Chapter 614: Mistaken Film Set
It must be said that Liu Xing is now a bit panicked.
Because today is Leon's first day at work.
Liu Xing couldn't help but let out a sigh and said, "Leon, why don't you take a sick leave today?"
Leon looked at Liu Xing with a puzzled expression, because Leon couldn't understand why Liu Xing would say that.
"Chris, I think it's you who should take a sick leave today? Today is the day we report to the London police station, even if I'm really sick, I still have to go, right?" Leon said with some confusion.
Liu Xing chuckled and looked out the door, saying, "If I'm not mistaken, today is the birthday of the beautiful young lady across the street, Leon, aren't you trying to pursue her?"
According to "Chris's" memory, the beautiful young lady across the street is a Chinese woman surnamed Wang, and this Miss Wang is also "Chris" and Leon's landlord.
Most importantly, this Miss Wang is currently single, and Leon has fallen for her at first sight.
Hearing Liu Xing tease him like this, Leon immediately blushed and said, "Hey, Chris, don't talk nonsense, although today is indeed Miss Wang's birthday, but this is not a reason for me to take a leave, and besides, as new police officers like us, we probably won't be assigned to the major case group, so we shouldn't have to work overtime today."
Liu Xing smiled again and started eating breakfast.
Of course, Liu Xing didn't forget to continue searching "Chris's" memory, after all, he had to play the role of "Chris" well.
And now, he is in a completely unfamiliar environment, only knowing that this is London.
A moment later, Liu Xing's expression began to change.
Because this module is set in London in the millennium.
No wonder the time traveler said this module is set in the past, and he can't use the "Watanabe Ryuusei" character card, after all, "Watanabe Ryuusei" is impossible to return to this time point.
As for "Chris's" interpersonal relationships, Liu Xing feels that "Chris" is a typical protagonist template, because "Chris's" parents are both police officers, unfortunately they died on duty in a pursuit operation ten years ago, so the orphaned "Chris" is determined to become a police officer, and he graduated from the police academy with the top grade in his class, while Leon was second, so "Chris" and Leon were assigned to the London police station for work.
However, it is also because of his parents' death that "Chris" has become taciturn, so "Chris" has very few friends, and his only friend in London is Leon.
Liu Xing feels that if a childhood sweetheart is arranged for "Chris", then "Chris" can be directly renamed as the Overlord.
"Alright, Chris, let's go." Leon said.
Liu Xing nodded, simply cleaned up the table, and then went to the London police station with Leon.
However, when they were going downstairs, Liu Xing and Leon ran into Miss Wang, who was wearing sunglasses and a big red cheongsam.
It must be said that Miss Wang is really beautiful, too beautiful to be human!
Liu Xing looked thoughtfully at Leon chatting with Miss Wang, and the only thought in his mind was whether Miss Wang is really human.
Because in Liu Xing's view, Miss Wang's APP value should be over 100, and this is even under the influence of sunglasses affecting her appearance.
It seems that Miss Wang should have a lot of scenes in this module.
"Okay, I remember you and Leon have to go to the London police station for your report today, so we won't chat anymore, but Leon, you two must remember to come back early tonight for my birthday party."
Miss Wang's voice is also very nice.
After saying goodbye to Miss Wang, Liu Xing suddenly thought of something, and that is in "Chris's" memory, it seems that Miss Wang's name is not even mentioned, because it was Leon who went to talk to Miss Wang about the rental contract, and "Chris" only paid his own rent.
This made Liu Xing a little worried, wondering if Leon chose to rent this house because of Miss Wang's temptation.
Although the cost-performance ratio of this house is indeed not bad.
Thinking of this, Liu Xing couldn't help but ask, "By the way, Leon, what's Miss Wang's full name?"
Although Liu Xing felt that he should know Miss Wang's full name, he still wanted to confirm it with Leon.
"Uh, I seem to have forgotten to tell you Miss Wang's name, Chris, my bad. Actually, Miss Wang's English name is Mary, and her Chinese name is Mei Li Wang, she's from China Magic Capital." Leon said, scratching the back of his head.
Mary Wang?
Mei Li Wang?
Miss Wang's name seems to have a different style.
However, when Liu Xing heard that Miss Wang is from China Magic Capital, he suddenly had a bold guess, and that is Miss Wang's true identity is the Swollen Woman!
The reason is simple, Miss Wang looks very young and beautiful, and she comes from Magic Capital, and most importantly, she is wearing sunglasses in the hallway, which makes people feel a bit strange.
Maybe when Miss Wang takes off her sunglasses, she will turn into an ugly and swollen monster.
Just like the Swollen Woman putting down her fan.
Half an hour later, Liu Xing and Leon arrived at the London police station, where they got their police uniforms and guns from the logistics department, and then went to the chief's office with another female police officer who had just joined the London police station.
According to "Chris's" memory, Liu Xing found that the current chief of the London police station is named Hao, who was a very good colleague of "Chris's" parents, and after "Chris's" parents passed away, Hao planned to adopt "Chris", but "Chris" chose to refuse, and then Hao has been very helpful to "Chris" in various aspects, and now he can be said to be "Chris's" most respected elder.
This made Liu Xing happy, as he now had someone to back him up at the London Police Department. If he needed to deal with the Yis PeopleIthaqua in the future, he could request Hao's assistance.
However, Liu Xing was now more puzzled about how the Yis PeopleIthaqua had returned to this time point.
