Wine Cup spent half an hour conducting an "employee reconciliation" with the Guestbook.
After marking several employees with steadfast temperaments, she took her leave on the pretext of inspecting the employee dormitories.
The Guestbook was quite pleased with this. It immediately granted her "outgoing authorization" and, incidentally, gave Wine Cup access to its study as well, thereby fulfilling its previous promise.
Wine Cup dearly wanted to go straight to the study and look into the relevant intelligence, but considering that the Guestbook was still watching her, and that her purpose in going to the study would be far too obvious, it would be troublesome if Pinocchio noticed something amiss.
Therefore, her current priority was to rendezvous with Satan and the others first. The rest could be discussed afterward.
After leaving the Shaping Workshop, Wine Cup went directly to the employee dormitories.
After staying in the employee dormitories for a while, she took a roundabout route toward the crater.
The reason for this was still her concern over Pinocchio's surveillance. Pinocchio most likely could not monitor areas outside the Shaping Workshop—after all, if he truly could monitor them, he would not have needed her to act on his behalf. Pinocchio could have searched the employee dormitories for clues himself.
But just in case, Wine Cup still chose caution above all else.
Following their prior arrangement, Wine Cup arrived beside a chimney near the crater and quickly left several lines of symbols that only the Time Doppelgänger could understand. She briefly identified herself and set a time for her next visit.
After doing all that, she did not linger. She turned and headed back to the employee dormitories.
After all, she had left work early on the excuse of inspecting the dormitories. To avoid betraying herself if Pinocchio questioned her later, she