A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

"If the navy or the Kingdom's army still comes after you because of this, come to me, and I'll protect you!"

The senior agents were silent for a moment, then nodded in unison.

In fact, they didn't really believe that Kira could protect them from the Navy, but that didn't mean they couldn't see whether Kira's attitude was good or bad. Anyway, having someone protect you is better than having no one, isn't it?

As for blaming Crocodile, although it's a bit underhanded, they're not exactly respectable people or organizations. They've long been adept at shifting blame; otherwise, how could they have gotten to this position?

"Then, Crocodile's ultimate goal, the information about Hades and the Poneglyphs, I will take them!"

What?!

Everyone was stunned, looking up at Kira in disbelief. In their eyes, this boy shouldn't be interested in that kind of thing...

Crocodile inside the cage instantly became agitated: "Woo woo woo!!!"

"Behave yourself!!"

Kira glanced back at Crocodile, and at the same time released a terrifying magical pressure that pressed Crocodile's flaring body firmly into the iron box.

Crocodile was instantly terrified, and the agents also stared at Kira with horrified eyes. Only the mages were not too surprised, after all, they knew how strong Kira was.

"Could it be that you're also interested in Hades?"

Robin glanced at Kira, a beautiful smile curving her lips. Her bright eyes held a mixture of scrutiny and contemplation. If Kira also coveted Pluton and intended to make a move on the Poneglyphs, then perhaps she could take the opportunity to cooperate with him and continue the cooperation she had previously had with Crocodile.

Anyway, that guy is hopeless now, so what difference does it make who I cooperate with? In fact, cooperating with Kira might even give me a better chance, and there might even be more unexpected gains.

"Oh, no! I'm not interested in Hades."

"Hmm? So what do you mean by 'taking action'...?"

A hint of suspicion flashed in Robin's eyes, but Kira's next words were like an unexpected joy, instantly easing her furrowed brows and filling her with an overwhelming excitement.

“I am more interested in historical texts! I have decided to find more historical texts and then reveal the ‘truth of history’ to the whole world!”

However, it's just the 'history' I've written!

"You...you really want to do this?" Robin asked haltingly, his heart pounding with excitement, his chest rising and falling rhythmically.

Those in the room who knew what revealing history meant fell silent, so silent that Kira could almost hear Robin's tense and excited heartbeat.

They could guess that Killer was planning something big, and some even thought he intended to fight the Four Emperors and become the Pirate King, but they never expected him to be planning something of this magnitude!

The history they're about to reveal will, without a doubt, be the 'Void Century,' a period explicitly forbidden by the World Government. Doing so would mean making an enemy of the entire World Government, not just the Navy, but also the Celestial Dragons, the Five Elders, and all sorts of overt and covert forces controlled by them. These forces are all incredibly powerful, wielding terrifying influence on the seas. Any one of them could easily wipe out their mere Baroque Works!

Are they going to follow suit and do this kind of thing in the future?

If that's the case, even if it's just a subordinate guild, the places they're located will probably still be bombed by the same Buster Call as Ohara back then, right? In comparison, those jobs of killing people back then were actually safer!

Unfortunately, they have no choice now, and to be honest, the goal is indeed ambitious enough, no less than becoming the Pirate King. For these ambitious guys who want to turn the world upside down, the pie in the sky drawn by the leader is more than enough.

"Of course!"

Kira suddenly smiled, a smile brimming with wicked charm and confidence: "Everyone in this world knows that, on the surface, among the 'Devil Child' Nico Robin, only you, the sole survivor of Ohara, possess the ability to decipher historical texts. In other words, as long as you are here, and there are a sufficient number of historical texts, the 'truth of history' is up to me to decide!"

"What did you say?!" ×N

Upon hearing this, everyone was thrown into a frenzy, because they had already figured out what Kira was planning: he wanted to replace the blank century of history with a fabricated version of it, and he wanted Nico Robin, the only one who could decipher historical texts, to testify for him!

If he really succeeds, he could influence the entire world with just a little manipulation of history!

Then whatever he says, people will believe it, because the world government leaders who know the truth will never come forward to accuse Kira of lying.

They have Nico Robin and historical texts, but unless the government makes its interpretation of ancient texts public, or even publishes the actual historical texts, who would believe it if it just made up its own story that the other side's 'history' is fake?

The key question is, would a world government do such a thing? Absolutely not!

Of course, some knowledgeable and powerful people may be able to discern the authenticity of this fake history, but they are ultimately a minority. In the eyes of most people at sea, authority lies with Nico Robin, so what right do you have to say that it's fake?

