'Damn it… The entire city's going haywire!'

'And we can fix it by finding out exactly what's causing it' Naomi said and opened the already unlocked door.

She quickly ignored the empty rooms and went straight to the bedroom.

It wasn't a very pretty sight.

'Oh God… It looks like someone let a rabid monkey in here!'

'Yeah, something like that…' Naomi said and looked around.

'So, what are we looking for, Dr. Kimishima?'

'Anything suspicious. Check the drawers. It's possible there are some clues about Umbrella in there'

'Right away!'

Little Guy went to do his duties as Naomi looked around again.

And then, she noticed something she hadn't before.

An empty birdcage hung on the wall.

'Birdcage, huh…'

'Excuse me?'

She slowly went to it and looked at it.

Inside, on the bottom, lay a small bird. Dead.

Naomi opened the cage and took the bird.

'Hey, don't tell me you're going to examine a bird now!' Little Guy laughed.

'Actually, that's exactly what I was going to do' she said and moved its wings aside.

'Hey, Little Guy… Check this out'

'Huh?' the man said and went to her.

There was a huge scratch on the abdomen of the bird.

'What does this mean?'

'It means that our Jennifer Parker was hungry. She tried grabbing the bird, but only managed to scratch it. But she failed, as she never even figured that it was impossible through the bars… or that she could just open the cage. Which means…'

'Heavily reduced intelligence…' Little Guy noted.

'Exactly. And from what I saw earlier, I'd say the virus completely eliminates the higher brain functions, leaving only the primal ones… Like hunger'

'Yeah, that would make sense'

'But then, there must be some pathological changes… But we can't do anything about those right now'

And then, she noticed something else on the body.

'Wait a minute…' She said and looked at the bird's eyes. 'Little Guy…'

'Discoloration…'

'This bird was infected'

The man shivered.

'So then… Then the virus can infect both humans and animals! This is more serious than I thought!'

'Calm down, Little Guy. I have a theory that the virus is transmitted through the infected's saliva. Then how did this bird get infected with just a scratch?'

'Maybe… Maybe some saliva ended up on Jennifer Parker's nails…'

'Yes, that's not impossible, but the wound needs to be looked into…' she said and put the body inside a small see-through plastic envelope. 'There's nothing more I can learn from it right now'

'Alright. I'll go back to checking the drawers'

Naomi ignored the comment and looked at the bed once again.

And then, she noticed the blood.

She kneeled down to examine it.

There was some blood on the wall, but most of it was on the bed.

'Wait a minute… The position of the blood… Hey Little Guy, come again for a second'

'Huh? What is it, Dr. Kimishima?'

'Stand right here for a second'

Little Guy complied and climbed on the bed.

'Let's say you're our victim. That's where she was standing when I first saw her. And I was standing… right here' Naomi assumed the position. 'Now, attack me'

The man wondered for a few seconds, then lunged at the examiner. She dodged without effort.

'Even though I wasn't expecting you, the position I was in allowed me to dodge your attack completely. However… In order to recreate the blood splatter… Go back'

Little Guy sighed and moved back to his original position.

'In order to recreate the blood splatter… Attack me'

He lunged again.

'…I need to run INTO you and lift my hand'

'Huh?'

'Yes. That way the blood on the floor and wall will match. Now why would I want to do exactly the opposite of what anyone would do…' Naomi gasped. 'But of course!'

'What? What is it, Dr. Kimishima?'

'We're going back to Resurgam. The case is clear to me now'