Mr. Pantalone has no crazy plans today.

Pantalone's idea was to use the 'light force' to scatter seven elemental forces for use, or to reverse the seven elemental forces back to their original form.

However, Dotto also stated that this power could be extracted from the demon gods, and implied that the birth of the demon gods was inextricably linked to the power of the light realm. Therefore, if conditions permit, it is possible to obtain a few demon gods to use as large batteries.

All I can say is that he's thinking of just capturing demons to use as batteries. Does he really deserve to be called "Doctor"?

Unfortunately, the opponent really does have that strength. Perhaps he might not be inferior to a demon god in his prime, but in the present day, apart from the Seven Rulers of the Mortal Realm, there are no more demon gods in their prime on the continent of Teyvat.

Most of the demons who survived to this era are either dead or crippled. If we could really dig out a few demons from some obscure corner, it wouldn't be impossible to use them as large-scale power banks.

After realizing that the "Doctor" was indeed capable and had such thoughts.

This made Pantalone lose her composure instantly.

If it weren't for Pantalone stating that conditions didn't allow it, blah blah blah, that the current plan couldn't support such a large expenditure of resources, blah blah blah, and saying a whole bunch of other things like prioritizing the overall situation, etc.

This made Dotore temporarily abandon his plan to find a demon god to use as a giant power bank.

However, the most important issue facing Pantalone remains unresolved: he lacks the massive financial resources to implement this plan.

Even as the de facto controller of the Northern Bank, accessing such a massive amount of funds would still be a huge burden for him.

Winter itself could not possibly serve his plans entirely, so after much deliberation, Pantalone could only come up with one solution—

"Can this financial pressure be shifted externally?"

This is exactly what Pantalone was thinking.

If winter itself cannot bear such a huge burden, then could this pressure be transferred to the other six countries?

After realizing this, he found that he seemed to have overlooked one thing: he was first and foremost a banker.

Since he is a banker, he can certainly use the methods of a banker to solve the problem.

He could easily borrow money to use, and once his plan is completed, the funds would quickly return.

He doesn't need to store all the energy he acquires; instead, he can allocate a portion of it to consumers to stimulate the economy.

Once Pantalone realized this, his plan instantly became active.

Having a profound understanding of the essence of finance, he knows better than anyone that money only has real value when it circulates; if money does not circulate, it is meaningless.

So these currencies are nothing more than scrap metal piled up in warehouses.

He understood better than anyone the extent of the profits represented by the energy industry; compared to currency, a general equivalent, energy itself possessed the attributes of currency.

In some cases, energy itself is a more valuable currency than morra, which is a general equivalent.

If his idea comes to fruition, then there is no doubt that the Northern Bank will further control the economic discourse, issue special bonds issued by the Northern Bank, and obscure most people's perception that the Mora is the only circulating currency.

He could then borrow money from anyone in the name of the Northern Bank, and those who purchased the Northern Bank bonds would not even be aware of this.

As plans and ideas took shape in his mind, even Pantarone realized how his ideas would change the economic landscape of Teyvat if they were successfully implemented.

Pantalone's eyes flickered slightly; he had even figured out where to begin.

"Although this plan is feasible, it is not something that can be easily accomplished. It still requires careful consideration... Right now, what is more important to me is the internal affairs that need to be dealt with during the winter."

Just as he was about to put the idea in his mind, a dull knock came from outside Pantalone's office, bringing him back to reality from his thoughts.

"Come in."

As the Fools' clerk entered Pantalone's office, he greeted Pantalone respectfully.

"Lord Pantalone, it seems Lord 'Puppet' has something to discuss with you."

"Did the 'puppet' want to see me about something?"

Pantalone was stunned after hearing this.

Why would Sandoni need to talk to him?

Since he was removed from the 'Self-Discipline Sequence Agency' plan at the last executive meeting, he hadn't contacted "Puppet" because he was preoccupied with the KPIs and performance targets Piero had assigned him. Unexpectedly, "Puppet" contacted him first.

Although he didn't know exactly what it was about, the other party had helped him out last time.

Then let's go and meet them.

Chapter 20 Restarting the Mechanical Ascension Project?

This is Pantalone's second visit to the "Puppet" laboratory.

To be honest, in Pantalone's memory, he didn't have much interaction with the "puppet".

Aside from the previous discussion about the 'Intelligent Autonomous Sequence Mechanism' project, there has been very little interaction between Pantalone and this colleague, who was an executive officer among the Fools in the guise of a "rich man".

Now that his previous plan had been rejected by impeachment, he couldn't think of any reason why Sandoni would come looking for him.

However, he still came, wanting to see why Sandone had come to see him.

Stepping into the interior, which has a strong exotic Fontaine style, one is greeted by the "puppet" that is already waiting for him, and an elegant lady is enjoying afternoon tea.

It looks elegant and serene, making one reluctant to disturb its tranquility.

Any intruder will disrupt the harmony here.

Opposite her was a chair, and on the table in front of the chair was a cup of steaming black tea.