Esper X Family – Chapter 302 – Not Bad

Ye Tong’s attempt to keep him there wasn’t meant to be forceful.

At least, it didn’t sound that way.

But Fang Ze’s intuition told him.

That leaving now definitely wouldn’t lead to anything good.

It’s the same old story.

He had no choice.

For the greater good, he had to accept.

Who told him that he was the number one workhorse among the S-ranks?

Endure it!

“Fine.”

“Hehe~ See, Uncle really is easy to get along with. That fierce act before was definitely a misunderstanding, right?”

The corner of Fang Ze’s mouth twitched.

Don’t say it, just don’t say it.

Who knew your real identity back then?

Covered in that unfathomable black mist, looking neither human nor ghost.

And you even acted like you were going to attack Sequence 001.

Wasn’t it perfectly reasonable to react defensively?

Yet, Fang Ze could only keep these words bottled up inside.

The more he said, the more mistakes he would make.

The best way to deal with Ye Tong was silence.

Unfortunately, there was one point that was seriously wrong.

Facing Ye Tong not only requires silence, but also emptying one’s mind.

Otherwise, she would exploit and shatter your mental flaws, leading to a complete mental breakdown.

Neither Lou Wei nor Fu Qi had shared Ye Tong’s latest intel with Fang Ze immediately.

One could only say that it was regrettable.

Due to Fang Ze’s “game understanding” failing to keep up with the “current meta”, he could only remain outdated.

Ye Tong couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

Grown-ups with a bunch of little thoughts in their minds are truly more fun to play with.

Fu Qi and Lou Wei were both too extreme.

Was there really a need to guard against her that much?

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There was zero trust between people.

“Aren’t you curious about what we’re going to do?”

“What are you going to do?”

Fang Ze had indeed thought about asking this question.

But he hadn’t had the chance.

It was great that Ye Tong brought it up.

A pleasant laugh came from within the black mist.

“Of course, we’re going to set the Yunited States ablaze~”

Fang Ze frowned slightly.

“Don’t harm the innocent.”

The reason the Countermeasures Bureau could still tolerate Ye Tong almost without limit was because she was still someone with a sense of justice.

Although she liked to solve many things with violence, given that she possessed such exaggerated power, they could tolerate it as long as she didn’t do evil.

But if there were signs that she was going down a crooked path, even Fang Ze would risk lecturing her.

This was one such moment.

In the face of greater good, his own safety meant little.

Ye Tong chuckled lightly.

“Uncle really can’t take a joke, can he? I’m not that bad, of course I won’t hurt innocent people.”

Fang Ze secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

But Ye Tong’s next words gave him a headache.

“But those in power in the Yunited States aren’t innocent, right? We plan to wipe them all out. What do you think?”

“…”

Fang Ze felt his head throbbing.

He also thought that those people were no good.

But wiping them all out in a short time would only cause massive chaos.

Even if Dragon Country could take over, it would require time.

It depended on whether the Countermeasures Bureau could keep up with Sequence Zero’s killing speed.

Regarding this, Fang Ze naturally wouldn’t advise Ye Tong to show mercy.

This young girl possessed power rivaling Lou Wei’s.

Almost nothing could restrain her.

What’s more, she was also suspected of having the ability to destroy the world.

The fact that she was only planning to kill some beasts in human skin was already something to be thankful for.

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Persuade her to mend her ways?

This was already her mended way! What more was there to persuade?

He was just afraid that trying to persuade her might shift her attention to other “shenanigans”.

Fang Ze could only answer slowly.

“Do as you wish. I have no objections.”

Ye Tong made a satisfied sound.

“Then I’ll trouble Uncle with the cleanup. Sorry for adding to your workload. You don’t find me troublesome, do you?”

“I’ve never had such a thought.”

“Really never?”

Ye Tong’s voice was filled with curiosity.

Fang Ze suddenly felt a cold sweat.

He could feel an intensely oppressive gaze fixing upon him.

The pressure right now was even greater than back when he faced several Esper criminals stronger than him all at once.

It seemed that the situation on the ground had undergone new changes.

The sudden anomaly caught Ye Tong’s attention.

