[{"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-31":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},2126586,3474,"Chapter 31","in-fairy-tail-apologies-i-am-the-mastermind-chapter-31",31,"\u003Cp>As for where the other half of the Phoenix Stone was, the original theatrical version had already said it: in a small kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, whether Lin Cheng went to get it himself or sent a puppet to act it out, both would work.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just speak properly, why are you suddenly touching my head!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eclair's face flushed with shyness as she pushed away Lin Cheng's palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, Eclair actually enjoyed the feeling of being able to rely on Lin Cheng just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Eclair was an old tsundere after all, so after reacting, she directly pushed away Lin Cheng's palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just saw Eclair showing such a pitiful expression and wanted to comfort you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Cheng looked at Eclair, whose face was slightly red, laughed, and said, \"Just like a little kitten.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What little kitten!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eclair looked at Lin Cheng, who was grinning, and patted him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Eclair once again focused her gaze on the Phoenix Stone hanging around her neck and said softly, \"Isn't life now already very stable?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is absolutely no need to look for a stone when we don't even know where it is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think living a stable life in this small town like this is actually not bad.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Eclair's heart was somewhat panicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Cheng's behavior just now really made Eclair's heart beat faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be said that if Lin Cheng had been just a little bit more forceful, Eclair felt she might have really leaned on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not needing to face things alone, having a shoulder to rely on—Eclair felt it was really good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Life here is just a temporary transition.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When the time is right, I'll sell the small tavern, and we'll continue traveling.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Cheng said with a smile, \"Walking through the whole world, perhaps in some place, Eclair will find the memories you've lost, who knows.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Lin Cheng was ready and confident in suppressing or sealing the Phoenix without destroying it, he planned to take Eclair to find the other half of the Phoenix Stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Traveling the whole world...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eclair looked at Lin Cheng's face, somewhat distracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also late at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chairman Crawford sat quietly in his office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The events of the day were quite a blow to Crawford, the Chairman of the Magic Council.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All along, because he was the Chairman of the Magic Council, when facing other mages, other mages, including the Ten Wizard Saints, would maintain the most basic respect for Crawford.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Chairman Crawford sometimes gave people a show of force, the other party had to take it and act as if they were very afraid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, today, Chairman Crawford had kicked an iron plate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other party not only didn't give him any face but was also able to defeat Wolfheim, the third of the Ten Wizard Saints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You have to know that the combat power of the top four Ten Wizard Saints is at a non-human level; killing the bottom six Ten Wizard Saints of Jose's level in seconds, if not easy, could at least be described as effortless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, he hadn't expected that when facing such a terrifying existence, Ace could also hold his own, or even defeat him, eventually forcing himself, who symbolized the face of the Magic Council, to bow his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just thinking about this, Chairman Crawford felt a breath in his chest that he couldn't swallow no matter what.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chairman.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's so late, haven't you slept yet?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Chairman Crawford could continue thinking, the office door was knocked twice gently, and then Siegrain walked in with a smile, saying, \"Still thinking about the events of the day?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Portgas D. Ace, who is only the captain of the Second Division of the Whitebeard Pirates.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chairman Crawford glanced at Siegrain, who had walked in, and then said faintly, \"And the Witch Cult's Sin Archbishop of Sloth, who can fight Ace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know, our Magic Council's duty is to monitor the world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If these organizations really exist, then how shallow was the world we knew before?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of this, Chairman Crawford's tone began to have obvious fluctuations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was very obvious that Chairman Crawford was already somewhat conflicted about what happened during the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is indeed a very serious problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although I don't want to admit it, we in the Magic Council know too little about these newly emerged organizations.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Siegrain looked at Chairman Crawford, whose expression was conflicted; the smile on his face didn't change much as he said, \"However, coming to disturb you so late is to tell you something related to this aspect.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Teach, please come in first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Siegrain's voice fell, a burly man walked in directly; it was Blackbeard Teach, who had met Ace at Fairy Tail some time ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, at the same time, this Blackbeard Teach was also not real; it was just an illusion created by Aizen Sosuke.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lin Cheng had originally planned to let Ace popularize the basic knowledge of the major forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, because the Magic Council was a bit small-minded and pushy, Lin Cheng's Plan A had to be canceled and replaced with a simple and crude scene of showing off and slapping faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Lin Cheng was carrying out Plan B.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let someone else do the popularization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Undoubtedly, as a traitor to the Whitebeard Pirates, Blackbeard, Marshall D. Teach, was the most suitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be said that with intent against no intent, the S-rank puppet Aizen Sosuke was truly strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including Siegrain, everyone at the Magic Council headquarters, and Ultear, all fell into Aizen Sosuke's Kyoka Suigetsu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they discovered the current illusion, they could be pulled into the next illusion by Aizen Sosuke; it was almost unsolvable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Lin Cheng didn't rule out that there might be some magic in the Fairy Tail world that could ignore Aizen Sosuke's Kyoka Suigetsu, but people who knew such magic shouldn't be among the crowd already under Kyoka Suigetsu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good evening.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Chairman Crawford.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Teach looked at Chairman Crawford, who was sitting behind his desk quietly watching him, and a somewhat ferocious, exaggerated smile appeared on his face as he said, \"Allow me to introduce myself; I am a former member of the Whitebeard Pirates.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blackbeard, Marshall D. Teach.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blackbeard?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know you; that Ace was looking for you everywhere before, and in the end, he was quite angry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Teach, who appeared within his line of sight, Chairman Crawford's eyes narrowed slightly as he said, \"So now that you've come here, what is your purpose?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Blackbeard Teach, Chairman Crawford still had a little bit of favorability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Ace came to the Magic Council headquarters, Chairman Crawford had already heard Lahar's report on what happened at the Fairy Tail guild and knew some basic situations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahahahaha, you are really simple and straightforward, Mr. Chairman.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Teach looked at Chairman Crawford and laughed heroically, \"My purpose in coming here is to recommend myself; I heard that there is a vacant position among the Ten Wizard Saints.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think you can totally consider me, Mr. Chairman.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And, as a former member of the Whitebeard Pirates, I happen to be a member of the Second Division.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you have anything you want to ask, Mr. Chairman, you can totally ask me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Cheng tried his best to guide the topic toward popularization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the way, he hoped to let Teach replace the deceased Jose and become one of the Ten Wizard Saints; he also had the idea of harvesting emotion points—the Ten Wizard Saints was a title famous throughout the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Teach became one of the Ten Wizard Saints, it would definitely be world news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To say the least, Lin Cheng felt that contributing tens of millions of emotion points to himself shouldn't be a problem at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of the existence of Zeref and the Black Dragon Acnologia, for now, Lin Cheng chose to be a bit cautious and hide behind the scenes, doing everything according to the rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had a super powerful puppet like Aizen Sosuke, this was a magic world after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the original work, Erza was deprived of her five senses in the Tartaros arc and still defeated the enhanced form of Kyoka; Lin Cheng wasn't very sure that Aizen Sosuke could Kyoka Suigetsu those old antiques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zeref, the Black Dragon Acnologia, and the dragons inside Natsu and others from four hundred years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially Zeref, who knows almost all magic from ancient times to the present.\u003C\u002Fp>",1424,"2026-06-16T12:13:33.210Z","2026-06-16T12:23:18.059Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","6577fca79abb77a8768740cd8095a50802836181d4e1fb9be16396c020a9e18e","in-fairy-tail-apologies-i-am-the-mastermind-chapter-32","in-fairy-tail-apologies-i-am-the-mastermind-chapter-30",660,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fin-fairy-tail-apologies-i-am-the-mastermind-cover.jpg"]