12:32
The ga ended.
[Current Bumper Car Ga Rankings]
[1. BS-Rita / BSNivalis / BSB8 – Notes Lit: 24]
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[First place team receives bonus reward: 9 Blocks]
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[Because the first place team entered the Bumper Car Ga Global Rankings, rewards have been upgraded]
[Congratulations to BS-Rita / BSNivalis / BSB8 for receiving: Blocks Duplication Coupon x1]
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[Congratulations to BS-Rita / BSNivalis / BSB8 for entering the Bumper Car Ga Global Rankings. Best score preserved.]
[1st Place: BS-Rita / BSNivalis / BSB8 – Ga Score: 99.8]
[Ga score calculated based on notes lit, lighting speed, frequency of being lit, final Bumper Car speed, and number of defeated players]
As the [Blocks Revenue Distribution In Progress] screen froze, a cascade of Blocks rained down.
Nivalis couldn’t even be bothered to walk. She just drove her Bumper Car out of the arena like a boss.
Rita also noticed their Bumper Car had changed—its original milky-white now a soft mint green, almost macaron-like.
Just like when she left the July Defend the Gacha, the ga preserved her best performance and updated the corresponding reward item.
Her top score from July had earned her the Blocks & : July Capsule,
From 16th Month’s Ferris wheel: Blocks & : 16th Month Ferris Wheel,
Now from this Bumper Car match: Blocks & : 13th Month Bumper Car.
She glanced at her current trophies:
Blocks & : 13th Month Bumper Car
Blocks & : 3rd Month Dice
Blocks & : 16th Month Ferris Wheel
Blocks & : July Capsule
Blocks & : 15th Month Star Pirate Ship
Five Month The Park collectibles so far. Pity none had triggered a hidden easter egg or achievent.
Shaking those thoughts aside, she turned to Nivalis and said, "Let’s hit the market first."
B8017913 imdiately picked up on the anticipation gleaming in her eyes. "Did you find sothing good again?"
Rita pulled out her incomplete Dull Ga and showed it to B8017913. "Heard of this?"
"No," it replied, shaking its head. "I recognize the first two words, but I’ve never heard of this ga item."
Rita caught the hint instantly. "Dull" must be the na of a god or demon.
While talking, their ride had already parked beside an unused vending machine.
Rita floated over and searched for Dull Ga.
Stock: 1!
But her expression instantly soured.
[Dull Ga (1/9)] – Price: 42,130 gBlocks. Discount coupons not accepted.
That single fragnt alone now cost 91% of all the Blocks she currently owned.
No—Rita’s gaze hardened. That price matched exactly what she’d possessed before entering the Bumper Car ga, even including the ga items she held.
Had Divine Ga listed it?
She didn’t want to believe it. Because if Divine Ga had, it would an so higher existence was actively trying to stop her from collecting Dull Ga.
And they might’ve listed it before she even started the ga, calculating her total wealth down to the gram.
That level of precision couldn’t be a coincidence.
Rita stared at the lone listing in the shop, silent.
Should she cut her losses now, or dive headfirst into a collection that might never be completed?
If she gave up, she’d have the ti and funds to farm more Blocks. She could replay It’s Not the Craft That Sucks a few more tis, gather more capsule machine materials.
Logically, that was the smarter play—more efficient, more imdiate, and would boost her final Divine Ga score.
But chasing down Dull Ga was different.
Setting aside whether the remaining three fragnts were even accessible, this single shard alone was far outside her budget.
And with Universal Fragnts not working on Dull Ga, she even began to doubt whether the five fragnts she already had would survive once she exited the ga.
Eventually, she searched for sothing else—Blocks Tracker.
[Blocks Tracker] – Cost: 120 gBlocks. Tracks the locations of other fragnts of a chosen ga item.
She applied it to her fragnted Dull Ga.
A line of glowing red text floated above it:
10th Month – TingoAutumn Deer ←
With a blinking arrow pointing the way.
The 10th Month The Park, huh...
Rita fell deep into thought, ntally mapping out her options.
How was she going to retrieve those three missing fragnts from TingoAutumn Deer?
Go in aggressive? Play the long ga?
Use I Just Want to Improve So Badly, or rely on The Free Stuff Always Costs the Most?
What was the safest path? The least costly?
Minutes later, she returned to her Bumper Car and handed Now’s the Ti to Nivalis. Then she gave B8017913 a bundle of 35 spare ga item fragnts and said:
"Sell these for . Keep the Blocks. I’ll co find you before the ga ends. You two plan your next steps however you want."
Nivalis accepted the item with a strange look on her face. "Why do you sound like you’re saying goodbye forever?"
It felt like a death flag.
Rita didn’t explain. Instead, she turned to Nivalis and said, "I need your capsule machine."
Without a second thought, Nivalis rotated the machine to her front and began unlocking it. "Should I remove the Blocks inside?"
That kind of complete trust made Rita’s heart warm.
"Just take out whatever you want to bring with you after the ga," she said. "I’ll need everything else."
Nivalis pulled out her card printer and three odd-looking fragnted items, then handed over the capsule machine—complete with all its contents.
"All yours."
Rita accepted it and gave Nivalis a tight, grateful hug—then hugged B8017913 as well.
It was... unsettling. Like the lead-up to a tragic farewell.
Tears welled up in Nivalis’s eyes. "I’ll wait for you. Once we finish this job, we’re logging off for good!"
Rita quickly covered her mouth. "Okay, enough..." Any more of that and she really wouldn’t co back.
B8017913 had guessed she was heading after Dull Ga, but didn’t know where. "Where are you going?"
Rita held up her mismatched-colored revolver—the incomplete Dull Ga—and said with a sigh,
"10th Month The Park."
She wanted to scout ahead. Three Dull Ga fragnts were still out there. If she could retrieve them from TingoAutumn Deer, then she wouldn’t mind selling her soul to buy the final one.
But if she couldn’t, then she’d change tactics—sell the five fragnts she already had.
All five. As a single bundle.
That way, even if the buyer later discovered they couldn’t complete it with Universal Fragnts, it would already be too late.
She’d already thought of the tagline:
"A divine relic once cherished by the god Dull. Unique. Possibly capable of communicating with Him."
Would writing that provoke Dull’s ire?
Rita didn’t care.
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