Mr. Pantalone has no crazy plans today.

The fairy-like girl smiled slightly and spoke casually in a tone that seemed to have nothing special about her.

Hasn't he been watching this ever since he woke up?

Upon hearing this answer, Pantalone's lips twitched slightly.

"To be honest, that's not important at all. What's important is that you seem to have made up your mind to carry out that one and only plan that you promised to the Queen?"

While humming a ballad, Columbia turned the question back to him.

Pantalone was not particularly surprised to hear Colombia's question.

Because Pantalone knew that Columbia had been one of the people who knew about the plan from the beginning, and moreover, among all the executives' colleagues, Columbia had spent an exceptionally long time in close proximity with him.

Given this, it's not surprising that his reactions reveal his plans and ideas.

However, the actual situation was slightly different from what he had imagined when it came to carrying out that 'one and only' plan, but the fact that he was determined to do so was true.

After making up his mind, Pantalone decided to make some changes, and his mindset also underwent a transformation.

If Columbia had mentioned the plan he had prepared and formulated for the Queen in the past, he would have been completely flustered and at a loss. But now, even though he doesn't have any plan in hand, he doesn't feel panicked or have any thoughts about it.

If there's no plan, then just make one; that's what he's always been doing.

Of course, even if he didn't have a complete plan in his heart, that didn't stop him from giving others hints, making them think that he was well prepared and had a plan to deal with everything.

At least until he has formulated a real plan, even Columbia would not reveal his true intentions on this point, so he skillfully began to pick up his old rhetoric and performance.

After getting out of bed, Pantalone tidied himself up a bit, straightened his shoulders, put on a calm expression, and said quietly.

"Pretty much. I have fully prepared and have ideas for that plan."

"Does Scaramucci's announced plan have no impact on your plan?"

Seeing Pantalone's confident and seemingly unaffected demeanor, the fairy maiden couldn't help but ask with a curious expression.

"It's clear that the plan is of extraordinary importance. At least under the worst-case scenario, it is indeed the only 'savior plan' that can perfectly solve everything. Is it really okay to reveal a trump card?"

"Then why don't you guess how much importance the plan Scaramucci guessed played in the plan I devised?"

Instead of answering directly, Pantalone asked Colombia another question.

Colombia did not take Pantalone's answer, which used questions to answer questions, to heart.

Because this statement already revealed Pantalone's meaning, and judging from Pantalone's nonchalant attitude, Colombia had already gotten the answer she wanted.

This attitude was quite clear, and considering what Pantalone had done in the past, Colombia didn't need to think much to reach a conclusion.

If we consider Pantalone's past plans, we will find that this is just another of his usual tricks.

For Pantalone, those announced plans were perhaps just a part of his overall strategy.

Looking at Pantalone's figure, Colombia said thoughtfully.

"Was that plan just something you abandoned?"

Even if the plan seems to have been approved, for Pantalone, the plan itself is only meaningful if it is not exposed.

The moment those plans were exposed, it didn't matter to Pantalone whether they actually came to pass or not; he was willing to abandon any of them for that reason.

More precisely, aside from the final plan.

All the plans that seemed to be Pantalone's goals were merely stepping stones for him to complete his final and only plan. As long as that plan could be completed, all the other plans were things that Pantalone could abandon.

After realizing this, Columbia believed she understood everything.

Although Colombia's guess was far from Pantalone's true thoughts, it was enough as long as Colombia believed that he was indeed preparing a plan.

Of course, in fact, he had only recently decided to prepare to make a real plan.

However, one thing is true: regarding the "Void Will Project" revealed by "Skirmisher," which is the Teyvat version of the Human Instrumentality Stigmata Project, Pantalone does not intend to carry out this project itself.

Even if the vast majority of executives, including the Ice Queen, believed that the existence of this plan was necessary, that was still the case.

Even if this plan is indeed a last resort in some sense, the only 'salvation plan' is still the same.

Unless he becomes as obsessed as some noodle-eating master, he will absolutely not agree to carry out such a plan, but fortunately, he still has plenty of time.

Unlike the limited timeframe of a generation in another world, he at least had several years to prepare.

No matter what awaits him ahead, as long as he finds the best solution before that happens, then everything will be fine, right?

For Pantalone, his biggest worry was not that he couldn't solve the problem, but that he didn't even know what the problem was.

But once he knows what the problem is, he believes there will always be a way to solve it.

However, even if that was indeed what Pantalone thought in his heart, he knew better than anyone else that he couldn't say that when dealing with other people.

Pantalone, having snapped out of her thoughts, looked at Colombia and replied.

"You're half right. The plan that Scaramucci announced never had any impact on my real plan. Perhaps that plan did have some merit, but it lost its meaning to me after it was announced."

"Or rather, the fact that the plan itself was announced was part of what I expected. All the known parts of the plan were just stepping stones to the only plan I ultimately wanted to complete."

"The only thing that surprised me was that I didn't expect the plan to be approved by the 'clown'; it was something completely unexpected for me."

As a stepping stone for the final and only plan, there's nothing wrong with saying that in theory.

After all, any plans and actions he devised before that final and only plan were formulated could theoretically be interpreted as stepping stones to that final and only plan.