This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist-Chapter 550 - : Divine Game: Chaotic Restaurant 70

Nivalis had changed her strategy.

When Rita didn't activate Fourfold Spring, her health was dangerously low. Although she had more healing skills now, each one had a cooldown, and to avoid running into gaps, Rita refrained from using I Just Want to Improve So Badly. Instead, she handed the skill icon to Nivalis, urging her to hide and use it for stealthy attacks, rather than engaging in direct combat.

Dragons, with their high health regeneration and now enhanced healing abilities, were well-suited for this. Nivalis took up a hidden position in a corner and started using I Just Want to Improve So Badly on half-employed players walking down the street.

These half-employed players had left their invisibility state and were looking for restaurants to officially join. While Nivalis wasn't as diligent as Rita in memorizing the ladder ranks, she was quite familiar with strong players—thanks to her habit of keeping an eye on the battle chat gossip.

To catch the gossip, she would frequently check the ladder and identify the strongest players, keeping up with everything going on in the chat. After all, players who sparked conversations were rarely weak.

Rita's old self didn't count, as she had just latched onto the popularity of Lania Kaia and Maple Syrup at the time.

During this time, Nivalis died once more, but in this hour, she managed to steal two skill icons. She even shared one with Rita. Rita didn't refuse and accepted it gladly.

She was content that her kills granted the same rewards to her pet as they did to her. Though her intention was to train Nivalis, she also wanted Nivalis to join in and grab some skills. Whenever Nivalis got something good, she would always want to share it with Rita.

When Nivalis handed over the skill icon, she said seriously: "You must take this. This is your destined skill. You'll love it!"

Rita: "?"

Steady Happiness (SSS): Shout "I want steady happiness!" at the sky. For the next 3 seconds, the success rate of any skill used by the player will increase to 95%. Cooldown: 1 hour.

Rita understood immediately—this skill wasn't about mana cost, it was about using face!

She suspected Nivalis had given it to her because she was too embarrassed to use it herself.

But it didn't matter. Rita actually thought this skill was quite good!

Rita took back I Just Want to Improve So Badly from Nivalis, flew around the food street, and targeted a top-500 player standing at the entrance of a restaurant, staring blankly at the sky.

She immediately pressed the skill button and, with a shout of "I want steady happiness!" Rita used I Just Want to Improve So Badly on the player three times.

Once the skill ended, Rita was rewarded with a box of food and two skill icons:

Repay (SSS): Select a player and temporarily steal the most recent skill they used. The skill is yours for 5 minutes. Each use costs 200 mana, cooldown: 3 minutes.

Family Bucket (SSS): For the next 5 minutes, all single-target attack skills you use will split into multiple attacks with the same power, hitting up to the 100 closest similar targets. Each use costs 100 mana, cooldown: 30 minutes.

Looking at the data, these were clearly modified and optimized skills.

Rita felt like she was tasting happiness—she was so elated that tears of joy welled up in her eyes. She excitedly shared with Nivalis and B80234615: "This is really solid!!!"

Nivalis: "I knew she would like this one!"

B80234615: "Mmh…"

It was clear these two had started privately chatting at some point!

As the fifth round of eliminations approached, Rita looked down at the food street. Every restaurant was at full staff, and she needed to officially join before 12:29.

The safest method was to grab the transparent version of the job cursor from a red light column and head to a restaurant that had been cleared by an Inspector. If she waited for the notification that the restaurant had been cleared, it would be too late to grab the cursor.

But this also meant she would have to live in a half-employed state until she could join. A half-employed state meant she would lose her invisibility, and both employees and black-market players could attack her. She would need to defend against employees and invisible black-market players alike.

Of course, she also had to defend against other players in the same situation.

But she had to join this position, and afterward, she would leave the restaurant and become a black-market player again.

At first, she hesitated because she didn't want to lose her skill icons, and she wanted to use the black-market status to skip the surprise gift boxes. But now, she realized that the real benefit of the game for her lay in the black-market world.

She didn't know which devil designed this game, but she truly appreciated it!

If she stayed in the restaurant and kept drawing surprise gift boxes, even if she managed to dodge them every time, the benefits wouldn't be as great as they were now. If she waited until the third day, it would only get harder and harder.

Staying in the restaurant meant only fewer deaths, but leaving the restaurant gave her the confidence to survive longer into the third day.

Rita suddenly muttered, "Rabbit 3 was right."

Nivalis & B80234615: "Huh?"

Rita quickly corrected herself: "I mean, a little right."

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"My previous choice wasn't wrong, but… what they said wasn't wrong either... I'm right most of the time!"

"Only in special circumstances does facing challenges head-on give more rewards than playing it safe."

"They were right a tiny bit, just a tiny bit. I'm right 99%, they're 1%!"

Nivalis cleared her throat, lowered her voice, and said in a broadcasting tone: "Did the lady admit her mistake?"

B80234615: "Just a little."

Rita: "…"

At 12:00, after the fifth round of eliminations ended, Rita immediately entered the red light column to begin her employment process. Nivalis had already been sent back to the space.

This time, she didn't use the white coral. The time was too tight when she was kidnapping the lychee, and she couldn't afford to make a mistake. But now she had enough time, and getting employed wasn't the hardest part.

Three seconds later, with her newly acquired semi-transparent job cursor, Rita started to move through the food street, waiting for the Inspector to clear a restaurant.

As she passed a pancake-shaped customer, she quickly grabbed them, lifted them onto her back, and tied them with beast tendon as a shield.

Pancake Customer:?

B80234615: "You said you wanted to be a star player? Isn't this a bit too creepy?"

Rita: "It's not green."

B80234615: "But other worlds have white turtles…"

Rita hesitated: "...What's wrong with turtles? Longevity is great, it's a good omen."

B80234615: "If you're happy... But if you meet any other mechanical races, don't reveal my ID."

Rita dodged a skill mid-flight and asked, "With so many mechanical races, haven't you heard what they're talking about?"

B80234615: "I've heard. It's all pretty boring... Wait."

Rita: "Don't do that... I have a bad feeling now."

B80234615: "They're talking about how the Y-series convoy suddenly changed course and is heading this way."

Rita: "How long until they arrive?"

B80234615: "I'm not sure, but I'll let you know when they're close."

Rita didn't ask further because the notification came: Restaurant 2091's employees were optimized.

Rita, flying at top speed, immediately made a sharp turn, tracing a curve through the street before heading back to where she came from.

Thousands of semi-employed players did the same.

For a moment, the food street was like a fishing pond suddenly being fed with bait, and all the hungry fish rushed to the same spot...

"Deceitful Bloom, the lady admits her mistake."

"Deceitful Bloom, the lady admits her mistake."

"Deceitful Bloom, the lady admits her mistake."

"Got it 1%."

"Wow! Does this mean we're not far from hugging Deceitful Bloom's leg and crying for forgiveness?"

Deceitful Bloom: "..."