[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-in-fairy-tail-sorry-i-really-am-the-mastermind-b":3,"chapter-in-fairy-tail-sorry-i-really-am-the-mastermind-b-in-fairy-tail-apologies-i-am-the-mastermind-chapter-14":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","In Fairy Tail: Apologies, I Am the Mastermind",{"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},2126569,3474,"Chapter 14","in-fairy-tail-apologies-i-am-the-mastermind-chapter-14",14,"\u003Cp>Endless flames were burning crazily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fairy Tail crowd, under Erza’s leadership, quickly retreated from the battlefield of Ace and Sloth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The violent roaring sound was endless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, truly too diligent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sloth looked at Ace who was attacking him crazily, and laughed maniacally: “Only in this way, only by working this hard, can I be worthy of ‘her’ love!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, brand new Unseen Hands emerged from Sloth’s body one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although there is an upper limit to the number of Unseen Hands Sloth can use at the same time, when the Unseen Hands are burned away, or when one is broken by Ace, a brand new Unseen Hand can emerge from Sloth’s body immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then let’s see how long you can risk your life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the maniacally laughing Sloth, cold light flashed crazily in Ace’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the burning of flames and the cooperation of Kenbunshoku Haki, Ace knew the position of every Unseen Hand clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the palms that were entangled with burning flames one after another, Ace directly snorted coldly and swept his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Ace, as a two-star puppet, not only has his abilities enhanced, but his physical fitness is the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following Ace’s arm sweep, the terrifying wind carried suffocating air pressure; under Ace’s full explosion, just the air pressure made Sloth’s Unseen Hands crack continuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, although Sloth and Ace are both A-rank puppets, Sloth is only A-rank one-star, while Ace is already A-rank two-star; if it weren’t for the script’s needs, really letting Sloth and Ace fight openly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ace would only need an instant to kill Sloth in seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ace himself is better at single-target combat than Sloth, not to mention that the star level is now one star higher than Sloth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, acting to this point is about enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Cheng’s purpose was just to show the strength of Sloth Archbishop through this script; with the example of Ace killing Jose in seconds, Sloth, who fought Ace to this extent, is enough to be taken seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, a sharp light flashed in Ace’s eyes, and he directly punched Sloth in front of everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by a dense sound of bone shattering, Ace’s flames completely burned Sloth into ashes in front of everyone, looking like Ace had won.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Of course, Sloth was indeed finished off by Ace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is just that Sloth possesses the passive skill \"Fingertip Rebirth,\" which allows him to resurrect by temporarily consuming one C-rank doll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Sloth has already resurrected directly over at Lin Cheng’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Ace, he also feigned an appearance of having exhausted a great deal of stamina, as if he had only barely managed to finish off Sloth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did we win?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Ace burn Sloth into ashes, Erza hurriedly rushed over with the rest of the Fairy Tail members and asked with some concern: \"I saw you burn that guy into ashes, Mr. Ace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He should be dead, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s definitely dead, that goes without saying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Ace could say anything, Natsu, who had also crowded over, chimed in: \"I saw it with my own eyes just now; Ace burned that guy directly into ashes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since he’s been burned to ashes, how could he possibly still be alive?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a conventional Japanese-style protagonist, Natsu’s thinking is always unexpectedly pure and naive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha, it’s not that simple.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What I killed just now was merely a clone of the Sin Archbishop of Sloth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the Fairy Tail members gathered around him, a look of perfectly appropriate 'helplessness' appeared on Ace’s face as he gave a bitter smile: \"As one of the Seven Deadly Sins, the Sin Archbishop of Sloth, how could he be so easily dealt with?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even for Old Man, wanting to defeat that guy is indeed very simple.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, if one harbors the intent to kill and wants to finish him off, it is not so easy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the inquiries of the Fairy Tail members, Ace began to explain with unusual patience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Lin Cheng’s control, Ace patiently revealed the vast majority of information about the Witch Cult that could be disclosed, allowing the Fairy Tail members, as well as others in the future, to have a basic understanding of the Witch Cult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, if the Witch Cult were too invincible, it wouldn't be very interesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, only by understanding the terror of the Witch Cult can one stir up emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, the appearance of the Witch Cult is indeed something I did not expect.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Regarding the mission commission for 'Blackbeard,' I will leave it to Miss Erza and everyone to keep an eye on it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling that it was about time, Lin Cheng also began to prepare for Ace’s exit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The script for the first stage was officially over; Lin Cheng hadn't had time to think about the second stage yet, as he currently only had two dolls, Ace and Sloth, on hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he continued to stay here, the people from the Magic Council would arrive in a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, the Magic Council would certainly try to ask for very detailed information, and Lin Cheng would have a hard time explaining things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the second stage of the script, Lin Cheng would have to wait a few days for the incident to ferment and harvest a wave of emotion points; only then, with enough emotion points to draw new dolls, could he arrange the second stage of the script through new dolls. ===== CHAPTER 35 =====\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Ace waved his hand with a smile and said: \"I need to go back and tell Old Man about what happened today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll come back to play with everyone in a while.