This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist

The Game: Kart Bumper:

Once the countdown ended, the safe zone would transform into a semi-open war zone. The entrance would close, but the exit would open, and the war zone would last for thirty minutes. If players left early, they would be charged a 10 kart coin parking fee.

After the game began, players were required to crash into the rear of karts that shared the same color as their own, completing a rear-end collision. Successfully doing so would allow them to absorb 10% of the other player's mileage. If a player collided with a kart of a different color, both players would lose 0.1 nitrogen boost fuel capacity.

Ranking rewards: The top 100 players with the highest absorbed mileage would receive kart coin rewards, with the top three earning a rule analysis.

Bonus: For every kart of the same color completely destroyed, the player would receive 10 kart coins.

Death Penalty: At the end of the game, the fifty players with the lowest absorbed mileage would die instantly.

Other rules: During the war zone phase, players and their karts would temporarily be unbound.

Current Players in Safe Zone: 976

At this point, the countdown for the game to start had only three minutes left.

Given that Rita and Nivalis had joined the game a little late, Rita had only 22 minutes to play in the Kart Bumper game. To be safe, she planned to leave by the 20-minute mark, which meant she would need to pay the parking fee.

— "Ahem…"

Nivalis didn't care about the time. After fixing the kart, she started driving, looking for an exit while also trying to find some improvement opportunities with passing kart players.

When Rita was ready to plan her escape, she looked down and noticed 5 kart coins had appeared on the steering wheel. She had also found the exit.
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— "Ahem... Ahem!"

Nivalis shook her head, commenting, "What a mess."

Rita took the 5 kart coins and handed them to Nivalis, "Go grab something to eat. We'll eat on the way out."

— "Ahem!!!"

Rita was taken aback. Who was that? Following them and coughing in such an impolite way? She had been tolerating this for too long!

Rita slammed the brakes and turned to glare at the person behind her. But the moment she saw who it was, her anger evaporated.

It was Mistblade and Maple Syrup, squeezed into a small black kart. Mistblade had nine tails, none of which had a place to go, yet her expression seemed like she was sitting on a throne. She'd been following them for who knows how long without Rita noticing.

On the steering wheel sat a small, light brown hamster, about the size of Rita's palm. The hamster was leaning forward, its hands outstretched, looking at Rita with a blank, adorable expression.

Rita was no longer angry, but Mistblade seemed upset. She pointed sharply at Rita and pulled out a 6-Dot, showing it to Rita with a "2" gesture: You stole two World Graveyard pieces! Two!

Was this an old score being brought up? Rita shook her head, her eyes clear and confused: Sorry, I don't understand what you're saying.

Mistblade: "…"

Mistblade glanced at the time, noticing there were only two minutes left. Not wanting to waste any more time, she grabbed Rita's hand and directly began writing the rules in her palm.

Rita first pressed Mistblade's hand down, wanting to tell her about her time limit of only being able to stay for 20 minutes. She didn't want Mistblade to misunderstand her actions as betraying her trust.

Although Rita had been saying she would do whatever she wanted, in this world battle, why not reduce the number of enemies when possible?

Mistblade silently watched Rita gesturing, and every time Rita made a motion, Mistblade frowned in confusion: What does that mean? I don't get it.

Rita repeated the gestures at least five times. Mistblade still didn't seem to understand, and Rita realized: Mistblade is pretending to be dumb to get back at me.

Finally, after Rita showed her frustration, Mistblade used sign language to indicate that Rita should wait for her at the exit.

There was no problem with that. Ten minutes wasn't a big deal, especially since both Rita and Nivalis were exhausted after a couple of hours of high-intensity driving. It would be a good time to eat while waiting for Mistblade—if everyone made it out alive, of course.

After Nivalis returned with food, only 26 seconds remained on the countdown. Rita packed the food into her hoodie's hat and tied it, then waved at Mistblade and drove off. They needed to find another white kart in advance.

Rita said, "You're good at driving, so you take the wheel in this game. You drive however you like, no need to worry about me. Don't feel the need to specifically coordinate with me. Just focus on dodging the skills and rear-ending other white karts. I'll handle attacking the players."

Nivalis had already spotted a white kart: "Don't worry, I'll show you what real high-energy is!"

Rita raised an eyebrow: "Are you implying something?"

As soon as she finished speaking, whoosh—the sound of fireworks exploding. The game had begun!

Nivalis instantly released the brakes and sped off, with Rita aiming her sniper rifle.

Though colliding with other karts would be penalized, there was no mention of skills being off-limits for attacks, and clearly, other players had the same idea.

The moment the game started, skills began flying all over the place. In the area with the highest player density, it was nearly drowned in a sea of skills. Nivalis sneered, "Time to show my real skills!"

She drifted around the skills at the last moment, causing Rita to nearly be thrown out of the kart.

This was the real bumper car action!

Rita saw Mistblade chasing another black kart in her broken-down kart. Just as Mistblade was about to crash into a differently-colored kart, she clicked her tongue, stretched out a long leg, and kicked the kart over.

The seal inside rolled around a few times. Before it could stand up, the flipped kart sped off and left.

Rita: "6"

Nivalis saw it too: "6"

Rita immediately aimed her sniper rifle at the seal's head and fired a shot—bang—seizing a huge opportunity!

[Ding—Congratulations BS Rita for killing Marmang-Dun Dun. The player Dun Dun has chosen to use a divine blessing skill to revive, and you will receive this divine blessing skill as your loot.]

[Ding—You have obtained Dun Dun's divine blessing skill—Fishing Master (Passive).]

Rita: "Hurry up! Let's loot the body!"

The kart quickly stopped by the seal's body. Rita bent down to loot the World Graveyard and, out of the corner of her eye, saw a white kart approaching.

Rita threw out a Thunder Net, blocking the other kart for a second. It bought her enough time to successfully grab a card!

She picked up the card and slammed the accelerator. Nivalis immediately understood and sped off.

Once they had left the black kart behind, Rita finally had a moment to check the new skill and World Graveyard she had obtained.

Fishing Master (Passive): Allows the user to see the current state and forbidden actions of all targets without being detected. No consumption required.

World Graveyard · Ace of Hearts: Belongs to the Marmang civilization. Other civilizations' players can only use it as a ticket.