225 - The Lightning Man

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[00:02] ---
    I wanna eat...
[00:05] ---
    I'm so hungry...
[00:07] ---
    What happened to your
    reward from that last job?
[00:09] ---
    I spent it all...
[00:12] ---
    I know! Why not sell Lucy's novel?!
[00:16] ---
    We could probably make enough
    to eat something!
[00:19] ---
    Hey!
[00:21] ---
    Hold it right there!
[00:23] ---
    What'd you just say?
[00:24] ---
    Hungry.
[00:26] ---
    Not that! How is it you figure on
    selling my novel to pay for a meal?!
[00:30] ---
    Okay, okay, calm down, Lucy.
[00:34] ---
    This is perfect! Lend me some money, Lucy!
[00:36] ---
    I can't! I'm on a tight budget this month.
[00:39] ---
    And both of you, "He who does
    not work shall not eat"!
[00:43] ---
    So why not just get back to work?
[00:45] ---
    Work?
[00:46] ---
    That's right!
[00:50] ---
    Look, there's a job up there.
[00:52] ---
    Oh, they can't take that one.
[00:54] ---
    Why not?
[00:55] ---
    After all, that's...
[01:04] ---
    ...a request for Laxus specifically.
[02:42] ---
    Certainly, it's directed at Laxus.
[02:46] ---
    There, see?
[02:48] ---
    It wasn't a lie.
[02:51] ---
    It looks like Master called him here.
[02:53] ---
    Hi, Laxus! What kind of request is it?
[02:56] ---
    What do you care?
[02:58] ---
    H-Hey!
[02:59] ---
    Don't be swallowed up by lightning.
[03:02] ---
    Don't drown in booze.
[03:07] ---
    Sheesh. The cheeky brat...
[03:10] ---
    What was that request?
[03:12] ---
    It said there was lightning
    throughout the town.
[03:15] ---
    Lightning?
[03:16] ---
    All crackly, huh?
[03:21] ---
    The Lightning Man!
[03:28] ---
    The place is the post town of Borwatt,
    where there's been lightning every day.
[03:37] ---
    So it's a lightning rod exhibition, huh?
[03:40] ---
    Nobody's here!
[03:42] ---
    Well, under the circumstances...
[03:46] ---
    Static electricity.
[03:47] ---
    I'm getting a kick out of your hair.
[03:53] ---
    Yours, too.
[03:55] ---
    Shut up. Who are you to talk?
[03:59] ---
    Here it comes.
[04:14] ---
    Aw, man!
[04:15] ---
    No wonder the whole town
    is electrically charged.
[04:20] ---
    Laxus, where are you going?
[04:22] ---
    To talk to the client.
[04:28] ---
    Laxus!
[04:29] ---
    Hey, now!
[04:53] ---
    It's still coming down?!
[04:55] ---
    Seriously?! At this rate, it'll never stop!
[04:57] ---
    With this much lightning,
    even Laxus won't be able to hold out!
[05:01] ---
    I'll use my Leprechaun!
[05:08] ---
    This place is too dangerous
    for the villagers to live here.
[05:13] ---
    Jeez. Pain in the ass...
[05:16] ---
    Roar of the Lightning Dragon!
[05:27] ---
    I knew you could do it.
[05:28] ---
    It's just a stopgap measure.
    The thunderclouds will gather again.
[05:32] ---
    And the static electricity is still here.
[05:34] ---
    But we need it to be quiet for at least
    a while so we can investigate, right?
[05:39] ---
    Yeah.
[05:44] ---
    Right, right, right, right.
[05:46] ---
    Hey, what's this?!
[05:54] ---
    You're Laxus from Fairy Tail, right?
[05:56] ---
    You're the mega-strong wizard who
    beat Jura at the Grand Magic Games!
[06:00] ---
    Well, from what I just saw of your power,
    you're a man to be reckoned with.
[06:05] ---
    This is the first time in a month
    we've seen a blue sky!
[06:08] ---
    Thank you!
[06:10] ---
    I saw you at the Grand Magic Games, too!
    You're so strong!
[06:15] ---
    U-Um...
[06:17] ---
    P-Please shake my hand!
[06:20] ---
    Mine, too!
[06:21] ---
    Please sign your name on my back!
[06:24] ---
    No, I...
[06:25] ---
    Sending those clouds away
    was godlike, you know?
[06:28] ---
    I could see myself being with Laxus!
[06:30] ---
    And he's an S Class Wizard! So cool!
[06:32] ---
    Please shake my hand, too!
[06:33] ---
    Mine, too!
[06:41] ---
    That's our Laxus.
[06:43] ---
    I'm envious.
[06:45] ---
    It's just an annoyance.
