"Hey, wait!"
Just as a faint doorway appeared before Rabbit Girl, someone called out from the crowd.
Babaregon pushed through with the merchant and the knight. But by the time he shouted, Rabbit Girl had already pulled Montedan through the door, and they had vanished.
Angel, however, paused at Babaregon's shout instead of immediately entering Text Manor.
Seeing that Angel had stopped, Babaregon's eyes lit up. "Don't go yet. What did that 'shh' gesture mean?"
As soon as he spoke, the others seemed to realize that the Rabbit Hole was about to leave.
"Exactly! What did that shh mean?" they called.
"Why was your recording so short? How did you clear it?"
"We're not questioning your abilities, but we really want to know what happened in perfect mode."
"Yeah, even a few pointers would help! We can't claim the Sandbox Lord this time, but we could use the experience in another region!"
The crowd buzzed with questions.
Angel said nothing. He merely raised his right index finger and touched it lightly to his lips, recreating the "shh" from the recording.
The gesture quieted the crowd for a moment.
"You'll know the details soon," Angel said. "Don't worry. A complete guide to the perfect clear will be posted before long."
"The footage we left out was just a trailer. If you don't know what a 'trailer' is, you can look up materials on moving images at Rabbit Town Library."
"Once you understand what a trailer is, you'll know what I mean."
With that, Angel placed a hand over his chest, stepped back, and bowed slightly.
As he looked up, his figure slowly faded and entered Text Manor.
Only the crowd's murmurs remained in the air.
They had not received a direct answer, but Angel had given them a lead. In a