A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

"Did you discover something? Wait... did your personality really get reversed by Nirvana?"

A fleeting flash of inspiration struck Rocky, and he seized upon it, discovering the key point.

"Nirvana? Of course!"

Kira didn't stop walking, not even for a moment, and his tone remained unchanged. "This magic only reverses a person's good and evil, it doesn't reverse their intelligence, and it doesn't seal their memories!"

“Everyone whose personality has been reversed knows exactly what they are doing! It would be even better if they knew about Nirvana, because they would also know in their hearts that their personality change was because of Nirvana!”

"That……"

Rocky wanted to say something more, but Kira interrupted him forcefully: "So what?"

"I know a little more about the magic of Nirvana than others. It can be broken, canceled, or reversed midway, it can revert to its original state after it ends, and it can even allow you to choose your personality after the reversal..."

"In the end, the magic of Nirvana only gives the person whose fate has been reversed a chance, a chance to recognize their own heart, and then choose a new side!"

"Because as long as a person is alive, light and darkness will inevitably arise in their heart at the same time. So when these two things reverse each other, they are not fixed, but will continue to grow and develop. Therefore, those who are willing to fall will eventually become bad, and those who are inclined to light will eventually become good!"

"After Zeref and Acnologia's personalities were reversed, they chose to join the Light faction because deep down they wanted to be part of the Light, not because they were forcibly reversed. Do you understand?"

Kira's words seemed to explode in Loki's mind. Many things that seemed outrageous before now seemed even more outrageous!

"You mean that Zeref, and that world-destroying black dragon, actually yearn for the light?"

Rocky's voice rose again involuntarily. This strange feeling was as subversive as when he heard Kira say, "I don't like money. I have no interest in money."

But the truth is just that absurd!

Kira's answer was firm and unequivocal, not at all fake: "That's right! So even though everyone has been turned upside down, in time they will be able to find their original selves and will not be forever trapped in darkness."

As he spoke, Kira suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Rocky looked up and was surprised to find a clearing that had been specially cleared in the sea of ​​trees. There stood a huge wooden and stone building in the clearing, with a flag hanging high above it.

There was a breeze in the forest, a summer breeze blowing from behind the distant mountains. This breeze made the high-hanging flags flutter. The black cloth was painted with white paint, depicting a pattern that Rocky was most familiar with and most proud of.

That's the guild crest of Fairy Tail!

The next moment, the familiar, long-lost noise reached my ears, just like the guild's tavern before.

Even though he had expected it, seeing the scene before him and hearing the voices around him, Rocky was still extremely excited: "This...this could be..."

"Guild Base No. 8!"

Kira answered slowly, waving to Loki to follow him. "Come on! Everyone's here, come in and say hello to them!"

Loki was momentarily stunned, but after standing there pondering for a while, he finally realized: 'Really? So that's how it is? Although Nirvana reversed the personalities of everyone in the world, temporarily turning everyone in the guild into villains, with the passage of time, they eventually recognized their true selves and rediscovered their original nature!'

Now, everyone in the guild has returned to normal. Although the time and place are not right, it doesn't matter. As long as everyone is here, anywhere can be 'Fairy Tail'!!

Thinking of this, Rocky felt a surge of emotion, and tears involuntarily streamed down his face, but a smile involuntarily crept onto his lips: "I thought it would be difficult to persuade everyone this time, but it seems to be progressing unexpectedly smoothly..."

"Based on what Kira just said, everyone must have reverted to their original personalities by now, right? Given their personalities, they must be extremely worried about Lucy, who disappeared for a year."

If I'm not mistaken, Natsu and Happy should already be making a huge scene in the guild, trying to find Lucy, right? And Erza and Gray, they're teammates with a deeper bond, they're definitely chasing after Kira for clues about Lucy too!

While Kira appeared relaxed or indifferent, he was undoubtedly already secretly investigating. With his abilities, he probably already had a plan, just waiting to surprise everyone, or perhaps he would simply bring Lucy back, and then, amidst everyone's tearful thanks, say things like, "This was all easy, just don't forget to pay me," "If you want to thank me, hurry up and pay back what you owe me," or "These are all empty titles, fleeting clouds."

Thinking of this, Rocky felt greatly relieved: "These guys are really reassuring!"

Bang! !