[06:46] ---
    Sure it is. You know you love it!
[06:53] ---
    C-Cool...
[06:56] ---
    Such powerful eyes...
[06:58] ---
    I just know our problems will be solved
    now that Laxus is here!
[07:02] ---
    Please shake my hand!
[07:03] ---
    Sorry, but these fists are made
    for fighting, not shaking hands.
[07:11] ---
    Cool!
[07:14] ---
    Someone would want to be with me...
[07:23] ---
    Well, well, well! Hello, hello, hello!
[07:26] ---
    Oh, the mayor.
[07:28] ---
    Mayor...
[07:31] ---
    You sent the request, right?
[07:32] ---
    Hello. It's a pleasure to meet you.
[07:34] ---
    This is the mayor of Borwatt, Mr. De Cybele.
[07:38] ---
    Yeah, yeah!
[07:40] ---
    And I am his executive secretary, Ga Maille.
[07:44] ---
    Yes, I am the one who sent out
    that request to you.
[07:50] ---
    I watched. Yeah, I watched you!
[07:53] ---
    You're amazing! The world's
    greatest lightning man!
[07:57] ---
    I like you! Yeah, very impressive!
[08:04] ---
    You have a sharp eye, Mayor Cybele.
[08:10] ---
    Let's return our town to
    a state of prosperity!
[08:16] ---
    Yeah, yeah! Exactly!
[08:21] ---
    Thanks to you, we have fine weather again,
    but we needn't chat in the street.
[08:25] ---
    If you don't mind, may I ask you to
    accompany us to the mayor's mansion,
[08:30] ---
    where I can explain our
    circumstances in detail?
[08:35] ---
    Sure.
[08:35] ---
    Then please give Laxus-san a big
    round of applause, everyone!
[08:40] ---
    He's our hero!
[09:00] ---
    Yeah, yeah. I like you people.
[09:03] ---
    Getting to the point,
    when did this phenomenon begin?
[09:10] ---
    Since you came here, Laxus, yeah!
[09:15] ---
    What?!
[09:16] ---
    You don't remember?
[09:18] ---
    It happened about a week
    before the Grand Magic Games.
[09:32] ---
    I didn't get enough to drink.
[09:36] ---
    Hey, old man!
[09:38] ---
    Who you callin' an old man?
[09:40] ---
    You, old man!
[09:42] ---
    You're the only old man I see here.
    What, are you senile already?
[09:47] ---
    You guys must be the senile ones.
[09:49] ---
    I'm not that old.
[09:52] ---
    Unless you figure you'll be senior
    citizens in another ten years.
[09:56] ---
    Now go home, take a dump,
    and get to bed, brats.
[09:58] ---
    Whoa, you gotta pay the toll to pass.
[10:02] ---
    This is our turf, so consider it a tribute.
[10:07] ---
    This is stupid.
    That's why I called you brats.
[10:10] ---
    Now get the hell out of my way.
[10:13] ---
    Bastard! You don't diss us!
[10:20] ---
    Son of a bitch!
[10:21] ---
    You kicked him!
[10:23] ---
    You're dead!
[10:24] ---
    I told you to go home and get to bed.
[10:27] ---
    Shut up!
[10:35] ---
    C-Crap! He's a wizard!
[10:37] ---
    H-He should've said so in the first place!
[10:39] ---
    The next one's gonna hit you.
[10:44] ---
    That's...
[10:46] ---
    He's from Fairy Tail!
[10:48] ---
    What?!
[10:50] ---
    We're sorry for the trouble!
     We didn't know you were a wizard!
[10:54] ---
    H-Here, for your trouble!
[10:56] ---
    Please, take it!
[10:58] ---
    You think you can bribe me?
[11:01] ---
    N-No, that's not...
[11:04] ---
    Now get your asses home!
[11:13] ---
    This was that town...
[11:15] ---
    Did something happen?
[11:17] ---
    I was on my way back home from a job.
[11:21] ---
    Yeah, that did happen.
[11:23] ---
    You're saying all the lightning
    started coming after that?
[11:26] ---
    That's right, yeah!
[11:29] ---
    The mayor's personality changed.
[11:32] ---
    He's on home ground.
[11:34] ---
    Borwatt was a prosperous post town,
[11:38] ---
    but because of the lightning, nobody comes,
     so now we're more like a ghost town.
[11:43] ---
    And what started this
    whole plague of lightning
[11:46] ---
    was your initial lightning that night.
[11:49] ---
    That's an unfounded accusation!
[11:51] ---
    Wait.
[11:52] ---
    What do you want me to do?
[11:57] ---
    Well, rid the town of lightning.
