A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

Watching Lucy go from being dragged along to following along, then to dragging Ultear around, and even quickly weaving through various perfume shops while offering to try them, Natsu behind her muttered, "How strange~ Lucy clearly said no, but she didn't resist at all..."

“That’s how all girls are, Natsu,” Happy said, crossing his arms like a seasoned veteran. “Saying one thing and meaning another is their characteristic!”

"You little devil!" Erza punched Happy without any hesitation.

Gray stretched and reached out his hand, saying, "Kira, give me some money! I'm getting tired of being on the ship these past few days."

Their group hadn't actually officially opened for business yet, so all the money they'd earned was with Kira; he didn't trust anyone else to manage the money.

Kira raised an eyebrow at Gray's outstretched hand, clearly surprised, but he didn't refuse. He pulled out one million Berries from his personal storage and tossed it to Gray, asking curiously, "What? You want to buy perfume too?"

"What's it to you? How can you go shopping without money?! Maybe I'll see something I want to buy later!" Gray rolled his eyes and turned to walk into the market.

Before they had gone far, Eric's voice came from behind: "Wait, Gray! Are you going to buy Juvia a souvenir? I was thinking of buying some for Ginanna too, let's go together, it'll be good to have something to say!"

With his secret thoughts exposed, Gray froze instantly, then blushed deeply and turned to Eric, yelling, "Stop talking nonsense! Can't you respect other people's privacy? Stop eavesdropping on other people's thoughts!!"

Eric turned his head away and picked at his ear with his little finger: "I wasn't eavesdropping. I was just guessing. You admitted it yourself, didn't you?"

"What did you say?!" Gray was completely stunned.

Eric then teased, "It's just buying perfume for your girlfriend, what's there to be ashamed of? Are you even an adult yet?"

"It's so noisy! I'm hot!!!"

Two men who were in the ambiguous stage of their relationships with their girlfriends left the group, grumbling and cursing.

Erza watched Gray's retreating figure and nodded secretly, her eyes filled with a satisfied, maternal smile: "Gray is so thoughtful~ Juvia would be so happy if she knew."

“Yes…yes…” Kira glanced at Natsu, who was still motionless beside him, and sighed, “In terms of strength, Natsu and him are about the same, but in terms of emotional intelligence, Natsu is far inferior!!”

"You have no right to talk about others..."

"Huh?? Please, I could easily beat both of them with one hand, okay?"

"...This is like talking to a brick wall!" Erza couldn't bear to watch anymore, turned around and grabbed Wendy beside her, "Wendy, Charlene, come on! I'll take you to get something delicious!"

After the two left, Natsu and Happy ran out as well, followed by Marcao and the other two to go shopping. Killer was left behind with Smoker and Tashigi, who looked at each other in silence for a moment before heading towards the town's restaurant.

"Aren't you going to travel with your companions?" Smoker asked, two large cigars dangling from his lips.

"It's okay. If we act together, the waiting time will only be longer. Anyway, they are all very strong, so I don't need to worry about their safety."

Kira said, taking out a magic signal receiver from his personal storage space, activating it, and starting to look at it intently. "Besides, I have more important things to do!"

Tashigi asked curiously, "What is that?"

Kira answered succinctly: "It's a tool for finding companions. If there are companions nearby, it will show up on it."

"What?! Really?! Even the Navy's scientific research department has never seen this kind of technology before!"

"So I already said this isn't just simple technology, it's a magical artifact!"

"Can this thing be used widely?" Smoker asked in a deep voice.

As a naval officer, his first thought was to use this tool to track pirates and find those who had gone missing at sea.

Kira shook his head and chuckled, "Don't even think about it. It only reacts to magic! The technology here is not the same as that of Aslant. Instead of hoping to buy from me, we should hope that Vegapunk can make similar technology."

Smoker nodded and said nothing more. He knew that if magic could be used as a search criterion, other things could also be used as search criterion, it would just take a little more time to study them.

But the next moment, Smoker suddenly burst into laughter, because he suddenly remembered that there was actually something similar to a magic tracker in this world, namely the Life Paper!

Life paper is a technology unique to the New World, which can turn human hair or nails into paper using special techniques.

It can not only demonstrate one's own vitality, but also, as long as you have someone's life paper, no matter how far away that person is, the life paper can lead you to that person.

This is much more practical than the magic signal device!

"You actually know Vegapunk?"

Tashigi was quite surprised that Kira knew about Vegapunk, because from their previous interactions, she knew that Kira and the others came from a different world called Aslant.

Although she herself didn't really believe in the 'other world' concept, no matter how subtly she and her soldiers probed, Kira and his group gave the same answer. Even the not-so-bright guys like Natsu and Happy spoke flawlessly. Moreover, Kira and his group called themselves mages and used the unprecedented ability of 'magic,' and apart from Kira, the others seemed completely ignorant of many things commonly known about this world…

When all these clues are connected, even if she doesn't believe it, she can only temporarily accept this premise and then curse in her heart, "The world is too big and full of wonders."

"I think there are very few people who don't know his name, right?"

"Don't you claim to be from Aslant?"

Kira retorted, "Does this have anything to do with me knowing Vegapunk? When you arrive in a new place, isn't it common sense to gather basic information about the local area?"

This left Tashigi speechless; her thinking and experience weren't mature enough to grasp what Kira called 'common sense'.

Smoker, standing to the side, agreed with Kira's words, but he was more concerned about the magic Kira had used the most recently, namely his personal space.

The space magic that can even house the Hope has immense strategic significance in naval warfare. Coupled with Kira's boast in Rogue Times Square that "mages will usher in a new era," Smoker takes him very seriously.

