Umbrella Chapter 1 - Transmigration Starts with Gacha and Umbrella (Patreon)

31st May 2006, United Kingdom, Ashford Castle

Somewhere in the United Kingdom, in a very old-looking castle, a young man was sitting in the fireplace as he was drinking scotch and smoking a Cuban cigar. He wore an aristocratic-looking three-piece suit of purple color.

The drawing room was generous in size, with high ceilings that are adorned with intricate moldings and a grand chandelier that cast a warm glow over the space. The walls were dressed in luxurious wallpaper, possibly a classic damask pattern in rich hues of burgundy, gold, or deep green, lending an air of opulence to the room.

Elaborate paintings and portraits of ancestors hang proudly on the walls, reminding all who enter of the family's noble heritage. Above the fireplace, there was an oversized portrait of the founder of the Ashford Family, Countess Veronica Ashford, the First Countess of Ashford.

[Congratulations to Sirius McDowell for reaching the Root! For such a splendid and unique achievement, the User has been rewarded with the opportunity to transmigrate and also with the Gacha System!]

[The Gacha System has everything within the Omniverse as it is connected to the Root and Akashic Records. Whether it be Skills, Talents, Equipment, Summons or anything possible, everything is achievable.]

[The Gacha System has its functions divided between the Tier; right now, the 1st-Tier has only two functions. One is Gacha itself, and another is inventory. The Gacha is considering of using the Gacha tickets to play and obtain the items from the Omniverse. The tickets may be obtained either through making Achievements or by waiting, as every day, the User gets one Gacha Ticket.

Trash - 50%

Common - 25%

Rare - 12,5%

Unique - 6,25%

Epic - 3%

Legendary - 2%

Mythical - 1%

Transcendental - 0,1%

Summon - 0,1%]

The man had been staring at the translucent window in front of his eyes for more than two hours already.

"It seems that something great truly happened..."

He muttered as he adjusted his blonde hair and then scratched his perfectly trimmed blonde beard.

He was Alexander Darnic Prestone Ashford, the 6th Earl of Ashford and the last member of the prestigious lineage and approximately five months ago, he transmigrated. When it happened, the first thing he experienced was shock and then even greater shock.

The first wave of shock came from the fact that he had the same name and status as one of the members of the Umbrella Corporation from the Resident Evil franchise; just in this world, there was no Umbrella.

[Now, would the User take a shot at spinning the Gacha? As the first-time usage, the User has been rewarded with 5 Premium Gacha Tickets and with the reward of rarity no less than Legendary for the incredible achievement.]

He read through this several times over to ensure himself that this wasn't some sort of joke, hallucination or anything else, but unfortunately or fortunately, it sounded pretty logical and, most importantly, realistic.

[Gacha is now rolling!]

[Gacha is now rolling!]

[Gacha is now rolling!]

[Congratulations! User Alexander Ashford has received Genius Level Intellect (Mythical). The User may access the reward within the inventory.]

[Congratulations! User Alexander Ashford has received Master Genetics (Legendary). The User may access the reward within the inventory.]

[Congratulations! User Alexander Ashford has received Master Virologist (Legendary). The User may access the reward within the inventory.]

[Congratulations! User Alexander Ashford has received x5 Samples of Progenitor Virus (Unique). The User may access the reward within the inventory.]

[Congratulations! User Alexander Ashford has received Dr. Catherine Elisabeth Halsey (Summon - Halo Legends). The User may recruit Dr. Catherine Elisabeth Halsey at The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge.]

[Achievement List Phase 1:

- Establish a Corporation, Reward: x1 Premium Gacha Ticket

- Establish a Private Military Company, Reward: x1 Premium Gacha Ticket

- Develop a T-Virus capable of turning a person into a Superhuman, Reward: x1 Premium Gacha Ticket

- Transform into Superhuman, Reward: x1 Premium Gacha Ticket

- Obtain Arms Contract from the United States Military, Reward: x1 Premium Gacha Ticket

- ???, Reward: x1 Premium Gacha Ticket

- ???, Reward: x1 Premium Gacha Ticket]

"Okey... it seems that the system really wants me to recreate Umbrella Corporation."

Alexander muttered as he sensed a tremendous amount of information enter his brain, it was too much, but at the same time, he felt countless times smarter and different. The first thing he did was to calm himself down and acclimatize to the new feeling.

Whatever happened to his brain made Alexander many times smarter and according to the Gacha System, his genius would be unparalleled on the Earth, probably matched only by some of the brightest minds of the Omniverse.

Aside from the boon of intellect and knowledge about Virology and Genetics, he also got two other things. One of them was a well-known Progenitor Virus of Resident Evil World and another was Summon - Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey.

The summons didn't summon anyone, but rather they summoned the person into the world he was in as one of its inhabitants. Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey was probably one of the most brilliant scientists of sci-fi of all time.

Creator of the Spartan Super Soldiers, brilliant genetics and scientist of her times, certainly she would be the building block of the Umbrella he envisioned. Not to mention, the version of Catherine Halsey that was summoned to this world was of Halo Legends...

That one was incredibly hot...

"And the Progenitor Virus..."

He muttered softly because while he gained the skills and knowledge, he lacked the proper equipment and environment for developing something as dangerous as Progenitor Virus.

Progenitor Virus was immensely ancient and is suspected of being hundreds of millions if not billions of years old. It was considered to have both aided and hindered the evolution of Earth's ecology through the extremities of its resulting mutations.

"One step after another... the first would be the establishment of the Company where I can redeem another Premium Gacha Ticket and the creation of a laboratory where I can conduct my experiments."

Everything would be done in order.

Now, the most important thing was to establish the Umbrella itself, and with the old money of the Ashford Family, it was a very easy thing to do.

Ashford Family had a network worth of several billions, which should be enough to finance enough research into some basic weapon development and basic research into the Progenitor Virus to create medicines.

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[Name: Alexander Darnic Prestone Ashford

Titles: 6th Earl of Ashford

Race: Human - Age: 28

Affiliation: Ashford Family

Abilities: Genius Level Intellect (Mythical)

Knowledge: Master Genetics (Legendary), Master Virologist (Legendary),

Skills: Master Mixed Martial Arts (Epic)

Equipment: N/A]