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“This is far different from what was originally planned.”

"Under the established fate, new variables have emerged."

"However, Dottore has given us a good start. This variable is not opposed to communicating with us."

"Rosalin is not a sociable person, so you should go to Inazuma and bring back Scaramucci's remains."

"By the way, if possible, help Rosaline seize the Heart of God."

With Piero's orders echoing in his ears, Pantalone felt helpless.

To be honest, he didn't want to communicate with Wang Que.

Although we are all 'businessmen'.

But perhaps because like repels like, Pantalone always felt that Wang Que's eyes when looking at him were a little too passionate.

Just like...the way he looks at his prey.

Last time in Fontaine, he paid a little price to resolve the trouble with Wang Que, and then he asked people to avoid some of Wang Que's business areas.

Otherwise, those old factories won’t be able to escape from the control of the Fatui so easily.

Fontainebleau? A place where laws and rules are respected, this is what he fears the least.

Playing with laws and contracts, Pantalone is never afraid of anyone, this is his comfort zone.

But this guy Wang Que seems to be well-behaved, but that's just an appearance.

In essence, Pantalone felt that Wang Que still followed the principle of the survival of the fittest.

Pantalone saw it clearly, if he and Wang Que were to clash in business.

If there is a possibility that Wang Que loses, this guy will definitely turn the table.

Why so sure?

Because Pantalone himself is like that.

Unfortunately, no matter how unwilling he was, there was nothing he could do.

Because among the executive officers of the Free Action, he is the closest to here.

The order of the commander-in-chief cannot be refused.

"So, how do we get Scaramucci's remains back?"

"Threat? That won't work. Since that guy killed Scaramucci, he definitely won't be afraid of us turning against him."

"That's so troublesome, why not just buy it directly with money."

Pantalone thought.

He thought about it and decided that buying it with money would be the most convenient way to deal with Wang Que.

"I think I can buy back Scaramucci's body, but what about the Heart of God? How do I get it?"

"Looks like we need to strengthen Rosalyn."

He didn't know yet that the Heart of Thundergod was already in Wang Que's hands, and thought it was still in Thundergod's hands.

Therefore, he thought of buying back the remains of the scattered soldiers from Wang Que, and then strengthening Rosaline's strength.

In the Fatui's original plan, the two executors should have worked together to seize the Heart of Thor.

This time Piero sent him here to replace the skirmisher.

Unfortunately, Pantalone did not want to face Thor directly.

Thinking about this, he took out a communication device and turned it on.

As the hissing sound rang out, a voice soon came from the other side: "Pantalone? What do you want from me? Give me funding?"

It was Dottore's voice.

"I'm with Inazuma," Pantalone said directly.

There was silence for a second or two, and then the voice on the other end quickly rang out again: "Piero handed the matter over to you? Well, then you better be careful. I don't want to attend a third funeral."

"I don't want you to attend my funeral either, so I need your help," Pantalone said.

"What help?"

"I don't want to face Thor directly. That's not a good thing, so, you know."

"...You want Rosaline to go alone?" The other party's tone was a little surprised. "Although Rosaline's flames are powerful, they are no match for the Thunder God. If you can't seize the Thunder God's Heart, your fate will not be good."

"So I need your help!" Pantalone said again.

"My help is not free, Pantalone. How much are you willing to pay?"

On the other side of the communication device, Dotore looked at the scholars from the Academy of the Church passing by him, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Another large sum of money is coming in.

"I know you've done research on Rosaline's demonic fire. Give me something to strengthen her," Pantalone said directly. "I'll provide you with sufficient funding for the Silver Branch project."

"Well, good, deal." Dottore showed a satisfied smile. "My people have already delivered the things to Inazuma. When you get there, they will give them to you. You can just give them to Rosaline."

It was obvious from what he said that he had already made arrangements before Pantalone came to him.

"Also, let me remind you that to the Queen, Wang Que is not an enemy, even if he killed Scaramucci."

Pantalone: ​​"I know that the variables of a predetermined fate are never my enemies. I just don't want to deal with them."

"The last time we communicated, his appetite was temporarily satisfied, but this time, I'm afraid it won't be that simple."

His tone was a little irritable.

For a businessman, it is definitely not a pleasant experience to foresee that he will have to pay a large sum of money.

"Can't we just make him one of our own?"

“Just like us in the past!”

Pantalone complained.

Dottore: "Of course. Give him your position and let him manage the Fatui's wealth. He will definitely agree."

Pantalone: ​​...

"Hmm? Why aren't you talking? I'll hang up now. Please transfer the funds to me as soon as possible. See you later."

Seeing Pantalone's silence, Dottore hung up the phone.

At this moment, the Fatui who had been watching the Executor talking to himself from afar dared to step forward.

"Sir, we have reached the outlying island."

Pantalone came to his senses and said, "Then let's dock. Prepare a bribe for the Kanjo Bugyo. We are a merchant ship. Also, notify Rosaline and tell her that I am here to help her."

