Mr. Pantalone has no crazy plans today.

Pantalone took out a magnificent treasure chest and placed it in front of Kong.

This magnificent treasure chest was precisely what Pantalone had his men bring back when they went to meet Kong.

Amidst the puzzled look in the other's eyes, Pantalone smiled and spoke into the air.

"It's nothing special, just consider it a small gift from me. Actually, the gift inside was fished out of the river where we woke up. I think you'll like it."

"If you don't like the food in winter or encounter a situation where you need to take emergency shelter, you can use the contents of this as emergency food when necessary."

"Emergency food?"

Upon hearing this title, he was momentarily stunned, before he could even ask what exactly this so-called emergency food that Pantalone had given him was.

After giving him the magnificent treasure chest, Pantalone left, leaving him alone in the quiet room, gazing at the treasure chest.

After pondering for a long time, he slowly opened the magnificent treasure chest. What came into his view was a strange little white creature that was bound hand and foot, its body wrapped in ropes, tied up like a rice dumpling, writhing and struggling violently inside the chest, its eyes shaped like mosquito coils.

Looking at what Pantalone called 'emergency food', he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Chapter 175 The Chess Game and Yura (4k)

In the cold, dim light, deep within the tranquil Winter Palace.

The Azure Star, who reigns supreme in the darkness and is revered as a guide by the proud fools, is waging a bloodless battle in that quiet room.

Pantalone, one of the players on the chessboard, is clashing with the "Clown," the leader of the Fools. Unlike before, the chessboard under his control has undergone unprecedented changes.

This was a sight never before seen by the man who was the leader of the Fools; the chessboard, which was originally destined, became chaotic and unpredictable in Pantalone's hands.

Even he couldn't predict what kind of predetermined changes would occur on the chessboard, and these changes on the chessboard stemmed from the fact that Pantalone had acquired a new piece.

That was a piece that didn't exist in the overall game and was outside of control. Pantalone, clinging to a piece that didn't belong to the game, placed that piece, which was neither part of the game nor in any other aspect, onto the board.

This caused changes in the game that went beyond the established rules, a scene that the "clown," another player in the game, had never witnessed before.

Looking at the piece held by Pantalone, the "clown" knew where that piece, which was not part of the game, came from.

That is something from outside the game, another variable that is added to the game.

This is not merely a chessboard, but also represents the unseen dialogue between him and Pantalone, and the pieces and chips he knows about this game.

"Is this also part of your plan, Pantalone, the traveler, the fourth descendant from beyond the stars and the heavens?"

As the chip was slammed heavily onto the chessboard, the "clown's" gaze fell upon the piece, and he asked in a deep voice.

The text mentions Pantarone's actions in bringing Sora, the 'Descendant,' back to the Fatui, or perhaps it could be said that this bloodless battle on the chessboard revolves around the debate surrounding the 'Descendant' who comes from the other side of the starry sky.

The question from "The Clown" was addressed by the player sitting opposite him on the chessboard, who, as the other player, looked at "The Clown" with a smile.

What this chessboard represents is both the debate between Pantalone and the "Clown" and their responses to the predetermined script of fate.

Pantalone paid no attention to any of this, easily deflecting the dangerous attack from the "clown".

With a slight smile, she gave this reply.

"I do not deny that the traveler from beyond the starry sky is indeed another part of my plan, and the role that traveler plays has extraordinary significance for us."

"As someone who witnessed the destruction of Kanria, you should know the true nature of the relationship between this traveler from beyond the cosmos and that 'princess' from the abyss."

"That was a vital and indispensable sanctuary in the heart of that 'princess' of the abyss, her most cherished blood relatives."

After capturing the "Clown's" piece, Pantalone looked at the "Clown" on the opposite side of the board, who was playing as the other player, and said with a smile.

Piero didn't say much on this point. As a witness to the destruction of Canria, he couldn't possibly forget the darkest nightmare in the deepest part of his memory.

While the dark nightmare haunted him, he also etched the deep-seated memories into the very depths of his soul.

For the "clown," those things were the pain he was destined never to forget and the cruel obsession in his heart, which was the reason he embarked on this path.

After receiving this reply, Pantalone did not say much more about the matter.

However, he still realized from the information revealed in those words what Pantalone really wanted to say, and the intentions that the other party had hidden beneath that carefully crafted facade.

Clown, holding onto his pieces, moved them to defend against Pantalone's attack and launched a counterattack, tearing a hole in Pantalone's position and posing another question to them.

So do you think he will agree?

This is not just asking whether the other party will agree, but also asking what Pantalone will do if the other party does not want to get involved.

Although Pantalone has prepared a meticulously crafted script and destiny for the other party, it doesn't matter if the other party doesn't intend to participate.

Then all the arrangements made by Pantalone would naturally become meaningless.

Pantalone did not choose to answer the question directly. After gently blocking the bite from the "clown," she smiled softly and said...

"Inviting him to join the Fatui, even helping him regain his power, promising him the chance to become an executor—who can guarantee that he won't actually join the scheme? Could this decision also be part of my plan?"

"He is an 'descendant' who does not belong to this Teyvat continent. Like the throne from the heavens, he is an existence that transcends the system of this world and cannot be affected."

"Your Excellency, what kind of promise do you think that traveler, who comes from the other side of the starry sky and is not a member of this world, would make?"

This answer is already quite clear.

As an existence that is extremely special to the continent of Teyvat, it is an 'arrival'.

It is a being that naturally possesses the ability to remember everything about the continent of Teyvat, and is an 'arrival' that transcends the system and is not affected by this world.