"Now do you remember? Who you are? What you were meant to do? I cheated death thanks to you… and thanks to you I left my mark. You have too. You've written your own history. You're your own man. I'm Big Boss and you are too. No, he's the 2 of us together. Where we are today, we built it. This story, this legend, it's ours. We can change the world and with it the future. I am you and you are me. Carry that with you wherever you go. Thank you my friend. From here on out… You're Big Boss."

That's what he said to me. I know my role. I have help realize the dream of all soldiers. Create a place where we will always be need. Our haven, our heaven. Outer Heaven.

May 1st, 1984,

Things have been quiet lately. Skull Face is dead and we have no lead on Cipher. Morale has also fallen due to recent events. A few weeks ago, Emmerich unleashed a new strain of vocal cord parasites and infected the staff of Diamond Dogs, forcing me to put the infected out of their misery. Though he is gone, the damage he has done is irreversible.

Also, Quiet's disappearance has also affected the men. They never liked having her here, always calling her a freak and a monster due to the abilities the parasites given her. They never say it, but I can tell they miss her. Every day, the staff that patrol the medical platform stop at her old prison cell and just say nothing. Perhaps the fact that she saved my life that changed their own opinion of her or maybe deep down, they thought of her as a fellow solider all along.

Ocelot has also left Diamond Dogs and returned to Cipher as an inside man, but even he hasn't heard anything new about their activities. Before Ocelot left, he told me he hypnotized himself into believing I was Big Boss and that he told Kaz that I was Big Boss' Phantom. Apparently, he didn't take it well, which would explain why Kaz has been distant lately. As I on cue, Kaz approached me.

"Boss, we have a new lead on Cipher," Kaz said.

I asked Kaz about his lead and he told me that the Intel Team has learned that a cargo, containing yellowcake, was on its way to one of Cipher's PF in South Africa. It was obvious that Cipher was planning to build a nuke and it was even more obvious that we couldn't allow that to happen. I prepared myself for the mission ahead and boarded the helicopter. The trip to South Africa gave me time to think. I was a little suspicious about this mission. Cipher has kept quiet up to now and suddenly they're building a nuke. Not only that, but the fact that they're we received the intel without looking into any other leads is strange. Cipher always makes sure it's trail is never followed by producing false leads and mis-information to throw people off its tracks.

Pequod dropped me off in a South African forest and I soon make my way to the target's destination. The cargo truck has been sighted at an outpost 100 km north from Galzburg. Upon arrival, I pull out my binoculars, and analyze the enemy soldiers. I noticed the patches they were wearing, it possessed a skull facing forward with tiny wings from the jaw. I don't know why but the patch reminded me of the patches of MSF. I also identified the cargo truck.

I pulled out my grenade launcher and launched a grenade toward the center of the outpost. Upon impact with the ground, the grenade explodes and releases a gas that instantly sedated every enemy combatant. I jumped on top of the cargo truck and attached the Fulton Recovery Device onto the truck. I grabbed onto the Fulton balloon ride it back Pequod. I attach the cargo to the helicopter and then returned to base. When I returned, Kaz congratulated me on a job well done and told me that they'll leave the yellowcake at the quarantine facility. Kaz, who's been cold and distant lately, seemed extremely happy about the mission results. I guess he's just happy that we're back on Cipher's trail. I make my way to my room where suddenly, I received a call on my radio. I answered it and to my surprise it was Big Boss.

"Ahab, do you read me?"

"I hear you, Boss," I responded.

"I need to ask you something, Ahab. Are you trying to stop Outer Heaven development?

I pause for a moment out of shock and tell him I would never do that.

"Then why did you send some of your men to assassinate one of my commanders?"

"I couldn't have sent given a mission today, I was out on my own mission today," I responded.

"If that's the case someone at Diamond Dogs wants to stop Outer Heaven. Do you know who it could be?"

I paused and remembered what Ocelot last told me about Kaz. Ocelot told me Kaz was going to use me and the Sons of Big Boss to kill Big Boss. But, I have no evidence it was Kaz.

"No, Boss, I don't."

I'm not sure who's trying to stop Outer Heaven, but one thing's for sure… I won't let them ruin the boss' dream.