### Chapter 6: Getting Competitive
The crowd was startled once again by these words.
"A One-Tail Demon Fox has such destructive power; just how strong would the Nine-Tails Demon Fox be?!"
"He really is a monster!!"
**Shun** smiled and said nothing.
Of course, he knew how powerful the Nine-Tails Demon Fox was—it had the power to destroy the world.
The Nine-Tails' only weakness was that, being split from the Ten-Tails, it was countered by Wood Release and the Sharingan.
If not for being countered by Wood Release and the Sharingan, the Nine-Tails' own strength wouldn't be weaker than the First Hokage or **Uchiha Madara**. After all, the title of "Infinite Chakra" was no joke.
"**Shun**! You won this time, but don't get complacent. Next time, I will definitely defeat you! Just you wait!"
"I'll be waiting anytime!" **Shun** was also in high spirits at this moment. Although he had only defeated a young girl, she was also the first Mage he had defeated.
**Mirajane** made a fierce face at **Shun**. She lost this time, but next time she would definitely win it back.
**Natsu** asked curiously, "**Shun**, how did you become so amazing? Can you teach me? I want to beat **Mirajane** and **Erza** too."
**Shun** put on a pretentious air and said, "Have you ever seen the sun at 4 AM in Magnolia?"
He wasn't talking nonsense. Since awakening the system, he had been exercising at 4 AM almost every day, then going to work at the guild after finishing his workout.
As for why it was 4 AM, it was simply because he had to work and didn't have time to exercise otherwise.
"So... so amazing! No! In order to thoroughly defeat **Gray**, and then surpass **Mirajane** and **Erza**, I must train hard too!!"
The simple-minded **Natsu** immediately believed him.
**Gray** rolled his eyes. *That idiot actually believed it. Isn't **Shun**'s previous level clear to everyone? Being able to possess such strength is obviously because the Nine-Tails Demon Fox he took over is too powerful, okay?*
*But if **Natsu** really becomes that diligent, it could be dangerous. If I get beaten by **Natsu**, I'll lose face big time.*
He secretly made up his mind that he also had to train hard and absolutely could not lose to **Natsu**.
"The sun at 4 AM in Magnolia?"
**Erza** muttered to herself. When she was a slave in the Tower of Heaven, she often saw the sun at 4 AM.
But after coming to Fairy Tail, it had been a long time since she had seen 4 AM.
"Alright! I must train even harder too!"
**Erza** made up her mind. **Erza** was very competitive, which was why she often vied with **Mirajane** for the title of the guild's strongest.
**Mirajane**'s strength wasn't bad, but **Shun**'s strength was completely above hers, which gave **Erza** a severe sense of crisis.
**Shun** didn't know that because of his one sentence, these future protagonists in the guild all started getting competitive.
Back at the guild, **Shun** registered as a Fairy Tail Mage.
The red Fairy Tail Guild emblem was stamped on **Shun**'s chest. **Shun** had formally become a member of the Fairy Tail Guild.
"I've finally become a Fairy Tail Mage..."
**Shun** clenched his fists in excitement. Although he was in the Fairy Tail Guild before, he was ultimately just an ordinary part-time worker, somewhat out of place with the Mages.
Now, he was one of them too.
**Makarov** also felt gratified in his heart. If **Shun** hadn't awakened his Magic Origin, it would have been too cruel for this child who yearned for magic.
Soon, **Shun** was called over by **Natsu** and a few others. All the children sat at one table, raising their juice glasses.
"**Shun**, congratulations on joining Fairy Tail!!"
Although **Mirajane** was sulking because she lost to **Shun**, she also congratulated **Shun** on becoming a member of the Fairy Tail Guild.
"Thank you, everyone."
Seeing everyone's actions, **Shun**'s heart felt warm. It had been a long time since he felt the warmth of having family. From now on, everyone in Fairy Tail was **Shun**'s family.
To protect his family well, he would continue to work hard to become stronger.
As long as he was around, he wouldn't allow anyone to hurt his family.
***
The next morning at 4 AM, **Shun** habitually got up to do his quests. The daily quests announced by the system hadn't changed.
Every day: 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and a 10km run .
When **Shun** went outside, he saw two familiar figures there.
"Hey! Morning! **Shun**, you're out exercising too!"
**Gray**, shirtless, greeted **Shun**, pretending it was a coincidence.
**Natsu**, being straightforward, said, "**Shun**! I want to learn how you exercise! After learning it, I can become stronger. I'm going to take down **Gray** and defeat **Mirajane** and **Erza**!"
**Shun** didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He was just showing off a bit; they actually believed it.
"I'm just doing simple physical exercises. There's no secret at all."
*I'm awesome not because my exercise is so effective, but because I have a 'cheat'.*
"I don't believe it! I want to see for myself!"
**Natsu** shook his head.
"Then follow along."
**Shun** finished speaking and started running. **Natsu** and **Gray** followed behind, both looking at each other with dislike.
"Why are you following me?"
"Who's following you? Does this road belong to your family?"
"You wanna fight?"
"Come on, who's afraid of whom!"
**Natsu** and **Gray** pulled at each other's clothes, ready to fight.
Then **Gray** realized something was wrong: "Ah! **Shun** is about to disappear!"
In just the blink of an eye, **Shun**'s figure was reduced to a small dot.
**Natsu** hurriedly let go, no longer caring about fighting with **Gray**. If he kept fighting **Gray**, **Shun** would be gone.
"Quick, chase him!!"