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

"And then? He still sent over so many quotes?"

"He said he didn't believe it, and then guessed in front of me that you must have secretly contacted newspapers in other places to compare prices in different places."

No matter how I explained it to him, he wouldn't listen. Finally, he concluded that even I had been fooled, and this wouldn't do; he had to take action. Ignoring all advice, he went back muttering to himself.

Ron was dumbfounded. What kind of god-like editor-in-chief is this? Is he really that stubborn?

"As a result, in order to prevent your script from being snatched away by other competitors, he showed up on time every day, and the price he gave each day was higher than the day before."

Leqi pointed to the price list and continued:

"The amount he gave me this morning is the quote you're seeing now."

After Leqi finished speaking, Ron looked at the list in front of him with a strange expression.

These past few days, he really only agreed to participate in the council's examination and incidentally got first place; he didn't do anything else.

They just didn't publicize this internal assessment; they were strictly forbidden from spreading it casually. That's why he didn't tell Leqi or the others in the guild.

Unexpectedly, because of this, the editor-in-chief of Sosala Weekly imagined that I was keeping him in suspense. It seems that they really value my script, which is why they are so afraid of it being snatched away.

Ron glanced at the report in his hand and gave a helpless smile.

"Forget it, since he's given me some autonomy in this whole affair, I'll just sign it to avoid making him even more anxious."

Ron casually closed the file, handed it back to Leqi, and instructed:

"Leqi, when he comes over tomorrow morning, invite him to the study so we can discuss other matters of cooperation properly and he won't have to worry about me being poached by other newspapers."

Leqi nodded and smiled.

"I've received the message from the team leader. I think he'll be very excited to rush over to find you when he hears this news tomorrow."

A few days later, in Ron's study.

After finalizing the new contract, the editor-in-chief of Soshara Weekly came to see Ron on time.

After seeing Ron sign and stamp the document, the editor-in-chief didn't feel bad about the expenses; instead, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mr. Ron, I wish us a pleasant collaboration! We at Soshara Weekly will definitely feature your scripts prominently!"

The editor-in-chief held Ron's hand tightly, his voice trembling slightly with excitement.

"It was a pleasure working with you. Please take care."

Ron gave a professional smile and saw the big spender off.

After closing the door, Ron looked at the contract in his hand and stretched contentedly.

"Once we've dealt with the novel and comics, we'll wait until the new theater is built and the scale expands. It'll be time to recruit more members for the troupe."

These past few days, since he returned, his main body has been taking on commissions during the day to accumulate the upper limit of magic power and mental power, while his clone shines and radiates heat on the stage.

Uru is currently awaiting notification and will be formally incorporated into the council only after they have voted and the final decision has been made.

The official notification letter will be sent to Makarov, at which point she will depart for her post in the Senate.

Before that, she had a few more days in the guild.

In the past few days, the guild has become increasingly chaotic since Mirajane and her two siblings joined.

Mirajane's delinquent tendencies gradually emerged, and she quickly became the leader among her peers in the guild.

"Leo, it's time to settle this."

"Well, Gray, I've been wanting to get back at you for a long time."

When Ron came to the guild hall, he found Gray and Rio fighting again in the hall for some reason.

Ron gave a helpless smile and then watched the show from the sidelines.

Just as they were taking off their shirts and fighting with their magical abilities, they accidentally knocked over Lisanna's cake, which hit her right in the face.

"Huh?" "Hmm?"

Gray and Leo froze instantly when they saw the plate stuck to Lisanna's face, breaking out in a cold sweat, and exclaimed in unison.

"It's over."

"What are you doing?!"

[Receiving Magic - Partial Receiving]

Mirajane's right hand instantly lit up with a magic circle, and with a powerful punch, she knocked the two boys straight into the hall floor.

Uru reluctantly took Lisanna to wash her face, while Elfman pulled out Gray and Rio like pulling up radishes.

"I'm sorry, Mirajane, we were wrong."

Gray and Leo quickly looked down at Mirajane, and with the big bumps on their heads, they began to admit their mistakes and apologize.

"Humph."

Mirajane didn't even bother to look at them, turning her head to correct them:

“You’ve got the wrong person. You should apologize to Lisana.”

After Uru returned with Lisana, who had washed her face, the two of them obediently approached her, bowed deeply, and apologized loudly, which earned them Lisana and Mirajane's forgiveness.

After it was over, they followed Uru and sat down at the same table.

Gray and Rio, who were staying with Ur, were unusually quiet this time, unlike their usual noisy self.

Then, Gray took a deep breath and looked at Uruk.

“Uru, I heard from the chairman that you’re going to the council soon, right?”

Uru paused for a moment, his gaze sweeping over the two of them.

"You all knew?"

