After the light faded.
The limbs of the once-invincible Four Beasts had all evaporated.
Yet the Four Heavenly Kings, who had been locked in bitter combat, were completely unharmed.
That pillar of light seemed to possess divine intelligence, precisely erasing the enemies from this world without harming a single ally.
"Beau... beautiful..."
Sunny gazed at the trail of blue light disappearing into the horizon and instinctively murmured in admiration.
More cold sweat streamed down Coco's forehead than when he had been fighting deadly poison. At that instant, his divination ability had failed completely.
Zebra tore at his hair in agitation and roared wildly at the sky, venting his bewilderment.
That day.
Everyone around the world following the battles through satellites witnessed this inconceivable sight.
Four battles that would determine humanity's fate ended in the same second, in exactly the same way.
IGO headquarters.
President Ichiryū stared at the four life readings on the screen that had instantly dropped to zero, and the four enormous craters comparable to meteorite impacts. The cigar in his hand fell to the floor.
"Wh... who...?"
He muttered to himself, his voice filled with confusion.
"This power... just what is it...?"
Gourmet Corp headquarters.
On a throne in the darkness, a thin man whose face was covered in scars slowly opened his eyes. His gaze resembled that of a savage beast that had starved for hundreds of millions of years.
The master of the Gourmet Corp, Midora!
He fell silent as he watched the four blue pillars of light piercing heaven and earth on the screen, and the Four Beasts vanishing in an instant.
A long while passed.
He smiled.
It was a smile mingled with excitement, cruelty, and hunger.
"Heh heh... hehehehe..."
"Interesting..."
"How very interesting!"
He slowly rose to his feet, and a