"Hey! Have you forgotten what Mr. Beltz said?"
Ivankov shouted loudly, "Praying to the heavens won't save anyone. To save lives, you can only use your own hands. It wasn't an angel who saved us, but Lord Beltz's kindness and your courage, Kuma!"
"Someone like you can truly be called the hands of liberation!"
"Since Mr. Beltz isn't here, the task of looking after these two children falls to us!"
Ginny, holding Shanks, added, "Kuma, where are we going next?"
"I told Mr. Beltz that I was going back to the Sorbet Kingdom. Does everyone want to come with me?"
Among the people on the island, most were original inhabitants of God Valley.
They had lived in God Valley before.
Now that God Valley was destroyed, besides grief and anger, they also felt lost, not knowing where to go.
In reality, it was impossible for Kuma to take everyone to the Sorbet Kingdom.
After all, the Sorbet Kingdom was a member of the World Government. If the World Government found out that survivors of God Valley were there, they certainly wouldn't let them go.
"Kuma, you guys should go!"
Eventually, an old man from God Valley stepped forward and said, "We are already homeless. Since Lord Beltz sent us here, this will be our new home."
"If Lord Beltz returns, we'll be here to welcome him immediately."
"But this place is too close to God Valley. I'm worried the World Government will discover it in the future."
"Don't worry, this island is quite large. If there's danger, we'll hide."
Although helpless, this seemed to be the only way.
Kuma had only just eaten the Paw Paw Fruit and was not yet skilled in manipulating its abilities.
Secondly, he hadn't been to many places. If he wanted to repel people away, he could only send them randomly to various regions.
If they were sent somewhere dangerous... it would be better to stay here.
At least there were no enemies on this island.
And if Beltz came back, he might return to this spot.
In that case... they would just have to see what Mr. Beltz did next.
Meanwhile, the Mr. Beltz in their hearts had already returned to the Wandenreich.
"I really am back..."
Although he had expected it, Beltz was still somewhat disappointed to see that he had indeed returned to the Wandenreich.
This place is too dangerous!
He didn't want to face Yhwach at all!
Quincies were like little pieces of bread dancing in front of a starving man like Yhwach.
"The time in both worlds is synchronized."
In his room, or rather, his dormitory, Beltz checked the time.
He had spent about three hours in the One Piece World, and three hours had also passed in the Wandenreich.
The Wandenreich was an empire located within the shadow of the Seireitei. It was perpetually dim, without light, and therefore a very cold region.
However, the concept of time still existed.
Beltz lay on his bed in a bit of a daze.
He had transmigrated as a Quincy, yet he could travel to the One Piece World.
This should be considered his transmigrator's cheat, right?
This was actually a good thing.
After all, it was still a long time before the main story began.
Time in the world of Bleach was cheap.
Unless you were Kurosaki ichigo.
Spiritual bodies like Shinigami had very long growth cycles.
Even with a certain amount of talent, it usually took a hundred years of living to grow to a level of Captain-class strength.
Someone like Hitsugaya Tōshirō, who could master Bankai after just a few years of study, was a genius among geniuses. In the million-year history of the Soul Society, there were probably only one or two such freaks.
Quincies and Shinigami were much the same.
The Sternritter were even more freakish than the Thirteen Court Guard Squads, and there were many old monsters there who had lived for hundreds or even over a thousand years!
Even though Beltz looked like a teenager in his late teens, he had actually lived for over eighty years.
After eighty years, he was still just a grunt... He was likely the kind of trash Kuchiki Byakuya spoke of, who wouldn't reach Captain level even after a thousand years of cultivation.
Beltz couldn't help but mourn the lack of talent in this body once again.
But besides talent, it was also related to how worthless time was in the world of Bleach.
In comparison, time in the One Piece World was much more valuable.
Generally speaking, one could grow to their limit in a few decades.
Thirty-odd years wouldn't result in any qualitative change for the Beltz in the world of Bleach, maybe making him slightly stronger, but in the One Piece World, he could fully develop his strength!
This was the benefit of adaptive rules.
The benefits gained from the One Piece World could be brought back to the world of Bleach.
He could feel the power of the Azure Dragon flowing within his body right now.
A thought suddenly occurred to him.
In the world of Bleach, he was Yhwach's little piece of bread, a human battery, but if he could escape to the One Piece World, why the hell should he fear Yhwach?!
No matter how powerful Yhwach's Auswählen was, could it reach all the way to the One Piece World?
Obviously impossible!
As his strength grew, the time he could stay in the One Piece World would likely get longer and longer, making it entirely possible to stay there forever.
Even if he couldn't settle there permanently, he could just stay for a long time and return once Yhwach was defeated by Kurosaki ichigo.
Of course, that was the worst-case scenario.
As a person with ambition, he didn't actually want to run away in disgrace.
But as for opposing Yhwach, it hadn't come to that yet.
Because... he was also a Quincy!
Although he wasn't the original Beltz, he had inherited all of his memories after transmigrating.
When he used to read the manga, he naturally identified with the protagonist's group.
But now that he had personally entered the world of Bleach and become a Quincy, he naturally had to adopt the Quincy perspective.
As a Quincy, he was in a completely different camp from the Shinigami.
The Shinigami had nearly exterminated the Quincies twice. This hatred, etched into his bloodline, made Beltz's attitude toward the Shinigami somewhat complicated.
Lying on the pure white bedsheets, Beltz pressed his hand against his forehead.
"Phew..."
Actually, in general, everything depended on him becoming strong.
Only the strong have the luxury of choice.
After lying on the bed for a while, he gradually began to feel sleepy.
He had been in a state of high tension since transmigrating, running around in an environment like God Valley. Now that he had suddenly relaxed, fatigue hit him like a tidal wave.
However, he didn't sleep for very long. It might have been because spiritual bodies naturally required less sleep, or perhaps his recovery ability had been vastly improved after getting the Azure Dragon Fruit. He fully recovered after lying on the bed for just two hours.