From the Wandenreich's escape to One Piece

Ohara, the Tree of All Knowledge.

Dr. Clover finally received the message from the Den Den Mushi.

"Is that Beltz?"

Dr. Clover said in a deep voice, "I told Vegapunk some things about you, but he was skeptical of what you said."

"He hopes to meet you in person if he has the time."

"If you can gain his approval, he's willing to leave MADS and join your team."

"Yes, did he say the time?" Beltz replied.

"Next month, he will be traveling to the Sabaody Archipelago for an academic conference that will last for a week. You can visit him anytime during that time."

"Sure, I'll be available next month too."

Beltz agreed.

The selection process for the Sternritter will conclude next month.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will have plenty of time.

"Wait a moment."

Noticing that Beltz was about to hang up, Dr. Clover added, "You're the dragon from the God Valley incident, aren't you?"

"?" Beltz asked, somewhat surprised. "How did you know?"

"There were rumors in the vicinity that a dragon's figure flashed by during the days you appeared, and later I also found a dragon's figure on the World Government's bounty list."

Dr. Clover said in a deep voice, "If you really are that dragon, you need to be careful lately."

"What?" Beltz couldn't help but ask, "What do you know?"

"Yesterday, the World Economic Herald published a news report saying that all the treasures of the Celestial Dragons in God Valley, worth hundreds of billions of Berries, were taken away by a dragon."

Damn, it was Morgans!

That news king!

"A fortune of tens of billions is enough to drive anyone crazy. I've heard that after the Rocks Pirates disbanded, those people have already set their sights on you, especially Shiki the Golden Lion."

"?"

"Yes, although they disbanded less than two months ago, those notorious pirates don't seem to have been affected by their leader's death; in fact, they've become even more rampant. Shiki has announced that he hopes you can join his crew."

"Okay, thanks, but don't worry."

Beltz said softly, "The Golden Lion won't find me."

The World Government only knows what it looks like when it transforms into a dragon, but it does not know what it looks like in human form.

Well, I should say that although I had seen him, it was too short a time for me to draw a portrait of myself.

Therefore, as long as you don't actively reveal your abilities, they won't be able to find you.

And even if they find him, so what? At worst, he can just go back to the Empire and hide. Who can do anything to him then?

If that doesn't work, he'll have to go to the Empire to call for reinforcements.

Call out Gremi and beat anyone who dares to mess with him to a pulp!

Finally, the call ended, and Beltz returned to the church.

Although he told Big Bear to go and rest, he didn't actually go back; instead, he stayed inside waiting for him.

"Really, don't worry about me. Go to sleep." Seeing Big Bear like this, Beltz felt a little helpless.

"I'm not sleepy." Big Bear grinned sheepishly. "Lord Beltz's affairs are the most important."

Big Bear is just too kind; this kind of personality will really cause him to suffer.

In the original work, Kuma suffered so much hardship, which was certainly due to the Celestial Dragons being too despicable, but it was also related to his own personality.

If he were more assertive, he could avoid some trouble.

However, with me here this time, I will not allow Kuma to be transformed into a weapon without a self again, to be used by the Celestial Dragons.

As for Ginny, she will never become a Celestial Dragon's wife.

Beltz sighed, "Don't think too highly of me. Once that illusion shatters, you'll realize I'm no different from anyone else."

"No, no one else could have said those things! Lord Beltz, I think you are Nika from our Bakania legend, you are the warrior of liberation."

"That's impossible." Beltz shook his head. "I can tell you definitively that Nika will be born in nineteen years."

"Nineteen years..." Big Bear paused, then asked, "Why?"

"This world has its own destiny, and I am someone outside of that destiny, so I will not be Nika."

Zoan-type Devil Fruits all seem to possess their own consciousness.

Especially regarding the Nika Fruit, he has clearly been hiding from the World Government for hundreds of years.

The Nika Fruit will only appear when Luffy arrives, and then Luffy will eat it.

Beltz, however, is not from this world. Perhaps, apart from Luffy, he is the only one in this world who could eat the Nika Fruit while interfering with fate.

However, since he has already eaten the Azure Dragon Fruit, he naturally doesn't need the Nika Fruit.

Compared to the Nika Fruit, which requires awakening to gain immense combat power, the Azure Dragon Fruit grants the user powerful combat abilities even in its basic form, making it more suitable for Beltz's needs.

Nika's Devil Fruit has a higher potential, and it seems to have a special effect on Im, but if he wanted a higher potential, he wouldn't need to come to the pirate world to find one.

If you find a Hogyoku in the Bleach world, wouldn't that raise your potential even higher?

"Does fate really exist...?" Big Bear murmured.

Beltz didn't answer the question; he just patted him on the shoulder.

"Go and rest, you have things to do tomorrow."

He left the Den Den Mushi at the church again, and went outside to continue his training.

When the time was almost up, he returned to the Invisible Empire, covered in sweat.

After taking a shower and rinsing off, Beltz went to make lunch.

He didn't eat lunch with Litoto, but instead went to organize the intelligence he had obtained from the monitoring room last time.

I'm going to meet Vegapunk next month, so I naturally need to get my information organized.

Actually, he also wanted to see if he could get his hands on information about the Hogyoku.

If he remembered correctly, the information about Kisuke Urahara and Aizen's creation of the Hogyoku was forcibly recorded in the Great Spirit Book Corridor.

If he could obtain the relevant information from the Great Spiritual Book Corridor, he might be able to create the Hogyoku.

However, the Great Spirit Book Corridor is one of the most important areas in Soul Society, and it cannot be seen even from within the shadows.

The Unseen Empire operates in the shadow of the Soul Society, allowing it to monitor most areas.

However, there are also some areas that cannot be seen.

These areas were not invaded by the Quincy during the war a thousand years ago.

Because no spiritual particles were injected into those shadows, there was no way to expand them.

The residences of the five noble families, the Pure Tower Forest where the Forty-Six Chambers are located, and important facilities such as the Great Spirit Book Corridor are not within the scope of the Invisible Empire's surveillance.

Therefore, obtaining information about the Hogyoku is quite difficult; at least it's not available in the Wandenreich.

If there is a chance...

He still needs to go to the outside world, whether it's the human world or the Soul Society, there are many things he wants there!