Why Won't You Listen to Me Properly!

Natsu had just landed from mid-air and regained his footing, and before he could even feel relieved that he had escaped that damned metal can, a familiar, shrill scream came from the road not far away.

"Ugh! Slow down! I'm going to die...!"

"Stop the car! I can't take it anymore! I'm going to throw up!"

Natsu looked in the direction of the sound and saw a huge cloud of sand sweeping towards him at a speed that defied the laws of physics at the end of the road.

Amidst the sandstorm, a stylishly designed magical four-wheeled vehicle drifts, fishtails, and swerves with near-madness, as if it's about to disintegrate at any moment.

Natsu could even clearly hear Lucy and Gray's desperate screams.

"Squeak--Crunch--!"

With a screech of brakes that made your teeth ache, the Magic Quadruple Wheels executed a stylish drift and came to a precise stop right in front of Natsu.

In the driver's seat, Jiang Bai excitedly took off his goggles.

As soon as the car door opened, two figures were thrown out as if by a rocket, tumbling and scrambling to the roadside.

It's Lucy and Gray.

The two men were ashen-faced. As soon as they landed, they vomited violently, their faces turning ashen.

Happy followed closely behind, its small body swaying three times in the air before finally crashing headfirst into the nearby bushes in a freefall motion.

Erza was the last to get off the train. Although she didn't vomit, her pale complexion and her hands, which were gripping the door handle tightly and had white knuckles, betrayed the terrifying journey she had just experienced.

Natsu looked at Gray's disheveled appearance, pointed at him, and let out a wild, unrestrained laugh.

"Haha! You've finally met your match!"

"Asshole!"

Gray nearly vomited bile; he looked up and glared fiercely at Natsu.

"If it weren't for you, you idiot!"

"Wow! This feeling of speeding along is really quite fun!"

Jiang Bai completely ignored the passengers who were questioning their existence by the roadside and sighed to himself,

"I'll buy one too, it'll be perfect for when I go out on dates."

"No!!"

Erza's voice Crush Jiang Bai's beautiful fantasy in an instant.

Although she forced herself not to vomit, she absolutely did not want to experience that feeling of her soul being flung out of her body a second time.

Faced with strong opposition from one of the highest-ranking "mistresses" in the household, Jiang Bai had no choice but to reluctantly abandon the idea.

Forget it, I'll try to win Mira over when I get back, have a family meeting, and then we can discuss buying a car.

Erza and Gray and Lucy had calmed down a bit before Erza immediately resumed her serious expression.

"Now that Natsu is back, let's continue. The sooner we take care of Eisenwald, the fewer unexpected events we'll face."

"Eisenwald?"

Natsu scratched his head when he heard that familiar name.

"I think I just heard that... on that train, there was a guy who looked like a shadow..."

He hadn't finished speaking.

"Smack!"

A crisp sound.

Erza Natsu hard across the back of the head, sending him staggering.

"You idiot! The enemy we're dealing with this time is Eisenwald!"

"How should I know?!"

Natsu covered the back of his head and shouted in grievance.

Why won't you listen to me properly!

Because you knocked him out right then and there... Lucy thought to herself, but she dared not say it out loud.

"Okay, okay,"

Seeing that another round of lecturing was about to begin, Jiang Bai quickly jumped into the car and interrupted them.

"Let's get in the car and leave quickly, before those rats get away."

He gripped the steering wheel again, a look of eager excitement on his face.

"Don't worry, everyone. I'll drive even faster this time, and we'll definitely catch the train before they take action!"

"No--!"

When Lucy heard that she was going to ride in Jiang Bai's car again, and even faster than before, she turned green with fright and shook her head like a rattle drum.

Even the usually strong Erza showed a look of resistance on her face.

Not to mention Natsu, who has a natural fear of vehicles.

"Jiang Bai,"

Erza took a deep breath and said in an unquestionable tone,

"To resolve this quickly, why don't you use your Space Magic to teleport us there?"

Disappointment was clearly visible on Jiang Bai's handsome face.

But he still put away the magical four-wheeled vehicle, and that cool vehicle disappeared into thin air before everyone's eyes.

Lucy stared at the scene, her mouth agape in shock.

"Jiang Bai's personal space... is it this big? It can even fit a car that big?"

"Hey~" Happy had recovered at some point and flew onto her shoulder.

He said in a matter-of-fact tone, "Maybe Jiang Bai could even fit an entire town inside."

"How is that possible!"

Lucy exclaimed, "That's way too much!"

Jiang Bai quickly calculated the direction and distance in his mind.

A thought flashed through my mind.

With a soft hum as space was torn apart, everyone's figures vanished from their original spot in an instant.

After several extremely brief yet seemingly endless Space Transfers, the group finally arrived at their destination— Kuroba Train Station.

As soon as he landed, Natsu acted as if nothing had happened, curiously looking around.

However, Lucy wasn't so lucky.

The repeated Space Transfers caused her brain and body to enter a state of severe protest.

Her face turned pale, she covered her mouth, and felt a churning in her stomach.

"Ugh... I still feel like throwing up."

This feeling is like someone who never plays 3D games being forced to watch others play all day; it's a matter of individual constitution and there's no solution.

Before they could even catch their breath, they realized that something was wrong with the situation.

The entire Kuroba Train Station was surrounded by squads of Kingdom soldiers in standard military uniforms, with long cordons set up, creating an extremely tense atmosphere.

Fortunately, based on the current situation, there does not appear to be any casualties.