Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 901 - 906: Stage Effect

Chapter 901: Chapter 906: Stage Effect

Yang Yi looked at Xiao Ran, who whispered, "How about handing this money over to the cleaners? Let them fight with the Grey-cloaked People for it. All we need is a little benefit, a fifty-fifty split, no, even a twenty-eighty split is better than giving it all to the Grey-cloaked People."

Xiao Ran spoke in Mandarin, which the others didn’t understand, but Annastasia laughed and also said in Mandarin, "Don’t even think about it. If the cleaners knew that the Grey-cloaked People were after these companies, they definitely wouldn’t take the money. The cleaners would just observe from the shadows, looking for a chance to monitor the Grey-cloaked People. Similarly, if the Grey-cloaked People knew that the cleaners were interested in these companies, they too would back off."

After speaking, Annastasia said seriously, "Money is the most important thing for many people, but for large organizations like the Grey-cloaked People and the cleaners, survival and the elimination of enemies are paramount. Is 50 billion a lot? It is, but if 50 billion can be traded for a chance to severely damage their enemies, of course, they wouldn’t want the 50 billion US dollars. Just like the KGB and the CIA, why do they sometimes know the location of the enemy’s stronghold but refuse to eradicate it? Why do they continue to nourish a mole once they’ve identified them? It’s not because the enemy’s stronghold is harmless to them, nor is it because the mole is harmless, but because they are willing to trade a small price for a greater victory."

Annastasia and Yang Yi had similar thoughts, huh, great minds think alike.

Yang Yi said somberly, "Once a secret organization is no longer secret, that organization is finished, whether it’s the Grey-cloaked People or the cleaners. So they won’t fight over these companies, wait! I understand now!"

Yang Yi stood up, then with a sudden realization said, "Perhaps, we really should make a call to the cleaners now!"

Annastasia was confused at first but then she also realized and said with frustration, "Oh, such a simple problem, and I only just thought of it."

Hans also said with sudden understanding, "Exactly, the Window Effect!"

Xiao Ran, completely perplexed, asked, "What have you figured out?"

Yang Yi explained, "It’s what Hans mentioned, the Window Effect. Deyo’s inheritance is tempting, everyone is watching, but only a few powers are capable of contesting it. We have Steve, that’s one, Nicholas is a remnant force of Deyo, that’s another, and the Grey-cloaked People make a third. Since the Grey-cloaked People are included, why shouldn’t the cleaners be? You said to divert trouble east and give Deyo’s inheritance to the cleaners, but what if the cleaners had already made their move?"

Xiao Ran was momentarily stunned and said, "This is indeed possible."

Yang Yi switched to English, urgently saying, "The Window Theory. Whoever stands in front of the window naturally gets seen. Drawing the curtains is useless against the Grey-cloaked People and the cleaners. Now, among the four contenders, three regard hiding themselves as their lifeline, so what happens? Naturally, they give up the fortune, turning it into the enemy’s window while they continue to hide behind the scenes."

Upon this explanation, everyone understood.

Chris said in shock, "I get it, nobody wants to open a window in their own house, so nobody steps forward..."

Steve asked, "Four contenders? Who are they? Nicholas? No, that’s impossible. Deyo guarded against him more fiercely than against Big Ivan. He couldn’t have known Deyo’s secret businesses, or else Nicholas wouldn’t have needed to share half the wealth with me to win me over."

Yang Yi gave a wry smile and said, "Very well, that leaves us with three contenders."

Steve asked, "Which three?"

Yang Yi looked at Steve and said, "Do you know about the cleaners?"

Yang Yi thought Steve wouldn’t know, but Steve nodded and said, "Of course, the cleaners. Deyo was a client of theirs. The organization is mysterious but not very effective anymore, just used for cleaning up evidence. But an arms dealer like Deyo doesn’t fear any evidence."

Steve actually knew. Yang Yi was taken aback, then he asked, "Do you know what level of client Deyo was?"

"Uh, an A-level client, I think so. Deyo mentioned it in passing, but he didn’t care too much about that status."

Yang Yi took a deep breath and said, "Alright, the cleaners are the third contender."

The situation was getting clearer, right? No, it was becoming more complicated.

Yang Yi continued, "The Grey-cloaked People approached the Aigertoni Company, but they backed off quickly, and what worries me most is that the Grey-cloaked People might set an ambush. But they haven’t. Why? If the target of the Grey-cloaked People is an opponent of the caliber of the cleaners, then it makes sense. Because the Grey-cloaked People don’t care about killing a few of cleaner’s peripheral figures, what they want is a window, a window that clearly belongs to the cleaners, whether it’s through financial transactions or personnel appointments, in any case, many clues can lead to a window that reveals more secrets!"

Kate whispered, "Then why did the Grey-cloaked People want to go there in the first place?"

"Too simple. Hundreds of billions of dollars, who wouldn’t be tempted? Even an organization of the size of the Grey-cloaked People and the cleaners wouldn’t be indifferent. If nobody else knows, and they have the opportunity to strike, of course they’d act immediately. But what happens when they discover that the biggest and strongest enemy is also about to make a move?"

Rodriguez replied without hesitation, "Fight over it!"

Yang Yi laughed and said, "For you, it’s about fighting, nations can fight, but two organizations that value secrecy as their lifeline wouldn’t."

Aside from Rodriguez, anyone with a bit of sense understood what was going on. As mentioned, the Window Effect – 50 billion is nothing compared to the goal of preserving oneself and severely damaging the enemy.

Therefore, the Organization of Water was not the target of the Grey-cloaked People, the cleaners were.

Steve was dumbfounded and raised his voice, "Does that mean no one is after our company now? Then let’s carry on."

Yang Yi was very helpless, extremely helpless.

"The problem is that we’re also a secret organization. To the Grey-cloaked People and the cleaners, it’s the Window Effect, but for us, it’s the Stage Effect. If we stand in the middle of the stage, under the spotlight, we’ll die, we’ll die terribly..."

For the Grey-cloaked People, it’s the Window Effect, and for the cleaners too, but for a small secret organization like the Organization of Water, it’s the Stage Effect. If the house is too small, and the window opened is too big, it becomes a stage.

Xiao Ran said helplessly, "How could this be, so we can only watch the big cake but dare not eat it?"

Yang Yi sighed and said, "No, there’s still a bit of hope. Don’t forget about Jethro. If Jethro and Steve as Deyo’s remnant forces take over this big cake, the Grey-cloaked People and the cleaners will just watch. They can only look and not eat; this is our chance..."