Esper X Family – Chapter 166 – It Was Indeed Their Doing

Ye Yao couldn’t keep such a dangerous thing by her side for long.

Of course, she couldn’t just throw it away like trash either.

Mu Luo seemed capable of sealing it away.

But who knew if the flames had other hidden dangers?

She could only try handing it over to Gu Wenxin to see if he could extract its remaining value.

Since Gu Wenxin could slay “evil” to boost his mental power, could these “pure evil” also serve as EXP boosts?

Gu Wenxin nodded and silently drew his blade.

The moment his gaze locked onto the purple flame, his mental power surged rapidly.

The blade in his hand began to emit a peculiar glow.

Mysterious particles of light swirled around him.

The【Slaying Evil】ability was successfully activated!

Mu Luo raised his hand and brought a Dark Erosion container before Gu Wenxin.

Under his intense aura, the previously calm flame began to waver.

As if stirred by a breeze.

It hadn’t shown such movement before.

Gu Wenxin didn’t speak. With a swift motion, he swung his blade, cleanly severing both the flame and the Dark Erosion container.

The entire process was as smooth as cutting through melons or vegetables.

The purple tongue of flame instantly dissipated upon contact with the blade.

Bang!

Ye Yao focused her attention on Gu Wenxin.

【Ability: Slaying Evil

Mental Power: 2,940 → 3,140】

A full 200-point increase!

After breaking through the 3000 barrier, Gu Wenxin had now reached the realm of strong A-rank!

The bottleneck had been kicked aside.

Who would’ve thought the flame could indeed serve as EXP boosts for Gu Wenxin?

Ye Yao recalled how she had turned Sequence 066 into fireworks and couldn’t help but feel a pang of regret.

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Damn it!

She should have extracted the flame from him before sending him skyward.

Now look.

She had lost an EXP boost.

What a waste!

After slaying one of the flames, Gu Wenxin calmly collected himself.

“There’s an improvement.”

Xia Lian cast an envious glance.

“That’s nice~ If only I could boost my mental power like that.”

Ye Yao nodded. “It’s fine. We can still rely on Wu Mi’s support.”

There was still one flame left.

It might bring Gu Wenxin another boost.

However, he might not be able to benefit from Wu Mi’s cycle state after another boost.

Without the ouroboros cycle, their sustainability would take a significant hit.

“This remaining tongue of flame should be kept. We can even hand it over to the Countermeasures Bureau for research.”

Ye Yao had already made up her mind.

Since they were now a neutral faction, they could cooperate with the Countermeasures Bureau.

The Sanctuary was their common enemy, and the Countermeasures Bureau had plenty of skilled individuals.

If the Countermeasures Bureau discovered anything, the main body could learn about it through Lou Wei.

Ye Yao felt that it was necessary to ease the relationship between Sequence Zero and the Countermeasures Bureau.

She still had some questions she wanted to ask the Countermeasures Bureau.

Gu Wenxin sheathed his blade.

He had no objections to Ye Yao’s decision.

He didn’t have much attachment to inanimate objects.

What mattered was the person behind the creation of the flame.

The one who spread these “evil” was the one who deserved to die.

Ye Yao instructed Mu Luo to seal the flame in a Dark Erosion container.

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Then, she asked Jiang Huashen to bring a spatial scroll to store it.

She also called Wu Mi over to apply a cycle state.

With these three layers of protection, she felt slightly more at ease.

“OK~ Let’s keep the party going.

Mu Luo! Go buy some skewers!

No, wait. We should prepare the barbecue grill and everything else.

We can have barbecues in the yard from now on.”

Just as Ye Yao’s fission body was enjoying skewers…

The Countermeasures Bureau was holding a serious meeting.

The incident involving Sequence Zero in a certain city had to be taken seriously.

Leaving the “miniature sun” that could blow up a city aside, Sequence 002 was still too young and lacked restraint.

That silver-haired girl was young, looking like she was in her rebellious teenage years.

It was reasonable for her to be less composed.

The key point was the news that the Sanctuary could mass-produce berserk S-rank Espers.

This demanded their full attention.

Lou Wei was in the residential complex’s meeting room, participating in the discussion with the others.

The decision-makers were seriously debating the matter.

“We underestimated the Sanctuary’s capabilities.

We thought that their ability to make Espers go berserk was already troublesome enough.

Who would’ve thought that after going berserk, they could break through the S-rank barrier?

If this were to happen in a place without S-rank forces stationed…

The casualties would be unacceptable.”

The head of the intelligence department compared the information with previous reports.

“This situation should be an outlier.

The Sanctuary’s berserk Espers rarely reach S-rank.

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The previous Sequence 096, Sequence 029, and the two individuals with Sequence 066 were all within the A-rank range.

There have been no S-rank cases in Sanctuary-induced berserk Esper incidents.

Only this time did Sequence 066 break the limit.”

“Even so, this isn’t good news. The important thing is that such a possibility exists.

If this possibility were to occur again, we couldn’t afford the cost of resolving it.”

Many felt immense pressure.

The Sanctuary was like a rat in the sewers.

They were usually impossible to find.

But at night, they would emerge to pollute everything.

The key was that they didn’t act directly.

Instead, they exploited high-risk Sequence Espers hidden in society.

If only the intelligence department were more effective…

Everyone couldn’t help but glance at one person.

The head of the intelligence department shook his head wearily.

“Don’t pressure me. I’m already burning out.”

Between Sequence 001’s origins, Sequence 002’s traces, and the Sanctuary, he had a mountain of critical matters to handle.

Without some resilience, one would inevitably suffer a mental breakdown.

The group withdrew their scrutinizing gazes.

A little pressure was enough.

They didn’t want the intelligence head to retire early.

The intelligence department was already understaffed.

They used to have occasional help from the Prophet.

But now, he was the only one holding the fort.

“Let’s get back to Sequence Zero.”

At these words, everyone looked at the incident report in their hands.

It detailed Sequence 002’s interactions with local Countermeasures Bureau members.

Lou Wei glanced at it and fell silent.

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It seemed that she hadn’t learned her lesson from the previous incident about staying humble.

“Sigh… It was indeed their doing.”

Many old-timers clutched their heads, feeling a headache coming on.

Sequence 033 had appeared in this incident.

She was also by Sequence Zero’s side.

It was clear what had happened.

“Hmph… They showed us some respect, but not much. At least they knew to pin the blame on the Sanctuary.”

“From the report, Sequence 033 seems to be doing alright. They must have a way to temporarily suppress her problem.”

“Considering that they handled this crisis, we’ll just treat it as the Sanctuary’s doing. Sequence 033 can be left under Sequence Zero’s management.”

The Countermeasures Bureau couldn’t do much about them and had to accept the situation.

They couldn’t just label them as a hostile faction again.

It wouldn’t be appropriate at this point.

Aside from Sequence 002’s formidable combat strength, the other members were also top-tier experts.

More importantly, there was the issue of Sequence 002’s identity.

She was Sequence 001’s sister.

They couldn’t treat her as an enemy no matter what.

From Lou Wei and Xiao Jing’s knowledge, Sequence 001 still cared about her estranged relatives.

There might come a day when the two sisters would meet.

To maintain Sequence 001’s emotional stability…

They had to handle Sequence Zero with utmost caution.

Author Note

There are still unfilled holes ¹ Narrative holes, like how the Bureau seems so incompetent for an organization that has a national scale monopoly. Them being too reliant on the Prophet is actually a really good explanation… from before. Let’s fill them slowly~

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