Heavy-Security Prison and Minimum-Security Prison!

Inside the Warden's office in Impel Down Impel Down.

Several key officers of this prison, which is known as the "world's largest Impel Down in the Sea Star World," gathered here to enjoy a rare lunch break.

This is because it's the only room in the fourth underground level of the 'Blazing Hell' that has air conditioning.

Moreover, as the Warden's office, it is large enough in size and space.

Therefore, Columbus could only helplessly let them wander back and forth in front of him every time this time came.

After four years of hard work, Moria had risen from a lowly prison guard to the Vice Warden.

He was wearing a beige uniform, and his nearly seven-meter-tall frame was pressed completely against the red sofa beneath him, where the man was groaning in pain.

It has to be said, Moria seems to have gained quite a bit of weight.

On the coffee table in front of him sat a bottle of red wine that would be considered expensive even in the outside world.

Next to it was a plate of Sea King meat slices, freshly slaughtered by the 'sea Masira's from the deep sea.

Sitting opposite Moria was his boss.

Taklama, the 'Slave King' who was Teuchi and captured by Dragon himself, gained the attention of the World Government because of his Pet-Pet Fruit ability.

He is now the head guard here.

On his coffee table were bottles of whiskey containing a pale yellow liquid and plates of pale blue cheese and ham slices.

Judging from the occasional eye contact between the two.

Moria, swirling his wine glass, clearly showed little respect for his superior.

Taklama looked at the other person with disdain.

This made the atmosphere in the room very eerie.

Warden Columbus, sitting behind his desk, was completely used to it.

He casually propped his chin up with one hand, glancing at the documents on the table, his eyes occasionally glancing at Nakime stood to the side holding a biwa.

This person comes from the ' Demon Slayer World and was originally a close attendant of Muzan Kibutsuji.

Since Muzan left Impel Down, he has become the secretary of Warden Columbus.

The opponent's Blood Demon Art, which allows them to manipulate the spatial layout of buildings, is perfectly suited to this place.

Think about it.

What if, in the future, some prisoner from Otherworld escapes from their cell and, using some special ability, manages to reach the first level of the ocean?

But what kind of utter despair would he feel if, just a second before he stepped Impel Down gates, he found himself back in his cell?

In fact, several prisoners have already experienced this feeling.

Although they only managed to escape their cells and run a few laps in the corridor before returning to 'home' in the blink of an eye.

But that's enough to prove it.

Nakime was born to stay in Impel Down.

"Um, Miss Nakime, I can take a week off in Empress. Would you like to go out and have some fun, maybe see some scenery?"

After hesitating for a moment, the fifty-something-year-old Warden Columbus Zero and asked.

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Moria and Taklama were speechless. This Warden really made no attempt to hide his pursuit.

But doesn't Nakime look like she could totally be his daughter?

Wrong.

It's said that this Nakime is over two hundred years old, but the problem is, she's not only not human, she's a demon!

But little did they know,

This Warden Columbus was a womanizer and had a particular fondness for beautiful women of different races.

Although Nakime only has one eye, which makes her look somewhat frightening, if you ignore that, her face shape and figure both possess the characteristics of an Eastern beauty.

In particular, that peculiar, serene demeanor held a strong allure for Columbus.

Certainly.

The biggest attraction is that Nakime is a demon.

Fortunately, he still had some self-respect and didn't abuse his status and power.

"My Warden, I cannot walk in the sunlight."

Nakime lowered her head, letting her long, straight black hair obscure her face, and replied with utter indifference.

Speaking of which...

After Muzan Kibutsuji ate the Blue Spider Lily and became the 'perfect being' he had always dreamed of, he retained all his other abilities, but lost the ability to create 'demons'.

Because the blood in his body is no longer 'ghost blood,' the upper limit on the number of 'ghosts' has been capped.

In addition, in order to provide experimental materials for the Biochemical Research Institute, the World Government has been sending people to capture wild "demons" alive in the "Demon Slayer World".

This further led to a continuous decrease in the number of 'ghosts'.

The Biochemical Research Institute did consider using cloning technology, but they found that they could only clone inferior 'ghosts,' the kind of 'low-level ghosts' without Blood Demon Art.

After a long period of experimentation feeding them, it was finally discovered that no matter how much "food" these 'cloned ghosts' ate, they could not naturally Awakening their own Blood Demon Art.

Therefore, they had no choice but to shift their experimental focus to developing an enhanced serum that could give people a 'high-speed self-healing' constitution.

"Hahaha, with me here, there's absolutely no way anything will happen to you. You've been in Sea Star for so long, don't you want to see the many beautiful sights of this world?"

"This"

Nakime was stunned by what Warden Columbus said.

How could I not want to see it?

Although she is a 'ghost', she still has normal desires and emotions, and is certainly full of curiosity about the other world.

Back when he was under Muzan's command, he was filled with the fear of being killed at any moment.

He could only suppress his own feelings and silently act as a tool for the other party to control the 'Infinity Castle'.

But things are different now, even though the environment of Impel Down is far worse than that of Infinity Castle.

But on a mental level, it made her feel incredibly relaxed and at ease.

Because it's safe enough.

So she loved this place very much, which made her hesitant to refuse Warden Columbus's advances, fearing she would be expelled from Impel Down.

[Bang!]

Just as Nakime was about to agree, the office door was pushed open forcefully.

A towering figure, nearly five meters tall, dressed in a black uniform and with demonic black wings on his back, walked in.

"Warden, the World Government personnel have left safely."

The visitor was none other than Vice Warden Magellan.

He walked toward the refrigerator in the corner, reporting in a deep, buzzing voice.

Take out a sealed bag containing liquid food, and then put the straw into your mouth.

Although this way of eating is a bit strange, it does prevent me from having diarrhea.

"Uh, oh, okay, that's fine."

Warden Columbus sighed helplessly.

Fortunately, with his keen experience of dating countless women, he could tell from Nakime's tone that she was about to agree to his request.

Let me ask again later.

Magellan plopped down on the single sofa between Moria and Taklama and said.

"By the way, Warden, we really don't have enough prisoners here right now. Do you think you could talk to the higher-ups and ask them to send in more people?"

In recent years, the Construction Division has been continuously drawing prisoners from various levels of the Impel Down as laborers.

Even if there are 'newcomers' sent from Enies Lobby, they will be taken away after a few days.

This greatly reduced the workload of these prison guards, to the point that they could be said to have no work to do.

It was just that group of about a hundred 'Ohara scholars' who had been sent over before.

Due to special circumstances, he has been staying in the 'Crimson Lotus Hell' on the first underground level.

They suffer daily from the torment of 'Sword Trees' and 'Needle Grass'.

So now the corridors and cells of each level of 'Hell' are so empty that they resemble a ghostly realm.

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. I heard the World Government is planning to designate this place as a 'heavy-duty prison,' and only those with extremely strong abilities or bizarre powers will be sent here."

Warden Columbus spread his hands, a helpless expression on his face.

"As for ordinary criminals, I heard they will be directly handed over to the 'Baltigo Light Crime Prison' established by the Ministry of Police on 'White Soil Island'."

Magellan fell silent after hearing this, then asked in a low voice after a moment.

"The Minister of Ministry of Police is, I heard, the son of that 'Naval Hero' Admiral Garp?"

Warden Columbus laughed and said, "That's right, you'll have a chance to get to know each other in the future!"