Starting with Hyuga, traversing countless heavens

"Practice makes perfect. Thank you, Zhenwu."

"You're welcome. This is a gift for my other self. Please pass it on."

Hinata Hoshino took the emerald green jade staff. "You have a lot of these?"

"A thousand or eight hundred, not many."

"Is the other you more interesting, or less interesting, compared to the you in front of you?"

"It's more interesting, and they're much bolder than me."

"Because you can't bear to give up the position of True Martial Emperor?"

"Yes, but he didn't have any regrets."

Hinata Hoshino returned to the Fairy Tail world, lay down, and the roof above her head slowly opened, revealing an endless starry sky hanging before her eyes.

He glanced at the jade staff in his hand, then fell silent. The Way of Heaven, the Way of Man? Whatever, whatever he chose, that was that.

On a dark and windy night, a time when many things happen, seeing that no one was around, Harpy darted into the second floor of the guild, picked up a quest sheet, and left.

Laxus opened his eyes and watched Harpy leave, unmoved.

"Happy, well done!"

Natsu, beaming with excitement, held up the mission sheet. "With this, I can complete an S-rank mission! I can finally show them what I, Natsu, am made of! Oh ho ho, I'm fired up!"

Hyuga Hoshino looked at the anxious Natsu and wondered how he managed to succeed in such a self-destructive infiltration.

"Lucy! Knock knock knock!"

Natsu looked at the charm on Lucy's apartment window, stopped climbing out the window, and started knocking on the door.

Hinata Hoshino had already begun to imagine the scene of Su Shi calling out to Zhang Huaimin.

"Is Huaimin asleep? My brother is already the prime minister! Is Huaimin asleep? My brother sent me money!..."

"Natsu!"

His voice was filled with anger, but Natsu seemed oblivious, holding up the task list in his hand. "Look at this!"

Lucy's raised fist froze in mid-air. After carefully examining the rewards on the mission list, money flashed in her eyes. "Two million J! And, the Protoss key? This..."

"We'll split it fifty-fifty!"

"Okay, deal. How do I get to the mission location?"

Natsu's expression changed. "It's an island! We have to take a boat! Waaaaah!"

Happy patted Natsu on the shoulder, "It's okay, it'll be over soon, love~"

"Going out to sea? Let's talk about it tomorrow. Natsu, you should go back and get some sleep."

"No need! I'll just sit here and wait until tomorrow, hehehe."

Natsu could already imagine what would happen after he completed the S-class mission.

"Natsu is amazing!"

"They actually managed to complete an S-rank mission!"

Thinking of this, Natsu laughed loudly, "I'm on fire!"

Lucy covered her forehead in exasperation and went back upstairs to look towards the guild. If it were Hoshino, would he take her to complete the S-rank mission?

Trim the crusts off the bread slices. Crush the hard-boiled eggs with a fork or chop them with a knife. Mix in mayonnaise and freshly ground black pepper. Take a slice of bread, spread the egg mixture on it, and cover with another slice of bread. Cut along the diagonal to form triangles.

The egg sandwich was finished, emitting a golden glow. Mira covered her eyes, exclaiming, "Why is the egg sandwich glowing golden?!"

"Because it's very simple, Mira-chan!"

"Hmph, I don't believe it."

Hinata Hoshino picked up a small iron pot, boiled some water, and the water shone with golden light the moment it boiled.

"Boiling water is fine too!"

The guild was once again bathed in golden light. Makarov went up to the second floor and routinely checked the quest logs.

"What!"

"President, what's wrong?"

Gray inquired with concern, and upon hearing Makarov's screams, he knew something serious must have happened.

"Something terrible has happened! A task list is missing! Everyone, check quickly and see who is missing."

"No need to look, it's just that Natsu and Lucy didn't come today."

Hinata Hoshino spoke up, and everyone glanced around. Sure enough, the two people hadn't come.

"That bastard brat even kidnapped a newbie! I won't let him get away with this!"

"Ah, that's right, it's Natsu. Yesterday I saw a little blue cat steal the mission sheet."

"Lagusas, since you saw it last night, why didn't you stop it?"

"What does this have to do with me? I'm leaving."

Laxus transformed into his elemental form and departed. "Tch, who else can go and bring them back?"

"Hoshino?"

Chapter 271 Devil's Island

"let me see."

"President, I, Gray, will go and bring them back!"

"Let me see what the mission is first, Mira. Take a look at the mission details."

"Here you go, President."

"Okay, thank you, Mira. No, it's not that... it's the Alcatraz mission, which has brought a newcomer into such danger."

"Alright, President, Gray and I will go together."

When Hyuga Hoshino spoke up, Makarov grabbed Hyuga Hoshino's leg and said, "Hoshino, you must bring them back!"

"Good good."

pier.

"Uncle, are you going to this island?"

"Don't go, don't go!"

"Big brother, are you going or not?"

"No, no, no, don't come any closer!"

Natsu and Lucy looked helpless; why did everyone's expressions turn so strange when they heard the name of the island?

"You stinky brat! Take this punch!"

"Slanted eyes, just in time."

"stop!"

Hinata Hoshino grabbed them by the collar, one in each hand, and lifted them up.

"Calm down first. Natsu, please begin your performance. If you can convince both of us to go together, it's not out of the question."

"Hoshino, the president's..."

"Alright, Gray, listen to this."

It's a kind of fun in life to force a brute to think. Natsu pondered deeply, "Gray, this is an S-class mission, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You're not an S-class mage yet, but if you can complete it, you might become an S-class mage directly."

"this?"

Gray admitted that he was tempted, and there was an element of gambling involved, but Natsu's point was valid.

"I agree, but publicly say that I was in charge of completing the S-rank mission!"

“Hoshino, the reward for this mission is two million J. Lucy and I are going to split it in half, but I’m giving you my share now.”

Hyuga Hoshino looked at Natsu with some surprise. Goodness, that's a military stance.

"Okay, I agree."

"Okay, next we need to find a boat."

Are you looking for a boat?

A fixed-location NPC? Bobo, the son of the village chief of Devil's Island, what a wicked name.

"no need."

Hinata Hoshino waved his hand in refusal, then slapped the ground with his other hand, causing the sapling to take root and sprout, instantly creating a ship.

"Do you need navigation?"

"Grey, the map."

"Give."

Lucy noticed the key words, "Grey, you said you didn't want to go, but you even prepared the map."

"No, that's not true. I was just afraid you'd set off, so I wanted to intercept you halfway."

"I understand, no explanation needed."

Gray blushed and gave up on explaining. Hinata Hoshino picked up the map, gestured for a while, and said, "Alright, kind person, I already know how to get there."

Bobo really wanted to hold on, but seeing Hinata Hoshino's amused look, he had a sudden thought and gave up on continuing to pull.

Sailing on the large ship built by Hinata Hoshino, they soon spotted the trail of Devil's Island.

"Hoshino, look, it's an island."

"Lucy, did you really read that task sheet carefully?"

"Wh-what?"

Lucy started to stutter. She had only seen that the reward was high, but she had no idea what the specific task was.