Chapter 131

【PS: Ahem, face-slapped, face-slapped. Today at midnight I can only do four updates. Tomorrow the author still has to go pay New Year visits to the elders' friends, so I can't stay up too late, so... anyway, all the New Year visits this year have fallen on the author. The author's father has trouble with his legs, so the author really has no free time this New Year. Today I had one day free and was preparing to seriously do five updates, but got dragged by classmates to play mahjong, and damn it I lost three hundred, really miserable... After the New Year, once this New Year is past, starting from the ninth day of the first month, the author will definitely be diligent!】

【PS: At New Year, this author kowtows and apologizes to all you reader-daddies!】

"President Makarov, that's roughly the situation."

"Within three days, let's gather the strongest lineup we can muster."

The Meiyouli Society paid no attention to Natsu, who was making a fuss with Laxus.

Aizen Sōsuke sat side by side with Makarov at the bar counter, his expression serious as he said: "The Akatsuki organization probably hasn't set up corresponding defenses against me yet. I can find their lair without drawing their attention."

"But the opportunity only comes once. Once they're prepared, it will be very difficult to find the Akatsuki organization's lair again."

"It's a subspace. With defenses in place, it's almost impossible to find."

As he spoke, Aizen Sōsuke was sketching and writing on the blueprint spread on the bar counter.

In any case, he was discussing with Makarov how to encircle and annihilate the Akatsuki organization under the most foolproof circumstances possible.

"I roughly understand."

"However, Mr. Aizen Sōsuke, do you really think that if everything goes smoothly, we can encircle and annihilate the Akatsuki organization?"

Makarov looked at the plan on the table, a hint of worry on his face.

The forces that had appeared recently were truly too numerous, and each was powerful enough to make Makarov — the Saint Ten Wizard Saints ranked fifth — doubt himself.

Nowadays, Makarov had actually begun to feel that his own strength might not even rank in this world at all.

Of course, this thought was definitely correct.

Let alone the fact that Lin Cheng had tossed in so many puppets; even on the original Fairy Tail world's power ladder alone, Makarov probably couldn't squeeze into the top twenty.

Letting out a slight breath, Makarov continued to say to Aizen Sōsuke: "According to Mr. Aizen Sōsuke's account, the leader of the Akatsuki organization is in no way inferior to Mr. Aizen Sōsuke in terms of strength."

"Then, does Mr. Aizen Sōsuke truly have the confidence to take down the leader of the Akatsuki organization — that existence known as Xuanwozhang Sect?"

Having lived for over eighty years, Makarov naturally understood the principle that failing to kill a snake only brings disaster upon oneself.

If this encirclement and annihilation of the Akatsuki organization could not be thorough, then the whole world would later face the Akatsuki organization's full-scale retaliation.

Makarov asked himself in earnest: if he were to fight a mage of the same caliber as himself, and the opponent was determined to flee, he probably wouldn't even get the chance to use his ultimate move, Fairy Law.

"Mm, regarding this matter..."

"Mr. Makarov, I'm afraid you're also aware that facing an equal, even I can only manage to delay them. If the opponent is truly determined to leave, I'm helpless to stop them."

Aizen Sōsuke looked at Makarov's worried expression and understood what Makarov meant.

In response, Aizen Sōsuke gave a very fitting wry smile, showing a very helpless expression, and said: "If we want to thoroughly take down the Akatsuki organization's leader, Mr. Makarov, I'm afraid we'd need at least three mages of my caliber."

"If it's just me alone, to be honest, I can only go all out to hold back the Akatsuki organization's leader, giving Mr. Makarov and the others a chance to disrupt the Akatsuki organization's schemes."

"Snatching back the Dragon's Tear Scepter that was taken from the Kingdom of Fiore, or destroying it, would already be a great success."

The protagonist of this script was not Aizen Sōsuke.

In Lin Cheng's plan, Aizen Sōsuke's role in this encirclement of the Akatsuki organization only needed to be one of organization — once he led the allied forces to the Hidden Rain Village, he could slack off for the rest of it.

The protagonist this time was the Akatsuki organization.

Aizen Sōsuke only needed to play along with the Akatsuki organization to act out the scene and highlight the Akatsuki organization's power.

After a brief moment of thought, Aizen Sōsuke said with some seriousness: "Once the seal array binding the witches loosens, the witches will be able to influence the world."

"If nothing unexpected happens, once the Dragon's Tear Scepter truly contains that unimaginably immense power, it will definitely cause no small impact on the seals binding the witches."