Umbrella, The Light of Humanity

Paris time: August 17, 1998.

Location: Rue Charenton, Paris.

Rue Charenton is located on the north bank of the Seine, in the old town in the northeast of Paris. Most of the buildings here are low-rise apartments built in the early 20th century.

Although all aspects of this street are old, the relatively cheap rent still attracts a large number of foreigners to rent here.

This also led to the security on this street, which is much worse than that of Paris, and the crime rate remains high.

05:42.

There are many old vehicles parked on the street, which makes the narrow street even more crowded, and the street lights on the sidewalk have not been extinguished.

At alleys and street corners, you can see many homeless people in ragged clothes, covered with clothes or newspapers.

Most of them are guys who don't have legal visas, go bankrupt or lose their jobs for various reasons, but they would rather stay in Paris than return to the war-torn and poor hometown.

At this time.

Three black vans appeared on the street.

The speed was not fast, and the engine sound was not loud, which did not attract the attention of homeless people on the street.

Soon, three vans stopped in front of a fourth-floor apartment with house number 26.

Illegal parking.

But at this hour, most of the Paris police are still sleeping soundly at home, and the police on duty are drinking coffee and fishing.

Unless it was an urgent homicide, no police would come to this street before ten o'clock.

唰~——~! There was a sound.

The sliding door on the right side of the first van opened, and eight heavily armed men poured out of the car.

They wore uniform black combat uniforms, body armor, armed belts and mechanical skeletons, and also wore the USS' iconic 'octopus head' masks.

The two groups of USSs quickly distanced themselves from each other, and approached apartment 26 while covering each other, and stood by the main entrance of the apartment one after the other.

The first USS reported in a deep voice: Sir, Alpha has arrived at the designated location, requesting approval for the operation.

A few seconds passed.

Yes, sir, I understand. The USS nodded slightly, then ended the communication, and ordered to his subordinates:

Group A will follow me, and group B will support me.

After finishing speaking, Group A, which the USS was in, entered the apartment first, followed by Group B.

That USS is Hank, and this 'Reaper' leads the Alpha team to control or reduce the first anomalous phenomenon.

In the apartment, there are light brown carpets, some white walls with peeling paint, and warm lights that turn on and off...

In short, it's no different from a run-down apartment in a horror movie.

Hank kept a distance from the seven Alphas, and cautiously entered the lobby on the first floor of the apartment. Group A guarded the corridor on the left, and Group B did the opposite.

From the moment the alphas entered the hall, they noticed the strangeness here.

There is no one in the security room on the left side of the hall, the doors of all the rooms on the first floor are open, and there are some weird low noises...

Chi-ka-! It was like the harsh sound of fingernails deliberately rubbing against the blackboard, or the cutting sound of a knife and fork on an empty plate.

The weird atmosphere made Hank and the alphas become more cautious, and their hands holding the guns tightened again.

Watch for a moment.

Hank raised his left hand to indicate the cancellation of the separate action, and changed to two groups to inspect the corridor on the left together, with group A in front and group B covering behind.

After giving the order, Hank and Team A quickly walked to the first apartment with the door open, and Team B followed closely behind to cover everyone.

Hank, standing on the far right side of the door, signaled everyone to stand by first, while he took out a small lens from his left pocket to observe the situation inside the apartment.

Through the mirror, Hank found a family of three in the apartment, sitting at the dining table by the window to 'eat'.

They are from the Middle East, and the clothes of the three are old. The husband and wife are about 30 years old, and the girl is about ten years old.

but…

The husband and wife's skin was pale, their expressions were dull, and they held a knife and fork in both hands, mechanically making cuts on an empty plate.

The piercing sound came from here.

As for the little girl, she was curled up on the seat, looking at her parents in horror, and there were two tears on her cheeks, her eyes were red and she was drowsy, but she didn't dare to sleep.

Seeing this, Hank under the mask frowned slightly, and even this calm 'Reaper' felt a little embarrassed.

Adjust the mirror angle, there is no threat in the line of sight.

Immediately, Hank put away the mirror, gestured for three seconds and then broke into the first apartment from Group A to eliminate possible threats and control the family of three.

Since he would be exposed once he took action, Hank did not give the order to remain silent, and then raised his left hand to count down...

three,

two,

one!

Counting down to 'one', Hank regained his gun in his left hand, and then rushed into the apartment with Team A.

Group B also came to the main entrance. When Group A cleared the room, Group B needed to be alert to all movements in the corridor.

Tread! In an instant, the heavy footsteps of military boots resounded throughout the corridor, after all, there was no carpet in the room.

Safety!

Safety!

From inside the house, two alphas reported loudly because of the 'octopus' mask, a little dull.

Ah!! and the little girl screamed uncontrollably.

The moment they rushed into the room, Hank and an Alpha pointed their guns at the family of three, while the other two checked the bedroom and bathroom.

A small room with one bedroom and one living room.

In just a few seconds, Group A confirmed that there was no one else in the room.

Raise your hands! Do you hear me?! Raise your hands and lie on the ground! Alpha, standing on Hank's left side, yelled at the family of three.

heard the words.

The terrified little girl, seeing the uncles rushing into the house, looked like a policeman on TV, but acted obediently, obediently raised her hands and left the seat, and lay down on the floor beside the dining table.

However, the girl's parents were still doing unexplained cutting movements.

lift…

Okay. Seeing that the couple was not cooperating, the alpha was about to continue shouting, but was interrupted softly by Hank.

Because the couple finally stopped the cutting action, and turned their heads to look at the Alpha at the same time.

!

This move made the Alpha tremble involuntarily.

But it's just a little hairy, not scared.

Roar! (x2)

Sudden!

The couple let out a deep roar, stretched out their hands and left their seats violently, and rushed towards the alpha.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Plop! Plop!

With the crisp sound of bursts, the couple, who went 'crazy' for unknown reasons, were taken away by Hank and other Alpha with a few shots, and their bodies fell heavily to the ground.

Papa! Mama!

The little girl who saw her parents died for the second time disregarded Alpha's previous order, crawled and rolled from the floor to the two corpses and cried bitterly.