[{"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-15":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},2126570,3474,"Chapter 15","in-fairy-tail-apologies-i-am-the-mastermind-chapter-15",15,"\u003Cp>Magic Council Headquarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Magic Council is composed of one Chairman and nine councilors; this Chairman and nine councilors can be said to symbolize the pinnacle of power on the continent, possessing the authority of world police.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at this very moment, the Chairman and councilors, who appear extremely noble to the outside world, all ten members have gathered together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The all-out war between Phantom Lord and Fairy Tail, the death of Jose Porla, one of the Ten Wizard Saints, and the surfacing organizations, the Witch Cult and the Whitebeard Pirates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a doubt, each of these events, even taken individually, would be no small matter, let alone all of them happening squeezed together in a very short period of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The intelligence should have been reviewed enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After confirmation by Lahar, Captain of the Fourth Forced Custody Unit, the news is all true.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chairman Crawford looked at the somewhat silent councilors and said expressionlessly: \"Jose Porla, the sixth of the Ten Wizard Saints, has been confirmed dead. The culprit is an unknown organization, the Whitebeard Pirates, Second Division Commander.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Portgas D. Ace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wonder how everyone intends to deal with this Mr. Ace?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The perspective from which one views things differs from every position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, on the side of Fairy Tail, Ace is the savior of Fairy Tail, and everyone in Fairy Tail has a very high level of favorability toward Ace. ===== CHAPTER 37 =====\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, on the side of the Magic Council, things are different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s more, the organization behind Ace is not some other organization, but the Whitebeard Pirates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for pirates, there is no need to think; the Magic Council will definitely not define pirates as an existence of justice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chairman, if the intelligence is all true.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I believe we can fully begin a capture operation targeting this Mr. Ace and the force behind him, the 'Whitebeard Pirates'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the councilor seats, a handsome young man with sky-blue spiky hair stood up and chuckled: \"Even the Balam Alliance within the Dark Guilds would not dare to kill people so openly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let alone killing a member of the Ten Wizard Saints appointed by our Magic Council.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In any case, the name of the organization behind this Mr. Ace, as well as his methods of operation, are extraordinary.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We should proceed with the arrest to serve as a warning to others.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blue-haired councilor’s name is Jellal Fernandes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is Erza’s childhood friend, a thought-body of Jellal, possessing extremely powerful and terrifying strength; relying solely on the strength of the thought-body, which does not exceed fifty percent, he is ranked ninth among the Ten Wizard Saints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is one of the very few people to become a Magic Council member at an exceptionally young age; it can be said that his talent, strength, and intelligence are exceptionally outstanding and excellent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, because of his own powerful strength, he is exceptionally arrogant and conceited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding the death of Jose, Jellal believes it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to say it was an instant kill, even if Jellal were to withdraw the mental power and magic power from the thought-body and restore his strength to his prime, he would not be able to do it, let alone believe in the story of Ace instantly killing Jose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, although he could feel that Ace possessed powerful strength, Jellal only paid a little attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not take Ace and the Whitebeard Pirates behind him too seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'However, Ace, who could kill a member of the Ten Wizard Saints, is actually just a Second Division Commander.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'And the Whitebeard Pirates behind him.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'And the Sin Archbishop of the Witch Cult who could fight Ace relying only on a thought-body.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'How interesting, I didn't expect there to be so many interesting things in the dark corners of this world.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Jellal was thinking, a woman who looked exceptionally beautiful, standing beside Jellal’s thought-body, spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think Jellal is right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In any case, that Mr. Ace, who possesses powerful strength, did kill someone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This woman who supported Jellal is a councilor from the same faction as Jellal, Ultear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looks like Jellal’s little follower, obedient to Jellal, but in reality, she is the mastermind standing behind Jellal, a mastermind that even Jellal himself has never noticed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think things cannot be too absolute.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At that time, Jose Porla, who was a member of the Ten Wizard Saints, was clearly in a state of having lost his sanity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not only did he use the Magic Focusing Cannon: Jupiter against a town with a large number of civilians, but he was also preparing to use his strongest magic against the same direction again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Facing the strongest magic of a member of the Ten Wizard Saints, one must certainly respond with full force.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A momentary slip is also a very normal thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, an old man who looked slightly thin and was about the same age as Makarov spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This old man who looked about the same age as Makarov is named Yajima, and he is a good friend of Makarov.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of his relationship with Makarov, he often defends the Fairy Tail members who cause trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time is the same; Yajima, who also knows the sequence of events, is prepared to speak up for Ace.