"Gabriel: I've dealt with the Book Demon on my end!"
"Gabriel: Huh? Was I faster than the captain?"
"Rabbit Hole Grand Captain: The second wave of Book Demons on my side had twice as many as the first."
"Rabbit Hole Grand Captain: But I've already dealt with all of them."
"Gabriel: ...The captain is still more impressive."
"Rabbit Hole Grand Captain: Heh heh."
"Rabbit Hole Grand Captain: Gray Porcelain, how are things on your side? Has anything changed on the third floor?"
The team chat fell silent for a moment. No one replied.
Gabriel had originally been waiting for Gray Porcelain to complain about the situation on the third floor. Rabbit Girl had also thought that "internet-addicted brat" Gray Porcelain would bombard them with a string of messages. Yet the team chat channel seemed to have frozen over.
—Empty, cold, silent.
A full half minute passed before a new message finally popped up in the team chat.
"Angel: Sorry, I was focusing on the hidden space just now and didn't notice the team chat."
"Rabbit Hole Grand Captain: A hidden space? Did you clear another Book Demon?"
"Angel: The Book Demon is still being cleared. I'm just waiting in the hidden space... Mm, it should be cleared soon."
The moment that message appeared, the team chat channel "froze" again.
Though Rabbit Girl and Gabriel were on different floors, their reactions upon seeing that message were identical.
They both froze at once. One rubbed her eyes, while the other's tentacles swayed, as if wiping away the message Angel had left behind.
Could that sentence mean...
Perhaps guessing what Rabbit Girl and Gabriel were thinking, Angel lightly sent another message:
"Angel: Gray Porcelain didn't receive your messages because it just entered the Book Demon's duel space."
That message completely confirmed their suspicions.