Chapter 244 Some People Ask to Become Vice President
Urutia, who was already familiar with Kira's personality, ignored the conversation and just looked at a big tree beside him thoughtfully. He reached out and stroked it, saying softly, "But what Eric said does make sense! No matter how nutritious the land is, the trees must be tall and short. It is almost impossible for all the trees to be the same height as far as the naked eye can see!"
She is the user of the Arc of Time, and her sense of time is far beyond that of ordinary people.
Gerard nodded silently and said, "Indeed! And, ever since I entered here, I've always felt like I was being watched!"
Kira turned his head sharply and said, "You haven't done too many bad things, so you've become suspicious, right?"
“…”
Jellal pretended not to hear Kira's complaint, shook his head and replied, "Probably not!"
Before he could say a word, Kira suddenly punched a nearby tree.
boom!
The fist wind exploded, blasting the tree through, leaving two holes as big as heads, one in front and one behind, with smoke and dust billowing, wood chips flying everywhere, and bark scattered everywhere.
At the same time, an object flew out of the tree, drawing a beautiful parabola in the air.
Snap!
The object fell heavily to the ground, making only a few sharp and piercing buzzing sounds before it completely died down and there was no more movement.
Kira moved his right hand again, and the invisible gravitational field was immediately released, sucking objects on the ground into his hand.
Everyone was initially startled by Kira's sudden move, but the subsequent changes made them even more confused. Knowing that something was wrong, they all came over to look at what Kira had taken out of the tree.
“What…is this?!”
I saw a fist-sized metal ball lying quietly in Kira's hand!
"What's this?"
"It looks like a mechanical creation..."
"There is something strange here!"
"Kira, how find out?"
Several people talked to each other, expressing their doubts, but it was not important. What was important was that the way they looked at Kira had changed.
The last second, they thought Kira was a psychopath with brain problems, but the next moment, they found that their new boss was actually quite powerful!
After all, no one here except him discovered what was hidden in the tree.
Kira was secretly happy that he had shown off his prowess in front of his people, but his face was calm: "Calm down! These are just basic operations! I, your boss, am very capable!"
Then he looked at the white metal ball in his hand. The material was unknown, but it was hard and its function was unknown.
After thinking for two seconds, Kira turned back to Jellal and said, "The feeling of being watched that you just mentioned should come from this."
"There is about one such metal ball for every ten trees here, and they can perfectly blend in with the trees they are on, moving freely inside without damaging the trees. This is the first time I've seen such a strange metal material!"
Gerard understood what he said. "It seems that the people hiding here buried these metal balls in the trees to monitor the actions of intruders."
Urrutia smiled and said, "So, our presence has been discovered?"
"If nothing unexpected happens, yes!"
"What should we do?" Sorono looked at Kira and asked, "Now the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light, should we still take action?"
Kira looked at her in confusion. "Take action? Take what action?"
“…”
"We are just an ordinary adventure team!"
Kira lied calmly, "This time I heard that this place is very dangerous and mysterious. Even the Council of Ministers dare not go deep into it. So I came here to take the risk. I also brought the video magic crystal to record it."
As he said this, he took out the magic crystal and put it around his neck, looking like an adventurer. Kira was very familiar with this process. He did this before joining Fairy Tail.
"As the leader of the adventuring team, it's normal for me to know some magic, right?"
Several people were stunned for a moment, only Urrutia quickly reacted: "I am the vice-captain of the adventurer team."
Gerard calmly replied, "I am the team's advisor."
Now everyone else finally understood that what was important was not the adventure team, but the current position in the adventure team, which would be their future position in the new organization!
The key is that they can still make their own decision now, otherwise they will miss this opportunity forever!
Thinking of this, several people looked at Urrutia and thought to themselves: "Good fellow, we joined together, but this woman wants to be the future vice president right away? Why doesn't she become the president's wife?"
Several people's minds raced, and they made up their minds to arrange a position for themselves, such as "Chief of Intelligence", "Image Spokesperson", "Finance Director", etc.
"Then I'll do it..."
Yet, how could someone allow them to cut corners?
Noticing the strange looks on their faces, Kira interrupted them directly: "You are all ordinary members of the team! Whether you can be promoted to senior members depends on your performance in this operation!"
It’s not easy to take advantage of the opportunity to get promoted!
Everyone felt sorry: "Damn it! We are still a step late..."
They all decided to read through the "masterpiece" that Kira mentioned yesterday when they returned, so as to gain a deeper understanding of the thoughts of this new boss.
If Kira knew what Eric was thinking, she would be very happy, especially after Eric read the book "I Want to Hear Your Voice" he wrote.
At this moment, Kira discovered that the temperature of the metal ball in his hand was rising rapidly. At the same time, a very bad sense of crisis surged in his heart.
? ? !!
Kira reacted immediately, turned around, and under everyone's surprised gaze, threw the metal ball hard into the distance.
Whoosh——bang!
With a slight sound, the metal ball fell to the ground and rolled several times on the ground. After a few seconds...
boom!!!
The metal ball produced a violent explosion, and the wind pressure was so strong that it blew away the grass, hair, and cloak.
After the explosion, the air currents gradually subsided. Kira looked up and saw only a one-meter-square scorched earth. Apart from that, there was not even a piece of metal scraps the size of a fingernail.
Kira exhaled, "That's good. I originally wanted to study this metal ball, but now I'm just studying a ball."
"What's going on? Even if we are under their surveillance now, can they still control these metal balls from a distance?"
Gerard shook his head and said, "Probably not! I guess this is just a timer function on the metal ball. Once it leaves the tree for a certain period of time, it will turn into a bomb."
At this time, Kira laughed again and said, "To be able to create such a magic item, it seems that there is a very good forging master on the other side!"
Before this, he had never seen a prop master who could compare with himself. Such a talent must be recruited to work for him!
Now that the clue is gone, Kira can only move on with a few people.
This time, his target was the water source. Maybe people hiding in the dark could go without food, but they couldn’t go without water, right?
Kira released his perception and let the magic power spread around. Every blade of grass and every tree within a radius of hundreds of meters immediately appeared in his mind. Dense and weak magic balls appeared in the perception range. He knew that they were metal balls buried in the trees.
According to the information currently known, these metal balls have two functions. One is to monitor the actions of intruders; the other is to interfere with the use of magic. This is why the sound Eric heard was disordered.
However, this interference is not strong, but more like an additional function. As long as there is enough magic power and the magic is stable enough, this interference can be ignored.
This situation is like Kira making a magic pen, and then unexpectedly discovering that the pen can actually write novels by itself.
Half an hour later, a lake appeared in front of everyone.
Magical means of transportation were not useful in places like this, so they all walked. The others were fine, but Sorono was already complaining of sore legs.
"I say, are all of you Star Spirit Mages so weak in physical fitness?"
"Stop talking so much! I'm a girl!"
"So what? Urrutia is the same!"
"Humph! She..."
"I think you'd better look back before you say the next words."
Sorono turned around and found Ultear staring at her with an unfriendly look: "What's wrong with me?"
"Nothing...Nothing...You're awesome!"
Since some people in the team couldn't walk, and they happened to have arrived at such a place, Kira waved his hand and announced that they should rest on the spot, thinking "since we're here, we can't just leave it there even if we can't find the research institute, so we might as well treat it as a trip."
If the sun wasn't shining brightly, Kira would even want them to set up a tent, build a fire, and camp on the spot.
Of course, the distribution method of "boys set up tents and girls cook" is out of the question. Ultia is fine, but the food cooked by Sono is not as good as the takeout from the Celestial Realm.
What's more, she doesn't have the key now!
