From the Wandenreich's escape to One Piece

He originally thought he had a good chance of winning a position.

But now it seems that Yhbach may have already had six candidates in mind.

Even if you are very capable, you may not be selected.

You can easily find any excuse or arrange a less favorable schedule for yourself to be eliminated early.

That immediately killed my motivation.

Oh well, let fate decide.

He'd come to terms with many things, after all, he himself had Yhwach's blood on his hands, which Vegapunk could thoroughly study in the pirate world.

Perhaps in time, we can awaken the sacred script without relying on Yhwach.

Vegapunk possesses the research on the "Blueprint of Life," also known as the lineage factor, which allows him not only to create androids but also to clone androids with near-perfect accuracy.

Later, he created the "Seraph" that could replace the Seven Warlords of the Sea. He not only cloned the original owner's characteristics, but also added the genes of the Lunaria race, giving them a near-invincible defense.

With Vegapunk's technology, he might be able to study the mechanism of the Holy Script based on the blood of Yhwach.

Thinking about it this way, he relaxed a lot.

"Are you studying your opponent?"

Suddenly, Litoto's voice came from behind.

Beltz quickly turned around and saw Litoto with the girl group members.

When the others saw the five people approaching, they quickly made way for them.

"Ah...yes!"

Beltz replied, "Lady Litoto, what brings you here?"

"I wanted to come," said Jadis. "After all, we'll be colleagues in the future, so of course I need to check him out beforehand."

"You just wanted to come and see if there were any handsome guys, right?" Bambi said with a disdainful look.

"You infatuated, big-breasted woman!"

"What did you say?!" Gatiss shouted angrily, "Bambi, what gives you the right to say that?!"

"Of course, it's because that's what you really think," Minina said casually from the side.

"Even Minina said that..." Gatis looked very hurt.

They say two women make a drama, but there are five... no, four women right now, so their drama is far too much.

Beltz strongly suspects that these five people must have at least five small groups in private.

This friendship is so touching!

"How is it?"

Litoto ignored them, focusing instead on the battle further ahead, and asked, "Are you confident?"

"If there are six spots available, I think I should be fine."

Regardless of her inner thoughts, Beltz cannot afford to show weakness now.

Litoto's memories have been edited, and she has forgotten everything about working with me, so I can't discuss things with her now.

"You're so confident, little brother." After saying that, Jadis immediately looked like she couldn't stand it anymore.

"Why are they all old men?"

The creatures currently engaged in combat are clones of the Five Elders.

It was clear that even they didn't know that these old men were clones of the monsters that had recently come to destroy the empire.

They had only just discovered these five people.

They didn't even know these old men were newcomers!

Indeed, in terms of familiarity with ordinary Quincy, how could the Sternritter's knights compare to these grunts?

Beltz sighed, "It's said that Lord Hasward personally arranged for them to come in. Don't let their old appearance fool you, they're very strong, and they might just be the strongest opponents I face on my path to victory."

"...They're definitely unusual," Bambi said, somewhat puzzled. "They seem different from Quincy... Wait, why have I never seen them before?"

While it's impossible to be familiar with all ordinary Quincy, most Quincy are actually handsome men and beautiful women.

And there are very few old men like that.

The old man's characteristics are quite obvious. If he existed before, even if they had never seen him, they should have heard of him, right?

After all, the girl group consists of newcomers from the Sternritter, and judging by the age of these old men, they must be at least five or six hundred years old.

Then they should have heard of it at least a little bit.

"Was this arranged by Haschward?"

Bambi thought of what Beltz had said again and couldn't help but say, "Why does this feel so strange?"

"What's so strange about it? Why don't you just go and ask him?" Jadis clicked her tongue.

Ask him?

Bambi twitched his lips as he thought of Hasward's perpetually expressionless poker face: "Never mind, I asked him for a red envelope last Chinese New Year, and he nagged me about it for ages."

After saying that, she waved her hand and said, "Let's go, let's go, it's no fun."

"Goodbye, Lady Litoto."

Beltz, of course, didn't go with them; he stayed behind to observe the Five Elders' battle.

If we weren't in the One Piece world, a few more days wouldn't matter.

Instead of training, we should observe our future opponents here.

This observation lasted for a whole week.

The Five Elders' clones are rapidly increasing in strength, and they rarely leave their homes. In fact, they disappear as soon as the competition ends, and no one knows where they go, so much so that it's impossible to even try to talk to them.

Starting today, the competition has finally reached its third round.

There were a total of sixteen participants in the third round.

Most of them were lieutenants of other Sternritters, plus five clones of the Five Elders who passed the test in the second round.

Six positions are to be selected from sixteen people, and the top six are determined by a points-based round-robin system, also known as the Swiss system.

所谓瑞士轮，就是在第一轮随机抽籤，决定出1-0组与0-1组，随后两组内部抽籤，决定出2-0组，1-1组与0-2组。

这三组再次内部抽籤，决定出最后的3-0组，2-1组，1-2组与0-3组。

2-1组与1-2组决定出3-1与2-2组，2-2组再决定出3-2组。

Losing three games means you've failed, while winning three games means you've advanced.

这样算的话，3-0组会有两个人，3-1组会有三个人，3-2组也是三个人。

So in the end, eight people will be selected.

But only six of these eight people can become Sternritter Knights.

Of course, the remaining two also have plans.

That means sending them to the mortal world!

These two are tasked with finding the attackers!

To be honest, Beltz was quite surprised, but also somewhat pleased, when he heard the news.

Because in this way, it would be a good thing even if one could not become a Sternritter.

You either obtain sacred texts or you obtain 'freedom'!

Yes, if I go to the real world, I can escape the Invisible Empire, and then everything will be much more convenient!

No more having to act as cautiously as you would in an invisible empire!

Moreover, there are many good things in the world of Bleach. The Wandenreich is a very barren place, but there are many resources outside!