"Hmm~ What's going on here?"
A captivating, seductive voice suddenly echoed through the monitoring room.
"Ah! It's Assistant Jailer Chief Sadi!"
The jailers manning the surveillance equipment quickly stood up and saluted upon seeing who had arrived.
"Hmm~" The rhythmic click of her heels echoed on the floor as Assistant Jailer Chief Sadi, clad in a revealing, tight-fitting uniform, approached the monitors.
Her tongue traced a tantalizing curve across her lips, and her eyes, hidden behind her bangs, scanned the screens.
The two jailers standing behind her exchanged a nervous glance and lowered their heads, their hearts pounding with trepidation.
"Hmm~ It's Giant Boar. Has that guy lost his mind? Hmm~" Her tongue playfully flicked across her lips, and despite her words, Sadi's eyes were filled with excitement.
Soon… we'll hear the screams…
Hmm~
Giant Boar wasn't actually a boar. He simply had boar-like tusks protruding from his mouth, and his massive, thick-furred body made him resemble a giant, feral pig.
Right now…
Thick drool dripped from the corners of his mouth, and low, guttural growls rumbled in his chest. Giant Boar's eyes were locked onto Wilder, bloodshot and filled with a savage fury.
"So… you're planning to attack me?" Wilder's eyes stared directly at the man known as Giant Boar, his voice calm and steady.
The surrounding jailers and prisoners had already scattered, terrified of being caught in Giant Boar's rampage. Wilder and Giant Boar became the sole focus of the scene.
Wilder's calm words seemed to enrage the beast even further. Giant Boar's eyes widened, the blood-red hue intensifying. He let out a monstrous roar, his massive, clenched fist swinging towards Wilder with devastating force.
"Boom!" The hairy arm, whistling through the air, slammed down. Wilder's eyes flickered, and he leaped away, disappearing from the spot.
"Boom!" A powerful gust of wind, carrying shards of shattered stone, erupted outwards. Giant Boar's arm crashed into the ground, the impact causing the stone to splinter and fracture. The area around the point of impact instantly collapsed, forming a crater two meters in diameter.
"Graaah!" Having missed his target, Giant Boar's bloodshot eyes reddened even further. He roared again, turning his gaze towards Wilder, and charged. Another fist came crashing down!
"Boom!" Wilder dodged the blow again. Giant Boar unleashed both arms, a flurry of blows aimed at Wilder.
"Boom! Boom! Boom…!"
The terrifying force of his fists pounding the ground created a series of deafening explosions. Shards of stone flew everywhere, and a cloud of dust billowed up.
Wilder danced and weaved, constantly evading Giant Boar's attacks. The corner of his mouth unconsciously curled into a slight smile.
He'd already confirmed that this Giant Boar posed a genuine threat – a significant one, at that. Ignoring Devil Fruit abilities, Wilder had to admit that taking a direct hit from this beast would be disastrous.
But conversely, the threat Giant Boar posed wasn't insurmountable. Speed was Giant Boar's most critical weakness. So, in a situation where the threat was significant but avoidable, Wilder didn't mind using him as a whetstone to hone his skills.
Everything was a calculated experiment, a chance to use his current disguise to train himself.
Before the passage to Level 5 was opened, Wilder would use his identity as a jailer to gain more combat experience and strengthen his body.
While dodging the attacks, Wilder formed a rough plan for the coming days in his mind.
"Boom!" Another fist slammed down, sending stone fragments flying. The onlookers watched Giant Boar's onslaught with a mixture of fear and awe, also stunned by the figure who continued to evade the attacks.
A year of life as a pirate, though it hadn't given Wilder terrifying combat strength, had provided him with some battle experience. It was worth mentioning, that the original Wilder had some good things too, at the very least he hadn't excessively relied on the power of the fruit during his time out at sea. His physical condition wasn't weaker to that of the pirates on the Grand Line.
But that wasn't enough. Wilder wanted to become stronger! Not just in terms of physical fitness, but also in combat skills!
And to become stronger, this was the perfect opportunity. Fighting prisoners was only one aspect; his position as a jailer also provided him with enough nutritious food to support his training and certain privileges.
The fight continued. Without resorting to his Devil Fruit powers, the intense heat of the Blazing Hell was also taking a toll on Wilder's stamina.
This time, Wilder didn't dodge. His stamina was almost depleted. While he did intend to use the Blazing Hell, an environment that naturally countered his abilities, to temper his body, building true strength wasn't something that could be rushed. So…!
"It's about time to end this." Wilder smoothly slipped out of Giant Boar's attack range and stopped a short distance away, raising his head to look at his opponent with a sharp glint in his eyes.
"Boom!" He stomped his foot, sending dust swirling, and his body shot forward with explosive speed.
"Hmm~ Who is that guy?" In the monitoring room, Sadi's lips curled into an intrigued smile, her voice filled with interest.
"It… It looks like First…"
"Hmm~ First… is it?" Sadi licked her luscious lips, her eyes, hidden behind her bangs, flickering with an unreadable emotion.
On the screen, Wilder's body surged forward, instantly closing the distance to Giant Boar.
Evading the swinging giant arm, Wilder leaped upwards, reaching a point above Giant Boar's head. The veins on his arm bulged as he clenched his fist!
"Boom!!" A muffled thud echoed. Wilder's eyes were ice-cold as he landed, stepping on Giant Boar's unconscious body.
One punch…
A direct hit to the head. Giant Boar's body slowly crumpled to the ground. With a final, resounding thud, the beast collapsed completely, his mouth hanging open, his pupils dilated and unfocused, replaced by the whites of his eyes. He had been knocked out cold.
"One punch… He knocked out Giant Boar with just one punch…" a prisoner stammered, swallowing hard, his face frozen in disbelief.
"He took him down!" another prisoner finished the sentence the first couldn't quite manage, his voice equally filled with shock.
"Giant Boar was just…!"
Not only the prisoners, but the surrounding jailers also stood with their mouths agape, as if something were stuck in their throats.
Ignoring the reactions around him, Wilder turned away, his face still impassive.
However, another plan was already taking root in his mind.
Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at a particular spot. A Visual Den Den Mushi came into view. Wilder began to weigh the pros and cons of his new scheme, unable to reach a definite conclusion just yet.
A few days later, a devilish jailer made his appearance in Impel Down's Level 4, the Blazing Hell.