Most of RPM's TV and monitors had images of Ryuta sitting on the throne, announcing the challenge of the competition.
"Participation in this all but deadly challenge begins here," Ryuta continues, thrusting his half-eaten pomato towards the doors of anImate, "In this very building!"
"What?" one of the members of the crowd mutters, "What does anImate have to do with culinary challenges?"
"It's quite simple really," Ryuta says, sitting back and tossing the pomato in his hand, "Learning how to cook doesn't always have to come from a simple cookbook, DVD or website. The most Extreme Iron Chef would use any resources necessary to cook a meal they've seen and want to test out."
He presents his hands towards the 10,000 zenny gift certificates in everyone's hands, "Each if you have collected at least one of the gift cerfiticates raining down upon RPM. With it, you can buy whatever you want in anImate. However...."
Atsushi picks up a large scroll and swings it around for Ittetsu to catch. They let go of the bottom handle, causing it to roll out into a large poster containing seven manga-style cookbooks: Peach’s Sweetheart Delicacies; Team Italian Preparations with the Mario Bros; Kasumi Tendo Knows Best; Hai Yo’s Special 108 Star Recipes; Roll’s Rockin’ Tips for Family Cuisine; Sailor Jupiter’s Shockingly Good Bento Preparations; along with a complete boxset of Iron Chef; all seasons in both Japan and America. With the exception of the complete boxset of Iron Chef, which is 6500zenny per box, per region, the seven other cookbooks were priced at 500zenny.
"Those of you who wish to participate in this culinary battle must have at least one of these limited edition cookbooks, and a complete seasonal DVD boxset of either the original Iron Chef, or it's American spin-off! The prices you see should add up to 10,000zenny, so if you really want to be known as the best Extreme Iron Chef in RPM, you should be able to collect everything you see on this poster!"
Ryuta smirks a bit as he takes another bite out of his pomato, "But if you're too 'proud' of yourself to think being involved in something as stupid as a cooking challenge, then by all means, use the 10,000zenny gift certificate to buy whatever you want. Depending on how many you gather as they rain upon the city, you could empty out this entire store in a matter of seconds."
He leans his left elbow on the armrest of his throne while resting his cheek upon his fist, "Oh, and before you decide to keep that gift certificate for another day; why don't you remove the stickers I placed on the back of the ones in your hand."
Everyone does so, finding that these gift certificates have a very short expiration date; exactly 2hrs upon the store's next opening; which happens to be in sixty seconds. Everyone can tell because they can hear Anime Tenchou and his staff counting down to the opening of their next "adventure".