'If this kind of person is left unchecked, he might become even more dangerous than pirates or revolutionaries!'

With this in mind, Smoker had long ago obtained a lot of 'information' from Wakaba about Aslant, about mages, and about Kira, for example:

People like Kira are among the most talented mages in Aslant; their numbers can be counted on one hand.

Natsu is a top-tier mage even in Asland, with few rivals. His strength ranks around the top 30 in the world, and he's among the top in his guild as well.

Only about a hundred members of their guild came to the pirate world, and most of the mages among them were about as weak as him (referring to Wakaba) or even weaker...

Kira has many flaws, such as being greedy and having a penchant for pranks, but he also has many strengths, such as being incredibly powerful, having exceptional intelligence gathering and analysis skills, and being extremely reliable as both a partner and family member...

Based on the miscellaneous information gleaned from his drunken probing, Smoker deduced that Kira and his group were the strongest fighters to have come to his world, while the rest were just mediocre and not worth worrying about.

After thinking about it this way, Smoker felt a little relieved.

After spending these days together, he had gained some understanding of Kira and knew that he was not a bad person, nor were his companions. Although they were a little bit mischievous, it wasn't a big problem!

As long as they don't fly pirate flags and don't commit evil deeds, then even if they do something 'big', it has nothing to do with the Navy!

They say they want to 'usher in a new era,' but it's not that easy. Especially on this vast ocean, to usher in a new era means first having to confront the pirates! The Four Emperors who dominate the seas, the powerful Seven Warlords of the Sea, and the Supernovas who emerge every year—can these people be accomplished by a mere hundred or so mages?

Isn't that just wishful thinking?!

If he could really do that, Smoker would start writing his name backwards from now on!

Just as the three of them were walking side by side toward a restaurant, several exclamations suddenly came from ahead—

"Dead!"

Someone died in the restaurant!

Chapter 839 Ace Appears? Calling Natsu!

Someone died in the restaurant?

Smoker frowned: How could such a thing happen in broad daylight, in a famous port city like Nahana?

A person died in the restaurant... Could it be food poisoning? Or were there pirates around?

If it's the former, then it naturally has nothing to do with him; but if it's the latter, he'll see if that unfortunate pirate can withstand the jitte on his back.

Thinking of this, Smoker quickened his pace, stopped a running navy soldier, and asked, "Why is that shop so noisy? What happened?"

"Something terrible has happened! Colonel Smoker!! Strange people have appeared in the city..."

A strange person? Could he really be a pirate?

Smoker strode towards the restaurant ahead, but before he even entered, he heard a voice from inside: "What? Nobody died! What a fuss..."

"..." Smoker exhaled two puffs of smoke with a sense of melancholy.

That was reckless! It seems the Straw Hat Boy incident made him a bit too stressed...

Kira followed the two at a leisurely pace, his mind clear: the restaurant diners 'coming back to life'—wasn't this the scene from Ace's first appearance? Since Ace is here, then Luffy should be here too?

The brothers' reunion is quite interesting, so I'll add a little more spice to this 'interesting' moment!

Without hesitation, Killer immediately used telepathy to connect with Natsu's mind: "Calling Natsu! Calling Natsu!"

Natsu, who seemed to have gone completely mad, was taken aback at first, then asked suspiciously, "Kira?? What happened??"

"Come and eat! There's something delicious!"

"Huh?? But Happy and I haven't had enough fun yet! Besides, you never call us when you eat, so if you find something delicious, you'll call me?"

Kira's eye twitched: Natsu, aren't you being a bit ungrateful? Believe me or not, I'll beat you up when you get there?

"I've discovered some really good fire here, the only one of its kind in the world. Are you sure you don't want to try it?"

Natsu's voice instantly rose dozens of decibels, brimming with barely suppressed excitement: "What did you say?! A fire that's one of a kind in the entire world?! Send me the location! I'm coming right now!!!"

The so-called "sending location" is actually Kira sending his location information to the other person's mind through the magic "ancient scripture." In essence, it is an extension of the "telepathic connection" magic, just like "speaking," except that "speaking" can only establish internal voice communication, while the ancient scripture can send documents.

"I'm here...▼"

"receive!!"

After sending the message, Kira glanced at the magic signal device in his hand and found that in addition to Natsu and the others who had already been found, there seemed to be a few red dots on it. In other words, there really were guild members in Alabasta!

Then we'll have no choice but to stay and search carefully!

Kira didn't have time to take a closer look at where those people were, because something that looked like a rocket launcher had just been launched into the restaurant from beside him.

"That's Luffy, right? It's definitely Luffy, isn't it??"

Using rocket launchers to travel and even punching a two-meter-high hole in the restaurant wall—only the Monkey family would do something like that.

Go up and check it out right away!

Just as Kira was about to rush into the restaurant to witness the brothers' reunion, he saw a figure rush out of the restaurant first and run hurriedly in his direction.

Wearing a straw hat, vest, shorts, and straw sandals, plus a mouth bulging out from stuffing food, he is undoubtedly the future sun god Nika.

"Hello, Straw Hat Luffy!" Killer waved with a smile.

"Oh, hello!"

Luffy covered his mouth with both hands and mumbled a reply, while continuing to charge towards Killer. After replying, he sensed something was wrong and asked, "Wait, who are you? Why do you know me?"

"The log pointer in the little garden is where I left it!"

Luffy was overjoyed upon hearing this: "So that's how it is! Thank you so much, because of the Log Pose you left behind, we were able to come to Alabasta..."

Just then, Smoker's shout came from behind: "Kira! Help me catch that guy in the straw hat!!"