While Tartaros was becoming active, things at Fairy Tail were as usual.
Looking around, the guild hall was bustling and lively.
"There's a request here from old man Yajima. His shop is short-staffed!"
"Is anyone willing to help?"
Mirajane held a request form and spoke to everyone.
"Me!"
"I'll go!"
"Old man Yajima helped our guild a lot back when he was in the Magic Council. I'll go!"
Hearing Mirajane, members like Freed and Evergreen all volunteered.
However, at that moment, Kenichi stood up and said to Mirajane: "Leave it to me."
"Huh?!"
Hearing Kenichi, Mirajane said in surprise: "Weren't you planning to rest for a few days?"
Since the Grand Magic Games, Kenichi, Erza, Mirajane, Wendy, and the others had taken on many requests.
Kenichi had indeed said he planned to rest for a few days.
But upon hearing the client was Yajima, Kenichi changed his mind.
Because he knew that the Nine Demon Gates of Tartaros would target Yajima.
Kenichi didn't answer Mirajane's question.
But after seeing Kenichi's expression, Mirajane understood something and then said: "Then I'll go with you. I'm quite good at cooking!"
Kenichi smiled and nodded, then he turned to look at Erza and Wendy.
Before Kenichi could speak, Erza stood up: "Wendy and I have helped at old man Yajima's place before."
Without further words, Kenichi, Erza, Mirajane, Wendy, and the others headed towards the guild entrance.
But just as they reached the door, Wakaba rushed over frantically, holding a newspaper.
"Big news, big news…"
"Wakaba, what happened?"
Erza stopped Wakaba and asked.
"The Magic Council is in trouble!"
After responding to Erza, Wakaba handed the newspaper he was holding to her.
Erza took the newspaper and glanced at it.
Soon, her expression turned very grim.
"All nine members of the Magic Council have been killed! The total casualties at the Council reach 119!"
"That means almost everyone at the Council is…"
Hearing Erza, a complex expression also appeared on Mirajane's beautiful face.
Although her impression of the Magic Council wasn't great, after all, Fairy Tail was often targeted by the Council, now, seeing the Council almost completely wiped out, Mirajane was naturally somewhat affected.
Wendy asked: "Who would do such a thing?"
Erza looked at Wendy and said: "The dark guild, Tartaros."
"The Tartaros that, along with Oracion Seis and Grimoire Heart, forms the Balam Alliance?"
"Right!"
As they spoke, Kenichi, Erza, and the others had already boarded the magic airship and were heading towards Yajima's location.
Throughout the journey, Wendy and Erza discussed the matter of Tartaros.
Perhaps in Erza and Wendy's view, Tartaros attacked the Magic Council simply for revenge.
After all, Tartaros is a dark guild.
And the Magic Council is the organization that sanctions dark guilds.
But what Erza and Wendy didn't know was that Tartaros targeted and killed the Council members entirely for the sake of the white legacy, Face.
To activate Face and erase all magic from the continent, Tartaros did not hesitate to kill all Council members who knew about Face.
This naturally included retired former Council members.
Yajima happened to be a former Council member.
In the original work, to assassinate Yajima, Tartaros sent Tempester of the Nine Demon Gates.
Although Tempester's assassination mission was stopped by Laxus, Laxus was infected by the Magical Barrier Particles released by Tempester, consequently developing Magic Deficiency Disease.
However, for Kenichi to deal with the Nine Demon Gates would be quite simple.
He just needed to Doll Attack to easily control the demons of the Nine Demon Gates.
And this was precisely the reason Kenichi was going to Yajima's restaurant.
'I wonder which of the Nine Demon Gates Tartaros will send this time.'
Thinking about the nine members within the Nine Demon Gates, Kenichi pondered to himself.