My Stand-in is Steve
Chapter 1270

Is This Really the Gourmet World's Encyclopedia of Miraculous Ingredients?

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"This thing shows no signs of death at all."

On Emperor Crow's back, Coco observed the gray-black giant bird in the distance, its entire body covered in rot. "Yet it also seems completely filled with signs of death... What a strange creature."

"Don't you dare make a move, Daruma Horse."

Meanwhile, in another direction, Zebra sat atop the horse's eye and clenched his fist with a bloodthirsty expression. "My hands have been itching like crazy. Let me have some fun with this thing..."

"Hey, hey, isn't this guy a little strange?"

As for Toriko in the east, he too looked at the monster before him in confusion. "It doesn't look like some vicious, terrifying monster. If anything, it's just an oversized pet cat, isn't it? It only has one extra tail... Is that why it's called a tailed beast?"

All in all, Coco, Zebra, and Toriko were behaving fairly normally.

But when the view shifted to the last of the Four Heavenly Kings, the entire mood changed almost instantly.

"AAAAAAAHHHH!!!"

Sunny's expression was horrendous, filled with terror and disgust. "So disgusting, so disgusting... What the hell is this thing?!!"

That was right. The monster facing Sunny was none other than a gigantic cockroach whose body rivaled skyscrapers. As he screamed, countless smaller cockroaches clinging to it spread their wings and flew toward his face in a black swarm.

"...Don't come any closer!!!"

The battle against the Four Beasts was being broadcast live. Countless people had gathered in Gourmet Metropolis's plaza to watch, so nearly all humanity heard Sunny's scream.

"G-Go for it, Lord Sunny!"

Someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, and before long, the people gathered in the plaza seemed to snap out of it.

"R-Right, the battle against these monsters is about to begin..."

"The Four Heavenly Kings of

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