"Eh--!?" Lucy's cry stopped abruptly, and his chin almost hit the ground.
"Wait, wait! We are in the same team!"
Erza's eyes were blazing, staring at the bright star frame above Lucy's head, and his tone was impassioned:
"It has nothing to do with the team, this is a victory or defeat between companions. Compared to the selection of Miss Elf, this game makes my blood boil even more."
Then she moved her gaze downwards and looked directly at Lucy, her eyes full of recognition:
"Lucy, I have always thought you have great potential, but I didn't expect that even Jutsu Shiki rules think your potential has surpassed that of me and Gildarts!"
"Come on Lucy, let's try our best and have a duel without regrets!!"
"No!! I have ghost potential! Didn't Blanc say it's random!?"
Seeing that even the most reliable Erza has become an enemy, Lucy completely collapsed.
She quickly let go of Erza, turned around and ran towards the door as hard as she could.
While running wildly, she was so aggrieved that she burst into tears. She yelled at the second floor:
"Asshole Blanc! Why am I number one! What the hell are these rules! I'm not done with you!!"
Seeing this, everyone was reluctant to let her go and chased after her, pushing and shoving her. The whole hall suddenly became a mess.
"Lucy--! Stop!"
"Don't run! Let's show off!"
"It's not a man to run away from a fight!!"
"I'm not a man to begin with!!" Lucy yelled back in a frenzy without looking back.
Happy flapped his wings and easily caught up to her side, discussing in a coquettish manner while flying:
"Lucy, if you lose to us, we can give you a piece of fish~"
"The devil wants your fish!"
Bickslow watched helplessly as a large group of people rushed past him with red eyes, but he couldn't even step out of the stage. He was so anxious that he slapped the Jutsu Shiki wall full of Purple Runes, raised his head and shouted at the second floor:
"Hey! Blanc! Hurry up and untie our Jutsu Shiki! What's the matter with trapping us here! We are going to join the war!"
Five puppets floated around him, cheering in unison. "Join the war! Join the war!"
Evergreen closed Folding Fan with a snap and pointed directly at the second floor with the tip of the fan, but the eyes behind the lenses couldn't help but drift to the top of Lucy's head:
"Exactly! Could it be that you want to use such despicable means to trap us here and make us lose without a fight!?"
Laxus looked impatient and stared at Blanc coldly.
At the end of the hall, Lucy had rushed to the guild entrance with sparks and lightning.
Outside the open door, there is Magnolia bright sunlight and a bustling street.
'We're going out! Just rush out first and find a place to hide...'
Lucy's eyes lit up with hope, he gritted his teeth and plunged out.
A crisp crashing sound suddenly sounded.
Lucy's forehead hit something hard, and his whole body was bounced back. He staggered around, and finally sat down heavily by the door frame, with stars appearing in front of his eyes.
Rows of purple runes appeared in the air at the door.
"Eh...?"
Lucy clutched the swollen lump on his forehead and stared blankly at the lit Jutsu Shiki wall in front of him.
Natsu, who was chasing after her, was only a few steps away from her. When she saw Lucy being bounced to the side like a ball, she was stunned and subconsciously wanted to brake:
"Lucy, how did you..."
Before he finished speaking, because he stopped so abruptly, Gray, who was rushing behind him, didn't notice at all. He couldn't stop his feet immediately, and his whole body bumped into Natsu's back.
"Ah! Gray You..."
Natsu Before he had time to get angry, the members who were chasing after him had already surged up like a tide.
The crowd that couldn't stop the car pushed them forward like a bulldozer.
"Hey! Don't push!!"
"Hey! The one in front has stopped! Stop it quickly--"
"I can't stop!!"
"I'm going to die, I'm going to die! Stop crowding!!"
Boom! Bang! Snap!
Dull collision sounds were heard one after another, and a tragic hamburger jam was staged at the entrance of the guild in the blink of an eye.
Natsu was pushed to the front, his whole face was photographed on the wall of Jutsu Shiki, and he was squeezed into a big pie.
Gray hit the back of Natsu, Elfman hit the back of Gray, and there was an endless stream of people behind them.
Na Natsu felt that the delicacies he had eaten before were almost being squeezed out, and he struggled to squeeze out a few words from between his teeth:
"Stop... stop squeezing... bastard..."
