Squidward, I Want You to Help Me Train

The core prohibition of the Magic Council is that guilds are forbidden from initiating large-scale conflicts or wars without authorization.

However, the intricacies involved are self-evident.

If the Magic Council wants to cause you trouble, they can find eight hundred ways to distort the rules from this prohibition.

Never view the Magic Council too positively; this is a lesson learned from Makarov's long career as a mage.

Makarov was certain that, given Crawford Heim and his ilk's track record, if Hughes killed Ezel the Dojigiri, they would definitely order the Custody Enforcement Unit to detain Hughes and punish the Fairy Tail guild.

Therefore, in order to guard against the Magic Council, to completely absolve Hughes, and to avoid dragging down Fairy Tail guild.

Makarov wrote this mission request form overnight, which did not involve any of the main objectives, and then sent it to the Magic Council for review.

Today, the task assignment form was finally returned to him, and the review result was naturally approved...

After listening to Makarov's explanation, Hughes tapped the table and gave him a knowing smile.

That old man is cunning; he sent this mission request form to the Magic Council for review, which means he's getting the entire Magic Council to endorse him!

If he were to kill Ezel the Dojigiri, he could just make up some excuse; accidents are inevitable when mages are on missions anyway.

The Magic Council doesn't believe it?

Well, I guess I'll just have to swallow my bitterness and bear it. After all, this mission request was approved by the Magic Council.

As for whether the idiots in the Magic Council will cause trouble!

If they dare to make any underhanded moves, Hughes would openly break away from Fairy Tail guild without Makarov even lifting a finger.

He wanted to see how the Ishgar Magic Council, which could easily manipulate even Jellal and Ultear, could possibly stand against him.

It's not that Hughes is radical; the main reason is that he dislikes the current leaders of the Magic Council. While watching Fairy Tail anime in the hospital, he had long wanted to kill Crawford Him and Michello.

To put it bluntly, any dog you find on the street to sit in their spot would be more useful than them.

At least dogs won't harm their own people!

However, Makarov was right; this mission was indeed giving him benefits.

Hughes had almost forgotten how long ago it was before he could fully absorb Devil Factor.

Once I absorb all of Ezel's Devil Factor, the Awakening level of the Dojigiri -Flame-Flame Fruit will definitely increase to over 50%. Then I can figure it out myself and maybe even develop Ace's incredibly cool Flame Ring series of moves.

Thinking this through, Hughes' eyes lit up like lamps, and he almost couldn't help but laugh out loud.

He's determined to kill Ezel the Dojigiri; even Pluton couldn't save him.

Makarov glanced at Hughes, the bastard who had just been making sarcastic remarks about him and even punched Laxus, was now grinning like an idiot.

He knew that Hughes had been keeping an eye on the demons and had even asked him for a lot of information about them.

Mira told him that Hughes' fire abilities had greatly improved after his last battle with Satan, and Makarov thought that Hughes ' enthusiasm for finding demons was probably related to this.

That brat might be able to draw some kind of energy from the demon to enhance his own fire abilities.

Coupled with Hughes's exaggerated mental strength and his ever-increasing physical abilities, Makarov became increasingly curious about which world Hughes came from.

Are all the people in that world as twisted as him? If only I could recruit a few more to join the Fairy Tail guild...

"Hey, taking over the number one mage guild in the Kingdom of Fiore is a piece of cake!"

Thinking of this, Makarov's lips gradually curled into a smile.

Laxus's gaze darted back and forth between Makarov and Hughes, his expression puzzled. Why were these two suddenly laughing like freaks?

Gildarts also seems to have a habit of suddenly laughing in a way that leaves people bewildered. Could this be the reason for their immense power...?

A moment later, Hughes stopped smiling, stood up slightly, and helped Makarov close his jaw, which had become slightly dislocated from laughing.

Laugh if you want, but don't laugh so lewdly. This is his home; it's easy for people to misunderstand.

Hughes sat down again, glanced at his palm, sighed, stood up again, and rubbed his hand on Laxus's clothes.

Damn it, it got covered in Makarov's saliva. I should have known better than to help him.

Laxus was bewildered. He lowered his chin and glanced at the clothes, then flew into a rage. How could this bastard be so disgusting?

Faced with Laxus's furious, charging punch, Hughes calmly dodged to the side.

What a joke! You really think Advanced Observation Haki is...

"Bang!"

Coming to his senses, Makarov blushed with embarrassment. Suddenly, his Giant Magic activated, and his palm grew larger in an instant, knocking Hughes to the ground.

Hughes: Damn it, good guys don't get rewarded, brothers.

Makarov put his right fist to his mouth and coughed twice to cover his embarrassment. "Stop fooling around, let's get down to business!"

"You two had better set off soon; Dojigiri Ezel won't stay in Thunder Valley forever." Makarov said, glancing at Hughes.

Hughes knew the old man was talking to him, so he stopped acting strangely and got up from the ground.

"Don't worry, old man, we'll set off tonight!" Hughes laughed.

Upon hearing this, Mira nudged Hughes: "Do you want me to prepare some food for you to eat on the way?"

Hughes nodded. "Make more, preferably high-energy foods!"

If you're Life Return, having extra food on hand is always beneficial.

Unfortunately, Mira doesn't know how to cook the special dishes from the One Piece world, otherwise...

Makarov glanced at Hughes, who had drifted off into thought after a few words, and shook his head speechlessly; in a daze, Makarov remembered that there was still one thing he hadn't done.

He reached into his pocket again, then pulled out a large stack of magic coins and placed them on the table.

"This is the quest reward for defeating the Threads of Illusory Evil. The Magic Council just delivered it to the guild today. You can decide how to distribute it!"

Before Laxus could speak, Hughes Teuchi: "I know you're not short of money, but it still has to be split fifty-fifty!"

To reiterate, although Hughes is short of money, he will only take what he believes he deserves.

Hughes divided the magic coins on the table into two equal parts and pushed them in front of Makarov and Laxus respectively.

Laxus gave Hughes a deep look, said nothing more, and put the magic coin that Hughes pushed towards him into his pocket.

Hughes patted Mira on the shoulder and continued, "Mira, since the old man is here, bring out the money you've saved at home!"

Paying back debts is a matter of course.

Previously, when Mira went on a mission with Makarov in the Clover Grand Canyon, the old man gave him 3 million J, Mira saved 2 million J.

During the swimming competition, he earned 5 million J from Macao and Wakaba, which he also gave to Mira for safekeeping.

Hey, if you calculate it this way, paying back 40 million J doesn't seem so hard...

A moment later, Mira placed 7 million J in front of Makarov.

"Old man, I've done the math. There's a total of 10.5 million J here. Adding the 7 million J I paid you back earlier, I've almost paid back half of what I owe you!" Hughes said, raising an eyebrow.