Plans and Pawns

Laxus quickly understood the signal and exited the study in haste.

Just as Jet had warned, the +ead of the Don Ferocelli family returned mere seconds later.

Laxus and Jet hid in the shadows, watching as the head briefly checked his surroundings before entering the study.

A faint smirk tugged at Laxus's lips.

Checking for other presences before entering the room was practically an admission of guilt.

It seemed that the suspicions his father had voiced earlier were more than just speculation.

...

"At least we've narrowed down the prime suspect behind the mastermind," his father had said with a wry smile just before Laxus had collapsed.

Most of those people present at the meeting had likely come to the same conclusion about the identity of the mastermind.

After all, this person had been a known topic of conversation in the criminal underworld—someone whose eventual move had long been anticipated.