Esper X Family – Chapter 169 – For Her Sake?

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A question mark popped up above the girl’s head.

Was this right?

Mu Luo had always brought back innate Sequence Espers who were unwilling to be contained.

Back then, Mu Luo would practically abandon them after bringing them back.

He would probably be lurking creepily in some dark corner elsewhere.

Those three probably couldn’t stand the oppressive atmosphere at the time.

So they chose to travel on their own.

Ye Yao thought that it was normal.

Back then, Mu Luo would leave for ten days to half a month at a time.

Xia Lian and the others had to survive on food with long shelf lives.

Things like jerky, snacks, or bottled water.

Those who didn’t know better might think that it was an apocalypse bunker.

Life under containment seemed better compared to that.

Just thinking about it made Ye Yao want to run away from home.

So, it was understandable that those three had chosen to leave on their own.

It was definitely better than staying in one place with people you couldn’t even talk to.

But what was the price?

After Ye Yao was picked up by Mu Luo, she never saw them return.

Either they were living in seclusion somewhere very hidden.

Or they were quietly captured by the Countermeasures Bureau and brought back under containment.

Ye Yao’s guess leaned toward the latter.

But Lou Wei’s answer was unexpected.

Ye Yao almost thought that the Countermeasures Bureau was deliberately hiding them to avoid handing them over.

But after reading Lou Wei’s thoughts with the Found Family system, she realized that he wasn’t lying.

Those three really weren’t in the Countermeasures Bureau!

“How could they not be? That doesn’t make sense…”

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Ye Yao fell into deep thought.

Based on the information she knew, none of those three had abilities as powerful as Mu Luo’s in terms of concealment and mobility.

If they had openly swaggered back into society, the Countermeasures Bureau would have definitely tracked them down.

But they hadn’t.

Not even the Countermeasures Bureau had found their traces.

Lou Wei stared at Sequence 002, who was deep in thought, and added,

“When we saw all of you mobilize earlier, we were puzzled.

The number of people who appeared didn’t match the number who were taken.

So, we suspected that the Sequence Espers who didn’t follow you might have returned to society.

After that, the Countermeasures Bureau sent out the intelligence department to search for their traces.

But we still haven’t found them until today.”

Lou Wei had initially thought that those Sequence Espers who didn’t show up just didn’t like going out.

But that didn’t seem to be the case now.

Even Sequence Zero was looking for them.

First, the possibility of them living in seclusion could be ruled out.

This era wasn’t as backward as before.

Even if they ran to some remote, desolate mountain forest and managed to evade technological detection by luck.

There were still Esper abilities that could dig them out.

Unless they frequently changed their hiding spots like some high-risk Sequence Espers, it was impossible for them to stay hidden for so long.

“Maybe something happened to them…”

Ye Yao was utterly disappointed.

She had wanted to take advantage of the improved relations with the Countermeasures Bureau to bring them over.

Just casually adding three more family members would have meant more attribute points for her.

But now?

They weren’t even here!

Who was going to make up for her missing attribute points?

Ye Yao quickly added,

“If you want us to help you deal with the high-risk Sequence Espers, there’s one more condition!

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You have to use the Countermeasures Bureau’s intelligence network to find those three.”

“Even if you hadn’t said it, we would have looked for them.”

The Countermeasures Bureau certainly couldn’t allow Sequence Espers to roam uncontained.

At least Sequence Zero had someone to keep things under control.

Sequence 002 was pracrically in the same role as Lou Wei.

If anything happened to those around her, she could rely on her formidable strength to resolve it.

Therefore.

If they did find those three innate Sequence Espers who were still out there.

They could officially transfer them to Sequence Zero.

It would help ease the somewhat tense relationship between the two sides, and also prepare for the future meeting of the two sisters.

They definitely had to avoid the situation where Sequence 001 demanded to see her sister while the Countermeasures Bureau was still on bad terms with her.

That absolutely had to be avoided.

After hearing Lou Wei’s promise, Ye Yao felt somewhat reassured.

After all, they would be her future family members.

She had to find them no matter what.

It would be fine if they were just living in seclusion somewhere. At least she wouldn’t have to worry about their safety then.

However…

Just thinking about the despicable Sanctuary made Ye Yao’s mood sour.

She was afraid they might have been lured into some kind of “pyramid scheme”.

She could only hope that they were safe.

“That’s all I have to say. I’m going back.”

Ye Yao didn’t want to keep staring at Lou Wei.

After all, no matter how much she talked, she couldn’t break through his defenses.

Back when she still had her black mist form, it was fine.

At least she could play the villain and provoke Lou Wei into taking action.

But now…

Sequence 002 had directly become the older sister of her main body.

No matter how much she threatened him, he would probably just take it as empty words.

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Lou Wei probably wouldn’t even feel a ripple in his heart.

So, Ye Yao was furious.

She decided to find a way to make the stern father suffer in the gaming world.

“Aren’t you going to leave your contact information?”

Lou Wei stared at the girl’s back and calmly asked.

“Hmph, no need. If there’s news, I’ll come find you myself.”

The next second.

Ye Yao disappeared into the shadows.

This time, she had only come to deliver the thing.

There was no need to stay any longer.

She could come back next time to ask for information about other high-risk Sequence Espers.

It wouldn’t be long until then.

Lou Wei silently watched the shadow disappear into the distance, then looked down at the scroll in his hand.

For some reason.

He had never felt any strong hostility from Sequence 002 toward him.

Logically, after being targeted so many times, he should have been considered her number one enemy.

It would have been understandable if she occasionally showed a bit of killing intent.

But Lou Wei didn’t feel it.

Sequence 002 had only ever argued and provoked.

Even when she was angry, it wasn’t that kind of extreme rage.

“Is this… for her sake?”

Lou Wei shook his head and turned back toward the Countermeasures Bureau base.

While Ye Yao was still lingering at the base.

He needed to work with the other members to study the Sanctuary’s item.

This was also to ensure that no accidents would occur.

Under Lou Wei’s watchful eye, the Sanctuary wouldn’t be able to cause any trouble.

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In the training ground.

Ye Yao and Luo Jianhua sat and played games on the edge.

Meanwhile, Mo Qiuli was training hard on the field.

The two scenes formed a stark contrast.

If some parents saw this, they might say, “Look at her, and then look at you.”

But Ye Yao’s parents weren’t like that.

Her parents would probably let her play games to her heart’s content.

Originally, Luo Jianhua had also wanted to get up and train.

But before she could, Ye Yao pulled her into a duo queue ¹ Queueing with 2 players on a MOBA game, most likely LoL. .

Nothing is more annoying than the sound of a roommate flipping through books!

No internal competition allowed! Let’s slack off together!

“Yay! We won! Little Luo carried so hard this game, I’m just freeloading.”

Ye Yao hugged Luo Jianhua affectionately to celebrate the victory.

Completely ignoring the negative K/D ratio ² Kill/Death. She’s been feeding the whole game… on the results screen.

So what if the K/D is negative?

So what if the rating is low?

At least the rank went up!

“Sister also played a very important role.”

Luo Jianhua enjoyed Ye Yao’s closeness, her eyes narrowing in contentment.

Then, Ye Yao seemed to remember something.

“Speaking of which, maybe you’ll get to meet my other friends soon.

You’ve been curious for so long, it’s about time you met them.”

Author Note

Asking for free gifts as usual~

Text: Let me go!

I wanna do something bold