At least three people in Country F were planning to cross to the Layers to chase after the Silver Princess who got thrown to Mao's realm. They were none other than Gio, the lover, Leo, the father's lapdog, and Host 9, the obsessed admirer.
Gio was a non-host, but he instinctively knew that he could puncture through dimensions and travel the space in between them. The only problem was that he had no idea where in the layers Sofony was now.
Leo was preparing to break through the next rank under the order of his superior. He only needed to finish one more task to reach Level 7 which would make him the youngest to do so in his batch. Unlike Gio, Fred was backing him so he would not have to risk getting lost in the space above the surface world.
As for the admirer, his case was similar to Gio. If ever, the two of them would race in reaching Sofony.
That was a matter for those three men.