Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 653 - 659: Making an Effort

Chapter 653: Chapter 659: Making an Effort

The content of the eavesdropping was too horrifying, so after returning, Yang Yi couldn’t wait to recount everything he had heard to Brian.

"Nuclear warheads?"

After asking in surprise, Brian then realized something and said, "Nuclear warheads, does Big Ivan actually have nuclear warheads?"

"I don’t know, I just heard Korkdor and Jethro say it."

Brian scratched his head and frowned, "I’ve been away from the CIA for too long, I was locked up in prison when the Soviet Union fell apart, so I’m not really clear about what happened during that time, but from what you’ve described, maybe Big Ivan really does have nuclear warheads."

Yang Yi said quietly, "It’s bad enough that two arms dealers dragged the United States into their war, but now with these nuclear warheads cropping up, things have gotten seriously troublesome."

"Trouble? What trouble? The troubles are not ours."

After saying this lightly, Brian whispered, "L, a woman, sent by the CIA, but from your description, it’s not the way the CIA would handle a crisis management situation. Even if the CIA has declined over the years, they wouldn’t send someone so frivolous to deal with such a significant crisis. You must understand, if there were a nuclear crisis possible, the CIA would definitely send a veteran to handle it, and that L, she’s leaked too many secrets in her words. Even if Deyo’s backers are the CIA, L could not directly acknowledge this."

After finishing, Brian said with a puzzled face, "Has the CIA changed its ways over the years? But that’s impossible, decades of tradition can’t just change overnight."

Yang Yi spread his hands and said, "If you don’t understand, I understand even less."

After pondering for a long time, Brian said softly, "L made a big mistake, which is that she said there are more important things to do. If she is here to take out Big Ivan, then what could be more important than Big Ivan? So Korkdor’s suspicion is not wrong, more important than Big Ivan can only be the nuclear warheads, to be precise, Big Ivan’s ability to bring nuclear warheads into the United States. If that’s the case, whether for the President of the United States or for the CIA, Big Ivan’s life and death are actually not that important anymore. What’s most important is preventing nuclear warheads from being transported into the United States."

Yang Yi asked quietly, "Is that possible?"

Brian gave a bitter smile and said, "How could it not be? The most difficult part about nuclear warheads is manufacturing them; the next hardest part is their preservation and maintenance. The Soviet Union made tens of thousands of nuclear warheads; while the Soviet Union existed, those warheads were secure, but if the Soviet Union is gone and some of the nuclear warheads really got lost, that would be a disaster. A nuclear warhead isn’t very big, the U.S. border is so long, if someone really wanted to bring a few nuclear warheads into the United States, it wouldn’t be that hard. Such matters are mostly about controlling the source, but since Big Ivan is that source, it truly is troublesome."

Yang Yi asked in a low voice, "If Big Ivan really brings nuclear warheads into the United States, would the U.S. capitulate?"

Brian said without hesitation, "If Big Ivan went insane and detonated a nuclear explosion in the U.S., then the U.S. would definitely not submit. But as long as Big Ivan isn’t crazy, if he brings nuclear warheads into the U.S. without using them and just uses them to threaten, then the U.S. would certainly capitulate. Publicly, they would never capitulate, but privately they would definitely bow and comply, as long as Big Ivan’s demands aren’t particularly excessive. Think about it, a nuclear explosion on U.S. soil, God, who could endure that?"

Yang Yi sighed and said, "That means Big Ivan hasn’t succeeded yet, otherwise the war with Big Ivan would have already ended."

"Yes, Big Ivan definitely hasn’t succeeded yet, which is why L is in such a hurry to find the whereabouts of the nuclear warheads, which is why L left Big Ivan in Odessa’s port, because monitoring a warehouse and transportation channel that has already been exposed is definitely easier than guarding against a route that Big Ivan might hide or change on short notice."

Yang Yi fell silent, and Brian also became lost in thought. After a long while, Brian suddenly said, "No, it’s still not right; the CIA wouldn’t handle it this way. Faced with such a crisis, the CIA would hate to do anything but deploy everyone to Ukraine, it’s impossible that they have a shortage of manpower, and if they do, how could turning Kanchelskis, such an important figure, over to an arms dealer’s subordinate be plausible?"

Yang Yi could only spread his hands; although Brian had been away from the CIA for many years, he was certainly more familiar with it than him. Since Brian couldn’t figure it out, then Yang Yi definitely understood even less.

"The CIA is responsible for overseas, the FBI for domestic, although sometimes the FBI also overreaches, but this kind of thing is definitely not something the FBI can handle. The Pentagon? Impossible, the Pentagon will only provide military support. For such a huge crisis, I believe there’s definitely an elite military force already in Ukraine, but L is definitely not from the Pentagon, they aren’t adept at this, it’s not their field, then who could it be ..."

Yang Yi thought for a moment and said softly, "Um, the Department of Homeland Security?"

Brian suddenly looked at Yang Yi and said, "The Department of Homeland Security?"

Yang Yi swallowed and said, "Yes, a federal executive department newly established by the United States in 2002 following the 9/11 incident, specifically responsible for domestic security and counter-terrorism, although, the Department of Homeland Security doesn’t seem to operate overseas."

Brian slapped his hand and with a face of realization, said, "I actually didn’t know a Department of Homeland Security had been established. Yes, that’s it, the CIA screwed up last time, so the President no longer trusts them, this operation might not necessarily be under the DHS’s responsibility, but it’s definitely someone parachuted into the CIA from the DHS to handle this operation specifically. This has precedent, when the President no longer trusts the CIA but must use it, the simplest way is to drop someone they trust into the CIA."

Brian looked at Yang Yi and said, "Preventing a nuclear strike is definitely within the purview of the Department of Homeland Security. Also, a department is often newly established due to extreme dissatisfaction with the old ones. Out of dissatisfaction with the FBI and due to circumstances, the CIA was born; after 9/11, because of dissatisfaction with the CIA, the DHS was established. You must understand, a new department will often gather a lot of good people, and a new department will always be the most trusted. But the Department of Homeland Security is ultimately responsible for domestic security, lacking the experience and staffing for large-scale overseas operations, and without authority to act overseas, so choosing someone from the Department of Homeland Security to go into the CIA would make sense!"

Yang Yi shrugged and said, "You make sense, and since you think L isn’t from the CIA, then she can only be from the Department of Homeland Security. The question is, what should we do now?"

After pondering for a long time, Brian started to laugh, shook his head and said, "Do nothing, just do what we’re supposed to do. Just wait and see, the United States is about to get serious."