Loki flung open the guild door, his smile as bright as a chrysanthemum: "Everyone! I'm back... Huh?!!"

The sound stopped abruptly.

Where is there a guild? Where are the companions? There is only an empty meadow and a working phonograph crystal; there isn't even a table!

All that noise and commotion was fake! This building, which I thought was the guild base a second ago, is just an empty shell made of stone and wood; there's nothing inside!

What he saw made Loki freeze instantly, and his initial enthusiasm cooled down: "Kira!! What is this...?"

Bang! ! !

After a muffled thud, Rocky collapsed onto the grass.

Chapter 763 The Real Base No. 8

When Protoss are attacked to a certain extent, they will automatically return to the Protoss Realm to heal, where they are surrounded by abundant stellar energy, so their injuries will heal faster.

However, unless the celestial spirits themselves do not want to, or they suffer insufficient damage, they will not be able to automatically return. Another situation is that if the celestial spirits themselves are subjected to special magic, such as being possessed by a mage using 'Human Subservience', they will also be unable to return.

However, 'human subjugation' is a lost magic, and using this technique to possess another person's body is taboo, so basically no one would use it unless that person is extremely stupid or mentally ill.

Someone with Kira's exceptional magical talent would never use such clumsy magic; for him, casting a spell to sever spatial connections would be a piece of cake.

……

it hurts...

The pain stimulated Rocky's nerves, causing him to slowly open his eyes.

"You're finally awake? Congratulations, Rocky, you're a girl now!"

What?!

The familiar tone and terrifying words made Rocky's heart explode instantly, even though he was still groggy from just waking up. But after carefully checking that his body was still intact, he calmed down with lingering fear.

Then, Rocky found himself in a dimly lit room, lying on a bed in a patient's gown, looking no different from a patient who had just undergone surgery.

"...Who changed my clothes?" Loki looked at Kira, who was sitting to the side, fiddling with some kind of metal instrument.

"Is this the first thing that came to your mind?" Kira didn't even look up, continuing to swing the unknown object in his hand.

He wore a metal mask, a white coat, and heavy-looking gloves. On the table in front of him were densely packed, unidentified mechanical metal objects, making him look like a mechanic developing magical weapons.

"What are you doing? Where am I?... No! Why did you knock me out?! And where is everyone?!" Rocky asked in a row, throwing out all the questions in his mind.

"Don't rush, don't rush... let me explain to you slowly!"

Kira calmly soothed Loki's emotions, his hands constantly moving between wires, wrenches, screws, and hammers, creating clanging and sizzling metallic sounds on the table in front of him.

"Grey changed your clothes. I don't know if he laid a hand on you. And this is the real Base 8, underground, right where I took you before. Knocking you out was just a quick thing to do. And..."

At this point, Kira finally finished his work. He stood up from his seat, casually took off his mask, gloves, and coat and threw them aside. Then he picked up a wristwatch from the table, put it on, and after tapping it a few times, a virtual image appeared on the wristwatch, which looked like a simple grid map.

"I'm making a magic tracker."

What do you mean, knocking me out was just a casual thing to do?! So much time has passed, and your personality hasn't changed at all?! No… he has changed! He's just become even more wicked! Can someone like this really lead Fairy Tail?!

Loki mentally raged, took a deep breath, and was about to unleash his fury on Kira, berating him for launching a sneak attack without regard for magic principles. But upon hearing a certain term from Kira's mouth, he froze: "Magic...tracker?"

"You're looking for Lucy's locator, right? If I'm not mistaken, that's what you came for, isn't it?"

Kira said matter-of-factly, his hands moving constantly as he spoke, pressing the few buttons on his wristwatch repeatedly, the 'beep beep beep' sound echoing in the empty room.

Finally, Kira seemed to have finished testing something, took off the watch and tossed it to Loki, saying, "This one seems pretty good, you can wear it for now."

In fact, Rocky's mind was still blank, but out of trust for his companion, he hurriedly took the watch. Upon closer inspection, he discovered that the watch was made of some kind of alloy, with only two or three buttons and a small crystal screen. It was extremely sloppy, yet it subtly exuded a high-tech contrast!

Despite having doubts about Kira's claim of a locator used to find Lucy, Loki knew that Kira would never do anything useless!

