I'll kill you after I finish this game!

Reiji had a neutral feeling towards Acacia, treating him like a passerby blocking his way.

The opponent harbors Neo, a demonic gourmet cell that has devoured countless planetary life forms.

Initially, she couldn't bear to kill Neo, who simply wanted to eat, but she was also unable to stop herself from being increasingly controlled by her appetite.

Therefore, he plans to defeat the gourmet cell demon within him by provoking the anger of others.

The current Acacia is merely a mad being whose mind has been partially affected by NEO's enormous appetite.

"Hmm... how much of your sanity do you have left? Your real goal is probably to make NEO eat its fill and then vomit up everything it ate, right?"

Rezel didn't respond to Acacia's gaze at all, and his gaze was equally unfriendly, as if he were looking at a lowly insect that dared to bite him.

Acacia felt a strange unease creeping into her heart as she watched Reiji's calm and indifferent gaze. What was wrong? This wasn't his usual demeanor.

This looks like... looks like... NEO!?

NEO, who had been sleeping inside Acacia, has awakened his consciousness. With an insatiable appetite, he faces Reiji and seems to recall the cosmic catastrophe he encountered when he was wandering and devouring things in the universe.

Unyielding and unstoppable, NEO has died before, and he wasn't always powerful; he grew from weak to a calamity beast.

While Acacia was shocked by the changes within her body, Reiji's words also made this version of Acacia raise a disgusted eyebrow. Looking at Reiji, she said in a low voice:

"...I didn't expect you to know so much. Someone with your strength doesn't pursue the legendary GOD, but instead focuses on NEO."

"After all, I'm a very picky eater, and my appetite is quite strong when it comes to NEO eating extinct foods."

A smiling expression appeared on Rezhe's face, and a pink ball-shaped creature suddenly appeared on his shoulder, causing every cell in Acacia's body to tremble slightly.

The manifested Kirby had drool dripping from the corners of its pink mouth, and its eyes were looking at Acacia with the innocent and adorable gaze of a baby, or rather, at NEO deep within Acacia's body.

There, deep within that organism, lies a vast quantity of food on a cosmic scale.

I want to eat it, I really want to eat it, I want to eat it...

Kirby's innocent, baby-like gaze, yearning for food, made Acacia uneasy, and also reminded him of Neo, who also simply wanted to eat.

Exactly the same, with the same pure and innocent gaze, and the creature on Raizo's shoulder was just like NEO, simply wanting to eat.

"You... have you also been influenced by your appetite?"

Acacia's eyes finally showed wariness and caution. The moment Kirby materialized on Reiji's shoulder, NEO within him was fully awakened.

NEO, who originally only had a simple appetite and liked to eat foods that evoked feelings of despair, experienced fear and tension for the first time in thousands of years after seeing Kirby on Reiji's shoulder through Acacia.

If there truly is another world inside NEO's stomach, then Kirby on the other side is no match for NEO at all.

The information NEO received from Acacia's emotional response made him feel nervous and troubled. He hadn't expected there to be another being who wasn't afraid of NEO, and that the other party had come knocking on his door.

Acacia hadn't even dealt with the NEO within his own body, and now another one had appeared. How could he not have a headache?

However, there are countless culinary demons in the world, and NEO cannot claim to be at the very top.

"Dominated and influenced by appetite?"

Upon hearing this, Rez's expression turned strange. He and Kirby turned their heads and looked at each other, then simultaneously gave Acacia a speechless look.

"Do you think I'm like you?"

"Pooli pooli pooli! (I'm much better than that thing inside you!)"

Faced with Reiji and Kirby's speechless, disdainful accusations, Acacia's lips twitched and he was inwardly surprised.

The being that could cause NEO fear and tension was actually so friendly and harmonious with its host, looking like a family.

Acacia was curious about Rezel's ability to deal with the enormous appetite of the pink thing on his shoulder, since he and NEO could feel Kirby's equally bottomless appetite.

"Alright, we've said our piece, I'm getting a little hungry."

Reiji gently patted Kirby on the shoulder, and Kirby's eyes suddenly lit up with a mysterious starlight.

The next moment, to Acacia's astonishment, their vision was completely transformed.

Before Acacia's eyes appeared a vast and boundless cosmic sea. The vacuum environment without air made him frown slightly, but it was nothing serious.

Not to mention NEO, Acacia also ate the Fruit of Air, so naturally he also has a long-standing internal energy.

"here it is!?"

Acacia, who quickly retreated to create distance from Reiji, looked around at the environment with a shocked expression. It was not an illusion, but a real cosmic environment.

"Hmm, welcome to my and Kirby's belly. This isn't a barrier, it's the real universe."

Inside the stomach!?

Acacia stared wide-eyed in shock; it was impossible not to be stunned by the answer.

But before he could react, Lei Zhe suddenly appeared in front of him, smiling as he placed his hand on him.

Oh no, oh no!

Acacia's pupils contracted when he saw Reiji appear in front of his bloated and enormous body, a sight that even he hadn't realized. He was about to fight back, but it was too late.

"Resurrect, and then separate, NEO!"

His indifferent and calm gaze ignored Acacia, focusing intently on NEO within her body. Then, a divine power directly descended upon NEO through Acacia's body.

