Everyone had been very satisfied with yesterday afternoon's banquet, so after eating and drinking their fill, they continued chatting for several hours. It was not until evening, when they saw that it was getting late, that they gradually dispersed with Bai Yasha's departure.
The next day...
When night fell once more, Annie, Black Rabbit, Kuro Usagi, Kasukabe You, and Sakamaki Izayoi gathered in the living room again, preparing to wait for the scheduled teleportation from the Little Garden Central Hub or the contract for the next stage of the Gift Game.
"..."
"Black Rabbit?"
"What do you think this fifth stage of the Gift Game will be?"
"It's almost time, and I'm feeling a little nervous!"
Seeing that there were only a few minutes left, Kasukabe You could not help asking Black Rabbit, who looked just as nervous as she did.
"The next stage?"
"How would I know?"
"I just connected with the Little Garden Central Hub. All I know is that several thousand community teams remain. The next game will probably only get harder, right?"
"I just hope it isn't a confrontation between communities."
As she spoke, Black Rabbit began praying somewhat dejectedly.
Before the first stage of the competition began, Black Rabbit had thought that she would be completely satisfied if they could somehow rank outside the top million. That would have been enough for them to establish themselves and take pride in themselves within this enormous Little Garden world.
But who could have expected that, by some fluke, they would break into the top ten thousand? In this enormous Little Garden world, which was even larger than the surface of a star, that ranking should put them roughly on the same level as Bai Yasha's large commercial alliance community, "Thousand Eyes."
And that unreal feeling made Black