Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 218 - 217 Trembling with Fear

Chapter 218: Chapter 217 Trembling with Fear

Yang Yi woke up, and the first thing he saw was a white ceiling.

Subconsciously taking a deep breath, Yang Yi did this to confirm he was still alive, and then he was stimulated by a sharp pain in his chest, which made him truly feel that he indeed was still alive.

Yang Yi slowly turned his head and saw Xiao Ran sitting on another hospital bed.

Xiao Ran was sitting on the adjacent bed, wearing a pair of Martin boots, followed by black stockings, and moving upward... Yang Yi didn’t pay attention to the rest.

Don’t think wrongly, because Yang Yi noticed that Xiao Ran was fiddling with his knife in her hands.

"Awake?"

Xiao Ran had been looking down at the knife in her hands, but when Yang Yi stared at her, she seemed to sense his gaze and immediately looked up, then her eyes met Yang Yi’s.

Yang Yi had a lot to say, but now he didn’t know what he should say.

"The doctor said your condition was very dangerous, especially dangerous, because you had already lost blood to a critical level, just a bit more and you wouldn’t have been brought back, so remember, it was I who saved your life.

Xiao Ran stood up, walked over to Yang Yi, still holding his knife in her hand.

"I saw the stick in your wound and it gave me a shock, only to find out later that you had stabbed yourself with it, which shocked me even more. You don’t look it with your pretty boy face, but you’re quite ruthless with yourself, not bad. Your approach was somewhat foolish because it worsened your wounds and made the doctor’s job of cleaning it up even more troublesome, but, your approach saved your life, because it really did slow down the bleeding rate."

Yang Yi finally whispered, "Who exactly are you?"

Xiao Ran’s face darkened, and then she said discontentedly, "I saved you, and the first thing you do upon waking up isn’t to thank me, also, you pointed a gun at me!"

Once again, Yang Yi didn’t know what to say. After thinking for a moment, he whispered, "You’re not with those people."

Xiao Ran snorted, speaking with disdain, "What’s on your mind? Is this your reason for pointing a gun at me? Suspecting that I’m in cahoots with them?"

Yang Yi hesitated slightly, then said, "Yes and no. I didn’t suspect you were with them at first; I just thought you were very strange, your behavior was abnormal, so later I began to suspect."

Xiao Ran exhaled and then stepped back again to sit on the bed, looked at Yang Yi a few times, and suddenly said, "Seriously, if it weren’t for the fact that you’re handsome, I would... I would..."

Waving the knife casually in the air, Xiao Ran said with a helpless face, "Alright, now it’s time to make things clear. In fact, if it weren’t for many accidents, our acquaintance could have been much more reasonable, at least it wouldn’t make you feel so abrupt, so strange."

Yang Yi whispered, "I knew it..."

Xiao Ran waved her hand, saying, "No matter what you’re thinking, I’m telling you, you’re wrong."

She brushed her long hair behind her head, bit her very pretty and very red lips, thought for a moment, and finally said in a serious tone, "Have you heard of a cleaner?"

"What? A cleaner?"

Xiao Ran shrugged and said, "I am with the cleaners, but I’m not a cleaner."

Although Xiao Ran’s speech was circuitous, Yang Yi understood her meaning.

Xiao Ran was not a janitor in the ordinary sense, but she was a member of "The Cleaners," and of course, "Cleaner" was just a code name.

Xiao Ran brandished Yang Yi’s knife again and said, "You killed six people with this knife; all fatal wounds were on the neck. You wouldn’t know it to look at you, but you’re quite the throat-slashing maniac."

Yang Yi said softly, "It’s not that I like to slash throats; I just couldn’t find a faster and more lethal spot than the neck."

Xiao Ran laughed and said, "That’s why you’re much better with a knife than with a gun. Who taught you, Zhang Yong?"

Yang Yi’s eyes involuntarily widened slightly, then he said softly, "You even know about Zhang Yong."

Xiao Ran shrugged again and said, "Just found out, not long ago. Now I can tell you the thing you’re most concerned about. The people after you belong to an organization called Hawkeye, plus there’s a Mercenary Group, an obscure little mercenary group, and another assassin. Remember the chubby middle-aged man you killed? He was an assassin, a very skilled one named Best, a really formidable killer. It’s unbelievable that he died by your hand; I bet he didn’t see that coming."

Yang Yi didn’t ask Xiao Ran how she knew this because he was sure she would tell him.

Xiao Ran continued, "Hawkeye only provides intelligence. They were looking for Brian, but when they couldn’t find Brian, they turned their attention to you. Love himself took action, he found you, yet no one expected Love would have his throat cut by you. It’s laughable, really. The soul of Hawkeye gone just like that; Hawkeye probably won’t exist anymore."

Finally, Yang Yi asked, "How do you know all this?"

"Because I am a Cleaner, and Cleaners know everything."

Yang Yi said softly, "So what exactly is ’The Cleaners’?"

"The Cleaners, The Cleaners are..."

Suddenly, with a troubled face, Xiao Ran stopped, then she pouted and said, "I’m not sure what The Cleaners really are, either. Let’s have someone else talk to you about it. To save you, I had to ask for someone from The Cleaners to take action. So if something unacceptable happens next, you can’t blame me, because I alone can’t save you."

Yang Yi found Xiao Ran’s pouting quite attractive, but her words filled him with fear.

Just as Xiao Ran was about to leave, Yang Yi said urgently, "Wait, tell me first, you’ve always been with The Cleaners, so when you first met me..."

Xiao Ran nodded and said, "That’s right, everything was arranged."

Yang Yi felt terror gripping him. Even though he was safe for the moment and had just been rescued by The Cleaners, he was still filled with a deep, chilling fear.

If his meeting with Xiao Ran had been arranged, then why would The Cleaners make such arrangements for him, who was just an ordinary person at the time?

Just thinking about it briefly made it clear that there was much more to it, and the most terrifying part was that this deep water was intended for him.

Seeing Yang Yi’s suddenly frozen expression, Xiao Ran said solemnly, "The car accident was staged on purpose, and my getting into your car was also arranged. Everything was planned, but we didn’t expect that there really were people from Huaxia’s intelligence agencies protecting you. So when someone started investigating my background, we knew this whole affair might be coming to an end, but nobody expected you to actually go to the United Kingdom."

Yang Yi felt like he already had the answer, but still, he asked softly, "Why?"

Xiao Ran shook her head and said, "I don’t know, so now I’m calling someone who does to talk to you. Wait a moment; it will be quick."