Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 545 - 533 Insurance Fraud

Chapter 545: Chapter 533 Insurance Fraud

The close friend of the president of the Da Han nation of Tian Ding star and the owner of a shipping company are conspiring to do something, and it even involves the Grey-cloaked People.

Yang Yi felt his mind wasn’t quite up to the task, so he said in a deep voice, "If ’he’ in Bu Cunzai’s words is President Mei Zheren, could Mei Zheren be connected with the Grey-cloaked People? What are they planning to do?"

After pondering for a long time, Yang Yi shook his head and sighed, "I just can’t figure it out..."

Xiao Ran said in a solemn voice, "It sounds like the Anderson Research Association wants to stop whatever Park Ji-yi is planning to do, and there’s a lot of information in there."

Just then, Tang Guo suddenly said, "There’s something even stranger."

Unable to help himself, Yang Yi asked, "What is it?"

Tang Guo lifted her head in surprise and said, "Park Ji-yi is the cult leader of a heretical sect!"

Yang Yi opened his mouth and said, "A heretical sect?"

"Yes, the Rescue Faction. Park Ji-yi is the cult leader of the Rescue Faction. In 1992, the Rescue Faction was declared a heretical sect, and what’s more interesting is that Bu Cunzai’s father was also a cult leader of a heretical sect; he founded the Eternal Life Sect. This is all public information, and it can be easily found."

Yang Yi said blankly, "What kind of big deal can two heretical sect leaders be up to? I have a very ominous feeling, like something big is about to happen."

Tang Guo, in an incredulous tone, said, "If you know the name of the Eternal Life Sect, then you would know the current president of the Da Han nation of Tian Ding star, Mei Zheren, has an extremely close relationship with Bu Cunzai’s father, and Bu Cunzai himself is also extremely close to Mei Zheren, far exceeding the bounds of friendship."

Yang Yi could no longer maintain his composure, and he said to Brian, "What do you think about this?"

Brian shrugged and replied, "If you tell me that Mei Zheren is a devotee of a heretical sect, I wouldn’t be surprised at all."

Suddenly, Yang Yi said, "Check the weather forecast, see which day in the next few days will have good weather."

Tang Guo immediately said, "The weather will be overcast and rainy for the next two days, but it will start to clear up the day after tomorrow."

Yang Yi said in a grave tone, "They mentioned they would take action when the weather is good. What kind of action could it be?"

With an indifferent expression, Brian said, "Whatever activity they plan to do, we should keep a close watch on Park Ji-yi and try to monitor Bu Cunzai as much as possible."

Yang Yi took a breath. After thinking for a while, he said in a low voice, "We still have too little intelligence now. We need to hurry. Xiao Ran, send the information we’ve gathered to the cleaners and see if they can come up with anything."

Xiao Ran nodded and said, "Sure. Do you guys think it’s possible that Mei Zheren became president with the help of the Grey-cloaked People?"

"The Anderson Research Association is backed by a company called CA Information Resources. If CA Information Resources belongs to the Grey-cloaked People, then they could have helped Mei Zheren rise to power, which is why the Anderson Research Association can extend its reach so far. Hmm, although it seems incredible, it’s quite logical..."

After mumbling a few words to himself, Yang Yi looked at Brian and said, "Keep a close eye on Park Ji-yi. We don’t have the capacity to monitor Bu Cunzai on all fronts right now, but we must keep a close watch on Park Ji-yi. He’s going to meet with someone from the Anderson Research Association today, and I want to know what they’re going to talk about. Anton alone isn’t safe, so you and Paul should go too."

Brian nodded, then he immediately said to Paul, "Let’s go."

Yang Yi pondered for a moment, then he turned to Kate and said, "We can’t just steal a car, the fastest way is to rent. Kate, and you too, Xiao Ran, come out with me, we will each rent a car."

To prepare for the upcoming tasks, so as not to end up stealing cars during tracking like last time, and the preparation wasn’t just about cars, Yang Yi also planned to set up several fall-back spots in Seoul.

So, in the following time, besides renting cars, Yang Yi also rented rooms in two hotels near Park Ji-yi’s house, and found hotels near Bu Cunzai’s villa district to open two more rooms.

After dealing with some minor matters and preparing for the long-term surveillance, a day had passed.

The surveillance on Park Ji-yi’s side also made progress, Anton successfully obtained a conversation between Park Ji-yi and an Anderson Research Association researcher, but the conversation was valueless, just some seemingly normal drivel. However, as the owner of a shipping company, it was quite irrational for Park Ji-yi to meet with an Anderson Research Association researcher and chat about inconsequential topics.

Yang Yi thought that maybe Park Ji-yi was speaking in code, but they could not decrypt it, and even after sending the recording of the conversation to the cleaning staff, they were also unable to decipher any other meanings in the words spoken by the two.

A turn of events occurred the next morning.

The weather was not good, overcast, with a drizzle of rain. Yang Yi got up very early, glanced at the weather outside, then prepared to replace Brian and Paul in monitoring Park Ji-yi.

But as Yang Yi was about to leave, Xiao Ran rushed frantically to Yang Yi, who was sitting in front of the computer.

"Watch the TV! Come quickly and watch the TV!"

Kate was in the midst of doing make-up for Xiao Ran. Interrupting the make-up session, Xiao Ran ran to call Yang Yi and Tang Guo to watch the TV, signalling that something important must have happened.

Yang Yi and Tang Guo both hurried to the television, and then he saw the news footage—a large ship was listing on the sea, surrounded by rescue boats, with the news footage taken from a helicopter.

Kate said urgently, "Breaking news, the Oath Ship ferry has capsized at sea, with over four hundred passengers on board, and this ship belongs to Zhenhai Shipping Company!"

Yang Yi was shocked, he stared at the news footage, his voice trembling, "This is what they were planning to do, sink a ship. Is this an accident or deliberate? If it’s deliberate, then why?"

Xiao Ran said urgently, "An accident? A coincidence? I don’t think this is an accident. Could it be insurance fraud?"

Yang Yi thought for a moment and said, "Insurance fraud? That’s possible; otherwise, they have no reason to capsize a ship. Are the passengers alright? If the passengers are fine, and they were quickly rescued after the ship capsized, then it really could be insurance fraud, otherwise their response wouldn’t be so swift, right?"

Kate said urgently, "The news reports that most of the passengers have been rescued, and the evacuation and emergency response went smoothly."

Yang Yi nodded and said, "Then it might really be insurance fraud. Otherwise, there’d be no reason. Hmm, let’s watch the news."

From the news footage, one could see that the degree of the ferry’s list was becoming increasingly severe, until it finally completely capsized. This process wasn’t very long, but it did last for more than an hour. However, it was just over an hour of live news broadcast; from the onset of the ferry’s listing to its complete capsizing, the total duration lasted for over two hours.

Because they had been monitoring Park Ji-yi and obtained certain information, Yang Yi felt he might be one of the first in the world to know the inside story. He believed this accident was a conspiracy, and the most likely explanation for this conspiracy was insurance fraud, otherwise, Park Ji-yi would have no reason to sink his own ship.