I beat my previous time by 4 seconds with pretty much the EXACT same RNG, simply by doing nearly everything a bit better. Unfortunately I opened the door after Krauser 1 a femtosecond too soon and got stunned, losing ~1 second, and I apparently stepped back 1/2 step short after the headshot in Krauser 2 (or just got bad luck?) and he dashed away from my second shot, losing me another ~1 second. The merchant could've been a bit faster, as well. A perfect 5-3 could probably be 5ish seconds faster, but this was a solid attempt.
The rules (based on Shimarisu's run):
-new game, pro mode, no damage allowed for Leon or Ashley
-no (major) glitches allowed; I'm using the speedrun.com rules here (no OoB, no Ditman, no wrecking ball room spawn trick, but red zealot incendiary is allowed)
-no restarts
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