Mr. Pantalone has no crazy plans today.

She knew that with that man's methods, he would always find a way to argue his way out of trouble.

So she planned to use other forces to completely crush him, leaving him with no way to refute or argue.

The reason for the lack of action so far was that we had not yet obtained decisive evidence.

She glanced at the 'Void Dream Terminal' in her hand, the one distributed by the Fools, supposedly for convenient communication and work purposes, and knew that this was the most crucial point.

However, she still did not choose to act rashly, to be honest, if that were all there was to it.

It cannot yet be considered a decisive factor.

After putting away the report in her hand, Arecino took a deep breath and looked at the intelligence officer who had submitted the information to her. She looked at her subordinate with sharp eyes and said.

Are you sure all of this is real?

"Reporting to 'Servant,' I am absolutely certain that this is the plan of the Executor 'The Rich.' Only that madman Pantalone would dare to devise such a plan. This is all based on intelligence gathered by the Hearthstone House's spies."

The intelligence officer bowed his head respectfully and said...

After receiving an affirmative answer, a thoughtful look flashed in Arecino's eyes as she held the information in her hand.

She was considering whether it was worthwhile to act now, or to wait until Pantalone made its next move before taking further action against Pantalone's plan.

Just as Arecino was pondering whether she should take action, her subordinate intelligence agent suddenly spoke up.

“In fact, sir, I had already considered the things you have taken into account. Therefore, regarding this operation against the executive officer ‘The Rich,’ I would like to request that you entrust this matter entirely to me.”

"Although I know it's presumptuous of me to say this, for your sake, my 'servant,' I'm willing to be chosen to carry out this mission. That way, even if this operation fails, it won't have anything to do with you. This is just my personal opinion."

Arecino hesitated for a moment upon hearing the reply from her subordinate.

He then nodded, agreeing to the request from his subordinate.

"I have granted your request."

"Thank you for your permission, I will bring you victory."

He lowered his head and responded respectfully.

Chapter 83 My Plan Has Been Discovered Again? (4k)

Overtime always flies by, under Columbia's supervision.

Pantalone felt that his work efficiency and enthusiasm had become higher than ever before. In this state, he could do more work in a day than he usually could in a week.

This level of work efficiency and enthusiasm is so high that even slacking gods like Barbatos, the god of wind, and Morax, the god of rock, would feel ashamed in comparison.

After witnessing his incredibly efficient work, the Rock Lord must surely regret not having a Vision for himself, and perhaps even become one of the Liyue Seven Stars.

Thus, Pantalone found joy in suffering while escaping reality through work, thereby refusing to communicate with Columbia.

Even Lord Pantalone's men started discussing it.

Ever since a girl he didn't know became Mr. Pantalone's new secretary, his enthusiasm for work has been higher than ever before.

This led many people to secretly speculate about the relationship between the girl who suddenly became Mr. Pantalone's new secretary and Mr. Pantalone.

"What do you think is the relationship between Mr. Pantalone and that girl who suddenly appeared by his side recently, who inexplicably became his secretary?"

"To be honest, Mr. Pantalone's new secretary is the most beautiful girl I've ever seen. I just don't know why she looks so familiar, like I've seen her somewhere before."

“I guess… maybe she’s Mr. Pantalone’s mistress, because I’ve never seen that girl do any secretarial work for Mr. Pantalone in all this time; on the contrary, Mr. Pantalone has always been the one doing the work.”

"Possibly, otherwise, given Mr. Pantalone's personality, why would he possibly support a girl who just lives off him?"

"Shh~ Keep your voice down. How can people like you and me make up stories about the master? If it gets to the master's ears, you'll be in big trouble."

"Stop arguing, all of you. You've all come up with so many unreliable guesses. In comparison, I have a more reliable one. I think this must all be part of the wise Lord Pantalone's plan."

"That makes sense, I also think this guess is the most reliable."

"Indeed, no need to say anything more, the answer is that all of this is part of the wise Lord Pantalone's plan."

And so, the foolish officers working under Pantalone reached a consensus without prior agreement.

Even so, some rumors still managed to spread and reach the ears of the parties involved.

On this day, Pantalone, who was numbing himself with overtime work as usual and using this method to refuse to communicate with Columbia, suddenly heard Columbia, who was doing her secretarial work nearby, speak to him in a meaningful tone.

"Speaking of which, I've recently heard some interesting rumors. Your subordinates really know how to tell interesting things, so I'd like to share them with you and ask for your opinion."

Columbia, just like her name suggests, was a lovely young girl, like a little dove.

She always managed to get close to him without him noticing and then launched a soul-searching interrogation against him.

With a childlike innocence and a beaming smile, she asked him.

But just as childlike innocence can sometimes be deadly, at least in Pantalone's view, the interrogation that Columbia was launching at him was making his heart pound.

He could only curse those gossipy guys in his heart for always talking about such juicy things.

If he finds out who started this, he'll definitely dock their wages to teach them that gossiping about the master is unacceptable and a recipe for disaster.

Make him work for free for the next ten years... no, for the next fifty years.

Pantalone couldn't help but curse the guy who had set him up in a vicious, resentful way, while pretending to be nonchalant and calmly smiling.