Arzak vs. Droy and Jet, Winner: Arzak
"Oh...! Arzak is pretty awesome. He defeated Droy and Jet," Chen Fan said.
"Bang!" Makarov hit his head. "It's this late, and you still have time to joke. I don't know what's wrong with your brain."
"What's wrong with that? It's actually a good thing to take this opportunity to let them fight, isn't it Natsu?"
"Yeah, if I have a chance, I'll fight Chen Fan first!" Natsu said loudly.
Chen Fan's eyes darkened. "Hmm... why not take this opportunity to fight?"
"Alright, let's go!" "Calm down, you two," Makarov hit Chen Fan and Natsu on the head.
Then he looked at Chen Fan. "Why, tell me."
"Actually, they are only fighting to make their opponents lose their fighting power, which means they are only knocked out, or run out of magic and can't fight anymore. This is not a matter of life or death. It's just another fighting arena, like a normal competition. The principle is the same," Chen Fan explained slowly.
Makarov, Natsu, and Happy looked at Chen Fan with questioning gazes, making Chen Fan uncomfortable. "Why are you looking at me?"
"How do you know this?" Makarov voiced the question in his mind, and Natsu and Happy nodded.
'Uh, oh no,' Chen Fan quickly explained. "Of course it's my magic. My magic, yeah, is magic."
"Oh..." Seeing that they believed him, Chen Fan wiped the sweat from his forehead. 'It turns out I'm still too innocent. Feeling guilty even when lying.'
"There's something I've wanted to ask for a long time. What magic do you master?" Natsu said.
"Didn't I tell you?" "You didn't!" "Really?" "Really!" "Oh, then no." "Bang!" Natsu fell down. Happy also fell from the air.
"But who will stop Laxus?" Makarov brought the topic back.
Suddenly, Gajeel's voice was heard. "Let me try."
"Gajeel, so you're here. What did you say? You're going to stop Laxus?" Natsu was surprised to see Gajeel.
"That guy still owes me. Okay, leave it to me," Gajeel walked toward the door arrogantly. Seeing Gajeel, Chen Fan silently covered his head.
"Bang!" Gajeel hit the transparent wall.
"Oh... Is your heart dirty too?" Natsu mocked Gajeel.
"How is that possible!" "Then why can't you get out? There must be something on your mind." "Wanna fight?" "So what if I do?"
While Gajeel and Natsu were arguing, many new changes appeared in the text. It was almost time. Chen Fan walked to the stone statues. His actions surprised Natsu, Makarov, and Gajeel. They didn't know what Chen Fan was going to do.
Suddenly, Chen Fan reached out to Erza, with a lewd smile. "Ah..., Chen Fan, you're too shameless, you won't even let go of a stone statue!" Natsu yelled.
"Nonsense! I'm saving Erza, you know? How could a holy person like me do such a thing?" Chen Fan turned and yelled at Natsu. But this time, it was not only Natsu, but also Happy, Makarov, and Gajeel who turned their heads away, rejecting Chen Fan's words.
Chen Fan ignored them and continued to reach out his hand. "Crack..." A crack appeared on the statue of Erza. "Bang!" Erza returned to her original form. Chen Fan's dirty hand happened to touch her chest and pinch it.
Erza's face turned red. "You pervert, get your hands off me now!"
"Bang...!" Erza punched Chen Fan in the face. Chen Fan flew out with a joyful sound, then hit the transparent wall with a "Boom...!"
"What happened?" Makarov asked Erza.
"I don't know either, maybe it's because of this right eye," Erza touched her right eye.
"I see, because that right eye is fake, the magic's effect is halved," Makarov said, suddenly understanding.
At that moment, Chen Fan's voice interrupted, "I knew this was the reason..." Before he finished speaking, Erza cut him off.
"Shut up! You pervert with a dirty mind!" "Bang...!" Erza's words actually hit Chen Fan, as if they had physical power. Erza continued, "Even though I was a statue, I could still hear the voices outside." After that, she ignored Chen Fan, said a few words to Makarov, and planned to leave.
As she walked to the door, the words in the air suddenly changed, and the number of participants increased by two.
Natsu asked confused, "If one is Erza, then who's the other one?"
"It's Jellal. He said he'll be back soon," Chen Fan finally came to his senses. 'It seems I misremembered his name. But whatever, who cares,' he thought, referring to a consciousness from another universe like Akame ga Kill.
"Then why didn't you say so sooner?! Ah!!!" Several people yelled loudly. Only Gajeel was a little confused, not knowing who Chen Fan was talking about.
Erza said to Makarov, "Then I'll be going, President." Before leaving, she gave Chen Fan a hateful glance.
Seeing that Erza also went to fight, "Bang..." Natsu punched the transparent wall. "Damn it! Why can't I participate in the Strongest Deciding Tournament?!"
"You actually believed what Chen Fan said!" Makarov and Happy were too tired to complain.
Natsu suddenly turned around, touched his chin, and thought. "Come to think of it, since Erza could hear us, others could hear us too."
"Eh, oh... NO..." Chen Fan didn't react at first. When he finally came to his senses, he covered his face, yelling in fear.
After a while, Mira and the others also recovered. Of course, unlike Erza, they didn't hear anything. Makarov gave a brief explanation. As for the others who wanted to badmouth Chen Fan to Mira, they were threatened by Chen Fan's glare.
Suddenly, a group of red characters condensed in the air, forming a huge skull. Its mouth opened and closed, looking weird and unusual.
Laxus's voice came out from there, "Can you hear me, Old Man? And my friends in the guild, since one rule has been eliminated, we must add a new one. In order to keep the Fairy War going, I will activate the Shining Palace. There is still one hour and ten minutes left. Can you defeat us? Hahaha..." The words gradually disappeared.
"What are you thinking? Do you want to involve those innocent people?" Makarov yelled into the air.
"Pat...!" Chen Fan placed his hand on Makarov's shoulder. Makarov turned in shock.
"Come on, President, leave everything to me. You just wait here. I'll bring Laxus back. Huh... I'm getting lazy again," Chen Fan stretched and walked to the door.
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