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, Ace directly used the ability of the Flame-Flame Fruit to quickly disappear from everyone’s line of sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once no one could see Ace’s figure anymore, Lin Cheng directly used the remote recall function to pull Ace back into his system inventory, bringing this script to a perfect close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after Ace left, Makarov also returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After returning, Makarov learned about what had just happened through the mouths of Erza and the others, and directly contributed a wave of over ten thousand emotion points to Lin Cheng, which could be considered quite NICE.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was only the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, there would be the Magic Council, and after the Magic Council, there would be the competing reports from major newspaper offices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Cheng had already arranged for several dolls to work at a few somewhat famous newspaper offices; if there were no accidents, tomorrow, the war between Phantom Lord and Fairy Tail, the Whitebeard Pirates, the Witch Cult, and the fact that Ace instantly killed a member of the Ten Wizard Saints would all be reported.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whitebeard Pirates, Witch Cult?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Makarov looked at Erza, who was standing in front of him reporting, his brows deeply furrowed in contemplation as he said: \"That guy named Ace, did he really kill Jose?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With just a single attack?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he had clearly received the entire sequence of events from Erza’s mouth, Makarov was still incredibly shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This shock directly suppressed the anger Makarov originally felt toward Phantom Lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, even though the war between Phantom Lord and Fairy Tail had reached this point, Makarov had never thought about killing Jose; after all, they were a Light Guild, and they needed to ensure a certain level of order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, that’s right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Before that, he even blocked an attack from the Magic Focusing Cannon with an extremely relaxed state.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erza understood Makarov’s shocked expression at this moment; even Erza herself, who was at the scene and even in the best viewing position, found it incredibly hard to believe at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jose Porla, one of the Ten Wizard Saints standing at the pinnacle of the continent, was just like that, instantly killed by an 'unknown nobody,' and this 'unknown nobody' was still a captain from a force never heard of before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a captain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, Master, there is also that Witch Cult.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although all of us saw Ace kill that Sin Archbishop of the Witch Cult,\" Erza said to Makarov with a serious face, \"Ace said he didn't kill that Sin Archbishop of the Witch Cult. In other words, a single thought-body of the opponent was enough to contend with him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This so-called Sin Archbishop might be even more terrifying than Ace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thought-body is a clone in the world of Fairy Tail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After learning Thought-Body Magic, a wizard can choose to split off their mental power and a portion of the magic power within their body to form a thought-body that possesses a portion of their combat strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thought-body can possess at most no more than fifty percent of the main body’s combat strength; the thought-body can be weaker but absolutely cannot be stronger. Once the ratio is exceeded, the main body and the thought-body will become unbalanced, leading to serious consequences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mildest symptom is that the thought-body will develop its own new consciousness and set up its own shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Resulting in the main body permanently losing that portion of the thought-body’s combat strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, in the eyes of Erza and the others, what Ace defeated with all his might was merely a thought-body clone possessing no more than fifty percent of the main body’s strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The world is becoming more and more chaotic.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Erza, what is the situation over at Phantom Lord now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Erza continued her report, Makarov shook his head with a headache and turned his attention to the other side, the Phantom Lord guild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, the protagonists of this time should have been Fairy Tail and Phantom Lord, the two strongest guilds in the Kingdom of Fiore, but because of the appearance of the Whitebeard Pirates and the Witch Cult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It resulted in Makarov not having dealt with the Phantom Lord matter even after being back for nearly half an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Phantom Lord chose to surrender after you returned, Master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They know very well that after Master Jose died, there is no one left who can contend with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Phantom Lord’s surrender was particularly decisive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, without a Master at the level of the Ten Wizard Saints sitting in command, facing Makarov, who was also at the level of the Ten Wizard Saints, they had almost no room for resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And since it was already this late, the Magic Council had likely already sent people on their way; continuing to resist at this time would certainly not lead to a good end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, let it be.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Magic Council is probably coming; get ready to give statements.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Makarov sighed slightly and said with a smile: \"Although we were the ones who started the war this time, everyone saw what Phantom Lord did, so there shouldn't be any issues.\" ===== CHAPTER 36 =====\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Magic Council is likely coming, so prepare to give your statements.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Makarov sighed slightly and said with a smile, \"Although we were the ones who started the war this time, everyone saw what Phantom Lord did, so there shouldn't be any issues.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1852,"2026-06-16T12:13:33.210Z","2026-06-16T12:23:18.059Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","98222973481dff300576476219d7410c0f6c23c0b477c8753ed9b6d613795684","in-fairy-tail-apologies-i-am-the-mastermind-chapter-15","in-fairy-tail-apologies-i-am-the-mastermind-chapter-13",660,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fin-fairy-tail-apologies-i-am-the-mastermind-cover.jpg"]