This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist-Chapter 543 - : Divine Game: Chaotic Restaurant 63

However, this brutal brawl didn't last long. Within the next few minutes, massive explosions echoed through the food street.

Rita didn't miss a moment. Watching it all unfold from start to finish, she realized that the explosions were coming from the players who had been killed—they were literally exploding into fireworks.

Almost every few seconds, a new restaurant was marked by the Inspector as a low-quality restaurant.

As more Inspectors appeared, the 19th-level Sovereigns stopped fighting. After a brief exchange, each player took charge of an Inspector, and with even more Inspectors manifesting, the players quickly dispersed.

Rita returned to the restaurant to continue preparing the dishes.

She glanced toward the front of the restaurant and noticed that Octopus Bucket had somehow disappeared without her realizing.

07:49.

Not only had Marmang-Crab and Octopus Bucket still not returned, but Rabbit 4 had also left the restaurant.

Sea Pony was still diligently serving the customers, and Rita continued working on the menu, prioritizing the orders from the guests.

Sea Pony observed Rita's busy movements and said, "So you've chosen to gamble on the surprise blind box, right?"

Rita did have a lot of thoughts on the matter, but she still needed to experiment. She wouldn't share that with Sea Pony. "One step at a time, but yes, I chose the surprise blind box."

Whether becoming a black-market player or deliberately falling behind the 7999th rank, both options posed a similar level of danger for her.

Becoming a black-market player meant that once the countdown ended, if she didn't grab a position, she'd lose three recently used skills, putting both Phoenix Seat and Unchanged Fate at risk.

Dropping beyond the 7999th rank, although the lowest loss, was still just putting off the inevitable. In twelve rounds, every time she dropped out of the top 7999, it would bring her closer to being surrounded by stronger players...

Comparatively, the surprise blind box was a better option.

But still, could she really gamble twelve times?

At this moment, however, she didn't have control over the situation.

Rita looked up and across the dining area, gazing at the restaurant's front door. There, Octopus Bucket and Marmang-Crab were entering, flanking a Mango Inspector, who seemed to float in midair, carried into the restaurant by them.

The Mango Inspector, a fruit from the Jianqi world, resembled a starfruit but was entirely gray, with a white flame burning at its top. It was practically lifted into the restaurant by Octopus Bucket and Marmang-Crab.

When the Inspector was seated, Rita noticed Rabbit 4 trailing behind.

Marmang-Crab shouted, "New customers!"

Rita immediately sped up her work. The last dish in the pot wasn't even given time to thicken; she simply took it out and began portioning it.

She quickly packed up all the knives into her backpack.

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Rita: "That's Sea Pony!"

She finished plating the dish and looked up just in time to see Sea Pony jump up and slap the Inspector hard.

—"I told you we don't have this dish! You still order it! Are you looking for trouble?!"

—"I just sat down, and you didn't even give me a menu!!"

—"Then why didn't you ask? Do you know whose restaurant you're in?! It's BS Rita's restaurant!"

Rita: @#%@%!#%!@￥#@!%

She nearly dropped the dish from her hand in frustration.

She yelled, "Marmang! Sea Pony, do you want to die?!"

Sea Pony, unbothered, retorted, "You hear how mad BS Rita is!"

Rita: "..." She was definitely going to turn Sea Pony into a dish and throw it in the toilet afterward.

Three seconds later, Rita exploded.

[Restaurant 233 has been marked as a low-quality restaurant by the Inspector. All restaurant employees have been killed. Please rest assured, food customers.]

Rita sat cross-legged in the starting room.

This was her third death in this game, and she would have to forfeit three S-rank skills.

She had originally obtained three S-rank skills from the Diamonds Miner vault, and after using one on her first death, only two remained, which she gave up.

The last one was a bit of a dilemma; the best choice was the Signal Interruption skill from the closed-shop time.

But since this skill was still on her arm, if the random skill loss occurred, having it on her would reduce the chance of her best skills being selected.

She ultimately chose the S-rank skill Wild Call, which allowed her to command all non-divine beast creatures.

Losing an SSS-rank skill was painful, but at least she would still have a fighting chance. She couldn't even begin to imagine how much it would hurt to lose one of her precious SSS skills.

After she left, she would need to kill more alien players to earn more skills.

Thinking about it, she couldn't help but remember the black-market player's ability to become invisible. It was indeed useful for assassination, but she couldn't enter the restaurant as a black-market player...

Her targets would be the employees leaving the restaurant for supplies and those strong players out there looking for the Inspectors...

As she was contemplating, the countdown ended.

Rita appeared near Restaurant 233. She checked herself and saw her outline ripple like water. Her arm's skill icons still had their raised outlines.

But she must have been invisible because she couldn't see any other black-market players.

She took a small step back to avoid a player passing by, but this caused her to collide with another invisible black-market player.

Recalling her plan to reduce the chances of losing top-tier skill icons by using the dropped skills, Rita immediately threw a punch.

At the same time, her collarbone was struck by their punch, dropping her health by 30%!

This invisibility feature was full of traps!

She couldn't see the other player's face, so she couldn't use her memory of strong players' faces and abilities to assess whether they could be killed.

She didn't know the other player's strength and couldn't tell from their injuries or condition whether they were someone she could kill.

It was just like opening a blind box!

But conversely, just as she could gauge whether her opponent could be killed based on their attack strength, the other player could do the same to her.

As Rita tried to retreat, her wrist was grabbed immediately.

She acted quickly and used Dandelion Wind to escape, realizing that her dandelion form was also invisible. Was the black-market player's skill also invisible? She wasn't sure whether to feel happy or worried about it.

After escaping, Rita flew into the air but collided with another invisible black-market player...

There was only one thing to do—fight! When she noticed that her opponent only caused a 3% health drop with their attack, Rita's eyes lit up, and she immediately grabbed their wrist and started fighting back!

To avoid more black-market players crashing into her, Rita locked onto the opponent's neck and flew higher to keep attacking. She took out a restaurant's kitchen knife from her backpack.

Thanks to the combat skills from her Close Combat course and her significantly higher stats, she quickly defeated her opponent.