Spy-x-War Showdown

Back in the cell, Yang Yi was still very excited. As soon as the cell door closed, he couldn’t wait to say to Zhang Yong, "I got myself a few lackeys today, found a treasure! A real treasure!"

Zhang Yong laughed, "Just a few lackeys, is it worth being so excited about? You’re not going to be in prison for life."

"It’s not just about lackeys! Do you know, there are two professors, man! Professors! They have dual doctoral degrees in chemistry and a master’s degree in toxicology! Whizzes!"

Zhang Yong was taken aback and said, "Toxicology? There’s such a subject? Specifically for studying how to poison?"

"What do you mean ’specifically for studying how to poison’? Toxicology, it’s one of the fundamental disciplines of medical science. Brother Yong, I find you’re really good at changing the subject."

Zhang Yong said sheepishly, "I’m not well-read, didn’t know about it. Even if they are PhDs, what’s the use here? Are you going to have them make poison for you?"

Yang Yi replied anxiously, "How can you be so dense? What do you think I’m going to do? Be a spy! A spy, Brother Yong. Do you know how that doctor ended up here? Murder. Poisoned six people. How about I have him teach me how to use poison? I don’t need to learn anything too complicated, just the basics and specialized knowledge. All I need him to do is tell me how to concoct the poison I need. Don’t you think this is a rare opportunity?"

Zhang Yong frowned and said, "Well, it does sound a bit useful to learn that, but can you manage it? You’re practicing boxing now, and I’m about to teach you how to kill. Can you handle all that?"

"Kill?"

"Yeah, isn’t that what you want to learn? Professional techniques. Boxing is for fighting, but killing—that requires an assassin’s skill set. It’s like leveling up, you get it, right? When it comes to boxing, it’s easy to beat someone to death, but a lot of times, you can’t just hit people. Like, suppose you need to assassinate a heavily guarded target. He’s got lots of bodyguards, are you going to fight them one by one? Obviously not. So that’s when you need the skills of a professional assassin."