Esper X Family – Chapter 319 – There’s Another Master?

Fu Qi had just barely relaxed.

But Ye Yao’s next words immediately made his heart leap again.

Chen Wan Ting had finally managed to stabilize her emotions.

The last thing they needed was for her to spiral again.

Then, Fu Qi quickly realized something.

Whether Ye Yao’s mood shifted or not depended entirely on his answers to her questions.

One wrong answer, and he might be back under immense pressure.

The pressure Ye Tong applied came fast, but it also dissipated quickly.

However, the pressure Ye Yao unconsciously exerted felt like an unending tide.

If he didn’t handle this properly.

He wouldn’t be able to sleep tonight.

But he couldn’t change the subject now either.

The whole reason he called Ye Yao over was to clear up her doubts.

If she sensed that he was hiding something important from her, she would probably start overthinking again.

And overthinking meant that she would spiral into self-doubt and mental exhaustion.

Who knew if she would eventually explode in the end?

He had to defuse this bomb, piece by piece.

Fu Qi was mentally prepared to withstand the pressure.

“Go ahead, ask. What other questions do you have?”

Ye Yao looked like she wanted to say something but hesitated.

“About me possibly having a biological sister… Does Uncle know?”

Fu Qi’s eyebrow twitched.

She brought up Ye Tong?

Another sensitive question!

Fu Qi felt like he couldn’t breathe!

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“You… You actually have a sister?”

He could only pretend not to know.

Information about Ye Tong had always been kept under tight wraps.

There weren’t even any pictures of her circulating on the forums.

Related topics were few and far in between.

Apart from the higher-ups in the Countermeasures Bureau, no other person knew about the sisterly relationship between Ye Tong and Ye Yao.

Right now, Ye Yao was a newcomer who had just arrived at headquarters.

It was inevitable that she would be exposed to the public eye.

If too many people found out that she was the little sister of Sequence Zero’s Leader, it would probably affect her life.

Therefore, the Countermeasures Bureau hadn’t made this public.

Ordinary personnel didn’t know about it.

And Fu Qi was currently playing the role of an ordinary logistics staff member.

Naturally, he had no reason to know such important information.

Ye Yao blinked her eyes.

“Uncle really doesn’t know?”

Fu Qi gave a helpless smile.

“I really don’t. But it might involve classified information. It’s perfectly normal that I, a regular logistics personnel, wouldn’t be qualified to know.”

“I see… So that means my parents probably don’t know either.”

Ye Yao seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

“Then, it should be okay for me to tell Uncle, right?

We’re family, after all. My uncle is also my sister’s uncle.”

Hearing this.

Fu Qi felt a sharp pain in his stomach.

It was like he could hallucinate Ye Tong calling him “Uncle” right by his ear.

Then, Ye Yao started talking on her own.

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She started from the very beginning.

She mentioned things like “Ye Tong” being the legendary leader of Sequence Zero, who was incredibly powerful, and had formidable companions following her.

And she, Ye Yao, had only learned about her sister’s existence by chance.

Wanting to catch up to her sister, yearning for her recognition… That was why she came to study at headquarters.

But so far, she still hadn’t met her.

Meanwhile, Fu Qi played along perfectly, reacting with appropriate surprise and awe.

As if he was hearing this for the first time.

His acting was superb.

Then, as Ye Yao talked, her face fell.

“But I’ve only been at headquarters for a few days, and they already stuck me with the title of Sequence Esper.

I know it means I have great potential, but it also means I can’t attend classes normally.

I wonder if my sister would be disappointed in me right now…

Uncle, when do you think I’ll get to meet my sister?”

Fu Qi’s heart sank.

As expected.

Whenever Ye Yao mentioned Ye Tong, she inevitably fell into self-doubt.

If Ye Tong hadn’t revealed that meeting Ye Yao would lead to bad consequences.

Fu Qi would’ve begged her to come over and help calm Ye Yao down.

No one dared to gamble on what those “bad consequences” might be.

Fu Qi, Lou Wei, and the others naturally had some guesses about that.

Fu Qi looked at Ye Yao’s face, and his mind couldn’t help but recall the images he saw on the satellite monitor back then.

Beneath that “young girl” exterior, there was a small, petite figure hidden within.

Undoubtedly a clone of Ye Yao.

After realizing this, many guesses surfaced one by one.

At that very moment, Ye Yao saw the information Fu Qi was thinking through the system.

【Fu Qi once saw the footage of the moment your true form was exposed in the Yunited States. Beneath the “young girl” exterior was a petite little girl.】

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What?

Ye Yao’s scalp instantly tingled with shock.

She was now feeling the pressure as well!

Initially, it was just a guess.

But now it was completely confirmed.

They really saw things they shouldn’t have through the satellite!

Was this why Lou Wei and Fu Qi had been so wary of the fission body recently, to avoid having this information read?

Ye Yao barely resisted the urge to roll around on the floor in embarrassment.

There was nothing more awkward than being exposed while trying to act cool.

How was she supposed to appear as “Ye Tong” now?

The forty-thousand-value painting that Old Gu worked so hard to create might have to retire.

Just as Ye Yao was feeling troubled.

Fu Qi dropped another bombshell of information.

【Fu Qi and Lou Wei suspect that “Ye Tong” is the avatar of the world-destroying ability.

They believe that on the night you awakened your ability, the world-destroying ability copied your mind and appearance before escaping.

After going through a series of complex events, “Ye Tong” stabilized into the form she is now.】

Far away in the Yunited States, the fission body sucked in a breath.

“There’s another master ¹ Meme that originates from Kung Fu Hustle From the scene where the blind assassins were interrupted by the Lion’s Roar woman. The meme is used for when you encounter even more shocking stuff after a previous shock. ?”

Ye Yao almost lost her composure.

So these were the thoughts that Fu Qi and Lou Wei had gone to great lengths to hide, to the point of leaving their minds blank.

Just to avoid being seen through by “Ye Tong”, who they suspected could read minds.

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To avoid falling into an even more passive position.

Their decision was undoubtedly correct.

But they had overlooked one thing.

Just because “Ye Tong” couldn’t read their thoughts didn’t mean Ye Yao couldn’t.

She didn’t need numerical values to gather intelligence.

Even with only two hundred mental power, she could easily see through the thoughts of the powerhouses.

The system’s mechanisms were just too overpowered.

Luckily, Ye Yao’s strong acting skills and the fission body’s role as a pressure release valve prevented her from showing any obvious emotional changes.

Right now, she still appeared immersed in the disappointment of not being able to meet her sister.

Clearly, the well-behaved and sensible persona she had established from the beginning hadn’t aroused any suspicion.

This might also be why Fu Qi and Lou Wei didn’t immediately suspect her main body after learning the truth about “Ye Tong”.

After all, the behavior and words of the main body and the fission body were too different.

No one would imagine that two such different personas were controlled by the same soul.

Come to think of it…

That day, when the fission body pretended to be summoned by the main body, it actually fit the “world-destroying ability’s avatar” theory pretty well.

In a way, could that be considered a happy accident?

Now, Ye Yao knew exactly how to proceed.

She just needed to keep playing along with the path they had guessed.

Just then, Fu Qi snapped out of his brief thoughts.

He looked at Ye Yao’s clear eyes, which held a hint of nervous anticipation, and gave his answer.

“Don’t worry. With the support of the Countermeasures Bureau, maybe you won’t have to wait for too long.”

Author Note

Kids, this tentacle is going on a long trip to visit relatives with family and won’t be back until tonight. The scurrying is really unavoidable this time. Wait for my return!

Text: I’m ready to charge!