Rita had no idea whether hiding her Player Relic inside the gacha machine could have avoided this forced-loss mechanic, but she didn't regret not doing it. The only reason she never stored it there was because she suspected that, in the second phase of the Divine Game, if the system failed to detect a Player Relic on her, it might immediately mark her as unqualified for the battle royale and eject her from the game entirely.
If the gacha machine could block Divine Game rules well enough to let her smuggle in piles of items, then blocking the game's key item might just as easily get her disqualified. The more someone relied on exploiting loopholes, the more they feared being caught by the same kind of loophole.
These thoughts flashed through her mind only briefly. Rita didn't dwell on the problem already in motion. Instead, she began scanning the trading zone, trying to locate L175246—and ideally Y128 as well.
She was almost certain Y128 would appear here too.
