When Chu Mu found Silver Wolf, she was playing a game while keeping an eye on her second monitor.
The data she had copied earlier still had several layers of encryption, and she was trying to crack them.
Seeing Chu Mu approach, she said:
"Cracking it probably won't be that quick. I'm still configuring the decryptor."
"Then let's play a game," Chu Mu suggested.
"Just what I had in mind." Silver Wolf shoved a controller into Chu Mu's hand. "That game from last time-I've been practicing with my eyes closed lately, and I found I actually play better that way."
"Because keeping your eyes open distracts you," Chu Mu agreed.
Although they had switched to a new ship, Silver Wolf's Game Room had remained in the old ship's Command Module.
There were really only two reasons they had kept this battered old ship: the gaming equipment in the Command Module and Kafka's coat collection in the living quarters.
The second reason accounted for most of it.
Kafka was sorting through her coats at that moment. The jolting during the move had knocked quite a few hangers down.
Asta walked in, seemingly looking for someone.
When she reached the doorway to the Command Module, she stopped in her tracks.
She looked at Silver Wolf and Chu Mu inside, said nothing, and quietly left.
Silver Wolf's delighted laughter reached Kafka's ears, and she immediately felt the urge to unplug the console.
Fortunately, she suppressed that urge.
After all, A-Mu was still playing. The boy rarely got a chance to relax.
Ever since they arrived on Deep Blue Star, Kafka had clearly sensed that Chu Mu had been constantly on edge.
Chu Mu had said he would tell her why later, so she had not asked again, afraid of adding to his mental