Chapter 608: Kira's Guild's Future Plan and Gildarts' Midlife Crisis
After a short break, the game continued.
"It seems that this assessment is just a battle mixed into the game."
Everyone continued to roll the dice and move forward, complaining about the game in their chat.
"The president probably thinks that mixing battles and games together won't be too boring... It's also quite a headache to figure out the assessment method every year."
Gildarts was very sympathetic to Makarov, probably because he was the one who had participated in the most S-rank assessments in the guild.
"So I say, isn't it easiest to just do it without thinking?" Kira took two steps forward, "If I were the president, I would definitely do this!"
"Hmm? Are you going to be the president? Then the guild will definitely become even more chaotic than it is now! Hahahaha..."
Gildarts laughed and subconsciously ignored Kira's statement that he wanted to be the president, as if it was a matter of course.
In fact, Gildarts had rejected the proposal to become the president several times, because he has always liked freedom, especially traveling . This time, because Makarov and others went to the Western Continent, he had to stay in Magnolia for several months and was already bored.
"But if you can become the president, maybe you can make the guild richer than it is now..."
This uncle who had not even shaved his beard clean seemed to have finally encountered the economic crisis that most middle-aged men have to face. He supported his chin with one hand and thought, his eyes moving as if he had seven or eight minds, and said words that were difficult for boys and girls like Natsu and Lucy to understand.
"In that case, people like me won't have to worry about retirement and other issues."
"As for retirement, if you just reduce your travel time by half, your current savings will be more than enough, right?"
Kira rolled his eyes at Gildarts. "As for the development of the guild, it has been developing very well over the years and has a solid foundation. After I take over, I will increase publicity, attract more talents, and then develop branch guilds to make them bigger and stronger. It would be best if we could build a branch guild in every major city in the Kingdom of Fiore."
"We can use some promotion mechanisms, reward mechanisms, and elimination mechanisms to motivate guild members to work harder. We can make a lot of money by slightly increasing the commission on work remuneration. Then we can expand the business, such as making magicians into stars, making their debuts, making movies, etc., and selling peripheral products or original stockings of famous magicians..."
"Wait a minute!! What's the last one?! Why are there weird things mixed in?! Are we still a magic guild?!"
"Of course! Isn't the so-called magic guild just a place where ordinary people issue tasks and wizards complete them?"
Kira's expression was serious, without any sign of joking, "I want to make Fairy Tail a place full of entertainment and laughter!"
Is your entertainment and laughter...serious?
"That's true, but it doesn't sound right when you say it!"
Gildarts said after a moment of silence.
He suddenly had a thought in his mind: "I can't watch the guild become like this in Kira's hands." Then this thought evolved into "Why don't I be the president? At least I can prevent the guild from becoming an illegal organization selling custom products." Then, "Although that would be quite attractive, forget it."
The next moment, Gildarts was shocked by his change of mind, and cold sweat broke out involuntarily: "I'm so scared. I just wanted to take over the guild. This idea is really terrible..."
A man who is free by nature will not be bound by a so-called guild!
"These two guys are going too far! They don't take me seriously anymore, do they? They even want to turn the guild into a vulgar, unbearable, obscene, ugly, disgusting place. It's a disgrace to the guild's reputation!"
Makarov listened to the unscrupulous conversation between the two and wondered if his decision to retire next year was too early...
Kira was still making his own plans seriously: "If that time really comes, the overall compensation for the guild's work should be considerable, right ? Make more money while you are young, and when I reach your age, I can declare retirement and enjoy a leisurely and worry-free retirement life!"
Don't you enjoy your life now? I think you are living a more comfortable life than Mr. Preshito? Also, you look like a conscienceless capitalist now! !
Gildarts complained in his heart, but on the surface he was still amazed at Kira's "lofty goal": "You kid... your goal is very ambitious!"
"Of course!"
Kira was full of confidence. After a pause, he turned to look at Gildarts and said, "So I'm telling you, Gildarts, you're old now and your daughter has grown up. Jobs that can make a lot of money should be left to young people like us. Don't come and grab them!"
Gildarts: "..."
Do you know how much work the guild has accumulated in the three months since you were away? It's not enough for you to do it alone, right? I don't see how hardworking you are normally!
Thinking of this, Gildarts couldn't help but sigh: "Ah~ Young people nowadays are really amazing! They are all young and strong, but they still want to compete with us older uncles for jobs. The so-called midlife crisis is so terrible!"
Kira would not fall for this kind of self-torture. He sneered and said, "Come on! A middle-aged uncle like you who has already made a lot of money should spend the whole day in the guild drinking and bragging with middle-aged men like Makao and Wakaba, and chatting about topics that middle-aged men are interested in!"
"For example, where is the new young girl in the town, how much has the price of the tavern increased, what stage the child's magic training has reached, whether the child has fallen in love after puberty, which barber should be found to design a hairstyle after hair loss, how to take care of the body when the kidneys are weak..."
“These are all worth talking about!”
"Shut up! I'm still young! I can still be wild !" Gildarts' face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
Admittedly, there were some good-sounding topics in the examples Kira mentioned, but the further they went, the more it felt like rubbing salt into the wounds of this old widower.
"You can't even beat the youngsters, but you're still thinking about showing off? Be careful or you'll fall into the hands of the youngsters in the guild again!"
The reason why I said "again" was because the first person who made him stumble was Kira himself.
"Are you talking about Laxus? He seems to have made a lot of progress recently... But it's too early for them to make me suffer!" Gildarts laughed, showing a rare confidence.
"Stop laughing! It's your turn!"
Gildarts threw a '5', and after Juvia took action, she happened to stand next to him. But since they were teammates, they didn't need to fight, they just needed to trigger the effect card.
[Choice: Designate two players who have not participated in the battle so far to fight. The loser is kicked out of the game and his teammates move forward one step; the winner moves back three steps. The game does not stop during the battle! ]
When Makarov read out this card, everyone couldn't help but admire Juvia's luck. Because no matter who Juvia designated to practice singing, their team would get the upper hand in the end!
"The only ones who haven't joined the battle yet are Kira, Ultear, Gildarts, and Juvia."
When choosing between four, Juvia naturally cannot choose herself or her teammates, so the two people who suffer in the end are naturally Kira and Ultear.
"Wait! The game doesn't stop during the battle, doesn't that mean we can't watch the battle?"
"Rather than watching the game, it would be more cost-effective for us to speed up the game and roll more points. It would be better to wait for them to come back, as we are already at our destination!"
"Idiot, this game isn't about whoever gets there first wins!"
"But there's a first-mover advantage, isn't there?"
