I wanna eat...
I'm so hungry...
What happened to your reward from that last job?
I spent it all...
I know! Why not sell Lucy's novel?!
We could probably make enough to eat something!
Hey!
Hold it right there!
What'd you just say?
Hungry.
Not that! How is it you figure on selling my novel to pay for a meal?!
Okay, okay, calm down, Lucy.
This is perfect! Lend me some money, Lucy!
I can't! I'm on a tight budget this month.
And both of you, "He who does not work shall not eat"!
So why not just get back to work?
Work?
That's right!
Look, there's a job up there.
Oh, they can't take that one.
Why not?
After all, that's...
...a request for Laxus specifically.
Certainly, it's directed at Laxus.
There, see?
It wasn't a lie.
It looks like Master called him here.
Hi, Laxus! What kind of request is it?
What do you care?
H-Hey!
Don't be swallowed up by lightning.
Don't drown in booze.
Sheesh. The cheeky brat...
What was that request?
It said there was lightning throughout the town.
Lightning?
All crackly, huh?
The Lightning Man!
The place is the post town of Borwatt, where there's been lightning every day.
So it's a lightning rod exhibition, huh?
Nobody's here!
Well, under the circumstances...
Static electricity.
I'm getting a kick out of your hair.
Yours, too.
Shut up. Who are you to talk?
Here it comes.
Aw, man!
No wonder the whole town is electrically charged.
Laxus, where are you going?
To talk to the client.
Laxus!
Hey, now!
It's still coming down?!
Seriously?! At this rate, it'll never stop!
With this much lightning, even Laxus won't be able to hold out!
I'll use my Leprechaun!
This place is too dangerous for the villagers to live here.
Jeez. Pain in the ass...
Roar of the Lightning Dragon!
I knew you could do it.
It's just a stopgap measure. The thunderclouds will gather again.
And the static electricity is still here.
But we need it to be quiet for at least a while so we can investigate, right?
Yeah.
Right, right, right, right.
Hey, what's this?!
You're Laxus from Fairy Tail, right?
You're the mega-strong wizard who beat Jura at the Grand Magic Games!
Well, from what I just saw of your power, you're a man to be reckoned with.
This is the first time in a month we've seen a blue sky!
Thank you!
I saw you at the Grand Magic Games, too! You're so strong!
U-Um...
P-Please shake my hand!
Mine, too!
Please sign your name on my back!
No, I...
Sending those clouds away was godlike, you know?
I could see myself being with Laxus!
And he's an S Class Wizard! So cool!
Please shake my hand, too!
Mine, too!
That's our Laxus.
I'm envious.
It's just an annoyance.
Sure it is. You know you love it!
C-Cool...
Such powerful eyes...
I just know our problems will be solved now that Laxus is here!
Please shake my hand!
Sorry, but these fists are made for fighting, not shaking hands.
Cool!
Someone would want to be with me...
Well, well, well! Hello, hello, hello!
Oh, the mayor.
Mayor...
You sent the request, right?
Hello. It's a pleasure to meet you.
This is the mayor of Borwatt, Mr. De Cybele.
Yeah, yeah!
And I am his executive secretary, Ga Maille.
Yes, I am the one who sent out that request to you.
I watched. Yeah, I watched you!
You're amazing! The world's greatest lightning man!
I like you! Yeah, very impressive!
You have a sharp eye, Mayor Cybele.
Let's return our town to a state of prosperity!
Yeah, yeah! Exactly!
Thanks to you, we have fine weather again, but we needn't chat in the street.
If you don't mind, may I ask you to accompany us to the mayor's mansion,
where I can explain our circumstances in detail?
Sure.
Then please give Laxus-san a big round of applause, everyone!
He's our hero!
Yeah, yeah. I like you people.
Getting to the point, when did this phenomenon begin?
Since you came here, Laxus, yeah!
What?!
You don't remember?
It happened about a week before the Grand Magic Games.
I didn't get enough to drink.
Hey, old man!
Who you callin' an old man?
You, old man!
You're the only old man I see here. What, are you senile already?
You guys must be the senile ones.
I'm not that old.
Unless you figure you'll be senior citizens in another ten years.
Now go home, take a dump, and get to bed, brats.
Whoa, you gotta pay the toll to pass.
This is our turf, so consider it a tribute.
This is stupid. That's why I called you brats.
Now get the hell out of my way.
Bastard! You don't diss us!
Son of a bitch!
You kicked him!
You're dead!
I told you to go home and get to bed.
Shut up!
C-Crap! He's a wizard!
H-He should've said so in the first place!
The next one's gonna hit you.
That's...
He's from Fairy Tail!
What?!
We're sorry for the trouble! We didn't know you were a wizard!
H-Here, for your trouble!
Please, take it!
You think you can bribe me?
N-No, that's not...
Now get your asses home!
This was that town...
Did something happen?
I was on my way back home from a job.
Yeah, that did happen.
You're saying all the lightning started coming after that?
That's right, yeah!
The mayor's personality changed.
He's on home ground.
Borwatt was a prosperous post town,
but because of the lightning, nobody comes, so now we're more like a ghost town.
And what started this whole plague of lightning
was your initial lightning that night.
That's an unfounded accusation!
Wait.
What do you want me to do?
Well, rid the town of lightning.
Rid it?
Yeah. After all, you're the one who started it. So take responsibility.
That's only natural, right? Yeah.
