Jethro said a few words, and Yang Yi was certain that he had definitely been in contact with Deyo Marcel.
Now Deyo had ordered Jethro to meet him alone, and the place was in Nice, which was another significant gain. However, just knowing that Deyo was in that city meant nothing.
Yang Yi was completely unfamiliar with Deyo Marcel, but Jethro was certainly familiar with him.
If Jethro had started to doubt Deyo Marcel’s mental state, then it was likely that Deyo Marcel was indeed in trouble, and it was no small problem. Perhaps he was overcome by the grief of losing his son.
"As a father, after losing his most beloved son, it’s possible for him to make any decision. What I care about is whether your safety can be assured,"
Yang Yi said softly and then hesitated before adding, "There are many things I should not ask, but now I must know. That Nicholas, will he meet Deyo Marcel at the same time as you? If that’s the case, then the problem is serious. There might not be any danger before you meet Deyo, but after you’ve seen him, it’s hard to say."
Jethro spread his hands and said with a worried face, "Of course I understand that, but Deyo said he would only be in Nice for a very short time, and I don’t think Deyo is in any mood to reschedule and then summon Nicholas. He will definitely want to meet us both and have us rush to Ukraine."
After taking a deep breath, Jethro said somewhat angrily, "Under these circumstances, Deyo still wants me to go to Nice alone to meet him."
Shaking his head suddenly, Jethro said in a low voice to Yang Yi, "Deyo is now blinded by rage, and I have no intention of opposing him or betraying him, but I can’t follow his orders as they are now, so I want you guys to come with me to Nice."
Jethro decided to ignore Deyo’s orders. For the sake of his own safety, he decided it was better to expose Deyo’s location even to strangers than to try to protect himself as much as possible.
Unexpectedly, happiness came so suddenly. Now there was no need for Anton to follow Jethro in the shadows, as Jethro would lead Yang Yi to Deyo Marcel himself.
Although he was almost elated inside, Yang Yi kept a serious face. Finally, he said softly, "This won’t do. If Nicholas meets Deyo at the same time as you, then it’s quite likely that your whereabouts won’t remain secret. If Nicholas really decides to take you out, a firefight is inevitable. Can’t we delay it a bit? I’ll immediately call people from Ukraine, we need to prepare for a tough fight."
Jethro said with a pained expression, "There’s no time..."
After speaking, Jethro stood up with a serious expression, "We’ll depart for Nice immediately. I’ll have someone send some weapons and equipment to Nice, and I’ll try to choose a safe channel. Then, you guys will protect me covertly if..."
Shaking his head, Jethro stood up and said, "Let’s talk about the rest once we get there."
Jethro had indeed wrestled with a great inner struggle before he decided to bring Yang Yi with him. The signs were too clear. He did not want to defy Deyo’s orders, but pressed by the reality of the situation, he ultimately chose to secretly disobey.
Once he had made up his mind, Jethro was no longer as hesitant as before. He looked at his assistant and asked, "Boya, is the car ready?"
"It’s ready. The car will take you to the airport, and from there you’ll fly to Nice. But I contacted only one car because you said you were going alone," answered the assistant.
Jethro waved his hand and said, "You are all coming with me, no need for my own car. We’ll take a cab. Let’s head to the airport now and book tickets for all of us, immediately."
Standing up and regaining his confidence, Jethro said to Yang Yi across from him in a grave voice, "In this battle, if I win, you can reap unimaginable rewards, and if I lose, I will die. As for you, though the risk you face is not small, yet you have the chance to leave. Small investment, big return, what do you say, dare to take this risk with me?"
Yang Yi looked at Brian and the others, then he smiled and said, "What we eat is this bowl of perilous rice. In the face of sufficient commission, what is risk? The only request is that you provide us with what we need as soon as we land in Nice. I don’t want to face Nicholas’s assassins empty-handed, if he really sends them."
With a wave of his hand, Jethro said, "Follow me."
Yang Yi knew that Anton must be close by, but even though he knew that Anton was nearby, he just couldn’t detect Anton’s presence.
Anton would surely hear the conversation between Yang Yi and Jethro, as Yang Yi had a bug on him, so naturally, Anton would also know they were going to Nice.
There was no need to worry about Anton then; let him do as he wished. He might uncover more detailed information, or he might not gain much useful stuff. But according to the current situation, even if Anton’s side had no gain, Yang Yi was confident he could roughly find out Deyo’s hiding place.
The place they were staying wasn’t too far from the airport. The group left the hotel restaurant and immediately took a taxi to the airport. There were plenty of flights from Paris to Nice, so buying tickets on the spot was not a problem.
Luckily, Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport wasn’t on strike today.
Once at the airport, Jethro took out his phone, but instead of making a call, he sent a few text messages.
Yang Yi did not know what messages Jethro was sending or whether he was contacting Deyo, but he figured Jethro must be in contact with Deyo. Otherwise, given Jethro’s age, he really shouldn’t be endlessly fiddling with his phone.
No wonder the surveillance had not yielded any useful information; it turned out Jethro and Deyo were communicating through the internet.
Yang Yi regretted not bringing Tang Guo along. Although it wouldn’t have been possible to have Tang Guo by his side, if she had been tracking with Anton, perhaps she could have hacked into Jethro’s phone and obtained the most critical information.
After sending messages for a while, Jethro looked relieved and said, "Good, we’ve got enough time."
After giving Yang Yi a wry smile, Jethro spread his hands and said, "We must get there before four o’clock in the afternoon. It seems we have plenty of time, at least I don’t have to worry about being late."
Good, the meeting time was known now.
Yang Yi found that Jethro was indeed his lucky star, especially when Jethro, having no one else available and facing an imminent crisis, still wanted to take a chance to vie for a higher position, he was virtually defenseless against him.