Editing Liquid Snake (section)

===''Metal Gear Solid V''===
{{further|Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain}}
Liquid Snake's next official appearance is in a prequel. The youth is a 12-year-old child soldier named {{nihongo|Eli|イーライ|Īrai}} who fled from his home in [[England]] after learning about his nature as a clone. He becomes an active mercenary in the Angola-Zaire border region in Central Africa where he sets up his own mercenary unit consisting entirely of children, nicknamed the {{nihongo|White Mamba|ホワイトマンバ|Howaito Manba}} or "Nyoka ya Mpembe" due to being the only white child soldier in the region.

[[Venom Snake]] first encounters Eli in Masa Village after it is taken over by Eli's group. After being subdued, he is taken into Mother Base where the [[List of Metal Gear characters#Diamond Dogs|Diamond Dogs]] staff try to re-educate him and integrate him into normal society along with the other child soldiers. However, Eli resists this treatment and rebels against the Mother Base staff, focusing his hostility on Venom Snake, whom he believes to be his biological father (unaware of Venom Snake's true identity as Big Boss's decoy).

When Eli sneaks into a chopper during Snake's deployment to OKB Zero in Kabul, he catches the attention of the young psychic known as the Third Child, who uses Eli's will to activate [[Metal Gear (mecha)#Sahelanthropus|Sahelanthropus]] and attack Snake. After Sahelanthropus is neutralized and transferred to Mother Base, the Third Child infiltrates the place and befriends Eli, giving him a vial containing the English strain of [[List of Metal Gear characters#Skull Face|Skull Face]]'s vocal cord parasite. The two plot out an elaborate escape plan which involves helping other child soldiers escape and fixing Sahelanthropus with the assistance of its creator [[List of Metal Gear characters#Huey|Dr. Emmerich]]. Ultimately, Eli succeeds in reactivating Sahelanthropus and hijacks the Metal Gear from Mother Base, escaping alongside the Third Child and the other child mercenaries.

"Kingdom of the Flies"<ref name=mgsv_collectors>{{cite AV media|date=September 1, 2015|title=Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - Collector's Disc|chapter=Phantom Episode: Kingdom of the Flies|medium=Blu-ray Disc|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhcsdJ899ps |access-date=August 15, 2015 |format= Youtube |publisher=Konami Digital Entertainment|asin=B00UFOYR2I}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}</ref> shows Snake pursuing Eli's group in an unnamed African island surrounded by saltwater, where the English strain of the vocal cord parasite has been spread to prevent access to adults. Snake confronts Eli and a battle ensues between Sahelanthropus and a battalion of Diamond Dogs soldiers. Eli is defeated but Snake is forced to abandon him when he displays signs of infections, as Eli has lost his immunity to the parasites as a result of undergoing [[puberty]]. Before Eli can die, the Third Child arrives and uses his psychic powers to remove the parasite within him. The two youths escape just as Diamond Dogs launches a Napalm airstrike to cleanse the island of the parasites. An image of the Manhattan skyline is seen while Eli vows revenge.