Infinite: Starting from Resident Evil

"What does this have to do with whether Alice is here or not?" Jesse was clearly taken aback; she couldn't quite figure out the connection between the two.

"I don't know either, but the guests definitely left after she did," Tifa said helplessly, spreading her hands.

Listening to their conversation, Shen Ye, who had been struggling to figure things out, suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He... seemed to have figured it out.

"Jesse, are you guys planning something tonight?" Shen Ye asked Jesse, seemingly to confirm his suspicions.

Jesse glanced at Barrett and the others gathered around the arcade machine in the bar and nodded: "Yeah, we're going to Mako Reactor No. 5 tonight."

Sure enough...

Shen Ye's brows furrowed even more.

Seeing Shen Ye's increasingly serious expression, Jesse added with a puzzled look, "But we're still discussing tonight's plan, and we haven't decided who will go yet—Shen, do you want to come along?"

"I'm afraid someone doesn't want me to go." Shen Ye didn't respond, but just muttered to himself.

"Huh? What did you say?" Jesse didn't hear him clearly and looked at him in confusion.

"It's nothing," Shen Ye shook his head.

Jesse frowned, and just as he was about to ask more questions, he heard Barrett call out, "Jesse, come here quickly."

Jesse had no choice but to give up asking questions and ran to the game console, where he and Barrett entered the secret base beneath it.

After the game console was returned to its original position, Tifa walked up to Shen Ye, looked at him thoughtfully, and asked, "Shen, have you figured something out?"

"I think I've figured it out. If I'm not mistaken, someone doesn't want fate to go astray." Recalling Alice's return to the Fifth District, Shen Ye was certain that Sephiroth had orchestrated this whole thing under the orders of Greyfella, because in the original storyline, Alice wasn't present when the Avalanche branch discussed destroying the Fifth Mako Reactor.

Although fate had already changed because of his appearance, although Aerith had appeared at the Seventh Heaven bar ahead of time, and although Tifa and Aerith had fallen in love with him... Shen Ye understood that Sephiroth was still trying to correct the timeline and return everything to its "origin," at least... that's what he thought.

When Tifa heard Shen Ye say that someone didn't want fate to go astray, she looked puzzled. But just as she was about to ask what he meant, she heard Shen Ye say, "I'll go to Mako Reactor No. 5 with you tonight, and you'll find out then."

"Alright." Tifa was extremely obedient to Shen Ye, and seeing him say that, she could only nod.

……

Shen Ye and Tifa sat at the bar for a while, while Barrett and the others returned to the bar from the secret base.

Biggs and Viggie said goodbye to Shen Ye and Tifa and left immediately, while Barrett chatted with Jesse and Tifa for a while before leaving as well, leaving only Jesse behind.

However, Tifa and Jessie seemed a little depressed at this moment, as if they were affected by Barrett's words before he left.

Seeing the two girls looking dejected, Shen Ye leaned closer to them and asked, "What's wrong? Are you nervous? Why do you look so down?"

"I am a little nervous, after all, the operation is tonight," Jesse said sullenly. "But I'm not part of the operation team?"

"Oh?" Shen Ye asked, "Barrett won't let you go?"

“Hmm, I don’t know why,” Jesse said sadly. “Not only will they not let me go, they won’t let you go either. Honestly, last time it was all thanks to you that we were able to destroy Mako Reactor No. 1.”

Hearing this, Shen Ye was also a little puzzled. During the first operation, Barrett had warmly invited him to join after hiring Claude, and he had also contributed a lot that time. Logically speaking, he shouldn't have been excluded from this operation.

What surprised him even more was that Jesse was also excluded. He knew that in the original story, Jesse was also among the members of the operation. It was only because she was injured by Greyfeather's attack that Claude, who was resting at home, went in her place.

and many more……

Thinking of this, Shen Ye suddenly felt a jolt in his heart, and then asked Jesse, "Which group of people went on this mission?"

Jesse didn't quite understand why Shen Ye was suddenly asking so nervously, but he still said, "There are five people in total: Tifa, Biggs, Wiggie, Cloud, and Barrett himself."

