Fairy Tail: Vector Manipulation

Chen Fan pulled a sheet of paper from his pocket and handed it to Mystogan. "This is a new song I wrote for you. It's called 'JiMo Sandbar Cold.' Take it."

"Stop chatting. If you want to talk, do it when you get home. Mystogan, hurry up and lift the sleep spell," Makarov said anxiously from the side.

"Ah, ah, the Master has spoken. We'll talk again later," Chen Fan said.

Mystogan took the paper Chen Fan handed him, then went to the notice board and took down a job request. He showed it to Makarov, then said to Makarov and Chen Fan, "I'm leaving."

"5, 4, 3, 2, 1." As soon as the count ended, everyone woke up, except for Natsu, who had already passed out.

"Was that Mystogan?" Macao said after waking up.

"That bastard," Draer said from the side.

"Still as powerful as ever," Levy said with a sigh, rubbing her eyes.

At that moment, Lucy asked groggily, "Mystogan?"

"One of Fairy Tail's strongest man candidates," Elfman explained to Lucy.

"For some reason, he doesn't want anyone to see him. Whenever he comes to take jobs, he always puts everyone to sleep with sleep magic," Gray continued, picking up where Elfman had left off.

"What's with that? That's way too suspicious," Lucy said in confusion.

"So aside from the Master, almost no one has seen his face," Gray continued.

A voice suddenly rang out. "No... I've seen him. Hehe. And that pervert beside you has seen him too. They're even quite familiar with each other."

"Laxus, you're here? That's rare," Wakaba said, looking toward the second floor.

Gray continued introducing him to Lucy. "Fairy Tail's other strongest candidate."

"Mystogan is rather shy, so don't pry too much, alright, Chen Fan?" Laxus said lazily, propping up his chin.

"Hm? Were you talking to me?" Chen Fan asked Laxus with a confused look, making the veins on Laxus's forehead throb. With a crackle, he sent a bolt of lightning at Chen Fan.

Lightning Strike. Chen Fan dodged it, then patted his chest and said in a relieved tone, "Wow, that was dangerous. Little Lax, don't greet me like that. It's dangerous."

Hearing Chen Fan's words, golden-yellow lightning flashed all over Laxus's body as he roared at Chen Fan, "I told you, don't call me Little Lax!"

After saying that, he assumed a fighting stance and fixed his gaze on Chen Fan. "Come on. Today, I'm going to duel you and see which of us is Fairy Tail's strongest."

As though he had not seen any of it, Chen Fan waved a hand. "Now, now, now, don't be like that. We're all civilized people. If there's something to discuss, we can sit down and talk it over peacefully. Why fight and kill? As for this strongest nonsense..."

Before he could finish, Natsu sprang up from the floor and shouted, "Strongest? What strongest?"

He suddenly looked up and saw Laxus on the second floor. "Laxus, come fight me!"

"Didn't Erza just beat you up?" Gray said from the side.

"Yeah, yeah. You can't even beat Erza, and you think you can beat me?"

"What do you mean by that?" Erza said darkly, startling Gray. "Calm down, Erza."

"You don't understand what I mean? I mean that I'm Fairy Tail's strongest Mage," Laxus said arrogantly, raising both hands.

Everyone below frowned at his words. Only Chen Fan continued drinking leisurely at the side, not taking Laxus's words to heart. Seeing that Chen Fan had not been provoked and was still calmly drinking, Laxus became furious.

"What did you say, you bastard? Get down here!" Though Chen Fan said nothing, Natsu could not stand it anymore and shouted at Laxus.