Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 1116 - 1121: The Perfect Task

Chapter 1116: Chapter 1121: The Perfect Task

Anton and Xiao Ran aimed their guns at a small cluster of bushes, the kind you might find on a roadside green strip, just a bit denser, a place they would never choose for a shooting position.

Cupid was definitely in there; that was certain because he had no chance to escape.

Yang Yi ran over quickly since there were no threats, there was no need to sneak around, and of course, he could move quickly.

Yang Yi stood next to Anton, who said in a heavy tone: "You step aside, I’ll go over."

"No need, there’s no need for that."

Patting Anton on the shoulder, Yang Yi yelled towards the bushes: "Hey buddy, you can come out now. If we wanted to kill you, we would’ve shot already."

The bushes rustled, and then a figure slowly stood up from behind them.

A man stood empty-handed behind the bushes and then silently gazed at Yang Yi.

The distance was only about forty meters. The reason Cupid definitely couldn’t run away was that the distance was too short. Even if he managed to kill Nicholas with one shot and Xiao Ran with another, he couldn’t avoid Anton’s gunfire, much less safely escape.

Yang Yi spread his arms and said, "Now I’m right in front of you, why don’t we talk?"

The person behind the bushes started moving, walking towards Yang Yi.

This was a face Yang Yi had never seen before, a man’s face of about thirty, but with the help of dim lighting, Yang Yi recognized the familiar pair of hands.

Cupid, it had to be him, there was no mistake.

Cupid came in front of Yang Yi and stopped less than two meters away from him.

After a moment of thought, Cupid nodded at Yang Yi and smiled: "Sea God."

"Yes, I am. So you’re Cupid?"

"I am Cupid, but I prefer being called Bobby."

After the introductions, Cupid smiled at Yang Yi: "Congratulations, you killed Nicholas."

Yang Yi shook his head: "No, it was you who killed Nicholas."

Cupid smiled: "It was you who killed Nicholas. If you say it was me, that’s a slander against me. How could an assassin kill their own employer? So it was you who killed Nicholas. You have an exceptionally skilled marksman. She took Nicholas down with three shots, and those familiar with Cupid know that he never uses a gun."

After speaking calmly, Cupid smiled at Yang Yi: "If you insist on slandering me as the killer of Nicholas, then I’ll have to take you out."

Yang Yi let out a light sigh: "Alright, it was me who finished off Nicholas. Against the odds, we did it."

Cupid shrugged: "Then you guys are impressive."

Yang Yi twisted his head for a glance; the bulletproof sedan was gone. The driver was still in the car, but now the driver had fled, leaving behind only a solitary corpse on the scene.

Looking at the distant corpse, even though he did not go to confirm the identity, Yang Yi had no intention of doing so.

"I need to eliminate Nicholas, and I also need to erase the prestige that Nicholas has brought. But I don’t quite understand why it was you who killed him?"

Cupid shrugged and said, "Are you insisting on defaming me?"

Yang Yi waved his hand and said, "Enough with the pretense, after leaving here I will definitely tell everyone that it was me who killed Nicholas. This is to my advantage. However, I am very curious, and now that there’s no one else here, if you don’t wish to explain to me, then I’ll have to figure it out myself. And to do that, I’d have to investigate. So... why not save me some trouble?"

Cupid smiled and said, "I was hired by Nicholas to take you out; it’s been two months, right? According to the rules, I must kill you, because Nicholas has already paid me half of the down payment. But the problem is, now that he’s dead, there’s nobody to pay the rest of the money. So, by the same token, there’s no need for me to kill you anymore."

Yang Yi listened quietly while Cupid shrugged and said, "The moment Nicholas died, you were no longer my target. It’s a pity; I really did want to kill you, because you’re the most..."

Most what, Cupid didn’t finish his sentence. After pondering for a moment, he said in a deep voice, "Anyway, I don’t have to kill you anymore, and I won’t take on the job to kill you in the future either. You’re the kind of target I don’t like to take on; I’m not the person who enjoys challenging highly difficult tasks, happy the harder they are. That will not happen to me. Since you’re no longer my target, I definitely will not make a move on you, so I hope you can let me leave, okay?"

Yang Yi smiled and said, "Of course, I will definitely let you leave because I know you must have some tricks up your sleeve. If I insisted on eliminating you, you would take me down with you, but that would mean we both go down together, so you don’t plan to do that."

Cupid nodded and said, "Yes, that’s right, you know what I’m thinking, so this is why I don’t want to continue killing you. It’s a shame, but the mission can only be aborted since the employer is dead, not that I’ve failed the mission. So the current situation is the best possible outcome. I’m glad it ended this way."

Yang Yi waved his hand, "But you haven’t told me why you chose to shoot."

Cupid said softly, "Truth be told, I really did want to kill you. Not being able to take you out and complete the assignment has caused me great, great regret."

Yang Yi laughed out loud and said, "Still unwilling to speak? Then let’s have me guess, hmm, you were hired by someone else to kill Nicholas, right?"

Cupid’s eyebrows twitched, and Yang Yi continued laughing, "Your target was Nicholas, and then Nicholas hired you to eliminate me. However, Nicholas was actually your primary target. So, when you saw that my men lost the opportunity to take out Nicholas, you made your move, perfect timing. No one would suspect you since it was my man who killed Nicholas."

"Keep going."

Yang Yi said solemnly, "You eliminated your primary target, and I was also your target, because there’s no rule saying you can’t take missions from the target you are supposed to assassinate. But now that Nicholas is dead, you have no reason to kill me."

"Exactly, it’s just like that."

Cupid frankly acknowledged, and then Yang Yi smiled and said, "So who is the person that hired you? The only one I can think of is Ivan, oh, or perhaps it could be Big Ivan."

Cupid exhaled deeply, "As a hitman, keeping the employer’s confidentiality is the most basic principle."

Yang Yi did not need Cupid to admit it, but by observing Cupid’s reaction, he knew he had guessed correctly.

Cupid had taken on Ivan’s employment to take out Nicholas, and then he was hired by Nicholas to kill Yang Yi. In the end, Cupid successfully killed Nicholas, and thus he lost the reason to continue trying to kill Yang Yi. His mission ended perfectly through one unfinished due to the employer’s death and the other automatically terminated.

Very good, this really turned out very well, for both Cupid and Yang Yi.