At first, Chen Fan was enjoying his moment, but then the word "pervert" made his expression freeze. He opened his eyes and stared at the person who spoke.
Lucy stood gracefully on the side, her face filled with surprise. She couldn't connect the bright and handsome man in front of her with the seemingly degenerate Chen Fan.
"Wah!"
"Wah!" With several quick movements, everyone moved away from Lucy. They knew no one dared to call Chen Fan a pervert directly. If you were going to call him that, you had to do it secretly in the middle of chaos, otherwise, if Chen Fan remembered you, you wouldn't have a good fate.
Lucy looked around and saw no one, leaving her confused. She looked up and saw Chen Fan's handsome face with a stiff smile. "A few days ago, it was 'Brother Chen Fan,' right? Why did it change so quickly now?"
"Uh, uh..." Lucy was flustered, biting her finger and looking around nervously.
At that moment, a voice cut in. "Are you wizards?"
Everyone's attention was diverted. They saw the boatman who had spoken. "Could it be that you are here to lift the curse on that island...?"
"Oh, more or less," Natsu said.
"I won't let you go," Gray said from the side.
"Just get on."
"Really?!"
"Hey!"
"Weak spot! Take this! BANG!" Gray kicked Natsu in the chin, knocking him unconscious. Then he turned his head toward Chen Fan, cracked his knuckles, and walked toward him.
"Stop, don't come any closer! If you come closer, I'll scream!"
"Then scream. No one will come to help you even if you scream until you're hoarse."
Seeing this, Chen Fan waved his hands. "Then I won't go. You all just go."
"No! If you don't come, the next person who arrives here is Erza!" Gray said, still walking toward Chen Fan. He didn't expect this guy's mind to be so sharp at a time like this.
Seeing that Gray wouldn't give up, Chen Fan said resignedly, "I can't do anything else with you guys. Alright, I'll go with you."
"Really?! Great! With Chen Fan, we'll be safe! Oh, oh!" Natsu and Happy jumped for joy.
"Alright, get on the boat," Chen Fan said. Actually, he was also worried about Natsu and the others. Although the plot said they would be fine, his presence could change everything. He didn't want to play around with their lives. With him by their side, he would feel more at ease. If he truly didn't want to do something, there was no one in this world who could force him.
So Chen Fan and the others got on the small boat. The boat slowly sailed away, disappearing beneath the horizon.
"Ugh, ugh." Natsu was hunched over the side of the boat, constantly throwing up, his eyes rolling back. Chen Fan knew Natsu was very sensitive to transportation, but he didn't expect it to be this severe.
However, Chen Fan's heart felt a little relieved. He kept mumbling to himself, 'That's what you get for causing trouble. That's what you get for threatening me. Experience it for yourself!'
Although he was enjoying his schadenfreude, he sighed and sat next to Natsu. He patted Natsu's back. "Don't worry. Just keep throwing up, throwing up, and you'll get used to it, hehehe...!" As he finished speaking, his eyes became dark, and a malicious smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Seeing Chen Fan's sinister smile, Lucy, Happy, and a bound Gray were startled. They quickly moved away, keeping their distance, afraid Chen Fan's attention would turn to them. In their hearts, they were yelling, 'Terrifying!!'
Natsu, who was on the verge of unconsciousness, didn't clearly hear what Chen Fan said. He just kept throwing up.
Looking at the gloomy weather, with occasional flashes of lightning streaking across the sky, Lucy tightened her grip on Happy's hand. "Even though we've reached this point, I'm still a little scared," she said in a trembling voice.
"You're the one who dragged other people into this, and now you have the nerve to complain," Gray said, a little displeased to hear Lucy's complaints.
Then he turned to Chen Fan, but Chen Fan just shrugged, spread his hands, and said, "Look, I have no choice either. It's not as if I insisted on coming."
Gray then turned to the boatman. "You too, why were you willing to sail again?"
"My name is BoBo. I was once a resident of Galuna Island. Later, I escaped from that cursed island. Disaster will also befall you if you go to that island, that's what it means." He held out his hand and continued, "Can you really lift this curse, the demon's curse?"
"Ah...! Sir, your hand!" Gray and the others were shocked and exclaimed.
"Don't worry, we have the best doctor in the world here. They can break any curse," Happy closed his eyes and waved his hands, saying with great confidence.
"That's right! Chen Fan is an expert in healing!" Gray and Lucy also reacted, looking at Chen Fan with starry eyes, as if the S-rank mission was already complete.
Seeing everyone's gaze on him, Chen Fan quickly shook his head. "No, I can't heal this. Curses and injuries are not the same concept, besides..."
BoBo quickly interrupted. "Yes, a curse is a curse. We have hired countless doctors, but no one has been able to cure it." His tone was a bit urgent.
"Ah, is that so?"
"Then what should we do?" Lucy said, confused.
Chen Fan, who hated being interrupted and knew BoBo had a hidden agenda, stared at him with a meaningful look.
Seeing Chen Fan's meaningful gaze, BoBo quickly looked away. Suddenly, BoBo shouted, "I see it! It's Galuna Island!" Everyone's gaze focused on the island in the distance.
Suddenly, Lucy pointed at Galuna Island. "What is that? The mountaintop is glowing!" She turned, stood up, and exclaimed in surprise. "Huh... where's the Old Man?!"
"Did he fall?" Gray quickly leaned over the side of the boat and looked down.
"He ran away when I wasn't aware," Happy chimed in.
Chen Fan pointed to the sky. "He escaped."
"Escaped?!" Gray, Lucy, and Happy exclaimed in shock. Chen Fan then pointed behind him, and they all turned to see a huge wave coming towards them.
"Ah, it's a huge wave!" Lucy screamed.
"Hold on tight!" Gray said. "Happy, make the boat fly!"
"I can't do it!"
With a "Bang!", the huge wave hit, sending Chen Fan and the others into the sea.