"Finally, I have time to see what the remaining four Purples are."
Walking along, Hyacine opened her System Inventory once again to check the other four Purple rewards she had pulled earlier.
[Yamete yo! Stop fighting!] (Purple Skill)
"This skill does not originate from some majestic martial-prohibition barrier, nor is it a peace proverb from a sage. Its core power is rooted in a 'shocking' clip of a scripted fight intervention from the early 21st century of a certain world.
Legend has it that on a dark and windy... no, a night of torrential rain, two protagonists were pouring their 'passion' into each other with extremely 'committed' physical movements. Just as this epic 'dance-battle' reached its climax, a character shouted with a tone full of complex emotions (likely anxiety, helplessness, and a hint of cheesy acting): 'Yamete yo! Stop fighting!'"
Effect: After shouting this phrase, all biological entities within a hundred-meter radius are prohibited from using any means of attack for ten minutes.
"Hiss..."
After reading the skill description, Hyacine sucked in a breath of cold air. Her thoughts were instantly pulled back to that slightly abstract clip from her previous life. That hauntingly catchy "Yamete yo! Stop fighting!" began to assault her brain again.
"I won't shout it! No matter what, I'm not saying it! Who would use such an embarrassing ability!"
Quickly averting her eyes from that thing, Hyacine hurried to look at the next item.
[Himeko's Coffee] (Purple Item)
"The private special blend of the Astral Express's Navigator. The raw materials are unknown, and the process is a mystery. Unfiltered coffee grounds float on the surface, emitting a bizarre aroma woven from burnt bitterness and tartness. According to feedback from anonymous passengers, drinking it triggers a brief out-of-body experience accompanied by philosophical reflections on the meaning of life—or, of course, you might just want to vomit."
Effect: You can obtain one cup of [Himeko's Coffee] every day. Excluding Himeko herself, any target who drinks this coffee will receive a series of terrifying debuffs such as nausea, dizziness, blurred vision, and vomiting.
"Himeko's coffee..."
Seeing those words, Hyacine felt a bit curious. In the game's story, she had constantly seen the Express crew expressing just how undrinkable Himeko's coffee was. She was curious—no matter how bad coffee was, wasn't it just bitter and sour? She had even drunk black coffee before; why not give Himeko's a try?
With that thought, Hyacine took the coffee out.
"This coffee is actually hot! That's good; coffee is terrible if it isn't hot!"
Seeing the coffee actually emitting wisps of steam, Hyacine was delighted. She closed her eyes and stuck out her tongue to slowly lick the surface of the coffee. It was impossible for her to just gulp it down; she had to at least taste whether the flavor was acceptable first.
However, the moment her tongue touched the surface, Hyacine's expression froze. She then quietly tucked the coffee back into her System Inventory.
"Pah, pah, pah! Is this really coffee humans can drink?! How can it be this bitter!"
Her tongue had only grazed the liquid, yet an indescribable bitterness instantly spread through her entire body! This coffee was truly undrinkable. Next! Next!
After performing several purifications on her tongue, Hyacine looked at the third Purple with a bitter face.
[Tsar Bomba!] (Purple Skill)
"The backend of Miss Hyacine's livestream once received an anonymous suggestion: 'With Little Ica's size, one hit should be worth at least 50 million tons of TNT equivalent, right?'—At first, no one took it seriously, until one day, for some reason, it instantly devoured 40 wild fruits..."
"When this chubby little Pegasus performs a furious sprint toward an enemy after doing so, the force of the impact actually forms a beautiful pastel-colored mushroom cloud...
Now, Trailblazers love to affectionately call it: 'Nuclear Peacebringer Little Ica (crossed out) Tsar Bomba'."
Effect: When Hyacine commands Little Ica to use this ability, the location struck by Little Ica will generate an explosion effect of approximately 50 million tons of TNT equivalent.
Note: After using the skill, Little Ica needs to consume a large amount of food. Please be prepared, Host.
After reading this skill, Hyacine didn't know what to say for a moment. She simply turned her head silently to look at Little Ica, who was still floating beside her.
"Doo-doo?"
Seeing Hyacine looking at it, Little Ica tilted its head in confusion and let out a few cries, seemingly asking, "What's wrong?"
Looking at the cute little fellow in front of her, then looking at this extra skill... Why did it feel like this little guy was drifting further and further down the path of violence?
Whatever, let's see what the fourth Purple is...
[Iridescent Bubble Gun!] (Purple Item)
"Originating from a laboratory product that attempted to fight the world with 'happiness,' its bubbles, shining with seven colors, are essentially aggregates of 'logical paradoxes' and 'out-of-control harmonics.'
The neural signals of a target whose face is plastered with these bubbles will be scrambled into a mess—a command to move forward might become moving backward, a block might become a hug, and a serious killing move will most likely end in a hilarious stumble."
Effect: When pulling the trigger, the bubble gun fires a string of iridescent bubbles. The brain of a target hit by the bubbles will fall into a state of confusion; when they input a certain movement signal to the brain, the brain will output a different, strange movement signal instead. (Ineffective against the Host.)
After experiencing the shock from the Tsar Bomba skill just now, Hyacine suddenly lost the desire to complain about the subsequent Purple items. After reading the description, she only murmured to herself in confusion:
"An item that makes behavioral movements chaotic?"
"How should I put it... it feels like something that might be useful, but also might not. If the opponent's strength is low, this bubble gun can indeed catch them off guard. But if the opponent is strong, it's usually an instant kill, so these bubbles might be useless."
She took the bubble gun out of her System Inventory, went into an alleyway, and tried pulling the trigger. Instantly, various iridescent bubbles emerged from the gun—vibrant and very beautiful.
Seeing this, Hyacine's eyes lit up.
"It looks nice. Although its use is a bit niche, the bubbles it produces are much prettier than the ones from the ordinary bubble guns in my previous life."
Next, she even reached out a finger to poke the bubbles, but they didn't pop; instead, they drifted around in the air from her touch.
After playing for a while, Hyacine happily put the bubble gun away, stepped out of the alley, and continued walking toward the hotel.
However, not long after, the two armored freaks and the young man with silver-rimmed glasses arrived once again at the alley where Hyacine had just been.