This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist-Chapter 511 - 510: Divine Game: Chaotic Restaurant 31

After making her selection, five different icons appeared in the five boxes in front of Rita.

[Bedtime Tale] was represented by an open book.

[I Just Want to Improve So Badly] was a hand casually stretched out.

[Mysterious Power] was a drop of blood.

[Fourfold Spring] looked like a wind whale leaping out of the sea.

[Dandelion Wind] was a dandelion puffed halfway apart.

The five icons shrank to the size of a coin, arranged in a row on her left forearm.

Rita thought, Uh-oh, don't tell me this is a full-holo reconfiguration of the keyboard...

She tried to activate one of the unchosen skills using her Abyssal Energy but felt nothing.

Not even the hanging skills can be used now?

B80234615: "You're always complaining about bad luck and not being able to steal. Why did you still choose the stealing skill?"

Rita replied confidently, "I feel like it's not my fault, it's Octopus Bucket's. It definitely has skills to prevent stealing."

She tried using [Dandelion Wind], but it didn't have the usual intuitive feeling of the skill activating. She pressed the [Dandelion Wind] icon on her forearm.

In the next moment, she transformed into a dandelion.

So, they really did change the keyboard...

At that moment, her right eye also seemed to recover. She dodged a few of her teammates, walking to the back kitchen and using the water surface to look at her right eye.

After stealing the metal nail-like moon from the competition, her right eye now had a metallic gleam.

Rita: "What number was that moon?"

B80234615: "17986."

That number was enough to make any collector despair.

So far, she had only stolen 4 moons: one from the Kart Racing game, one from Lania Kaia, the 1st moon, and now this 17986 moon.

Rita: "Do you know what happens when the moonlight I steal keeps going into my right eye?"

B80234615: "I don't know. Even the gods aren't omniscient. Some skills and divine blessings change when they encounter different souls."

Rita didn't ask further. She blinked her right eye and saw that it had recovered, so she didn't bother with it anymore.

But there was some bad news. After the Is this your restaurant? Who gave you the permission to open it? storyline ended, she started receiving divine punishment notifications for violating the game's rules.

On the other side, Marmang-Crab was staring at his crab claws. He asked Sea Pony, "You can't use your skills anymore. Do you want to go back and sleep?"

Before Sea Pony could reply, Octopus Bucket spoke up, "Stay. I need your trash talk."

Sea Pony shyly squirmed, "You really do have taste~~"

Marmang-Crab didn't respond and kept examining his crab claws.

Rita couldn't help but say, "You're so strong, but why do you react so strongly to my trash talk?"

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Compared to Sea Pony's trash talk, her own was practically polite.

Marmang-Crab: "...When you're out in the world, it's all Sea Ponies everywhere. It's so hopeless."

Sea Pony: "Hey, I'm listening."

Marmang-Crab: "That's for you to hear."

Sea Pony: "Heh, when you need me, call me Sea Crust, when you don't, just call me Sea Pony."

At this point, Octopus Bucket's size had returned to what it had been when they first met. It was standing behind the counter, looking at the sky.

Rita ignored the back-and-forth between Marmang-Crab and Sea Pony and walked over to stand next to Octopus Bucket, but she couldn't see anything in the sky.

Thinking back on how Octopus Bucket had previously recruited chefs, Rita asked, "Do you know what happens after the restaurant closes?"

Octopus Bucket shook its head, "Can't see."

Rita couldn't help but think of the [Is this your restaurant? Who gave you the permission to open it?] reward. After all that hard work, she only got 5 World Graveyards as a reward. The payout seemed so unbalanced compared to the effort, which meant the bigger prize must still be the 233 Restaurant.

She didn't engage in further conversation with Octopus Bucket, choosing instead to head to the kitchen to check the cooking tools and the ingredients in the fridge.

She glanced at the other restaurants, seeing players also searching around.

17th, 18th, 16th, ??...

18th, ??, 17th, 18th...

Not worth provoking... Rita silently withdrew her gaze.

Soon, three bells rang from the sky outside.

At the same time, their team heard the system's notification.

[233 Restaurant] Randomly generated 8 restaurant rules. Due to the team's excellent performance, ranking 233 in the cooking competition, the team can modify 4 of the rules.]

[Entering the restaurant during the closing hours and violating the 233 Restaurant rules 3 times will result in annihilation.]

[Closing time: 01:00-07:00]

An attack-and-defense game? Or is the business simulation still ongoing during the closing time?

233 Restaurant randomly generated 8 rules and allows only 4 modifications. What about the lower-ranked restaurants?

"Entities entering the restaurant," do these employees count?

If so, the rule needs to ensure they don't harm their own people, and they can't allow outsiders to observe and figure out the rules by watching their behavior.

Rita exchanged a glance with Marmang-Crab and Octopus Bucket, both thinking about this issue.

A scroll appeared in the air and slowly descended in front of them, displaying Sky-Crab language that all the players could understand.

Sea Pony was the first to rush over, reading the text aloud:

"Rule 1: All entities entering 233 Restaurant must lick MarmangSea Pony's feet."

With a loud "slap," Marmang-Crab used its claw to swat Sea Pony away.

Marmang-Crab: "What's the time, and you're still messing around!"

Marmang-Crab picked up the scroll, and the 8 randomly generated rules appeared in front of them.

Rule 1: All entities entering 233 Restaurant must lick MarmangSea Pony's feet.

Octopus Bucket and Marmang-Crab and Rita: "…"

Marmang-Crab quickly grabbed Sea Pony, who was furiously kicking and crying. "Sorry, Sea Crust, I thought you were spouting trash talk…"

Sea Pony, feet stiff, retorted: "Lick me!!"

Rita said sternly: "This rule needs to be changed."

Octopus Bucket nodded. "Yes, it needs to be changed."

Rita: "How about changing it to Sea Pony having to lick everyone's feet in the restaurant?"

Octopus Bucket: "I think that works."

Sea Pony: "...I'll die for you guys right now!!!"

The group decided to look through the rest of the rules before making any decisions, but the more they read, the more silent they became.

Rule 2: No eight-legged creatures are allowed to enter 233 Restaurant.

Octopus Bucket and Marmang-Crab: "…"

Rule 3: No red-colored beings are allowed to enter 233 Restaurant, including but not limited to orange-red and bright red.

Rita, Octopus Bucket, and Marmang-Crab: "?"

Rule 4: No same-race players allowed in 233 Restaurant. If two same-race players are present, one will randomly die.

Rita and Octopus Bucket almost simultaneously sighed in relief. Rita was sure no humans were present here, and Octopus Bucket's own race was already extinct.

However, Marmang-Crab and Sea Pony visibly tensed up.

Random death with no chance for a duel!