Chapter 177
Episode
The private room of 「Lilac Vita」.
The meeting continued in silence. Every now and then, only the clink of cutlery and Leutern’s voice filled the room.
“How is the wiretap status?”
Outside that room, however, everything was in motion. A far fiercer power struggle was unfolding than anything inside the restaurant.
“......Audio pickup is still unstable.”
In the building across from the restaurant, agents from the Imperial Palace direct agency were drenched in cold sweat as they frantically worked their surveillance equipment.
“Do not stop.”
The director of the direct agency placed a hand on their shoulders. People as sensitive as they were to shifts in palace power needed to understand, as precisely as possible, where the private conversation might be heading.