Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 1057 - 1062: The Remaining Conscience

Chapter 1057: Chapter 1062: The Remaining Conscience

After coming out of the Oscamber office, Yang Yi couldn’t help but put his hands on his head, smoothing his hair back from front to rear.

This task was completed somewhat quickly.

Yang Yi left the bank building alone and came out onto the street.

Watching the bustling scene of people coming and going, Yang Yi suddenly felt that it had been a very long time since he last aimlessly wandered the streets.

Waiting for Petra, Yang Yi didn’t want to stray far, so he followed the sidewalk towards the street corner.

Most people were in a hurry, only the beggar sitting at the corner seemed lazy and relaxed.

After buying a pack of cigarettes and a lighter, Yang Yi leaned against a lamppost, utterly unconcerned about his expensive suit getting dirty, and then he lit a cigarette, leisurely watching the pedestrians on the street.

Just watching, and as he watched, Yang Yi suddenly felt a bit lost.

He didn’t know why he felt this confusion, he didn’t even realize he was confused, it was just that these people on the streets seemed far away from him.

Not until Yang Yi saw a young couple joking and laughing as they walked past him.

Just a glance, and Yang Yi could tell, the boy deeply loved the girl, and the way the girl looked at the boy showed that she too was deeply in love with him.

This must be what true love is like, although such passionate love usually doesn’t last too long.

In that moment, Yang Yi felt despicable, he had deceived a woman, especially because he had taken away a woman’s most beautiful, or perhaps least beautiful, first love.

Yang Yi felt very sorry for Petra, but his sense of guilt quickly faded, how quickly? Probably only lasted for a few seconds.

Upon realizing that he no longer felt guilty, Yang Yi understood something—that he had indeed changed, beyond return.

Yang Yi finally became the person he wanted to be.

Cold-hearted, ruthless, and it would only get colder and more ruthless.

Yang Yi couldn’t help but sigh.

"What are you thinking about?"

Yang Yi was surprised to find that he hadn’t heard Petra’s footsteps, it seemed he was really lost in his thoughts just now.

"Thinking of you, thinking about what your father would say to you."

Yang Yi turned around, he casually tossed away the cigarette butt, then leaned back against the lamppost again, smiling at Petra: "Tell me, your father agrees to us being together."

Petra smiled, then she hugged Yang Yi tight, shouting loudly: "Yes! He agreed! He agreed!"

Petra was shouting in exuberance, her cries catching the attention of many passersby.

Yang Yi lifted Petra, spinning her around several times, then set Petra down, gazing at her deeply: "Thank you for loving me!"

"Why say such things? Should I thank you for loving me too?"

Petra laughed heartily, then she tightly embraced Yang Yi, saying: "Where should we go now? Should we celebrate?"

Yang Yi smiled and said, "Let’s go eat first, because I’m hungry, and you must be too. Then... I have some unfinished business to deal with."

Petra looked slightly disappointed, but she immediately said, "Oh right, you rushed back leaving your work yesterday, but... I really don’t want to be apart from you for even a moment. Can I come with you? I won’t disturb you, I’ll just wait outside for you, wherever you’d like me to."

It seems that after confirming their romantic relationship, Petra has developed a bit of a clingy side.

Yang Yi thought for a moment and said, "No, let’s not. Although I would love for you to come along, having you there would distract me. My dear, I need to go to a negotiation, it might take a long time, and knowing that you are waiting for me would rush my decision because I can’t wait to see you. For this time, it’s better if we are apart, but I promise that unless it’s a particularly important negotiation, I will take you wherever I go."

Petra nodded and then smiled, "Agreed, I’ll wait for you at home. But don’t rush back, make sure you rest properly."

Yang Yi and Petra looked every bit the couple deeply in love, from any angle.

But it was just that—a one-sided infatuation.

After sending Petra home, Yang Yi returned to the hotel—not the one he shared with Ferguson, nor the one where Bonnie was staying, but the hotel where Anton was.

"The mission is complete; Petra wants to call off the engagement, and her father has agreed to it too."

Anton responded calmly, "Is that so? That’s quick, good."

"Then teach me how to have Petra peacefully break up with me."

"Got tired of her already?"

Yang Yi’s eyebrows twitched; he almost reached out to grab Anton, but he restrained himself.

"Don’t use the word ’play’, I can’t accept that. Let’s seriously discuss how I can get Petra to break up with me!"

Anton shrugged: "You are asking the wrong person. I can’t answer that since I don’t understand it."

"Huh?!"

"I really don’t excel at this because I only know how to charm women into bed and then... then I leave, regardless of what they might think. So how to make a woman lose interest in you and dump you, I really wouldn’t know."

Yang Yi looked at Anton, finally resignedly saying, "I should’ve known it was pointless asking you, considering you’re a complete scumbag who wouldn’t understand how to manage the aftermath."

"Oh, you still retain some kindness," Anton replied calmly. "Seeing how you’ve acted these past days, I thought you had turned completely callous."

Yang Yi sighed, "I used to just find annoying strangers unlikable, but now, all I think about is how to eliminate those I dislike. I’ve lost respect for life and don’t care about legal consequences, but I don’t want to become someone completely devoid of feelings."

"That’s a dangerous way of thinking, it could kill you, but I’m not really worried, because you will eventually eradicate your conscience. These things are useless to you, and you’ll soon discard them. I am confident about that; it’s just a matter of time."

Yang Yi sighed helplessly, "How should I peacefully break up with Petra, most importantly without hurting her?"

"Why bother breaking up? Just meet her when you remember, and let her be when you don’t, until she can’t take it anymore. Doesn’t that sound good?"

Yang Yi replied expressionlessly, "I’m not as heartless as you, but mainly I don’t want to die, I don’t want to be shot dead by Xiao Ran!"

"Aren’t you afraid of Kate?"

"Kate would only beat me, she wouldn’t kill me."

Anton smiled, "Right, you still have two tricky issues to handle, but I believe you already know how to sort them out. Well, you still haven’t completely finished your mission, so let’s hold off discussing breakups for now. Next, shouldn’t you talk to Aaron?"

"Yes, I’ll go see Aaron today."