Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 503 - 491: Splitting Up

Chapter 503: Chapter 491: Splitting Up

Yang Yi and Angelo had a long and enjoyable chat because he genuinely loved and understood cars.

Finally, having roughly settled on his modification plan, Angelo provided Yang Yi with a rough quote.

"Based on your modification plan, it’s about two hundred and twenty thousand euros."

Modifying cars is a costly hobby, of course, excluding the style of auto accessory cities.

Angelo’s quote wasn’t excessive, except for the usual Italian inefficiency. However, having to queue for six months for the modification, then another three months to carry it out, with the car only being ready at least ten months later, that was a bit too much.

Yang Yi hesitated for a long time until Xiao Ran expressed her boredom for the second time, then he finally made up his mind and asked, "May I visit your modification workshop?"

Angelo laughed heartily, "Follow me."

Yang Yi took Xiao Ran by the hand and kept comforting her in Chinese. However, as soon as they followed Angelo through a small door leading to the modification workshop, Yang Yi released Xiao Ran’s hand again.

The modification workshop wasn’t very big, with only three workers inside. One of them was installing a tail wing on a car, another was drinking coffee, and the third sat on a nearby chair, seemingly doing nothing.

Yang Yi really wondered how Italians managed to build superb sports cars like Ferrari and Lamborghini with such a lackadaisical attitude.

After visiting the modification workshop and chatting with Angelo for a while longer, Yang Yi finally said, "I’m traveling in Rome for about a week, please allow me to think it over, I need some time."

Angelo said, unconcerned, "It’s a large sum, so taking some time to consider is only proper. I look forward to you making the right decision soon."

Xiao Ran, who had been impatient for a while, could finally drag Yang Yi away. After Yang Yi spent a long time persuading her, and finally managed to cheer her up again, they were already a distance away from the modification factory.

Glancing casually backward, Yang Yi whispered, "Everything looks normal in there, but the gold definitely isn’t inside."

Xiao Ran smiled sweetly, "That’s possible. What purpose would the Grey-cloaked People have in gathering four unrelated shops together? If it’s just to have an external business front, one would be enough."

After whispering this, Yang Yi, looking frustrated, said, "But there seems to be nothing out of the ordinary with the modification factory, and it doesn’t look like there are any hidden spaces. Could there be a secret door or an underground space?"

"That’s possible, but it would mean having to search the entire building, which is very troublesome."

"Troublesome or not, we need to search. We have to figure out where the gold actually is before we can make a move."

After saying this, Yang Yi whispered, "It’s time to call Hank over."

As an art thief, searching for the whereabouts of gold was indeed a job well-suited for Hank.

After making a long loop and seeing all the sights on the route, Yang Yi and Xiao Ran took a taxi back to the hotel where they were staying.

When Yang Yi and Xiao Ran returned to the hotel, Kate was already back, and Brian and Paul had also returned, but Chris and Rodriguez wouldn’t be back until the evening.

Once settled down in a room, Yang Yi immediately asked, "How did it go?"

Kate shook her head and whispered, "Everything in the glassware shop looks very normal. I couldn’t get to the back."

Yang Yi sighed, "As expected, as a customer, you definitely won’t have access to areas beyond the shop. What about you guys?"

Brian shook his head, "No gains. Everything visible in the bank was normal, but for the areas not visible, we’ll have to find another chance to investigate."

Yang Yi calmly said, "The repair shop looks normal. I estimated the space of the repair shop and basically ruled out the possibility of a secret room. If there is one, the space would have to be very small."

Xiao Ran suddenly said, "The nightclub, the nightclub has two floors, and the main part of the dance hall is underground. That means the nightclub has a large underground space."

Yang Yi said solemnly, "Yes, now we can only wait for the results of Chris and Rodriguez’s investigation. Let’s confirm the above-ground part of these four shops first, and after understanding the underground structure of the nightclub, maybe we can find some answers."

Xiao Ran with a puzzled face, said, "The cleaners had long discovered that this is a stronghold of the Grey-cloaked People. Haven’t they thoroughly investigated it?"

Yang Yi gave a wry smile, "Yes, the cleaners never thoroughly investigated this place. Terry said that they would never rashly take action unless necessary. The people in the meetings have an extremely keen sense of smell. The cleaners suspect this place to be the Grey-cloaked People’s stronghold, but they didn’t even dare to confirm their suspicions, fearing to alert them and waste this highly suspicious location. I must admit, when it comes to intelligence work, the Grey-cloaked People are much stronger than the cleaners."

Brian indifferently said, "Originally, we considered the repair shop as the most important target for investigation, but now it seems the nightclub could be the most crucial breakthrough. So Chris and Rodriguez might not be up to the task."

Yang Yi looked at Brian and Paul, then at Kate.

The five people who had been exposed could no longer continue the surveillance, and Zhang Yong led the Alpha Trio and most of the weaponry, currently waiting for the results of the investigation at a safe location provided by the cleaners. They weren’t spies, just waiting for the final action order.

Hank was a great thief, but he hadn’t received formal training and didn’t possess the expertise in surveillance and intelligence gathering, which was why Yang Yi wanted Hank to come over immediately.

Before Hank arrived, there was only one person who could immediately be sent to scout the nightclub, and that person was Anton. However, Yang Yi felt it was a bit risky and couldn’t decide right away.

After hesitating for a moment, Yang Yi whispered, "After the failure in Poland, we must be cautious. Disguise surveillance won’t do. If someone discovers we’ve disguised ourselves, everything could be ruined. And each person can only be responsible for scouting one location. Now the question is, where should we send Hank to scout? The modification factory or the nightclub?"

Brian said without hesitation, "The modification factory, because the cleaners reported that the gold was sent into the modification factory."

Hank needed to search the modification factory with the eye of an art thief, looking for any hidden doors or tunnels. Thus, the only person left to go to the nightclub was Hank.

Chris and Rodriguez’s insufficient capabilities could only be compensated for by Anton, but Yang Yi was somewhat skeptical whether Anton had that kind of investigative ability since he wasn’t familiar with him.

After pondering for a moment, Yang Yi made up his mind and whispered, "I’ll call Anton here and ask him. If he can do it, then let Anton do the investigation in the nightclub."