[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-comparing-two-fairies-this-natsu-is-actually-sla":3,"chapter-comparing-two-fairies-this-natsu-is-actually-sla-fairy-tail-a-tale-of-two-natsus-this-one-truly-s-chapter-224":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Fairy Tail Comparison: This Natsu Is Really Slaying Dragons!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1993623,2878,"Chapter 224","fairy-tail-a-tale-of-two-natsus-this-one-truly-s-chapter-224",224,"\u003Cp>[What he was thinking in his heart.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It's not the first in the younger generation, nor is it the first in Fiore, and certainly not the first in Ishgar!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[He is...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The best in the world!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Yes, Black Natsu has enough confidence that he is the best in the world!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[But at the same time, he clearly understands his own weakness!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Thinking this way might be contradictory, but it is indeed the fact.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Gildarts once had a famous saying: only when one realizes one's own weakness can a person become gentle and strong.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[This sentence might explain Black Natsu's current state well.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[He is the strongest, but also the weakest, and this does not conflict.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Because strength and weakness have never been just the superficial surface of power.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Laxus can't see through this, so he thinks Black Natsu has lost his edge.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[And precisely because of this, Black Natsu finds it funny.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[How can someone who doesn't understand his own heart talk about seeing through someone else's heart?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[He shook his head.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Black Natsu didn't continue to dwell on it.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Instead, he turned to look at the S-class mission request board behind him.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[In his mind, he recalled Gray's request to him not long ago.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Gray had been coveting S-class missions for a long time, but due to his own strength, he had never been able to achieve it.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Since he's already here, might as well take Gray to see the world.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[With this thought, Black Natsu walked toward the S-class mission request board.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[He casually tore one off and stuffed it into his pocket.]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[Hargeon Port.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"Speaking of which, why are you guys here too?\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Looking at Erza, Lucy, and Mirajane following behind.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Black Natsu's expression was a bit stunned.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"Well, it's not just you who wants to take Gray to see the world, we also want to take Lucy to see the world, right?\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mirajane stepped forward and said, also blinking playfully.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Black Natsu looked at Lucy behind Erza and Mirajane upon hearing this.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lucy, who was being watched by Black Natsu, had a complicated expression.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Uh... how should I put this.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I actually didn't want to come.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[But...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Early this morning, when Mirajane learned that Black Natsu was actually going to take Gray to perform an S-class mission, she immediately became unhappy.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[After all, she hadn't teamed up with Black Natsu for a long time. It was clearly something agreed upon before Black Natsu went to perform the 100-year quest.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[After returning from the 100-year quest, they would continue to team up, but Black Natsu was actually going to take Gray to perform the mission first?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[So, Mirajane had a flash of inspiration and thought of a way, which was to pull in Lucy, the newcomer.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Under the pretext of taking her to see the world, she could just happen to participate in the mission Black Natsu was responsible for.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Everything was planned well, but I don't know who leaked the news.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[So, Erza also joined in.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[After all, according to her words.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, bastard Mira. As long as I'm here, you will never succeed!\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[So, Erza also came along.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[As for Lucy, she became the victim.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[How should I put it, forced to perform a mission?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"But, Erza, plus Mira, and Natsu, three S-classes... this mission has no difficulty at all, right?\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Looking at the few people in front of him, Happy said with some worry.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Gray was the same, originally thinking this was a good opportunity to train himself.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[As a result, one mission, three S-classes??]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[What's the point of this?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[These three could just wipe out that so-called Cursed Island, right?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[That's right, the mission target this time is an island, a cursed island, Galuna Island.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Now the problem facing this island is no longer whether it's cursed or not.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[But three S-classes, and Fairy Tail S-classes at that!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[What challenge is there? They could just steamroll over it, right?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mirajane: \"Don't worry, regarding this point, I just thought about it, so I decided that we won't make a move this time.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lucy was shocked upon hearing this!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[She stared fixedly at Mirajane with an incredible look: \"Big sister, are you kidding me??\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[She was originally someone who was inexplicably dragged in, and she didn't want to perform any S-class mission to challenge herself.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Before, it was said that they would join Black Natsu's team under Lucy's name.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[But Lucy always thought that the actual mission execution had nothing to do with her, and she would just treat it as a trip.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Anyway, with so many S-class mages around, this mission probably won't be dangerous.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[As a result... after all that, you tell me that you guys, the strong ones, won't make a move at all???]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Let me do it??]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Is this... disaster falling from the sky while sitting at home?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Erza also nodded: \"Yes, Lucy's belief in becoming stronger made me marvel, so I was moved and decided to bring Lucy to experience an S-class mission.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Erza's seriousness made Lucy collapse again!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[She looked at Erza and screamed crazily in her heart.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Are you kidding me?! When did I say I wanted to become stronger??]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I was still eating breakfast early in the morning, enjoying the beautiful morning time, and suddenly I was dragged here and forced to take on a terrifying S-class mission??]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lucy opened her mouth, wanting to throw all these words out, but...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[After seeing the extremely dangerous gazes of Erza and Mirajane, Lucy chickened out.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Her whole momentum withered rapidly.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Her heart... was full of despair!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[No, despair shouldn't be the word, it was more like the shock and fear of being used as a shield, only to end up blocking bullets.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[But, overall, it was okay.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[After all, Black Natsu is here. This guy's strength is said to be very amazing. Last time when dealing with Lullaby, just one kick caused such great destruction.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[He must be terrifyingly strong. With him around, she could just mix experience behind him, which could be considered completing the mission.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Gray: \"Then, in that case... the main executors of this mission are me and Lucy?\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lucy looked up at Gray and blinked: \"What about Natsu? Is he not making a move either?\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Black Natsu was a bit helpless about this: \"This guy thinks he should be able to handle it, so he told me not to interfere.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Gray nodded violently and patted his chest confidently.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"I've improved a lot recently, so this will be an excellent opportunity to test my strength!\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"Say, if the old man knew that this S-class mission was completed by the two of us alone, I wonder what expression he would have?\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Gray fantasized excitedly.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lucy's expression gradually distorted.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"Are you retarded??\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[After a long while, Lucy finally couldn't help but scold angrily.]\u003C\u002Fp>",1142,"2026-06-15T13:50:32.810Z","2026-06-15T13:55:37.298Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","327826e4733072362f5f25d00d9624c17e41568aab9ba5568515dab929368501","fairy-tail-a-tale-of-two-natsus-this-one-truly-s-chapter-225","fairy-tail-a-tale-of-two-natsus-this-one-truly-s-chapter-223",287,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffairy-tail-a-tale-of-two-natsus-this-one-truly-s-cover.jpg"]