Hearing Yuto's words, Wriothesley's eyes, sitting in front of him, flashed with excitement, and then he pressed,
"Are you serious? Starting tonight?"
Looking at the excited Wriothesley, Yuto nodded slightly, then explained,
"Actually, you can see their core strategy from their plan—disruption and creating chaos."
"By having Nelson create all sorts of unexpected incidents for me, so I can't personally deal with them, that's to disrupt my thinking."
"By abandoning their own clansmen to make the Marechaussee Phantom and the Law Enforcement Office incredibly busy, thereby creating chaos, and ultimately allowing themselves to smoothly leave Fontaine with their assets."
"Tying me down means he can unscrupulously use the tricks only rats in the gutter would use, and tying down the Marechaussee Phantom and the Law Enforcement Office is to add more certainty to his escape…"
"If he had encountered someone else, they might not have noticed these small maneuvers he made, but…"
"Unfortunately, he met me."
The corners of Yuto's mouth curved slightly, a cold glint flashed in his sea-blue eyes, and he said softly,
"Wriothesley, those guys' matters are up to you, but… I guess Nelson will make his move tonight, so…"
"I want to put on a show with you."
Yuto smiled slightly, then began to softly whisper his plan into Wriothesley's ear.
After listening to Yuto's plan, Wriothesley's pupils contracted slightly, but thinking that the person executing this plan was Yuto… he naturally relaxed.
This is Yuto, right? It's hard to imagine what difficulties could stop him.
If Yuto had an ability similar to cloning, he probably wouldn't need to ask Wriothesley to catch people for him—
he would definitely catch them himself, not wasting a single second.
Thinking of this, Wriothesley nodded slightly, standing up from the sofa and saying,
"No problem, let's leave it at that for now. As for what happens next… just leave it to me."
As he spoke, he gave Yuto a reassuring smile, then pushed open the door and left the Opera Epiclese.
Watching Wriothesley's gradually receding back, Yuto slowly closed his eyes, a meaningful smile playing on his lips.
"Do you want to challenge the Assistant Administrator's bottom line, or do you want to challenge the Assistant Administrator's connections accumulated over five hundred years?"
"Or perhaps you don't have this intention at all, and all you want is to extricate yourself from this matter, taking a portion of your original assets to other countries to lord it over others?"
"If it's the former two, I might only say you're 'stupid,' but if it's the last one…"
"I'll only think you're both stupid and arrogant."
"To put it bluntly, how could I let a dog not fully tamed in my own home go out barking wildly and attacking others everywhere?"
Thinking of this, Yuto slowly got up, looking at the sunlight that refracted into the room through the lounge glass, an unfathomable smile appearing on his face.
"You like acting? You like scheming against others? Then come on, let's see who can scheme against whom."
With that, Yuto symbolically patted the non-existent dust from his clothes and walked skillfully towards the Opera House stage.
Yuto quickly returned to the front of the Opera House stage, continuing to guide the others in the Group with Furina.
"Miss Dirfi? Can you express that sense of panic more intensely? After all, this is when your meticulously planned scheme of hundreds of years is exposed, right?"
"Mr. Polo, at this moment, you should show appropriate seriousness. Don't overdo it at once, and don't make this seriousness seem dispensable."
"Yes, yes, that's the feeling. Thank you all for your hard work. Let's do this scene again."
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As the Fontaine Opera rehearsals went on again and again, the Group's enthusiasm for the Fontaine Opera also grew increasingly high during these rehearsals.
They even forgot the passage of time, completely immersed in the performance of the Fontaine Opera and Yuto's and Furina's guidance on actions and emotions.
Just as Furina had previously judged, they should continue to perform, rather than choose to withdraw now.
Looking at the Group members who spontaneously began training again and again, Furina, sitting in the audience, couldn't help but exclaim,
"Audrey's eye for talent is really excellent… these people's Fontaine Opera performance talent can truly be described as astounding."
Hearing this, Yuto pursed his lips, then said,
"Their talent is indeed good, but… compared to talent, some things have helped them not just a little to get to where they are today."
"Huh?"
"The respect they hold for Group leader Audrey and their determination to carry her name onto the Teyvat stage, that is the most important thing."
Yuto said with a smile, looking at Furina beside him, his expression quite relaxed, as if the events that might happen next had nothing to do with him.
Hearing this, Furina nodded knowingly, then, while naturally looking at the Group members who were busy correcting themselves, she softly asked,
"Did Sedene come… looking for you for something just now?"
"Actually, it was nothing much, Wriothesley just came to see me."
"Wriothesley? Did he come to talk to you about taxes? Or… did you entrust him to investigate something for you?"
"To be precise, not investigate, but entrust him to help me catch someone."
Yuto smiled slightly, speaking in a low voice that only he and Furina could hear.
"Catch, catch someone?"
Furina was momentarily stunned, not knowing why Yuto would say that, after all… it sounded quite absurd.
However, Furina's wisdom was at least recognized by the God representing wisdom. Through Yuto's and Wriothesley's relationship, she quickly understood Yuto's reason for doing so.
"Could it be… that Wriothesley has actually found out who is behind all this mischief?"
Furina asked tentatively.
Yuto smiled and nodded, then said,
"Of course, he came to me today just to ask if I planned to close the net now."
"And your answer?"
"Of course, we have to close the net, otherwise, if we wait until we're about to go on stage to perform, it might be too late."
Yuto smiled mysteriously, then turned his gaze to the Group members who were diligently rehearsing in front of him.
"It's just that they might suffer a bit, but at least there won't be any life-threatening danger."
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