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Chapter 25 - Chapter 24: The Darknet

Yang Yi felt that Daniel wasn't the type to be a mole, but now, he had to admit Daniel had become the most suspect person.

It was simple logic. If Kadipur was the mole, then Yang Yi and Kate wouldn't have survived until now.

The situation seemed rather clear. Yang Yi pondered for a moment and finally made a painful decision.

"We need to find Daniel. If we can find him, we should also get the final answer."

The three of them left once more, and this time, after they got into the car, they all became silent.

Yang Yi kept his gun in hand throughout the journey; the only thing on his mind was what to do once they found Daniel.

Kill him?

If the mole really was Daniel, then he had already caused many deaths, and the Spy Organization known as the 'Singer' had become history.

The Spy Organization was definitely considered a criminal organization, and the only treatment for a mole in such an organization was execution, right? But Yang Yi asked himself if he could really do it.

Taking a life seemed simple in theory but far from easy in practice.

Although he had long accepted that he would spend his life in the shadows, when faced with the decision, Yang Yi felt conflicted. He had never killed anyone, and after doing so, he would be a criminal. If caught, his life would be over, and even if not caught, he would be a fugitive for life.

Yang Yi really wasn't prepared to become a criminal, caught or otherwise.

It seemed as though they hadn't traveled far or for a long time when Kadipur suddenly said, "We're here."

Yang Yi couldn't help but shiver, then instinctively he picked up his gun.

Kate suddenly said, "If Daniel is the mole, then, then I'll be the one to kill him!"

Kate looked like she had made a huge decision, nodding strongly, she glanced at Yang Yi and Kadipur decisively and said, "I will kill him! If he is the mole, and if the police catch me, I will take responsibility for the crime!"

"Better worry about how to escape the killer's pursuit first..."

Yang Yi exhaled and said softly, "Get out of the car. Let's find him, but be cautious, Daniel's home could be very dangerous. If he really is the mole, damn it! If he really is, then going to his house is walking into death itself."

Wanting to drag Daniel out while fearing that the assassins might kill them instead, at least the possibility was significant, which made Yang Yi anxious.

Cursing under his breath, he pressed his forehead and then said in irritation, "Call the police, we must call them this time. Just say there's been a murder at Daniel's house and let the police break down his door. If there are assassins in his home, let them deal with the police. If he's dead in his own home, if he's not the mole, I think he's probably already dead. If there's no one at his place, then, then treat him as the mole!"

Kate sighed and said in a low voice, "I'll call the police."

As Kate took out her phone, her face was resolute. At this time, Yang Yi said in annoyance, "Have you lost your mind? Why would you use your own phone to call the police? Find a payphone, if there's no payphone then go buy a phone card. How could you use your own phone to call the police?"

Just then, Kate, who was holding her phone, said in astonishment, "Daniel, Daniel sent me a message..."

Yang Yi and Kadipur were suddenly taken aback, then Yang Yi widened his eyes and asked, "What did he say?"

"He asked why everyone was unreachable. Why nobody was replying to his messages?"

Yang Yi swallowed and asked, "What time did he send it?"

"Half-past eight."

Yang Yi felt bewildered and pressed his forehead again, bewildered he said, "Let me think, why didn't he call? Why didn't Daniel make a call?"

Kadipur said softly, "Daniel hardly ever calls; he only chats with people online. I rarely go online and don't have much time for it, so we seldom communicate."

Kate nodded and said, "Yes, Daniel types faster than he talks, so he rarely makes calls."

"Ask him! Ask him where he is!"

Kate immediately began typing on her phone, then she quickly looked up and said, "He just came back from Manchester. He's still on the train, almost at the station."

Yang Yi said urgently, "Why did he go to Manchester?"

Kadipur slowly said, "Because he's from Manchester. His mother lives there, along with his sister. His father has passed away, so Daniel often returns to Manchester."

"How far are we from the train station?"

Kadipur quickly said, "Ten minutes. We're very close to King's Cross Train Station. Daniel will definitely get off here."

Yang Yi looked at Kate and said, "Ask him how long until we get to the station?"

Kate typed and then looked up, "Five minutes away."

Yang Yi waved his hand and said, "Go to the station to find him, tell him to wait for us, just say we have urgent business with him, and ask him to come alone—no, no, no, that's too stupid. Just say we'll wait for him at the exit."

Without even getting off, Kadipur immediately restarted the car and headed towards King's Cross station, which was very close to Daniel's place.

