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...If there's no shrimp paste, then there's no shrimp paste. I'll just make do with what I have.
"You head back first. I'll chat with Gremmy for a bit before I leave."
Seeing that the ingredients were mostly gathered, Liltotto told Beltz to go back first.
Beltz naturally didn't refuse, so he headed back carrying the items.
"So, did you see anything?"
Liltotto asked.
"What?" Gremmy said indifferently.
"Don't play dumb. I don't believe you didn't notice," Liltotto said. "Don't you usually imagine other people's bodies?"
"You knew he had issues, yet you still kept him by your side?" Gremmy didn't answer immediately but asked back.
"Because his cooking is delicious," Liltotto said. "Besides, he's no threat to me."
"You'd better not be too confident," Gremmy gave a faint smile. "There's a very strong power hidden inside his body."
"I just tried to analyze his physical composition, but even with my imagination, I couldn't figure out his body's structure in such a short time."
"Huh?" Liltotto couldn't help but show a surprised expression upon hearing this.
She, of all people, knew exactly how abnormal Gremmy's ability was!
Calling Beltz over this time was originally intended to let Gremmy probe Beltz' background!
Even Gremmy's imagination couldn't see through Beltz' physical structure?
"There seems to be some strange power inside him."
Gremmy frowned slightly as he spoke. "It doesn't seem like a pure Quincy. I've never seen that kind of power before. Not just from a Quincy, I haven't even seen it on a Shinigami or a Hollow."
"It's almost..."
"...like it doesn't belong to this world!"
"Doesn't belong to this world?!" Liltotto was shocked. "Isn't that a bit of an exaggeration?"
"I don't think it's an exaggeration at all." Gremmy jumped down from the roof and landed in front of Liltotto.
He began to walk around Liltotto, saying as he moved, "And I think he's quite interesting. Bring him to my place more often when you have time."
"Heh..."
Liltotto gave a deadpan chuckle. "You're currently a locked-up prisoner; I can't visit you that often."
"Alright, I'm leaving too. I'll come back next time I have the chance."
Liltotto also prepared to leave.
When Beltz returned, he found that those women had already arrived at the first-floor reception room of the tower.
"Didn't Lil come back with you?"
Seeing Beltz return alone, Meninas asked with some confusion.
"We went to Lord Gremmy's place. Lady Liltotto told me to come back first."
Beltz answered honestly.
"What?! You actually went to that monster Gremmy's place!" Bambi couldn't help but gasp when she heard this.
The others were also very surprised.
Even as fellow Sternritter, they were somewhat afraid of Gremmy's name.
Probably only that glutton Liltotto could communicate with that freak.
"Um... I'll go cook first. I think Lady Liltotto will be back soon."
While they were surprised, Beltz had already taken the food into the kitchen.
Actually... it was fine.
It seemed Gremmy had noticed his abnormality.
Sigh, I really didn't want to come into contact with them this early.
But there was no choice. Who told Liltotto to notice something was wrong with him all of a sudden?
He hadn't expected at first that Liltotto would be able to smell the scent on him.
Reaching this step was, in his view, already the best way to handle it.
He would just wait for when Liltotto couldn't hold it in anymore and came to ask him.
Perhaps... he could try being a bit bolder and go have a showdown with her tonight?
It didn't seem impossible.
After all, Liltotto wasn't that loyal to Yhwach.
As long as it wasn't a brainwashed loyalist, then everything could be negotiated.
And now that he had established contact with Dr. Clover, he would likely be able to meet Vegapunk before long. At that time, he could use the technology from the world of Bleach to lure Vegapunk over.
He thought that as a scientist, Vegapunk shouldn't be able to refuse the temptation of unknown scientific technology.
Mhm, let them think he was a descendant of that Great Kingdom.
The technology of the Great Kingdom was highly advanced anyway.
But... what technology should he take?
He decided to go to the monitoring room in a bit.
Yes, he planned to steal some technology from the Shinigami.
The Wandenreich monitored the entire Seireitei, so naturally, they also monitored the Twelfth Division's Research and Development Bureau.
The Research and Development Bureau contained many of Mayuri's novel technologies.
Besides that, he could also take technology from the real world to trade with Vegapunk.
Although the real world couldn't compare to the supernatural world, it might not necessarily lose to One Piece in the field of technology.
Even if there weren't ultimate weapons like the ancient weapons that could destroy an island in one shot, nuclear weapons were also good.
In addition to nuclear weapons, there were many civilian technologies that he thought Vegapunk would definitely be interested in.
And many of these technologies were easily searchable on the internet. Some were slightly more confidential, but with his current abilities, what difficulty would there be in stealing technology from some company?
Mhm, first go to the monitoring room. As for the technology of the Human World, he'd wait until he had the chance to be stationed there.
Beltz continued to cook his specialty dishes, and the aroma soon reached downstairs.
Then, that glutton Liltotto came up.
She had returned not long after Beltz did, but she had been downstairs the whole time.
"I regret it a bit."
Liltotto walked into the kitchen and suddenly said to Beltz, who was still cooking.
"Eh? Regret what?"
Beltz, who was cooking, was startled by the sudden voice behind him.
"I shouldn't have agreed to those stinking women's requests."
Beltz turned around and, seeing the fanaticism in Liltotto's eyes, couldn't help but swallow hard.
"Lady Liltotto, if you want to eat, I can make it for you every day in the future."
"Have you eaten?" Liltotto asked again.
"Not yet. After the lords have finished eating, I'll just make something for myself."
"Mhm, that's fine too." Liltotto didn't let Beltz join the table, not because she looked down on him, but because she felt that letting Beltz eat with those crazy women would be a form of torture.
And although those women seemed somewhat polite to Beltz now, in reality, not one of them would take him seriously.
Every Sternritter was extremely arrogant; forget ordinary soldiers and Soldat, they didn't even take some of their fellow Sternritter seriously.
Beltz eating with them would just be asking for misery.
"From now on, just stay by my side. Those women are all perverts with psychological issues; it's best to have as little contact with them as possible," Liltotto instructed.
"Uh... okay, sure." What could Beltz do? He could only smile and nod.
"Then Lady Liltotto, you all eat first, I'll go outside."
"Mhm, go ahead."
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