Su Yang felt a bit helpless. If this didn't work and that didn't work, then what would?
What if he spent the entire night here and found nothing?
Sakada was greedy for money; Su Yang figured approaching him directly with money was feasible.
But Li Yue was afraid of this and that...
"It's not about mental restraint, it's because the situation requires us to consider many factors and allows no room for error. What if..."
Li Yue wanted to say, what if Sakada discovered their objective and, in a fit of rage, killed Xie Feng?
Su Yang interrupted her.
"Where are there so many 'what ifs'? There aren't that many 'what ifs' in this world. You say 'what if,' and I can also say 'what if' my method works.
Which 'what if' do you think is more likely to be true, yours or mine?"
Su Yang looked at Li Yue, as if searching for an answer.
Li Yue found some logic in Su Yang's words.
"But you just treated Sakada like that. If you go back to him now, wouldn't anyone with a brain be suspicious? Or do you think Sakada, the leader of an assassination organization, has the intelligence of an idiot?"
Indeed.
Su Yang nodded. "As you said, Sakada is not an idiot. In fact, he's very shrewd. But there's one 'bug' you don't know about."
"What bug?" Li Yue didn't understand what Su Yang meant by 'bug' at this moment.
"This Sakada person, he loves money very, very much."
Li Yue frowned. "So?"
"I have money. Money makes the world go 'round. If I give him money, he'll definitely talk."
Li Yue pursed her lips, frowning slightly, clearly not trusting Su Yang much.
Su Yang patted Li Yue's shoulder. "Don't worry. Or rather, even if you don't trust me, I will definitely get an answer for you. I promise."
At this point, the key issue had shifted from Shangguan Zhongtang to Xie Feng.
As long as Su Yang found Xie Feng, things would become much, much easier.
If he couldn't find him, then with Li Yue here, Shangguan Zhongtang would absolutely not fall into Su Yang's hands.
Su Yang wanted to ask Sakada about Xie Feng so that if Xie Feng was indeed in Sakada's hands, Su Yang would gain a head start in securing Xie Feng.
The situation was very favorable for Su Yang.
Seeing Su Yang's confident declaration, Li Yue pursed her lips. "Alright, I believe you. I hope you don't disappoint me."
Su Yang smiled. "I definitely won't disappoint you."
After speaking, Su Yang tidied his clothes and said to Li Yue, "You stay here for now. If anything happens, hide as the situation dictates. I'll be back after I ask."
Su Yang walked out of his room and looked towards Sakada's room.
To facilitate their conversation, Sakada had arranged Su Yang and Li Yue's room near his own, not too far away.
Su Yang saw that the light in Sakada's room was still on, suggesting the man was indeed nervous.
But Su Yang found it a bit amusing. After all, he was the leader of the top among the seven assassination organizations; why was he so nervous about such a small matter?
Arriving at Sakada's door, Su Yang knocked. "Hall Master Sakada."
"Boss Su?"
Sakada's voice was filled with surprise.
Just as Li Yue had said, Sakada had gone to find Su Yang earlier, and Su Yang had sent him away. Now Su Yang was coming to find Sakada again; anyone would be suspicious.
Unlike Su Yang earlier, Sakada didn't refuse to open the door for Su Yang. Hearing Su Yang's voice, although puzzled, Sakada immediately opened the door.
"Boss Su?" Sakada looked at Su Yang, confused. "Weren't you going to sleep?"
Su Yang pursed his lips. "I was about to sleep, but I suddenly remembered something and wanted to ask you about it."
Hearing Su Yang's words, Sakada responded and invited Su Yang into the room.
"Please come in first, Boss Su."
Su Yang entered. The room was no different from his own, except for a few of Sakada's personal belongings.
Su Yang sat down at the table while Sakada poured tea.
Sakada was indeed a bit nervous. Su Yang's arrival didn't arouse any suspicion.
Su Yang saw this with his keen eyes.
"What is it, Boss Su?"
Su Yang pursed his lips and looked at Sakada. "There was a commission you had with Shangguan Zhongtang before, to assassinate someone... This person is a bit important to me."
Hearing Su Yang's words, Sakada's face turned pale.
"Boss... Boss Su, you're not saying that the people I and Shangguan Zhongtang dealt with before included someone of yours, are you?"
Realizing this, Sakada's face truly turned white.
At this moment, Sakada didn't know Su Yang's full strength, but he was well aware of Su Yang's financial power.
However, Sakada also knew that people with immense wealth would not lack power.
Even if their power was weak, wealth could compensate for it.
Sakada didn't know Su Yang's current situation, but when facing Shangguan Zhongtang, Su Yang had displayed this aspect to the fullest.
Hearing Sakada's words, Su Yang pursed his lips and looked at Sakada. "Actually, my surname isn't Su, and I'm already over twenty years old today."
"Ah?" Sakada didn't understand Su Yang's words.
He had just been thinking that among the people he and Shangguan Zhongtang had cooperated to eliminate, there didn't seem to be anyone with the surname Su.
Then he heard Su Yang say his surname wasn't Su.
"Then... then what is your surname?"
Actually, the surname didn't matter; the outcome was the same. None of the people Sakada and Shangguan Zhongtang had assassinated had a good end.
Now that he knew Su Yang's situation, Sakada felt utterly miserable.
If only he had known he would cooperate with Su Yang, then back then...
But if he hadn't cooperated with Shangguan Zhongtang back then, he wouldn't be cooperating with Su Yang now.
Everything was arranged by fate...
"My surname is Xie."
Su Yang was fabricating this. Before he transmigrated, his surname was Zhang.
But at this moment, to make Sakada reveal Xie Feng's whereabouts, Su Yang had to pretend to be someone else's son.
"Xie?" Upon hearing the surname, Sakada's expression clearly became unnatural.
Su Yang inwardly thought, this is promising.
"More than twenty years ago, when my mother was pregnant with me, my father mysteriously disappeared. Because my father's identity was rather special, my mother worried that other enemies might come looking for us, so she changed my surname."