Brian led his Beast Girl Legion past rows of cultivation tanks, delving deeper into the laboratory.
Finally, they arrived at Laboratory Number One. The Griffin Girl had been waiting here for a long time.
Similar to Feixue, Griffin was also wearing a simple white lab coat.
However, her large frame was clearly restricted, forcing her to retract her wings to appear less incongruous.
"Master, you've arrived."
"You've come at the perfect time. The Ancient Type Beast Girl is about to be born."
"You've worked hard, Griffin."
"It's what we Beast Girls should do."
Brian didn't say anything more, reaching out to stroke Griffin's wings.
Griffin didn't resist, her cheeks slightly flushed, oddly carrying a delicate feminine charm.
Then Brian moved forward to the front of the experimental platform and looked up.
Eight tall cultivation tanks were arranged in a row, each filled with green culture fluid.
More strikingly, in the center of each tank was a completely naked woman, all eight sharing identical appearances.
Beside each woman was a differently shaped Devil Fruit, continuously dissolving and merging with the clones.
Among them, the Devil Fruits in the first three tanks had only dissolved about halfway, taking longer.
The latter five tanks were progressing faster, especially the last one, which was nearly completely dissolved.
After examining the experimental data and confirming everything was normal, Brian stood straight and waited.
Behind him, several Beast Girls silently watched the scene, awaiting their new companions.
Among them, the Griffin Girl's expression was particularly vivid - partly nervous, partly expectant.
As the only Mythical Zoan Beast Girl currently under Brian's command, the Lion Girl held the highest position in the Beast Girl Legion.
After all, she was the strongest, so being ranked first was appropriate.
However, this situation was about to be completely overturned.
Three Mythical Zoan Beast Girls were waiting to be born.
Once these three appeared, the previous situation of one outstanding individual would instantly transform into a "contest" among four.
Though not to such an extreme degree, it indeed created significant urgency in the Lion Girl's heart.
Especially as the handling supervisor, she knew very well that among these three Beast Girls, there was one particularly terrifying existence.
In terms of fruit hierarchy, her Griffin fruit was clearly inferior to the other's.
"I need to accelerate my strength improvement. If I get pushed to the bottom among the four, that would be utterly embarrassing."
Besides Griffin, among the remaining Beast Girls, Feixue also felt considerable urgency.
For the same reason as Griffin - going from being the only one to just one among several.
Feixue felt it even more strongly, suddenly becoming one-sixth of the whole - anyone would feel this significant drop.
Neither of them were the type to slack off; both wanted to improve, which made this urgency more pronounced.
As for the remaining Beast Girls, all being Common Types, they didn't feel much urgency.
Mostly, he was happy. With eight more big sisters joining them soon, he could swagger even more when walking in the future.
Even troublemakers like Tiger Girl and Leopard Girl were behaving very obediently at this moment, harboring no wild ideas.
The gap in their levels was just too vast. If they wanted to improve, they had to act within their means.
"Feeling a sense of urgency? Not bad."
As the master of the Beast Girls, Brian naturally sensed some of their thoughts.
The shifts in their emotions were too obvious, instantly detectable.
Regarding the mix of tension, anticipation, and other emotions among them, Brian maintained an encouraging attitude.
Once these eight Beast Girls were born, it would be time to consider dividing them into groups.
Grouping them by different species would benefit future operations.
Dividing into groups was a necessary step as the Beast Girl Legion expanded, and he had long contemplated it.
Previously, the number of Beast Girls was truly too small, and the species involved weren't diverse enough, making grouping impractical.
After this, they could roughly form several groups.
For example, a Dragon-Dragon Fruit group, a Cat-Cat Fruit group, a Snake-Snake Fruit group, and so on.
This would foster internal competition and enhance the team's overall strength.
While waiting, one little one finally couldn't hold back any longer.
Pat pat pat~
Otohime swished her tail and came up behind Brian, tugging on his clothes.
"Mr. Brian~"
Her soft, sticky voice was full of curiosity and innocence.
"It's Otohime. What's up?"
"Um, um, I wanted to ask, what race do Beast Girls belong to?"
"Are they like mermaids such as myself, a branch of the human race?"
Rub rub~
Rub rub~
Rub rub~
Rubbing the fish's head, all worries fade~
With Otohime in front of him, Brian wasn't in a hurry to reply. He first rubbed her little head.
He mussed up her originally smooth hair, and only after satisfying himself did he reply, ignoring Otohime's suddenly pouting, resentful glare.
Children of this age were just too perfect for teasing, especially a mermaid—even more fun.
"Strictly speaking, Beast Girls no longer belong to the human race. You can consider them a completely new race."
"A unique race under my command."
"Ohh, Otohime, Otohime understands."
Otohime nodded, seeming to grasp it but not entirely, and asked another question.
"Then, can I become a Beast Girl too? Everyone looks so amazing and impressive."
For seven-year-old Otohime, her experiences during this period had been rather bizarre.
Back then, having no parents or friends, she felt somewhat lonely on Fish-Man Island and would often go play alone in the coral reefs.
Unexpectedly, she had the misfortune of encountering slavers who had been lying in wait for a long time among the corals.
Otohime easily became the slavers' prize and was taken away from Fish-Man Island.
As for the guardians left by the Rocks Pirates on Fish-Man Island during this process, who knows what they were doing.
Their dealings with Daken, they probably thought no one knew about them.
As if destined, Otohime was fated to break away from her original path and embark on a completely different journey.
After being kidnapped by the slavers, they traveled a great distance to the Atoron Sea to conduct their trade.
After some minor twists and turns, she ultimately fell into Marcus's hands.
What followed was the familiar story: she was kept by the lecherous Marcus for quite some time.
That period wasn't too miserable in terms of basic needs—there was food and drink—but she constantly had to endure Marcus's lecherous and wicked gaze.
Otohime naturally possessed strong Observation Haki, making her extremely fearful of the malice emanating from Marcus.
Had she not been just a young child, she would have long fallen victim to his vile intentions.
During that time, Otohime lived in great torment, unable to sleep peacefully at night.
Later, the Atoron Sea was taken over by the Chinjao Pirates, and Otohime changed hands, falling into Chinjao's control.
Fate favored Otohime once again, as Chinjao was not a lustful man; he only sought self-improvement.
Due to internal conflicts within Kano Country, Chinjao's procrastination eventually led to Otohime ending up in Brian's hands.
After numerous twists and turns and changing hands several times, these experiences were overwhelmingly difficult for Otohime to endure.
In her young heart, a deep-seated desire to become stronger took root firmly.
After interacting with the Beast Girl these past few days, she gained some understanding of the situation.
Under the influence of all these factors, she finally voiced this soul-searching question.
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