Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 756 - 761 Cold Rainy Night

Chapter 756: Chapter 761 Cold Rainy Night

It started to rain, and it was getting heavier. Brian, like a wounded beast eager to return to its den, ran faster and faster on the beach.

Yang Yi followed closely behind Brian, then urgently said into the walkie-talkie, "No need for everyone to follow. Spread out and search the vicinity. Perhaps the sanatorium is just too hidden, even the locals don’t know about it."

Deceiving oneself was certainly pointless, but Yang Yi just wanted fewer people to see Brian’s breakdown and loss of control.

Not everyone is willing to show their most vulnerable, helpless, and tragic moments in front of everyone else.

Brian was a proud man. If others saw him fall apart, then what would happen to his pride?

At that moment, Paul urgently said through the walkie-talkie, "Boss, there is a resort hotel right south of the yacht club. Do you think you might have been too precise with your distance estimation?"

Brian abruptly stopped, then he loudly said, "Yes! Yarebin said about two kilometers, but he didn’t say it was exactly two kilometers. Although the Black Devil’s estimation of distance would be very precise, Yarebin just mentioned it casually, so his grasp on the distance wouldn’t be particularly accurate, right?"

Brian’s question made Yang Yi feel a bit out of pace.

For ordinary people, Brian’s way of thinking might seem ridiculous. Since Yarebin mentioned approximately two kilometers, the search for a presumably non-existent sanatorium should cover the whole area. How could one measure out exactly two kilometers and then ignore all the buildings around?

But Brian was used to precise numbers, accustomed to precision in his operations. If it was said to be two kilometers, then it had to be two kilometers.

Brian turned around and ran back to the resort hotel mentioned by Paul.

The resort hotel was located just a bit south of the yacht club, merely three to five hundred meters away.

The rain was pouring harder, and Brian was completely drenched, but he didn’t care about something as trivial as getting wet.

Brian charged straight into the exclusive hotel, and several receptionists at the front desk were taken aback by his bedraggled appearance.

"Sir, how can I help you?"

Brian approached the front desk, took a breath, and then in a very calm tone said, "Yes, I need your assistance. This is a resort hotel now, correct?"

"Yes, sir."

"Very well, how long has this hotel existed? I mean, has the hotel always been here? How many years?"

After exchanging glances, one of the young ladies shrugged slightly and smiled at Brian, "Hello, sir. Our hotel opened in 2010..."

Without letting the receptionist finish introducing her hotel, Brian asked hastily, "What about before that? Was there a sanatorium here before it became a resort hotel?"

"A sanatorium? No, the sanatorium is a bit north of here."

"I mean! Before it was converted into a resort hotel, was this a sanatorium?"

Brian was about to lose all his patience.

"Sir, before this... there was nothing. Our hotel opened in 2010; before that, there were only two residential houses here, no sanatorium as you mentioned. If you’re looking for a sanatorium, I can tell you there’s one not far north from here. It has a long history, dating back to 1963. You just follow the Seaside Boulevard, it’s very close."

Brian took a long breath, then said with a look of disappointment, "You’re not lying to me, right, young lady? Lying to me could have serious consequences. I am... not in a good mood right now, I might do something regrettable."

The receptionist sympathetically said, "Why would I lie to you? This really isn’t a sanatorium. You’ve got the wrong place, sir."

With a look of dejection, Brian turned and staggered out of the hotel lobby. He stepped into the rain and then looked up at the pitch-black sky.

Yang Yi approached Brian’s side and whispered, "Let’s try another sanatorium."

Brian shook his head, then reached up to wipe the rain off his face and murmured, "I thought I was prepared for this result, but I didn’t realize bearing it would be so painful."

At that moment, Paul emerged from the darkness and silently opened an umbrella over Brian’s head.

Brian slowly pushed the umbrella away and said sternly, "No need, let me cool down a bit."

Brian stood under the heavy rain, gazing up at the sky, while Yang Yi silently stood by his side, and Paul too put down the umbrella, letting Brian be drenched by the cold rain.

After a long while, Brian said in a heavy voice, "Let’s go back to that sanatorium and take another look."

Yang Yi whispered, "Let’s drive there."

Brian took a deep breath and said, "Alright, let’s drive."

The parking lot was right outside the hotel, and Paul immediately went to start their car, then drove it up to where Brian was standing.

Brian got into the car, now completely devoid of the desire to speak.

It only took two minutes to get to the sanatorium, and this time Brian’s steps were much heavier as he got out of the car.

Yang Yi accompanied Brian into the brightly lit sanatorium, where a staff member, seeing Brian’s soaked state, exclaimed in astonishment, "Sir..."

Brian abruptly waved his hand and then, looking at the staff member, asked in a stern voice, "Has this always been a sanatorium?"

"Er, yes, sir."

"What kind of sanatorium was it before?"

"What kind of sanatorium? Just a regular one, from the Soviet times. We’ve had many famous Soviet residents here, like..."

"Many famous residents?"

"Yes, there were..."

"You don’t have to tell me who they were. Right now, tell me if there are any other sanatoriums nearby."

"There aren’t. Definitely none. There’s no need for that."

Brian stood still for a moment, then lowered his head and walked out without saying a word.

"Sir, do you need an umbrella?"

Ignoring the staff member’s kindness, Brian walked out of the sanatorium. Then, he gestured to Yang Yi and said in what sounded like a calm tone, "A sanatorium that has housed celebrities couldn’t possibly be a secret KGB sanatorium. It’s not here, and it wasn’t that resort hotel either. We’ve been deceived. Let’s go, it’s time to leave."

Yang Yi murmured, "Leave now? I think we should go back to the hotel we just came from and take another look, ask around."

Brian shook his head, "That hotel is very new, it truly is newly built."

"But leaving just like this still seems a bit hasty. Let’s go back and check, it won’t take long. I think getting things completely clear is better. What if there’s some kind of miracle?"

Brian gave a wry smile, but ultimately he whispered, "Alright, it is better to be clear about things."