Chen Fan and the others also greeted him. "Long time no see, Max."
Max awkwardly scratched his face. "I was ordered by the Guild Master to undergo business training."
Lucy, who appeared out of nowhere, said, "Max Alors? The one featured in the Weekly Sorcerer Magazine?"
"Please take care of me again. I heard about it, Lucy."
"I can't imagine, nor do I want to know what you heard," Lucy instantly deflated.
"Yo, Max, what kind of stuff do you have?" Chen Fan said.
"Hehe, T-shirts and bracelets, teacups and towels, and the best-seller is..."
"Lucy action figures!" Happy said, holding a small figure of Lucy. "Don't just make things like that!" Lucy grumbled.
"Of course, you can take her clothes off." As soon as Max finished speaking, the clothes on the Lucy figure fell, leaving only her bra and panties. "Ah!" Lucy screamed.
Chen Fan, watching from the side, was intrigued. He snatched the Lucy figure from Happy's hand. "Oh... this is good. How much is it?"
"Are you seriously going to buy it?" Lucy grumbled.
"100 J."
"That's too expensive," Chen Fan said. "Are there any other special ones?"
"Yes, Mira and Erza figures." Max took out his precious collection.
"Whoa..." Chen Fan reached out again and snatched them. "How much?"
"100,000 J."
"Oh, so cheap! I'll take it!" Chen Fan yelled, then kissed the Erza and Mira figures, making Erza's eyebrow twitch. "Thanks for the patronage! This one's a gift," Max said, holding up the Lucy figure.
"Is the difference that big?" Lucy was too tired to complain.
"Alright, stop messing around, let's go in quickly," Erza's authoritative voice was heard. Chen Fan put the Erza, Mira, and Lucy figures into his pocket, then followed Erza and the others.
"It's beautiful!" Lucy and Happy exclaimed, looking at the new guild hall.
Erza also nodded. "Hmm, it's very good." Gray also nodded. Suddenly, he saw Natsu, who was usually loud, was quiet. "What's wrong, Natsu?"
"It's just not like it used to be," Natsu muttered, burying his head in his scarf.
"Everyone, welcome back!" Levy yelled to Chen Fan and the others.
"Whoa..." Chen Fan appeared in front of Levy, wrapping his arm around her shoulder. "Yo, my little Levy, did you miss me?"
"Of course, big brother!" Levy said with a smile.
"Oh, that 'big brother' just broke my heart," Chen Fan said with a pained expression, covering his chest. But Erza immediately shoved him aside.
Levy said to Lucy, "Isn't it great? There's a swimming pool in the bar!"
"Why a swimming pool?" Lucy grumbled.
Natsu was still in the same state. "It's just not like it used to be."
"And there's a theme park underground!"
"They're going overboard, aren't they?"
"It's just not like it used to be."
"Also, the biggest change is the second floor. Now anyone can go up!"
"Yo, Boss Chen Fan, I'm on the second floor too! Whoa, I finally made it to the second floor! I'm so touched!" Elfman greeted Chen Fan, then began to cry. Chen Fan quickly turned his head away, pretending not to know him.
"Of course, S-class quests require S-class mages to accompany you," Levy continued.
Suddenly, Makarov's voice was heard. "You're back, you brats!" He turned and saw someone standing next to Makarov.
Makarov continued, "This is our guild's new member, Juvia. Isn't she cute?"
"Nice to meet you," Juvia said.
Gray looked at Juvia. "You really came."
"Thank you for your help at Akane."
"Thank you for everything, Juvia will do her best."
"Please guide me," Lucy said to Juvia with a smile.
"When it comes to love, I will never give up," Juvia said, looking at Lucy with a vengeful glare, making Lucy sweat. "I told you it was a misunderstanding!"
"And now, allow me to introduce you to another new member. Hey, aren't you going to say hello?" Makarov continued.
"Another one?" Chen Fan and the others turned around. Chen Fan yawned, while Natsu and the others took a defensive stance.
"Gajeel!" several people yelled in unison.
"Gajeel, why are you here?" Gray yelled.
Seeing the atmosphere was wrong, Juvia quickly ran to Natsu and Gray. "Wait a moment, Juvia will introduce him."
"Juvia is an exception, but this guy is the culprit who destroyed the guild," Erza also said, staring at Gajeel seriously.
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