Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 891 - 896 - Just Kidding

Chapter 891: 896 Chapter Just Kidding

Germany, Frankfurt.

For Yang Yi, the existence of the European Union was beneficial, as he no longer needed to get a visa and go through customs every time he entered a different country. A Schengen passport made it really convenient to travel around.

The journey from France to Germany was not worth mentioning because it was smooth and fast.

Once he arrived in Frankfurt, especially after reaching the Organization of Water’s safe house, Yang Yi could finally interrogate Steve in detail, since Boer and Norbert were there. They were financial experts, and Yang Yi could rely on them for understanding any technical issues that Steve might bring up.

Steve was sitting on a chair with several people from the Organization of Water facing him. It was an interrogation, but also a negotiation.

Boer extended his hand to Steve with a smile and said, "Hello, Steve, which university did you graduate from?"

Steve, now looking more like an alum meeting a fellow alum rather than a captive, shook hands with Boer and then responded with a smile, "Oxford University, I graduated first in my class in Accounting and Finance. How about you?"

"Harvard. I also graduated at the top of my class. That’s quite the coincidence, haha."

"Hahaha."

After sharing a warm and friendly laugh, Boer asked, "Are you British?"

"I have dual nationality, Italian and British. My father is Italian, and my mother is British. I was born and raised in the United Kingdom," Steve replied.

Boer nodded, then smiled and said, "Let’s get to the point. How much control do you have over resources?"

Steve sighed, then said seriously, "Before I answer, could you please tell me something, how will this end for me? Are you going to kill me, or as you previously promised, will you give me a portion of the money?"

Boer shrugged and replied, "I can’t answer that question, but from my point of view as a financial practitioner, I’d strongly suggest cooperating with you. Killing you would likely mean that some money is visible but unreachable, which is both common and painful."

Suddenly Yang Yi said, "Ten percent, if you cooperate well, I’ll give you ten percent of the benefits, or pretend to agree to give you fifty percent, then feel you are useless later and kill you. Your choice."

Immediately, Steve pointed at Boer and said, "You need to give a serious professional proposal to your boss."

"Of course," Boer smiled.

"Good, I accept the ten percent. I’ll tell you everything I know and control now. Let’s start. Please begin recording."

Boer took out a notebook, and after Steve pondered for a moment, he said solemnly, "Let’s start with the liquid capital. Deyo has twenty-four accounts with a cash flow of $5.632 billion US Dollars, readily available, spread across seven bank accounts, which I can transfer anytime."

Yang Yi’s heart skipped a beat.

What did Steve mean? Just like that, $5.632 billion US Dollars in cash were theirs?

It couldn’t be so much, it couldn’t be that simple, could it?

Yang Yi, who considered himself worldly, suddenly felt that his imagination was limited by his poverty.

Steve continued, "Deyo has a secret deposit of $50 billion US Dollars in a Swiss bank, untraceably, but it requires a token to withdraw. It’s the money he set aside for himself and his children, safe even if his business empire collapses."

Boer asked in a subdued tone, "Isn’t it withdrawn with a password and identification?"

"It requires a password, but it’s anonymous. Any person possessing the token can withdraw the funds. I facilitated this deposit for Deyo, but I don’t know the password or what the token is."

After finishing, Steve suddenly fell silent. He pondered for a moment and then sighed heavily before he spoke in a grave tone, "Alright, I lied."

Everyone was stunned.

Steve sighed again and continued in a grave tone, "The United States is currently pressuring Swiss banks to disclose foreign account information. The Swiss banks can’t withstand the pressure and have already decided to disclose the information. Of course, it has not been announced yet. Deyo is a super-large client. The Swiss banks have secretly disclosed this to me, so Deyo has decided to transfer his money out of the Swiss banks to HSBC in the United Kingdom because HSBC plans to take over this enormous yet undisclosed wealth."

Boer nodded and said, "I heard something about that. So, it’s settled that the Swiss banks will compromise?"

"Yes, it’s settled. That’s why Deyo needs to move his money, and of course, I’ll handle it, but it requires Deyo to personally appear... uh..."

Steve lifted his head, then continued in a deep voice, "I know the password. Deyo didn’t tell me, but I know it. I know all the passwords that Deyo can remember, and I’ve got the token."

Yang Yi couldn’t help but swallow his saliva.

Boer simply asked, "What token?"

"The ring. The ring on Deyo’s hand. Deyo is dead, and when I was examining his body, I secretly took his ring."

After finishing, Steve shrugged and said, "Open the gemstone face of the ring, inside there’s a seal. If the seal matches the one Swiss banks have on file, and you enter the password, you can withdraw the money. Deyo usually didn’t wear the ring on his hand, but he decided to move his money from the Swiss banks, so he wore the ring."

"Where is the ring?"

Steve glanced at everyone, then said in a grave voice, "That bald old... gentleman searched it out on me, along with my cellphone, wallet, and other things."

Yang Yi’s hands began to tremble; the cellphone was definitely already thrown away, but the ring...

Not bothering to keep up appearances, Yang Yi immediately took out his cellphone, his hand trembling as he dialed Brian’s number.

"Answer the phone, quick, pick up..."

Amid Yang Yi’s muttering, Brian answered the call, and Yang Yi urgently said, "Where is the ring? The ring you searched from Steve?"

Brian calmly replied, "I threw it away."

"What? You threw it away!"

Hearing Yang Yi’s shout, everyone in the room looked shocked, disappointed, agitated, like bereaved relatives.

Yang Yi shivered and said, "Where did you throw it? Hurry, find it back, quickly, it’s money, it’s money, a lot of money..."

"Just kidding."

"What?"

"I’ve inspected that ring. Just now, actually. The emerald face can be removed, inside there’s a patterned seal, with no signaling device. So, how could I possibly throw such important things away randomly?"

Yang Yi didn’t know what to say. After taking several deep breaths, he said extremely annoyed, "Don’t joke like that! Fuck! You scared me to death, bastard!"

Yang Yi looked at the others and then expressed a sense of relief that bordered on post-traumatic celebration, "He’s joking, the ring isn’t lost!"

Annastasia said with a fierce look, "That bastard, he almost gave me a heart attack. Bastard! You wait for me!"

When Brian heard Annastasia’s shouting, he shuddered and then quickly said, "Just a joke, just a joke!"