[12:00] ---
    Rid it?
[12:02] ---
    Yeah. After all, you're the one who
    started it. So take responsibility.
[12:08] ---
    That's only natural, right? Yeah.
[12:10] ---
    The townspeople see you as a hero,
[12:14] ---
    but your silly alleyway brawl
     brought this upon us.
[12:16] ---
    If they knew the truth, your reputation,
[12:19] ---
    not to mention the reputation of Fairy Tail,
    victors of the Grand Magic Games, would fall.
[12:25] ---
    Do we have an understanding?
[12:38] ---
    That piss-ant mayor!
[12:40] ---
    If that's his true character...
[12:42] ---
    There's something else going on here.
[12:43] ---
    How do you know?
[12:44] ---
    A woman's intuition!
[12:46] ---
    That's not much to go on.
[12:48] ---
    A man wouldn't understand.
    There's something about the mayor.
[12:53] ---
    After all, the original request didn't give
    any details. Don't you think that's strange?
[12:58] ---
    Laxus?
[12:59] ---
    The old man's words are coming back to me.
[13:02] ---
    What's that?
[13:03] ---
    Don't be swallowed up by lightning.
[13:06] ---
    Don't drown in booze.
[13:08] ---
    That night, it was as if I had been swallowed up
    by lightning and drowned in booze.
[13:16] ---
    The thunderclouds are back.
[13:18] ---
    Are you gonna be a lightning rod again?
[13:21] ---
    I started this mess. If I don't clean it up,
    it'll cause trouble for all of Fairy Tail.
[13:26] ---
    I'll help you.
[13:27] ---
    Count me in!
[13:29] ---
    The Raijin-shuu has followed you because
    we believe in you. Just tell us what to do.
[13:34] ---
    I'm sorry for bringing you into this.
[13:37] ---
    No problem!
[13:40] ---
    What's wrong?
[13:42] ---
    Ever since we've come to this town,
    I've been crackling with electricity.
[13:51] ---
    I have a feeling my magic
    is being pulled that way.
[13:54] ---
    Then we'll just have to check it out.
[13:56] ---
    Yeah. Let's investigate.
[13:58] ---
    That crackling? Or the mayor?
[14:01] ---
    Both.
[14:04] ---
    Everything is going as planned.
[14:07] ---
    Yeah. I'm in awe of your cunning. Yeah.
[14:11] ---
    Oh, you still do me shame
    in that department, Mayor.
[14:14] ---
    Using the damage to the town to
    extort compensation is brilliant.
[14:19] ---
    Your words sully my reputation, yeah.
[14:23] ---
    Besides, it's true that lightning man
     left behind all the electricity.
[14:29] ---
    Certainly, all of our residents' problems
[14:32] ---
    were caused by that electric man's deeds.
[14:36] ---
    So how much should we charge him?
[14:39] ---
    Yeah, good question.
[14:42] ---
    I want five million jewel for every house.
[14:45] ---
    Yes. Perhaps ten million jewel
     would be even better.
[14:50] ---
    Yeah. You see, I'm no match for you, yeah.
[14:53] ---
    You are too modest.
[15:02] ---
    True, there's more electricity
    in the air than before.
[15:04] ---
    Yeah.
[15:08] ---
    What is that?!
[15:10] ---
    It's coming our way!
[15:11] ---
    It's all electricity.
[15:13] ---
    Electricity?! Laxus?!
[15:26] ---
    Are you okay?! Aren't you getting
    overloaded with electricity?!
[15:30] ---
    I've gotta absorb it! Otherwise, you guys
     and the town are gonna get hurt!
[15:39] ---
    It's coming from behind, too!
[15:40] ---
    There's too much for even Laxus to absorb!
[15:43] ---
    Fairy Machine Gun: Leprechaun!
[15:48] ---
    Now there are more?!
[15:50] ---
    Looks like you gotta totally destroy it!
[15:54] ---
    Baryon Formation!
[15:59] ---
    There!
[16:00] ---
    In that case, Fairy Bomb: Gremlin!
[16:12] ---
    It's coming from below...
[16:17] ---
    What's that?
[16:19] ---
    Laxus!
[16:21] ---
    I'm okay.
[16:22] ---
    Look at that.
[16:25] ---
    That statue...
[16:26] ---
    It seems something's under it.
[16:29] ---
    Come to think of it, this area is where
     I scrapped with the delinquents.
[16:32] ---
    You two, go!
[16:33] ---
    Leave this to us!
[16:35] ---
    All right.
[16:43] ---
    Underground sewer system?
[16:45] ---
    What's that?
[16:49] ---
    This is my electricity.
[16:51] ---
    You can tell?
