"Then, who should I make a move on first?"
Since this was his "first time," Ash felt he had to choose carefully and seriously!
First, he crossed out "Cure Ace," whose whereabouts were unknown and for whom there were no clues whatsoever—not even Poker Kingdom knew where she had gone. It was a real shame, but Ash could not even find a way to reach Poker Kingdom right now.
And compared to his biological daughter, Makoto, his bargain-basement daughter was also out! Not for any other reason, but simply because the prejudice in her eyes ran too deep to be easily overturned. And honestly, she was quite the idiot—or perhaps just too single-minded. Even if he explained everything clearly to her, it was easy to imagine someone provoking her once and making her immediately turn red-eyed and "switch sides." Leaving her for last was the wise choice.
"Then there's Arisu..."
He thought of that perfect young lady, who had treated him with calmness and kindness from the beginning, and who had secretly supported him afterward without a single complaint. Then he thought of the hostility she was showing now, and Ash fell silent for a moment.
"Honestly, just getting close to her would be far too difficult."
At first, Ash had thought this "Yotsuba Arisu" was simply a fake who had been swapped in by someone. He had even planned to expose her in public, letting everyone see her true face and killing two birds with one stone! But after getting in contact with her, when he discovered that even her every action possessed qualities that were absolutely not those of a counterfeit, even Ash hesitated over the situation.
He still knew far too little.
"Now isn't the time. Not yet..."
Then the answer was already obvious before Ash! At