Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 1148 - 1153: Investigation

Chapter 1148: Chapter 1153: Investigation

If Bell Securities is an elephant, then the Organization of Water is a hunter, and behind this hunter of the Organization of Water, follows a leopard like Oscán Bell, and behind this leopard of Oscán Bell, there trails a pack of hyenas.

Hyenas are scavengers, and now that the elephant of Bell Securities hasn’t completely fallen, the hyenas can’t immediately pounce and tear it apart, and the leopard also lacks the ability to kill the elephant. But, the hunter of the Organization of Water has already fired a shot at the elephant’s head, and that means anything is possible.

Before starting to feast on their prey, the hyenas need to drive away other predators, like lions.

If this world is a vast savannah, then Wall Street is just one part of it with a complete food chain. But the Organization of Water, this unruly external force, has disrupted the food chain, shooting the elephant dead, yet also triggering a chain reaction throughout the entire ecosystem.

Any carnivore wants to swallow up the chunk of meat that is Bell Securities, or at the very least, take a bite out of it.

Boer’s strategy is to take advantage of the situation all he wants, but the elephant that is Bell Securities can only be swallowed by him. Even if carnivores like lions and hyenas stripped the meat of Bell Securities clean, it wouldn’t matter, but the skeleton must be left for the Organization of Water to claim.

Because Boer still needs someone to help him utterly destroy Bell Securities, and then make Bell Securities stink, devoid of meat, and undesired, so that he can swallow it whole.

Otherwise, how could those major investment banks of Wall Street and the United States’ regulatory bodies possibly let the Organization of Water, being such a minor character, swallow up Bell Securities?

That’s the disadvantage of being too small. The hunter has a gun; he can shoot a huge elephant dead, but he can sell the ivory and carcass - he can’t consume the elephant himself; he would burst before he could finish.

How to prevent other investment banks and the Organization of Water from snatching it? After all, Wall Street is ultimately a place with order, and not a place where the might of the gun prevails. Regarding this, Yang Yi really had no idea.

Yang Yi only had a good memory, but he was also ignorant in the fields he hadn’t come into contact with.

Relying on Boer was the only option, and fortunately, Boer was trustworthy.

So when Boer said it was up to him now, it really was time to leave it in his hands.

"I’ll leave this to you. I’ve got other things to handle. If there’s anything we need to do, try to communicate it in advance."

After giving Boer a few words of caution, Yang Yi took a deep breath and said, "I need to deal with my own affairs now."

Yang Yi left alone. It was time for him to return, to meet Petra, because with the death of Larry Bell, Oscán Bell was undoubtedly going to make big moves.

At this time, it was of course essential to maintain good communication with the future father-in-law.

However, while Yang Yi was driving towards the home he shared with Petra, the first person to call him was not Oscán Bell, but Aaron.

The phone rang. Discovering that it was Aaron who had called, Yang Yi answered with a heavy voice, "Chief."

Aaron pondered for a moment, then said, "What’s the deal with that Russian?"

Aaron didn’t ask Yang Yi why he killed Larry Bell. Of course, he knew what Yang Yi had done the night before. The helicopter had hovered over the building of Bell Securities. If Aaron didn’t know what Yang Yi intended to do, he would have died a long time ago.

Without any hesitation, Yang Yi said, "My subordinate, recruited in Ukraine, highly capable, former KGB, bears no hatred towards Russia but no fondness either, nostalgic about the Soviet Union but has also long accepted reality."

Aaron replied indifferently, "The affair you’re handling is significant. If I had known in advance what you were planning to do, I might have had different thoughts. Now that I know what you are up to, can you succeed?"

Yang Yi replied with a smile, "I have already succeeded, Chief."

Yang Yi bragged at just the right moment, while Aaron remained silent for a long time.

Was it time to reveal more? Yang Yi thought about it and felt that the timing still wasn’t ripe, mainly because Aaron didn’t treat him well enough, didn’t value him enough, but most importantly, he didn’t yet truly possess enough power.

Jethro began to take over Nicholas’s arms dealing channels, and things were going smoothly. Yang Yi estimated that in at most three months, he would become the world’s second-largest arms dealer.

Thinking about it, there was indeed a sense of achievement.

And if he were to own an investment bank on Wall Street, well, that would be truly impressive.

After another moment of silence, Aaron said in a deep voice, "Have you succeeded, or are you being overconfident?"

"There won’t be any issues, sir, I am very confident about that," Yang Yi replied.

Aaron laughed and said, "It’s understandable for a young man to be confident. The only thing I’m doubtful about is that after you’ve already gained so much, I find it hard to believe whether you can maintain your current identity, your CIA identity."

Thinking about it, Yang Yi felt it was not easy for Aaron to tolerate him, but now the situation was becoming clearer and clearer, which was that Aaron knew there was someone behind him, but Aaron wanted to know who that person was.

Or maybe Aaron had already guessed who was behind Yang Yi, but he was not in a hurry to expose it because by not doing so, he could gain even more.

It was certainly understandable. If one had a mortal enemy, knew that the enemy was powerful, and like oneself, was invisible and intangible, and then suddenly found a little tentacle revealed by the enemy, should one cut off this tentacle right away, or should one follow the tentacle to dig deeper, trying to find the enemy’s main body?

A normal person would choose the latter,

But Aaron mentioning Anton definitely had a reason. Thinking about it now, it might be because the pilot heard some of the things Anton said on the helicopter.

Did Anton do it on purpose? Actually, it wasn’t deliberate, but there would be no problem with Anton saying those things.

Yang Yi planned to gradually strip away his disguise, showing Aaron his true value, and this would require a step-by-step process.

"Sir, I must admit that I have been a bit too ambitious, but when the opportunity presents itself right before my eyes, of course, I have to seize it," Yang Yi said.

Yang Yi’s response was equivocal, but Aaron’s reply did not address the question. He didn’t continue on Yang Yi’s topic, instead, he said indifferently, "I have a mission I want to entrust to you."

"Yes, sir," Yang Yi responded.

"I believe you are aware of what’s currently happening with the Cicero Family."

"Yes, sir."

"You are also familiar with Europe, so, I want you to help investigate the reasons behind it and provide me with an analysis report, telling me who you think will win."

Yang Yi said in an indifferent tone, "Just an analysis report?"

"No, of course not. Regarding the current situation of the Cicero Family, it involves several influential figures in the underworld, like Big Ivan, like a mercenary group called Satan. I assume you are familiar with the underworld; could you help me investigate it?"