An empty platitude like, "playing the long game is smarter," because you've heard is somewhere else before isn't an argument.
Reread Egghead with this chapter's knowledge in mind and maybe you can figure out it makes no sense - good luck.
Reread Egghead with this chapter's knowledge in mind and maybe you can figure out it makes no sense - good luck.
Vegapunk doesn't know all the facts, and it's not like he can ask York what her contingency plans are, or if the Gorosei are tapped in to Egghead. Remember, he got caught out by Saturn trying to hide Kuma.
He has to make a plan without positive assumptions, because the world is on the line here. So no, playing the long game is not an "empty platitude". In order for the message to work, he has to wait until the earthquake effects hit.