"Is Claude going too?" Shen Ye turned to Tifa and asked, wanting to confirm.

Tifa nodded: "Yes, Barrett hired Cloud to help him, after all, he's quite capable... Shen, what's wrong? Is something wrong?"

Shen Ye frowned deeply, not answering Tifa's question, but wondering why Barrett had suddenly invited Cloud.

Jesse is perfectly fine and not injured at all, so could it be...?

Seeing Shen Ye deep in thought, Tifa and Jesse exchanged bewildered glances, wondering why he was acting this way. Tifa asked again, "Shen, what's wrong? Is it related to that fate you just mentioned?"

"Mm!" Shen Ye nodded.

"Destiny? What destiny?" Jesse looked at Tifa with a puzzled expression. "What are you talking about?"

"I don't know either, Shen said so." Tifa pointed at Shen Ye with a puzzled look on her face.

So Jesse looked at Shen Ye, and just as she was about to ask, she heard Shen Ye say, "Jesse, come out with me tonight."

Jesse immediately banished the question from her mind and asked excitedly, "Where to? Just the two of us?"

"Hmm." Shen Ye nodded and continued, "As for where we're going, I can't say for now, otherwise..."

At this point, he glanced outside the bar. Although there was still a door between them, he could almost see some kind of creature poised to pounce.

Seeing Jessie's overjoyed expression, Tifa felt a pang of jealousy. Although she wanted to ask why Jessie wasn't with her, she couldn't help but suppress her jealousy and refrain from asking, considering the mission that evening and Shen Ye's earlier talk about destiny.

……

Around nine o'clock in the evening, Barrett and his group set off, and shortly after they left, Shen Ye also rode his motorcycle, taking Jesse to the roundabout.

On the way to the disc, no matter what Jesse asked, Shen Ye did not answer, but instead mumbled some things that Jesse found somewhat incomprehensible.

Although Jessie was a little confused, she didn't think much of it and quickly immersed herself in the happiness of being alone with Shen Ye.

For her now, destroying the Mako Reactor is no longer important.

However, as Shen Ye drove onto the elevated road leading to the roundabout, Jesse began to understand his thoughts. Although she still didn't know why Shen Ye didn't just ride the train with Barrett and the others, she didn't ask any further questions since Shen Ye remained silent about it. In her opinion, there must be a reason for this.

In fact, the reason why Shen Ye did not take the initiative to go with Barrett and the others, and did not say it outright, was because he was worried that Sephiroth and Greyfila would cause trouble and protect their so-called fate.

Although he has already wooed Alice and Tifa and changed some parts of the plot, this probably isn't very important to fate, since fate has a certain degree of deviation.

However, in certain inevitable events, Grey Fila does not want anyone to disrupt or alter fate. For example, the destruction of the Mako Reactor. Even though the destruction of the first Mako Reactor was entirely due to Shen Ye, as long as it is the same as what was bound to happen in the original plot, fate will turn a blind eye.

Therefore, when Shen Ye learned that Barret had taken the initiative to invite Claude to participate in the operation against Mako Reactor No. 5, he knew that this was Grayfella actively repairing the timeline.

The reason he didn't speak up and took Jesse with him was because he remembered that in the original story, Grey Fera attacked them to stop Jesse from going, and continued until Jesse was injured and replaced by Claude. Moreover, the attack occurred after the list of members for the operation was finalized, so Shen Ye vaguely felt that as long as he didn't say anything, Grey Fera wouldn't attack them.

It now seems that Shen Ye's guess was correct. They are now driving on the elevated road leading to the disc, and Gray Fila has not attacked them. Moreover, they are probably all gathered around Mako Reactor No. 5, watching Barrett and the others act according to the original plot.

"Fate! Let me, someone who walks outside of fate, give you a little surprise." Amidst the endless stream of traffic, Shen Ye laughed heartily, and then, with Jesse's excited shouts, he increased the speed of the motorcycle again.

(I met my blind date again tonight, along with some friends. We ate and added more details to the story. I'll continue writing when I get home.)

Chapter 202! The Anomaly Above Midgar

(I've finished catching up on what I missed yesterday. Please refresh the page before reading. Also, I feel my writing is a bit disorganized; I'm always struggling to express my thoughts in words.)

