“Fairy Tail?”
The civil defense executives and officers gasped .
“He’s the guildmaster of THAT Fairy Tail?”
“The famous place that provides sanctuary for cursed children?”
“That makes sense…”
Only the ignorant few didn’t know about Fairy Tail .
The reason is very simple, Fairy Tail is the famous institution that provided protection for cursed children when the world treated them like vermins .
In a word where cursed children are treated in an inhumane manner, very few people would go out of their way to offer protection to cursed children .
In just a short year of appearance, Fairy Tail became a famous organization in Tokyo Area .
With such a reputation, how can Fairy Tail avoid being on people’s radar?
Furthermore, it’s also a tacitly agreed point that the initiators from Fairy Tail are all above average in battle performance when compared to ordinary initiators .
A lot of famous initiators are Fairy Tail approved partners of their highly-trained initiators . A lot of them also joined Fairy Tail as civil defense officers .
Fairy Tail is also famous for posting assignments on boards, officers can get paid by taking on lots of mission instead of a fixed benefit . This modus operandi attracted a lot of external civil defense officers who would kill to join Fairy Tail .
Everyone has heard of Fairy Tail .
There are other measures to describe Fairy Tail’s fame .
Like how Fairy Tail had a lot of civil defense officers that are ranked around 1000 or better .
Shougen’s IP ranking is only 1584 .
In other words, there are a lot of promoters who are better than Shougen in Fairy Tail .
Not to mention, there are a lot of cursed children who are more than capable to join the ranks of an initiator .
Even if Shougen wanted to pick a fight with Noah, he’s way in over his head .
Kayo is trying to subtlely hint at this .
Shougen clicked his tongue . Gnashing his teeth, he snapped his arm back into place .
“Just my luck!”
He returned to the crowd after having his ass handed to him .
The executives and civil defense operatives are readjusting their attitude towards Noah, the guildmaster of Fairy Tail .
The initiators are all looking at Noah with curiosity and goodwill . Noah is like a celebrity to them .
It’s probably because of Noah’s reputation as someone who was there to offer sanctuary to cursed children when they cried for help .
How can any initiator in good conscience hate Noah?
Kayo bowed towards Noah . Noah smiled and he rubbed her head before sitting down at the briefing table . There is a nameplate for Fairy Tail at the seat .
Senju Kayo bowed one more time and she returned to Shougen’s side . She kept looking at Noah without looking away, just like the other initiators .
“Phew…”
Kisara sat down at her seat with Rentaro standing behind her . They released sighs of relief .
“That gave me quite a surprise . ”
“You guys would be surprised with some of the jerks I have to deal with . ”
Noah said .
“Just smack them down whenever they come along, otherwise, they are just going to walk all over you . ”
“If I could, I would . ”
Rentaro grumbled .
“He’s a formidable opponent, an IP ranker that is close to the top 1000, if I tried anything, it wouldn’t end well in just a few minutes right?”
Noah didn’t answer him .
A high ranking civil servant in uniform entered .
With mixed emotions, they all turned towards the officer .
The officer also greeted everyone with a nod .
“To get down straight to brass tacks, there’s a mission for you people!”
Everyone put on their business looks .
“However, before the briefing, anyone who will not or cannot join this assignment are advised to leave before briefing begins . Once briefing begins, you can’t reject the assignment . ”
The executives frowned while Kisara exchanged a look with Rentaro .
Isn’t this a compulsory mission then?
Nobody stood up so everyone’s in .
They are all more or less famous civil defense corporations so they can’t afford to lose reputation by resigning before even hearing the briefing .
The high-ranking officer nodded as if he expected this response .
“This seems rather inappropriate doesn it?”
To everyone’s surprise, somebody actually spoke up .
Noah continued .
“Fairy Tail’s policy should be well-known, we post requests on boards and let the members figure out the rest . ”
Noah said while looking at the officer .
“Since this mission is compulsory after hearing the briefing, this would suggest either high difficulty or extremely classified nature . So, the end result is that either nobody would pick up this request or I can’t post this request in my guild so why was Fairy Tail summoned here in the first place?”
The officer stayed silent .
“You don’t seem to have figured out that part yet…”
Noah narrowed his eyes .
“Am I correct to assume that you called Fairy Tail here despite this obvious failure to consider our policy?”
“It’s an order from the government . ”
The officer frowned .
“Are you saying Fairy Tail plans on rejecting this?”
“The government, you say?”
Noah laughed even though his eyes would make any adult piss his pants .
“Too bad for you, we are a civil security firm, not one of your government’s lackey unit!”
Noah stood up as if the conversation is over and he headed straight for the door .
The monitor in the briefing room lit up .
“Guildmaster Noah, please hold on!”