Fairy Tail: You said you were just acting, are you serious?

"I've almost finished organizing the data, so I'll go get back to the theater troupe now."

After saying goodbye to Makarov and Ron, Leqi left the study, closing the wooden door behind her.

As she reached the top of the stairs, she glanced back, wondering what Makarov wanted to discuss that required such secrecy.

She shook her head in the end, tiptoed down the stairs, and headed toward the theater troupe's tents.

"The First ERA Junior Mage Examination?"

After listening to Makarov's account, Ron raised an eyebrow, looking somewhat surprised.

Makarov nodded and continued:

"That's right, this is a new internal assessment recently finalized by ERA. It's not just a regular mage guild, but also a joint assessment with various magic academies."

In order to control the scale, each of our guilds is only allowed one spot.

I've thought about it for a long time, and I still feel that you are the most suitable person to represent our Mage Guild in this assessment.

Makarov sighed; he had no other choice but to come and ask Ron for his wishes.

First of all, Laxus's current personality is not suitable for this kind of test. As for Cana, Gray, and Rio, they are still young and their strength has not improved much yet. They still need some time to realize their potential.

Furthermore, this assessment also needs to take into account the commissions they have participated in before. The resumes of other members of the same generation in the guild cannot be compared to Ron's record of sealing Deliora. Even if the judges ultimately determine that Ron was only an assistant, he has still participated in an S-rank mission.

"If I pass this assessment, I will be a candidate for the role of a reviewer."

What are your thoughts? Do you want to participate?

"No, I refuse."

Ron didn't even consider it and rejected Chairman Makarov's proposal outright.

"As you can see, my theater troupe is currently busy discussing with newspapers about serializing my scripts, and we also need to prepare for the construction of a new theater, so we can't spare the time for now."

Besides, I never intended to become a member of the judging panel; it's more suitable for me to stick to performing in town.

"As I expected, you refused again."

Hearing Ron's refusal, Makarov smiled knowingly and shook his head slightly.

However, he still got up and sat down next to Ron, continuing to persuade him:

"How about I give you a few more days to think about it? Why don't you consider just going through the motions?"

Ron was about to shake his head in agreement, but then raised an eyebrow, sensing something amiss.

He then looked at Makarov with a puzzled expression and said:

"President, there shouldn't be a shortage of seats for Fairy Tail in the future, so why did you personally come to invite me?"

This is unlike Makarov's usual style. Normally, the old man would ignore the council's letters at times like this. Why is he suddenly so concerned about this kind of assessment?

Makarov smiled, thinking it was better to lay everything out in the open.

"You really can't hide anything from me, kid."

The reason I insisted you go was because of Uru.

"Uru?"

Ron was slightly taken aback; how did this relate to Uruk?

Makarov explained earnestly:

"That's right, Uru told me that the reason she joined the guild was to use the guild's intelligence network to find out the whereabouts of the Magic Development Bureau from back then, and to find clues as to whether her daughter is still alive."

For the past few months, she has been diligently searching for clues, but has yet to obtain any useful information.

Ron lowered his head and remained silent, knowing full well that Urru was doing this to find her daughter, and that he himself had told her this information.

Makarov continued:

“The Magic Development Bureau that was destroyed back then belonged to the Council, so I think there might still be some intelligence in the Council that hasn’t been discarded and could help Uru locate her daughter’s whereabouts.”

Ron raised an eyebrow and asked Makarov.

"So, Chairman, you mean you want me to help gather intelligence when I go to conduct the assessment?"

"No, that's not necessary."

"???"

Ron was full of questions. If he wasn't going to gather intelligence, why was he insisting on sending him?

Could it be that they're going to perform for the council to attract their attention, and then let others infiltrate?

Makarov coughed twice, then whispered his plan.

"Actually, I got some inside information from MPs Ajma and Toch."

In this first youth assessment, those who rank in the top three will not only become candidates for judges, but they will also have a special privilege.

That means recommending one more councilor to the council, but whether or not they agree depends on their vote.

Upon hearing this, Ron's eyes lit up, and he instantly understood.

"So, Chairman, you mean I should get into the top three in this assessment, and then recommend Uru to the Council, so she can legitimately become an ERA insider and have access to old files?"

"That's right! And the selection of the first-place judge isn't mandatory. You can provide them with a convincing reason at the end, and they will understand."

After Makarov finished speaking, he scratched his bald head somewhat embarrassedly, revealing a guilty expression.

"To my shame, Uru and I promised that if we stayed in our guild, we would definitely be able to find clues about your daughter, but after these past few months, we still haven't heard anything."

He sighed and continued:

“I felt really bad about it, which is why I insisted that you take the exam.”

The two people in the study fell silent.

Ron looked at Makarov, who was filled with remorse, and felt a little touched.

He then gave a confident smile and nodded in agreement.

"If you had told me earlier that I could choose not to be a commentator, wouldn't it have been much simpler?"

"But president, don't get your hopes up too high. I don't think I can get into the top three."

This plan is indeed quite good.

He could send Uru to the council to investigate her daughter's whereabouts without wasting his own time working like a slave in the council.

