Esper X Family – Chapter 202 – Sleeping Without a Care

In the end, Ye Yao was coaxed to sleep by Luo Jianhua.

After all, the intense collision with the Dayun Truck had drained a lot of her energy.

Although she was once again flattened into a cat pancake, at least she had managed to make a strong impression with her first strike.

That was somewhat consoling.

If she hadn’t even managed to scratch Lou Wei’s skin, Ye Yao would’ve been too angry to sleep.

【Your actions have successfully reignited the long-dormant fighting spirit of your family member. Family members should support and encourage each other’s progress. Reward: 3 attribute points.】

Ye Yao, who had been on the verge of falling asleep, suddenly jolted awake.

What the hell was that noise!?

“What’s wrong, Sister?”

Luo Jianhua’s gentle voice came through.

She had finally managed to coax Ye Yao to sleep.

What’s going on now?

Was she really that devastated after losing to Mr. Lou Wei?

Luo Jianhua couldn’t help but wish that she could tell Lou Wei to go easy on “Ye Tong” on their next duel.

Otherwise, she would have to keep comforting her sister like this.

But she couldn’t say anything, as it might raise suspicions about her sister.

Luo Jianhua cradled Ye Yao’s head in her arms and began humming a soothing lullaby.

“Sleep now~ Forget all your troubles~”

Ye Yao’s eyelids grew heavy as drowsiness took over.

After an intense battle, exhaustion quickly set in.

Whatever.

At least she got some attribute points. That should be a good thing.

She might as well sleep without a care.

The outside world had already calmed down.

Lou Wei landed on the rooftop.

He casually dismissed the protective barrier around the residential complex.

Then, he briefly explained the situation to his colleagues.

As soon as they heard that Ye Tong had come to provoke him, everyone immediately understood.

Not a single person pressed for further details.

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Lou Wei glanced down at his attire.

Ye Tong’s surprise attack had left his clothes slightly damaged.

Although the slight injuries had already healed.

He would still need to change into a fresh set of clothes.

Just as Lou Wei was about to head downstairs to change, he suddenly sensed something.

He turned around sharply to stare in a particular direction.

It was the reaction from the restriction he had placed on the purple flame in the Sanctuary.

According to the timing, it shouldn’t have reached headquarters yet.

Did something happen along the way?

A flicker of thought crossed Lou Wei’s eyes.

Fortunately, he had made some preparations.

Meanwhile, on a special flight route heading toward the Countermeasures Bureau headquarters.

An unmanned transport plane was speeding through the air.

It was entirely controlled by an AI pilot.

Inside the cabin, a seasoned man was guarding a sealed metal box.

The man’s name was Lin Bozhou, an S-rank Esper with a space-type ability. He had been tasked with researching Ye Tong’s spoil of war.

Although he had made some progress, his ability was insufficient, and he needed the help of other S-rank spatial Espers to unravel the mystery.

At the moment, it was just him and the box on their way to headquarters.

There were no other living beings aboard.

Suddenly, an anomaly occurred!

The previously calm metal box began to twist violently.

It seemed as if it was being pulled toward another dimension.

The man, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them.

“Halt!”

The distorted space was forcibly stabilized.

The metal box, which had been on the verge of disappearing, fell back to the ground.

A voice filled with curiosity echoed through the cabin.

“Oh? So this is where the ‘ticket’ has been all this time. Choosing this method of transport… are you trying to ambush me?”

A man in a trench coat stood silently nearby.

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Flickers of purple flame still clung to his body.

He had clearly just appeared there.

This man’s movements were eerie.

His aura was sinister.

Just standing there, he exuded an overwhelming sense of threat.

He’s definitely one of Sanctuary’s key figures!

Lou Wei was right.

The purple flames from the Sanctuary had spatial properties and likely possessed a tracking function.

In previous incidents of Esper rampages, there had been no traces of the purple flames.

It couldn’t possibly have nothing to do with the Sanctuary.

The people from the Sanctuary could apparently teleport precisely to their targets to retrieve items.

After realizing this, Lou Wei and his team had devised a plan to lure the snake out of its hole.

They used an unmanned aircraft to transport the item.

Lin Bozhou was assigned as the sole escort.

The hope was to draw out a key figure from the Sanctuary, rather than just an expendable high-risk Sequence Esper.

The current situation confirmed their suspicions.

