Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 948 - 953 - Undercover

Chapter 948: 953 Chapter Undercover

Elvin’s question was too idealistic; Yang Yi simply couldn’t answer it—more accurately, there was no correct answer to the question.

Since the cleaners’ previously dispatched agents could guarantee absolute loyalty, yet they still chose to betray in the end, then the Grey-cloaked People must possess some unique trait. For the cleaners, why the Grey-cloaked People could achieve such loyalty might be their primary concern.

But here’s the problem: Yang Yi was no longer someone the cleaners could particularly trust. So, how could he ensure he wouldn’t truly turn to the Grey-cloaked People, especially after the cleaners had made significant sacrifices?

After thinking for a long time, Yang Yi finally said dejectedly, "I can’t guarantee that. I can only say I will never be turned, but I can’t prove it to you."

Elvin nodded, "Yes, that’s the biggest problem."

Yang Yi spread his hands, "It’s impossible to prove my own heart, so we have to start from external factors, right? Why don’t you guys send someone you absolutely trust to stay by my side, just like now."

Elvin laughed, "Like now? Are you referring to Xiao Ran? No, we never expected Xiao Ran to pass your information back to us. She is merely a collaborator of the cleaners, no, she’s just a collaborator selected to carry out a task. She is not one of the cleaners. After the first failed attempt to contact you, we gave up on her, and when she took the initiative to seek help from the cleaners to save you, we knew she wouldn’t give us the information, so she wasn’t sent to watch you."

Yang Yi shrugged, then he whispered, "Don’t you have anything else to say?"

Elvin looked perplexed, "What?"

Yang Yi glanced at Rodriguez and whispered, "Like him, for instance."

Elvin looked at Rodriguez and then fell silent.

After a moment of silence, Elvin said gravely, "You know?"

"Yes, I know."

"When did you find out?"

"Hmm, quite some time ago, soon after I got out of jail, I guess."

Elvin took a breath, then he smiled and said, "This is a bit awkward, having a mole pointed out to your face doesn’t feel good. Actually, when you only brought him with you here, I had some doubts whether you had seen through him, but I also felt it was unlikely. However, when you really pointed it out, it was extremely embarrassing for me."

Yang Yi whispered, "Keeping him close was my way of showing my sincerity."

"How did you figure it out?"

Yang Yi frowned, "He hid it very well; it wasn’t through any particular incident. I just felt that, for a henchman, Rodriguez’s performance was a little too perfect. Of course, it was just a hunch, but as the Organization of Water became wealthier and everyone was making progress, yet Rodriguez remained a perfect henchman, I started to have doubts. Actually, I was still just suspicious until just now, never could be sure he was an undercover agent."

After finishing, Yang Yi smiled and said, "I kept thinking, the cleaners viewed me as a... let’s just call it a tool for now. I’m just a tool the cleaners sent out, anyone who could help them fight the Grey-cloaked People is worth recruiting. But to just let a person go without care? You just mentioned Xiao Ran earlier, she seems like someone placed to openly monitor the Organization of Water, but I know she wouldn’t give any information to the cleaners. So I wondered... would the cleaners have placed another mole within the Organization of Water?"

Yang Yi sighed and continued, "I started to think about every person within the Organization of Water; I felt they all could potentially be the true undercover agent sent by the cleaners to watch me. Ultimately, I could only suspect Rodriguez, just because he was too perfect as a henchman, I thought he was the least likely to be an undercover agent, he was too... dumbfounded. Yet, he was the only one I couldn’t rule out, so I had no choice but to suspect him of being an undercover agent."

"That reason is quite far-fetched."

"Yes, but I only need to have suspicions, not certainties. Trust is trust. If there’s a thorn in the heart that prevents trust, then no matter how well he behaves, he can’t be trusted."

Elvin sighed, then he said solemnly, "Actually, it’s just an accident, a coincidence."

"Oh?"

"Rodriguez, his mission was actually to infiltrate M13, to join M13 in Pelican Bay Prison as a mole for the FBI to collect evidence of crime. Of course, not only M13, but he could also infiltrate any organized crime gang as a mole for the FBI, it was his condition for a reduced sentence."

Yang Yi was taken aback for a moment, then he expressed understanding, "I thought so, I met Rodriguez in prison, and if the cleaners had been targeting me back then, that would have been too frightening."

Elvin smiled and said, "When Rodriguez reported to the FBI that he had joined a gang, the FBI was very dissatisfied because your prison gang was worthless until you escaped. Then we discovered your value, as well as Rodriguez’s value. So he is still a mole for the FBI, only... you know."

Yang Yi spread his hands and said, "That’s why I suspected him; I couldn’t fully trust him. I kept him close just to observe, because I couldn’t think of anyone else who would approach me, a nobody in prison, if they weren’t your mole, which made me feel a lot more relaxed."

"Never thought he might be a mole for the Grey-cloaked People?"

"If he were a mole for the Grey-cloaked People, I would be dead by now. Besides, I don’t think the Grey-cloaked People are omniscient and omnipotent, to have placed a mole by my side before I rose to power. But you guys are different. Since you could have sent Xiao Ran to approach me, it wouldn’t be unusual for you to have planted a mole in prison. I didn’t realize he was just an FBI mole, but I’m willing to believe it’s just a coincidence."

Elvin laughed, "You actually uncovered him, and in person no less. Why not continue to play dumb? It would save face for everyone a bit."

Yang Yi sighed, "Because I harbored thoughts of killing him. So, I thought it would be better to change to someone else. I don’t know what he’s leaked to you guys, and now I don’t want to know. I’m still a person who values relations. I wanted to kill him because of a plan I had, but I couldn’t bear actually doing it. So I brought him to you for confirmation. Now good, you’ve admitted it, my doubt has been dispelled, and I don’t want to know what information he’s given you. I just don’t want to see him anymore."

After saying this, Yang Yi stated gravely, "I believe I’ve shown the utmost sincerity. Despite my suspicion, I still let Rodriguez be involved in all important actions. You ask me how can I ensure I won’t be turned, I don’t know how to answer. You can send another person whom you can trust to fully monitor me. That’s my only answer."