Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 382 - 370 Disqualification

Chapter 382: Chapter 370 Disqualification

MI5 would never determine he was CIA based solely on a few words from Yang Yi, so Brian must have done something to influence MI5’s judgment.

What did Brian do?

"What did Brian do?"

"He..."

After hesitating for a moment, Kate said, "Actually, he didn’t do much, just tried to assassinate you twice, and then when we were surveilling the hospital, we used all the typical CIA tactics. But what deeper meaning lies behind Brian’s actions, you’ll have to ask him yourself. Things have been very tense; we just did whatever Brian said."

"So Brian was in charge of everything?"

"No, it was Zhang Yong."

Yang Yi was somewhat surprised, "Everything was overseen by Zhang Yong?"

Kate spoke softly, "Brian’s health isn’t good; he can’t leave the safe house, so he’s only responsible for controlling the overall direction. Paul will inform us about the specifics, while Zhang Yong is in charge of commanding the rescue operation."

Every intelligence agency has its own unique style of operation. The KGB is known for being aggressively obstinate—like when needing to extract information from someone, the KGB’s approach is to threaten directly; if threats don’t work, they resort to kidnapping or even assassination, and only in rare cases do they use bribes.

Times have changed. Russia no longer has the power of the Soviet Union and is overall in a state of strategic contraction, even changing its name to the Federal Security Service, although people still colloquially refer to it as the KGB. However, Russia has significantly cut funding to the KGB.

With tight funding, they aim to spend as little as possible, which is why in recent years, the news about the KGB has been mainly about violent and forceful methods.

The CIA of the United States is different; they have plenty of financial resources. However, the CIA also does not solely rely on spending money to solve problems. The power and unity of the United States are much stronger than Russia’s, with many willing to become collaborators. Thus, the CIA sometimes finds willing participants without spending money, but they do not hesitate to spend when necessary.

Ultimately, intelligence agencies’ competition is still a matter of national power, so the CIA has a significant advantage over the KGB in terms of technological equipment, leading to different approaches in specific matters.

Both the CIA and the KGB have their own training institutions. When an instructor trains a group of students, those students naturally have a similar style.

When it comes to planting bombs, the CIA and the KGB have different methods, preferring different types of fake drugs and placement techniques. To the untrained eye, an ordinary bombing could seem simple, but an expert would immediately notice unique aspects.

Therefore, Paul made and placed the bomb according to CIA methods, used the CIA’s preferred means of poisoning, all as deliberate signals meant for MI5 to see.

Understanding Brian’s line of thinking made many other things easier to grasp. Yang Yi didn’t need to ask further; all his questions would naturally be answered after meeting Brian.

They switched cars twice along the way, and during the second switch, Hank was the driver, but Yang Yi didn’t know any of this because he had passed out in the car.

After all, Yang Yi was still severely injured, and the continuous travel in the car was too much for his weakened body to bear.

When Yang Yi woke up again, he was already lying in bed.

"Awake."

When Yang Yi opened his eyes, what he saw was Xiao Ran.

Before Yang Yi could ask anything, Xiao Ran said impatiently, "I saw that Kate was very tired, so I let her rest. I didn’t expect you to wake up just after she left. Fine, I’ll go call her back. Everyone has been waiting for you to come around."

Yang Yi said softly, "What’s the point?"

Xiao Ran was momentarily stunned, "What do you mean, what’s the point?"

Having skirted death, Yang Yi’s thoughts had drastically changed from before. Things that he couldn’t voice, words that were hard to start, now seemed to have no reason to remain unsaid.

"Why must it be like this? Isn’t it better to be as before?"

Xiao Ran’s brows furrowed. Yang Yi let out a light sigh and said, "We are all... friends, why must it be that if she’s here, you’re not, and if you’re here, she isn’t? Always like this, isn’t it uncomfortable?"

In the last few days, Xiao Ran had been on edge, making everyone uncomfortable. Now that Yang Yi had spoken up, after a slight hesitation, Xiao Ran did not retort this time, but instead said softly, "I’ll go tell everyone you’re awake."

Xiao Ran left the room, and soon, several people arrived in Yang Yi’s room.

Brian was wheeled in on a wheelchair. Once Brian was brought up to the side of Yang Yi’s bed, he directly asked, "Tell us what happened to you. Do you have the strength?"

Yang Yi spoke softly, "I’m now a double agent. MI5 put me back here on purpose; it wasn’t because of coercion that they had to release me. Of course, your threat might have been one of the main reasons MI5 easily let me return. Initially, I estimated that I would only be released after a thorough interrogation by MI5."

Brian, somewhat surprised, said, "I also considered the possibility of them turning you into a double agent, but I didn’t think you could withstand an interrogation by MI5. I was afraid you couldn’t bear those torture tactics, even more worried that the truth serum would turn you into an idiot, so I was planning to forcefully rescue you."

"Yes, they were planning to transfer me from the hospital to another location, but they changed their minds when Chris suddenly showed up."

Brian asked in a deep voice, "Did you disclose the mole issue?"

"Yes, I didn’t see the need to keep Aaron’s secret any longer."

Yang Yi began to recount what he had encountered in full detail. After he had slowly finished, Brian said, "I guessed you would disclose these matters, which is close to what I expected, so I’ve been trying to create the false impression that you are a CIA agent. Now it seems..."

He paused, then Brian continued in a deep voice, "As long as MI5 still believes that you are with the CIA, they won’t expose you."

Yang Yi said with a sense of helplessness, "But in the end, I have lost all the capital of being a spy. I have been exposed; there are no secrets left in me."

A spy must hide in the shadows, but Yang Yi had fallen into the hands of MI5. His appearance, fingerprints, DNA information, all these secrets that should be strictly guarded, were now laid bare for the world to see.

Yang Yi could no longer operate as a spy in the United Kingdom. If the UK disclosed his identity information, then he would completely lose the qualifications to be a spy on a global scale.