The key point is that this authority was granted by the world government itself!

only……

"Impossible! I won't help you fabricate a false history!!"

Robin looked at Kira with a solemn and earnest gaze. "The reason I'm still alive is to find the truth of history, so I will never allow falsehoods to deceive the world..."

"There's something you might be mistaken about, Nico Robin!"

Kira expertly interrupted her before she could finish speaking, "The truth of history may be important to you, but it is not important to the world, or to the people living on this sea now!"

"For them, what matters is whether they can have enough to eat and sleep, whether they can live and live a decent life. If they can't learn anything from history, then it's less useful to ordinary people than a meal!"

"If the history I present can bring freedom and peace to the world, and reduce oppression and evil, then what does it matter whether it actually happened in the past? Isn't it more important to live in the present and create history than to inherit history?"

"Besides, can you guarantee that people in the past didn't embellish or add to, delete, or modify the events that happened to them when they recorded history? If Crocodile's plan to 'steal the country' had succeeded, future history books would have recorded that 'King Nefertari Cobra of Alabasta used dancing powder, leading to the destruction of the country,' but is all of that really true?"

"Let me ask you, if one day you collect all the historical texts and find that it says, 'This world is actually a manga called One Piece,' would you accept it or not?"

Kira stared at the silent Robin and continued, "So you don't need to think about stopping me! You can still continue your research on history, and I won't stop you."

"We can also help you find more historical texts, help you fulfill Ohara's last wish, find out the blank hundred years of history, and even help you pass on the ancient script, gather knowledgeable people again, and rebuild a city of scholars."

At this moment, Kira looked like a bewitching demon.

"But how history is presented to the world in the future is up to me!!"

Chapter 850 Old Sha, do you want Hades or not?

Robin bit her lip, her heart filled with anger and rage, her chest heaving. Her eyes, hidden beneath her hat, were fixed on Kira, as if she were roaring and howling, as if she had seen a villain of unparalleled evil.

"You bastard..."

However, Kira ignored Robin's resentful gaze and turned to the other two: "By the way! Levy, Lucy, you two will follow Robin and form an 'Ancient Language Learning Group' to try to learn her ancient language in the shortest amount of time so that you can become translators in the future."

"Huh?! Us?"

The two girls froze, staring blankly at Kira. After receiving his confirmation nod, their faces immediately fell. "Why did we have to do that kind of thing?!"

Kira shrugged and sighed, "There's nothing I can do. You two are the only top students here. I can't let Natsu or Gajeel learn, can I? They don't even know all the common Ishgar characters..."

"Well... alright." After some hesitation, the two finally agreed.

Despite her displeasure with Kira's "history rewriting," Robin was pleased that people were willing to learn ancient languages, and therefore didn't give Levy and Lucy a hard time. This was mainly because, after several conversations, she discovered that her two sisters were genuinely willing to learn and truly talented.

"Ancient script...that sounds interesting!"

Learning ancient languages ​​was nothing to complain about for Levy, who loved reading, studying history and writing; in fact, she felt a little excited and thrilled.

"Seriously... what's so interesting about this??" Lucy said, looking dejected and unwilling.

Kira understood Lucy's feelings very well. He had the same expression when he was learning a new programming language, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Everyone in Fairy Tail knows that Levy and Lucy have a high ability to learn words. Compared to them, even Felid's talent is much worse. It's just that Felid is strong and uses spell magic, which gives people the illusion that he is also very knowledgeable in this area.

Nevertheless, these three were still the top three in their respective fields within the guild. Even Kira admitted that he was not as talented as them in this area, since his talent lay in magic rather than in literature.

Ancient languages ​​are complex, and learning them is no less difficult than learning a programming language. Mastering them completely is not something that can be done overnight. Kira also has his own things to do, and he doesn't have enough time. Otherwise, he would really like to join this 'Ancient Language Learning Group' and experience what it's like to have three study partners...

Looking at the three girls who had huddled together, chatting and laughing around a thick book, Kira couldn't help but lick his lips, his eyes filled with longing.

After everyone had left, Kira, in accordance with the principle of treating prisoners well, released Crocodile from the iron box that had bound him, allowing him to finally catch his breath.

Generally speaking, when a Devil Fruit user is immersed in seawater, they will lose all their strength, and if it goes into shock or even die after a long time. Fortunately, Crocodile has only been immersed in seawater for less than three hours since he was captured. In addition, he has repeatedly broken through his physical limits by going into a state of extreme power under the influence of anger during this short period of time, so he is still conscious.

