Chapter 66

"And then there's Mr. Lahar."

"I think what Miss Mirajane said earlier was quite right—it was Mr. Jose who made the first move against me."

"So, I don't think I should really count as some sort of homicide-escape criminal."

Ace stood up, walked toward where Lahar was, and said, "However, if it's just cooperating with the investigation from the Magic Council side and won't take up too much of my time, I'd still be very happy to cooperate with the investigation."

As for whether to cooperate with the Magic Council, Lin Cheng did have some thoughts on this.

Whether it was the Monu Sect, the Whitebeard Pirates, or the newly drawn Akatsuki organization.

Lin Cheng had not had the chance to give other people or organizations a detailed introduction of these three organizations, so that other people or organizations could have a more thorough understanding of these new organizations.

This time, the reason Lin Cheng had drawn Lahar, the captain of the Magic Council's Fourth Forced Inspection Squad, over, was to use Ace's mouth to reveal some intelligence that could be disclosed to the Magic Council.

Not just the Magic Council.

Fairy Tail and other guilds—Lin Cheng had to find opportunities to leak information to all of them.

"Whether it's homicide-escape or not, the decision isn't up to me."

"However, as long as you, Mr. Ace, are willing to cooperate, I'll explain the situation to the Chairman and the Councilors."

Watching Ace stand up, Lahar gave the glasses on the bridge of his nose a slight push with his index finger.

Although he counted as a minor leader within the Magic Council, Lahar did not have the authority to convict others, let alone the authority to change an already-established conviction.

The only thing Lahar could do was to report the information and intelligence he knew to his superiors, clearly and in detail.

"Alright."

"So, do you need to cuff me?"

Ace walked over to Lahar's side and raised both his hands.

For Ace, who could elementalize at any time, whether or not to put on handcuffs made no real difference.

Perhaps the Magic Council had special handcuffs for mages, similar to the Seastone handcuffs in the One Piece World, but Ace had never been a mage from start to finish.

There was no such thing as magic power inside Ace's body either.

Therefore, the Magic Council's methods targeting mages were almost completely ineffective against Ace.

"Forget it."

"Mr. Ace, you can just come with me directly to the Magic Council's headquarters."

Looking at the rather carefree Ace raising his hands in front of him, Lahar let out a slight sigh.

Considering all factors—Ace's terrifying strength, the somewhat unjust conviction at the start, and Ace's excessive cooperation—Lahar decided not to put handcuffs on Ace after all.

"By the way, I wonder if you're in a hurry right now, Mr. Lahar?"

"If you're not in a hurry, I'm a bit hungry at the moment—could I finish my steak before we go?"

Ace looked at Lahar, and a brilliant smile spread across his face.

Having said that, without waiting for Lahar to say anything, he simply went back to his previous seat and began wolfing down the delicious steak on his plate.

Making Lahar's expression even more helpless.

After all, if nothing unexpected happened, based on Lahar's many years of understanding of his superiors above, once the misunderstanding of Ace killing Jose was cleared up, Ace would probably be invited to become one of the Ten Wizard Saints.

The future Wizard Saint, Ace.

Lahar felt that waiting a little now wouldn't really matter.

What followed naturally became simple.

The Magic Council's response was very fast—as soon as they learned Ace was willing to cooperate with the investigation, they immediately dispatched Magic Council Intelligence Division agent Doranbolt to come meet them.

Doranbolt's magic was 'Teleportation' and 'Memory.'

It allowed short-range instantaneous movement and long-distance charged teleportation.

It's worth mentioning that although Doranbolt was currently an agent of the Magic Council's Intelligence Division, he was actually a member of the Fairy Tail guild—a spy Fairy Tail had planted inside the Magic Council.

To be honest, when Lin Cheng saw this part before transmigrating, the expression on his face was quite interesting too.

One of the two young Councilors the Magic Council was proud of, the ninth of the Ten Wizard Saints, Zigred, was Jellal's Thought Body—a spy Jellal had planted inside the Magic Council.

Ultear, on the other hand, was a member of Grimoire Heart—a member Grimoire Heart had planted inside the Magic Council.

The current Chairman, Crawford Seam, was colluding with the Mingfuzhi Sect—a spy of the Mingfuzhi Sect.

And now adding Fairy Tail's spy, Doranbolt—it was practically an otherworld magic version of the distillery.

Before transmigrating, Lin Cheng not only quite liked Fairy Tail, he also watched Detective Conan; the thing that stuck in Lin Cheng's memory most from Detective Conan was the black-suited organization, the 'distillery.'

Apart from Gin himself, every other 'alcohol' was either a broken piece of trash or someone else's liquor—pitiful beyond words.