Lucy was still frightened. "Huh, it was so dangerous, I was the one who was almost caught..."
Erza stopped steadily behind the crowd, stared at the runes at the door, and frowned. "Huh? Jutsu Shiki is also arranged here?"
For a moment, the members in the crowd and those watching from behind started shouting:
"Hey, are you kidding? You can't get out!?"
"Blanc! What's going on!?"
"Hurry up and untie the Jutsu Shiki on the door. Are you still competing!?"
Facing the spectacular scene of crowds at the gate, Blanc on the second floor was stunned for a moment, then lightly punched the palm of his left hand with his fist, and suddenly realized:
"Ah, right."
"Haha, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, because I didn't know which direction Laxus would run from before. In fact, the entire venue is prohibited from entering or exiting."
Speaking of this, he rolled his eyes:
"But that's fine. I was negligent before."
"If more than a hundred of you were to swarm into the streets, Harvest Festival I'm afraid it would really turn into a guild melee."
"Besides, it's unfair for those who are targeted at the top of the list to be blocked as soon as they open the door."
As he spoke, his eyes fell pointedly on the blond girl by the door who was covering her forehead and crying without tears.
"So, in order to ensure the order of the game, and to give everyone a perfect start experience."
"Next, I will randomly teleport everyone to different places in the town. Ranking Battle, it will officially start from the moment you land!"
"Random teleportation..."
Lucy rubbed the big red and swollen bump on his forehead, his originally dead heart suddenly moved, and his eyes lit up little by little:
"In other words... I might be teleported to a remote corner where no one can find me, and I could just find a place to hide?"
Before she could be happy for even two seconds, Happy landed lightly on top of her head, covering her mouth and saying:
"Maybe you will be teleported to the same place as Laxus."
Lucy The color on his face immediately faded away.
Blanc suddenly took out a card and activated it.
In an instant, except for Guild Master, the Vines bracelets on everyone's wrists in the hall lit up at the same time. Then, magic arrays unfolded under everyone's feet and slowly rotated.
"Oh!?"
"The body is glowing!"
On the stage, Laxus frowned and glanced down at his wrist, which was also lit up. Then he suddenly raised his head, stared at Blanc on the second floor, and made a cold declaration:
"Hmph, are you teleporting randomly? Blanc, wash your neck and wait! When I finish all these rubbish, it will be your turn!!"
Then he looked at Freed below and ordered, "Freed, quickly meet Thunder God Tribe and me after you go out!"
In the audience, Freed, who had already accepted the reality and had begun to look forward to Ranking Battle, was stunned, and then decisively replied, "No problem!"
Makarov Guild Master below looked around, watching everyone in the room light up, but there was no reaction on his body, and his whole face was filled with confusion.
Gildarts looked at the light rising from his feet, raised his eyebrows, turned to Guild Master and laughed:
"Then I'll go ahead and join in the fun, Guild Master."
"Hey! Wait! Blanc! Where is I? Why did you miss me!?" Makarov rolled up his sleeves and shouted angrily.
On the second floor, Blanc held on to the railing and waved to the people downstairs:
"Well everyone - we'll see you on the field!"
As soon as the words fell, everyone turned into a ray of light and disappeared instantly.
"You bastard, stop here--!!"
The guild suddenly became empty, leaving only Makarov alone, with roars echoing in the hall.
Looking at the empty surroundings, Guild Master was so angry that he blew his beard and stared:
"Really! Neither one of them makes me worry! Just one Laxus breaks my heart. Why is Blanc also following him in such mischief!? This makes me so angry!!"
"At least untie Jutsu Shiki for me!"
He put his hands on his hips and cursed loudly, but unfortunately the entire guild only had his own response, without any feedback.
At the end of the scolding, Makarov was tired of scolding and found a place to sit down.
The hall became completely quiet, except for the light curtain in mid-air that had been switched to real-time images of battlefields everywhere.
The violent mood gradually settled down, and Makarov thought about the reason why Blanc did this.
Suddenly he seemed to have thought of something, his expression was shocked, and then he let out a long sigh.
An indescribable complexity and relief appeared on Makarov's face.
"Blanc... You have come in such a big circle..."
He looked at the light curtain hanging in mid-air and murmured in a low voice:
"Did you do all this... to protect that idiot Laxus..."