### Chapter 36: Thunder God
Lucy immediately recognized the three of them.
She didn't expect to meet Riku and his friends here again.
"Lucy?! What are you doing here?"
Happy was also surprised to see Lucy.
"I was tricked! He said he could let me join Fairy Tail, so I..."
"Yes!"
At this time, 'Salamander' and the others chased out from the ship and also recognized Riku as one of the two kids they met during the day.
"Riku, Natsu, run! They are human traffickers, planning to sell all the girls as slaves."
"?!"
Hearing this, Natsu and Happy's expressions changed. It was one thing to impersonate Fairy Tail to deceive people, but now they were actually trafficking humans.
"Little girl, don't talk nonsense. Slandering others casually carries legal responsibility. We caught you because you stole our things. You two kids, I advise you not to meddle. Go, catch that stinky girl back for me."
Natsu stepped forward, looking at 'Salamander': "You say you are a Fairy Tail mage?"
"So what?!"
"Show me then! I am Fairy Tail's Natsu! I've never seen someone like you!!"
Natsu punched two charging traffickers to the ground.
"!! Fairy Tail? Natsu is actually a Fairy Tail mage?!"
Lucy was shocked. She completely didn't expect Natsu to be a Fairy Tail mage. If Natsu was a Fairy Tail mage, then that guy must be an imposter.
"Look at that emblem!!"
A trafficker noticed the guild emblem on Natsu's shoulder and immediately recognized it.
"Mr. Bora, it's the real deal!!"
"Idiot... Idiot!! Don't call me by my real name!!"
"Bora, Bora of Prominence. He's that guy expelled from the mage guild Titan Nose a few years ago."
Hearing the other party's name, Happy also knew his identity.
"I don't care if you are a good person or a bad person, impersonating Fairy Tail is absolutely unforgivable!!"
Veins popped on Natsu's forehead, and his teeth creaked.
"Heh!! Kid, shut up!!"
Bora raised his hand, releasing a stream of fire that bombarded Natsu.
"Natsu!!"
Seeing this, Lucy was instantly very worried and wanted to help, but was stopped by Happy spreading his wings.
"Hmph! So what if he's a Fairy Tail mage? Just a small fry."
Seeing Natsu burned by flames, Bora showed a smug expression.
Suddenly!
Natsu's voice came from within the flames.
"Really terrible. Are you really a Fire Mage? This is the first time I've eaten such terrible fire."
Immediately after, they saw Natsu swallowing the flames in big gulps.
"?!!"
"Fire...?!"
"Did he... eat the fire?!"
"...Is this guy human?!"
Except for Riku and Happy, everyone else watching this scene was scared silly.
"Power is overflowing after eating!!"
Natsu took a deep breath, his chest expanding as a large amount of Magic Power gathered in his lungs.
"Fire Dragon's Roar!!"
Whoosh———!!
A firestorm erupted from Natsu's mouth.
BOOM————!!
The trafficker's ship was instantly destroyed.
"Wooooooaaaahhhhh!"...
Some traffickers who couldn't dodge in time were also blown away by the flames, screaming in agony.
"Mr. Bora!! I've seen this kid!! Cherry pink hair and a scarf like scales. It's definitely him!! This kid is the real Salamander!!"
"?!!"
Bora was somewhat dumbfounded. He was impersonating the Salamander who was currently most famous in the Kingdom of Fiore, but unexpectedly ran into the real one.
Lucy was equally shocked. She also didn't expect Natsu to be the real Salamander.
"You guys remember this well. This is a Fairy Tail mage!!"
Natsu rushed up and began to beat up these traffickers wildly.
"Ora ora ora ora!!!"
Riku reminded him: "Natsu, don't go too far. This is a port. If the destruction is too severe, the Magic Council will cause trouble again."
"Council!"
Natsu was startled and stopped hurriedly. What these guild mages feared most was the Council. It wasn't a question of whether they could win a fight, but more like a thief fearing the police.
Seeing Natsu stop, Bora hurriedly rose on red flames under his feet to escape. Of course, he didn't forget to leave harsh words while escaping: "Stinky brat! I'll remember this! Just you wait!!"
Seeing Bora escape, Lucy's face changed: "Not good! He's going to escape!!"
Happy, however, smiled unhurriedly: "Relax, he can't escape."
Riku's voice rang out at this moment as if resounding through heaven and earth: "You offended Fairy Tail! Thinking you can escape without paying the price?! There is no such good thing in the world!! Welcome God's judgment!!!"
"El Thor (Judgment of God)!!"
Riku's wrist turned into lightning and shot high into the sky.
Immediately after, the late-night sky lit up. Bora, who was escaping, looked up at the sky.
He saw a pillar of lightning descending from the heavens.
"Ughhhhhhhh ah!!!"
BOOM————!!!
The lightning pillar pierced the sky, bombarded Bora, and then landed on the sea, erupting in a terrifying explosion.
The airwaves and giant waves generated by the explosive shock sent ships on the coast flying, and many buildings in the port were destroyed.
"Wooooooaaaahhhhh!"...
The intense shockwave took quite a while to subside.
Looking at the scene of destruction before her, and recalling the lightning pillar piercing heaven and earth just now, Lucy was so scared her jaw almost hit the ground.
She thought Natsu's Magic just now was very powerful, but she didn't expect Riku's Magic to be even more terrifying.
"Amazing! Really too amazing! But you went too far!! The port is destroyed!!"
"Aye!"
"Ah! I accidentally used too much force!"
Riku instantly felt a bit of heartache. If he had to pay for all this, who knows how much it would cost: "No one saw me do it, right?"
"I'd like to say that, but..." Happy pointed to a crowd watching the excitement in the distance.
At this time, the trafficker who recognized Natsu as Salamander seemed to recognize Riku's identity as well, his face even more terrified now: "You... you... you are... Fairy Tail's 'Thunder God'!!!"
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