Esper X Family – Chapter 285 – Launching the Expedition!

Ye Tong vanished back into the shadows.

Fu Qi flew back into the air, taking his position beside Lou Wei.

The next second.

He let out a long, relieved breath, as if a great weight had been lifted.

It felt like returning to the surface from the deep sea, the pressure decreasing significantly.

“Honestly, her calling me ‘uncle’ didn’t make me happy at all. I keep feeling like she’s still trying to find ways to torment me.”

Fu Qi was genuinely sweating a little.

Not long ago, he had been laughing at Lou Wei for being targeted by Ye Tong and bearing the full brunt of the pressure.

Now, even he was getting a taste of Ye Tong’s pressure.

Was it truly a case of what goes around, comes around?

There was no need to even guess.

Ye Tong was simply enjoying herself!

She took great pleasure in seeing people break into a cold sweat because of her words and actions.

A true little devil!

Being targeted by her would undoubtedly be a terrible experience.

To this, Lou Wei’s response was only two words.

“Endure it.”

“Tch, I come to help you share the pressure and this is the attitude I get? I won’t come next time.”

“Just say you’re scared.”

Fu Qi nearly laughed in exasperation.

“Enough of that. What do you think about her answer just now?

She actually doesn’t want to learn Form Skills. For someone like her, they should be easy to learn.”

Fu Qi’s earlier question had been deliberate.

Given Ye Tong’s intelligence-gathering capabilities, she could probably obtain the methods to learn Form Skills at will.

Learning them would allow her strength to improve by leaps and bounds with just a little effort.

No powerful individual would refuse such an opportunity.

Yet, she had refused outright and without hesitation.

Her reason for refusal was the most arrogant under heaven.

What did she mean, ‘weaklings need techniques’?

And what did she mean by ‘born strong’?

Rеaⅾ oո ΚαtReαⅾіnɡСаfе

Those words practically belittled him and Lou Wei into ants.

If it were someone with a short temper, they would have long exploded in anger.

However, given her status and strength, she indeed had the qualifications to say such things.

If it were anyone else, one Spatial Slash from Fu Qi would settle it. If it didn’t kill them, he would consider it a missed shot.

“Expected.”

Lou Wei wasn’t surprised.

In fact, he felt that this was just like Ye Tong.

Based on Ye Tong’s previous combat style, she had always fought using pure power.

She had never bothered to learn any techniques whatsoever.

She might have even figured out how to use her mental power on her own.

Coupled with the fact that her initial consciousness came from the lazy slacker Ye Yao…

It wasn’t strange for them to share some similar traits.

For example, laziness.

Whether she learned or not was irrelevant.

Then, Lou Wei recalled her earlier words.

Born strong?

So, she was truly born with such immense strength?

That was indeed terrifying.

In reality, that wasn’t the case.

Ye Tong had just casually said something to show off.

Fu Qi shook his head, recalling Ye Tong’s words, and revealed an expression full of interest.

“Sequence Zero is preparing to go cause a ruckus in the Yunited States as a group. That sounds incredibly interesting. I’m afraid things are going to be turned upside down over there.”

What was the environment in the Yunited States like?

Orderly Cthulhu ¹ Cthulhu is basically the CN blanket term for eldritch horrors, since the original concept came from the Cthulhu Mythos. !

An environment that seemed civilized on the surface, but was actually full of hidden mysteries.

With superhumans like Espers mixed into the fray.

The complexity of the factions there was comparable to searching for a chocolate in a cesspit.

Gangs, political parties, capitalistic forces…

Even the environment in Dragon Country had so many Esper criminals.

Let alone a chaotic place like the Yunited States.

Rеαd οո ΚаtRеαԁіnɡСαfе

It would be a place where villains were a dime a dozen.

If one were to judge the Espers in one area, they probably wouldn’t find a single innocent one.

Given Sequence Zero’s modus operandi, the various Yunited States factions would only see rivers of blood.

Even without Ye Tong participating in the operation, Mu Luo and Gu Wenxin, who had now been promoted to S-rank, could rampage through unimpeded.

One could say that the place was the most suitable stage for their activities.

Even if the Yunited States truly had some trump card to deal with S-rank Espers.

Ye Tong would be the ultimate insurance.

Fu Qi thought that it was just fine.

