[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist":3,"chapter-this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-880":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1532537,1991,"Chapter 880: Divine Game-Card Swap129","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-880",880,"\u003Cp>The tug-of-war suddenly surged again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita and the three other fish were yanked straight out of the water, flung into the air, then splashed back down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the split second she was airborne, Rita saw what was happening on shore: the white-robed angler was gripping his rod and leaping backward in huge arcs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So anglers could use skills too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like a charge-type forced-movement skill, something like Lightchaser’s War Stomp, launching them backward in a bound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they hit the water again, Rita did not need to say a word. The other three fish panicked on their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They threw everything they had. Buffs that temporarily boosted stats were all dumped into Strength. Ice casters froze the water around the line, trying to build a glacier to drag them down. Others lashed out, hooking random fish passing by to drag more into the mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita’s eyes lit up. \"You really are Maple Syrup! Come on, Maple Syrup! Pull a few more in!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maple Syrup: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita joined in, darting at gawkers who had swum too close. She strung up anyone she could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Charge! Down with the anglers!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When I unlock GodDraw77, every one of you will be heroes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll remember this forever!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maple Syrup snapped, \"The best thing you can do right now is shut your fish mouth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the surface, the students massed. On shore, Captain and Bitter Cup were burning through their few freed-up skills, forcing the line back and forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drummer and Cartoonist refused to join in. Their stats had been leveled down, but even so—two high gods helping reel in student players was already a stretch. Four would just be shameful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commotion spread fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deceitful Bloom hopped onto the deck of the largest ship nearby, staring at the gods’ side of the harbor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tapped Ashveil, who had been watching for a while. \"What’s happening?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ashveil answered, \"Oh, Captain and Bitter Cup are teaming up to hook Rita.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Foolishness, who was busy winding his line, blinked. \"Captain and Bitter Cup, together?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the pier, Captain and Barista were straining with every skill they had, but even so, they were being dragged closer and closer to the edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyone checked the seabed?\" Deceitful Bloom asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Puppetlord did,\" Ashveil said. \"Rita’s pulled a dozen others into her line, strung them all together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Doesn’t she get a reward if she beats anglers in a group like that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah... wait.\" Deceitful Bloom tilted his head. \"Wasn’t Captain, like Foolishness, one of her old-school fans?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Foolishness, clambering up onto the pier to catch his breath, muttered, \"Ha. Bad joke. Not funny.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deceitful Bloom pointed silently at Ashveil and Boiling Orange, both doubled over laughing, and then at Captain—who, distracted by the comment, lost his focus and staggered forward a whole step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From far down the pier, Captain shouted, \"Bad joke!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deceitful Bloom: \"Captain’s panicking. Must be a cover-up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Captain: #%\\$&\\*@!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Captain and Barista let go of their rod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laughter rippled through the gods and demons alike, both sides reveling in the spectacle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But silence fell just as quickly when a Blue-striped Bluru burst from the water, spinning high, whistling at Captain, flipping playfully in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Captain: ......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air was thick with glee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Rita had every reason to celebrate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she dragged the rod under, a system message had flashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\[As a reward for defeating the anglers’ alliance, you now permanently possess the Blue-striped Bluru trait.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her mouth still bled from the hook, but she leapt again and again, joyously thanking the anglers for the gift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After several flips, she vanished beneath the waves. Captain’s face was green.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ashveil watched, then turned to Deceitful Bloom. \"Still want Rita’s bait? I’ve got one. Take it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deceitful Bloom smirked. \"Perfect. When I reel her up, Captain will choke.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The students who had banded with Rita dispersed, and she resumed her hunt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last skirmish had been a fluke. Over the next half-hour she reclaimed several more skills: Debone·Lightchaser, Not Real ID, Bloodthirst·Wail, and Drunkfire Cooking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, whether it was her unlucky six points of Fortune acting up or simple bad draw, most of her recovered abilities were nearly useless underwater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she passed a hooked Jewel Zebra Fish, she paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The younger girl was thrashing hard, trying to shake the lure. She spotted Rita and froze. Not good...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita did not close in. Instead, she circled at a safe distance, her tail flicking playfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quex, this skill important? Don’t tell me it’s a divine gift, huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"God Draw77 still isn’t your line to open, sweetheart!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jewel Zebra Fish, not all that mighty after all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pestered her with both words and random harassing skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quex groaned, \"Why are you so petty?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita had no intention of lingering. After a few minutes of annoyance she was about to leave, when another lure dropped nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She darted to it. School Rule No. 801.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately abandoning her junior, she bolted straight for her own bait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, both Rita and Quex were hooked and side by side, thrashing in the same direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Important skill? Divine gift, maybe?\" Quex mocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...You’re the petty one,\" Rita muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On shore, Foolishness and Deceitful Bloom were already standing. They had cross-checked their lures before casting, so they knew exactly what the other had put in the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant if Deceitful Bloom was up, Rita was hooked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No holding back,\" Foolishness warned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deceitful Bloom’s lips curled. \"What do you take me for? I started the Gourmet Street War, remember?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the next boat over, Ashveil suddenly clenched his fists and hammered the air, shouting at the top of his lungs, \"I told you, I wasn’t wrong!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deceitful Bloom: ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Foolishness snorted, then burst out laughing—only to be dragged half a step forward by the Jewel Zebra Fish below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ashveil shifted stances, miming a rifle, growling, \"Three seconds. I’ll take down March-Foolishness in three shots.\" Then he swung his arm like a stock, making gunshot noises with each strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Is he losing it?\" Foolishness muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think so,\" Deceitful Bloom agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stopped joking quickly. Both fish below were surging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the pier, White Bear shifted. He stepped back half a stride, then expanded in an instant, swelling from one meter to ten. The harbor trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His massive paws clenched the rod, lifting it higher just from his body’s new size.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the water below, the faint, nearly transparent shape of the Blue-striped Bluru was finally visible from the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>",1081,"2026-06-06T06:15:18.151Z",1,"novelbin.me","45a9f90687c873e5ed07852498089c7d2a736724d42b5bfc7bb843d99f572e02","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-881","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-879",1404,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-cover.jpg"]