My anime-style card deck is fine!

"Can an ordinary person do it? Only I can! Only I can do it!"

Wilson grew increasingly arrogant, his expression becoming increasingly cocky: "You're right here, watching your school turn into ruins, and all you hope for—your friends, even your country—can only be driven out of here by us!"

"You can't do anything!"

"This is a restaurant where you can only fight using Japanese cuisine! Either you fight me bare-handed and get blasted to death on the spot, or you get out of here and wail in a corner, watching helplessly as everything you have is destroyed!"

"This is your destiny!"

"Without culinary talent or the relevant cards, you're just a useless piece of trash—"

Wilson was about to say something trash when he saw Amon across from him fiddling with a card-making machine that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.

Then I just watched as Amon fed a stack of blank cards into the card-making machine, and after a short while, the machine started whirring away...

Ding~!

A stack of freshly made card decks appeared!

"Speaking of which, I owe the Food Wars Girls at home quite a few cards, so this is a good time to make up for it—but this time the theme is limited, so let's play the [Japanese Cuisine Deck] for now."

Amid Wilson's stunned expression, Amon calmly stuffed the deck into the card box, then looked up at him: "Sorry, I wasn't paying attention while making cards... Hmm~ what did you just say?"

"—Impossible! How could you possibly know Japanese cuisine?!"

Wilson felt completely devastated. How could the other side make cards so easily?

Think about how long you've studied...

After traveling throughout the cherry blossoms, learning from many immortals, and diligently practicing, he finally succeeded in creating the card while cooking!

Cooking, carpentry, chess...

Card decks that rely on genuine skill are based on real-world prototypes. Therefore, to create such cards, one must demonstrate their own skill to resonate with the collective consciousness and gain recognition from the world.

Simply put, if you want to open a restaurant...

You need some kind of certificate!

The same principle applies to card making, but it's even more complicated because you need to gain public recognition of your identity as a chef for the card making to succeed!

This is also why the nicknames of Deep Blue Mechanics and Gardeners are so strange and simple.

They use nicknames to deepen people's impression of them, thus enabling them to create better related cards.

"Huh? Do I really need to know how to do this myself?"

Amon was a little puzzled, but he quickly realized something: "Sushi is nothing more than cutting a piece of meat and putting it on top of rice—that's about it, right? Isn't it very simple to make? Why are you so shocked?"

"!!!"

a bolt from the blue!

Not only Wilson, but even the surrounding furniture looked devastated.

The next moment, these people were filled with rage.

"How dare you underestimate sushi—unforgivable, Amon!!" Wilson angrily raised the duel disk, his original intention of using the kitchen's special rules to interfere with and stop Amon's progress completely forgotten.

His life beliefs and dreams were easily trampled into the mud by Amon.

Wilson was furious!

"Don't think that a hastily made card deck is the real Japanese cuisine! The warmth of your palms, the prayer and sincerity in every clasp of your hands, that is the essence and soul of Japanese cuisine!"

Wilson looked at Amon with a solemn yet furious expression: "Your cooking is nothing but pre-made dishes. How can it possibly be a match for me, the eldest disciple of the Sushi Master, who has been apprenticed to a sage and received the highest level of skill!"

"Duel!"

"...Duel."

Chapter 303: Erina Nakiri!

The duel begins!

With five cards added to his hand, Amon glanced at his opponent and suddenly felt a sense of déjà vu—a one-on-one duel like this was something he wasn't used to for a while.

I just had a showdown with the earth yesterday.

"Go for it, blond big brother!"

"Defeat that arrogant brat! Don't lose!"

"Ganbatte! Ganbatte!"

"Tata!"

The surrounding furniture began to cheer for Wilson, and at the same time, the sound of the shamisen grew more intense and melancholic as the duel began.

A woman with disheveled hair and a face painted white appeared and disappeared behind the screen.

The moment it appeared, a ripple filled with the aroma of food spread out, engulfing Amon and Wilson, but nothing changed.

"Because both duelists have [chefs] present, the Golden Rule is activated!"

On the other side, Wilson looked at Amon with some anticipation, but soon noticed that Amon's expression remained unchanged and his deck had not changed, so he couldn't help but scoff.

Although I don't think that's possible, the other party really wasn't bluffing...

Some people were dissatisfied with the gacha pulls.

Like Amon, he started with five cards in his hand.

