loyalties, he then suggested Venom Snake take Quiet out on missions to form a bond and hopefully break her silence. He once attempted to speak to her through writing, but she refused this method as well.

Following Dr. Emmerich's arrival at base, Ocelot and Miller tortured him for info regarding his role in the destruction of MSF and the old Mother Base. Although Emmerich insisted he was not involved, he did divulge that he had hear that XOF's next destination is Africa, where they were planning a weapon to surpass Metal Gear, sending Diamond Dogs's new focus there.

After a while, an illness outbreak began to occur on Mother Base. Ocelot debriefed Snake, and noted the peculiarity of how all the people infected spoke Kikongo. After interrogating a certain humantrafficker, he learned that whatever was causing the outbreak had ties to an old man, and Snake dispatched to Lufwa Valley to retrieve him. Ultimately, Snake was successful in retrieving the old man (codenamed "Code Talker"), but their helicopter was forced to crash land at the Nova Braga Airport due to an ambush from the Parasite Unit. Ocelot personally arrived in another chopper for assistance after Snake successfully fought off the Parasite Unit and their puppet soldiers.

After interrogating Huey again, Ocelot managed to learn the location of OKB Zero, where Skull Face had been overseeing further development of the Metal Gear Sahelanthropus, which Snake had encountered when he first extracted Huey. He remained on Mother Base to maintain soldier morale back at the base while Snake, Miller, and