Esper X Family – Chapter 314 – Brain Not Responding

Ye Yao suppressed her urge to complain and continued focusing on the other details.

【Ability: Targeted Observation (Shattered State)

Mental Power: 1,314 (Declining)】

There was no need to look at the other three attributes.

They were at an ordinary person’s level.

Ye Yao was surprised to find that they were actually quite similar to hers.

No wonder she exuded such a shattered, delicate aura.

She was also the easy-to-push-over type.

What mainly drew Ye Yao’s attention were the annotations behind these two pieces of information.

What did “shattered state” mean?

Literally interpreted, it seemed like being broken or scrapped.

As for “declining”, that was even easier to understand.

Other people’s mental power would only increase bit by bit.

This Prophet’s mental power would probably keep decreasing.

It might even drop below double digits.

This was the first time Ye Yao had encountered such a situation.

The method of depriving mental power back at the Yunited States’ main Sentinel base didn’t count.

Anyway, Tu Sheng’s condition seemed very serious.

She estimated that even the Countermeasures Bureau’s deep resources couldn’t reverse her state.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have let her appear like this.

“What’s wrong? Did I say something strange?”

Tu Sheng asked when she felt Ye Yao’s prolonged silence.

Ye Yao quickly shook her head.

Then, she realized Tu Sheng couldn’t see her, so she turned the action into words.

“No, no, I just think Cousin’s voice is really nice, I got a little lost listening to it.”

No kidding.

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It really was nice.

Ye Yao was telling the truth this time.

She needed to understand more about this cousin.

Although the rumored Prophet turned out to be a beautiful girl, she couldn’t just ignore the slander!

She definitely had to find a chance to ask what was going on.

If it really was slander, Ye Yao naturally couldn’t do much about it.

Since they had become family, excessive actions weren’t really appropriate.

But compensation was absolutely necessary!

Since they became family, she had to ruthlessly farm her attribute points.

If being a low-tier family member meant being stingy, then Ye Yao would definitely find a chance to cause trouble.

Of course, the current situation made it a bit inconvenient to ask.

With Lou Wei watching, it was impossible to find a chance to have her main body make a move.

This was the Countermeasures Bureau headquarters!

Fortunately, she now knew the Prophet’s true appearance. Next time the fission body came over, she could use it as a pretext to stir things up.

What was inconvenient for Ye Yao wasn’t inconvenient for Ye Tong.

The fission body didn’t need to consider these formalities and etiquette. She just needed to apply heavy pressure.

Back to the main point.

Ye Tong’s return would still take some time; at the very least, she needed to neutralize the Yunited States first.

Until then.

Ye Yao could try using the system’s attached information compiler to extract some information from this special person, Tu Sheng.

Perhaps she would find out just like that?

【Because Tu Sheng is blind and doesn’t know your real appearance, she wants to touch your face to outline an image of you in her mind.】

Ye Yao: “?”

Ye Yao mentally typed another question mark.

Touch my face?

Meeting for the first time and already this intrusive!?

That was even more offensive than touching someone in the head!

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But Tu Sheng was her cousin.

Cousins touching each other’s faces wasn’t that strange.

“Can I touch your face?

It’d make it easier for me to communicate with you.

If you don’t want to, you can refuse.”

She even spoke her inner thoughts out loud!

“Hmm…”

Ye Yao observed again, deciding to channel her inner Sherlock Holmes.

The Prophet making this request might have some other profound meaning.

Could it be a condition for activating her ability?

Anyway, it was better to be careful!

【When Tu Sheng communicates with people, she habitually imagines their appearance in her mind. This makes the exchange more real for her.

But if she can’t outline their appearance in her mind, it feels more like talking to air, which makes her feel a bit empty and lost.】

That was really quite sad.

Other than that, there was no useful information.

What about the words?

Where are the important words?

Logically, shouldn’t there be a discrepancy between the surface and the inner thoughts?

Prophets aren’t supposed to be like this!

She should be like Lou Wei, whose mind was filled with essays.

Thinking about how to act more realistically, or how to gain favor with the world destroyer.

All sorts of little schemes constantly surfacing.

Then, the system would organize and reveal them.

Ye Yao would be responsible for picking out the key points and absorbing them.

A clear division of labor!

But this Prophet girl, why did she seem so pitiable?

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Ye Yao seemed to ponder for a few seconds, then quietly agreed.

“Mm, you can.”

Given the personality she was currently displaying, it would be hard to refuse such a request anyway.

She had no choice but to give in.

Tu Sheng’s lips curled up slightly, as if warmed by this response.

“Thank you. Little Yao really is a gentle child. Can I call you that?”

“Yes, you can.”

Ye Yao could only answer passively.

She wasn’t exactly a talkative person either.

Naturally, she couldn’t become chummy with a newly met relative like someone who was naturally friendly with everyone.

Especially since Ye Yao still hadn’t recovered from suddenly meeting the Prophet she had always wanted to see.

In short.

Brain not responding.

Tu Sheng raised a hand so delicate it seemed boneless, tentatively touching the air as if probing.

“Can you hold my hand? I don’t know where your face is. I hope you don’t find it troublesome.”

“I’ll hold it now!”

Ye Yao grabbed Tu Sheng’s hand, which was carefully patting the air, with both of hers.

It felt like that first awkward encounter with a blind person.

And that was indeed the case.

She had killed bad people, stuck close to lolis, and pressured reliable adult men.

But she had never been in contact with a blind person who needed care.

This Prophet was too fragile.

Getting revenge on her didn’t seem to require particularly troublesome methods.

Perhaps just hiding her important things would do?

However, Ye Yao didn’t have such thoughts.

After this series of moves from Tu Sheng, she could only obediently offer her face to be touched.

“Found it.”

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Tu Sheng’s cold, slender fingertips carefully touched Ye Yao’s cheek.

She cautiously traced it like reading Braille.

Her thumb brushed over the brow bone, her index finger gently pressed on the nose bridge, her palm moved slowly along the jawline.

“Mmm, it tickles…”

Ye Yao could clearly perceive the slight tremors in her fingertips and the warmth of her palm.

Her touch was light, as if afraid of breaking fragile porcelain, yet carried a stubborn focus.

When her fingertips finally traced the complete contours of Ye Yao’s face.

Tu Sheng’s lips suddenly curled up, like a ray of sunlight breaking through dark clouds.

That smile was utterly unclouded, showing pure joy from the image taking shape in her mind.

Ye Yao stiffly endured her touch.

The warmth and pressure transmitted through her skin let her clearly feel Tu Sheng’s gentleness.

It seems… not that uncomfortable?

Let’s check Tu Sheng’s inner thoughts again.

【Tu Sheng is inwardly marveling that the one destined to destroy the world actually looks this cute.

But she doesn’t doubt the correctness of her judgment.

She still firmly believes that someone possessing that kind of power will destroy the world, it’s just a matter of time.】

Yes! Yes! Yes!

Those are the words!

Ye Yao instantly perked up.

But what does she mean by “someone possessing that kind of power will destroy the world, it’s just a matter of time”?

If you don’t explain yourself clearly.

I’m gonna sue you for defamation!

Ye Yao was fuming inside!

Author Note

The dragon is back ¹ The second chapter was a few hours late compared to the first, hence this line. ! The humid weather has returned, and our home has turned into a water curtain cave ² A common name for caves in China, apparently because people name it that when there’s a waterfall inside, outside, or near the cave. It’s also an important location in Journey to the West, as it is the home of Sun Wukong and his people. . What do you mean the temperature is a whopping 27 degrees Celsius today?

Translator Note

No meme for this chapter. Sad.