Part 1: Academy of Tragedy

Episode 1 (エピソード１) is the first chapter of the Biohazard Marhawa Desire manga series. It is part of Biohazard Marhawa Desire 1, the first tankōbon volume of the series.

Plot
At the Marhawa School, a student is attacked by her classmate, who is revealed to be a zombie. The bodies are investigated on-scene and the possibility of it being a bioterrorist attack is brought up by the nuns. One of the nuns believes Doug Wright, a professor at Bennett University in Singapore, to be helpful in investigating the incident, though is against the idea of him taking part.

Meanwhile, B.S.A.A. North American branch's Alpha team leader, Chris Redfield, along with Piers Nivans and Merah Biji are busy taking out a number of t-Virus creatures, including zombie dogs and lickers. Biji reports new instructions from Professor Doug, who is established to be an advisor to the B.S.A.A.'s Far East Division, Chris, who feels he owes Doug a favour from over the years, comes with Mera to visit him at the university.

Meanwhile, Doug receives a letter from Mother Gracia regarding the incident at the school. He leaves his office in a hurry, stumbling upon his nephew, Ricky Tozawa, who works in the Science and Engineering Department. He was heading to his uncle's office to enquire about his exam results, which are less than expected. To better his grade, Doug has Ricky come with him as his assistant. The two set off for the Marhawa academy. The two arrived on an isolated island and have a brief discussion before eventually arriving at the academy. The two are greeted by two female students; Alisa and Bindi. After introducing each other, Ricky noticed a cordoned off area before being led to Mother Gracia's office.

After being led to Mother Gracia's office, the two female students leave the room, much to Ricky's disappointment. Doug and Gracia had a brief conversation before being led down to a basement revealing a zombie, chained to a wall. Doug assumes the zombie is infected with the t-Virus and warns the two to stay away from the zombie. He states that he needs the Daylight to prevent infection from spreading. However, due to Gracia's lack of viral knowledge Doug explains the capability of Daylight. Futhermore, he also states that he cannot handle the matter alone and will need the help of the BSAA, claiming that they will come immediately to handle the incident.

Gracia remains unconcerned, insisting she only needs Doug's help. Doug assumes that Gracia doesn't want this incident to be disclosed. She then denies the existence of B.O.Ws in her academy. Doug puts his trust on Ricky to investigate the origins of the virus on his own. The investigation held no successful outcome leading to Doug thinking that there might be a source to the girl's cause of being a zombie.

Ricky later gets surrounded by a group of students trying to beat him up. Before they could lay a hand on him, Alisa comes in and stops the group from doing so. He later thanks Alisa and strolls around the academy with her. Before they could do any 'romantic' actions, Bindi appears and breaks the mood which made both of them to act awkwardly. After dinner, Ricky expresses discomfort with the academy especially Mother Gracia. He states that her expression doesn't change despite what is happening and insists on keeping her school's reputation. Doug then states the only solution to the problem is the BSAA.

Doug later continues to investigate outside the academy on his own, expressing his thought on himself that the academy will suffer the same fate as Raccoon City if immediate action is not taken. A hooded figure is then seen spying on Doug while he is investigating. While Doug is continuing with the investigation, Ricky is seen on a bed in a bedroom wondering about Doug's location. Alisa later appears and tries to get on his bed in an attempt to initiate a romantic encounter. However, it is revealed that Alisa has turned into a zombie and tries to bite Ricky. He gets shocked to what he had just seen and tries to run away from the infected Alisa. The chapter then ends with the infected Alisa grabbing hold of Ricky and bites into his shoulder.