Esper X Family – Chapter 172 – Catch the Prophet

Competitive games can’t be paused.

Especially team-based ones.

Going AFK in a random match is equivalent to offering up your parents to be cursed.

Fortunately, it was a full five-player premade team this time.

They had brought along the gaming buddy she met online.

With such a skilled player carrying them, every match was a breeze.

Although losing one Lou Wei wouldn’t affect the outcome.

Ye Yao still stared at him pleadingly, applying an invisible pressure.

Let’s see what Lou Wei would choose!

He stood up and left with his phone.

“Don’t worry, I won’t go AFK.”

Ye Yao: “?”

She thought that Lou Wei would meet the fission body while continuing to play the game.

That way, she could have used the fission body to mock him mercilessly.

Another guaranteed victory!

However…

【Lou Wei plans to lend his phone to a colleague to play for him.】

D-Despicable!

Her plan had failed.

Lou Wei handed his phone to a colleague and went to the entrance of the residential complex alone.

There, he saw a silver-haired girl leaning against the wall painted in off-white.

Her waist-length hair shimmered with a cold glow under the streetlight.

She exuded an aloofness that felt out of place with her surroundings.

For some reason.

Lou Wei could sense that her mood wasn’t great.

She seemed to be in a fit of anger.

It wasn’t late at night yet.

People were still coming and going at the entrance of the complex.

Every passerby couldn’t help but glance at the girl standing there.

After all, most of the residents in the complex were from the Countermeasures Bureau.

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A non-resident lingering at the entrance naturally drew attention.

Lou Wei walked straight over, not bothering to ask why she was angry.

“You shouldn’t be here.”

“Heh, you’re free to use force to drive me away.”

Ye Yao wasn’t fazed.

In the past, she might have been instantly deleted by the Dayun Truck.

But who would dare to delete her now?

Even if they wanted to temper her aggression, they would have to use gentler methods.

Lou Wei was already used to Sequence 002’s “relying on others’ power ¹ 狗仗人势gouzhangrenshu. Literally means ‘dog threatening people using its master’s power’. A bit too long so I just use its shorter meaning. ” attitude.

He could only go along with it.

The main thing was to prevent the two from meeting for now.

“Why are you here?”

“Have you reached a decision? I need the execution list now. Don’t tell me your efficiency is that low.”

Lou Wei fell silent for a moment.

“Fine, send a representative to the designated location tomorrow. Someone will receive you there.”

“Good, I’ll bring people over tomorrow.”

Ye Yao’s mood improved significantly after getting a definite answer.

Tomorrow, her fission body would bring people to the Countermeasures Bureau base.

While her main body would bring Mo Qiuli and Luo Jianhua.

An epic meeting would take place!

Perfect!

However, Lou Wei added another sentence.

“The location is the Countermeasures Bureau headquarters. The formal cooperation agreement will be finalized there.”

Ye Yao’s expression froze instantly.

Headquarters?

Not here?

How am I supposed to make both groups meet then?

The epic offline meeting has been completely derailed!

“Why the headquarters?”

“Why not the headquarters?”

The two stared at each other.

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Lou Wei seemed confident.

Such cooperation naturally needed to be declared in a more significant setting.

The headquarters was clearly more appropriate than a branch.

It showed greater respect for the collaboration.

If the agreement were to be finalized at a branch office.

It would seem less important.

This decision showed full respect for Sequence Zero.

Ye Yao was furious.

It made sense, but it wasn’t going the way she wanted!

If the collaboration was finalized at the headquarters, how could she execute her little scheme?

Ye Yao strongly suspected Lou Wei and the old-timers were trying to prevent her fission body and main body from meeting!

She stole a glance at his thoughts.

【Lou Wei wants to use this strategy to prevent the two sides from meeting at the Countermeasures Bureau.】

Just as I thought!

But where there’s a policy from above, there’s a countermeasure from below.

Ye Yao wouldn’t give up!

“Hmph, headquarters it is then. I’ll see how impressive the Countermeasures Bureau headquarters is.”

“Then state your name. As a cooperative partner, it’s no longer appropriate to call you Sequence 002.”

