"Whether it was resignation or acceptance, Zoge was done pretending.
For Gao Guang, the most important thing was that he had finally stripped Zoge of his disguise and could see his true face.
As for Leaf, he was just satisfying his curiosity.
Without any preconceived positions or subjective judgments, the rhetoric that Zoge used on Gao Guang did no good with Leaf.
For example, since Gao Guang was an arms dealer, he saw Zoge as a competitor because Zoge was working for the Pentagon, and naturally assumed Zoge was a white glove.
But Leaf was different; he didn't care what Zoge was doing or whether he was a white glove. All he wanted was to get to the bottom of Zoge's secrets. Once he did, Zoge's identity would naturally be judged by Leaf himself.
Leaf didn't say anything particularly frightening, nor did he make any particularly threatening moves, but just a sinister smile was enough to strike fear deep into Zoge's heart.
The CIA had long since instilled fear in Zoge.