Stussy and Evelyn walked out of the Witch's Banquet arm in arm, chatting merrily.
Whatever they had discussed, they seemed to have become close friends in no time.
They needed to maintain that relationship, and their personalities were quite compatible to begin with.
Ignis had already won Stussy over, so she was now one of their own.
As long as she did not leak any information, Evelyn did not mind getting to know her better.
Aside from passing along messages, Stussy would most likely choose the Witch's Banquet whenever she met Ignis in the future.
Ignis could not expose himself, and Stussy also needed to avoid unnecessary attention.
Evelyn would serve as essential cover.
Representing the Witch's Banquet, Evelyn also discussed a partnership with Stussy before she left.
They would purchase young female slaves through the Pleasure District.
On this chaotic sea, even with the World Government serving as the world's largest slave dealer, the slave trade was not actually easy to conduct.
During its first few years, the Pleasure District could absorb a sizable number of slaves.
As its expansion reached saturation, it became difficult to take in so many more.
Even when slaves were sold around the world, to affiliated nations, nobles, and the wealthy.
As time passed, demand only continued to fall.
The annual number of slaves had dropped considerably from its peak, but it was still enormous, causing the price of ordinary human slaves to keep falling as they lost value.
Otherwise, they would not sell.
The once-thriving slave islands suddenly grew somewhat deserted.
The World Government's war against the pirates of the New World and the outbreak of the great pirate era were also major reasons for this.
Thus, the World Government had shifted the center of its slave trade to the Four Seas and