Spy-x-War Showdown -
Chapter 1319 - 1324: Efficiency Decrease
Chapter 1319: Chapter 1324: Efficiency Decrease
The use conditions of the gunship are very stringent, mainly because the gunship’s applicability is quite limited. As soon as Yang Yi asks for this aircraft, Aaron will definitely know what Yang Yi intends to do.
Even if Yang Yi is eager to leave Baghdad, there is no reason for him to pilot a gunship and bombard the ground indiscriminately.
Yang Yi took a deep breath, then said solemnly to Aaron, "I have my reasons."
Aaron was silent for a moment, then he said softly, "Is this a form of coercion?"
Coercion?
Yang Yi now holds the item that the Grey-cloaked People have longed for, but he hasn’t devised any scheme to meet Aaron and hand over this item to him. Instead, he demands an AC-130, which naturally leads Aaron to believe Yang Yi is coercing him.
Yang Yi sighed lightly and said, "This isn’t coercion; it’s an exchange condition."
Aaron didn’t speak. Yang Yi continued in a soft voice, "This is a small request of mine. As for why, well, I’m not very comfortable revealing that, but if I don’t say anything, you won’t give me the plane, right?"
"Yes, I’m questioning your loyalty. You’re not hiding it, so I won’t conceal anything either. Right now, I can’t fully trust you because the one thing you should do is bring the item back to me. If you feel you can’t return directly to the United States, fine, you can go anywhere you can go, you can even stay in Baghdad, and naturally, someone will find you to retrieve the item. But you refuse to hand over the item, don’t you?"
Yang Yi said calmly, "Sir, let me ask you a question. After I’ve paid such a high price, after I’ve handed over the item, that’s exploiting its value. Sir, if it were you, what would you do?"
"You won’t lose your value."
"Sir, answer my question."
Aaron was silent; Yang Yi spoke softly, "I have never asked for any conditions, but now I want to propose conditions. I feel these conditions aren’t unreasonable."
"Go ahead."
"You said you could cure... um, you need to cure two people for me. Apart from that, I have no other requests."
"Okay, then the aircraft?"
"The aircraft isn’t a request; it’s an exchange condition, sir. It’s not an exchange condition between you and me, but between me and the Black Devil."
Aaron raised his voice and said, "Black Devil?"
"Yes, the Black Devil!"
"Is it... that Black Devil?"
"Yes, it’s that Black Devil."
Aaron inhaled sharply and said, "Alright, explain so I can hear."
"Now the Black Devil has found me, just now, less than ten minutes ago, and they represent the cleaners. So, um, I should have been dead by now."
Aaron sighed deeply and said, "Indeed, you should have been dead..."
"But I’m not dead yet; do you know why?"
"Why?"
Aaron’s tone was a bit low. Yang Yi continued in a resigned yet firm voice, "The reason is very simple: the Grey-cloaked People want that item, but the cleaners want it even more. So the cleaners sent the Black Devil to snatch that item. But the Black Devil is very angry with some of the cleaners’ actions; they don’t want to fulfill the cleaners’ task and only want to accomplish another more important mission. So if you agree to provide a plane, I still have the chance to bring the item to you. If you refuse, then I’ll die, right now, immediately."
Aaron was only shocked again, quietly saying, "The Black Devil has found you, now, right now?"
Yang Yi looked at Grevatov and said solemnly, "There are five Black Devils surrounding me right now, five. If it weren’t for my subordinate also being a Black Devil, I would have been dead. Now I have an opportunity to make the Black Devil join the Organization of Water. They refuse to become my subordinates but are willing to become my partners, and these conditions only require you to provide an AC-130 to achieve."
Aaron was silent for a moment, then he said softly, "So is the Mosul incident related to the Black Devil?"
Yang Yi smiled and said, "Besides the Black Devil, who else could have managed this? Yes, the Black Devil has people trapped in Mosul, and the cleaners want that item even more, prioritizing retrieving it over rescuing the Black Devil. This matter is very complicated; if you ask me for specific reasons, I can’t answer. If you still want to trust me, give me a gunship; if you don’t trust me, I have no way to give you any more reasonable explanation. I can’t make it up either."
Aaron inhaled and said softly, "A plane is not important, but I can’t mobilize an AC-130 because only the Pentagon can issue this order. We don’t always have a cordial relationship with the Pentagon."
Before Yang Yi could speak, Aaron continued urgently, "But don’t worry, um, are the Black Devil people listening?"
Yang Yi leaned the receiver sideways. Grevatov changed his tone and said coldly, "Yes, I’m listening."
"Alright, give me six hours, and I’ll get you an AC-130!"
"Four hours."
Aaron immediately said, "This isn’t a bargaining negotiation! Do you know what process I need to go through to get a gunship? If you know, then you should know that six hours is the limit! Dammit, not only the Soviet Union has bureaucracy! Listen, six hours. I’ll give you Sea God and a professional pilot, and you’ll act together, but after your operation, return people and the item safely to me, agreed?"
Grevatov said coldly, "I mean a CIA Deputy Director can apply to get a gunship in the shortest time, four hours!"
Aaron inhaled and said, "Fuck, shit! Damn it, now I believe you are the Black Devil, but it’s not the 1990s anymore! I need at least six hours now because it’s no longer the Cold War era, you understand? It’s been over twenty years, and efficiency hasn’t improved but declined, you understand!"
Grevatov was silent for a moment, then he spoke into Yang Yi’s phone, "I’ll give you six hours, just six hours; you know about the other matters."
Aaron said nothing, nor did he say goodbye or give any advice to Yang Yi; he hung up the phone with a click.
Grevatov shrugged and said to Yang Yi, "Now he has to rush to work, submit an application, wait for the president’s approval, then contact the Pentagon, wait for the Pentagon’s approval, and then convey the order to the Air Force, who will further notify here. Um, well, I don’t know how long it will take now, but back in our time, it did take four hours."
Yang Yi spread his hands and said, "Is the efficiency really this low?"
Grevatov laughed and said, "This isn’t a nuclear counterattack; it’s just a small tactical maneuver, so indeed, it’ll be somewhat slower."
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