This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist-Chapter 555 - : Divine Game: Chaotic Restaurant 75
Rita's guess was actually correct. The players whose names flickered all had some sort of controversy surrounding them. Deceitful Bloom and the Captain were battling for her, and other players also had their top gods and demons—who were, of course, also scheming for them.
There were actually still plenty of bugs, just like there are harmless bugs in many games from BS Stars. These bugs are very entertaining, and sometimes, after being reported, they are kept around for the amusement factor. Rita wasn't the only one to discover the bug, but she was the first to report it.
Who would've guessed that by the eighth round, after Rita discovered the bug and played with it once, she would immediately flip the table?
After Rita sighed deeply, she waited for a while, but there was no response from the system.
"Did they hang up the phone?" she wondered.
She changed her posture and looked up at the sky again, sighing even longer this time.
But her hands kept moving—she was still opening gift boxes.
She kept thinking back to what White Bear had said at the end of the cooking class:
—"If you have any questions, you can ask me now. There won't be another chance after this."
That sentence left Rita with a bad feeling.
Finally, the system asked her, [What reward do you want?]
By the time she heard a response, Rita had opened 20 more gift boxes. Among them, 8 were classes, but she still didn't get Cooking!
Rita mumbled, "Let me think for a moment."
She quickly opened the remaining 17 boxes.
Still no Cooking class!
She even opened a rare Brewing class but didn't get Cooking!
Rita realized what White Bear meant. She probably wouldn't get to meet him again.
That only reinforced her belief that White Bear was some kind of god or demon.
But Rita couldn't let it go. When the system asked her again, she said, "I want the 20star-sea year Cooking class! The teacher must be White Bear, the same one from the previous cooking classes! I only want that one!"
The system was silent for a few seconds before replying, [This violates the rules. White Bear is not a proper teacher.]
Rita thought to herself, I know he's not a proper teacher! Why are you even mentioning it?!
Not wanting to argue, she kept silent and looked down at the rabbit teeth in her hands. When she finished opening all 37 boxes, she had 12 classes.
The system replied, [20star-sea year Cooking class, teacher random, don't be greedy.]
Rita understood the warning from the system. She asked, "What about switching to 20star-sea year combat courses? Teachers are random, is that possible?"
[Yes, but cooking and combat courses have different values. Switching to combat courses comes with a prerequisite: you can only use them once you've entered the top 1000 of a Divine Game round. Do you accept?]
Without White Bear, she'd have to make do with anyone else.
Besides, whether it's cooking or combat courses, she could still get them. She had 8 combat classes out of the 12 classes she had.
But Rita decided to settle for the best. She said, "I accept."
[The reward has been sent to your backpack.]
Rita opened her backpack and found the last slot filled with a petal-shaped item, which looked like a cloud. It changed shape constantly, with each change being a completely new petal formation.
[Deceitful Bloom]: 20star-sea year comprehensive combat course, teacher random (not yet usable).
Rita immediately asked B80234615, the one who knew the most about Divine Game, "Have you heard of Deceitful Bloom?"
B80234615 replied, "I have 387 types of SSS-level skills, 12,325 types of SS-level skills, and 24,155 types of S-level skills containing the words 'Deceitful Bloom.' As for items, curiosities, and equipment, there are even more."
Rita directly asked, "Is there a god or demon named Deceitful Bloom?"
B80234615 replied, "No!"
Rita rubbed her forehead. Did I overthink it?
She had suspected that B80234615 might be lying to her, but considering that B80234615 had told her about the event gift pack being related to gods and demons, and even revealed it had been modified by the Moon God, she figured it shouldn't be hiding anything important from her...
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While she was pondering this, an announcement rang out for all players to hear. It mentioned that a bug had been discovered and fixed. Players' skill icons could only be transferred once.
Rita glanced at the time—it was already 3:30 PM.
She quickly gave Nivalis the third Engineering class, saying, "Here, a New Year's gift for next year."
Two seconds later, Nivalis blankly stared at the ceiling, having attended interest classes for six years with that same mental state.
Rita, however, walked to the restaurant door. The cooldown for Steady Happiness had ended, and she needed to seize the opportunity to use it once more.
In the face of immense benefits, what did her pride matter?
Since BS was in English, she figured she could shout it in BS dialect—she didn't believe there was a BS dialect in the languages of all races!
Rita shouted in English, "I want Steady Happiness!" then used I Just Want to Improve So Badly on a few passing powerful players.
Maybe her luck had run out, as after three uses, all she got were meals...
What Rita didn't notice was that, while she was shouting in English, a player from a restaurant across the street was eyeing her curiously.
Back at the restaurant, Rita attended two more combat techniques classes, as well as Sensory Training and Stealth Attack.
At 3:58 PM, Rita didn't rush to go out. Instead, she placed all the ingredients, including those she had scavenged from Restaurant 123, into the fridge, and used the 12th Hidden Easter Egg reward—guaranteeing a gift box in the next elimination round.
At 4:00 PM, the ninth round of elimination began.
Ranked within the top 1000, Rita pulled a high-level gift box.
She quickly recovered all the ingredients from the fridge and finally had time to open the gift box.
Inside the first layer of the box was another layer, revealing an item labeled [Divine Idol].
Rita's excitement grew. She remembered that the high-level gift box list had treasures and ancient items!
She thought about that one enemy—the first one—wondering if it was their idol, the one that could turn into a warrior and fight for them!
Could this be it?
She opened the box, and inside was a mini white ship, palm-sized with a simple structure. The inside was red, the outside pure white, with a few simple red floral patterns along the edge.
[White Ship]: Divine Game commemorative item, no hidden effect.
Rita: "..."
Nivalis, who had just been released, stared at the white ship for a few seconds before saying, "It looks like the ship from The Life of Pi, the one we watched together before the Divine Game."
Rita was confused. She had been in so many classes, how could she remember that?
But no matter what ship it was, the problem was—it was useless!
Rita sighed and put the white ship into her bag, alongside Pine Bloom's clothes and the green feathers, all packed together in the same slot.
She asked B80234615, "Is there a god or demon named White Ship?"
B80234615 replied, "No!"
Rita muttered, "Tch!"
...
B80234615 looked at the warning on its system interface, sighed with relief. This wasn't a big deal, and it didn't seem like a betrayal. Rita should have understood its hint, right?
It almost got blown up...
