Yang Yi walked out of Bruno’s office, exited the instrunt store, and couldn’t help but look back.
It seed as if he had seen so scenery hidden behind the mist, but was what he saw the truth?
Seeing isn’t necessarily believing. Over the years, Yang Yi hadn’t learned much, but he had learned not to trust anyone.
Suspicion isn’t a good habit, but it’s definitely not a bad one either.
In terms of Yang Yi’s identity, and considering what he’s doing, not being suspicious would be irresponsible to himself, a betrayal to the Organization of Water, a cri, sheer stupidity.
So Yang Yi safely exited Bruno’s office, calmly, as if he had just talked prices with an ordinary instrunt store owner. It felt like everything had changed, yet everything remained the sa.
Sothing was definitely off, but Yang Yi couldn’t pinpoint it.
Things obtained too easily are not cherished, yet the Grey-cloaked People seed too lazy to test Yang Yi. Was this reasonable? Of course not, but Bruno did it anyway. He surely knew this wouldn’t make Yang Yi fully trust him, nor sway him, yet Bruno acted so fearlessly.
So, the simplest explanation was that the critical battle had already begun.
The battle between the Grey-cloaked People and the Cleaners had already started. What seed calm was not truly calm; what seed peaceful did not disrupt the surging undercurrents.
The battle had started, and Yang Yi was a critical point, but his role and fate weren’t his decision to make.
Where would the battle escalate from a shadow war to a real confrontation?
Yang Yi couldn’t figure it out, unable to make an accurate judgnt because he had too little information.
Did the Cleaners just hand over the Energy Block to the Grey-cloaked People like that?
Were the Cleaners really not planning to do sothing, like finding the Grey-cloaked People’s headquarters? Sure, Vienna wasn’t their headquarters, and Bruno wasn’t their leader, but the Cleaners couldn’t possibly do nothing.
It’s a bit of a ss, indeed very troubleso not knowing your true role, not understanding your function. That’s the most troubleso and terrifying thing.
Without even self-awareness, what else can be done?
Yang Yi stopped, let out a long sigh, and looked up at the sky.
The sky was very blue.
The environnt in Vienna was quite good, blue skies, white clouds, pleasant climate, beautiful scenery, everything was great, but in Yang Yi’s eyes, it all felt like an illusion now.
He looked up for a long ti.
He wasn’t looking at anything specifically, just spacing out.
Until he felt his neck hurting from looking up, Yang Yi finally lowered his head.
Taking a deep breath again, Yang Yi knew what he needed to do.
Overthinking didn’t help, not getting answers wasn’t useful. He should just start doing things, just as Bruno said, at least get the CIA to end their pursuit of him first.
Yang Yi made a call, the call was to Porter.
CIA Deputy Director, Head of the Directorate of Operations, Porter MacLaurin.
Yang Yi received the task of investigating Aaron from Porter MacLaurin, and now, it was ti to tell Porter he completed the mission.
The call connected, but no one answered for a long ti, until Yang Yi called a second ti, and finally, soone picked up.
"Hello? Who is this?"
A woman answered the phone, Porter’s assistant, but Yang Yi knew Porter must be nearby, so he whispered, "I need to speak with Deputy Director Porter. Given my special identity and the confidentiality of the mission, I request Director Porter personally take the call. Director, I know you’re listening. I’ve completed the mission. I need to talk to you."
After a mont of silence, Porter’s voice sounded.
"Sea God, what you did put us in a passive position. I didn’t expect you to... This wasn’t part of your assigned mission."
Porter was sowhat accommodating. Honestly, if Porter refused to take the call and erased Yang Yi’s data from the files, it would have been normal, but fortunately, Porter didn’t do that.
Having a chance to talk made everything much easier; otherwise, Yang Yi would indeed face so trouble.
"I had no choice because I found Aaron’s weakness. He had to eliminate , and I was just protecting myself, because I found evidence, a lot of evidence. Sir, Aaron is a KGB mole. He used his position for personal gain. I have evidence, enough to convict him for a thousand years in prison!"
Porter’s tone was slightly excited, raising his voice, "You have evidence?"
"I have evidence! Solid evidence! Otherwise, I wouldn’t have called you, sir. I want to know that if I provide the evidence, will I be a hero, or will I be silently killed sowhere?"
Porter laughed, then unabashedly expressed his pleasure, "What do you think? If you get silenced, how would my achievents be counted? Sea God, don’t forget who sent you."
Yes, Yang Yi was sent by Porter to investigate Aaron, and now that he has evidence, proving Aaron is a mole within the CIA, a big traitor.
Having exposed Aaron, Yang Yi gains rit and reward. Sending him was Porter’s achievent, even more so. Those are the rewards of leadership, after all.
So Yang Yi becos a celebrated hero, Porter rises to beco the CIA Director. It’s all rightful, and if Yang Yi got silently killed, whose credit would it be?
So others might want to kill Yang Yi, but Porter absolutely wouldn’t.
Porter spoke his mind, sotis it’s necessary to be direct, as it’s the only way to dispel Yang Yi’s doubts.
Yang Yi cooperatively said, "Thank you, Director."
"Deputy Director."
"I think you’ll soon be Director, sir."
"Haha, good. Do you have evidence? Can you bring the evidence back?"
"Of course, I want to return imdiately, but you need to first have the headquarters call off the pursuit against ."
Porter hesitated slightly this ti, but quickly made the decision. Taking so risk is sotis a must. Porter believed Yang Yi wouldn’t seek death if he didn’t have evidence. Since Yang Yi dared to return, he dared to give the order for the CIA to stop pursuing Yang Yi.
"Alright, I’ll issue the order imdiately. Now that Aaron is dead, the Operations Division is a bit disorganized, but there’s no problem. It will be sorted out soon. Just be wary of Aaron’s accomplices, remain vigilant, and return secretly. If you need, I can send people to protect you!"
Yang Yi looked at his watch and said in a low voice, "In three days, I will definitely be back. As long as you cancel the pursuit order against , and also have the Cicero Family cancel their bounty."
Though he said three days later, Yang Yi’s plan was actually to fly back imdiately. Once the CIA cancels the pursuit order, the Grey-cloaked People wouldn’t aim to kill him, so he wouldn’t be in much danger.
At least, it seed like that on the surface.
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