Chapter 31: There's a surprise around the corner
The speed of the flying carpet was still impressive. In just a few hours, the group arrived at Ghost Lotus City from Magnolia.
Ghost Lotus City is obviously not as prosperous as Magnolia. After all, there are neither powerful magic guilds nor famous tourist attractions here.
"So, where should we investigate?"
After getting off the flying carpet, the few people walked aimlessly on the street. It was not easy to investigate the location of the Iron Forest. Dark guilds were places where thugs and criminals gathered, not well-known tourist attractions, so their locations were very secret and could not be easily found.
"The book says that the best places to get information are bars and..."
At this point, Kira suddenly stopped talking as if he had thought of something, "Let's go to the bar where Erza met them before."
Erza beside her nodded, "I think so too. How about this, Gray and I will go to the bar we were in before, and the four of you, Kira, Natsu, Happy, and Lucy, go find out relevant information in the town and meet here in two hours."
"I see."
Although he promised well, after watching Erza and Gray leave, Kira began to deceive the ignorant girl: "Let's act separately, it will be more efficient this way."
In such an unfamiliar place, facing an entire dark guild, Lucy felt a little uneasy: "Huh? Are we going to split up?"
"Yes, Natsu and Happy aren't very smart, so I'll have to rely on you to lead them. I'll act alone. Bye!"
After saying that, Kira turned and left without waiting for their objections, leaving behind the somewhat skeptical and confused Lucy, the silly Happy, and the hot-blooded Natsu.
Kira is not being lazy for personal reasons, he just wants to give Natsu and Lucy some time alone. He was also a staunch supporter of Natsu and Lucy back then!
"There are still two hours left. What should I do now? Let's find a place to sit and eat something... Wait, what is that?"
Kira was talking to himself as he walked on the road, thinking about how to spend the two hours of afternoon tea time. However, at this moment, he discovered something good out of the corner of his eye.
"Could that be the legendary..."
I looked around cautiously. Fortunately, no one noticed me.
Humming an unknown tune, he slowly approached the target pretending to be nonchalant, then quickly squatted down and pretended to tie his shoelaces. When he stood up, he picked up the small white card at his feet.
Kira covered the holy light faintly emanating from the small card with his hand and opened his eyes wide in disbelief. He saw a very tempting picture printed on the card, as well as some heart-moving small words.
Sure enough, it was that kind of thing! I didn't expect that I would come across this by chance, and I also happened to have enough time. This is simply God's will!
Kira showed a mysterious smile on his face...
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Two hours later, at the food court.
"It's so cool to have 50% off for the whole street!" Kira put his left hand on his waist, gently touched his stomach with his right hand, and savored the delicious food he had just eaten. "Ah, it's such a pleasant afternoon! It's almost time to meet up with them."
As soon as he turned the corner, Kira bumped into someone.
A person's life is often full of surprises and accidents. Although he was caught off guard by the collision with the newcomer, who is Kira? The experienced magician only took a slight side step and immediately stood firm.
But the man opposite was not so lucky. He was hit directly by Kira, and even the things in his hands fell to the ground.
"Bang! Gurgle gurgle..."
It sounds like it's made of wood! And it's in a long strip!
Of course, the shape wasn't something he heard, but the thing fell out of the bag and rolled to Kira's feet.
Kira subconsciously looked down and saw a wooden flute with three skulls on it lying on the ground.
Wow, this familiar description, this special feeling, could this be Alibaba... No, could this be the legendary Magic Flute... Lalabai?
This is probably what they mean when they say life is full of surprises, right?
Just a quarter of a second later, Kira lay on the ground, and the wide platinum magic robe behind him covered the Larabai on the ground, briefly blocking Kageyama's sight, and then...
The magic of words is activated, the text is shaped, and the pillars are replaced!
When Kageyama got up, he found that Larabai had fallen out and seemed a little panicked. This was an important thing, and he would be in trouble if something went wrong.
But after he looked up and looked at Kira opposite him for two seconds, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"I didn't sense any magic power. He was just an ordinary, handsome man. That's right. Our plan was so secretive, how could it be discovered? There is no such a coincidence in the world. I lost my composure."
After a quick self-consolation, Kageyama calmed down, stood up, dusted himself off, took two steps forward to pick up the Larabai on the ground, and stuffed it back into the bag naturally. Then, Kira, who was still on the ground, asked, "Are you okay?"
To be honest, this Kageyama looks quite polite, especially with that standard fake smile. If Kira didn't know that he was a bad person, he would almost believe it!
Sure enough, this style of saying one thing on the surface and thinking another is something that an honest and straightforward person like me cannot learn!
Kira took the hand that Kageyama offered, used the force to stand up, and politely replied, "I'm fine, I'm so sorry!"
Kageyama didn't expect the person in front of him to apologize first, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. In the past, when he encountered such a thing, the other party would just scold him directly, so he also practiced a fake smile.
This guy is handsome and dressed so richly, I thought he was a playboy, but I didn't expect him to be so polite!
After reacting, Kageyama smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay..."
After a brief stay, the two passed each other and left.
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The streets were still bustling with people. Kira arrived late, and at this time, Erza and the others had just returned .
"How's it going, Kira? Did you get any information?"
Kira's face was full of seriousness, and he shook his head silently: "Unfortunately, I didn't ask...hiccup...about the news of the Iron Forest. How about you?"
Erza said: "Although we didn't find out the location of the Iron Forest, we did find out another piece of news. It seems that a group of magicians have gathered in Kunuki."
"Kunuki...I remember that was the station before Clover?"
Clover City is where the presidents of several magic guilds hold their regular meetings.
"There is only one way to get to Shamrock, and that is by train. If we control the station in Kunuki, we can ensure that no one can get to Shamrock."
Erza gave Kira a meaningful look and said, "It seems that it is just as you said. Their target is the presidents who are holding regular meetings."
Natsu, who was the most impulsive, immediately couldn't stand it anymore: "Then what are we waiting for? Go save the president and the others immediately!"
"Don't be impulsive, Natsu!" Kira held down Natsu's restless shoulders. "The president is not someone you need to worry about, and didn't we ask Mira to inform the president before we set off? They should have received the news by now."
"All we have to do now is to deal with the magicians from the Iron Forest who are entrenched at Kunuki Station."
"Oh! I'm on fire! Happy, let's go!"
"Hey hey!"
"Natsu! Wait..."
Before the three could hold him back, Natsu flew away from Happy's claws, and the man and the cat moved at full speed towards Kunuki.
"Why doesn't this guy listen to everything he says?!"
"Isn't this great? With Natsu leading the way, we can relax a little... Let's take the train."
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"What are you talking about, Kira? The enemy has Larabai in his hands. It's too dangerous for Natsu to be alone. We should..." Erza suddenly became speechless, staring at the wooden flute that Kira took out.
"You just said, the enemy...what does it have?"