Lou Wei asked calmly.

“Using this method to get my name? Not a bad idea.”

Ye Yao racked her brain to come up with a name.

Even her main body, who was still playing the game, got distracted for a moment and fed a kill.

Suddenly, inspiration struck.

“Call me Ye Tong, ‘Tong’ (童) as in ‘lullaby’ (童谣 tóngyáo).”

A glint flashed in Lou Wei’s eyes.

He immediately suspected that it was a name she made up on the spot.

But it didn’t matter.

A name was just a form of address.

It wouldn’t change the fact that she was Ye Yao’s sister.

“Fine. The time is noon tomorrow. Someone will receive you there.”

“Aren’t you going?”

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“I’m not.”

“Aren’t you afraid I’ll go on a killing spree? Seems like only you can stop me.”

“You won’t do that.”

“You think you know me so well.”

Lou Wei didn’t respond. He just turned around and left, continuing to give the silver-haired girl the cold shoulder.

He had long realized that the more he responded, the more it would fuel Sequence 002’s antics.

Every provocation was just a harmless verbal jab.

Ye Yao: Amenos ² Long story short, it’s 草你妈caonima, the most used Chinese curse that basically means ‘grass your mom’, but the grass here sounds like the word 操 fuck. There was a viral video of this one guy using that curse nonstop, and it sounded like he’s saying ‘amenos’ when played in reverse. I found the video + reversed version on youtube . !

Cold shoulder again!

Can this world get any better?

【Lou Wei believes that you can distinguish right from wrong. Your past actions of eliminating high-risk Sequence Espers showed that you hated evil and will not kill indiscriminately.】

Ye Yao pouted.

She wouldn’t kill indiscriminately.

But whether she had a little scheme up her sleeve was another matter.

She would definitely make him pay for his cold shoulder!

Then, Ye Yao suddenly remembered something.

In the thoughts she had read before, she hadn’t detected the presence of the rumored Prophet nearby.

Which meant that the person who prophesied the end of the world wasn’t in this residential complex.

And not in this city either.

Then, that person could only be hiding in one place.

It was undoubtedly the Countermeasures Bureau headquarters!

Ye Yao quickly found a target.

Perhaps she could “catch” this Prophet.

And see what gave this fellow the right to slander her.

Ye Yao soon returned to the courtyard with Mu Luo.

Everyone was waiting in the front yard for the news.

“We’ll set off at noon tomorrow. The destination is the Countermeasures Bureau headquarters.”

Xia Lian tilted her head, looking surprised.

“Not the local branch?”

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“Honestly, I’m a bit surprised too.”

Ye Yao muttered.

The thoughts she read were mostly in real-time.

If the person wasn’t thinking about it at that moment, she couldn’t read it.

Although Lou Wei was constantly thinking, sometimes even reviewing past meetings, he would still overlook things.

Ye Yao didn’t stare at Lou Wei all the time either.

It was normal to miss some information.

Ye Yao glanced at Mu Luo.

She suddenly realized that she didn’t know where the headquarters was.

Lou Wei seemed to assume that she knew.

“Mu Luo, do you know where the Countermeasures Bureau headquarters is?”

“I do.”

Mu Luo nodded.

After all, he had been trying to extract people from the Countermeasures Bureau for some time.

He had memorized the addresses of almost every Countermeasures Bureau base.

The headquarters was no exception.

Unfortunately, he had never ventured deep into the Countermeasures Bureau headquarters.

It was too heavily guarded.

Even he didn’t dare to approach casually.

“Good. You’ll lead us there tomorrow.”

Ye Yao nodded in satisfaction.

Before that, they just needed to make a few small preparations.

“By the way… do any of you know about the Countermeasures Bureau’s Prophet?”

Author Note

I learned everyone’s methods to use earplugs and they didn’t fall out anymore! I had a good sleep!.

Text: (Above) Five dangers one surprise

(5 Words, from highest to lowest) Hair loss, Workplace Vibe, Obesity, Going Crazy, Poverty

(Bottom) Braving five major risks

Going to work with fear and trepidation