Chapter 1: Me, Ryuu, I've Protected Impel Down for Twenty Years!

Recalling the legendary life of Ryuu Chester, the most powerful warden in the history of Impel Down.

At the age of 0, Ryuu walked alone patrolling the Crimson Hell, an impressive sight for any observer, showcasing his bravery from a very young age.

By the age of 3, he had already won the jailer arm-wrestling competition, demonstrating exceptional strength even among the most experienced jailers.

At 8, he leaped over the shoulder and apprehended a fleeing pirate with an eight million bounty, a feat that left many in Impel Down awe-struck.

At the age of 10, he defeated the Sphinx, the fearsome boss of Wild Beast Hell, solidifying his reputation as a prodigy in the world, and the greatest in the history of Impel Down.

By the time he turned 12, Ryuu had become the youngest warden in the history of Impel Down, an extraordinary achievement that spoke of his ability to lead even at such a young age.

At 15, he rose even higher by becoming the youngest Chief of Guard in Impel Down's history, demonstrating his ability to handle significant responsibilities with relative ease.

At the age of 20, he ascended to the position of the youngest warden in the history of Impel Down, following the retirement of the previous warden.

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[Impel Down]

In a room decorated rather well for a prison, one could see a handsome young man with white hair standing in front of the mirror. The young man wore a pure white shirt, over which draped a jet-black coat. He wore a pilot's cap that failed to conceal his dazzling silver hair and sported a pair of high-end leather boots.

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At his waist, a long sword could be seen, a Maito known as Tenseiga, the 'sacred fang', while maintaining a straight, tall, and powerful posture.

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"This is the youngest guardian in the history of Impel Down!"

He nodded in satisfaction as he looked at himself in the uniform.

Ryuu adjusted his clothes while glancing at the calendar on the wall.

"This is the year 1424 of the Sea Circle Calendar."

The smile on Ryuu's face faded slightly.

"1424, not 1524. There are still ninety-six years left until the year of the plot of this pirate world. If we go back twenty years to the beginning of the time journey, the difference is a complete 116 years."

There are still ninety-six years until the year of the plot of this pirate world. If we go back twenty years to the beginning of the time journey, the difference is a complete 116 years.

"Yes! Roger is a glorious time traveler! He travels to this magnificent pirate world plagued by crises in the Sea Circle Calendar 1404."

I travel to this magnificent pirate world plagued by crises in the Sea Circle Calendar 1404.

"Impel Down is one of the three largest institutions of the World Government. His identity is that of a distant relative of a high-ranking person in Impel Down. The name still follows Ryuu from his previous life. But there is one more surname, Chester, without the D. Otherwise, there won't be any! Nobody stipulates that travelers must bring D!"

His identity is that of a distant relative of a high-ranking person in Impel Down. The name still follows Ryuu from his previous life.

But there's one more surname, Chester, without the famous D.

Yes, as you heard, there was none!

Nobody stipulates that travelers must carry the D!

After disregarding these and those unnecessary little things.

The main priority facing young Roger is that the era he traveled to seems to be a bit early!

Sea Circle Calendar 1404?

What kind of sterile age is this?

Not to mention King Luffy and the Straw Hat crew.

Right now, even Roger, Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and other old-timers are still liquid drops.

The same goes for the Marine field.

Marshal Sengoku? Not yet!

Three sitting admirals? Not even their parents were born!

Marine hero? What the hell is that!

As for Nami, Robin, Vivi, the Empress, Shirahoshi.

Don't even think about those familiar beautiful girls.

Ryuu felt he wouldn't survive until those girls were born.

Even if you really live until then.

With your hundred years.

Wanting to open a harem or something like that is too forced.

Even if you have the will, most likely your body will be impotent.

A hundred years is too far.

We seize the day and night.

Traveling early has the advantage of traveling early.

Although everything seems unfamiliar to me.

But it only takes a few decades

For those "elders," Ryuu is a senior.

Relying on the foresight of the time traveler.

He can play with the fate of the "older" ones at his whim, modifying it as he pleases and letting this pirate world change according to his desires.

Although there certainly exists an important prerequisite for playing with the destiny of other people.

That is strength!

Absolute strength!

Fortunately, as a time traveler, Ryuu doesn't have a D in his name, but System Cheat still does.

Lost in his thoughts, a knock on the door interrupted him. Ryuu, who was immersed in longing for the future, snapped out of it. The knock was accompanied by the questioning voice of the jailer.

"Chief Guardian... No, it should be Warden Ryuu now. The inauguration ceremony is ready. Are you ready, newcomer?"

"Ready, let's go!"

Ryuu opened the door and stepped out.

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[Five minutes later.]

Roger arrived at the delivery hall on the ground floor of Impel Down.

Under the gaze of almost half of Impel Down's jailers, who looked at him with excitement, admiration, and fanaticism.

Ryuu walked towards the raised platform, with straight and coordinated steps, climbed the stairs to the platform, without any complicated prelude games, nor any long inaugural speech.

Ryuu simply took the iconic warden's coat from the previous director and put it on Eren-style. The coat moved without any wind, causing cheers from all present, although no one knew that there was a fan under the platform.

"Oh oh oh oh"

"Guardian Ryuu"

"As expected of Roger!"

"Very handsome!"

"The Warden at twenty has no precedent!"

"The youngest Warden in history!"

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The Impel Down jailers who were lucky enough to witness this delivery ceremony shouted excitedly.