Looking at the somewhat substantial wristwatch in his hand, Rocky felt a surge of excitement: "You think you can find Lucy with this? Are you saying you've already successfully opened a portal to a parallel world?"

After saying that, Loki realized he was confused: he knew that Lucy was very likely trapped in a parallel world because of the Celestial Spirit King's information, but Kira did not have any information on this. How could he know about parallel worlds?

"That...parallel world is..."

"Come on, I might know more about this than you do!" Kira interrupted Rocky with a sneer before he could finish explaining, just like back in the guild.

"Connecting to parallel worlds? Dream on! This is just a magic tracker, not a time-traveling device! Get this straight! This is Fairy Tail, not Spider-Man: Across the Universe!!"

Rocky's expression stiffened again: This guy is saying something completely incomprehensible again...

However, considering the tone and context, he still understood what Kira meant: Lucy can't be found right now!

"This watch has two functions: one is to locate the position of everyone in the guild, and the other is to teleport to the guild base, but only within the same world and at the same time! It can't track Lucy, who has disappeared somewhere!"

What use would I have for this?

With a frustrated look on Loki's face, Kira walked out of the room. Loki immediately grabbed the suit jacket from the bedside, put it on, and followed Kira. He needed to figure out the situation as soon as possible.

The walls, floors, and ceilings along the way were all made of wood, stone, and metal. The light was as dim and gloomy as in the previous rooms, making it seem, just as Kira had said, that this was a secret base located underground.

"Hey, couldn't you have fixed the lighting here a little better?" Loki complained to Kira's retreating figure, while conjuring a golden ball of light in his hand, illuminating everything in sight.

"Are you kidding me?...Wait! What are you doing?!"

The change in the surrounding light caused Kira's expression to change drastically. He immediately shouted a rebuke, turning around and slapping away the Lion's Radiance from Loki's hand, "Stop right now!! If you do this..."

"What will happen if I do this??" Loki's heart jumped into his throat instantly. He had never seen Kira react with such tension before.

The sudden flashes of light caught Loki's pupils off guard; he could only see Kira's blurry figure approaching, followed by Kira's angry shout: "If you do this... won't the atmosphere of the secret base be completely ruined?!"

"..."

The unexpected turn of events left Rocky stunned once again. It took him a long time to realize, "I've been crazy for too long; I'd completely forgotten this guy's personality..."

Kira ignored Loki, who was standing there in a daze, and turned to walk forward. Loki only realized he had been left behind after he had finished his internal monologue and hurriedly ran forward.

Based on visual inspection, Rocky judged that the underground base was large, but the layout was not complicated. He walked along the road and finally came to an open space!

This open space is about the size of two or three guilds. There are many stone or wooden statues on the open space, each with a unique design. Some are shaped like guild emblems, some like holy swords, and some like familiar guild members. The statues are lifelike, and there are stone or wooden pillars around them for protection. Some of these pillars are inlaid with or hung with colorful and dazzling crystal lamps, which illuminate the entire underground base as brightly as the ground.

Besides the crystal chandelier, another source of light is the huge campfire in the center of the open space. The cave carved out of the wall connects to the ground, maintaining good ventilation for this underground base, so there is no need to worry about the campfire going out or carbon monoxide poisoning.

Everyone in the guild was there: Natsu and Happy were having a blast by the campfire, Erza and Wendy were cooking nearby, Gray was shirtless and frolicking through the crowd, Cana was drinking with Macao and the others as usual, Laxus, Gajeel, and Mira seemed to have formed a rock band and were giving a passionate performance, the short Makarov, along with several familiar companions, was singing awful songs and dancing awkwardly to the music, Alzac and Bisca were still fighting fiercely, Jet and D'Orelle were arguing endlessly over Levy, and Rida was quietly painting in the corner...

The smell of smoke and alcohol filled the open space, with food and drinks laid out on the tables for everyone to take as they pleased. Everyone had a smile on their face, making it look like an underground banquet!

Apart from the location, everything here is the same as when I was in the guild!

"This... what is this...?"

Just as Rocky was stunned by what he saw, everyone noticed his arrival.

"Loki?! Isn't that Loki?! It's been so long!!"

A sudden exclamation from someone caused the mages, who were still engrossed in the banquet, to stop what they were doing and rush towards Loki.

"Loki, what's with your clothes?"

"It seems like your strength hasn't improved at all in all this time..."