This time, it seemed that luck was on Yang Yi's side. As soon as they reached the agreed spot, Kate pointed towards the crowd just getting out of the station and urgently said, "Daniel! I see him."

Yang Yi whispered, "Signal him, get him in the car!"

Kate sat in the passenger seat, Yang Yi, with a gun in hand, promptly lay down in the back seat to prevent being seen by Daniel.

Kate called out a few times, and Daniel, seeing her, obediently walked to the front of the taxi. Then he said with a puzzled expression, "What's happened?"

"Get in the car!"

Kate's voice trembled slightly, but that didn't matter, because Daniel immediately opened the rear car door, and then he also immediately saw Yang Yi.

"You're here too?"

Yang Yi sat up and said in a heavy voice, "Get in, close the door."

Daniel got into the car, and Kadipur immediately drove off as planned.

As he sat in the car, Daniel's face suddenly changed; although it was only lit by a streetlamp for a second, Yang Yi keenly caught the change in Daniel's expression.

Before Kate could speak, Yang Yi indeed suddenly shouted, "Mr. Jones is dead! Jenny is dead, Ryan's dead, as well as Wells; everyone but us is dead. What have you done! Bastard! Look at the mess you've created!"

Daniel was immediately stunned, then with a trembling voice said, "What happened, I don't know, I didn't know it would be like this..."

Kate and Kadipur both gasped, and then Kate's gaze immediately turned vicious.

Daniel looked utterly panicked, he looked at Yang Yi, then turned to see Kate, who was staring murderously at him from behind, and said with a tremble, "Is it true? Is it true? Everyone... is dead? Why?"

Yang Yi growled, "Why did you betray us!"

Daniel shuddered and shouted, "I didn't! I haven't!"

Yang Yi grabbed the collar of Daniel's shirt, and then he said fiercely, "Then tell us what exactly you did! Bastard!"

Daniel was startled, his face first filled with shock, then finally said with a trembling voice, "I, I, I secretly sold some information..."

Yang Yi let out a sigh of relief, but Kate issued a deep growl and then leaned forward from her seat, grabbing hold of Daniel's clothes.

"You sold some information all by yourself!"

Kate's expression was incredibly fierce, and Yang Yi said solemnly, "Kate, let him go, let's get the story straight first. Daniel, tell me what you did, spit it out!"

With a crying tone, Daniel stammered, "I, I saw some financial transaction records in the data we downloaded, records we didn't need. They weren't what the employer wanted to buy, but I thought the list of financial transactions was useful. It could show that the Egertoni Company isn't as clean as it appears on the surface; the Egertoni Company, is, is laundering money..."

Everything became clear.

Yang Yi said with a trembling voice, "Mr. Jones didn't tell you to delete the unnecessary parts? Fuck! What have you done, you bastard!"

Daniel, shivering, said, "I thought, I thought maybe I could sell the information separately. I'm sorry, I need money, I need a lot of money. So I just, I secretly kept a part of the data. I thought someone would be interested in this information, so I posted it on the dark web, but I didn't anticipate the consequences would be so severe. The others, did they really, really die?"

Kate punched Daniel on the head, causing him to knock his head against the car window glass. He then grabbed his head and slumped down, crying out, "Sorry, I didn't think it would be like this."

Yang Yi held Kate back from hitting Daniel again, then he said urgently, "Who is it! Who's the hidden sponsor behind the Egertoni Company, who is Egertoni laundering money for!"

Daniel yelled, "Arms group! The Egertoni Company is laundering money for an arms group. Not only laundering money, but they also make genuine investments when they encounter quality assets. It's the Masser Group, Masser arms group!"

Yang Yi looked at Kate, who said with a trembling voice, "The Masser family, one of the biggest arms dealers on the black market of arms, oh God..."

They'd crossed someone they shouldn't have, an arms group, and not just any, but the biggest. It was all over.

Yang Yi felt a chill in his heart, and said tremblingly, "You idiot! Daniel, you idiot, you've doomed us all. Did you really think they wouldn't kill to protect a business worth billions? You—just like that—exposed a multi-billion-dollar deal?"

Daniel stammered, "I haven't sold it yet, I only posted the information on the Cicero Family's spy dark web, priced at a hundred thousand British Pounds, marked with the hidden sponsor behind the Egertoni Company, with solid evidence to prove it. But then the information was taken down from the dark web before it sold, I don't know what happened..."