“Huh? An elite mob came out of the base. Probably the S-rank Esper stationed here. Yu Jin should be fine, right?”

Fang Ze couldn’t help but thank this “elite mob” Ye Tong mentioned.

On the ground.

Yu Jin, who had been rampaging, encountered an unexpected assault!

The S-rank Esper guarding the sub-base had appeared!

A blinding beam of energy ripped through the smoke and dust, hurtling towards him!

BOOM—!

The beam struck Yu Jin’s chest with precision.

The terrifying shockwave instantly vaporized the surrounding cover.

The ground melted into a ten-meter-wide, blistering crater.

Amidst the smoke, a figure enveloped in a deep blue energy force field slowly descended.

The man was heavily muscled, his eyes flashing with the cold light of a hunter locking onto prey.

He was the S-rank Esper stationed here – “Energy Eater” Barton.

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“Surrender, and I’ll spare your life.”

Unaware of the enemy’s identity, Barton didn’t use Dragon Country language.

Not that Yu Jin had any intention of communicating with him anyway.

Although he had taken a direct hit, the battle armor bestowed by Mu Luo was almost undamaged.

He could hold on!

Seeing no sign of surrender, Barton snorted coldly.

“Hmph!”

The man’s figure vanished abruptly, leaving only a sonic-boom cloud where he stood.

He instantly appeared at Yu Jin’s flank, a heavy fist wreathed in high-pressure energy tearing through the air, aiming straight for Yu Jin’s ribs!

BOOM!

A dull, thunder-like sound echoed.

Yu Jin was sent flying a distance by the immense impact before forcefully stabilizing himself.

The black armor had been penetrated, the blow landing directly on his flesh.

The skin and flesh around his waist were torn open, but it wasn’t a fatal wound.

“Barely a scratch.”

Barton didn’t register these words.

He froze in place, as if encountering something incomprehensible.

The sensation was wrong!

The expected torrent of mental power didn’t surge forth!

His fist felt like it had slammed into an absolute vacuum, feeding back a dead, silent nothingness!

“How is this possible!?”

Barton’s pupils contracted violently, his mind roiling with shock.

The core of his ability lay in continuously draining his opponent’s mental power in close-quarters combat to replenish himself, growing stronger the longer he fought.

Yet this enemy before him had no mental power whatsoever to devour?!

This overturned the very foundation of his combat style!

In that moment of mental disarray, Yu Jin moved.

The pitch-black helmet turned sharply toward him.

Although he couldn’t see the eyes, Barton felt as if he was being stared down by a prehistoric beast.

A chill born of biological instinct shot straight up his spine!

Yu Jin’s fist swung out without any fancy technique.

No energy fluctuations, no piercing whistle.

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Only pure, unadulterated physical force!

Whoo—!

The air was instantly compressed, letting out a dying whimper.

“Block it!!”

Barton roared fiercely.

His deep blue mental power barrier instantly compressed to its limit, forming a shield as solid as diamond before him.

CRACK—

The moment the black armoref fist made contact with the barrier.

A piercing shattering sound, like the wailing of space itself.

The bastion capable of withstanding strategic-grade weapon bombardment shattered like glass crushed under a ten-thousand-ton hydraulic press.

It didn’t hold for even a millisecond, instantly exploding into a cloud of swirling blue crystalline dust!

“ Pfft— !”

The backlash from the barrier’s destruction made Barton vomit blood violently.

But an even more terrifying force had already penetrated the barrier!

Yu Jin’s fist, carrying an unstoppable momentum of destruction, solidly imprinted itself onto Barton’s crossed arms.

BOOM—!

Seeing this scene.

Ye Tong already knew the outcome.

It proved that the Yunited States’ S-rank Espers were even more lacking than she had imagined.

And Yu Jin indeed possessed combat power rivaling an S-rank.

Pure strength alone might not be that impressive, but he also had pure speed as a bonus.

As the saying goes.

Speed is power.

Not bad, Heavenly Tyrant.

Author Note

Cats are cute, but they’re not cute when they wake me up early in the morning while I was trying to sleep in. Ugh, my love lessened!

Text: Give or not?

If no, you’ll be given a beating

Translator Note

With this, we’re caught up to the raws again.