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"Just brushing against it shatters the sky… just the aftershock makes the earth collapse… Is there really anyone in this world who can wield power like that?"
Far away, in another world of light—
Inside a space flooded with blue radiance, Haruki Natsukawa stared wide-eyed at the screen. His pupils shrank. His breath hitched.
"Osu! Osu!! That's insane!!!"
Onscreen, four figures clashed head-on with a world-ending dragon. Haruki's adrenaline spiked. His face practically glowed with awe.
Beside him, the Ultra warrior Ultraman Z spoke in a tone laced with rare admiration.
"They're fighting something like that with nothing but human bodies… That kind of strength goes beyond imagination."
He meant it. The destructive force displayed by the Four Heavenly Kings had earned his highest respect.
The sky cracked like fragile glass.The land wailed and caved in like a collapsing tidal wave.
But for the Four Heavenly Kings and the dragon, this apocalyptic scene was only the overture.
"Listen up! The weak point's thirty centimeters to the right of its brow! We go all in on my signal!"
The power of the Gourmet Demons surged together. The combined force was nothing short of god-slaying.
Even this world-overturning dragon was forced into a corner under their flawless coordination.
Zebra pushed his Appetite Demon to the brink and barked out the final command.
Before his words even finished echoing, he thrust both arms skyward. The air's violent energy was sucked dry in an instant. Storms condensed around him. Power gathered into his body like nuclear fuel compressed past its limits.
"—Meteor Noise Swarm!!!"
A crimson sphere of energy, blazing like condensed starlight, erupted from his mouth along with a deafening sonic blast and shot toward the heavens.
"Poison Burst Missile!!!"
On the other side, Coco burned through every drop of venom in his body. It gathered along his right arm and launched like a lethal warhead, tearing through the sky right behind Zebra's attack.
The poison missile fused with the sonic swarm midair, swelling like a balloon and forming an even deadlier hybrid.
"Flying Fork!!!"
Toriko's left hand hardened instantly into a blade. A massive spectral fork shimmered along his forearm in icy blue light.
He hurled it—straight toward Sunny.
"Thirtyfold Super Rotation Counter!"
Sunny extended his elegant arm. A golden barrier flared into existence, catching the incoming fork with perfect precision. He absorbed the force… then multiplied it thirty times over and sent it screaming back skyward.
The colossal fork pierced straight through the fused poison-and-sound mass.
A blinding golden flash split the heavens.
In that instant, their ultimate techniques merged flawlessly.
A gigantic god-killing fork spun high above, wrapped in four differently colored streams of energy, locking onto its prey.
"RAAAAAAAHHHH!!!"
Below it, Toriko roared like a starving beast. Hunger. Fury. Relentless will boiled inside him. Blue Appetite energy surged from his arm.
"With our deepest gratitude to every ingredient in this world—"
The blue beam struck the spinning fork. It detonated in a brilliant flare, cloaking the weapon in propulsion light. The massive fork accelerated, unstoppable, plunging toward the dragon below.
Boom. Boom. Boom.
Each pulse sounded like a nuclear detonation cracking across the sky.
The four demons locked the dragon in place, leaving it no room to escape.
Toriko. Coco. Sunny. Zebra.
Their eyes burned with hunger. Their hearts beat as one.
And together, they roared:
"—LET'S EAT!!!"
The fork carrying all their power struck true.
It pierced the dragon's skull—right at the fatal point Zebra had sensed.
It punched straight through.
The dragon's eyes went dark.
Its mountain-sized body collapsed like a falling continent and smashed into the ground.
BOOM!!!
The impact was so violent it felt as if the very fabric of the starry void trembled on the verge of shattering.
Gourmet Capture World
"Now that's a top-tier ingredient."
Toriko grinned at the screen, his trademark fearless smile spreading across his face.
"Mr. Toriko! Hurry! Someone found a super rare ingredient!"
Komatsu's urgent voice called from nearby.
The words super rare ingredient lit a fire in Toriko's eyes. Without hesitation, he rushed after his partner.
IGO Headquarters
"They've grown this much already… As expected of my disciples."
Ichiryu watched the footage with quiet satisfaction. He had always known their potential, but seeing it realized still moved him.
Opposing the IGO, the Gourmet Corp's greatest threat, the Gourmet Corp itself was watching closely.
"So those are Ichiryu's brats? Hmph. We'll have to keep a closer eye on them."
Midora's gaze sharpened. Until now, he'd dismissed them as irrelevant. That evaluation had just been rewritten.
Then—
Just when everyone believed the Four Heavenly Kings had secured an unquestionable victory—
The air shifted.
A man clad in blue armor appeared silently beside the fallen dragon.
"Grimm?!"
Toriko recognized him instantly. Shock flashed across all four faces. None of them expected him here.
"Thanks for clearing the obstacle for me."
Casual words. Utter arrogance.
Without giving them time to react, Grimm turned toward the dragon's corpse and swung his arm.
Boom. Boom.
A horrifying suction force erupted from his body.
His abdomen warped, collapsing inward like a black hole in human form, swallowing the dragon whole.
Space twisted. The air screamed. The clouds that had been scattered by battle were sucked clean from the sky.
The dragon, already crippled, couldn't resist at all.
The suction wrapped around it like tangible tentacles.
Grimm opened his mouth—
And bit down.
In the next instant, his muscles swelled like erupting magma. His blue armor tore apart.
Then came the nightmare.
The mountain-sized dragon was being devoured—bit by bit—by a man the size of an ant in comparison.
An ant consuming a titan.
Impossible.
Yet it was happening.
As the dragon vanished into him, Grimm's body grew larger. More violent. More monstrous.
Komatsu stood frozen, soul nearly leaving his body. Sweat poured down his face in streams. The devouring aura rolling off Grimm felt like the gates of hell had opened. For someone with no combat ability, simply standing upright was a miracle of will.
Gourmet Capture World
"Who the hell is this guy? That presence… it's like the abyss itself just showed up."
Toriko stared at the screen. The smile was gone. Only cold focus remained.
"Toriko! I found something!" Komatsu's voice trembled but stayed urgent. "That dragon… it's called the Beast of Finality. It's recorded as an extremely powerful existence!"
Toriko's guard shot to maximum.
Anyone who could devour the Beast of Finality was a threat beyond even the beast itself.
IGO Headquarters
"Well now… looks like the boys ran into some real trouble."
To Ichiryu, Grimm's destructive aura wasn't particularly impressive.
"Those kids really can't catch a break," Mansam muttered, baring his teeth. "They just killed the Beast of Finality, and now some random guy swoops in and steals the prize."
He was surprised by Grimm's sudden appearance, but he still had faith in the Four Heavenly Kings.
He didn't believe Grimm could defeat them outright.
"....."