[16:53] ---
    Electricity-wielding wizards all use
    different wavelengths. They're like fingerprints.
[16:58] ---
    This is definitely the electricity
    I struck the ground with that night.
[17:02] ---
    The electricity from that night attracted
    lightning, and stored up even more electricity.
[17:07] ---
    Is that even possible?
[17:09] ---
    It happened, so it must be possible.
[17:12] ---
    But that's a lot of electricity.
[17:14] ---
    I don't care. I'm going to end this.
[17:17] ---
    How?
[17:18] ---
    I'm gonna neutralize it by hitting it
    with the electricity I've been taking in.
[17:21] ---
    Are you sure about this?
    You already look pretty uncomfortable.
[17:24] ---
    There's no other way.
[17:26] ---
    That mayor pissed me off, but it doesn't
    change the fact that I am responsible.
[17:45] ---
    It's too much for you to handle alone!
[17:47] ---
    Don't worry about me! Just think
    about protecting the town!
[18:02] ---
    Dragon Slayer's Secret Art! Roaring Thunder!
[18:10] ---
    Laxus!
[18:18] ---
    That must've been Laxus.
[18:19] ---
    Figures!
[18:21] ---
    Huh?
[18:22] ---
    Yeah, I put one of my guys in there.
[18:25] ---
    So, what did you hear? Tell me.
[18:40] ---
    That was really something.
[18:42] ---
    I'm surprised you were able
    to withstand all that power.
[18:45] ---
    It didn't explode?
[18:49] ---
    While you were doing your best,
    I set up my runes to destroy it.
[18:58] ---
    You set that up really nicely.
[19:00] ---
    I passed the Level 1 Rune Magic
     Shorthand Exam.
[19:08] ---
    Lacrima...
[19:10] ---
    I've got it.
[19:11] ---
    That lacrima must have amplified
    your electricity power.
[19:16] ---
    My electricity... How could that happen?
[19:20] ---
    I can only think that it was a setup.
[19:23] ---
    But who would...?
[19:25] ---
    Laxus!
[19:27] ---
    Ever's gut instinct was right!
    That mayor planned the whole thing!
[19:39] ---
    Hot-hot-hot-hot!
[19:39] ---
    Mayor!
[19:46] ---
    W-What is it?! Huh?!
[19:48] ---
    I-I don't know!
[19:52] ---
    Mayor! Over there!
[19:54] ---
    Huh?!
[20:01] ---
    Lightning striking!
[20:03] ---
    Huh?! Why is it coming closer?!
[20:07] ---
    Are you okay?!
[20:17] ---
    You!
[20:22] ---
    Mayor! What is that?!
[20:36] ---
    Grandpa, I'm scared!
[20:38] ---
    Don't come in here!
[20:49] ---
    So you can protect something.
[20:52] ---
    I thought you were a good-for-nothing
    who only thought of himself.
[20:57] ---
    Next time, make an effort on behalf
     of the town's citizens.
[21:16] ---
    What?! You should've sent him
    flying with a sock to the jaw.
[21:21] ---
    You don't understand. At a time like that,
    a glare is more effective than violence.
[21:27] ---
    So did you get paid?
[21:30] ---
    You didn't...
[21:32] ---
    W-Well, it wasn't a job that
    was worth getting paid for...
[21:37] ---
    Besides, everyone in town was grateful
    to us. That's good enough for me.
[21:42] ---
    Yeah! Work is about heart, not money.
[21:46] ---
    You guys sound like altruists now!
[21:48] ---
    I guess you wouldn't understand this spirit.
[21:51] ---
    Things like this happen, too.
[21:59] ---
    The repair costs for this will be exorbitant.
[22:03] ---
    What are you just standing around for? Huh?
[22:06] ---
    I bet Blue Pegasus will pay, yeah!
[22:13] ---
    Shall we do it again?
[22:14] ---
    Of course! Yeah!
[22:18] ---
    Hey, Grandpa!
[22:20] ---
    Yes? You're cute as always today. Yeah!
[23:55] ---
    Hey, Happy!
[23:57] ---
    Oh. It's just you, Natsu.
[23:58] ---
    What are you so jumpy for?
[24:00] ---
    Natsu, there's an emergency!
    It's Magnolia! The city of Magnolia...
[24:04] ---
    What?! What happened?!
[24:05] ---
    It scares me just to recall it...
[24:08] ---
    Hey, quit beating around
    the bush and tell me!
[24:10] ---
    It's... Natsu, behind you!
[24:15] ---
    Next time: Fairy Tail of the Dead Meeeen!
[24:19] ---
    What is this?! It's terrible!
    Worse than terrible!
[24:21] ---
    It's like a depiction of Hell!