The Fatui bowed their heads: "Yes, sir."

at the same time.

In the palace of winter.

Piero looked at the chessboard in front of him, his eyes revealing depth.

"Another anomaly...is it a trick of fate, or is it inevitable?"

"No matter what, the chessboard has changed. A predetermined fate can never defeat the changing human heart."

"We will win in the end."

Chapter 305 [Secretary of Health]

Guarded forest.

As Kitsusai Palace displayed the aura of a great monster outside the Guardian Forest.

Gobazo's stone statue trembled amidst the rustling moss, its gruff laughter rustling the branches in the forest. "Hahahaha, you stinky fox! We finally caught you!"

"Come here, little raccoons, go catch that stinky fox!"

Several little raccoons carrying things on their backs suddenly jumped out from the side of the huge stone statue.

Under Gobazo's guidance, they quickly approached the coast.

Kitsunesai-giya, who had taken away Hanyuda Chizuru, seemed to sense something and stopped moving.

Soon, the little foxes surrounded her and started chirping and shouting.

Kitsusai Palace smiled and said, "Oh, I was caught. Fine, fine, I give up."

The little foxes immediately cheered, then surrounded Fox Palace and took her to the king's place.

Come to the huge stone statue.

Gobazo looked at Kitsusai Palace, who was surrounded by the little raccoons. Although he was sealed in a stone statue, he showed off proudly:

"Five hundred years! We have finally won this game of hide-and-seek. No matter how deep you hid, you stinking fox, you were still found by our raccoon army!"

He didn't seem to consider that as a big monster, how could he be caught by a group of little raccoons.

But five hundred years of waiting is too long.

It was so long that Gohyakuzo didn't want to think about it anymore.

He only knew that he had caught the stinky fox and he won!

Seeing that Kitsusaigong was smiling but didn't answer, he immediately raised his voice like a child complaining:

"Do you know how despicable that Harunosuke is? While we were desperately looking for you, he used a sinister spell to trap us here!"

The cracks in the stone statue opened and closed with his angry tone, as if it had come alive:

"That guy still has a stern face and talks about 'disrupting the earth veins' and 'destroying the talisman'... He's clearly jealous that I'm better at hide-and-seek than you!"

As he spoke, he ordered a little raccoon to jump onto Kitsainomiya's shoulder and use its claws to imitate the serious expression on Harunosuke's face when he was sealing him.

"That guy, if I didn't want to fight him, how could he have sealed me?"

He suddenly lowered his voice, the moss on the statue falling off as he moved awkwardly. "Actually... we've long noticed something's not right with that 'game'."

There was a hint of grievance in his rough voice: "Don't you want to play with me anymore? You ran away by yourself~"

As he spoke, a few drops of turbid water oozed out of the eye sockets of the stone statue.

The stone statue shed tears of grievance.

But in the blink of an eye, Gobazo started yelling again: "But now we've won! You have to teach Harunosuke a lesson for us and play another 500 games... no, 5,000 games of hide-and-seek!"

Kitsune Saimiya listened to his complaints and nagging, as well as his complaints against Harunosuke.

There was sadness and apology in his eyes.

Then, surrounded by the little raccoons, he walked step by step to the stone statue of Gobain, sat down gently, and then looked at the mottled stone statue of Gobain, with a trace of guilt flashing in his eyes.

She gently raised her hand, a soft light emanating from her fingertips as she stroked the weathered cracks on the stone statue and whispered:

"Gohyukura... I'm sorry."

The stone statue trembled violently, and Gobain's rough voice was suddenly cut off, as if something was blocking his throat.

After a long while, he stammered, "Stinky, stinky fox... What are you apologizing for? I, I don't care..."

But before he could finish his words, turbid tears suddenly seeped out of the statue's eye sockets. Then, he could no longer hold back and burst into tears...

“Wow…!! Damn fox! You’ve made me wait for five hundred years! Five hundred years!”

The stone statue trembled violently, the moss peeled off, and the little foxes circled around it in panic, not knowing what to do.

Wu Baizang cried like an abandoned child, his voice full of grievance and longing:

"We obviously won the game of hide-and-seek! But you...you never came to find us! That Harunosuke was even mean to us, saying we were causing trouble...but I just wanted to find you!"

Hu Zhaigong listened quietly, the apology in her eyes so strong that it could not be dispelled. She reached out and touched the stone statue, as if she could touch that honest and stubborn old friend through the cold stone.

"I was wrong." She said softly, "I shouldn't have lied to you and hidden for so long... I shouldn't have let you wait alone."

Gobazo cried even harder, and even a few tears condensed from demonic power spurted out from the cracks in the stone statue's eye sockets:

"I...I thought you were going to cheat again! But then...I couldn't even sense your presence anymore...You stinky fox! Do you know how scared I was?!"

Hu Zhaigong closed his eyes and said softly, "I know."