Aren't There Enough Geniuses in Omni-Anime? What's One More? Chapter 719

"Please, go ahead." Toyokawa Shoko's heart tightened, and she instinctively felt a little resistant.

Since time immemorial, nothing had frightened professionals more than a superior who knew nothing meddling with their plans...

Granted, judging by his intelligence and ability, he did not seem like that sort of person. But you never knew.

Perhaps Asahi was unexpectedly the type who liked piling changes onto a subordinate's carefully crafted plan just to make his presence felt... No, she should not think that way.

Unaware of her thoughts, Ogura Asahi went on:

"As it stands, your plan is still too flat. The concept is good, but it lacks emotional highs and turns. I'd like to add a twist."

"...!" Toyokawa Shoko's expression stiffened. Here it comes!

"If everyone is just a doll in the same predicament, wouldn't that be a little dull?"

"...What do you mean?"

"Stories have always needed a villain, haven't they?" Ogura Asahi interlaced his fingers, his eyes playful and his smile serene.

"Especially with a dark Gothic setting like yours. How can the story be missing the menacing villain it needs most?"

"That's..."

Toyokawa Shoko's heart gave a thump. To her surprise, he had a point...

"Five abandoned dolls simply talking and keeping one another company because they share the same plight is still too uneventful. Don't you think?"

"...Please continue."

"Little Shoko, have you ever played Werewolf?"

"Huh?"

"Uh, what I mean is, one of the five is secretly the villain—the one behind everything. The story ought to end with them defeating the villain and finding their true companion!"

"..." She fell into thought, weighing whether the idea would work.

But he did not give her time to examine it further. Instead, he offered the answer he had already prepared.

"Felicitatis. Beneath her apparent happiness lies Fallacis—deception, falsehood,