Anyway, the Yunited States only harmed the world. Might as well use them as a punching bag to waste Ye Tong’s time.

Doing so might even delay the coming of the apocalyptic future.

If it could achieve that, it would be a great service.

After all, with Dragon Country around, even if the Yunited States disintegrated, it wouldn’t throw the world situation into chaos.

“Having something to do is good. Saves her from constantly putting pressure on us.”

Then, Fu Qi suddenly remembered something.

“Speaking of which… Fang Ze seems to have already set off for the Yunited States. Will Ye Tong seek him out?”

Fang Ze was sent by the Countermeasures Bureau to pressure the Yunited States.

In short, to express dissatisfaction.

They absolutely had to make the Yunited States provide a satisfactory answer regarding the kidnapping incident.

It had to hurt them deeply.

Otherwise, Dragon Country would initiate an international trial.

However, that matter could be set aside for now.

Fu Qi suddenly felt that Fang Ze might also be in for a world of pressure.

“Tsk tsk tsk, let’s just give him a heads-up. For the rest, he’ll have to wish himself good luck.”

After Ye Tong returned to the Dark Erosion space.

“The freeloading attempt failed. What’s done is done. Let’s set off then! Launch the Great Expedition!”

The silver-haired girl issued orders with spirited enthusiasm.

She had just showed off magnificently in front of the two “strongest”.

It felt incredibly satisfying.

It would’ve been even better if she could pin them onto the ground.

Rеad оո KαtRеаⅾіոɡСаfe

It’s just a shame that she probably couldn’t beat them.

Those two definitely had some thrilling combo moves.

She also couldn’t be bothered to play dirty with them.

It felt like winning by unfair means.

“Cat, I wanna go too!”

Fang Tang jumped out, looking eager to join the fun.

How could she miss out on such an event?

Ye Tong glanced at her.

“Wu Mi, take Fang Tang back.”

What a joke.

Bringing Fang Tang along would only abruptly change the style.

Ye Tong wouldn’t keep a little sugary figure who lowered coolness factor by her side.

Fang Tang was better suited to sticking close to the main body.

Wu Mi smiled slightly.

“Have fun, Ye Yao. If anything interesting happens, please tell me about it over here.”

“Don’t worry, I’ll definitely make you feel like you’re right there experiencing it!”

Ye Tong patted her chest in assurance.

“Then I’ll look forward to it.”

Wu Mi nodded, then took Fang Tang’s hand and prepared to leave the Dark Erosion space.

“Cat, take me with you! How can I live without you!”

Fang Tang made a last-ditch struggle.

Unfortunately, Mu Luo cleanly and efficiently sent her out of the Dark Erosion space.

He also felt that these children weren’t suited for bloody operations.

Whether it was killing or eliminating evil, it was better to leave those to adults like them.

As for Ye Yao, who was wearing the Ye Tong disguise…

Forget it.

She could only be considered a special case.

Outside.

Rеaⅾ оո KаtRеaⅾiոɡСαfe

Seeing the two girls spat out by the shadows, Lou Wei and Fu Qi felt relieved.

This indicated that Ye Tong and her group had already left.

Now, they only needed to keep an eye on the situation in Yunited States.

Yunited States.

In a bed.

A purple-haired little girl was sleeping quietly.

She was having a very strange dream.

In the dream, countless lines were tangled together.

Like a loose ball of yarn.

It was a perfect illustration of ‘too tangled to unravel, too chaotic to sort out’.

An Qi knew that these lines represented human fate.

Touching and guiding them would change a person’s destiny.

It was like weaving.

In theory, An Qi could weave these lines into any shape she desired.

But she couldn’t.

Her own fate line was also caught up in this chaotic torrent of fate lines.

Unable to break free.

Wound tightly within it.

Her skyrocketing mental power had brought with it an uncontrollable ability.

An Qi’s fate line was already entangled with many others.

Currently, these people’s fate lines were fraying and disappearing at a visible rate.

And she too would be severely affected.

“Fate… tell me, what should I do?”

Author Note

I’m begging for help from readers. I haven’t eaten a single meal since February, and my life is getting worse and worse. I really don’t know how I’m going to survive.

Text: Hmph, ants

Translator Note

In case you’re worried, this chapter was posted on the 1st of February.