"Who is it?!"
Everyone was utterly confused.
"Takeshi?!"
Lucy asked cautiously, barely daring to confirm, as Takeshi's appearance had changed so drastically that he looked like a completely different person.
"Yes, it's me. It's time to deal with you scumbags and trash."
Takeshi was about to make his move when a hand suddenly grabbed his ankle.
"Takeshi... Ugh!"
"Just a moment, I'll finish these guys in three seconds. And stay away, don't throw up on me."
"No! These bastards are impersonating Fairy Tail... I want to beat them up myself. Ugh..."
Takeshi heard Natsu's words and thought it made sense. They would have to go back eventually, and since the other party was impersonating Natsu, it was only right for Natsu to handle it.
"Alright."
Whoosh!
Takeshi's feet released a large amount of flames, which burned a hole in the deck, then entered the cabin through the hole, and finally burst through the stern, as if a rocket thruster had been added to the ship's rear.
"Hold on tight." Takeshi reminded Lucy.
"???"
Lucy was a bit bewildered, not understanding what Takeshi meant, but she soon found out.
Bang!
A powerful thrust appeared, causing almost everyone to lose their balance and fall backward.
"Ahhh!"
Then the entire ship did a massive drift, and everyone rolled to the other side.
"Ahhh!!"
Finally, there was another acceleration and sprint, heading towards Hargeon Port, and everyone was thrown about.
Soon, the ship crashed onto the port's beach, running aground.
"Wh-What's going on!"
"The ship crashed into the port!"
At this moment, everyone on the port rushed out to see what was happening.
The girls on the ship who had been drugged now woke up, screaming and scattering to escape.
"Finally... no more... swaying." Natsu slowly stood up.
"Oh... oh no... Salamander-san, we're back at the port, and those girls have all escaped."
"What?!"
Lucy was overjoyed to hear this. "Great! When the army arrives, you're all finished!"
"Kid, look at the mess you've made!"
Salamander glared at Takeshi through gritted teeth. His ship was destroyed, his business was ruined, and he might even face pursuit from the Magic Council.
Takeshi, however, smiled indifferently. "Well. No need to be polite, I just love doing good deeds."
Salamander retorted, "I wasn't praising you."
Natsu then stood up, took off his jacket, and stared at Salamander. "Are you a Mage from Fairy Tail?"
"Huh? At this point, you're still asking that? What if I am? What if I'm not?"
"Come here and let me see! I'm Natsu of Fairy Tail! I've never seen anyone like you!"
"What?"
Lucy was stunned. "Fairy Tail?! Natsu is actually a Mage from Fairy Tail?! If Natsu is a Mage from Fairy Tail, then Takeshi..."
Lucy suddenly remembered what Takeshi had said earlier. No wonder he was so certain that Salamander was an impostor. He himself was a Mage from Fairy Tail, so he naturally knew the other party was faking it.
"Look at that emblem!"
"Bora-san, this is the real deal!"
"F-Fool! Don't call me by my real name!"
Salamander, no, Bora, became nervous when he heard that. Wouldn't his identity be exposed then?
"Bora of Prominence, the one expelled from the Mage guild Titan Nose several years ago."
Happy usually kept an eye on information about the magic world.
"I heard about this. He was expelled for frequently stealing with magic. I didn't expect him to become a human trafficker now."
When Lucy was at home, she paid even more attention to the Weekly Sorcerer, which recorded all sorts of events in the magic world.
Natsu gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead. "I don't care if you're good or bad, I'll never let anyone impersonating Fairy Tail get away with it!"
Compared to Takeshi, a rookie who had only joined for half a year, Natsu had been with Fairy Tail since childhood and had a very deep emotional connection to it. For someone to impersonate Fairy Tail's name to do such human trafficking was simply tarnishing Fairy Tail's reputation.
"Hmph! You brat, shut up!"
"Prominence Typhoon!"
Bora raised his hand and released a violent ball of flames that struck Natsu, completely engulfing his body.
"Natsu!"
Lucy was about to rush forward to help, but Happy stopped her.
"Hmph! I don't believe you can survive after being hit by my flame magic."
"Tastes terrible."
Natsu's voice sounded from within the flames, causing Bora's expression to stiffen.
Immediately after, everyone witnessed an even more terrifying scene.
"What is this? Are you really a Fire Mage? This is the first time I've eaten such terrible fire. Compared to Takeshi's fire, your flames taste far worse."
Natsu gripped the flames in his hand and continuously fed them into his mouth, swallowing them bite by bite.
"What?!"
"Fire... He actually ate the fire?!"
"Wh-What... Is this guy even human?!"
Bora was almost incoherent with fright at this point. It was one thing for his flame attack to be ineffective against Takeshi, but for someone to be able to eat his flames was simply too outrageous.
Happy said proudly, "Fire cannot harm Natsu."
Lucy was sweating with fear. "I've never seen this kind of magic."
"After eating it, power has surged through me, so I won't hold back."
Natsu took a deep breath, gathering magic power in his lungs.
"Fire Dragon's Roar!"
Natsu spewed a large amount of flames from his mouth.
Boom!
The entire ship exploded with a roar.
"Ughhh!!"
Many human traffickers screamed as they were blown away.
At this moment, one of the traffickers recognized Natsu and trembled with fear. "This kid... could it be... I've seen this kid before!"
"Pink hair and a scarf like scales, it's definitely him! This kid is... the real..."
"Salamander..."
Lucy also guessed Natsu's identity at this moment, Natsu was the real Salamander.
"Remember this! This is a Mage from Fairy Tail!!!"
Natsu's fists, wreathed in flames, charged towards the human traffickers.
"Ughhh!"
"Wahhh!!"
The screams of the human traffickers instantly filled the air.
Bora, seeing the unfavorable situation, immediately wanted to escape. Both the guy who couldn't be killed by bullets and the guy who could devour flames were monsters.
He was alone, but they had two. Two fists couldn't contend with four hands, running away was not shameful.
He stepped on purple flames and flew into the distance.
Lucy, with her keen eyes, immediately noticed. "Oh no! He is escaping!"
Takeshi raised an eyebrow. "Escaping? You offend Fairy Tail and still expect to escape? There's no such good thing in this world."
His right arm transformed into flames, building up power.
"Fire Fist!"