Yang Yi and Xiao Ran came to Las Vegas to find Zhang Yong, but they spent a night at the casino first and incidentally took on the first task ever assigned by the Organization of Water. Nevertheless, they still didn’t know where Zhang Yong was.
In the evening, Yang Yi continued to play until half-past ten, when the gambling session came to an end. People like Boer had strong self-control and would not play through the night on a whim.
When it was over, Yang Yi had finally won back the money he lost in the afternoon. After the final tally, he was left with one million and five thousand US dollars—not bad since he hadn’t lost any money.
After the game broke up, Yang Yi and Xiao Ran exchanged their chips for cash, and then Yang Yi called Mike after returning to his room.
Waiting for Mike to pick up, Yang Yi spoke softly, "I took on a task today, ten million US dollars."
Mike grumbled something, which Yang Yi didn’t catch, so he asked softly, "What did you say?"
Mike replied in a low voice, "Did you take on Boer’s task?"
"Then you didn’t take on a task, but a problem instead. Do you know why? Because no one wants to take Boer’s jobs. When you called me to get information on Boer Stupike, I knew you had some interaction with him, so I did some digging. Guess what?"
"Someone wants to kill Boer Stupike, and they’ve already killed his partner."
Mike sighed and said, "Boer wants to investigate who is trying to kill him, but there’s no need for that; it’s his wife. Boer Stupike’s wife wants him dead."
Yang Yi was shocked and asked in a low voice, "Are you joking? How do you know?"
Mike spoke with resignation, "Let me tell you, no matter how unbelievable it may be, when you exclude all impossibilities, the remaining possibility, no matter how absurd, must be the truth. Boer Stupike does business by the book, and while he has competitors, they wouldn’t assassinate him. That’s a line everyone must not cross. With that said, there’s something you should know—Boer Stupike and his wife have been separated for a long time."
Yang Yi had taken on a task that he hadn’t truly begun, yet Mike revealed the answer to him directly.
Apart from being incredible, it was also unbelievable, wasn’t it? Otherwise, what other words could describe Yang Yi’s feelings at the moment?
"Do you have any evidence?"
Mike said impatiently, "If I had evidence, I’d be damned. How can you find proof for this kind of thing? That’s the problem. You tell Boer that his wife wants to kill him, and is a word alone enough? Of course not! You need substantial evidence to prove it, but do you know how hard it is to gather evidence for this kind of thing? If his wife gives up on the idea, how would you continue to collect evidence, or do you know when she plans to make another move? We can’t just keep an eye on his wife and do nothing else."
Yang Yi sighed and said, "That makes things troublesome."
"Of course it’s troublesome. Boer Stupike’s wife is a Rockefeller; their marriage was purely political. Boer is doing quite well, so the Rockefeller family wouldn’t eliminate such an important asset. But Boer’s wife doesn’t think so. Women can be frightening when they get crazy, and all she wants is to be with her lover. If she kills Boer, then she inherits everything."
"Is there really a need for this?"
"Of course, there is a need. Boer’s wife isn’t a direct descendent of the Rockefeller family. If she can be used to sway Boer Stupike, how important can she be? She doesn’t have much money, but she will have money once Boer is dead. Plus, she can happily live with her lover from then on. Isn’t that reason enough for her to kill Boer?"
Yang Yi bitterly smiled and said, "Alright, she has enough reason to kill Boer."
Mike whispered, "Do you think Boer Stupike doesn’t know who is trying to kill him first? No, he knows, of course, he knows, but he needs evidence. Boer Stupike is very capable on his own, he has his own bank, but his success couldn’t have been achieved without his wife’s family’s help. So Boer Stupike can’t treat his wife like any ordinary person. Divorce is out of the question, and killing his wife is impossible too; he needs evidence. With evidence, he can confront the Rockefeller family, and it’s only after obtaining sufficient evidence that Boer can confront the Rockefeller family. Do you understand what I mean?"
Yang Yi whispered, "So the situation itself isn’t complicated, but it became complex after the backgrounds of both parties got involved."
Mike said, "That’s right, it’s very complicated. The main issue is that evidence is too hard to gather. Everyone knows who wants to kill Boer, but no one can get the evidence."
Yang Yi bitterly smiled for a long time, and finally said, "Alright, it looks like the first deal I took on has to end . You’re right, ten million US dollars isn’t worth us putting much effort into this."
"Wait, how much did you say?"
"Ten million US dollars."
"Are you insane? If ten million US dollars isn’t worth it, then what job would be? Boer is willing to pay that high a price?"
"Of course, he offered a reward of ten million US dollars."
Mike said decisively, "Then take it! After handling things in Europe, we’ll go all-in on this job. Ten million US dollars is worth doing anything for. How lucrative do you think the intelligence business is? Ten million is an exceptionally rare bounty."
Yang Yi murmured, "What kind of evidence do we need to gather exactly?"
"It’s going to be tricky, we need at least footage of Boer’s wife meeting with the assassin, and audio would be best. But unless that woman is stupid, it’s almost impossible for us to get such footage."
"Then what are we talking about?"
"Idiot, we can go fishing, set a trap, pretend to be the assassin and make contact with his wife ourselves! Such a simple problem..."
Yang Yi took a deep breath and said, "That could work."
"Why wouldn’t it? Everyone knows it’s Boer’s wife who wants to kill him, so the focus is on her, not the assassin. As long as we can record her voice and get the key footage, that’s enough. As for the assassin, who cares who the assassin is?"
Yang Yi still didn’t quite understand, so he murmured, "If it’s that simple, why hasn’t anyone else done it?"
"Fuck! You think anyone can pull this off? Others can’t, but we can, is that reason enough?"
"Enough! Absolutely enough!"
Mike whispered, "What we have to do is simple: get in touch with Boer’s wife and figure out if she wants to kill Boer. If so, then we come up with a way to hook her. Once she’s hooked, ten million US dollars is ours. Let’s finish the things in Europe, and then tackle this."