The townspeople see you as a hero,
but your silly alleyway brawl brought this upon us.
If they knew the truth, your reputation,
not to mention the reputation of Fairy Tail, victors of the Grand Magic Games, would fall.
Do we have an understanding?
That piss-ant mayor!
If that's his true character...
There's something else going on here.
How do you know?
A woman's intuition!
That's not much to go on.
A man wouldn't understand. There's something about the mayor.
After all, the original request didn't give any details. Don't you think that's strange?
Laxus?
The old man's words are coming back to me.
What's that?
Don't be swallowed up by lightning.
Don't drown in booze.
That night, it was as if I had been swallowed up by lightning and drowned in booze.
The thunderclouds are back.
Are you gonna be a lightning rod again?
I started this mess. If I don't clean it up, it'll cause trouble for all of Fairy Tail.
I'll help you.
Count me in!
The Raijin-shuu has followed you because we believe in you. Just tell us what to do.
I'm sorry for bringing you into this.
No problem!
What's wrong?
Ever since we've come to this town, I've been crackling with electricity.
I have a feeling my magic is being pulled that way.
Then we'll just have to check it out.
Yeah. Let's investigate.
That crackling? Or the mayor?
Both.
Everything is going as planned.
Yeah. I'm in awe of your cunning. Yeah.
Oh, you still do me shame in that department, Mayor.
Using the damage to the town to extort compensation is brilliant.
Your words sully my reputation, yeah.
Besides, it's true that lightning man left behind all the electricity.
Certainly, all of our residents' problems
were caused by that electric man's deeds.
So how much should we charge him?
Yeah, good question.
I want five million jewel for every house.
Yes. Perhaps ten million jewel would be even better.
Yeah. You see, I'm no match for you, yeah.
You are too modest.
True, there's more electricity in the air than before.
Yeah.
What is that?!
It's coming our way!
It's all electricity.
Electricity?! Laxus?!
Are you okay?! Aren't you getting overloaded with electricity?!
I've gotta absorb it! Otherwise, you guys and the town are gonna get hurt!
It's coming from behind, too!
There's too much for even Laxus to absorb!
Fairy Machine Gun: Leprechaun!
Now there are more?!
Looks like you gotta totally destroy it!
Baryon Formation!
There!
In that case, Fairy Bomb: Gremlin!
It's coming from below...
What's that?
Laxus!
I'm okay.
Look at that.
That statue...
It seems something's under it.
Come to think of it, this area is where I scrapped with the delinquents.
You two, go!
Leave this to us!
All right.
Underground sewer system?
What's that?
This is my electricity.
You can tell?
Electricity-wielding wizards all use different wavelengths. They're like fingerprints.
This is definitely the electricity I struck the ground with that night.
The electricity from that night attracted lightning, and stored up even more electricity.
Is that even possible?
It happened, so it must be possible.
But that's a lot of electricity.
I don't care. I'm going to end this.
How?
I'm gonna neutralize it by hitting it with the electricity I've been taking in.
Are you sure about this? You already look pretty uncomfortable.
There's no other way.
That mayor pissed me off, but it doesn't change the fact that I am responsible.
It's too much for you to handle alone!
Don't worry about me! Just think about protecting the town!
Dragon Slayer's Secret Art! Roaring Thunder!
Laxus!
That must've been Laxus.
Figures!
Huh?
Yeah, I put one of my guys in there.
So, what did you hear? Tell me.
That was really something.
I'm surprised you were able to withstand all that power.
It didn't explode?
While you were doing your best, I set up my runes to destroy it.
You set that up really nicely.
I passed the Level 1 Rune Magic Shorthand Exam.
Lacrima...
I've got it.
That lacrima must have amplified your electricity power.
My electricity... How could that happen?
I can only think that it was a setup.
But who would...?
Laxus!
Ever's gut instinct was right! That mayor planned the whole thing!
Hot-hot-hot-hot!
Mayor!
W-What is it?! Huh?!
I-I don't know!
Mayor! Over there!
Huh?!
Lightning striking!
Huh?! Why is it coming closer?!
Are you okay?!
You!
Mayor! What is that?!
Grandpa, I'm scared!
Don't come in here!
So you can protect something.
I thought you were a good-for-nothing who only thought of himself.
Next time, make an effort on behalf of the town's citizens.
What?! You should've sent him flying with a sock to the jaw.
You don't understand. At a time like that, a glare is more effective than violence.
So did you get paid?
You didn't...
W-Well, it wasn't a job that was worth getting paid for...
Besides, everyone in town was grateful to us. That's good enough for me.
Yeah! Work is about heart, not money.
You guys sound like altruists now!
I guess you wouldn't understand this spirit.
Things like this happen, too.
The repair costs for this will be exorbitant.
What are you just standing around for? Huh?
I bet Blue Pegasus will pay, yeah!
Shall we do it again?
Of course! Yeah!
Hey, Grandpa!
Yes? You're cute as always today. Yeah!
Hey, Happy!
Oh. It's just you, Natsu.
What are you so jumpy for?
Natsu, there's an emergency! It's Magnolia! The city of Magnolia...
What?! What happened?!
It scares me just to recall it...
Hey, quit beating around the bush and tell me!
It's... Natsu, behind you!
Next time: Fairy Tail of the Dead Meeeen!
What is this?! It's terrible! Worse than terrible!
It's like a depiction of Hell!