Mr. Pantalone has no crazy plans today.

After hearing Pantarone reveal the girl's identity, Dadalia, who was standing to the side, also looked at Pantarone with surprise.

Although he had personally experienced the girl's strength after that attack, he did not expect that she would actually be the actual leader of the Abyss Order and the one who ruled the 'Abyss'.

That "princess" of the Abyss Order.

Moreover, it seemed that his boss knew the other party, which made D'Artagnan have many thoughts in his mind. He then looked at Pantalone and asked if he should take action.

Pantalone, looking at D'Artagnan's gaze, gently shook his head, indicating that it was enough for him to stay quietly to the side for the time being.

Although D'Artagnan was itching to test his strength as the ruler of the 'Abyss' and the de facto leader of the Abyss Order, he realized that Pantarone had no such intention and had his own plans.

He didn't insist on this idea, after all, they were still in the process of carrying out a mission, and he knew what was more important.

Although Pantalone did not order him to make a move, he did not disarm himself. Instead, he kept an eye on the "Abyss Apostle" and the short-haired blonde girl, ready to act at any moment should they make a move.

The "Abyss Apostle," kneeling behind Ying, suppressed his fear upon seeing Dadalia's ready-to-attack stance and weakly warned Ying.

"Your Highness... please be careful. The Fatui seem to possess a 'deeper abyss' far more profound than ours, and even I do not know what that unknown, mysterious power truly is."

After glancing at the report from the "Abyss Apostle" behind her, Ying nodded slightly in reply.

"I see."

Her gaze then fell upon Dadalia and Pantalone, sensing the power emanating from them.

This made her instantly understand what the "Apostle of the Abyss" referred to. That alien substance and the inexplicable power mixed with the "Abyss" made her realize the strength of that power just by looking at it.

She didn't develop any other thoughts about the "Abyss Apostle" because of this. If faced with such power, then defeat would be the most natural and normal thing to do.

After Pantalone revealed her identity in one sentence, she looked at Pantalone calmly and said in a cool voice.

"Pantarone, the ninth executor of the Winter Fools, 'The Rich', I know you. From the very beginning, you've been deliberately trying to attract my attention, intending to force me to appear in this way."

"Although I don't know what your purpose is, even I have to admit that you have indeed achieved it. I do not intend to be an enemy of the Fools, unless you intend to be an enemy of the 'Abyss'."

“If your goal is to fight against the ‘Abyss,’ I don’t mind starting my plan from the beginning of winter, even if we stand on the same side in terms of righteousness.”

Pantalone didn't take Ying's cold and aloof words to heart, and simply smiled gently.

“My goal is naturally not to be an enemy of the Abyss. The Abyss is not my enemy.”

For Pantalone, the only thing he could consider an enemy was this world.

Even the 'Abyss' is not enough to be considered an enemy to him, or rather, even the 'Abyss' is not worthy of being his enemy in his eyes.

From this perspective, Pantalone's answer was not actually a lie.

However, most of the time, others lacked trust in his words. Looking at Ying, whose face was expressionless and who was just staring at him coldly, Pantalone didn't say anything.

He just shrugged helplessly in his heart, then put on that familiar smile again.

"The truth is, the reason I wanted to invite Her Highness the 'Princess' out for a meeting was simply because I wanted to make a deal with her."

"You're really going to have your people purge my people? I'm not interested in the deal itself."

Ying looked at Pantalone expressionlessly and said coldly.

Pantalone did not refute what Ying said, because it was an indisputable fact that he had sent the Fools to cleanse the Abyss Order, and he had no intention of regretting his actions or trying to whitewash them.

Therefore, he did not intend to make any excuses for his actions. In Pantalone's view, what's done is done, and there's nothing to say about it.

"Don't rush to refuse on this matter. I believe you will agree to my deal, Your Highness."

Seeing Ying's uninterested expression, Pantalone simply smiled and then slowly uttered a sentence that the other party could not refuse.

"Your Highness, don't you miss your brother either..."

"Do you think I wouldn't dare kill you?"

Ying, who had been perfectly calm, immediately lost her composure upon hearing her brother's voice. With an icy tone and murderous glint in her eyes, she coldly stared at Pantalone.

She didn't know how Pantalone knew about her brother, but she clearly seemed to know something, otherwise she wouldn't have known about him.

For her, no emotion could affect her mood except for her brother, who was her only family and blood relative, and whom she would never allow anyone to touch.

After seeing Ying's reaction, Pantalone knew he had already won half the battle.

As for the remaining half, as long as you handle this card well, you can win the other half.

He knew that although Ying appeared calm, in fact, when he played the card of her brother, her rhythm had already been led by him to some extent.

He only needs to maintain his advantage to remain invincible.

Pantalone didn't care about Ying's cold eyes and kept her smile as always.

"So, can we talk now?"

Upon hearing Pantalone's words, Ying, who had previously been uninterested in the deal Pantalone proposed, changed her mind.

At that moment, he also realized that his emotions had been led astray by Pantalone.

However, after thinking about her brother, she calmed down and watched as Pantalone changed her initial attitude.

"So, what would you like to talk about?"

"Considering that what I'm about to say is inconvenient, could you please have your person leave temporarily?"

"Of course, I will also have my men disarm and recuse themselves. If you're not comfortable with that, you can supervise each other. This is a gesture of good faith in our deal. What do you say?"