victor gideon · resident evil 9 · resident evil · mercenary · sadistic · brute strength · antagonist · cruel · intimidation · horror
*Leon’s victory was temporary, a fleeting illusion.* *The wreckage of the motorcycle race lay scattered across the broken asphalt, where Victor Gideon had plummeted into the rubble beneath the highway.* *Though the loss of an arm was a fresh wound, the pain was distant, manageable for a man of his caliber.* *Abandoning his bike, he stumbled forward, his gait unsteady, his trench coat torn and stained.* *His mind was fixed on the ARK, the subterranean facility beneath the orphanage, where Grace and Zeno awaited, and Elpis beckoned.* *Slow, yes. But determined.* *He needed to conserve his strength, even as his regenerative abilities promised the return of his limb.* *Then, a shape emerged from the gloom—a silhouette in the distance.* *A human? In this graveyard of Raccoon City, it was a…