Chapter 477: Total Disaster! It's Dr. Primitive, We Are Officially Doomed!
"Her Basic ATK and Skill are already so flashy, I don't even dare imagine how cool her Ultimate is going to be!"
Before Rappa's first combat showcase, many players had assumed that her abilities would at most involve standard ninja maneuvers: stealth, blinks, thrusts, and the like.
Yet, her actual skill performance once inside the battle far exceeded everyone's expectations!
Even the players in the live stream who had previously expressed no interest in Rappa were now completely hooked, eagerly waiting to see what her Ultimate looked like!
At that moment, her Ultimate energy was finally fully charged.
[ Ultimate: Ninjutsu: Supreme Ishtar Ryū ]
Just hearing the name made it sound completely out of the ordinary!
Little Gui took a deep breath. Her gaze focused as she readied herself, then tapped to activate!
"Galaxy Ninjutsu: Infinite Transformations."
Rappa's splash art flashed by.
Standing tall with her chest held high, her heroic demeanor shone through! She pulled on her pink-tinted goggles, stowed the pinwheel shuriken onto her back, and formed a hand seal with her right hand.
Her expression was cold and arrogant to the extreme!
A biting wind whipped through her scarf and hair, while the backdrop behind her shifted into towering rows of skyscrapers.
Just from this activation sequence alone, everyone realized that this Ultimate was going to be anything but ordinary.
Normally, most characters' activations shared a standard camera angle: rooted in place, striking a pose as their body became wreathed in the glow of their respective element.
Yet with Rappa, even the camera angle had changed!
It shifted to a low-angle shot, looking upward as though Rappa were standing directly in front of the lens, ready to leap straight out of the screen in the very next second!
Unleash!
Rappa spun around gracefully and leaped forward!
Her position was at the very summit of a skyscraper, meaning she was essentially diving straight off the roof!
Her scarf stretched out into a long, vibrant ribbon of trail effects, swooping downward from the heights like a comet!
The intense rush of air currents and the blur of buildings retreating rapidly beneath her combined to form a spectacle of pure visual impact!
…
"These effects are seriously out-of-this-world flashy!"
"She's so cool I'm gonna die, ahhh!"
"At the hour of the Ox, the solemn skyscraper shall become the starting point for a magnificent hunt!"
"Thanks, I was always too scared to try bungee jumping, but I finally got to experience it!"
"I really don't get why they made it so gaudy. Wouldn't it be better if it were simple and unpretentious? Players only get real satisfaction from crisp, clean, and concise Ultimates. [ IP Location: Belobog Underworld ]"
…
Reaching the climax of her descent, Rappa leaped down, clasping her hands together!
In an instant, the perspective switched to first-person!
Her hands formed seals, and the visual style shifted entirely, as if switching directly to an FPS game!
Little Gui immediately tapped the attack button on the bottom right!
With a swipe of Rappa's hand, the monsters in her field of view were instantly slashed by an unseen blade!
A two-handed swipe tore through the air with a cross-shaped slash!
For the third strike, a pinwheel shuriken materialized directly before her, spinning rapidly before she hurled it forward!
Bang!
Vibrant paint and graffiti designs exploded across the screen!
Once the assault concluded, all enemies were wiped clean.
[ Battle Complete ]
Just as the Galaxy Ninjutsu Scrolls proclaimed—
"The magnificent and grand finale of life!"
"Whoaaaaaa!"
Gasps of awe echoed non-stop across the venue!
Even Rappa herself was stunned.
Her Skill and Basic ATK had been flashy enough, but she never expected the Ultimate to be such a heavyweight spectacle!
The explosive visuals set her blood boiling, making her want to boot up her Honkai: Star Rail account right then and there to pull herself from the banner, just so she could revel in those effects all day long!
Rappa gathered her wits, reminding herself that the real world was no place to indulge in leisure just yet.
