Esper X Family – Chapter 170 – Fortunately, She’s Always Been Easy to Manage

“Could it be?”

Luo Jianhua’s eyes flickered slightly.

She naturally knew who the “friends” Ye Yao mentioned were.

After all, Ye Yao had shared stories about the other side in their room not long ago.

When the day wasn’t enough, they continued the storytelling at night.

From Ye Yao’s words, Luo Jianhua had gained a preliminary understanding of what the people in Sequence Zero were like.

Originally, Luo Jianhua had thought that Sequence Zero might harbor some individuals with bad habits who could corrupt Ye Yao.

But according to Ye Yao, such people didn’t seem to exist.

Sometimes, Ye Yao would hesitate and mumble, as if she was hiding something.

Luo Jianhua suspected that someone in Sequence Zero might be taking advantage of Ye Yao’s kindness.

She couldn’t fully trust her sister’s one-sided account.

Whether there were bad eggs among them, Luo Jianhua would have to judge for herself!

Ye Yao, who could read her thoughts, showed no intention of explaining.

Instead, she seemed quite pleased with the situation.

Since her warnings had no effect on a certain someone.

She decided to let a fiercer cat do the hissing!

Luo Jianhua was quite fierce toward everyone except her, wasn’t she?

Ye Yao fell silent.

At less than 1.4 meters tall, Luo Jianhua really didn’t seem intimidating.

If anything, she might just make a certain cat abuser even happier to have another cat around.

“Don’t worry, Sister. If anyone tries to take advantage of you, I’ll make sure they pay.”

“Hmmm… Little Luo, you should focus on protecting yourself first.”

Ye Yao patted Luo Jianhua’s little head and couldn’t help but sigh softly.

Luo Jianhua lacked both stats and mechanics.

Against someone with high stats like Xia Lian, she could only be treated like a little kitten.

“Little Luo, remember to not be too nervous when the time comes. I’ll arrange for you to meet my other friends.”

“Huh? Other friends? Can I meet them too?”

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A Loli Mercury dressed in magical girl attire slowly descended from the air.

It seemed that she had overheard their conversation.

She was very curious about the “other friends” Ye Yao mentioned.

After spending so much time with Ye Yao and Luo Jianhua, she had never seen any other friends.

She wondered if she could formally introduce them to the Magical Girl Alliance.

Since they were Ye Yao’s friends, they should be trustworthy, right?

“Is Mercury coming too?”

Ye Yao was considering it.

It didn’t seem like a bad idea.

Although Mo Qiuli was often immersed in her own art, making her seem overly pure…

There was nothing wrong with purity. In fact, it made her a good fit for meeting Sequence Zero.

She just needed to be given some reminders beforehand.

Mo Qiuli wasn’t as “sugary” as Fang Tang, so she would definitely be fine.

“You can come too, Mercury, but there are a few things to keep in mind.

They’re friends I secretly made without telling the adults.

When the time comes, act like you don’t know them. Just keep the interaction light.

If you act too familiar and the adults find out, we might get scolded.”

Ye Yao explained it in a simple way for Mo Qiuli to understand.

After all, complex terms like “fission body”, “Sequence Zero”, and “Sequence Esper” were too troublesome.

It was fine as long as she understood the gist.

“I-Is that so?”

Mo Qiuli nodded seriously.

“I understand. I’ll cooperate with Ye Yao.”

“Mhmm~ As expected of Mercury, so reliable.”

“But of course! I’m a magical girl! Being reliable is a given!”

Mo Qiuli in her magical girl form was as confident as ever.

If her normal self could muster even a tenth of this confidence and brightness, it would be more than enough.

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Ye Yao had her reasons for arranging the meeting between Mo Qiuli and the people from Sequence Zero.

Now that Sequence Zero has become a collaborative partner of the Countermeasures Bureau.

It was likely that they wouldn’t need to travel in groups for self-protection anymore.

It was even possible that their sequence numbers would be collectively dropped.

This way, Mo Qiuli might be able to make a few more friends.

