However...
When they saw the scene before them clearly...
Everyone froze in place.
The frenzy and greed on every face froze into endless bewilderment.
The basin was empty.
There was no God's Main Dish.
There was no earth-shattering energy.
There was nothing.
Only...
An ordinary-looking white round table, a few chairs, and a tea set drained completely dry sat quietly in the very center of the basin.
A faint trace of GOD's ultimate aroma still lingered in the air, making their very souls tremble.
"Sorry, you're too late."
"We've already finished drinking it as afternoon tea."
"..."
"..."
"Where's... GOD?"
Toriko's question sounded like something uttered in a dream.
Midora's expression shifted from bewilderment to a livid pallor, finally turning into boundless fury fierce enough to burn heaven and earth!
"Who was it-!!!!"
He let out a roar of utter rage!
"Who!!!! Dared eat my food!!!!"
Yet no one answered him.
Because an "appetite" ten thousand times, a hundred million times more terrifying than his, than everyone present, or even than GOD just now, descended without warning!
In an instant, the sky turned darker than the deepest night!
The earth was stained the blood-red color of despair!
A figure slowly walked out of the distorted space.
It was a handsome man with long blue hair.
But within him dwelled a demon made of pure appetite, one that had existed since the birth of the universe!
Gourmet God, Acacia!
And his Gourmet Demon, NEO!
"Hehehehe... what a lively fight."
Acacia smiled, but that smile made every powerful fighter present feel as though they had plunged into an ice cellar, trembling from the depths of their souls!
"Thanks to you, so many obstacles have been cleared out of my way."
"As a token of my gratitude, you can become my first feast