A cross-dressing anime, starting with Kaguya-sama: Love Is War.

Only Finn remained in the same position, gently rubbing his chin with his thumb.

"So, that grand meeting just now was deliberately held for that spy to see."

Alexie tapped her finger heavily on the map;

“The Dark Faction will definitely receive the message. They will think that we will split into three groups and launch a surprise attack on those three strongholds at midnight.”

"What they want to do is to set up ambushes along our way to the stronghold, or at the stronghold itself, waiting for us to walk right into their trap."

Shakti broke out in a cold sweat; she understood completely.

If they had followed the plan, all three of their armies would have run headlong into the enemy's carefully laid trap.

The consequences are unimaginable.

"interesting."

Finn finally spoke, standing up and walking to the map.

"The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind."

He looked at the map, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

"Since the enemy will ambush us, we can turn the tables and ambush those who ambush us in 4.0."

"That's right!"

Alexandra nodded heavily.

"This is Lynn's real plan!"

"We will indeed go to those three strongholds, but not with a main force attack. Instead, we will send out small elite units to launch a feint attack. The goal is to make the scene more realistic and keep the enemy's main force firmly in their pre-set ambush area!"

"Our three main forces will lie in ambush in places they wouldn't expect, waiting for their main force to appear, and then... trap them and beat them!"

The entire plan was audacious and crazy, yet logically meticulous, with each step intricately linked.

195. If you could combine your efforts...

After listening to Alexie's words, Shak nodded; "Good plan! This way, we can turn the tables and catch them off guard!"

Hedin fell silent.

He looked at the map, his mind racing as he analyzed the feasibility of the entire plan.

After a long while, he finally raised his head, his gaze falling on Alexandra's face like a knife.

"This plan sounds good."

"However, it is based on one premise."

"How can you be so sure that the enemy will follow your script?"

"What if they see through the feint attack, or simply abandon the stronghold and concentrate all their forces to attack one of our main forces?"

“More importantly,” Hedin’s voice grew colder, “this is all just the word of that guy named Lynn, who didn’t even show up at the meeting.”

"Don't you think it's too hasty to put the fate of the entire Yulari on a plan involving an absentee?"

I don't think so.

Ryu stepped forward and walked to Alexie's side, standing shoulder to shoulder with her.

"Because we believe in Lynn."

"That's right!"

Lyra and Niz echoed the sentiment.

"Lynn, that guy, although he can be quite unreliable at times, has never made a mistake on matters like this!"

Looking at the unwavering attitude of the Astrea Familia girls, and recalling their earlier promises...

Hedin snorted coldly and said nothing more.

Finn walked to the map and drew three circles on it with his finger, marking the three outposts and the only way to reach them.

"The enemy can only ambush in these few areas."

Then, he drew an even larger encirclement on the outer edge.

"And our ambush point is here, here, and here."

"Wherever they choose to do it, they'll fall into our open pockets."

Looking at the clear inner and outer encirclements on the map, Herding's breath caught in his throat for a moment.

The brilliance of this plan lies in the fact that it is not a fixed trap, but a mobile hunting ground.

They don't wait for their prey to step into the trap; instead, they proactively close the net after the prey enters the hunting grounds.

"it is good."

Hedin finally uttered the word.

He looked at Alexandra.

“I agree to this plan.”

"However, the feinting force must be composed of members of your Astrea Familia, as well as the Artemis Familia and the Ganesha Familia."

"Our Freya Familia and Loki Familia are responsible for the outer perimeter strangulation."

This is both a test and a check.

The most dangerous feint missions must be undertaken by the person who proposed the plan.

"no problem!"

Alexandra agreed without hesitation.

She knew this was the only way to gain Hedin's trust.

“Then,” Finn said with a strategist’s smile, pointing his finger heavily at the center of the map, at the blank area that did not belong to any outpost.

"Tonight, let the entire Yulari play a funeral dirge for the Dark Faction."

"Our hunting grounds are now officially open."

...

An hour after the adventurers' war council ended, the intelligence reached the ears of the dark faction.

"The enemy's 'annihilation operation' took place at... midnight."

The territory of the dark faction's powerful clique.

