Mr. Pantalone has no crazy plans today.

“If you don’t even understand this, then I’ll have to consider whether to find someone else to do this.”

After listening to Pantalone's words, Zhiyi knew that Pantalone was giving him a warning.

But he dared not have the slightest thought of disobeying, after all, his current status was entirely due to Pantalone's support.

If he couldn't understand Pantalone's meaning, then as Pantalone said, he could replace himself at any time and let someone else do the job.

Although he did possess some talent and insight compared to the other candidates, he was well aware that his abilities were not enough to overwhelm them. Without Pantalone's help, the gap between him and the other candidates would inevitably widen sooner or later.

Even if Pantalone doesn't do anything to him by then, he will be abandoned because he can't compare to the other candidates, so he is very clear about his own identity and knows his own worth.

After taking a deep breath, Zhiyi spoke with reverence and respect for Pantalone.

"I understand what you mean."

Pantalone didn't care whether Zhiyi truly understood or was simply echoing his words; he simply didn't care.

He had said everything he needed to say. If Zhiyi still couldn't understand his meaning and chose to go down the old path, then he could only conclude that he had misjudged him.

If he understands this, that's good; it means he's still somewhat useful.

If Zhiyi still doesn't understand after all this explanation, then he'll have no choice but to give up on this piece, since he has many other options to choose from.

Ultimately, this was just a casual move he made out of boredom during his leisure time, and it wasn't worth investing too much energy in it.

After receiving Zhiyi's reply, Pantalone nodded indifferently, then looked at Yusupov, who was being left standing aside, and asked him a question.

"I'll leave other matters aside for now. I remember you were put in charge of things in D'Artagnan. Where is he?"

"Regarding this, Lord Pantalone, there's been a bit of an accident with the officer you appointed recently."

When Pantalone asked him about Dadalia's whereabouts, Yusupov hesitated before speaking.

This made Pantalone frown. Seeing this reaction, he figured that something must have happened to Dadalia during the mission.

This forced him to ask Yusupov what exactly had happened.

"What happened?"

It should be noted that after undergoing the 'Fusion Warrior' surgery, Tartaglia's power far surpassed that of ordinary Eye of God holders.

Not to mention that before undergoing the 'Fusion Warrior' surgery to enhance his power, Tartaglia was already capable of defeating a fully armed conscripted corps of Fools single-handedly.

Such strength was insufficient to resolve the problem immediately; instead, they were trapped.

This forced Pantalone to consider what kind of trouble could possibly have trapped D'Artagnan, who possessed such strength.

"Actually, it was because Officer Tartaglia violated the laws of Liyue during the course of his mission..."

"In addition, considering that we cannot use force to solve the problem, Officer D'Artagnan had an accident, which led to him being imprisoned by the Thousand Rock Army and having to stay there for the time being."

"We are currently trying our best to communicate with the Liyue authorities and find a way to get him out of there. However, the negotiation process is currently a bit complicated, so this is what you see now."

Yusupov scratched the back of his head somewhat awkwardly and stammered out the fact.

This caused Pantalone to fall silent for a moment. He had assumed that Dadalia might have encountered some trouble, which was why he hadn't come to report to him.

As it turned out, the other party did indeed encounter some trouble.

But this trouble was slightly... different from the trouble he had imagined?

After explaining the situation to Pantalone, Yusupov also handed Pantalone a bill and presented it to him.

"Regarding this... this is the bail bill requested by the Liyue authorities. Since Officer Tartaglia is your direct subordinate, Lord Pantarone, and considering the limited funds for the operation, we would like to ask you personally if you would consider having the Northern Bank reimburse this bill?"

Upon seeing the bill submitted by Yusupov, Pantalone fell silent for a moment.

He's already spending money before even becoming an executive officer. Is that considered excessive spending?

Chapter 124 Tartaglia: Once I get out, I'll wipe you all out (4k)

After Pantalone found out where Dadalia was, he had to personally go and retrieve him from inside.

Although strictly speaking, he didn't need to personally handle this matter, he still had things for D'Artagnan to do, so even though it wasn't his place to take action, he planned to go there himself.

After Pantalone had his men pay the bail, he almost easily got his request for the person taken.

Since the Fatui have not yet formed animosity with Liyue, they were able to obtain permission for mediation with the Liyue authorities without much effort.

Basically, it's just a formality and a matter of procedure now, but what can't change is that during the task entrusted to him by the executor, Datalia made a lot of messes for him, which made Pantalone doubt Datalia's ability to carry out the task alone.

If it weren't for Yusupov's report that Tadalia's reckless actions were motivated by a desire to obtain intelligence for the mission, he would have had to reconsider whether he should assign someone else to the task.

Fortunately, although they created a huge mess, they managed to obtain reliable intelligence needed for the mission.

This is one of the very few pieces of news that brought Pantalone some comfort amidst the numerous negative reports.

Through his consultation with Yusupov, Pantalone learned from him what Dadalia had done to warrant his imprisonment.

"Disorderly conduct?"

Upon hearing D'Artagnan's reason for going in, Pantalone was momentarily stunned.

He had considered many reasons why Dadalia might be imprisoned, but he never expected that it would be for the reason of 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble' that Dadalia would be arrested by the Thousand Rock Army.

After seeing Pantalone's reaction, Yusupov followed up with his explanation.