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I already asked this question before on the different resource, but I still have some doubts about it. I'm interesting in what is the particle と means in ためにと用意した in this dialogue:
慧「まったく・・・そのやたら無謀なところは昔とまったく変わらないな、お前は・・・」
雪隆「それで、どうする？　協力してくれるか？」
慧「…それは」
俺の問いに慧は…。
初撃の後の陽動のためにと用意した慧による『姫』の誘拐作戦。
最初から第９の騎士に奪還させることが目的ではあったのだが、るる姉たちは何も知らずによくやってくれた。
おかげで『姫』は争奪戦無しで転がり込み、俺は闘技場に残った筆頭騎士三人を葬る事が出来た。
As for the story: The kidnapping of 姫 itself was 初撃の後の陽動のために, because before the kidnapping the speaker/narrator(雪隆) with 慧's help made a sneak attack and in order to not fall under suspicion, right after the attack 慧 kidnaped 姫, and while the sneak attack and the kidnapping 慧 was disguised, so nobody except narrator knew who is it.

As someone explained to me と here is the quotative particle and suggested inserting immediately after the 「と」, words like 「思おもい/思って」 or 「考かんがえ/考えて」. But the problem is that the one who made the plan was the speaker(雪隆). So what is the point in writing と here is still a bit unclear to me, so I would really appreciate if help me with this part.