Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 478 - 466 Clients

Chapter 478: Chapter 466 Clients

Finally, the first portrait was completed. Yang Yi, the human-shaped camera, was exhausted. The reason was mainly due to the rush, and more importantly, every single detail had to be perfect without a single mistake, not even a wrinkle on the face could be wrong. Remembering and then recreating that face depleted so much energy that not everyone could bear it.

Xiao Ran made a phone call and, as soon as the person on the other end picked up, she went straight to the point, saying, "The first portrait is done, how should I send it to you?"

After hanging up the call, Xiao Ran carefully took several photos of the portrait with her phone and then sent them out.

An utterly exhausted Yang Yi sprawled across the bed and said weakly, "I need to rest for a bit. Geez, what an effort, and I don’t even know if the person was wearing makeup. Just thinking about that possibility makes me feel sick, but there’s nothing I can do."

Xiao Ran offered gently, "Why don’t you take a nap? Sleep for a bit, and I’ll wake you up in an hour."

Yang Yi mumbled vaguely, "No need, I’ll just lie here for a while, uh, maybe I will take a fifteen-minute nap, just fifteen minutes..."

Yang Yi was talking and dozed off, but five minutes later, Xiao Ran’s phone rang, and she quickly woke Yang Yi up.

Yang Yi opened his eyes in a daze and said, "That was quick, wasn’t it?"

Xiao Ran’s voice sounded somewhat excited as she urged, "It’s only been five minutes, quickly, answer the phone."

Yang Yi sat up, placed the phone to his ear, and said, "Hello, this is Sea God."

"Hello, we are unable to identify the person in the portrait you provided at the moment, but the artwork you provided is very valuable. Now, I have a question for you: under what conditions did you create this piece of art?"

Yang Yi hesitated for a moment. He was truly hesitant.

Some abilities are the biggest secrets, not to be shared with anyone, but sometimes the extent of one’s abilities or skills is an indication of their worth.

After a long hesitation, Yang Yi finally decided to demonstrate his value.

"I drew it from memory."

"Just memory?"

"Yes, just memory."

"You saw this person and then depicted him completely from memory, is that correct?"

Yang Yi took a breath and spoke with confident tone, "In fact, it’s not just that. I can draw all sixteen people I saw, all from memory."

"So you’re saying, you have a memory that surpasses ordinary people?"

Yang Yi said gravely, "Yes."

"Then you can draw all of the remaining people as well, right?"

"As I said before, yes, that’s correct."

There was a moment of silence on the phone and then, in a low voice, "Here’s the thing, Mr. Sea God, we just decided to classify you as a D-class customer of the janitors, defining your Organization of Water as a D-class partnership. However, considering the capabilities you’ve just revealed, I’ve personally decided to temporarily upgrade your partnership level to C-class. If you are willing to become a client of the janitors and also willing to partner with us, I hope to meet you as soon as possible."

Yang Yi smiled silently and said, "Sure, I’d like to meet."

"My name is Terry. You can take down this number. If you have any issues in the future, you can call this number and someone will be available to handle your matters at any time."

Finally, he had gained recognition from the janitors. At least, he had gotten the approval from the janitors, which was a significant step forward, a breakthrough.

Yang Yi felt a slight surge of excitement and said in a deep voice, "Thank you, I’ve got it."

Terry said solemnly, "Can you now start drawing the portraits of the other people?"

"I am working on it, but it will take some time."

"Alright, I’d like you to speed it up a bit, the remaining portraits don’t need to be too detailed, just capture the main features, we will keep in touch. Also, you are in Ukraine now, right?"

"Yes, I’m in Kyiv."

"Good, I await your work, thank you."

The call ended, and Yang Yi raised his arms and waved them before saying in a deep voice, "We are now clients of the cleaner, as well as collaborators with the cleaner. Ah, is there any difference or relation between the two?"

Xiao Ran shrugged and said, "Becoming a client of the cleaner is harder than becoming a collaborator. The difference is that a client can pay for safety; no matter what happens to you, as long as the issue is within a certain level, the cleaner will take care of it, but you need to spend a lot of money. As for collaborators, they work for the cleaner, but...

Xiao Ran sighed and continued, "Once you become a collaborator with the cleaner, you can never leave. I don’t know who could ever escape the cleaner’s control. However, once you become a client of the cleaner and ask them to take care of something, you can’t get away either. So, becoming a client and then a collaborator doesn’t really make much difference."

Yang Yi laughed and said, "So one role pays money and the other makes money. It seems like a terrifying organization. But it doesn’t matter now; we can’t get out of it anyway. Alright, I’ll continue to draw, it’s much simpler now."

Yang Yi spent another half hour on a painting and sent it over. Following that, Terry called directly on Yang Yi’s satellite phone.

Yang Yi answered the call, and then heard Terry say urgently, "The second person, are you sure he was at the scene?"

"Yes, of course I’m sure, or I wouldn’t have been able to draw him."

"Please describe him in detail."

"Uh, he was not far behind Lloyd at that time, looking quite normal. He was working with others; I have a clear impression of him. The reason I drew him second is that this man was responsible for verifying the authenticity of the gold."

Terry said solemnly, "We need more detailed information, please draw him as soon as possible."

"Can you tell me why?"

Without hesitation Terry said, "We suspect he is one of the Grey-cloaked People. This man has been under our surveillance, and if it is confirmed to be the same person, then we can almost be sure that the buyer of this gold purchase is the Grey-cloaked People, so he is very important, much more so than Lloyd."

Immediately, Yang Yi said, "I’ll start now, give me another hour. I’ll draw his full body."

"No need, just the head is fine, and later I will be visiting you."

Yang Yi was startled for a moment since he hadn’t expected the meeting to happen so soon, and he said solemnly, "Alright, I am at..."

"You don’t need to say it. At this time, it’s necessary for you to know some things. Yes, we can pinpoint your location, I hope you can understand. I’ll see you in a bit."

The call ended, and Yang Yi, with a look of surprise, turned to Xiao Ran and said, "He’s going to meet me, and it sounds like it’s going to be soon. What does this tell us? It means he is in Kyiv. I mean, I can understand and accept that our calls can be monitored for location by the cleaners, but... but..."

Just then, there was a knock on the door, and Yang Yi called out loudly, "Come in."

Rodriguez pushed the door open and said with a puzzled look, "Uh, this man wants to see you. He said he’s your friend and seems to know you pretty well, so..."

Rodriguez stepped aside, and then a middle-aged man walked out from behind him, smiling and saying, "Hello, I am