A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

The gang leader's voice abruptly stopped, and his movements halted. The last voice sounded a little unfamiliar. Who was speaking?

The group of thugs realized something was wrong and turned around stiffly, only to find in astonishment that they had been surrounded by their target without even realizing it.

"What...what are you guys planning to do to my partner?"

They were surrounded by several cold gazes from all sides, a feeling tens of thousands of times more terrifying than being stared at by criminals, pirates, tigers, or sea kings!

"Uh...we..."

Thump thump thump...slap slap slap...plop plop plop...

Without giving them any chance to explain, Nazgre and the others attacked together, without even using magic, and beat the group of wicked guys black and blue, leaving them lying on the ground without even the strength to howl.

"Thanks to Ericsson for telling us beforehand, otherwise Wendy would have been in danger! Thank you so much!!"

Eric chuckled sheepishly, his gaze falling on Wendy: "Oh, not at all... even without my reminder, Wendy could handle it all by herself!"

He knew that although this little girl named Wendy was only 14 years old, her use of Dragon Slayer Magic had reached a level that many Dragon Slayer Mages could not achieve, and she could already use the power of dragons freely!

You have to understand, he himself hasn't even seen the threshold of the Dragon's Power yet!

On another street in the inner city, Robin, who was shopping with Levy near a bookstore, brushed past a tall figure wearing a mask and shrouded in a white coat.

"We are CP9..."

Robin was instantly terrified, breaking out in a cold sweat. She instinctively turned around, only to find that the person had already disappeared. After a few seconds of hesitation, she took a step and followed.

The scene shifts to a secluded, dark alleyway where Robin and the tall figure claiming to be CP9 stand facing each other. This person is none other than Bruno, the bar owner who is infiltrating Water Seven.

Just yesterday, they reported Nico Robin's appearance in Water Seven, and immediately received orders to bring her back. Their superior, Spandam, also issued the order to terminate the 'Pluton Blueprints Project,' ending this mission that had made no progress in the past five years.

Bruno and Robin stood facing each other. Bruno held a Den Den Mushi in his hand. The Den Den Mushi had an arrogant, smug, and extremely ugly face. It threatened Robin in a very unfriendly tone: "Nicole Robin, you don't want to see those people with you now being wanted by the World Government, do you?"

Robin: "..."

"You should know very well that no one can escape unscathed from the World Government. Do you want to see them become wanted by the World Government like you, living like rats, eking out a living in constant fear?"

Spandam invoked the World Government as a threat, attempting to evoke Robin's painful memories with words, stirring up her thoughts and ultimately leading her to agree to his conditions.

In the past, she would have chosen to run away without hesitation—Robin had extensive experience in this area, and if she was determined to escape, even if all the CP9 members lurking in Water 7 came together, they would not be able to catch her.

If she had encountered Luffy's crew before, and had met Aokiji along the way, and had almost been wiped out, she would have chosen to sacrifice herself to save her crewmates' lives.

but now……

Robin had only one question in his mind: Did these people really think they could handle these mages?

"So? Have you thought it through, Nico Robin?"

"You know, right? CP9 members are assassins who have undergone special training that surpasses 'human limits' and possess superhuman physical skills. No one can survive against them!!"

"The fate of those people now rests on your shoulders! If you don't intend to surrender obediently, CP9 will immediately mobilize and wipe them all out!!!"

Just then, a clear voice suddenly appeared in the alley: "You've got some nerve! You think you can declare war on Fairy Tail?"

"Who is it??"

Bruno was startled and immediately looked in the direction of the sound. He saw a red-haired girl in armor at the end of the alley. He recognized her as Erza, one of the two people who had gone to Carrera Company yesterday.

'What happened? I didn't even notice when she appeared...'

Beneath the mask, a few drops of cold sweat slowly trickled down Bruno's forehead and down his horned face. His intuition, honed over years as a secret agent, made him realize that the woman before him was no ordinary person and that he was likely no match for her!

