Chapter 1203 - 1208: On What Grounds
The tip of the dagger emerges.
The moment has finally arrived. After so much planning, after such a heavy price paid, these words have finally been spoken.
Aaron’s expression turned serious at last. He lifted a hand slightly toward Yang Yi and said, "Continue."
Yang Yi locked his gaze on Aaron and spoke deliberately, word by word: "I was an S-level collaborator with the Cleaners, then I became an S-level client of the Cleaners, and finally, I became one of the Cleaners. My sole mission was to get close to you and extract every possible piece of intelligence about the Grey-cloaked People."
Aaron responded faintly, "Oh? The Grey-cloaked People? What are they? What are you talking about? I don’t understand."
Yang Yi ignored Aaron and continued in an equally calm tone, "The issue with Ukraine Gold was my doing. The shipwreck incident... also my doing. I am indeed a member of the CIA, but I became part of the CIA specifically to investigate you, to get close to you, and to expose the fact that you’re a member of the Grey-cloaked People. Oh, and there’s one more thing—you’re also a KGB mole. I need to peel away that layer of disguise as well."
Aaron spread his hands and smiled. "Sounds like I have quite a complicated identity. But why don’t I know anything about these identities?"
Yang Yi exhaled, still disregarding Aaron’s words, and continued speaking to himself: "This time... I wanted to take down Gong Yang, or capture Gong Yang, to win your trust. But I didn’t expect—Gong Yang turned out to be a client of the Cleaners too, an S-level client!"
Aaron raised his eyebrows slightly, but this time, he remained silent.
Yang Yi continued in a subdued tone, "At first, I didn’t know. Later, I found out. But I thought... I was more important than Gong Yang!"
Yang Yi looked at Aaron with a deeply melancholy gaze before lowering his voice and saying, "But I was wrong. I didn’t expect them to come after me so ruthlessly! If it weren’t for her... blocking the bullet for me, I’d be dead. But now, I’d rather be the one who died. I’d rather it be me, do you understand that?"