Owl had originally thought the third volume would be no different from the first two, but when he finally saw it, he realized it was something else entirely.
The first and second volumes taught how to prepare ingredients and turn all kinds of ingredients into delicious dishes, while the third taught how to eat.
This volume had left the realm of ordinary food entirely behind. Heaven and earth, the universe, luck, concepts-anything and everything could become food.
Cook the universe, swallow all creation like a whale!
After reading the third volume, Owl and Sa became utterly immersed in its boundless vision. This power could no longer be defined as good or evil. One thought could make a god, another a demon; it all depended on its wielder's intentions.
When they came back to their senses, they were the only two left in the restaurant.
Ghost Fatty descended beside them, smiling and nodding at Sa, then smiling at Owl with narrowed eyes before slowly disappearing.
The next moment, the entire restaurant began to crumble, and the two appeared out of thin air in Moreya Town.
"That's... it?"
Both found it hard to believe, as though it had all been a dream. But once they truly recovered their senses, they immediately realized how terrifying what had just happened was.
After that brief lunch, more than three million people had been reduced to dust in an instant.
Those people certainly hadn't all been evil. There had even been many innocent people who had been deceived, but because they had made the wrong choice, none had escaped death.
Long Na approached from nearby. Upon seeing them, she immediately ran over and threw herself onto Owl's back, wrapping her two fair arms tightly around his neck.
"Wonderful! I thought you wouldn't get the third volume.