"How was he doing?" Gonzales asked.
When Gleipnir had come earlier, he had asked the same question, but Gleipnir had not answered.
Angel thought for a moment before saying, "I already told Dan about his situation."
"Actually, even without us, it wouldn't be difficult for Zuniga to break out of his dormant state."
As long as Zuniga entered the gamble, used up all five attempts, and failed the mission, he would automatically withdraw.
If he wanted to, he could even leave the challenge space immediately after entering it.
After all, the Sorrowful Star's challenge could be failed voluntarily.
Yet Zuniga had not withdrawn of his own accord even now, which already explained the situation.
He intended to try challenging the Sorrowful Star again.
"Don't worry. If he wants to wake up, he can do so anytime." Angel pointed at the Doodle on the wall. "For the specifics, you can ask Dan."
Although Pattern Lady did not know the contents of the challenge space, as long as she knew the challenge had been initiated by the Sorrowful Star, she could probably guess Zuniga's current situation.
Gonzales turned to look at the Doodle on the wall.
Dan gave him a light nod.
Gonzales understood. He had originally wanted to keep asking about Zuniga, but now he asked no more. Instead, he walked out and left the space to Dan and Angel.
Angel said, "If nothing unexpected happened, Zuniga probably isn't slacking off this time. He's challenging the Sorrowful Star."
Dan fell silent for a moment, then nodded. "...I guessed as much."
Before, she had not known that Zuniga was challenging the Sorrowful Star, so Dan had thought the Outsider from Beyond the Heavens could help awaken Zuniga ahead of time.
Now that she knew it was the Sorrowful Star, and that Zuniga