Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 836 - 841 The Meaning Lies Here

Chapter 836: Chapter 841 The Meaning Lies Here

"Undoubtedly, Yang Yi’s authority had been challenged because Annastasia had made decisions on his behalf.

However, the issue needed to be seen relatively. Indeed, Annastasia had made decisions without Yang Yi’s consent by allowing Schultz to do what he wanted, but if the Organization of Water couldn’t make any decisions without Yang Yi, that would be absolutely unacceptable.

In times of danger, or rather, in crises that required swift decisions, if they could only proceed after Yang Yi’s decision, then the Organization of Water would be doomed.

Therefore, when Yang Yi was absent, it was permissible and necessary for someone else to exercise command authority in his place, which was the whole point of having a second-in-command.

However, the issue was that when Yang Yi was absent, it should have been Brian who took charge. So, this ’someone else’ should have been Brian. When did it become Annastasia’s turn to speak?

But looking at it now, Annastasia had joined the Organization of Water only a few days ago and wasn’t very familiar with everyone yet. Surprisingly, she had replaced Brian’s position and the others seemed to have no objections?

After all, Anton seemed to have no objections.

Brian was skilled in action but in terms of intelligence work, he truly was no match for Annastasia; moreover, since meeting Annastasia, Brian’s status had drastically declined.

Brian willingly became Annastasia’s lackey, what could anyone else do.

But now the problem was that it was fine for Brian to be a lackey if he wished, that was his own business, but letting Annastasia replace him and exercise the powers of the second-in-command of the Organization of Water was not acceptable.

Even if Annastasia indeed had the capability to be the second-in-command and was more suitable than Brian, it still wasn’t acceptable.

How to resolve this?

Actually, the solution was quite simple— let Brian step aside and yield the position, establish Annastasia’s position to officially become the second-in-command of the Organization of Water, legitimate and aboveboard manager.

There shouldn’t be any problem on Brian’s side, and as long as Brian had no problem, the others should have no problem either. Letting the right person do the right job, for a Spy Organization where life and death were concerned, there was no room for idle power struggles— such things were almost impossible to happen.

There’s no place more direct and brutal than the underworld; in this strength-based world, as long as you are capable, then people will certainly recognize you.

But even if everyone recognized her, Yang Yi couldn’t let Annastasia rise to the position right now; he had to discuss it when everyone was present, so this matter wasn’t urgent for the moment.

Anton made a sandwich in the kitchen and came over to Schultz, saying in a deep voice, ’Time to eat, hey, time to eat!’

Schultz just leaned back on the sofa and continued snoring deeply.

Anton shook his head and said, ’Let him sleep then, I think sleeping is more important than eating for him right now.’

Yang Yi expressed his helplessness, ’Actually, I wanted to ask him even if he knew who it was, what significance would it hold, but now, well, it seems I have to ask someone else.’"

Who else to ask but Tang Guo?

Tang Guo’s voice sounded completely devoid of fatigue; she was both excited and happy as she said, "Boss, what do you need? Did you already find out?"

"Yeah, I heard what you and Schultz just did. Schultz is asleep now, uh, I’m just curious... was there any point to what you guys did?"

Tang Guo laughed happily and said, "Point? Hmm, why does there need to be a point?"

Yang Yi found himself at a loss for words.

Indeed, for two awesome hackers meeting someone equally skilled, was there even a need for a reason to challenge each other?

The clash between hackers was meaningful in itself, just like a match between masters doesn’t need a reason; the challenge itself is the point.

"But there was a point, actually. Knowing who did it means if there’s a need, we know who to look for. We didn’t dare to take too many risks in order not to be discovered, which is why we didn’t delve deeper. But if you need us to, we can now chase down the Silent God to find out exactly where he is. For hackers, knowing who the target is is very important."

Well, Tang Guo’s explanation did make sense enough to justify her and Schultz’s actions this time.

Yang Yi pondered and then asked, "So, did you guys prove anything? Between you and Schultz, who’s more skilled than this Silent God?"

"You can’t really put it that way. First off, knowing that our opponent was the Silent God and keeping him from knowing that we knew it was him is already a huge victory. As for who is more skilled, it’s hard to say. Let me put it like this—Silent God is defensive, Schultz is purely offensive, and I’m supportive. Just breaking through the many barriers set by the Silent God to discover his identity shows that Schultz is truly a top-tier hacker, yeah, top-tier."

"It sounds like he’s really powerful..."

Tang Guo exclaimed loudly, "Of course he’s powerful! Didn’t you know? During the last but one hacker conference, when the hackers were interacting, someone hacked into the conference and threw out a firewall. Whoever could break his firewall could speak to him. The conference went wild then, and fifteen of the top twenty hackers couldn’t break through or bypass his defenses. Now, tell me if that’s not impressive?"

"That strong? What happened in the end?"

"In the end, the world’s second-ranked hacker, Adrian Lamo, broke through his firewall. You know him, right? But Adrian could only break the firewall while the other party was aware of it. It was impossible not to alert the Silent God. After Adrian broke through, he asked who the other party was. The Silent God typed the word ’Silent’. Adrian asked again, but he refused to talk afterwards. A little while later, he sent another word, ’God’. Put together, it was ’Silent God,’ and then he never appeared again. So, the hacker community started calling this person Silent God. Now, think about how skilled that person is."

Brian nodded repeatedly and said, "Sounds very impressive. By that measure, both Schultz and you are quite impressive too."

Tang Guo laughed a lot before sweetly saying, "Schultz and I managed to bypass his extensive defenses without alerting him and found out the opponent was Silent God. What does that represent, hmm? At least top five in the world, I’d say. Schultz could definitely claim that; he’s really amazing. I can’t even imagine the methods he used, truly amazing."

Yang Yi asked with interest, "And what about you?"

"Me? Different style, but if I have to say, I think I’m also in the world’s top ten. Congratulations, boss, you have two of the world’s most, most, most, most, most elite hackers...AREN’T you happy?"

Yang Yi sincerely said, "Mmm, happy, really very happy."