[Time was like an endless, dreary river. Amid its ceaseless rush and bustle, 2016 arrived in the blink of an eye.]
[At the turn of the year, the annual system card draw was like a precision alarm clock devoid of emotion. That familiar light appeared deep within your consciousness right on schedule, coldly reminding you that a new year had begun.]
[As light and shadow interwove in your mind, a Card emitting a grayish-white glow hovered quietly over your retina.]
[Extreme Gastric Acid Degradation [N]] [Effect: the stomach lining becomes abnormally thick, while gastric acid concentration and digestive enzyme activity reach terrifying, inhuman levels.] [Tactical value: extreme survival and energy extraction.] [In desperate circumstances, you can eat mildly poisonous plants and animals raw, consume carrion, or even swallow tree bark, breaking them down into glucose and kinetic energy at a conversion rate approaching 100%, with complete immunity to ordinary gastrointestinal toxins and food poisoning.]
[You stared at the newly drawn Card without the slightest ripple in your eyes.]
[After calmly conducting an objective assessment in your mind, you reached a conclusion: purely as a bottom-tier N Card, this ability was actually quite good.]
[It perfectly compensated for humanity's shortcomings in surviving extremely harsh environments, practically transforming the human digestive system into an ultraminiature reactor capable of devouring anything.]
[However, the ability ultimately leaned toward extreme wilderness survival and logistical support. It had no particularly direct or close connection to "combat" itself-head-on confrontation.]
[Thus, you simply filed it away in your mind, then placed it directly into your bottomless Card collection without giving it any further attention.]
[As spring arrived, Jujutsu High welcomed another incoming class.]
[This year's circumstances did not deviate from the course of your memories. Kinji Hakari and Kirara Hoshi, those two troublemakers with such distinctive