The conspiracy of the Evil Ape Shinobi and his lackeys had not yet been exposed!
The ongoing main story was still the top priority.
Turning her attention back to the screen:
Currently, Stelle and Rappa arrived at the edge of the rooftop.
A giant, monkey-shaped Dream Bubble hovered there.
"To think that touching this object alone can deliver one back to safety—the Dreamscape of Penacony is truly boundless in its mystery," Rappa marveled.
Turning toward Stelle, she added, "Since fate has brought us together, before taking our leave, might this one inquire after your esteemed name?"
Stelle gave her most illustrious title: [ Galactic Baseballer! ]
Rappa nodded. "A resounding name indeed—greetings, Baseball bat Ninja!"
"Baseball bat Ninja, allow this one to offer a word of counsel: for your safety, it is best that you and your companions depart the Dreamscape with haste."
"The appearance of these foul fiends portends a grave calamity; it is proof that our sworn enemy [ prey ] has set his sights upon this land—"
"The callous, pitiless, merciless Evil Ape Shinobi."
Rappa uttered the name with utmost solemnity.
Immediately after, she declared, "The hour of parting has come. Take great care, until we meet again!"
Before Stelle could react or question her, Rappa leaped straight into the Dream Bubble, vanishing without a trace.
Seeing that term appear in the plot, Boothill's eyes sharpened over in the VIP seats near the stage.
He suddenly rose to his feet…
"Listen up, you little cuties, eyes on me!"
"I need to step in and clear something up right here!"
"The Evil Ape Shinobi Rappa was talking about ain't some bunch of slumbering bananas or little monkeys…"
"It's that son of a nice lady…"
"The sworn enemy of us Galaxy Rangers—"
"Doctor Primitive!"
The moment those words dropped, a two-second hush fell over the room, followed by a collective gasp!
"Are you serious?!"
"No way, right? It can't be!"
"That's one of the most notorious demons in the entire cosmos!"
"It's over! I knew there was something sketchy about those slumbernanas… turns out it's Doctor Primitive's doing…"
"I never imagined I'd be targeted by someone like that…"
"I don't wanna turn into a monkey!"
"Don't panic, we have the Galaxy Rangers!"
"Lord Silver Gun Shura and Ninja Hero Rappa are here—we're saved!"
Most of the panicking crowd consisted of Origami Academy students, who were, after all, largely ordinary people.
However, among those visiting Origami Academy were plenty of players who harbored immense strength of their own.
Take Stelle in the crowd, for instance.
Standing with her hands on her hips, she looked utterly calm and composed.
"Who cares about Doctor Primitive? If he actually dares to show his face, I'll beat him so hard even his own mother won't recognize him!"
March 7th's mouth twitched slightly.
Leaning close to Stelle's ear, she whispered, "Big sister, do you really not know what Doctor Primitive is capable of?"
"He's Member # 64 of the Genius Society, an Emanator of Erudition!"
"He carried out inhuman regression experiments across countless planets, turning all the intelligent life on them into monkeys!!"
"Waaaah…"
"I don't wanna turn into a monkey, I'm still in the prime of my youth!"
Stelle patted March 7th on the back to comfort her.
Far from being intimidated by March's words, she seemed even more confident!
"Relax, I've got your back!"
March 7th glanced at Stelle and let out a quiet sigh.
As if I don't know what you're capable of!
—[ The stronger the foe, the harder you hit them straight on! ]
But that only applies to an upright, head-on fight!
An Emanator of Erudition like Doctor Primitive usually strikes long before you even realize what's happening. You might end up turning into an experimental subject without even knowing how it happened!
There's no way to counter that!
And you're at your weakest against psychological attacks!
And you say you're gonna protect me?!
March 7th blinked her reddening eyes and fixed her gaze onto the massive screen ahead.
Now, that was their only hope!
Please, Honkai: Star Rail!
Hurry up and expose all of Doctor Primitive's schemes!