Ultimate Firepower-Chapter 39 - 37 What Is Called Professional

Gao Yi spent a nearly sleepless night, not for any other reason but because he faced six temptations that were readily available.

But in the end, Gao Yi resisted the temptations and preserved his "Child’s Skill." 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

It wasn’t a matter of shyness or desire, Gao Yi understood too well the saying, "A man is easily steered by who provides for him."

Still young, finding whatever type of wealth wasn’t an issue, nor was the quantity; in any case, he couldn’t tie his fate to the Garden’s leaking ship because of beauty.

With a good excuse for himself, Gao Yi decided to have Sean remove all the maids the next time he saw her.

Morning came, and with somewhat reddened eyes, Gao Yi opened the bedroom door, but as he looked at the living room of the presidential suite, he felt a sense of unease.

There were no maids in the living room, but there were four male servants—tall, short, fat, thin, all handsome—a common feature.

Glancing to the side, there were two more.

If there was only one, it would be fine, but six male servants, that was not right.

"Good morning, sir."

A blonde, blue-eyed servant greeted him effeminately, while another muscular servant with a very rugged appearance and an exceptionally handsome sunny smile loudly asked, "Sir, would you like breakfast prepared now?"

Gao Yi took a step back, then he called out firmly, "Sean! Sean!"

Gao Yi’s voice trembled as he called out, and after repeatedly shouting, Sean emerged from a door next to him, respectfully asking, "Sir, what can I do for you?"

Gao Yi pointed at the two male servants in front of him and commanded sharply, "Get them out!"

Sean frowned slightly again, he didn’t hesitate, but waved his hand with a bit of confusion, "Please leave for now..."

"Not for now, make them leave for good!"

The six male servants left the suite in turn, and once the suite was completely empty, Gao Yi said tremulously, "I said no women, so you brought me six men?"

Sean replied in a low voice, "Sorry, but you said no women, which means men are permissible, right?"

"No!"

Gao Yi grew angry, standing in front of Sean, he said vehemently, "I like women! Not men. I don’t touch those women purely because I don’t want to get too entangled with you. If I want a woman, I’ll find her myself—I don’t need you to arrange one for my bedside."

Sean expressed sudden realization, "You simply don’t want to accept our kindness, alright, I understand, sorry for any inconvenience I caused, sir."

Gao Yi wanted to scold him, but facing the polite Sean, he really couldn’t bring himself to say much.

"Don’t arrange these things in the future. I just want to complete the mission successfully and get my commission!"

Sean nodded, smiling, "Of course, sir."

Gao Yi plopped down on the sofa, then he said irritably, "Are you British?"

"Hmm, how did you know? Do I have an accent?"

Sean appeared surprised, while Gao Yi grumbled, "Only the British would do something like this."

"I must say, that’s a prejudice..."

Gao Yi waved a hand, "I’ll go see if I have any chances near the target’s home today."

Sean immediately became serious, "Very well, sir, do you need me to prepare anything? Weapons, vehicles, the route, or any other requests, please just command me."

Gao Yi took a deep breath, "Don’t be like that, I’m not quite used to it, just treat me like a normal person."

"This is my normal attitude, sir."

"Stop calling me sir."

"Alright, sir, then how should I address you?"

"Just call me... whatever, call me whatever you like."

Gao Yi didn’t know how to interact with Sean, but Sean smiled, "Do you need breakfast now, sir?"

"Yes, anything will do."

A rich French breakfast was brought into the room, and Gao Yi wearing his robe finished his breakfast.

After eating, it was time for action, but how exactly?

As Gao Yi agonized over his plan of action, Sean came by and said, "The car is ready. Do you need a driver, or will you drive yourself?"

"Do you guys always operate this luxuriously?"

Gao Yi couldn’t help asking, then he murmured, "I can’t drive, so arrange a driver, uh, just get a taxi."

Sean raised an eyebrow, "You can’t drive... then you definitely need a driver. A taxi driver won’t do, sir, please let me drive for you."

What else could Gao Yi say? He continued, "You drive, fine, let’s depart now."

If Sean was willing to follow, then let him follow. Gao Yi wasn’t afraid of anything, but just when he was about to leave, Sean asked again, "Sir, don’t you need makeup?"

"Makeup?"

Gao Yi was surprised, then he asked blankly, "What makeup?"

"..."

Sean was silent for a while, then he tried to maintain a calm tone, "Sir, scouting the target’s residence is unlikely to bear fruit in one attempt. If you need to survey multiple times, using the same face each time is easily compromised, sir."

