When Gild Tesoro stood at the very top of the Golden King Hotel, in the Sky Theater, and grandly announced that he was about to take part in an unprecedented wager against the little brat Annie Hastur, broadcasting the news across the entire city and livestreaming it to the whole world, then set off a lavish display of fireworks and golden-foil fountains to celebrate and build up excitement before the contest, while the purple-haired songstress Carina and a large group of bunny girls performed a sizzling song-and-dance routine around the two of them...
In a certain "safe house" inside the City of Gold, a meeting had only just reached its halfway point. The meeting was being held by CP0, the agency directly serving the "World Nobles," the Celestial Dragons—a group reputed to be "the Celestial Dragons' strongest shield" and "the world's strongest intelligence agency." They were secretly plotting against the little brat and Gild Tesoro.
Then, as was only to be expected, all the screens across the city began showing live footage from the Sky Theater. When they heard Gild Tesoro's speech and saw that the little brat Annie Hastur really was standing at center stage, they were so startled that they all sprang to their feet, and had no choice but to call off their meeting, which had suddenly become utterly pointless.
Clearly, they had been far too slow with their ridiculous scheme to target the "little brat" and the "Gold Emperor."
Because, right now, the plans of both the terrifying little brat and the cunning Gild Tesoro had reached their final, crucial stage. Whoever won, the consequences for the World Government and the Celestial Dragons would be extremely serious and terrifying!
So the CP0 operation they were still preparing—supposedly to drive a wedge between the two sides—was hopelessly