Objective 8: 7:00 P.M. Sewer System
"Claire…Claire Redfield, come in," Dr. Kimura said over the communicator.
"Redfield here," Claire said, exasperated.
"Status as of now?"
Claire sighed. "We're now in the sewer system beneath Tokyo. The warehouse was destroyed; I don't think any of the carriers survived. I'm here with Yoko and a survivor, one Japanese male, Ohta, Kensuke."
"And the virus…"
"That's the thing doctor; the virus was stolen from us."
"Stolen," the doctor said curiously, "By whom?"
"I think you should know. A woman named Lindsey Watanabe."
The doctor tightened at the name. "I have never heard of such a person."
Claire groaned. "She's working for Umbrella. She claims that Umbrella is taking over Banyo, is this true doctor?"
"Preposterous," the doctor said with a laugh. "This woman is clearly delusional. But if she is working for Umbrella, that gives us all the reason to stop her. I'm relocating our team to the Tokyo Subway System where we'll isolate the area. Meanwhile, find Watanabe and take the case back from her. Use force if necessary. Over and out."
Claire looked at Yoko who was administering some disinfectant to Ken. "Yoko, clearly someone is lying to us. What should we do?"
Yoko put a band-aid on Ken's arm. "The only thing we can do is find the case of T2 Virus before it infects anyone else. In my opinion, this situation is just getting more and more confusing." She put her hands against the wall. "Do you know why zombies are such a scary concept? Psychologically speaking?"
Claire snickered. "The thought of our flesh being consumed by the undead?"
Yoko shook her head. "Sure that's one reason, but I think it taps into our fear of conformity. Being forced to become something we don't want to be. A mindless and detrimental individual, the fear of becoming infected; it takes us back to our basic instincts, our will to survive."
Claire began to smile. "You're so analytical."
Ken walked over to them. "You saved our asses in there, Yoko-san. Thank you"
Yoko blushed and looked away timidly.
Something small was floating in the murky water, an oddly shaped object. Claire's eyes began to widen as she examined it. "Look at this!" she said, leaning over the object, a small purse. "Think it's Lindsey's?"
Yoko pulled the contents of the purse out: A compact, a wallet, a small memo pad, and a journal marked off with a torn page from a book. Yoko opened the journal and took out the page. "Look." She handed it to Claire. "You're not going to believe this."
Doctor LEONARD KIMURA
During World War II, one of Japan's most gifted and brilliant scientists, a half British man named Dr. Leonard Kimura, took lead of the Biological Weaponry Department of the Japanese army. Kimura did not complete much before the Japanese surrendered to American forces on August 15, 1945. 15 years later, Kimura went overseas to work for the Umbrella Pharmaceutical Corporation. He then returned to his homeland several years later and helped to form Banyo Pharmaceuticals with its founder, Yoshio Banyo. Kimura spent the rest of his days with his wife and son in the outskirts of Tokyo
The Japanese Biochemical Research Department was rumored to have several secret laboratories deep within Tokyo's mesh of subway systems. Kimura apparently worked in one of these laboratories, though his work, if any existed, was never found…
The rest of the page was irrelevant to Claire. It had revealed a lot—almost too much for Claire to process and piece together. If Toru Kimura is not Leonard Kimura's son, I'll eat my boots. "Just as I thought. If Kimura didn't know about Lindsey, Lindsey sure knew a lot about him. What does the journal say?"
Yoko examined it. "If you thought that was a shocker, wait till you see this one."
July 18, 1945
The experiment has been finished, the scientists and I have decided on the code name "Daioh" 001. All we need now is a worthy subject to create the carrier and weapon itself. But even if we did, we would still need some sort of substance that could constantly regenerate the cells. As of this time, there isn't a known substance available.
The next few pages were torn out.
December 12, 1961
It's been years since I've written in this journal, but I need the information stored within its pages. I am now a top researcher at the Umbrella Corporation. They are currently experimenting on the Ebola virus in hopes of discovering some way to regenerate cells. If they succeed, I will take what they know back to Japan and find some way to recover my research.
More pages were torn out.
November 22, 1965
The Banyo Corporation had become on of Umbrella's top rivals in the studies of Pharmaceutical research. I couldn't be happier. My family is also happy; they are living the life they always wanted. My son is also showing an interest in the medical field, maybe he will join Banyo when he gets older. For now he is off at the University. But I have a secret my wife and son must not know. I have been diagnosed with Cerebral Cancer. As of now, it hasn't turned into a full blown case, but the doctors think it can become an issue sometime in the near future. I must advance in my research more than ever now.
Again more torn pages. This was definitely deliberate.
June 11, 1970
I am an old man. I am dying from cancer, and this world no longer has any use for me. This will be my last entry. My research all those many years ago is mine again. Here, beneath the secret labs of Banyo, I will become my own experiment. I will go through the process and become the Daioh. Perhaps in a few years, they will create the substance I needed those many years ago. I can only leave this journal to my son, and hope he comes through to resurrect me. Remember, "Life" is the key.
Claire was dumbfounded. This was all too much. "Guys," she said to the others, "the mission has changed. Find the virus, and then head to Banyo Headquarters. I think the CEO will want to be informed that one of his own is trying to unleash a biological weapon upon the world."
Yoko grabbed her arm. "But do we know that Dr. Kimura is behind this? What does he think he is trying to do anyway?"
"Don't you see," Claire said, looking deep into her eyes, "the substance that Leonard Kimura needed to obtain in order to activate whatever he was working on…is the T-Virus! Dr. Toru Kimura is attempting to complete his father's work. We have to destroy it before he unleashes the experiment!"
Yoko understood. She took out her Banyo I.D. card. "We can get into the underground research facility through the subway. Like I said, most of those World War II laboratories were shut down, but Banyo still operates one of them. The chemical disposal facility is there, if we have to, we'll destroy the virus ourselves."
Ken held his head. "This is insane…but I'll help. I'm not about to let my family get turned into those things as well. Besides, I need to get home. I have a birthday party to attend to...my daughters."