Their attitude made them even happier than being chosen as directors.

Ryuu was smiling, his eyes scanning the familiar faces in the field one by one.

With everyone's blessing, the warden's inauguration ceremony was considered a success.

The only flaw is that all the people cheering him on were rough old-timers.

Not to mention a young and beautiful little fangirl, and not even aunts or moms could be seen.

This is the current situation of Impel Down, the great prison.

If it were a hundred years later, at least there would be two beautiful female characters, Domino and Sadi-chan. But for now, there are only rough old-timers cheering him on, although to save face, he looked around and shouted,

"Gentlemen, let's work together to manage this chaotic hell from now on!"

When Ryuu's concise inaugural speech came to an end, the delivery ceremony came to a close.

The rest of the celebration should be short, slow, and professional, although before it ended, Ryuu decided to do something for everyone, he grabbed a pair of drums and said to everyone present,

"Dance, people, to this rhythm!! ~ DON, DON TOTTO~ DON, DON TOTTO~ DON, DON TOTTO~ DON..."

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Shortly after the music, the celebration ended. After all, this is Impel Down, a prison that holds the most dangerous pirates of the seas, and a single mistake can cause chaos in the world.

All the jailers have their own duties to attend to. I can't stay away for too long.

Once something goes wrong, the consequences could be disastrous. Soon after the brief celebration, under the guidance of Warden Roger and Vice Warden Maka, the jailers quickly followed instructions.

They orderly left and happily returned to their posts.

The young and promising director assumed his position, and all of Impel Down was filled with an atmosphere of joy.

But one person wasn't very happy.

He is Maka, the Vice Warden of Impel Down. Like Roger, he worked and grew up in Impel Down. Forty years have passed.

For Impel Down.

Maka's qualifications are among the oldest in the group.

In terms of strength, he is no longer inferior to the Rear Admiral of the Navy Headquarters. Originally, he was the chosen one by everyone, as he was thought to take over as warden when the Warden retired.

He was the most likely successor as warden.

Who would have thought.

Ryuu appears out of nowhere, jumping directly from Chief Jailer to the warden position and replacing him as the future warden, taking over the position of vice warden.

With this turn of events, Maka was naturally dissatisfied, so he decided to fight for the position.

The result was that he ended up covered in bandages at this moment. It was just yesterday when he challenged Ryuu.

Maka couldn't even get past a single move.

Instantly defeated with a single blow.

The waves behind the Sandora River push the waves forward.

The old wave died on the beach.

With him, the old wave that was about to reach the shore.

It's okay not to accept it; no man gives up easily.

"Monster!"

Maka looked at Ryuu walking in front of him with resentful eyes.

"A monster like you will have a better future if you go to the Marines!"

If Ryuu goes to the Marines.

Then the warden position is his.

Unfortunately, it backfired.

"Mr. Maka, please give me more advice in the future!"

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An island about 5 hours by boat from Impel Down, the prison of the marine depths, lies the Naval Headquarters, Marineford.

"The twenty-year-old director is a genius among geniuses!"

"Yes, what a genius! Why did he appear in Impel Down?"

"If you can receive training in our Marine Infantry, you will definitely be able to serve as an Admiral in the future!"

"The pearl is covered in dust! The pearl is covered in dust!"

|Marshal's Office.|

All the Vice Admiral-level executives of the Navy sighed.

The job evaluation for Impel Down is as strict as the military rank evaluation for the Naval Headquarters.

There are two ways to become a guardian of Impel Down.

The first is to earn qualifications and reputation.

The second is strength.

At least the strength level of a Vice Admiral.

When qualifications are insufficient, strength can make up for it.

A twenty-year-old Vice Admiral genius.

Even the Naval Headquarters is inevitably greedy.

"Marshal, how about we negotiate with Impel Down and try to get Ryuu to join the Marines?"

"Yes, Marshal, nothing has happened to Impel Down in seven hundred years. Letting a genius like Ryuu stay there is simply excessive!"

"I have some friendship with Columbus, so this time I might risk my life too!"

There's an old Vice Admiral heading to Impel Down waiting for the Marshal's order.

"Hey, please calm down for a moment!"

The contemporary Marine Marshal sighed helplessly and shook his head.

"Do you think Director Columbus is clinging to Ryuu?"

"The problem now is that Ryuu has no intention of joining the Marines!"

"His ambition is to be the director of Impel Down!"

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[1] I made several modifications, such as changing "warden" to "mayor" for consistency and added some narrative depth by introducing the concept of retirement for the previous mayor. Initially, it stated:

"At the age of 15, he became the youngest warden in the history of Impel Down.

At the age of 20, he became the youngest warden in the history of Impel Down."

I overlooked that twice, and as I didn't pay attention to it while reading, I decided to give him the rank of mayor of Impel Down, although later an older person of higher rank appears, but I think he is the previous mayor, so for now, he is the director.

[2] Some of the many things I edited, for example, the river had a Chinese name, so I changed it to one from the One Piece canon, and the saying about the wave was there but could be missed without understanding it, so I modified it with my superb poetry skills and left it like that. Below is a simple explanation.

The old wave is Maka, who when she reached her goal, which was the beach, meaning the mayor's post, the Ryuu, the new younger wave, arrived and ended up overtaking her, causing the old wave not to reach its goal.

[Support as much as you can. I've modified this chapter a lot; all that's left is to translate it, and we're done. Also, I created the images of Ryuu myself; in the original, there's nothing.]