Lin Bozhou remained silent, a cold glint flashing in his eyes. He immediately initiated a zero-frame startup!

There would be no small talk before the fight!

“Empty Coffin!”

Lin Bozhou’s knuckles cracked.

The entire cabin instantly collapsed into a black cube.

The alloy walls tore apart under the spatial compression.

However, the next moment.

The spatial prison, which was capable of sealing an S-rank Esper, began to crack like a weathered stone tablet.

The man’s casual voice rang out.

“Not even going to let me finish?

Since I’ve already revealed myself, there’s no need for me to hide.

I am Sanctuary’s Legacy Reclaimer, here to retrieve the purple flames you have taken.

They belong to us, so please don’t meddle with them.”

BOOM—

A surge of wild energy tore through the aircraft.

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The wreckage of the plane plummeted with trailing flames.

The two men were swept into the frigid air at an altitude of 10,000 meters!

Lin Bozhou was shocked to see the man in trench coat easily escape the seal.

This man was undoubtedly a formidable S-rank Esper!

He couldn’t hold back any longer.

“Selfless Form!”

Lin Bozhou’s mental power surged, and his ability was unleashed to its fullest.

“Thousand-Layered Barrier Domain!”

A massive black sphere appeared in the sky.

The trench-coated man was trapped inside the spatial prison Lin Bozhou had created.

Inside, direction and distance had lost all meaning.

Any attempt to escape through movement would be futile.

Using brute force would only result in a counterattack from the spatial turbulence.

Even breaking it from the outside would be extremely difficult.

Passing through one side would only bring you out the other.

The seemingly black surface was actually made up of countless portals.

This was Lin Bozhou’s ability,【Black Palace ¹ Term for corrupt government officials. 官guan can mean official (person) or official position. 】.

However, spatial abilities still had their distinctions.

He specialized in “battlefield division”, “restraint”, and “imprisonment”.

Against opponents of the same rank, he lacked a decisive finishing move.

Beyond that, he simply had some unique insights into spatial power.

If Fu Qi’s spatial ability,【Space-Shattering Flash】, was “sport-oriented”, then Lin Bozhou’s【Black Palace】was “business-oriented” ² From a meme where people say “left side is sport-oriented, right side is business-oriented”, basically emphasizing the huge contrast. !

“Stay right there.”

Just as Lin Bozhou thought that he had successfully trapped the trench-coated man, a strange fluctuation emerged from within the Thousand-Layered Barrier Domain.

Lin Bozhou’s expression changed.

The stability of the space was rapidly declining!

It was as if the durability of something was quickly reaching zero.

Lin Bozhou recalled how the trench-coated man had broken free from the “Empty Coffin”.

Was that his ability?

He couldn’t afford to delay any longer.

The plan to capture him alive was no longer viable.

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He had to resort to a less ideal solution.

“Fu Qi!!”

Far away at the headquarters, Fu Qi stood atop an office building.

His gaze was fixed on the distant horizon.

“Over a thousand kilometers away… still manageable. With Old Lin’s spatial fluctuations as a guide…”

“If we can’t capture him alive, then we’ll just kill him.”

Fu Qi’s tone was devoid of any regret, his calmness laced with a chilling intent.

A terrifying power gathered at his fingertips.

Then, without any visible movement, the force vanished.

Lin Bozhou could already feel the Thousand-Layered Barrier Domain on the verge of collapse.

But the next moment.

He sensed an even more terrifying spatial fluctuation.

Lin Bozhou quickly retreated.

Crack!

The black sphere shattered like a glass bead.

From the point of explosion, eight massive fissures extended outward.

The sky itself had been split!

Countless fragments of space fell.

Each fissure stretched over a hundred kilometers, accompanied by countless smaller cracks.

The sky looked as fragile as glass.

Lin Bozhou, who had been guided to safety by Fu Qi, stared in awe at the scene.

“Sky-Splitting Slash… it’s even more powerful than in the past.”

Author Note

Looking at the time and word count, the book evaluation is here. I need to come up with 5 titles and 5 covers… my head hurts.

Text: It’s this little sister’s fault ³ A manipulative line often used by green tea characters. Basically conveys the meaning of: “It’s clearly your fault, but I can’t say it, so I’ll take the blame myself”. Used to guilt trip others.

Translator Note

Apparently, book evaluation is the thing where authors make 5 covers and titles to be shown, and after some time, pick the most popular one to be used.