Seeing that both of her apprentices nodded, she gave a helpless smile.

At this moment, when she goes to the council, what she is most worried about are naturally her two apprentices.

She hadn't figured out how to explain things to them yet, but the president had already spoken to them beforehand.

Gray looked serious and slowly said:

"To be honest, we were a little disappointed when we heard you were leaving, but we understand. Go ahead."

They both broke into hearty smiles.

Leo quickly chimed in:

"Yes, Gray and I will continue our training while you're away, and we won't let you, our master, down."

Looking at his two unexpectedly sensible apprentices, Wulu smiled gently and patted their heads lightly.

"It's alright, Sister Wulu."

Mirajane moved closer to Uru, confidently pointing to herself and laughing:

“If they misbehave here, I'll take care of them for you.”

Gray and Leo looked shocked when they heard this.

Well, then maybe we shouldn't.

Uru chuckled and nodded, saying:

"Okay, then it's up to you, Mirajane."

At the bar not far away, Ron and Makarov sat together, laughing at the scene before them.

Ron then asked:

"Speaking of the guild leader, where's Laxus?"

Chapter 129 Playing the role of Pikachu?!

"I haven't seen that guy Laxus much in the last month or two since I came to the guild."

He probably hasn't met the newcomers yet.

He had asked Gray and Leo before, and they didn't seem to have encountered Laxus either.

Upon hearing Ron's question, Makarov sighed and shook his head helplessly.

"That kid hasn't been as rebellious as before lately, but he's still frequently taking on all sorts of commissions. He hasn't even been to the guild much anymore; he's been coming to me privately for commissions."

Makarov tilted his head and looked at Ron with a thoughtful expression.

"It seems that your collaboration with Ur to seal Deliora has given him quite a bit of a shock."

Ron was taken aback. Laxus had indeed asked him about sealing Deliora before, but he hadn't expected it to be for this reason.

No wonder I haven't had a chance to see him. Next time I do, I'll definitely catch him and get him to come to the guild more often.

......

The next morning, Ron finished his breakfast as usual, and after waiting for his daily gacha cooldown to reset, he began his daily gacha routine.

A new limited-time gacha pool will also be available today, so he can save his gacha pulls for the new limited-time gacha pool.

He woke up the system and switched to the card pool interface.

As the countdown ended, a light shone on the gacha screen, revealing a brand new limited-time gacha pool.

Ron looked at the limited-time gacha pool and, unusually, showed a puzzled expression.

[Pokémon World Limited Gacha]

[Duration: 23 hours and 59 minutes, February 29]

Pokémon?

Although he had indeed drawn a few Pokémon character cards before, the human characters didn't seem to be very strong.

Aside from Ash's exceptional physique in Pallet Town, he couldn't think of any other characters he could pull.

He then thought, whatever, maybe I can get a few high-level balls through these characters, and then I won't have to work so hard when fighting.

With a thought, he locked the card pool interface to the limited card pool and pressed the draw button.

shuh~

A purple light flashed across the card pool, and after it dissipated, a B-rank character card floated in front of him.

Upon seeing the image on the card, Ron's expression froze instantly.

Pokémon - Pikachu

Ron's lips twitched involuntarily, revealing an unusual expression of disbelief.

What's going on with this system? How can you actually get Pokémon through gacha?

Do I really have to personally play the role of this Pokémon?!

He initially wanted to refuse the role, but after glancing at the two abilities on the character card, he hesitated.

[Ability 2: Electrical Attribute Amplification (C)]

[Effect: Provides an amplification to lightning magic, increasing the casting speed, range, and power of all the caster's lightning-attribute spells.]

【Ability 3: Electrical Resistance (B)】

[Effect: Increases the body's resistance to lightning-related magic, grants immunity to negative status effects from lightning, and reduces damage caused by lightning-attribute magic.]

These two are rare resistance and amplification effects. Of all the character cards I've drawn so far, I've only seen [Toshiro Hitsugaya] with this type of ability. The rest are all immune to one-time fatal damage.

Ron just drew a character card with transformation magic yesterday and only just learned it, and now I'm using it?

So the system was lying in ambush here, preparing to make me play the role of a Pokémon!

However, he lowered his head and pondered for a moment. If all the cards drawn from this limited-time gacha pool were Pokémon, then their strength would be hard to say.

As he thought about it, a smile gradually crept onto his face.

If he sticks to this card pool and draws Pokémon of the corresponding type, he might be able to increase his resistance and boost to various types, and then he won't be afraid of damage from those related spells.

However, he ultimately decided to store Pikachu in his inventory and use it as a character when the time was right.

"There are no Pokémon shows scheduled right now. We'll consider scheduling one again once the new theater is built."

Over the next two weeks, Ron's Pure White Theatre Company reached a new peak in its career.