……

Around 9 PM is the time when the day shift ends and the night shift begins at Shinra Company. Shen Ye was controlling his motorcycle, speeding through the heavy traffic, occasionally eliciting honking and shouts of abuse, as his driving could be considered dangerous.

His actions quickly attracted the attention of Shinra soldiers patrolling the elevated highway, and soon, several motorcycles appeared behind him.

"Oh my, we meet again! My friend who's out for a ride with a beautiful girl, are you here to race me?" The one leading the motorcycles was none other than Luo Xie, whom he had met once last night. Upon seeing Shen Ye, he shouted excitedly.

To Jesse's surprise, Shen Ye actually nodded. "Yes, are you interested in a match?"

What was even more unexpected was Luo Xie's reaction. He had thought that Shen Ye would refuse him like he had last night... In fact, he had already prepared his lines, but Shen Ye's words left him speechless for a long time, and he swallowed the words back down.

"It seems last night's defeat has made you lose confidence in racing me," Shen Ye said sarcastically, seeing Luo Xie remain silent.

"Who said that?" Luo Xie roared in anger, reaching for his greatsword only to grab empty air. He then remembered that Shen Ye had broken his weapon the night before, so he quickly changed his tune, saying, "Tell me, how do you want to compete?"

"Since you've already lost your weapons, why don't we have a speed contest and see who gets there first?" Shen Ye pointed to the No. 5 Mako Reactor in the distance.

“Okay.” Although Luo Xie was a little puzzled as to why the other party had chosen such a distant destination, he was too lazy to think about it in order to speed. He responded and waved away the soldiers following him before accelerating ahead of Shen Ye.

Jesse, standing behind Shen Ye, didn't quite understand why Shen Ye would agree to race with Luo Xie, especially since their destination was the No. 5 Mako Reactor.

However, she wisely refrained from asking, perhaps Shen Ye had his own reasons.

In fact, Shen Ye did have his own ideas. Before setting off, he carefully reviewed the plot again, and then remembered that Barrett and his group's operation would be broadcast live to all of Midgar by Shinra Company. So an idea came to mind: perhaps he could use this broadcast to completely disrupt the plot. After all, he knew very well that as long as he appeared at Mako Reactor No. 5 with Jesse, those Black Fila and Sephiroth would definitely fight desperately to stop him, and then those scenes would be broadcast live...

Thinking of this, a cold smile appeared on Shen Ye's face: "Old Sa, let's see how you face this time."

……

Although it was a competition, Shen Ye and Luo Xie did not engage in a fierce battle while racing as they had the night before. Not only did Luo Xie lack a suitable weapon, but the two also did not want to harm the Shinra employees who were going to and from get off work due to the fight.

The two were simply competing in speed and skill, chasing each other as they rushed towards the disc.

Even so, it still caused a great disturbance and almost led to a car accident.

As the two rushed off the overpass and onto the disc, they caused not only a commotion but also attracted the attention of Shinra Corporation.

Heidegger, the head of the Shinra Security Department who was monitoring Barrett and his group in his office, received a report from his subordinates.

"Minister, there are two motorcycles racing around roundabout number five."

"You idiot, you have to report this little thing to me? Notify Roche and have him take some men to handle it." Heidegger gave his subordinate a cold glance.

“But Luo Xie is among them, speeding along.” His subordinate, sweating profusely, stammered, “And… and they’re heading towards Mako Reactor No. 5.”

"Hmm?" Heidegger frowned immediately and said to another subordinate, "Turn the camera around."

"Yes."

……

Just as Heidegger was looking at the monitor showing Shen Ye, Shen Ye and Roche had already arrived near the No. 5 Mako Reactor. Ignoring the guards' attempts to stop them, the two broke through the barriers and continued to rush inside.

The moment Shen Ye and Jesse entered Mako Reactor No. 5, strange changes began to occur in the sky above Midgar. Instantly, dark clouds appeared that could almost envelop the entire Midgar. Driven by countless lightning bolts and sudden gusts of wind, a huge vortex gradually formed within the dark clouds.