A blinding light erupted from the flashbang. Asa had prepared in advance and dodged the intense flash.
Ada Wong also instinctively threw herself to the ground, and since she was relatively far away, the impact on her was minimal.
Lisa, who had been directly hit by the flashbang, did not have it so easy. Even though the NE-alpha Parasite did not have a weakness to bright light, the intense light stimulation still made Lisa shriek in agony. The tentacles on her body trembled violently, rendering her unable to move for a moment.
"Asa! Are you alright?"
The agent in the red dress jogged over and helped Asa up, letting his upper body lean against her. Ada Wong's heart was racing, and she found it hard to calm down.
If it hadn't been for Asa throwing himself in front of her to knock her out of the way, it would have been Ada Wong who was pierced through just now.
In her career as an agent, she had encountered countless dangerous situations, but she had never been saved by someone sacrificing themselves for her like this before.
"Cough, cough."
Asa head rested on Ada Wong's shoulder, and he could smell the fragrance on the agent.
He tried his best to make his expression look less like he was enjoying it, coughed lightly, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
"I'm fine. She's not dead yet. Be careful."
After saying this, Asa covered the wound he had accidentally exposed. The flesh was turned outward, and black blood bubbled out, looking quite gruesome.
Seeing the wound on Asa abdomen, a look of distress appeared in Ada Wong's eyes.
Lisa's tentacle had precisely pierced through Asa stomach. Judging by the rate at which the blood was flowing, it was highly likely that a major blood vessel in the stomach wall had been damaged. Without effective medical aid, there was a high probability that Asa would bleed to death within ten to thirty minutes.
She dragged Asa body, propped him up against the mine wall, picked up the grizzly commander assault rifle that Asa had dropped, and turned back to say gently:
"Rest well, Asa. I will handle it."
Asa, leaning against the cave wall, looked exceptionally pale, but upon hearing this, he revealed a faint smile.
Auntie Wong when she was being gentle had a unique charm. It was a pity he couldn't switch to Cyberoptics mode right now, otherwise, he would definitely have taken a picture to save it.
However, Asa really couldn't let Ada Wong just kill Lisa outright; he might actually be able to grind out a bond with Lisa.
"Take this."
Asa took out a few more flashbangs. These flashbangs could effectively cause Lisa to stagger, and combined with the assault rifle in Ada Wong's hands, knocking Lisa down temporarily wouldn't be a problem.
While they were talking, Lisa gradually regained her ability to move. Ada Wong looked at Asa one last time, said nothing, turned around, and threw the first flashbang.
"Bang!"
A bright light erupted.
Watching the figures of Ada Wong and Lisa fighting, Asa moved his hand away from his stomach.
At the edges of the wound on his stomach, pink granulation tissue was growing and proliferating together at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the bleeding had also stopped due to the healing of the visceral blood vessels.
Fortunately, Ada Wong had left quickly, otherwise the wound would have almost healed completely.
Only now did Asa have time to check the favorability rewards from Ada Wong.
In the system's introduction, "Companion" was a bond similar to "Comrade-in-arms," but compared to "Comrade-in-arms," which specifically referred to relying on each other in battle, "Companion" surpassed the term "Comrade-in-arms" regardless of whether it was in combat or the alignment of thoughts and philosophies.
He didn't know how the system judged it, but a "Companion" could reach the maximum bond level, Unwavering! Asa felt that the system was really good at judging people!
Sure enough, a hero saving a beauty was a shortcut to increasing favorability; whether it was an elite officer from the Raccoon City Police Department or a famous agent in the mercenary world, they all fell for it.
I'll do it again next time.
Asa directly claimed the favorability rewards.
[Congratulations on obtaining the "Affection" level reward: "Chicago Typewriter (Firearm)," which has been issued to the system storage.]
[Congratulations on obtaining the "Appreciation" level reward: "Grapple Gun (Infinite Durability)," which has been issued to the system storage.]
[Congratulations on obtaining the "Trust" level reward: "System Storage 9 cubic meters," which has been automatically expanded.]
Nice, nice, nice.
Getting these rewards, even if he had to be pierced by tentacles ten more times, he would be willing.
Anyway, it wouldn't kill him, and apart from being a little painful, there were almost no side effects.
The system storage had expanded to ten times its original size. The previously packed system storage suddenly felt insufficient, and its emptiness made Asa itch to stuff something into it.
After checking the favorability rewards, the fierce battle between Ada Wong and Lisa gradually drew to a close.
Lisa's immortality was not unlimited; every time she received damage exceeding her body's endurance limit, Lisa would automatically fall into a state of feigned death on the ground.
In the game, this manifested as the player being unable to damage Lisa after she fell to the ground, only to be chased by her again in other scenes.
In short, under the effect of several flashbangs, Lisa stood in place, unable to move, and could only take bucket after bucket of damage.
Finally, just as Ada Wong's magazine was about to run empty, Lisa fell to the ground with a thud and remained motionless.
"Is she dead?"
Ada Wong was suspicious and uncertain. She fired two more bullets, but after being hit, Lisa still couldn't move. Only then did she become convinced that this monster was indeed dead.
After taking nearly two hundred bullets, she finally collapsed completely; the rifle in Ada Wong's hand was scorching hot.
After confirming that the monster would not stand up again, Ada Wong immediately threw away the grizzly commander and ran towards where Asa was leaning.
However, just as she took a step, Ada Wong's heart trembled.
Because in the faint light of the tactical flashlight, Asa, who was leaning against the cave wall, was slightly bowing his head, motionless.
"Shen… Asa."
Ada Wong slowed her pace, her voice trembling as she asked uncertainly.
Asa, with his head bowed, did not move.
The agent stood in place, her complex emotions indescribable in words, from the image of Asa struggling to push her away and then being pierced through, to the ease with which he had blown away the rampaging zombie with a single shot when they first met at the mansion.
Ada Wong's nose felt hot, and in the end, she slowly walked up to Asa.
"I've avenged you. Rest in peace…"
Before she could finish speaking, Ada Wong suddenly heard a heavy breath.
"Hoo… hah…"
Was it an illusion?
Ada Wong looked left and right; she thought she had just heard the heavy breathing that one could only make when sleeping.
"Hoo… hah…"
It wasn't an illusion, and there was only one source of the sound.
Directly in front of her.
"Oh my, Agent, are you finished fighting?"
Seemingly hearing the sound of footsteps approaching, Asa, who had been bowing his head, suddenly woke up, rubbed the corners of his eyes, and yawned.
Ada Wong:...
The agent's hand clenched unconsciously.