Erza stepped forward, her cold gaze fixed on Bruno. When she stopped three meters away, a silver-white blade appeared in her hand, accompanied by subtle spatial ripples.

"Come on! Let me see just how strong you really are, after undergoing training that pushes beyond the limits of the human body and acquiring superhuman physical skills!"

Chapter 895 Erza's First Encounter with the Navy's Six Powers

"What's wrong, Bruno?"

Spandam's voice came from the other end of the Den Den Mushi: What happened? What was that sound just now?

Bruno did not answer, because Erza's sword intent remained locked on him, and his intuition told him that if he were to lose focus, the battle would end in an instant!

However, his silence does not mean that others will remain silent.

"I think your group of men, which you are so proud of, may be completely wiped out!"

Robin chuckled at the Den Den Mushi. For some reason, when Erza appeared there, she suddenly felt calm and had a strange sense of 'this is all right now'.

Perhaps it stemmed from the respect and fear that the mages had shown Erza in front of her during this period... She had only felt the same way with Kira and Laxus, who had just joined.

"Total annihilation? What do you mean? Nico Robin, what did you do?? Where's Bruno?! Answer my questions!!" Spandam was clearly panicked, which could be seen from the expression on his Den Den Mushi.

"Sorry, boss! I've run into a little trouble and it might take a while..."

Although he knew he couldn't win, CP9 always prioritized missions, so Bruno had no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it. He was about to hang up the Den Den Mushi when he saw Robin reach out her hand to him.

Bruno: "..."

What is this woman trying to do?

Despite his confusion, Bruno still gave the Den Den Mushi to Robin. After all, Robin was indeed very important, and his call with his boss was not yet over. As his subordinate, he could not simply hang up the phone at this time!

Robin picked up the Den Den Mushi and slowly said into the other end, "I only have one thing to say: the conditions you just mentioned... I refuse!!"

After saying that, Robin hung up the Den Den Mushi, then suddenly smiled, looking as if a huge weight had been lifted off her shoulders, as if some kind of shackle had been severed, leaving her feeling incredibly relaxed.

Bruno stared at the Den Den Mushi that Robin had handed him, now that the call had ended. He remained silent for a while before putting it away. Then he looked at Erza, knowing that his task was about to begin.

"If I remember correctly, your name is Erza, right?"

A strange light flashed in Erza's eyes: "You actually know my name? It seems you've done a good job of gathering intelligence... So, can you explain what the World Government and CP9 are?"

"...You don't need to know."

Before she could finish speaking, Robin immediately explained to Erza, "CP9 stands for 'CIPHER POL NO.9,' and it's a secret intelligence agency directly under the World Government..."

"Hmm... I see, I understand now! You're enemies, aren't you?!"

"...You don't understand at all." Bruno looked into Erza's eyes beneath her red hair, which held a clear stupidity, and immediately judged that she was pretending to know what she didn't.

The more Erza acted this way, the heavier Bruno's heart became: 'Is she unaware of the World Government's power, hence her reckless actions? I'd like to tell her she's just a fearless newborn calf, but it seems this time her opponent isn't a calf, but a terrifying lion!'

"Take this!!" Erza leaped forward like a tiger pouncing on its prey, lunging at Bruno while raising her iron sword high and bringing it down heavily!

"Shave!!" Bruno shouted in a low voice, and his figure disappeared in a flash.

Realizing that Erza was no ordinary opponent, he immediately chose to distance himself from her, observe the strength of her attacks, and then devise a battle strategy.

When Bruno reappeared, he was already behind Erza, and taking advantage of the brief moment of stiffness in Erza's body after her attack, he quickly kicked several slashes at her back.

"Storm Kick!!"

"Disappeared?!...No, it's behind us!!"

Erza was taken aback at first, but quickly realized that the other party had appeared behind her. So she turned around quickly with her right leg as the center and swung her sword horizontally.

clang!!!

