Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 713 - 719 Old Man

Chapter 713: Chapter 719 Old Man

With only two cars, that meant there couldn’t be many people.

According to Yang Yi’s habit, if taking a car to launch an attack, regardless of the target or the possibility of a shootout in the vehicle, the most suitable arrangement would be three people per car. At most that might stretch to four, but never more. Too many people would be detrimental to effective firepower use, and should the car come under attack, it could lead to more casualties.

That meant the forces Big Ivan had sent to attack could not exceed eight in number.

The building in question contained an unknown number of people to Yang Yi, but he knew that Deyo had been exerting every effort in preparation for the decisive battle with Big Ivan. Deyo had been amassing men and searching for skilled fighters to join the war.

Teams came one after another; once they arrived, they were directly under Corkdor’s command. These men were neither allocated to Ferdinand nor to Jethro, which meant Corkdor now commanded a substantial number of troops—a far cry from his initial days in Ukraine with only a few armed followers.

Let’s not forget that Yang Yi hadn’t been constantly monitoring Corkdor, but Paul and Hans had been keeping a vigilant eye on him. Therefore, while Jethro might not be aware of the strength of the forces at Corkdor’s disposal, Yang Yi was.

From the continuous surveillance up until now, it was clear that the building that had been attacked housed no small number, around twenty people or so. The numbers could vary, but the force had to consist of at least a dozen individuals, as it was a unit Corkdor placed great importance on and had made special arrangements for; it couldn’t possibly be small.

Two cars, eight people, attacking a hidden, important armed force under Corkdor.

Yang Yi found this difficult to accept.

Yang Yi and Brian fell silent together but soon, a sincere smile emerged on Brian’s face.

"Black Lightning, bring up the surveillance footage, only the last half an hour. No, ten minutes will suffice."

As soon as Yang Yi finished speaking urgently, Schultz shouted loudly, "White Roar! Give me the camera data."

The display terminal was with Schultz, but the supercomputer that actually controlled those ’zombie’ PCs was under Tang Guo’s command—Yang Yi’s painstakingly established network intelligence center.

Although the operators and users were Tang Guo and Schultz, Yang Yi now felt a genuine sense of joy for the success that was also his own. With today’s achievement, even if it were the only one, the network intelligence center was worth it.

They might not have seen the live footage, but they could bring up the recorded video.

Meanwhile, Brian, holding a walkie-talkie, said in a deep voice, "Owl calling Holy Water, respond if you receive."

"Holy Water received, over."

"Confirm that the nuclear bomb has begun to counterattack, repeat, confirm that the nuclear bomb has counterattacked."

Paul’s voice sounded somewhat excited as he spoke softly, "Understood, the nuclear bomb has begun the counterattack, target is in their own home, everything is normal right now, no movement from the target, over."

Brian appeared slightly surprised, then he spoke quietly, "No movement from the target?"

"Yes, confirmed there’s no movement from the target, everything is currently normal, over."

"Owl received, calling Hans, respond if you receive, over."

"Hans received, the nuclear bomb has begun the counterattack, go ahead, over."

The radio communication between Brian, Paul, and Hans covered a vast distance; unlike close-range communication where you can be certain the other party will receive the message, so when Hans received the call, he first made it clear that he understood what was happening to save time.

"Hans, take Heavenly Eye and move out, heading to the designated position, do you need support? Over."

"Hans understands, in urgent need of support, over."

Brian immediately turned around.

Zhang Yong and his team hadn’t arrived yet, but they were sure to arrive at any moment, and now, the only people with Brian in the intelligence room were Yang Yi and Anton.

Rodriguez couldn’t be of much help; this was a stage for spies. All he and Woody had to do was avoid creating chaos and wait for orders.

Brian hesitated for a moment, hesitating because he ultimately couldn’t trust Anton one hundred percent. But it was only a moment’s hesitation before Brian said to Anton, "Go support Hans."

Anton turned and ran, not walked, but sprinted, as fast as if he were running for his life.

After Brian had finished giving his orders, Yang Yi solemnly said, "Look here!"

Brian turned to look at the screen.

Yang Yi, pointing at the screen, said gravely, "We’ve only captured footage of the attackers leaving. We can’t see what happened before because of the camera angle, but you can see these two cars on the road. They look very similar to the ones that left. If I’m not mistaken, they arrived at eleven oh five, but by eleven eleven, the two cars had left. Six minutes, just six minutes in total. The actual time they took to act must have been even shorter."

Before Yang Yi finished speaking, he himself rewound the video and, with trembling hands, pointed at the blurry image on the screen, "Look here, although it’s blurry, can you make it out? The last person to get into the car, his movement is slow, he seems to be using a cane! He’s using a cane!"

Brian nodded, then said in a grave voice, "Yes, I see it."

Yang Yi urgently said, "Black Lightning! Image enhancement technology—take this video clip, no, I need a few screenshots. Enhance the images!"

Schultz urgently said, "I need to track the whereabouts of the car. White Roar, make the boss’s images clearer!"

Yang Yi was curious about how Brian could still remain seated.

"A person with a cane, one doesn’t need to see too clearly to know that’s either a disabled person or an old man. So, they must be the Black Devil, they..."

"No!"

Yang Yi excitedly voiced his conclusion, but Brian interrupted him sharply.

"Who says an old man must definitely be the Black Devil?"

After unequivocally refuting Yang Yi’s conclusion, Brian sternly said, "We also have McDonald, and he’s not young either, but is he the Black Devil? What you’re seeing is just an old man, just an old man! That doesn’t prove anything!"

Yang Yi was taken aback because he felt that these people were the Black Devil. Of course, there was no evidence, but everything he heard and saw was telling him these people had to be the Black Devil.

But why would Brian want to deny it?

Yang Yi understood; Brian was just afraid, afraid that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

"Whoever they are, they won’t get away..."

After speaking softly, Brian still sat firmly in his chair and loudly said, "Black Lightning, have you found the whereabouts of those two cars?"

"No! Damn it, there are too few cameras in Kyiv, and the traffic there is too chaotic. It takes time to review each camera’s recording."

After Schultz finished speaking, Tang Guo also said, "Boss, image enhancement technology takes a bit of time. This is the best clarity we can achieve in a short period."

A picture appeared on an idle screen. One could only see the back of an elderly person with white hair, but the cane in his hand was now visible.