As a reincarnated hero, he naturally could not inherit the original body's Soul Card Slots, and he was unable to open up Soul Card Slots during his previous life, so he only needed five cards in his hand.

As for Amon, he temporarily separated one of his card slots for other reasons.

Therefore, there are only five.

"How strong can a hastily made deck be?" Wilson encouraged himself, but given Amon's reputation, he dared not be careless.

He immediately posted a picture of himself: "[Duel Chef Wilson]!"

The blond-haired boy, Wilson, jumped out.

"Since this is a food battle, the first thing to do is for the two chefs to make their appearance!"

On the other side, Amon also drew a card: "Once per turn, when I have no [Chef] minions on the field, I can summon a minion card with the [Totsuki Academy] tag from my deck to the field!"

"I hereby Special Summon [God Tongue - Erina Nakiri]!"

A blonde, large-breasted girl with an arrogant expression appeared on the field.

The girl had an exceptionally hot figure, and the white chef's uniform she was wearing was unusually tight around the chest area, whether due to its special design or because it was made a size too small. One couldn't help but feel sorry for the buttons in that area.

"Your opponent is me—Erina Nakiri!" The girl crossed her arms and looked at the person opposite her: "Hmph, so this is your opponent in this Food War? Doesn't look like much at all!"

"Be grateful that someone as poor as you has the right to compete with me on the same stage. Remember this for the rest of your life!"

"This is the pinnacle of your life!"

—God Tongue: Erina Nakiri—

Attribute: super power

Rating: ★3

Attack 50, Defense 50;

Keywords: [Seishun Romantic Comedy SNAFU], [Totsuki Academy], [Food Wars!]

Effect 1: Totsuki Academy Elite Chef - Once per turn, a follower with the [Totsuki Academy] tag can be Special Summoned from your Deck or hand if there are no other followers with the Chef tag on the field.

Effect 2: Erina Nakiri - This effect can be activated three times per turn. While this card is on the field, you can Special Summon [Cooking] cards from your Extra Deck as face-down cards by Fusion of [Vegetables] from your Extra Deck!

Effect 3: God Tongue - This card is unaffected by the effects of Spell Cards.

Effect 4: Food Critic - Discard one cooking-related Spell Card from your field or hand to destroy one of your opponent's Spell Cards/Ritual Cards.

A divine gift to the culinary world!

Born with a superhuman sense of taste, able to accurately judge any flaw in a dish, is the ultimate talent that all chefs desire—a genius chef whose dishes are always gorgeous and perfect, without any defects!

This is Erina Nakiri!

"Activate [Erina Nakiri], that is, my effect! Banish these nine cards from the Extra Deck as Fusion Materials, and I set three Food cards from my Deck to the field!"

Amon raised his hand and placed three cards on the field.

Erina Nakiri's, or rather, Totsuki Academy's Food Wars decks are very special—because unlike ordinary decks, which retrieve materials from the deck and then summon cards from the Extra Deck.

Food Wars decks summon dishes directly by banishing [ingredients] from the Extra Deck!

Completely disregard the future, focus solely on the present!

After each match, they need to start preparing a new batch of ingredients to replenish the material library for their additional card decks—this aggressive nature is a reflection of the philosophy advocated by the Ayutsuki Academy they attend!

Cultivate chefs who stand at the top!

For this goal, we would sacrifice even a thousand, ten thousand, or more mediocre chefs!

"What?! How could this have such an outrageous effect?!" Wilson's expression changed drastically. "What about business operations? What about development?! How could we have a chef like you?!"

"Did you even consider the future with this deck?!"

Wilson said incredulously.

"Of course!"

Erina Nakiri answered matter-of-factly: "My goal is to reach the pinnacle of culinary arts! I don't consider anything else; I pour everything into the dish and give it my all to achieve victory!"

"This is my cooking, this is Totsuki Academy!"

I was born to be the best.

We will not consider anything else!

"...How could I possibly allow a chef like you to exist!" Wilson looked at Erina Nakiri and then at Amon, gritting his teeth fiercely: "Even though your follower is humanoid, the effect of my [Duel Chef Wilson] cannot take effect."

"But! I'm activating the field card in my hand!"

“【Wilson’s Cherry Blossom Restaurant】!” Wilson snapped a card, but nothing around him changed—because the area was already a Japanese restaurant.

But the effects are undeniable!

"An excellent kitchen, in addition to the head chef, also has many kitchen helpers!"