"There's bad news. We lost contact with Kadoc's assault team four hours ago. The submarine is still responding, so they may only be in a situation where they can't communicate for the moment."
After briefly explaining the ship's current condition, Shion told them about Kadoc's situation. Though she said they might merely be unable to communicate temporarily, everyone present understood what she meant: their operation to ambush Daybit and Tezcatlipoca had failed.
"So Daybit and Tezcatlipoca may be heading this way now." After a brief silence, Da Vinci spoke first.
"That is highly likely. Or they may have reached the Ninth Layer before you did," Shion said.
"I understand. We'll move out immediately." Ritsuka nodded at once. No matter what the situation was, they had already reached the Ninth Layer. All they could do was keep moving forward.
"Don't worry about Kadoc and the others. Daybit may be our enemy now, but judging by his previous actions, he probably won't kill them. Kadoc's group should not be in mortal danger." Seeing the worry on Mash and Ritsuka's faces, Shen Fei immediately tried to reassure them.
Based on Daybit's actions so far, his conflict with Chaldea seemed to be one of ideals. He had no intention of harming Chaldea's group. Otherwise, with strength equal to Kamazotz's, he would have had plenty of chances to attack them. He had not acted in Mexico City, and he had even prepared a series of items for Ritsuka to cross the Underworld Line.
"We're not waiting for Kadoc's group?" As they prepared to move forward, Wak Chan suddenly spoke. According to the original plan, everyone was supposed to gather on the Ninth Layer before heading together to where the final Imaginary Tree stood. But that had been assuming they successfully ambushed and neutralized Daybit.
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