Although the narrative of kp's time travel had mentioned that the Yis PeopleIthaqua had created a time machine, and it was possible that the Yis PeopleIthaqua had returned to this time point by impersonating "Liu Xing", Liu Xing felt that this might be kp's attempt to mislead him, as there would be no benefit for the Yis PeopleIthaqua to return to this time point as "Liu Xing", since "Liu Xing" was essentially a non-entity in this era.
Moreover, in the year 2000, Chinese people in England were still subject to a lot of discrimination, as the English, including the Welsh and Irish who were part of the Great Britain Alliance, were hostile and rejective towards them.
Therefore, in Liu Xing's view, the best choice for the Yis PeopleIthaqua would be to use their racial abilities to possess a wealthy and influential local Englishman, which would allow them to better carry out their module.
Although Liu Xing's own identity had now become that of an NPC.
If that was the case, it would be quite troublesome for Liu Xing to try and locate the Yis PeopleIthaqua.
Unaware of the time, Liu Xing had already arrived at the Chief's office.
"Chris, Leon, Jill, I'm glad you've all joined the London Police Department family," the Chief said with a smile.
Jill?
Liu Xing looked at the short-haired, attractive female police officer next to him, and couldn't help but suspect that he had ended up on the wrong set.
This was supposed to be a Cthulhu RPG game, not Resident Evil!
After some small talk with the Chief, Liu Xing and the others were assigned to the Criminal Investigation Department, where they met their future superior, Wesker.
Liu Xing had given up on struggling at this point.
However, just as Liu Xing was about to leave, the Chief handed him a locker key and told him that there was a gift in the locker to celebrate his official appointment as a police officer.
Liu Xing naturally accepted it gratefully.
"So you're the three new recruits the Chief mentioned. I'm your team leader, Wesker. I'm glad to have you join my team, and I hope we can work well together," Wesker said with a smile.
The three of them nodded in acknowledgment.
At that moment, Wesker's mobile phone suddenly rang.
Wesker picked up the phone and frowned as he said, "It seems you three are in luck. There's been a call reporting a homicide at a manor in the outskirts of the city. Apparently, an unidentified person was found dead at the manor's entrance, and the scene is said to be quite gruesome."
A manor?
Liu Xing was no longer sure whether this was the plot of the first or second game...
But in any case, for ordinary people, Ghouls are essentially no different from zombies.
So based on the current plot, Liu Xing could confirm that the mythical creature in this module would be a Ghoul. He just didn't know if he would encounter members of the Cult of the Cadaver again.
On the way to the manor in the outskirts, Liu Xing and the others introduced themselves, and Liu Xing then made another startling discovery - Wesker was actually Alice's father!
Yes, the same Alice that Liu Xing would meet in the future in Fisher's Village, as Liu Xing had seen a photo of a young Alice in Wesker's wallet.
Liu Xing really didn't want to make any more comments at this point...
Soon, they arrived at the manor where the report had come from. Local police officers were already securing the scene, and the forensics team was examining the body. Three anxious-looking middle-aged men, who were likely the callers, were standing outside the police cordon.
As soon as Liu Xing saw the body, he could confirm that the victim had been attacked by a Ghoul, as there were clear claw marks and bite marks on the body.
At this time, a local police officer approached them and said, "According to the callers, the three middle-aged men, they were on their way to go fishing in the nearby river when they drove past the manor and saw someone lying at the entrance, with what appeared to be blood on them. So they got out to check, and found the person was already dead, so they called the police."
"Based on our initial investigation, the victim's identity is still unknown, as there's nothing on the body that could identify him, except for a set of keys. As for the cause of death, as you can see, it's most likely due to an attack by a large wild animal, though we've never had any sightings of such creatures in this area, which is right next to the city of London."
"This manor is called Rose Manor, and its owner passed away suddenly over 20 years ago, after which the manor was left abandoned. We've already obtained a search warrant to investigate the manor, as we can't rule out the possibility that the victim may have entered the manor, since it's the only building in the vicinity, and the estimated time of death was around 11 PM last night."
Just then, a police officer ran over and said, "We've managed to contact the current owner of the manor. He's currently traveling abroad, but he's given us permission to investigate the manor."
Liu Xing raised an eyebrow and said, somewhat suggestively, "I thought there might have been some illegal activity going on in the manor, and the victim was killed to cover it up. But it seems I was overthinking things."
Wesker chuckled and shook his head, saying, "No, no, no, Chris, you haven't overthought it, because there is indeed a possibility of that, it's just that the owner of the manor doesn't know about it either. After all, this kind of abandoned manor is quite easy for lawbreakers to occupy, so everyone, please check your firearms, we might need to use them later."
Wesker then began to check the firearms.
At this moment, the sound of dice hitting the ground echoed through the manor.
It seems there is indeed a problem in the manor.
Concerned about the possibility of armed lawbreakers in the manor, Wesker also called in four local police officers to enter the manor with them.
"You see, this manor has been abandoned for more than 20 years, and now it's overgrown with weeds everywhere, but we can still find that the weeds in some areas are abnormally flattened, which means that someone has been in and out of this manor recently, so everyone needs to be extra careful," Wesker said in a deep voice.
Liu Xing nodded, looking at the main building of the manor - a dilapidated three-story villa.
Since they had the permission of the manor owner, Wesker chose to use force to break open the door of the main building, and then a strong musty smell made Liu Xing and the others retreat a few steps.
"Could it be that we guessed wrong? This smell doesn't seem to indicate that there are people inside," Leon said, furrowing his brows.