Chapter 113 - 103: A Few Words
This is moving too fast.
Gao Yi wanted to throw out bait by offering US$300,000 to see if Grasse was interested in making money and whether he could pull him into the scheme.
The benefits of doing so were numerous: first, to gauge Grasse’s attitude, then his capability, and besides, the US$300,000 was a total sum, but Grasse would be paid based on the amount of work he did, and it might not be necessary to pay in full in the end.
But Grasse even wanted to gulp it all down in one bite, honestly, it wasn’t that Gao Yi was unwilling, but that he didn’t quite trust him.
From this moment on, the tables had turned.
Desirelessness rendered one immune to all poisons, but once one coveted the US$300,000, Grasse had to demonstrate his skills to the person paying—the "father" of the contract.
"The Defense Clandestine Service was newly established, short on staff, and its functions not very clear, but why did the Pentagon set up the Defense Clandestine Service? It was because the Pentagon and CIA have always been at odds, with deep-seated conflicts."
Without needing to be asked by Gao Yi, Grasse began to speak on his own; anyways, these matters were not secrets in real intelligence agencies, they were semi-public.
He previously refused to speak about it; that was just Grasse pretending to be too lazy to discuss it, but now, he had to adopt the right attitude.
"So, the CIA never provides intelligence voluntarily to the Pentagon, which makes the Pentagon very uncomfortable. Many times, operational failures have been largely due to the CIA’s untimely and inaccurate intelligence. To improve this situation, the Pentagon established the Defense Clandestine Service, whose main function is to collect military intelligence, which actually completely overlaps with the CIA’s functions. In other words, whatever the CIA does, we do too."