Cracking Down on Vice in the Hot Spring District
The moon rises high above the branches, a time when love and affection are most abundant.
The spa town of Magnolia Town is where the day begins to bustle with activity.
But the hot spring town tonight was different from usual, with a touch of tranquility and desolation, and the air lacked a certain indescribable charm.
It all started two hours earlier with the crackdown on pornography and illegal publications.
At the end of the hot spring street, in front of the hot spring tavern called Emerald Spring, Hughes stood with his hands in his pockets, a sinister smile on his lips, casually glancing ahead.
To his left was Mira, who had completely absorbed the church's demons; her body was like Kogarashi, with crystals shimmering on her torso.
On the right is Erza, clad in the Purgatory Armor, her expression solemn, her serrated greatsword gripped upside down, the spikes of the Purgatory Armor adding to her awe-inspiring and chilling presence.
Hughes glanced at them out of the corner of his eye, feeling an overwhelming sense of security.
With the future Fairy Tail duo by his side, he wanted to see what tricks Kailinfu would pull this time.
He's always serious about revenge!
At the entrance of the hot spring tavern, two female mages responsible for greeting guests were on high alert, their foreheads dripping with cold sweat and their legs trembling.
The situation is not right, I'm thinking of running away...
A monthly salary of only 300,000 J isn't worth risking your life here...
Hughes vividly remembered these two female mages; they had stood outside the gate just like tonight, smiling and welcoming him and Macao inside.
Hughes would never believe they were unaware of Kailinfu's plans.
Tonight, the reckoning will begin with those two!
Then, Hughes spread his arms slightly and waved his hands forward with great force, as if he were commanding a thousand troops.
The two demons from Fairy Tail standing to his left and right both took two steps forward, their terrifying aura spreading out.
These two steps felt like stepping on the very tip of one's heart, making one tremble involuntarily, and the mage standing in front of the hot spring tavern retreated repeatedly in shock.
"Sir, what brings you here?" one man asked, his lips trembling.
They certainly knew who the man in front of them was; thanks to their boss's shameless propaganda, everyone in Magnolia Town knew his scoundrel-like appearance.
Hughes ignored the two of them, only coughing twice to signal Mira and Erza that it was time to proceed with the plan.
The next second, Mira and Erza vanished abruptly, like ghosts, and reappeared behind the two in the hot spring tavern in the blink of an eye.
"Bang!" x2
The two men swiftly and decisively brought down their knives, leaving two figures on the ground sleeping like babies.
"Let's go, we'll sabotage Kailinfu's business today!" Hughes said, brandishing the documents he had just pulled out.
As someone who doesn't stick to things, the documents in Hughes's hands are what he'll use to take the blame, since what he's about to do is extremely unethical.
To shut up that madwoman Kailinfu and prevent her from making up stories later.
Before arriving, Hughes made a point of having a friendly chat with the mayor.
At first, the mayor scoffed at him, looking at Hughes as if he were a fool.
Hughes calmly pulled out Recording Magic Crystal and showed the mayor how he had choked Crawford Himm and swaggered around the Magic Council.
The mayor knelt on the ground, hugged Hughes's legs, and tearfully presented Hughes with the official documents for the crackdown on pornography and illegal publications.
At this moment, Hughes led the Fairy Tail Duo through the various rooms of the Emerald Spring.
With his extremely sensitive hearing, he would burst through the door at the slightest sound that was inappropriate for children.
Forehead...
There was nothing they could do; it was Kailinfu's fault for offending them, and they would be filled with resentment if they did this, which they would then take out on Kailinfu.
"Everyone stand still! Block the way if necessary. This is an official crackdown on prostitution; please cooperate with the investigation!"
Hughes brandished the official certificate given to him by the mayor, then took out Recording Magic Crystal and photographed each of the "involved" individuals...
"Madam, please be serious and don't try to provoke the officials; also, advertising and nudity are not allowed here."
"The top won't do, and the bottom won't do either," Hughes said earnestly, holding up the Recording Magic Crystal.
Hughes, the boss himself confirmed, is a scoundrel. Everyone in Emerald Spring knows him...
Hughes:... I'm getting a little angry...
Just as Hughes, who was not very familiar with the business, was slightly stumped, the male customer pointed to the Recording Magic Crystal in Hughes's hand and pleaded:
"Sir, could you please smash the Magic Crystal? I'll pay whatever it takes!"
He was quite a celebrity in Magnolia Town. If the information about the Recording Magic Crystal Hughes left on his hand were to get out, not only would his reputation be ruined, but his ninety-year-old wife would definitely come after him.
With the old woman nearing her death, and her billions of dollars in assets about to fall into his hands, he worried that if she found out, all the suffering he had endured over the past ten years would have been for nothing.
The male customer was anxious. Seeing that Hughes did not speak, he finally promised to give Hughes half of his wealth in exchange for him smashing the Recording Magic Crystal in his hand.
Hughes pondered for half a minute, comparing the options repeatedly, and then shook his head in refusal.
Hmph, he thinks he can be tested with such a paltry sum of money? His selfless dedication is as clear as day.
Okay, we're all brothers here, Hughes let's treat each other with sincerity...
More important than money is ruining Kailinfu's business and getting revenge on her.
Money can't buy happiness.
So, Hughes "accidentally" revealed to him that he had already informed Kailinfu in advance about the anti-prostitution operation that would be conducted in the hot springs district that night.
He didn't know why Kailinfu hadn't done the work beforehand...
Upon hearing this, the male customer's anger was visibly evident on his face.
He chose to come to Emerald Spring to relieve stress because he felt safe here in Kailinfu.
It's obvious that Kailinfu is trying to sabotage him. The male customer is starting to overthink things, even suspecting that Kailinfu is after his ninety-year-old wife's fortune.
Hughes sighed regretfully, but his actions in registering the male customer were not slow at all.
After giving the male customer another information form, Hughes brandished the Magic Crystal in his hand as a subtle threat, telling the two of them to go to the official office to report themselves.
Unfortunately, I forgot to bring the officials from Magnolia Town...
To protect Mira and Erza's physical and mental well-being, Hughes kept them about ten meters outside the room.
Tonight, the Fairy Tail Duo's main objective is to deal with Kailinfu.
Stepping out of the room, Hughes up his trousers before meeting up with the two little ones.
The three used their hearing to locate the sounds, wandering throughout the entire hot spring tavern. Whenever they heard something unusual coming from a room, Hughes would brandish an official document about cracking down on prostitution and kick the door open.
In an instant, the once bustling hot spring tavern at Emerald Spring was thrown into chaos, with cries of surprise echoing everywhere.
"There's only one room left. What if Kailinfu still doesn't plan to come out?" Mira whispered.
Hughes hesitated for two seconds. "If she still doesn't come out, we'll check all the other hot spring taverns as well."
Then, come once a day from now on!
Hughes wanted to see if Kailinfu, the mastermind behind the hot spring town, could still sit still.
After saying that, the three of them continued walking towards the last room.
No one expected that this last room would give them such a huge shock...