NEO, who had been resurrected and had a physical form, was uncontrollably ripped from Acacia's body by Reiji, who grabbed the back of Acacia's neck as if he were grabbing his own Scarlett.

The enormous body seemed to have been shrunk to the size of a human, as if the space had been infinitely compressed.

The intense Kamui effects on NEO caused him to tremble and become powerless to resist. Similarly, Acacia was slowly transforming back into a human form.

Lei Zhe examined the small, uniquely shaped object in his hand with great interest, his eyes clearly seeing the enormous food still alive inside NEO's body.

"Cough...please...please don't hurt NEO, he's just...a simple, gluttonous child..."

Unable to move and reverting to human form, Acacia's face flushed red as she tried to resist, but she was powerless against Reiji's divine might. Watching NEO being held by Reiji like a small animal, Acacia pleaded for NEO with all her might.

"Undeniably, NEO is indeed like a child, but a spoiled child, enjoying the desperation of its prey to eat. It can hardly be called a good child."

Rezhe glanced at Acacia, who was unable to move, and dismissed his words as nonsense.

NEO's innate desire to eat is similar to that of his dog Kirby, but compared to Kirby, NEO is like a well-behaved and sensible child, while NEO is a hateful and naughty brat.

To savor the despair emanating from its prey, how many creatures did NEO slaughter to fill its belly with the ingredients of an entire universe?

If you say NEO is an innocent kid, Reiji really wants to spit in that person's face.

"Snapped--!"

The force of separation struck NIO hard in his hand, directly hitting the bottomless abyss of his appetite.

NEO, held in Razer's hand, began to change drastically, his muscles began to twitch, and his throat and stomach were writhing.

NEO's body began to swell violently, and his whole body trembled violently as if he were convulsing.

Then, to the astonishment of Acacia and Kirby the Younger...

"Ugh!!!"

A massive, immeasurable amount of food spewed from NEO's mouth, transforming into a vast galaxy that swept across the surrounding universe.

A vast array of rare and precious ingredients, unrecorded on Earth, were ejected from NEO's body through its mouth.

Among these ingredients are a large number of living creatures with strong vitality. Those with great strength have not died, but have been living in NEO's belly, which is like another dimension.

NEO vomited up all the "ingredients from the Blue Universe" that he had previously devoured, along with a large amount of ingredients from the White and Red Universes.

NEO's vomiting, accelerated by Rez's Eternal and Fleeting Time, lasted for an enormous number of days, and the amount of food it vomited was comparable to countless galaxies.

Even Lei Zhe and Xiao Sheng, upon seeing this scene, couldn't help but marvel at how ridiculously much food NEO ate.

Kirby wore a cute and innocent smile.

Upon seeing this, the other person was overjoyed, jumping around and grabbing a few plant-based ingredients to enjoy.

Acacia stared in utter shock at the scene. NEO vomited up all the food he had eaten. The man in front of him had easily accomplished what he had planned for so long.

After finally vomiting up all the food, NEO returned to its original thin and small, seemingly harmless appearance. It was trembling with fear when Raiji grabbed it.

NEO was originally a "beneficial beast" created by the ancestors of Nitero billions of years ago in the world of Gourmet Capture, to put pressure on the planet and cook it up.

At that time, NEO was extremely weak and was not valued by anyone, so Netero abandoned him when he left the planet.

As soon as Netero left, NEO took immediate action to survive.

By preying on small ants, it discovered that the more desperate the prey, the more delicious it tasted.

Over time, it came to be a "pest".

NEO wasn't always active in the universe; occasionally it would disappear for hundreds of millions of years due to death.

Sometimes they are caught in a supernova explosion and die, or they are killed by a more powerful and superior fighting race.

But NEO never truly died; it always managed to be resurrected.

Then, after he came to Earth and took refuge in the body of the food god Acacia, everything that followed began.

Rezhe looked at the man who had experienced countless vicissitudes with calm, unwavering eyes. He couldn't accurately judge whether the man was good or bad. The man had once shared in the end of the long-running war with God, but had also committed countless sins afterward.

The other party's initial intention may have been good, but I cannot agree with their process and methods.

So, looking at this weathered man who had finally regained consciousness, Lei Zhe said softly:

"Don't worry, I won't kill NEO. I'll correct his vile and trashy habits. You should go to the other world and apologize to your wife!"

As he spoke, Acacia's soul began to leave his body, and Reiji prepared to send him directly into the Soul World of this world.

In any case, the other party possessed all the skills and knowledge he acquired upon entering Kirby's inner universe, and Reiji's High Heaven did not want to accept him.

"...Apologize?"

Hearing Reiji's calm words and assurance that he wouldn't kill NEO, Acacia's face and soul calmed down, and then he revealed a relieved and liberated smile, like an old man who could finally go home for dinner, and said:

"Yes, I've been busy for so long, it's time to go back. I'll leave NEO in your care, he's always been very lonely."

Looking at the man in front of her who had so easily fulfilled her wish, Acacia felt that she could indeed rest now.

He has lost too much for everything he has now, some of which is the result of his own actions. Although he regrets it, he will continue to move forward.

He has let down his wife and his three adopted sons.

He lost now, but he achieved his goal, so he's tired.

It's time to go to that other world and see the people from my past memories.

I wonder if Flose will forgive him for what he did and still cook him a meal?