"Midnight...Operation Annihilation."

Alekto's voice was sharp and hoarse as she slammed the intelligence she had just obtained from her inside man onto the stone table. "Apat! Look at the good men you've brought in! He's sold out all three of our strongholds!"

"We should retreat immediately! Those guys have gone mad!"

Sitting opposite her was Apat, the goddess of deception and lies, who simply twirled the ends of her hair with her slender fingers, a lazy and mocking smile on her face.

"Oh dear, Alecto, you're still so timid."

"It's just one member of the clan being arrested, what's the big deal?"

“You!” Alekto stood up abruptly, as if the temperature in the temple had dropped several degrees. “Now he’s exposed us all!”

“Hehehe…” Apate chuckled, “Give it up? Isn’t that perfect?”

She raised her eyes, a sly glint in them.

"At least, that guy named Furuta Nimura successfully verified the combat capabilities of the artificial fairy soldiers, didn't he? By the way, he also helped us determine the true strength of the Astrea Familia."

"What's the use of that!" Alecto trembled with rage.

"Thanks to the experience you sent, all the core members of the Astrea Familia have leveled up! Now the Loki Familia, the Freya Familia, and all the Families in Yularia have united! What can we do against them! I think we should retreat first!"

Apate's smile widened, and she leaned forward, speaking in an almost whispered voice.

“Your family members, Vina and Dina, were too reckless back then.”

“And you, Alector, are too cowardly.”

"If you two could work together, maybe those two poor children wouldn't have died."

"Shut up!"

Mentioning Vina and Dina's names makes Alecto react like a cat whose tail has been stepped on, instantly bristling with anger.

It looked like the two goddesses were about to completely break off their relationship.

"Keep quiet."

A deep, steady voice rang out.

196. Less than three hours left.

It's Sanatos.

The god who governs death sat quietly in the main seat.

Sanatos looked around at the assembled gods and said, “This is not a crisis for us, but rather an excellent opportunity.”

Chance?

The other gods all looked puzzled.

“I was prepared.” Sanatos’s voice was calm and even, yet it carried an air of complete confidence.

"This time, Apate had the wedding of the Astrea Familia attacked, and Alphia and Chardo also went after the Loki Familia and Freya Familia respectively."

"This is a great disgrace to Yulari's self-proclaimed righteous clans."

"Therefore, they will definitely gather together and launch a general offensive, which is exactly what I expected."

Sanatos stood up and walked to a huge map of Euryale.

"Therefore, I had already ordered a large number of explosive devices to be prepared, and I have already sent someone to inform Ares."

“Those innocent children of Yulali have no idea that we have an inside man.”

“They thought they had the initiative and that they were about to launch a just ‘annihilation war’.”

A cold smile curved Sanato's lips.

"And we, right on their supposedly foolproof route of attack, laid a trap."

"This time, we will overturn the entire Yulari in one fell swoop."

Apate's smile grew even more alluring. She stood up, walked to Sanato's side, and added.

"Not only that, I have already made my pious cups of sodium-sodium ...

“At midnight, they will appear in every corner of Yulari.”

"And there's Revis, she can also control those man-eating flower monsters, you saw it yesterday, she'll help us too."

"The price is that after overthrowing Yullali, you have to tear down that obstructive Tower of Babel."

"Hahahahaha!"

The Rudraksha god, who had been silent all along, suddenly burst into a wild laugh.

The Destroyer slapped the stone table, laughing so hard he almost fell over.

"Tear down the Tower of Babel? Whether she said it or not, we would have torn it down!"

"Let the monsters of the dungeons roam the surface once more! Let mortals once more pray in fear! May they find peace and prosperity!"

The atmosphere inside the base instantly shifted from tense to frenzied excitement.

Thanatos raised his hand, and silence returned to the temple.

"Since they're going to launch a full-scale attack at midnight, let's play along."

"Pass down the order to have the people at the three strongholds prepare for battle and put on a good show for them."

"Then, at their most triumphant moment..."

Sanatos pressed his palm heavily on the center of the map, on the Tower of Babel that represented the heart of the Euryale.

"Detonate everything."

...