introduced himself and everyone to her and began to present his mission, while Rebecca listened attentively.

After Rebecca's addition, the number of murders in Raccoon City became more frequent, and people requested that STARS be sent to investigate and capture the killer.

Brian gave an interview on behalf of the police, saying that in response to the increasing number of citizens complaining about various strange happenings in the suburbs, the police began to block off some suburban forests and were considering sending STARS to the mountains to find the culprits. The real reason is that Umbrella wants to get to the bottom of the truth about the virus leak in the mansion and the training center, so Umbrella planned to send two investigation teams there.

Brian issued a statement saying that STARS will maintain close contact with police headquarters and launch operations before solving this series of murders and disappearances that have caused panic.

According to his speech (exclusive interview with the Urban Edge newspaper).

"For the safety of Raccoon City, we must call on experts specially trained in the current situation. In the past two months, nine people have been brutally murdered and at least five people are still missing. This series of cases occurred in the forest area of Raccoon City, so we have reason to believe that the serial killer should be hiding somewhere in the Victory Lake area."

As for the question of why Stars was not responsible for investigating the previous cases, Irons simply replied that the Stars team's mission is to assist the work of the Raccoon City Police Headquarters and conduct special investigations 24 hours a day to track down the series of murders in front of them, but now, they will join the investigation as "extra reinforcements."

At this point, Javier and the others were also ready to leave, ready to begin their mission at any moment. Javier knew that they would soon be heading to the Arklay Mountains to fulfill their mission, as Wesker had already called his captain Enrico.

The time soon arrived, on July 23, 1998. Marcus ordered leeches to attack the Umbrella-sponsored express train that was passing through the suburbs. Countless leeches broke the train's glass, followed by screams inside the train, none of the train's passengers survived. In addition to Umbrella members, members of Umbrella's Second Investigation Team and their security forces were also on the train. They had come to carry out the order issued by William Birkin, who was in charge of the cadre training center's reuse plan, to go to the training center for exploration and search for the first investigation team that was supposedly wiped out. However, because the leeches' attack was too sudden, they quickly died before they could do anything.

In order to destroy the evidence, Albert Wesker was ordered to send two members of the USS Forces First Detachment Delta Team to carry out the task of destroying the train. After everything was ready, the two people who were preparing to evacuate the train were suddenly attacked by leeches and died on the spot. As a result, the train was not detonated.

Two hours later, Wesker came to Bravo Team and issued an order to Enrico. On the outskirts of Arkley Mountain, a group of about ten people attacked residents, killing and cannibalizing them. Bravo Team was sent to investigate these brutal murders and five missing citizens. Captain Enrico led the team, and Rebecca, despite being a newcomer, also accompanied them. They all took a helicopter and rushed to the scene of the incident.

As everyone headed towards the Arklay Mountains in helicopters, Javier knew what awaited them, he felt nervous and a little excited at this moment.

No one but Javier knew at that moment that no one on his team, except Rebecca, would survive what was to come.

Javier knew that the helicopter they were traveling in had been rigged by Wesker to allow them to handle biochemical weapons. In this way, they could collect data on biochemical weapons, and their colleagues could also achieve the purpose of killing people and silencing them.

The helicopter soon arrived at the Arkley Mountains. Since it was night, visibility was very low. Through the window, Javier could only see the dark forest; he felt as if a beast from the abyss was waiting for them to fall into its trap.

The person flying the plane is Kevin Durley. This guy is an excellent pilot, but he is not part of the Stars team, but was recruited temporarily for this mission.

Rebecca was also very nervous at this moment. This was her first mission after joining. Javier touched Rebecca's head and comforted the little girl.

Rebecca looked at him, and then her nervousness eased a lot. Just as Rebecca was about to say something, the helicopter suddenly started shaking.

(End of chapter)