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My pet theory is that there's two main timelines with a shared point of origin. There's a different MC in each timeline, but they're practically the same person. The first timeline is the non-28 days later route that features the original body. I believe there's enough lore to support the original body theory, because small bits of dialogue with Arisugawa, minor NPCs, and the Arisugawa's computer talk about how the MC was found alongside a male corpse. Arisugawa's notes reveal that he knew the dead guy was a scientist, and assumed that this guy was protecting the MC. I'm guessing the dead person was one of the big three - the three most important scientists of the era. The other fact we know is that the entrance to the basement was sealed off by an explosion.Or like how is it that the events of 28 Days Later are predetermined, but there's also the possibility that our dude wakes up 28 days too early and just walks away from it all?
In the 28 days later timeline, the explosion isn't mentioned as far as I can remember. (Although I'll admit that it is possible there was an explosion that sealed the basement, but then the basement became unsealed due to another event.) We also don't hear word of the dead person ever. If we accept that both main timelines share a point of origin, then we can argue that both the MC's original body and the dead scientist never made it out of the basement. Both people were killed by the MC clone during the original body's assassination.
We can also argue that there's a "will" that has a choice between the original body or the clone's body, but that's a smaller theory I can't back up. Serious talks within the Christmas event reveal that MC's will is separated from the original body's consciousness. How this "will" works is beyond me.
I was actually thinking about this the other day. It's one of those small things that really begs the question.Why do female zombies try to gut the MC even though they explain that zombies typically only go for the opposite sex like right at the start of Non-28 days?