When Makarov saw that Ron had agreed, half of the weight in his heart could finally be lifted.

Makarov nodded and joked:

"Don't be modest. If you can't even make it into the top three, I can't imagine what kind of geniuses those top three are."

"I'll win... I'll give it a try."

Ron had intended to announce his award win ahead of time, but then thought it was a bit unlucky and changed his mind halfway through.

Chapter 95 Prison Warden, you've arrived!

Ron agreed to go to the youth assessment, and Makarov told him the address to take the written test and that he had three days to prepare.

After seeing Makarov off, Ron went to his study alone and summoned the Multiverse Item Vault.

Strictly speaking, barring any unforeseen circumstances, he should be able to secure a place in the top three.

However, just in case, he still checked what cards he currently had that he could use in case of an emergency.

He didn't have much to prepare. Now that he had the ability to create clones, he could leave the theater troupe's performances to his clones.

"Fortunately, I drew an ability that can speed up the recovery of mana, so at least my clone has enough mana left to last until I come back."

In the months prior, after making the Bleach world gacha pool a permanent feature, he would frequently draw cards randomly between these three world gacha pools, or try his luck with any good limited gacha pools he came across.

Once, he drew Ishida Uryu from the early part of the story. Although he was only a C-rank character card, he had good talent.

[Ability 2: Magic Cluster (C)]

[Effect: Can actively or passively absorb free-floating magical particles in the environment and convert them into its own magical power]

After gaining the ability, Ron felt his magic power automatically recovering at a perceptible rate. If he actively activated it, the recovery speed would increase by about 200%.

He couldn't have restored his mana this quickly before; he needed mana-restoring items to barely get it back to full. Now that he has this talent, he can use fewer mana-restoring items.

In the past few months, his popularity has reached the point where he can draw from the Phantom God card pool three times, and he has already used them all up.

He has drawn [Toshiro Hitsugaya] three times in a row. Currently, [Ice Resistance (C)], [Ice Amplification (B)] and [Bankai] are all integrated into his stats.

These two S-rank cards currently in the Phantom God Card Pool each have one more draw opportunity left to acquire all the abilities on their character cards.

After confirming which character cards could be used in the audition, he put the props away, left the study, and went to the troupe's temporary tent to give them some orders.

Ron and his team agreed to go out in a few days, and then gave each of them some instructions.

Ron then went backstage and found the shadow clone who was wearing a Shinigami outfit and had just finished rehearsing for the Bleach stage.

"That's how it is. While I'm away, the stage will be in your hands."

Be careful to control your magic consumption; don't run out of magic and disappear halfway through, or I won't have time to come back and replenish my clones.

Ron looked at the clone in front of him that looked exactly like him and gave serious instructions.

Ron's clone, carrying the prop Moon Slayer, stared wide-eyed, sweating profusely and revealing a shocked expression.

"What are you saying?"

The main body, Ron, stared at the clone with a blank expression, his gaze fixed on him with disdain.

"I know you can hear me, don't activate the Holy Word D (DEAF) for me, my hearing is much better than Ichigo's."

"I don't understand what you're talking about!?"

"..."

Ron sighed. It seemed that with this deeply immersed doppelganger on stage, there shouldn't be any problems.

He then turned around, waving his hand as he walked out.

"I'll leave this to you, clone."

Ron, carrying the clone of the Moon Slayer, stopped pretending to be deaf and rolled his eyes.

"Tch, this entity is really uncooperative. Got it."

In response to Ron's words, only the back of the real Ron and his raised middle finger were visible.

By the time everything was settled, it was completely dark.

Ron returned to his residence, intending to rest for the next few days and prepare for the assessment in three days.

The next morning, Ron, having prepared everything, began his daily card-drawing session.

"Bleach, we've already drawn the Naruto version, now it's the Cursed version's turn."

He muttered to himself, then skillfully switched to the card-drawing interface, and with a thought, pressed the card-drawing button.

Swish~!

Just then, the card-drawing screen emitted a dazzling golden light!

Ron was blinded by the dazzling golden light, so he squinted and couldn't help but smile.

As the golden light gradually subsided, he opened his eyes, revealing a shocked expression.

Card Name: Gojo Satoru

[World: Jujutsu Kaisen]

[Character Ability Level: S-Rank]

【Ability 1: Limitless Magic - Power of Stopping (A)】

[Effect: This spell requires the talent of six eyes to calculate. When used actively, any attack that approaches the user will have its speed infinitely slowed by the space around the user, preventing it from hitting them. This spell can be cast automatically and continuously, but it will consume the user's mental energy.]

【Ability 2: Limitless Magic - Azure (A)】

[Effect: This spell requires the talent of having six eyes and computational power to use. It creates a blue magic bullet with gravity, which, when used as the center, can forcibly attract and crush surrounding objects.]

[Ability 3: Limitless Magic - He (A)]

[Effect: This spell requires the talent of having six eyes to calculate. It creates a red magic bullet with repulsive force through magic power, which can form a shock wave that forcibly repels and destroys surrounding objects.]