Esper X Family – Chapter 145 – Where Do You Think You’re Escaping To?

The cells in the interrogation room were unlike those in a prison, which was lined with iron bars.

Ye Yao walked through without worrying about being seen by any insiders.

Each cell wall had a temporary ID and photo, making it easy to identify who was inside.

There was no need to worry about mistaking the target.

Finally, Ye Yao stopped in front of one of the cells.

She pointed to it and said, “It seems like the unpleasant feeling is coming from inside.”

Ms. Yang looked up and carefully observed the cell before nodding to Ye Yao.

“Alright, we’ll handle it from here. You can go do whatever you need to do.”

Ye Yao didn’t need to be involved in what came next.

Nothing carried more authority than an accusation from Sequence 001.

They didn’t even need to find evidence.

They just needed to focus on extracting all information from the suspect.

Ye Yao nodded and gave Ms. Yang a sweet smile. “Okay, thank you for your hard work!”

“It’s no trouble. Helping those in need is our duty, and you’re one of them.”

Ms. Yang then led Ye Yao and Luo Jianhua out of the interrogation room.

The mark had been placed.

It was time to let the right people take over.

Not long after Ye Yao left.

Cheng Muxue emerged from around a corner.

Without a word, she entered the cell Ye Yao had pointed out.

Inside, a man with an honest face smiled shyly when he saw her.

“Ms. Cheng Muxue, is there anything else you’d like to ask? I’ll answer everything.”

Cheng Muxue’s expression was cold. “No, I just need to take a look at your memories.”

“Huh?”

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Before he could react, a tall figure had already appeared behind him.

A heavy hand landed on his shoulder.

The man’s eyes widened.

I can’t move!

When did this person appear?

Who’s behind me?

Why such a big commotion all of a sudden?

Is this even part of the normal procedure?

Lou Wei spoke calmly, “Let’s begin. We’ll look for the problem first. If it’s a misunderstanding, we’ll compensate you.”

“Mm.”

Cheng Muxue immediately constructed a mental network, pulling the suspect and Lou Wei into it.

Meanwhile, as soon as Ye Yao stepped out of the interrogation room, the system’s voice echoed in her mind.

【Detected a Family Network. Attempting automatic connection.】

Seriously?

You’re automatically connecting again!?

The sudden intrusion allowed Ye Yao to guess which S-rank Esper had been sent.

She hadn’t expected her aunt to be hunting for moles again.

Ye Yao felt both happy and worried.

She had been a bit regretful about not being able to see the mole’s fate.

But with the automatic connection to the mental network, she could now watch the drama unfold in real time!

Her worry was that her aunt might notice something off.

The last time this happened at home, she still hadn’t figured out the cause.

But it didn’t matter anymore.

She could set those worries aside for now.

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The most important thing was to see how the mole would be dealt with!

Ye Yao had grown since the last time.

Even without needing to sleep, she could still focus part of her attention on the mental space.

She would observe secretly!

But she hadn’t expected to be greeted with a shocking scene as soon as she entered.

A flood of information rushed into her mind.

It seemed to be someone’s memory.

No way, Auntie?

You can actually perform a soulsearch ¹ Common Xianxia technique where the user forcefully searches the target’s soul to extract their memories. Only effective like half the time since Authors often come up with various excuses to hide actually important information. ?

Ye Yao adjusted slightly and finally got used to Cheng Muxue’s memory-sharing.

The suspect was one of the staff responsible for transferring the 325 victims.

Having spent a long time with those victims, he naturally had the opportunity to commit the crime.

Now, they just needed to check his memories from that period to see what had happened.

But after reviewing everything, Cheng Muxue let out a surprised exclamation.

“How is this possible? Did Little Ye Yao make a mistake?”

Ye Yao: “?”

What do you mean I made a mistake?

Auntie, I’m really going to control you now!

At that moment, Lou Wei suddenly spoke up.

“The memories are unnaturally connected.”

Reminded by him, Cheng Muxue also noticed the oddity.

The suspect’s memories indeed showed no signs of wrongdoing.

But it seemed as if his memories had been tampered with.

“What’s going on?”

Lou Wei wasn’t going to bother with complications.

“Protect his consciousness. I’ll forcibly strip all his mental power.”

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“Got it.”

Cheng Muxue quickly realized Lou Wei’s plan.

Forcibly stripping mental power was a technique only someone as skilled and powerful as Lou Wei could perform.

Many abilities relied on the existence of mental power.

If they stripped all the mental power from the suspect, no matter how well he hid, his secrets would be exposed.

But this method came with great risks.

Stripping someone of all their mental power was equivalent to taking their life.

Without other life-saving measures, they would die on the spot.

Even if they survived, they might lose a significant portion of their strength.

Under normal circumstances, such a method would never be used on one of their own.

But this situation was anything but normal.

Since Sequence 001 was involved.

They had to take the risk, no matter what.

In the real world, Lou Wei placed his hand on the suspect’s forehead. Then, seemingly grabbing something, he pulled hard.

Something resembling a soul left the suspect’s body.

It glowed with a rich blue light, ethereal and beautiful.

Upon closer inspection, Cheng Muxue and Lou Wei noticed something dirty polluting the mental power.

Several dark purple threads crisscrossed within the mental body.

They hid like parasites, perfectly fused with the mental power.

Lou Wei narrowed his eyes, preparing for a surgical-level operation.

But as soon as the thought arose, the threads seemed to sense danger and quickly gathered together.

They transformed into a beam of light and shot into the sky, escaping this dangerous prison at incredible speed.

Lou Wei didn’t even look.

He simply reached out and made a grasping motion.

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“Where do you think you’re escaping to?”

The dark purple light sphere seemed to be held in place by an immense force.

Then, it was slowly dragged back toward Lou Wei.

The next second, it let out a terrified voice.

“Lou Wei! Why are you here?

How did you find me!?

This is impossible! Absolutely impossible!”

Lou Wei’s tone was calm, as if he was speaking to a dead man.

“Your methods are indeed clever. Under normal circumstances, even I could be fooled.”

Cheng Muxue gritted her teeth.

“People from the Sanctuary, your actions have crossed the line!

I suggest you give up resisting and reveal all your intentions without holding back.

That way, we might grant you a more comfortable death.”

“Hahaha!”

The voice, after its initial panic, burst into maniacal laughter.

It seemed to realize that there was no escape.

“What do you know? Everything we’re doing is to create a habitable haven in the void of the future!”

A cold snort came from the light sphere.

“As for you, and all the other ants like you… just wait for your doom!”

The light sphere then emitted a blinding glow, as if preparing to self-destruct.

But Lou Wei casually crushed it with a single hand, completely obliterating it in mid-air.

Author Note

It’s weekend again, not bad~

Text: Ha   little thing

I have a clear view of all the stupid things you did