Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 730 - 736 The Pace of the Era

Chapter 730: Chapter 736 The Pace of the Era

"Situation!"

Xiao Ran’s sudden low shout had Brian and Yang Yi immediately fixing their eyes on the screen.

It wasn’t even midnight yet, the time wasn’t too late, why was there a situation already?

Yang Yi focused his gaze on the tablet, and at the same time, he nudged Kate awake with his hand, and waited for her to sit up with a start before he moved closer to the tablet.

A car stopped at the entrance of the Ukraine government building, and two people got out, then one of them went to open the trunk while the other was holding a loop of something that, upon closer inspection, looked like rope.

Yang Yi grabbed the walkie-talkie in a rush and said urgently, "Brother Yong, come quick, everyone come look at the flagpole!"

Brian watched the screen intently.

Someone was dragged out of the trunk, and upon closer inspection, it was a person.

"As expected, they’re going to hang him from the flagpole!"

Yang Yi couldn’t contain his excitement and blurted out what was obvious.

Corkdor had been captured, but no one considered rescuing him, not Deyo, not Jethro, because everyone knew it was impossible to bring him back.

But now, seeing Corkdor with a rope being looped around his neck, Yang Yi still felt a twinge of regret.

The two men carried Corkdor to a streetlight, then one of them threw the rope over it, the coiled rope flew over the streetlight and dropped back down, after which one of them picked up the rope and started running forward.

One end of the rope was looped around Corkdor’s neck, the rope was pulled taut, and Corkdor was hoisted up.

Corkdor didn’t move, and remained motionless even after being hung, thus it was evident he was already dead.

Corkdor was hung from the streetlight, not from a flagpole, the man who’d hoisted Corkdor up with the rope collected the slack and then walked under the streetlight, where he tied the rope to the streetlamp.

Corkdor’s body swayed back and forth from the streetlight, casting a moving shadow on the ground below.

"Why hang him from a streetlight instead of a flagpole?"

Brian was clearly baffled, and Yang Yi was just as puzzled. They had agreed on a flagpole, so why did it turn into a streetlight?

Although the streetlight was also at the entrance of the government building, the audacity was certainly enough, and the provocation was indeed sufficient, but hanging a body from a streetlight was clearly much easier than from a flagpole, which was somewhat disappointing.

That was when Hans’s voice sounded.

"Drone is launched, target locked, over."

After Hans finished, Anton said in a low voice over the walkie-talkie, "It’s not normal, it shouldn’t be on a streetlight."

Brian said in a low voice, "Of course it’s not normal, we agreed on a flagpole, why did it turn into a streetlight?"

After pondering for a moment, Anton said with vexation, "How would I know why it’s a streetlight and not a flagpole, um, let me think, perhaps it’s because Corkdor wasn’t killed by Black Devil, not entirely by Black Devil, so they didn’t want to hang Corkdor from the flagpole, that’s a possibility."

"Wasn’t it the Black Devil who killed him?"

"I’m saying it wasn’t entirely him. Remember that black hood? His role was very key, and he was young; he couldn’t have been one of the Black Devil’s people. Since capturing Corkdor wasn’t entirely the Black Devil’s masterpiece, then they would not hang Corkdor from the flagpole. I guess that’s the case, no, no, if I were the Black Devil, if I wanted to hang an enemy on the flagpole to showcase my power, then I would never choose an enemy that I did not defeat myself to do these things."

Brian thought for a moment, then said, "Um, I can understand that."

"Why hang him on the streetlight, then? It’s because they wanted to provoke, to provoke Arseny, that’s what I think. The Black Devil wanted to intimidate and provoke Arseny, so they hung Corkdor, who had always been connected to Arseny, from the streetlight outside the Zhengfu building."

Yang Yi nodded in agreement and said, "It can only be that way, I think this explanation makes sense."

Brian sighed and said, "Anton, keep a close eye on those two people, don’t let them get away this time."

"They won’t get away this time!"

Anton replied confidently to Brian, who continued over the walkie-talkie, "Holy Water, no need to keep surveillance on the Zhengfu anymore, go support Hans and the others, over."

"Holy Water understands."

After ending the call, Brian looked at Zhang Yong, who was clearly puzzled, and said, "You’re late."

Paul had captured the image of Corkdor being hung from the streetlight. The two people who hung him up had already driven away, and Paul had gone to the car driven by Anton and Hans, so the image was gone. By the time Zhang Yong and his team arrived, everything had disappeared.

"What happened? Why so fast?"

Zhang Yong’s face showed confusion because everything was already over by the time he arrived.

Yang Yi smiled and said, "You’re late, Corkdor was hung on the streetlight, not the flagpole, so it didn’t take much time at all. There was no firefight; they finished everything in just seconds."

Zhang Yong, with a look of disdain, said, "What? Hung on the streetlight? Damn, what’s the big deal? Thought there would be action to watch. Hanging on a streetlight is nothing special."

Yawning lazily and then sitting down on a sofa, Zhang Yong loudly said, "Did you follow them? We can’t let them get away this time."

Yang Yi smiled and said, "It’s nighttime now, which makes it a bit easier to follow them. Who knows, maybe we can actually follow these two people to their lair."

Brian spoke with an air of ease, "Just watch how they try to shake off the pursuit. If they’re just driving around the streets casually, staying alert for anyone following them from behind, we can find them. But if they’re cautious about aerial surveillance, then we won’t be able to track them."

Last time they lost track because the Black Devil abandoned their car in a crowded place and left on foot, and drones could not follow anymore if trees obscured the view. But nighttime was different. There’s hardly anyone around at night, and even if those two abandon their car, they can’t use pedestrians as cover to get away.

So, if the two people who hung Corkdor on the streetlight are just driving around to make sure no one is following before lowering their guard, then they can’t escape.

After a while, Hans quietly said over the walkie-talkie, "We are quite far from the target. The target drove around in circles and now they’ve stopped, but no one has gotten out."

Brian breathed a long sigh, then turned to Yang Yi and said, "The Black Devil is also going to be eliminated by the times."

"What do you mean?"

"It means that the thinking of the Black Devil is stuck at least twenty years in the past. They’re outdated; their methods are old-fashioned, so they’re going to be eliminated. I’m not saying they’ve lost their threat, but in the past, the Black Devil could not possibly be tracked, and now, they’re not even aware of how they can be tracked. So, at least the Black Devil has fallen behind. If they cannot keep up with the pace of the era, then they will be eliminated."