After breaking free of his restraints, Crocodile lay on the ground for a long time before finally asking, "Who exactly are you people?"

"We are mages, the terminators of the old era and the creators of the new era. All that stands in our way will become our enemies, and we will use every means to eliminate them and restore peace and order to this sea!"

If you ignored their identity as mages and let someone who didn't know the situation hear this, they would probably think they were a group of revolutionaries.

Crocodile scoffed, "You think I'd believe your nonsense?"

Although it was only a short hour, sometimes people's intuition is just that accurate. He had already figured out that Kira was a troublemaker who loved to stir up trouble.

He doesn't care about One Piece, the Age of Pirates, the Four Emperors of the Navy, ancient weapons, or historical truths. His only real goals are finding companions and stirring up trouble. Even though he is very strong, he has not lost his conscience. He is as kind and innocent as those naive teenagers.

Overall, he appears to be a well-educated teenager going through a rebellious phase of adolescence.

'Damn it!! How could I lose to someone like that?! ...Wait! I don't think I lost to him? Oh well...'

"Believe it or not, you've lost everything in this country, and everyone wants to kill you. Both the Kingdom's army and the Straw Hat Pirates want to beat you to a pulp. So your only way out is to pack your things and run while you still have some time. Honestly, for a former Shichibukai to end up like this is truly pathetic..."

Crocodile was utterly shocked: How dare this guy say such a thing?!

I've become like this because of you guys who came to my door for no reason and beat me up for no reason. And now you're still mocking me? Are your hearts all black? I was wrong. This guy isn't some well-educated, rebellious teenager. He's a modern-day successor to Machiavellianism!

"The Kingdom's army is a bunch of trash! Brainless and weak, they're useless cowards that can be easily manipulated! As for the Straw Hat Pirates... where did those brats come from? Do you think I, Crocodile, would be afraid of such people?"

"Even though you're in such a sorry state, you're still saying things with such confidence..."

Kira scoffed, lit a cigar, and handed it to him. "Actually, I still have high hopes for you, Crocodile! You're ambitious, intelligent, courageous, and good-looking. Of course, the key is your mysterious past. Although you're still a bit lacking in strength, you possess Logia-type abilities... to be honest, that's enough to make a name for yourself on the high seas. Talented people like you are rare indeed, and it would be a real shame to just become a stepping stone for overpowered characters!"

"So... do you want to work with me?"

Upon hearing this sudden invitation and seeing the serious look in the eyes of the person before him, which was not a joke, Crocodile's hand, which had just taken the cigar, trembled, and then his face contorted with rage. At that moment, he even wondered if he had misheard. He had indeed lost, but he wasn't so desperate as to have to submit to someone else, especially a brat like this!

"Trying to recruit me? What makes you think you can? Strength? There are plenty of powerful people in this world, how could I possibly be..."

"Just because I know where 'Pluto' is!" Kira calmly picked at his ear with his pinky finger, casually interrupting Crocodile's indomitable spirit.

"What did you say?!" Crocodile's eyes widened instantly, his face changed drastically, and his brain vibrated like a bell that had been struck by a stick.

What did that kid just say?? Hades?? He knows where Hades is?? Is that even possible? These guys seem very mysterious; they might indeed know some secrets that ordinary people don't, but when it comes to the ancient weapon 'Hades'...

Crocodile's eyes narrowed, a plan forming in his mind. He immediately snorted coldly, "You think I'd believe that? Unless..."

"In Wano Country!"

"..."

I haven't even used my basic attack yet, how come this kid has already used his ultimate move?

If you really wanted to win me over, shouldn't you have waited until I agreed to your conditions, or even signed a contract, before asking me to do three, four, five, six, or seven things for you, constantly stalling for time until I lost patience before telling me the answer? If you just tell me the answer now, I can completely ignore you and go get what I want!

With your negotiation skills, a businessman would have lost everything long ago! You're such a kid, you know absolutely nothing and have no experience whatsoever…

Crocodile gave a cold, mocking laugh to himself, took a comfortable puff of his cigar, and exhaled. He seemed to finally break free from the powerlessness he felt from being soaked in seawater, and his mind gradually cleared.

Wait a minute! What did this brat just say about 'Pluto'?? Wano Country?? I remember that place has always had a policy of isolation, and it's supposed to be Kaido's territory...

For a moment, Crocodile frowned, lost in confusion.