Jiang Bai, Natsu and Lucy Threatened Me with My Fish

Judging from his voice, Jiang Bai is still in a state of extreme displeasure!

It's over! Utterly over!

"Natsu! What do we do?!"

Lucy was on the verge of tears, frantically shaking Natsu's arm.

"Jiang Bai is really angry! Let's get out of here! If we don't leave, he's really going to tear the walls down!"

"Ah... a hundred times..."

Happy was so frightened that he curled up into a ball, trembling behind Lucy, muttering the terrifying number under his breath.

Natsu's mind was racing.

Get out of here, you'll only get a beating.

If Jiang Bai makes a move, he'll get beaten a hundred times over!

Although the two options sound similar, how could a Dragon Slayer with backbone surrender so easily!

Yes! As long as I run fast enough, Jiang Bai won't be able to catch me!

A flame of "survival" instantly ignited in Natsu's eyes!

He glanced at the tightly closed gate beside him, then at the towering wall behind him.

If you try to use the main gate, you'll definitely get blocked.

The only option is... to use a VPN!

Just as Jiang Bai was about to utter the emotionless "three," Natsu moved!

He pushed off the ground with both feet and shot off like an arrow toward the wall behind the village, attempting a triumphant escape!

However, he was ultimately too naive.

Just as he leaped high into the air, his fingers about to touch the top of the wall, the space in front of him twisted without warning.

A pitch-black void, seemingly connecting to another world, appeared out of thin air.

A hand shot out from the hole with lightning speed, and with perfect precision, grabbed Natsu's signature white checkered scarf!

"Whoa!"

Natsu only had time to let out a short scream before he was like a chick being grabbed by an invisible hand and forcibly dragged from mid-air into that spatial passage!

Outside the wall.

Gray looked at the high wall with pity, already imagining Natsu's miserable state later on.

Just then, the space in front of him rippled.

The next second, Natsu appeared out of thin air, in a disheveled position, with Jiang Bai grabbing the scarf by the back of his neck with one hand, lifting him into the air, his legs still kicking futilely.

"Found it."

Jiang Bai looked at the culprit in his hand that had ruined his date and gave a "kind" smile.

But that smile, in Natsu's eyes, was a hundred times more terrifying than a demon from hell!

"Jiang... Jiang Bai! Let me explain!"

Natsu panicked and struggled frantically with his hands and feet.

"I didn't do it on purpose! It was Happy! Happy stole the mission sheet!"

"Ai?!"

Happy, who was about to turn himself in with Lucy, froze upon hearing this. How could someone betray him before him?

Jiang Bai completely ignored Natsu's weak and feeble explanation.

He let go, letting Natsu fall to the ground with a "thud".

Then, he cracked his knuckles, which made a series of crisp "crackling" sounds.

"Repeating it a hundred times might take a bit of time."

Jiang Bai looked down at Natsu, who was trembling on the ground, and said slowly.

"Then... let's start with an appetizer."

Before he finished speaking, he raised his foot and delivered a merciless, lightning-fast kick to Natsu's buttocks!

"Bang bang!"

The dull thuds of the blows, accompanied by Natsu's pig-like screams, echoed through the tranquil jungle.

"I was wrong! Jiang Bai! I was really wrong!"

"Stop hitting me! My butt's going to be a bloody mess!"

"Happy! Help!"

Gray stood to the side, his lips twitching. He wanted to pretend he didn't know this shameless guy, but remembering the chairman's instructions before he left, he gritted his teeth and stepped forward to break up the fight.

"Alright, alright, Jiang Bai, that's enough. If you keep hitting him, he'll turn into an idiot."

He's an idiot.

Jiang Bai said this, but his feet stopped moving.

He didn't really want to kill Natsu; he just couldn't get over the anger he felt.

Just then, the village gate creaked open.

Lucy, Happy, and the village chief were watching in horror the scene of this one-sided "domestic violence."

Lucy, in particular, watched as Natsu, who was usually so energetic and fearless, was now rolling on the ground, clutching his butt and crying his eyes out.

Looking at Jiang Bai next to him, who seemed completely unfazed and felt great after beating Natsu, Jiang Bai didn't hesitate any longer and immediately knelt down to beg for mercy.

But Lucy was too late. Happy flew to Jiang Bai, crying, "Jiang Bai, Natsu and Lucy threatened me with my fish!"

Lucy yelled at Happy was even more shameless than herself, "You traitorous cat!"

"Alright, stop howling."

Jiang Bai kicked Natsu one last time, then straightened his clothes, as if he hadn't been the one who had just assaulted him.

"The old man said that since we've taken on the task, we'll just take care of it for you while we're at it."

He turned his gaze to the village chief, who was terrified by Jiang Bai's cruelty.

"Take us in and tell us what this so-called 'Demon Island' is all about."