Like Wu Mi and Fang Tang, who were around her age.

Similarly, Wu Mi and Fang Tang could also become friends with Luo Jianhua and Mo Qiuli.

That would make things livelier.

Mo Qiuli might even gain a bit more confidence in her normal state.

As for Xia Lian, forget it.

Her love for cats was a bit too intense.

Ye Yao had experienced being blasted into the sky before.

She absolutely couldn’t let Xia Lian get too close to Luo Jianhua and Mo Qiuli!

On the other side.

Lou Wei was analyzing the object sent over by Sequence 002.

After breaking through three layers of restraints, he found a purple flame.

It was indeed an extremely bizarre ability construct.

Other staff members monitored the data using various instruments.

Aside from Lou Wei, almost no one dared to approach the flame.

This was something the Sanctuary used to induce rampages.

The incident involving Sequence 029’s rampage was still fresh in their minds.

They couldn’t afford to be careless.

Even other Espers had to be cautious.

Lou Wei observed it briefly.

The flame seemed highly sensitive to mental power.

Whenever he released a bit of mental power, the flame would sway in response.

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Then, Lou Wei used his vast mental power to simulate an Esper model.

It was like creating a fictional Esper.

He placed the flame into the mental power model.

Lou Wei wanted to observe the mechanism behind its ability to induce rampages.

The next moment.

The flame, now integrated into the mental power model, burned fiercely.

Within the transparent mental power model, the flame grew immensely, rapidly igniting the mental power pathways.

Lou Wei could sense that the normal mental power seemed to be transforming into something else.

But it wasn’t a complete transformation.

Perhaps it was missing a crucial fuel.

Something like life force, for instance.

Lou Wei pondered for a moment, then casually dispersed the mental power model and retrieved the flame.

Once separated from the mental power, the flame returned to its original form.

It was clearly not a one-time consumable.

No wonder the Sanctuary wanted it back.

“Record the data from earlier. I’ll call in other S-rank Espers to study it. Until then, don’t touch the flame.”

Lou Wei wrapped it in layers of wind barriers.

Even from a distance, he could sense its state.

If there was even the slightest movement, he could react immediately.

It was time to continue the meeting.

Sequence 002’s appearance had brought a lot of information.

He needed to discuss it with his colleagues.

Evening, at home.

While waiting for dinner, Ye Yao thought about how to facilitate the meeting between the two sides.

If they were to cooperate with the Countermeasures Bureau, a formal meeting would be inevitable.

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This was an official collaboration, and an announcement might even be necessary.

Perhaps this could be an opportunity for Luo Jianhua’s group to meet Wu Mi’s group.

Just then, footsteps sounded at the door.

Lou Wei had “returned from work”.

Ye Yao quickly looked over.

【Lou Wei and the other decision-makers had reached a conclusion during the meeting.

As long as representatives from both Sequence Zero and the Countermeasures Bureau goes through the formalities, the official collaboration can be finalized.】

Such efficiency!

Ye Yao decided to visit the Countermeasures Bureau again tomorrow.

The sooner the collaboration was finalized, the sooner they could meet, and the sooner she could get her hands on the execution list. Then, it would be time for a massacre!

Ye Yao stood up from the sofa and approached Lou Wei, extending her hand.

“Lend me your phone.”

Lou Wei handed it over without hesitation.

“What for?”

“To download a 5v5 battle game. Then we can team up with Mom, Little Luo, and someone else for a five-player match!”

Lou Wei watched Ye Yao fiddling with his phone and couldn’t help but feel a sense of admiration.

Compared to Sequence 002, the difference was like heaven and earth.

If Ye Yao had been like Sequence 002 in personality.

Lou Wei felt that he might not have been able to handle it.

Thankfully, Ye Yao has always been easy to manage.

Author Note

I tried using earplugs, but they kept falling halfway through the night. Looks like I really need to adjust my sleeping schedule to sleep early and wake up early!

I hope I can succeed

Text: Don’t worry

Being able to get up from the bed

Is already awesome enough