Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 221 - 220: Strength is Very Important

Chapter 221: Chapter 220: Strength is Very Important

Just as he was about to be dragged off to be interrogated by the most brutal means, Elvin arrived. Although he knew that Alvin was also a cleaner and essentially no different from Patrick, Yang Yi still felt a deep gratitude toward Elvin.

It’s human nature, which is why the good cop/bad cop routine is universally employed and effective.

So, having received Elvin’s approval, Yang Yi felt for a moment as if he had escaped a deadly fate.

Moreover, Yang Yi believed that Elvin was different from Patrick. Patrick was all business, with no personal feelings involved. He neither hated nor liked Yang Yi, and was only concerned with following rules and procedures in dealing with him. But Elvin was different; he was willing to communicate.

"Now you may continue, please tell me what happened to you in the United Kingdom."

Yang Yi didn’t hesitate much and disclosed his joining the Singer.

Elvin, interested, said, "So, after you arrived in the United Kingdom, you immediately joined a commercial spy organization called the Singer. Can you tell me, how did you manage that? Why would the Singer accept you?"

This time, Yang Yi hesitated a little, but eventually, he told the truth.

"My father left behind an address book, it had a few names in it, one of which was John Jones. He was a friend of my father’s, who trusted him. I made a call, and he accepted the call, then he decided to take me in."

Elvin nodded and said, "As I thought, your father did leave you something, including his valuable network of contacts. However, he did not tell you the intelligence we want to know."

Yang Yi said forcefully, "Let’s get one thing straight. I was only eleven years old at the time. Do you really think my father had any need to tell his eleven-year-old son some extremely important intelligence? Moreover, I was entrusted to someone trustworthy as an orphan being protected, and this trust was a precaution my father took just in case something happened to him. That’s all."

Elvin’s face remained unchanged as he said, "Can you tell me who else was on the address book your father gave you?"

Yang Yi thought for a moment, then, in a low voice, said, "Can I not say?"

Elvin exhaled and said, "Actually, I’m not that interested either. If you’re unwilling to say, then let’s leave it at that. Now, please continue telling me what else happened to you in the United Kingdom."

Yang Yi detailed the subsequent events, nearly without omission.

The cleaners knew about Zhang Yong, knew about Brian, and knew that Yang Yi had been under the protection of the Dark Night Knight, so it was virtually pointless to hide anything.

After Yang Yi recounted his entire experience from start to finish, Elvin smiled and said, "So, now you’ve stepped one foot into the world of spies and have a team willing to serve you."

Without any hesitation, Yang Yi declared, "Yes!"

Elvin spread his hands and said, "This is very important, really important because it concerns your fate."

It seemed like the time had come for a showdown.

Elvin cleared his throat and said, "I have something to tell you that you don’t know. First, your father once was a collaborator with the cleaners, a very important collaborator. Your father was an intelligence dealer who didn’t belong to any country, which provided us with a basis for cooperation. Then, he was a Huaxia person and had close ties with the Huaxia intelligence department, giving him advantages others did not have."

Elvin paused, then looked at Yang Yi with a smile that was not a smile and said, "So your father caught the attention of the cleaners and became a collaborator. Then indeed, he became one of the Grey-cloaked People."

Yang Yi said in surprise, "My father was one of the Grey-cloaked People?"

"Oh, no, he was not one of the Grey-cloaked People; he was also a collaborator with the Grey-cloaked People because they have a special interest and objectives in Huaxia. Thus, your father had a rather high status among the Grey-cloaked People, beyond the usual level afforded an intelligence dealer. His cooperation with the cleaners was even more substantial, which made him a double agent."

Yang Yi exhaled and said, "I see."

Elvin nodded and said, "So, we actually have a connection because it was I who was in charge of contacting your father directly."

Yang Yi opened his mouth slightly but didn’t speak. Elvin continued with a look of regret, "We knew the Grey-cloaked People had a plan, a big operation, but we didn’t know what they were planning to do or how they planned to do it. So we tried every method to obtain this intelligence. Unbelievably, your father got hold of it."

Yang Yi urgently said, "What is the intelligence? I mean, what did you want him to figure out?"

Elvin shook his head and said, "Sorry, you have no clearance to know this, but I can tell you that your father did get the intelligence and informed me. To my knowledge, he also informed Huaxia intelligence officers, but before I or the Huaxia officer could reach him, your father was dead."

Yang Yi said with deep disappointment, "Couldn’t he just say it over the phone? I know the phone can be easily tapped, but surely, if it was so critical, he should have said it even at the risk of being overheard."

Elvin spoke gravely, "It’s not that simple. I thought by now you’d understand some basics of being a spy. Before being exposed, if your father dared say extremely important intelligence over the phone, then he would have been immediately exposed. Furthermore, the Grey-cloaked People had the means to cut off any of his calls. You must understand that at the point when your father was able to access that intelligence, he was under surveillance that could not have been avoided just by using a public phone."

After saying this, Elvin added with regret, "Of course, if your father had really decided to reveal everything over the phone, we would be spared a lot of trouble today."

Yang Yi also looked regretful. Then, Elvin continued, "Because of my relationship with your father, it fell to me to follow up on his affairs after his death. We conducted a covert investigation for a long time, but your father’s death made every secret accompany him to the grave, rendering our efforts futile. Yet that intelligence is vital to us. Therefore, we had no choice but to focus on you, hoping you might know the intelligence, although we all knew that possibility was extremely slim. But we had to try."

Yang Yi said with a heavy voice, "So, you sent Xiao Ran to get close to me?"

Elvin nodded and said, "Yes, that is why we had her approach you."