With a crisp sound, the slash from Lan's foot was cut into starlight by Erza's iron sword and dissipated in the air.

"It blocked it?!" Bruno, hidden behind the mask, was astonished.

Before he could react, Erza's attack came again: "Heavenly Wheel - Blazing Sword!!"

Dozens of flying swords filled the alley at Erza's summons, hovering in the air with their tips pointing directly at Bruno. Then, with a thought from Erza, all the flying swords shot out toward Bruno.

"Paper drawing!!"

In the narrow alley, amidst a dense rain of swords, Erza's attack should have been unavoidable, but Bruno dodged them all using the 'Paper Drawing' technique from the Six Powers.

Erza's eyes lit up: "Wow...how amazing!! His body has become as thin as paper?!"

Robin, who had been watching the battle intently, fell silent: Why are you making that 'it looks like you're having fun' expression?!

As the last sword in the rain of arrows pierced the ground, Bruno's body finally emerged from the 100% MISS state and returned to its original form. Just then, a flash of sword light appeared in the alley.

"Heavenly Wheel - Pentagonal Sword!!"

"The paper...it's ruined!"

Bruno originally intended to repeat his plan and use paper drawing to dodge, but he found that the iron swords had blocked all the movable space within several meters around him. He had no choice but to change his method to block the attack head-on.

"Iron block!!"

Ding ding ding...

The sword swiftly slashed at Bruno's body, leaving a five-pointed star-shaped sword aura on his tall frame that couldn't dissipate in time, yet strangely emitting a metallic clanging sound like steel colliding with each other.

"Huh? You're covered in steel??"

Bruno didn't answer, but instead took the opportunity to stick his right index finger into Erza's body: "Finger Gun!!"

clang--!!

It was the same sound of metal clashing, but this time both of them were simultaneously astonished.

"This armor can't even be pierced by a finger gun?!"

"Your fingers are so hard?!"

Is he made entirely of steel? Is this the superhuman physical skill he mentioned before? Too bad, cutting through steel isn't difficult for me at all…

Erza narrowed her eyes, flipped her hand, and unleashed her Iron-Cutting Sword Intent to strike down once more.

But with this brief respite, Bruno had already broken free from Erza's sword encirclement. He stomped his feet hard on the ground, and his body shot straight into the sky with a sonic boom. He then stomped several more times in the air, each time creating a sonic boom. His figure moved and flashed several times amidst these sonic booms, and finally landed back on the ground, stopping a few meters in front of Erza.

Erza stopped attacking and asked, "Short-distance teleportation, kicking out slashes with both feet, dodging attacks like paper, turning the body into steel, turning fingers into bullets, walking in the air—is this what that person meant by 'superhuman physical skills'?"

"Shave, Storm Kick, Paper Drawing, Iron Body, Finger Pistol, Moon Walk, these are the Navy's 'Six Styles'! They are martial arts techniques that can only be learned through long-term training."

Bruno was utterly stunned: 'In just one exchange, she forced me to use all six of her techniques, maintaining the upper hand throughout while simultaneously seeing through all my abilities... This woman's fighting talent, physical prowess, observational skills, intelligence analysis abilities, and overall strength might even surpass Lucci's!!'

"'Six Styles'? Does that mean there aren't any more superhuman techniques?"

Erza sounded somewhat disappointed, as if the exchange hadn't satisfied her at all. "What a pity! I thought I'd get even more amazing moves..."

Bruno remained silent for a few seconds. In all his years of life and countless missions, this was the first time he had ever heard someone say that the 'Six Styles' were not enough.

"Don't underestimate the Six Styles! If an ordinary person can master just one of them, it's enough to step into the ranks of 'superhumans'! And these aren't techniques that are easy to learn; six of them are enough for many people to spend their entire lives studying! Even the elites in the Navy might not be able to master them all!!"

Although she couldn't see the other person's face, Erza felt that there must be a proud face under the mask.