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After recalling Ace through the remote retrieval function, Lin Cheng stopped paying attention to what happened afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was the Magic Council holding a meeting or other factions being shocked and shaken, Lin Cheng had already anticipated the reactions of these major powers over the past month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The current emotion value is 700,000.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Starting tomorrow, there will definitely be a surge in emotion value.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'700,000 emotion points is a bit low for drawing, so I can go check out the new panel.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the balance of emotion points in his mind, Lin Cheng was lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Lin Cheng, who already possessed two A-rank puppets, 700,000 emotion points didn't seem very useful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially since, once the incident fermented tomorrow, adding a zero to the end of his emotion points wouldn't be a problem at all, so Lin Cheng didn't plan on staying idle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He prepared to use these 700,000 emotion points first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drawing puppets definitely wouldn't be enough, so he went to check the newly opened Skill Shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skill Shop: 1,000,000 points to draw a skill once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the description in the Skill Shop, Lin Cheng couldn't help but fall silent; he hadn't expected that drawing a single skill would cost 1,000,000 emotion points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after thinking about the effects of his two existing skills, Lin Cheng felt relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If every skill's effect could be used like 'Reverse Summoning' or 'Substitute Puppet', then even if it cost 10,000,000 emotion points to draw a skill, Lin Cheng wouldn't mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Hmm?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'There's a plus sign?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he couldn't afford the Skill Shop for now, Lin Cheng turned his attention to the other pages on the system panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he discovered with some pleasant surprise that there was a faint '+' sign behind the skill levels of his two new skills, 'Reverse Summoning' and 'Substitute Puppet'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without any hesitation, Lin Cheng clicked on the '+' sign behind 'Substitute Puppet'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following Lin Cheng's action, his emotion points dropped from 700,000 to 600,000, and the level of Substitute Puppet went from LV1 to LV2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Substitute Puppet LV2\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Effect: The host can block a fatal blow at the cost of permanently consuming one puppet (cooldown: 23 hours).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cooldown time was reduced by one hour, which pleasantly surprised Lin Cheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the cooldown time could be reduced by one hour for every level gained, then he only needed to raise the skill level of Substitute Puppet to LV25 for the cooldown to become 0.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By that time, as long as Lin Cheng had enough puppets, he would be an unsolvable existence until his puppet supply was exhausted; combined with Reverse Summoning, it was simply wonderful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Cheng clicked the plus sign for Substitute Puppet two more times, and then he couldn't click it anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, the skill level of Substitute Puppet had reached LV4, and the cooldown time had changed from 23 hours to 21 hours, though the cost of upgrading was not constant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From LV1 to LV2, Lin Cheng spent 100,000 emotion points; from LV2 to LV3, he spent 200,000; and from LV3 to the current LV4, he spent 300,000 emotion points to upgrade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In total, Lin Cheng spent 600,000, and the remaining emotion points were not enough to continue upgrading the skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This rate of increase is acceptable.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If the price of upgrading the skill increases by 100,000 emotion points for every level.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although even so, raising the level of Substitute Puppet to LV25 was still not a small amount, and Lin Cheng also needed to spend a large number of emotion points on puppet draws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, there was at least something to look forward to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lin Cheng, tomorrow is payday.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After we get paid, let's go to the big city and play for two days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Lin Cheng could continue thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the tavern, after working all day, when it was time to close, Meng Meng flew in front of Lin Cheng with an expectant look and said, \"I heard from others that there are so many fun things in those big cities.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eclair, you should come too!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyway, it's the weekend tomorrow, so we have two days off and nothing to do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he had asked Eclair and Meng Meng to help him manage the small tavern's business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Cheng paid Eclair and Meng Meng a salary every month, and tomorrow happened to be payday; Meng Meng, who had been looking forward to it for a long time, couldn't wait to go out and play.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Cheng's small tavern was still a bit special in this era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, it was closed on the weekends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Meng Meng, you go with Lin Cheng.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Lin Cheng could say anything, Eclair refused first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although big cities were prosperous, they also meant the presence of mages, and Eclair really couldn't bring herself to like those mages, so she didn't want to go to a big city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Eclair knew that if she didn't go, it might be a bit of a letdown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Meng Meng, whose expression had suddenly become a bit disappointed, Eclair showed a helpless smile on her face and said, \"I don't really like going to those big cities, you know that, Meng Meng.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since it's the weekend, you and Lin Cheng go have fun; I'll just stay here and watch the house.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1774,"2026-06-16T12:13:33.210Z","2026-06-16T12:23:18.059Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","516517fa5485c262002bf39b68905aaf3e20ad99e51f00ebc38d367fdbba3989","in-fairy-tail-apologies-i-am-the-mastermind-chapter-16","in-fairy-tail-apologies-i-am-the-mastermind-chapter-14",660,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fin-fairy-tail-apologies-i-am-the-mastermind-cover.jpg"]