*Call—*
William, who was wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans, raised his right hand to block out the sun above his head, and said: "My God, it's really hot."
The location of Minos Island is only four degrees away from the equator, so it maintains high temperatures throughout the year.
For a wealthy man-child like William who was born at a high latitude, it was simply torture.
"I don't think so, It's actually quite nice here~"
Halsey, who was wearing white suspenders and denim shorts, seemed to be completely unaffected by the blazing sun.
She even had a happy expression, as if she had been full of yearning and expectation for the tropical island.
"Huh?"
William used his hand to wipe the sweat building up off his forehead, then looked up and down the female genius who radiated 'young energy'.
Her current tanned skin was indeed able to effectively resist UV rays.
And since the Megan scandal, Halsey had begun to pay attention to dressing up, and from time to time show off her proud figure in front of William.
It's a good thing to have a beautiful 'landscape' next to me... right?
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Under the support of Hank and other members of team Alpha, the two walked over to the USS and UBCS waiting under the tarmac.
The soldiers on the island are dressed in a summer style.
As such the USS are black short sleeves and combat pants...
It was very heat-absorbing, but no way casual wear. The overall style of USS is grey and black.
UBCS is much better off though. They were wearing short-sleeved and dark green combat pants. And the darker skin of these soldiers is in sharp contrast with the Alphas who just got off the plane.
The first USS in line, who was wearing a black beret, came to William and saluted before respectfully saying:
"Commander and head of Minos, Alan Kent reporting to you."
"Ok."
William took a peek at the rank pin worn on Kent's chest, then smiled and said: "Thank you for your hard work, Major. I sorry if it seems like I told you to wait here for three months for nothing, but don't complain, ha ha. "
"No complaints, boss." Kent still maintained a rigorous attitude and said: "During this period, my subordinates and I have just completed the training plan, and after the group of little Spartans have adapted to the environment, we stall start their training."
"Good." William nodded in satisfaction.
He looked at Alpha and the children who had gathered, and then said to Kent with a lower voice: "Alright, Major, take us to the conference hall of the base. It's time for these children to understand their fate."
"Yes, boss."
After Kent saluted William, he asked a group of soldiers stationed on the island to escort William and others to the conference hall of the base facility.
Although the sand of the island cannot be directly used for cement construction, why would the Umbrella engineering team eat rice?
With Umbrella's strong logistics department, the source of building materials can be determined in minutes.
Let the Minos training base have a clean concrete floor, and also prevent the cleanliness of William being tainted from the invasion of sand.
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In the conference hall of the training base;
The Black and white colours were very distinct, with the red and white umbrella logo printed on the floor tiles of the podium in a typical Umbrella decoration style.
William stood directly behind a desk, with Halsey sitting beside him with a chair.
Kent and several other of the USS stood around the podium, guarding the safety of the two Olympus directors.
As for the fourteen children who had been secretly tied up, they were scattered on the terrace seats that could accommodate a hundred people, and there was no order at all.
This is Halsey's proposal.
Do not let the soldiers order the children to sit down in any order, but instead let the children choose their own positions.
Seven of the fourteen children are sitting in the back, six were scattered throughout the centre, and only one is sitting at the front.
The only one in the front was John.
Halsey was a little surprised to see that someone really dared to sit in the first row.
Then she stretched out her left foot to William, having had her sandals taken off, tapped his trousers cleverly with her thumb, and whispered: "Alright, you can start your speech."
"Hmm." William nodded slightly.
William looked at a group of children then in a soft tone said: "You don't know why you have come here, why Umbrella has this military power, and I'm sure you have many other questions. So let me allow you to ask your questions at this moment, and I will answer as appropriate. Just come and ask. "
After finishing speaking, William looked at a group of children with a kind smile.
Sitting by his side, Halsey stared at John closely, her mouth curled slightly, she was sure that John would ask questions.
"Mr."
As Halsey and William had expected.
As soon as William's voice fell, John raised his hand and asked, "I want to know, what would you do to our parents?"
"Oh?" William asked with interest: "You don't want to know why you are here?"
"No, sir, because I know you will tell us later." John answered calmly.
"My child, you are very courageous." William was not surprised at the other party's performance.
After all, in the future John will be Umbrella's unique 'Master chief'.
Then William did not continue to reply, but turned on a projection.
The image displayed on the projector showed the clones of this group of children playing with their biological parents. A line of text was written below that there are clones that will give your parents a happy normal life.
After seeing this, all the children including John were dumbfounded.
William did not leave them too much time to process this information, so he said with a deep voice: "You may be familiar about the cloned sheep Dolly. Those who look exactly like you are your clones. Theoretically, you are people who shouldn't exist. Do you understand?"
After listening to these words.
Some children began to sob silently. A few of them have resentment in their eyes, but most of them are still looked puzzled.
Because of the USS who was "watching their eyes" in front of them, some of the children did not dare to cry or resist and escape.
The projection continues to play.
Next it showed the Athabasca's battle video and the ugly and terrifying containment process.
After seeing these videos, the timid children closed their eyes and even hid under the table.
Only John dared to keep his eyes open to watch throughout the whole video, his immature face showed curiosity, and it looked as if he was vaguely eager to try and join the fight.
"Ahem!"
William cleared his throat and said loudly, pretending to be much more serious then he had displayed earlier: "As you have all seen, these monsters are real. You guys want to know why you are here? Let me tell you. From now on, you have been drafted into the army by Umbrella! You will receive specially militarised training! You will be made into the strongest fighters to date! And You will become the guardians of the earth and mankind! You guys…will be the last line of defence for mankind!"
"Major."
"Yes." Kent, who understood what he was signalled, quickly ordered USS: "Soldiers! Let these recruits get to know their dormitory!"
"Yes, Major."
The USS all walked forward quickly, each dragging a child out of the conference hall one for each person.
"No! Let me go home! Let me go home!"
"Mom...help me..."
"Don't touch me! Get out!"
The scene was chaotic.
After a short while, only Halsey and William remained in the noisy meeting hall.