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to disguise himself, but Gao Yi didn’t know how to apply makeup, as for the legendary silicone mask, he’d need to have one first.

But now that Sean had spoken, Gao Yi felt there was some hope.

Without asking further, Gao Yi immediately said, "Then let’s go with the makeup."

Sean smiled and gestured toward his room, "Please follow me, sir."

Gao Yi followed Sean into the room. Sean asked Gao Yi to sit in a chair, and after examining Gao Yi’s face for a long time, he suddenly said, "Asian features are too prominent, difficult to mask. It might be better to make some alterations to your age."

Looking around, Gao Yi asked in a low voice, "How so?"

Sean picked up a large case, opened the lid, and pulled it to both sides, turning it into a V-shaped rack.

"Please close your eyes."

Gao Yi closed his eyes, Sean picked up a jar, and began to apply some paste-like substance to Gao Yi’s face.

"What’s this?"

"Concealer, it also changes skin color. I’ll change your skin color first, then alter your facial structure, adding some wrinkles."

Gao Yi closed his eyes, and about ten minutes later, Sean said, "You can open your eyes now."

Without a mirror at hand, Gao Yi couldn’t see the change in his skin color, but he just saw Sean pick up some unfamiliar items from the box and apply them to his face, and there were also very fine, syringe-like objects tracing his face.

There was a slight stinging sensation, followed by a liquid feeling solidifying on the face and pulling on the skin—tight and uncomfortable.

"Don’t speak."

Gao Yi wanted to ask, but before he could open his mouth, Sean read his thoughts and stopped his question.

Gao Yi had no choice but to close his mouth and patiently wait for Sean to apply his makeup.

After about half an hour, Sean finally let out a gentle breath, then he picked up a spray can and sprayed twice close to the scalp, then began to ruffle his hair.

"Right, just wait a little."

Sean opened another case full of glasses, Gao Yi turned to look and found it packed to the brim with spectacles.

"Have you ever worn contact lenses?"

"No."

"I’ll help you put them on, tilt back your head, look up, like you’re rolling your eyes. Good."

Gao Yi felt a coolness in his eye; he involuntarily blinked. He then felt a foreign sensation in his left eye, and at that moment, Sean picked up another contact lens from a small plastic box, saying, "Right eye, quickly, don’t blink."

With the contact lenses on, it wasn’t over yet. Sean looked at the case full of glasses, picked out a pair with metal frames, the aviator sunglasses, and fitted them onto Gao Yi. After a brief glance, he promptly removed the aviators and swapped them for square-framed sunglasses.

"That should do it."

Sean nodded satisfactorily, then smiled, "Now, let’s change your fingerprints."

"Fingerprints can be changed?"

Sean opened a box with many small compartments, most labeled. Gao Yi glanced at them and noticed the labels seemed to bear names.

Sean muttered to himself, "Asian, Asian, Asians are too few..."

Looking slightly helpless, Sean picked a label, then spoke firmly, "Extend your left hand, spread your fingers."

Gao Yi stretched out his left hand, palm up.

Sean carefully opened a multi-layered transparent plastic box, and with a small tweezer topped with a silicone cover, gently picked up a transparent film from the box, then, holding Gao Yi’s thumb with his left hand, he applied the film with the tweezer in his right hand.

After smoothing the plastic film thoroughly, Sean moved on to the next finger.

It took an hour to apply all ten fingerprints.

Finally, Sean exhaled gently, "All set, please have a look."

Gao Yi stood up, following Sean to the large mirror in the bathroom. At first glance, Gao Yi could hardly recognize the person in the mirror as himself.

A man in his mid-forties with somewhat greasy hair, wearing sunglasses, appeared. When Gao Yi removed the sunglasses and could clearly see his own eyes, he noticed they were smaller.

It was somewhat eerie.

Sean spoke calmly, "The contact lenses change your iris pattern to thwart iris recognition technology. The facial alterations ensure your facial image won’t be captured and retained, your fingerprints have been changed and should stay put for seventy-two hours, the palm print adhesive won’t come off for twenty-four hours unless you wash with makeup remover, and the hair styling product simulates the effect of hair oil to prevent your hair from falling out as much as possible. Unless someone captures you and tests your blood, you won’t leave any traces."

This was professionalism.

Gao Yi said from the heart, "Impressive!"

Sean smiled, "This is just the most basic assistant skill, sir. Please wait a moment, I’ll apply a simple makeup too, and then we can set off."