[{"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-8":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},2124954,3474,"Chapter 8","in-fairy-tail-apologies-i-am-the-mastermind-chapter-8",8,"\u003Cp>“I want to find a guy called ‘Blackbeard’; as for his appearance, it’s roughly like this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As for the reward, I am willing to pay this much money; I wonder what rank of mission this counts as.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Ace handed the portrait in his hand to Mirajane, then emptied all the money he had on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the matter was urgent and time was tight, Lin Cheng hadn't had time to hand over the money laundered by the hundred-plus puppets to Ace, so he could only control Ace to rob the rich and help the poor along the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, robbing the rich to help the poor really makes money fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Cheng controlled Ace to pull off a job on the side, a case of dog-eat-dog, and the money he obtained was quite a bit more than the monthly salary of a hundred puppets working diligently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by the sound of coins falling onto the tabletop, a small mountain of coins mixed with paper bills was dumped onto the table by Ace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the gaze of everyone in the hall was drawn over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So much money!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Natsu said from the side with some excitement: “With this much money, I could eat grilled meat to my heart’s content.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is not a small amount.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let me see…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mirajane took a surprised look at Ace, ignored Natsu who was shouting not far away, and then began to calculate the amount of money on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since business had come to the door, there was certainly no reason to refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After about a few minutes, Mirajane finished calculating, looked at Ace, and revealed a gentle smile that said ‘this is a big spender’, saying: “A total of 1.36 million J, is it just to find someone?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“1.36 million J, that is at least an A-rank mission reward.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In the Fairy Tail world, mission rewards are also divided into ranks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>S-rank missions require a minimum reward of 5 million J, or even some special items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Ace directly offered a reward of over a million J; without a doubt, it was not low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among A-rank mission requests, it was also a very generous one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, since it was just to find a certain person, a target with relatively high safety, it was definitely a top-tier request.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, I only have this much money.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then let’s entrust it to you in the form of an A-rank mission.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ace revealed a brilliant smile on his face and said: “By the way, I haven’t introduced myself yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I am a member of the Whitebeard Pirates, Second Division Commander, Portgas D. Ace; just calling me Ace is fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The script had finally reached a key point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Cheng, who had been remotely controlling Ace from a distance, looked at Mirajane and the other Fairy Tail members within Ace’s line of sight, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the moment Lin Cheng controlled Ace to dump all the money on the table, the emotions of the surrounding Fairy Tail members were stirred by Lin Cheng’s actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining XXX emotion points.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>System prompts similar to this almost filled the entire notification panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Lin Cheng hadn't already muted the notification sounds, he would probably have a splitting headache by now from the series of ‘ding-ding-ding’ sounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost all members of Fairy Tail were in the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just this short while, Lin Cheng’s emotion points went from five digits to six digits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Lin Cheng’s speculation was further confirmed: compared to ordinary people, strong individuals like mages can provide more emotion points, especially those mages with great strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like Natsu, who is an A-rank Class Mage, he just provided Lin Cheng with nearly 4,000 emotion points at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, these were just appetizers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Cheng hadn't just been waiting for the growth of emotion points over the past month; he had been planning every day how to harvest them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, introducing himself through Ace’s mouth was a relatively critical point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Lin Cheng also knew clearly that a simple self-introduction could never earn many emotion points; there needed to be a point of comparison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And not long after, Phantom Lord, which had one of the Ten Wizard Saints sitting in command, was the best object for comparison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Suddenly feeling a bit inexplicably excited.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Next is the first big show to fool the entire Fairy Tail world.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘The Witch Cult was just a small test before; this time, it’s for real.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting at the tavern bar, a strange smile appeared at the corner of Lin Cheng’s mouth, causing Mengmeng, who had inadvertently glanced at him from not far away, to shiver instinctively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when Mengmeng rubbed her eyes and looked again, everything became normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I must have seen it wrong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mengmeng carried the beer mug she had just filled and flew quickly toward the customer waiting for beer, muttering to herself: “How could Lin Cheng show such a terrifying smile?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whitebeard Pirates, Second Division Commander, Mr. Portgas D. Ace?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Ace, are you actually a pirate?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing Ace’s words, Mirajane’s expression froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Fairy Tail, things like pirates also exist, and they are symbols of illegality and evil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although their situation is not like dark Class Mage guilds, which are like rats crossing the street that everyone shouts to beat, it is not much better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention coming to a light Class Mage guild to post a mission so openly; Mirajane felt that this Mr. Ace, who looked a bit abnormal, was joking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Mirajane smiled helplessly: “I’m afraid Mr. Ace, you don’t know our current situation; our Fairy Tail is currently in an all-out war with Phantom Lord.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As for the current situation, you have seen it, sir.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, it’s actually not safe here; if you want to eat, Mr. Ace…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mirajane prepared to persuade Ace to leave, and was not even prepared to accept Ace’s request for the time being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Fairy Tail was currently in an all-out war with Phantom Lord and was at an absolute disadvantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was really no extra energy to deal with the request.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could only wait until the dust settled to see if Ace would still be willing to entrust the mission to Fairy Tail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, before Mirajane could finish speaking, everyone present could clearly feel the ground beneath their feet shake violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even before people could react, the ground shook again, and this time, the movement was even more violent than before; one could even see small stones on the ground being shaken into mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mirajane’s face changed, instantly becoming extremely ugly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Mirajane could say anything, a girl not far away with long scarlet hair, looking exceptionally heroic, like a Valkyrie, suddenly waved her hand and shouted loudly: “Everyone, go to an open area!”\u003C\u002Fp>",1144,"2026-06-16T11:12:19.181Z","2026-06-16T12:23:18.059Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","bd02718a8de43cd6dac095ad1a7625fd98f290fcbd5d1477c1c3bbfbb1b8ab65","in-fairy-tail-apologies-i-am-the-mastermind-chapter-9","in-fairy-tail-apologies-i-am-the-mastermind-chapter-7",660,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fin-fairy-tail-apologies-i-am-the-mastermind-cover.jpg"]