Chapter 172: The old one cheats, the young one plays badly
In the guild, Kira was so surprised when he heard what Markrov said that his mouth almost dropped. He didn't expect the old man to have this trick: "And... Laxus just agreed to it?"
"Of course!" Markov took a sip of wine. "In order to show off in front of you, he will go even if he knows it's a trick. I can't stop him."
What is manipulation? What is lobbying? Is this the eloquence of this old… old orator, the president?
"Great! Too great!" Kira gave a thumbs up and praised repeatedly, "I used to think that you, the president, could only say high-sounding words, but I didn't expect that you could also use dirty tricks so easily..."
Markov was a little unhappy: "What are you talking about? I've just lived longer, read more books, and met more people!"
“Yes, yes, yes…”
Kira hurriedly smiled and poured wine for the old man. He didn't dare to refute. This was someone who could really threaten him, the "strongest actor in Fairy Tail". He had to be respectful, otherwise he would be tricked in the future without knowing it.
"So what is this dark guild..."
"It's one of the Iron Triangle of the Balam Alliance, the Six Demon Generals!"
really!
Kira was not surprised at all. He remembered that the Six Demons Arc took place after the Civil War Arc. If he thought about it carefully, it was around this time.
"The six demon generals are not simple in strength. I remember that they said in the previous meeting that several guilds should form an alliance to fight against them, right?"
Markrov remained calm and said, "Yes, before we formally attack, we must first gather the necessary intelligence. In addition, the Six Demon Generals also have many subordinate guilds. Although they don't have any powerful characters, they are numerous and will be very troublesome if we ignore them."
"So Laxus's mission is to deal with these guilds?"
This was the only possibility Kira could think of. After all, Laxus could not be expected to do the intelligence gathering work. Among the several guilds that made up the alliance, there was a more suitable person to do this kind of thing, and that was Aoki's Hibiki. He was a professional at this.
"That's right! With Laxus's skills, it's more than enough to deal with those subordinate guilds. Even if we meet the Six Demon Generals, it won't be a problem for us to escape."
That's not wrong. The abilities of the six demons are not bugs. As long as Laxus performs normally, he can easily defeat them.
Listening to the noise coming from the guild in the distance, Kira said to Markrov, "Come to think of it, the alliance mentioned at that time also included the ruler of the Spectre. Now that the Spectre is gone, how about letting Gajeel and Juvia take over?"
Marklov was a little moved when he heard this. He thought for a moment and said, "We don't know where the six demon generals are yet. It's too early to decide who to send to join the alliance team, but we can make preparations first."
"My idea is that it's better to send a team with high mutual understanding and strong average strength. Laxus and the Thunder Gods are one choice; Erza, Natsu, Gray, and Lucy are another choice; and then there's you..."
As he spoke, Markov picked up his glass and began to drink. Kira sat opposite him and waited quietly for a long time, but he didn't say anything more.
"Me? What's next? Me and who? You know who it is!"
Why does this old man only speak half of his words? It wasn't like this before!
Until Kira looked at him uncomfortably, Markov said slowly , "To be honest, from what I've observed, you seem to be able to get along well with everyone, but you also seem to be unable to get along with anyone. So if it's you, you can choose any teammate you want. You can take anyone with you. Of course, you can go alone if you want."
Kira was like, "Oh my god, you think I'm a brick? You can move me wherever you need me."
"I think we should just send Erza's team..."
"If you don't want to, I won't force you." Markrov looked up at Kira, "Anyway, Laxus has already set out to defeat the subordinate forces of the Six Demons, and Erza and the others are available at any time. Don't wait until they defeat the Six Demon Generals and then blame me for not giving you a chance to shine."
Kira chuckled, "Okay, President, I'm not Laxus, this kind of provocation won't work on me."
Seeing that Kira was not hit, Markov thought to himself that it was a pity.
"Speaking of which, if you tell me this now, will it be okay if Laxus finds out later?"
"It's okay, I'm confident in your acting skills!" Markov said confidently.
This attitude made Kira a little unsure for a moment. He didn't know whether the old man really trusted him and thought that he would cooperate with him to favor Laxus, or he just wanted to add fuel to the fire and watch the show, and trick Laxus.
"He is so cunning and sly..."
Knowing that Laxus was not doing anything behind his back, Kira felt relieved and went downstairs again and returned to the crowd. As soon as he walked over, he saw Erza beating Natsu.
"Even if you make it to the quarterfinals, don't think you're that great. Remember that!"
At this moment, Erza was emitting a cold aura all over her body. Although she didn't hold a sword in her hand, she was full of sword intent. She grabbed Natsu's collar with both hands and shouted coldly.
Natsu's face was bruised and swollen, and he couldn't speak clearly. He just said weakly: "Remember... Remember! I'm sorry!"
"Hmph!" Erza walked back to the bar angrily and gulped down the juice.
Natsu was thrown to the ground, and next to him were Happy and Gajeel who had fainted.
The people around who saw this scene were all trembling and dared not speak. They just communicated with each other with their eyes: "It seems that she is very angry about losing the game today..."
At this moment, Erza suddenly turned around with murderous eyes. The people who had just communicated with their eyes immediately lowered their heads and pretended to drink.
"Is it an illusion?" Erza turned back and muttered to herself, "I felt like someone was looking at me with ill intentions just now..."
Feeling the murderous aura fade away, the few people took their faces out of the wine glasses, drank a sip of wine to calm their nerves, and said: "It was a close call, we were almost discovered..."
"That's right. If someone saw me, I'd probably be beaten half to death..."
"Hey, Erza turned around, why are you still looking down?"
"I just twisted my neck..."
“…”
Kira walked to the crowd and sat down. He glanced at Cana who was drinking hard from a barrel beside him and said, "I thought you would sleep until tomorrow. Why are you waking up now?"
Kana was still drunk as usual, except that she had a few useless bandages on her body: "What do you know? Alcohol is the best medicine!"
"You're right. This kind of injury will recover after a good night's sleep..."
Next to them, the half-drunk Gray and Rocky had another drink. On the table in front of them, there were more than a dozen wine barrels piled up in a mess. It seemed that they were planning to drink until dawn.
"Don't you have a competition tomorrow? Is it okay to drink like this?"
The two looked at each other and thought for two seconds before realizing: "Competition? Yes, we still have a competition tomorrow!"
"But there's a high chance that I won't win... Just do your best in this kind of thing. Drink!"
In tomorrow's semi-finals, Gray's opponent is Kira, and Rocky's opponent is Mira. It looks like the two are planning to just give up.
This attitude made Kira feel powerless, like hitting cotton.
No! As a representative of the younger generation of the guild, I cannot watch my companions fall into such a decadent lifestyle! Nor can I allow them to say such unmotivated words!
"You two, wake up! Don't be so pessimistic. Don't let alcohol corrupt your morale . Maybe if you work hard, you still have a chance."
Kira snatched the wine glasses from the two men's hands, held their shoulders and shook them back and forth, and took the opportunity to slap them on the face dozens of times with his hands. He wished he had two more hands!
Well, it feels good to get slapped in the face...
Unfortunately, even after all this, the two of them still didn't react, and instead showed signs of falling asleep.
"Forget it, there's no hope, just wait to die!"
Kira felt a little bored, so he just tossed the two of them aside and started drinking with Cana...
Three minutes later...
"Kira, is it okay for you to drink like this? Don't we have a game tomorrow?"
Seeing the worry on Kana's face, Kira said nonchalantly with drunken eyes: "Competition? What competition? My opponent has already fallen, so what am I afraid of? Drink!"
Kana: “…”
