This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist-Chapter 507 - 506: Divine Game: Chaotic Restaurant 27
As the 18th dish was about to require TingoJE's brain, Rita used Sea Pony as an intermediary and made sure everything was set up with Marmang-Crab.
20 seconds passed, and Marmang-Crab, who had been fighting alongside Octopus Bucket for over half an hour, was now finishing up his remaining skills. He had no choice but to use his final move. He clicked his claws and removed the crab shell from his back, placing it on his head. The shell expanded instantly, resembling a large umbrella or a gazebo. At that moment, Rita moved into action. She dashed under the crab shell and activated a skill.
—[Top Chef? Top Chef!]
This was the first skill she received in the game. She could have used it without any cost, but she decided to use 3 points of AoYi (a special game energy).
With the boost from AoYi, this temporarily upgraded skill to an SSS rank. A golden character "Top" appeared on her arm, accompanied by a resounding "duang" sound.
The flurry of skills that had earlier been so dense, obscuring the stars above them, suddenly dissipated by about 90%. The surrounding players who had been throwing skills one after another were momentarily stunned.
The iconic line echoed from all directions — "What? You're a top chef?!"
Not only Marmang-Crab, who was holding the crab shell and Sea Pony, who was healing Marmang-Crab, followed suit and synced their movements, but even Octopus Bucket, still battling the mechanical hand in mid-air, was shielded by a transparent barrier. The shield slowly shattered, indicating that Rita's SSS AoYi skill had triggered the countermeasures for mental control attacks.
While some players were unaffected and continued their skill spam, Marmang-Crab's pressure had drastically decreased!
After three seconds, the insults started pouring in again. The interrupted skills resumed their chaotic attacks from the beginning.
Rita remained calm, drinking a simple, homemade potion that reduced cooldown times. Once her Top Chef? Top Chef! had reset, she used another 3 points of AoYi.
— "What? You're a top chef?!" xN
What had started as an awkward and chaotic skill was now being used with great composure, the skill practically tailored for her.
If she weren't immobilized, she would've even brushed the dust off her sleeve.
It wasn't that she had grown particularly fast; it was mostly Sea Pony's courage. After officially entering the intense battle, Sea Pony seemed to have triggered some mechanism, as every time it used a skill, it would loudly announce its name.
—[Make way, I'm the doctor!]
—[Granny Crab wants hot milk!]
—[I save the seafood the sea won't dare to save!]
Each skill was yelled with all its might, as if Marmang-Crab was on the verge of dying at any second.
Marmang-Crab wasn't embarrassed by the antics, so why should she be?
Unfortunately, the other players reacted quickly.
Before she could use the skill for the third time, a black mist suddenly swept in from the right, about to cover their entire plate. Rita instantly used Silent Hill to hide the 17 dishes on the table into the "Inner World," completely isolating them from the mist.
This skill was a bit like Hide and Seek from before, but when the black mist surged in, Rita realized that this new version was much more advanced than the previous one, which only disoriented players and dulled their senses.
All of Rita's unlocked skills, including her divine talent skills, were now sealed. Not only that, she was also poisoned, with her health rapidly decreasing by 5% per second. The robe Pine Bloom had given her started showing signs of rapid wear and tear.
The "Top" character on her shoulder was soon swallowed up by the black mist. She couldn't see it anymore, and likely, neither could the other players.
This skill was temporarily useless.
At this moment, Rita heard Marmang-Crab's voice, shouting, "Sea Kid!!"
Just as the black mist overtook the place where Sea Pony had been, a brilliant flash of light appeared. It was Sea Pony's silhouette!
Wait... was it evolving?!
No, it was using a skill.
Its young voice, more solemn than ever, recited an unusually long name. If Rita hadn't been hiding under Marmang-Crab's shell, the time Sea Pony took to say the name would have been long enough for Rita to die three times.
—[Sea Kid is great, no need for any changes]
The poison debuff was dispelled, and her health and mana were restored to 100%. Not only that, all buffs that had been disabled or shattered earlier were now back!
Many skills that had been on cooldown also returned, and a new buff for the 7th and 8th dishes appeared on her.
This was a rollback skill, allowing the player to revert to a previous state.
All of her wounds disappeared, the crab claws were back to full strength, and Marmang-Crab roared, donning the crab shell again and ready to fight.
The black mist was also instantly dispersed by its skill.
It seemed that the earlier claim of only being able to last 30 seconds was a pretty little lie.
Rita didn't rush to undo the Silent Hill effect. She looked up at the battle in the air. The mechanical hand had already been severely damaged, and the progress was much faster than when TingoJE had fought it. At this rate, it could be destroyed in as little as 1 minute.
With Marmang-Crab back in top form, Rita had no more worries. Plus, the buffs from her last two dishes had disappeared due to the rollback skill.
She took out B80234615, transformed it into Dusk and Night, and joined the battle.
The buff from the 7th dish, Flame Sea Hungry Whale, had now been triggered. She had +888 intelligence, and each of her attacks could summon a fire tornado.
She aimed at the chef on the right plate, fired three shots, and three fiery tornadoes spiraled wildly through the arena.
The opponent shouted, "She even has Midnight Exile!"
Rita didn't plan to hide anything. Her Ancient Curse had already been exposed. The treasure on her body didn't matter that much—it wasn't a significant difference whether she had one more or less.
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These strong players definitely had their own information channels. She hadn't been hiding her Midnight Exile, and leaks were inevitable. The only difference was how fully each player knew about it.
But it didn't matter now... she only hoped that more and more strong players would join this chaotic battle.
Let them all fight for the right to kill her!
The more chaotic, the better. Only in the chaos could she find her space to breathe.
After a dozen shots rang out, more fire tornadoes filled the battlefield. Rita didn't expect to hurt the high-level players here, but as long as she could disrupt their vision and shift their skills a little, that was enough.
Because Sea Pony had stopped healing her, Top Chef? Top Chef! was no longer necessary. Marmang-Crab was happy to see her die a few more times.
But no one could call the shots here. When the black mist descended earlier, Rita had kept One-Person Party as her ace up her sleeve.
And with Bedtime Tale and the newly acquired Fourfold Spring, even though occasional special attacks passed through her shields and hit her, she was barely holding on.
Apart from that, Pine Bloom's clothes had truly been a big help!
But who exactly was spending all the mana for those healing amounts?
