NOVPUB[You may choose one of the following three items as your reward:]
1. 90% Discount Voucher / 2. Early Exit / 3. Game Simulation
90% Discount Voucher: Allows you to purchase one item from the Exchange at only 10% of its listed price. The remaining Block cost will be covered by the Divine Game system.
Early Exit: Allows you to exit this Divine Game session 6 hours early without losing qualification for final rewards.
Game Simulation: Select one attraction to simulate a trial run. Simulation lasts 10 minutes in-game and only 1 second in real time. Usable 3 times.
Now this was a real surprise—blessing and curse bundled together.
The hidden achievement was called "Fine, I Admit I'm Popular"—though in Rita's opinion, it should've been named "Please Stop Inviting Me, I'm Tired."
Just based on the name, it might seem like the only way to hop between parks was through other players' Forced Invitations.
But considering the brutal six-hour time limit, Rita figured that such cross-park travel was only common in the first six hours—and maybe even only possible via Forced Invites during that period. Afterward? Who knew.
Compared to the "I Can't Take a Hint" reward she earned earlier for assembling a potion bottle Block, this was leagues better.
Once again, the three rewards clearly aligned with offensive, defensive, and strategic playstyles.
The 90% Discount Voucher wasn't strictly an offensive tool, but in contrast to the other two, its meaning shifted.
Because only players who not only competed but also collected rare gear from others would choose it.
If you just wanted to buy back something you'd lost, the Early Exit or Game Simulation options were far more cost-effective.
But used wisely, the latter two could save you enough Block to buy back several fragments. Definitely better than spending the voucher just to repurchase your own losses.
To Rita, the Discount Voucher was a veiled weapon.
Only someone dead set on collecting gear—on completing something—would pick it.
She imagined what she would do if she were the owner of the elusive Game Machine That Loves Games.
If a nine-piece relic kept getting lost, until she only had one or two pieces left and no realistic way to get the rest—what then?
She'd list those final fragments at a premium.
If she wanted to profit, she'd set a painful but not impossible price, hoping the collector would cough up the Block.
If she wanted revenge, she'd list them so high that no one could afford them, shattering any hope of completion.
Either way, a 90% Discount Voucher would be a crucial safety net.
With her mind made up, Rita chose the voucher without hesitation.
A multicolored, rectangular Block appeared before her.
As she stowed it, Nivalis began nudging her repeatedly with the tip of her wing, jabbing toward the front.
Rita frowned. "What is it?" she asked, lifting her head—only to be greeted by a line of Block legs.
Her gaze traveled upward: so many tails... and then, locking eyes with a pair of round button-like pupils.
Nine Block tails in total—most of them white, but the tips of the topmost ones were black.
The figure standing in front of her wasn't overloaded with Blocks but still had a solid presence, roughly Rita's size.
Once the nine-tailed Block fox realized Rita had seen them, two smaller foxes flanking her stepped forward and planted their paws on the bumper car's hood.
Mistblade stood behind them, arms crossed, peering down at Rita from above.
In smooth fox-tongue, she said, "So you're BS-Rita, huh."
B8017913 translated dutifully: "So you're BS-Rita, huh."
Rita: "…"
For a second, she had the surreal sense of being cornered after school by a bunch of mean girls.
She'd just arrived in the March Theme Park and already run into a gang.
But thinking back to that ominous silhouette she'd seen in the fog…
Thinking about the difference between this park and the brutal July one…
And about the hidden achievement she'd just unlocked…
Rita found herself feeling incredibly humbled.
She even wanted to grab Mistblade's hands and say, Thank you for your service!
This fox was her lucky charm. A true savior.
Rita forced a sunny smile and, with B8017913's help, fumbled through her broken fox-tongue: "What a coincidence! Out here having fun too?"
Mistblade's gaze swept across their bumper car. "Looks like you've been doing well. Got yourself a ride, huh?"
Rita: "…"
Yeah, this was absolutely giving delinquent vibes.
When Rita didn't respond, Mistblade sneered. "So how's reshuffling the teams treating you? Fun?"
There was no good answer to that.
Still, Rita didn't want to ignore her lucky fox.
"I didn't really care about reshuffling," she said, "It was more about… stopping people from blowing you up."
Mistblade blinked. "Stopping what from blowing me up?"
When it became clear she hadn't understood, Rita dropped it.
She wasn't about to admit that some gods were worried she might snap.
There was no point arguing it out. Mistblade wasn't going to forgive her over an explanation.
Rita sighed. "Not fun."
Yeah right—not fun and yet you went and triggered it anonymously?
Mistblade was about done with the conversation. Then she caught sight of that Block Rita had just acquired and frowned.
"You just unlocked a hidden achievement, didn't you?"
Rita froze.
She hesitated for only a moment, then put on her best confused-and-innocent face. "No…? Those things aren't that easy to get, are they?"
Mistblade didn't believe a word of it, but she let it drop.
Mostly because she was afraid to hear the truth.
She stepped aside. "Go on, enjoy yourself."
The two foxes withdrew their paws from the hood.
Rita didn't waste a second. She elbowed Nivalis hard.
Nivalis didn't dare say a word. She hit the accelerator immediately.
As soon as they took off, they saw Mistblade's two foxes jogging after them.
Behind them, Mistblade stood motionless, arms crossed, watching them disappear into the park.
She was clearly planning to follow them—to figure out what attraction they picked and crash it for payback.
Nivalis / Rita / B8017913: "…"
Rita: "...Even Winter Sea · Frenzied Shark wasn't this clingy."
Then again, Winter Sea probably wanted to find her—but had a harder time tracking her down.
Every time she entered a new area, she'd run into Winter Sea. That wasn't coincidence. That was a man hunting her.
She thought back to that black silhouette in the fog and chuckled.
If Winter Sea hadn't spotted her, maybe he was still standing there waiting like an idiot.
Nivalis, glancing backward: "So… what now?"
Rita: "Pretend they don't exist. Come on, let's check out the Exchange first."
She needed to see if the markets were connected across parks.
