"...Huh?!"
Komatsu's casual question seemed to catch Fang Mo off guard as well.
"Hey, hey, hold on."
Toriko had clearly noticed something was wrong and immediately asked, "Don't tell me... you never even considered that?!"
"Bullshit."
Fang Mo immediately retorted, "How could an omniscient and omnipotent being like me possibly overlook such a trivial issue? I... I was merely testing your powers of observation. That's right, I was testing your ability to think independently!"
"I-Is that so?"
Komatsu wore an enlightened expression. "I see. Mr. Fang Mo really had thought everything through!"
"..."
Unlike Komatsu, Toriko wore a pained expression. After spending so much time together, he had come to understand Fang Mo's personality somewhat. Fang Mo had obviously just forgotten about it entirely. There was no such thing as a test.
After all, if this guy truly wanted to test someone...
The spectacle would definitely be much bigger than this.
"What kind of expression is that?"
Yet Fang Mo was the first to complain instead. "If you hadn't insisted on pleading for Cola Cat and telling me to spare its life... would I have resorted to this?"
"I don't think I asked you to spare its life, did I?"
Toriko could not help reiterating, "I just don't want you constantly abusing ingredients. Cola Ca—no, the Salamander Sphinx is an ingredient. If you were willing to harvest Sweet Cola properly, I definitely wouldn't say anything. But you keep threatening it."
"I'm threatening it?"
Fang Mo turned his head and looked toward the Salamander Sphinx in the distance.
"...?!"
The Salamander Sphinx had just been beheaded and was still shaken. Then Fang Mo happened to look at it again, so it instinctively bent over sharply. "...Hah!!!"
"There."
Fang Mo turned back to Toriko. "See for yourself..."
"I seriously..."
Toriko was nearly