The Sternritter showed no anger at their comrade's betrayal; instead, their expressions were ones of relief and curiosity.
After all, with the mole revealing himself, it meant they didn't have to worry about being investigated.
Seeing PePe actively launching an attack, they naturally couldn't let him strike them, so they immediately counterattacked.
"You damned traitor, die!"
Bambi immediately fired several Reishi bombs, and the others also counterattacked one by one.
Haschwalth frowned slightly and immediately said, "Leave him alive!"
"Ah!"
Even if he hadn't said it, the others wouldn't have truly killed PePe.
After all, killing PePe now would genuinely look like silencing a witness.
Keeping PePe alive now allowed them to interrogate him about whether he had other accomplices and what the situation was with those invaders.
Beltz was not worried about this; he had already prepared a complete set of memory narratives for PePe.
Utilizing the editing and cutting ability of the Memo-Memo Fruit, the memories he prepared for PePe were quite flawless, complete with cause and effect, making them interrogation-proof.
Even if he died and his soul was devoured by Yhwach, there would still be no flaws.
Theoretically, a soul devoured by Yhwach would have everything turn into Yhwach's.
But it's unknown whether Yhwach improved this devouring mechanism later on; in any case, when he devoured other people's souls later, it didn't include their memories.
If it included others' memories, during the final battle, he would have known whether the scene where he was killed by Ichigo was his own dream or a hint given by Haschwalth.
In fact, this is also understandable.
Just as Beltz was influenced by the thoughts of others when exploring their deep memories, if Yhwach accepted everyone without exception and devoured all their soul memories, wouldn't countless memories surface in his mind?
He didn't just devour one or two people; over these thousand-plus years, who knows how many souls he has consumed.
If he retained everyone's memories, would Yhwach still be Yhwach now?
This point is also true for Hollows.
Hollows also continuously devour souls.
After devouring the opponent's soul, they also gain the opponent's memories. If they don't devour too many, they can maintain their self through their primary personality.
But if they devour too many, countless souls aggregate, and countless memories and thoughts mix together, eventually, the fusion of all souls forms an entirely new personality.
However, Beltz dared not gamble on whether Yhwach truly wouldn't devour others' memories, so when he edited PePe's memories, he was extremely cautious and meticulous, essentially doing his absolute best.
Ensuring that even if Yhwach devoured PePe, he wouldn't detect any flaws in his memories.
Facing the combined attack of the Sternritter, how could PePe be a match? He was immediately struck down.
Haschwalth slowly walked over, looking down at the fallen PePe, his emerald pupils filled with indifference.
"Speak. Why did you betray His Majesty? Who are those people?"
PePe said nothing. He clenched his jaw, a look of terror appearing on his face.
Haschwalth then looked toward Beltz.
Beltz knew his chance to perform had arrived.
He had indeed prepared, but what delighted him even more was that the task of finding the mole had fallen to him!
Wouldn't this make it completely foolproof?
With him, the biggest mole, investigating the mole, how could he possibly fail to find the so-called mole?
Beltz slowly bent down, reaching out his hand toward PePe. The next moment, he activated his ability again.
PePe's sea of subconscious mind was filled with various repulsive scenes. Just how disgusting was this guy?
"It's not working, he's resisting me."
Beltz slowly opened his eyes and said, "My Reiatsu is not as strong as his; I cannot forcibly hypnotize him."
Haschwalth glanced at PePe again.
PePe suddenly burst into laughter: "There's nothing to say! I'm going to die either way! So let's all..."
Pfft!
Haschwalth plunged a sword into his back, stopping him mid-sentence, causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood.
"Try again now."
He said to Beltz.
Beltz nodded and once again applied hypnosis to PePe.
Severely wounded by Haschwalth, PePe became extremely weak and could no longer resist Beltz' hypnosis.
His gaze gradually became hazy, and his eyes turned vacant.
"Why did you betray His Majesty?"
Beltz asked in a deep voice.
"Because... I want to become a Celestial Dragon."
"A Celestial Dragon?"
The others also gathered around, all feeling a bit confused.
What exactly is a Celestial Dragon?
They had heard of Shinigami, Hollows, and humans, but they had never heard of any Celestial Dragons!
However, over at the West Dispatch Office in Soul Society, there seemed to be 'Dragon Keepers,' but people who keep dragons aren't the same as Celestial Dragons.
"What is that?" Beltz voiced the confusion in everyone else's hearts.
"A god who can enjoy endless wealth and glory, who has everything he desires!" PePe emphasized his tone: "I want to become a god!"
This guy must have gone mad.
To actually say he wants to become a god in the Wandenreich.
There is only one god in the Wandenreich: Yhwach.
Yhwach is both the Ruler and the God of the Empire.
However, this does fit PePe's character profile.
Given how repulsive this guy is, saying something like wanting to become a god perfectly aligns with their stereotype of PePe.
"Who are those people, where are they? How did you contact them?"
"They are all Celestial Dragons... I don't know where they are, they summoned me."
"Summoned? How?"
"They possess a special Magic Circle, the 'Abyss.' They can teleport through the Abyss."
Beltz took the part of the memory he had told Liltotto, edited it, and placed it into PePe's mind, attributing the travel between these two worlds entirely to the 'Abyss.'
"The Abyss..." Hearing these two words, a hint of confusion couldn't help but surface on Haschwalth's face.
As Yhwach's other half, he was aware of many secrets of the Three Worlds, but he had never heard of the Abyss.
Outside the Three Worlds, there does exist Hell, but Hell and the Abyss are clearly not the same thing.
Beltz continued the hypnosis, and soon everyone gradually understood the whole story.
For now, they tentatively referred to that new faction as the 'Abyss.'
The Abyss had been searching for the Wandenreich and seemed to harbor deep hostility toward the Empire. Then, one day, they finally located the Wandenreich.
In order to destroy the Empire, they first summoned PePe, who had the deepest desires, and made him an undercover agent, a mole!