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I, Ozwell E. Spencer, founder of Umbrella as well as its chief executive officer, hereby proclaim myself as ruler of all mankind. Everyone shall prostrate themselves before me as they once did for the ancient false gods.

At least, that was what my destiny should have been.

But I did not become a god; I could not sever my ties to my own weak humanity.

Instead my body is being destroyed by this damned disease, the disease of age. It has carved wrinkles in my face like a well-weathered canyon, and my arms are like the thin withered branches of a dying tree. Age has even deprived me of the use of my legs.

The only chance I'll ever have of becoming a god and shaping humanity's destiny, is to stop this disease from continuing to ravage my body.

I believe there's a saying about realizing the joys of life when one is at death's doorstep.

Sayings like that are for the weak who are going to die. They attempt to mask their feats with pithy aphorisms. Mortals can't comprehend what life means for those who death is not a concern. The ignorant are fond of making generalizations to include those who would not be party to their pedantic musings.

I will undo this unjust travesty done to me by time, and I will present myself as the perfect being that will rule over all mankind.

I will give them a new set of commandments to govern their lives.

All that remains is to find the key to immortal life!

The virus manufactured by Umbrella is that key. It suppresses telomere shortening which negates the function that limits cell division. Somewhere in that process is the key to immortality. If the process could be perfected, that key would be mine.

I have the means available to me. I can realize my ambitions, thanks to Alex.

I lost much in human capital following Umbrella's bankruptcy, but I still have Alex, the best and brightest of them all, and the last of my children.

I have faith that if anyone can find a cure for the ailment of time that keeps me from assuming my role as the head of mankind, it is Alex.

Alex will find a way.