Esper X Family – Chapter 327 – The Combo Move of Suffering

The Sanctuary was clearly present in the Yunited States.

Not long ago, one of their agents was destroyed within An Qi’s fate space.

However, it seemed that the action had scared them away, like beating the grass and startling the snake. Now, they couldn’t find a single trace of them.

In the Dragon Country, the Sanctuary would infiltrate official circles to carry out their plans.

If they wanted to operate discreetly, the power of politicians would be indispensable.

Therefore, the Sanctuary definitely had a “privilege dog” assisting them openly in the Yunited States.

And the biggest “privilege dog” in the Yunited States was Byron, the leader of the Sentinel Organization.

Add to that his consistently unyielding attitude.

He hadn’t even made an attempt to find Mu Luo.

Several points of suspicion converging together were enough to conclusively prove his hidden identity.

There was no need for decisive evidence.

Regardless of the truth, they had to take him down.

“Mu Luo, any big news lately?”

Ye Yao looked towards their group’s great god of intelligence gathering.

They had to rely on Mu Luo to summarize external events.

Ye Yao only specialized in information regarding “family members”.

Mu Luo nodded and began his report.

Recently, the Yunited States had indeed finalized a new policy.

However, it wasn’t widely publicized. Instead, it was implemented quietly.

The common people at the bottom hadn’t even noticed any major changes.

In the intelligence Mu Luo had gathered, the policy mentioned three issues concerning people’s livelihoods: cuts to social welfare, tightened unemployment benefits, and skyrocketing drug prices.

“The conditions for receiving unemployment benefits have become extremely strict.

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Basic welfare for the impoverished population, such as medical aid and food stamps, has been drastically cut.

They had also set up insurmountable application thresholds.

The prices of medications for chronic diseases and emergency treatments have been significantly increased, making it likely difficult for ordinary Yunited States citizens to afford them…”

Ye Yao listened to Mu Luo’s detailed report with a frown.

She didn’t quite understand the specifics.

But she could intuitively sense that the Yunited States was squeezing people’s surplus value ¹ From Karl Marx’s theory of surplus value. Long story short, it’s basically another way of saying profit. again.

At a time like this, they still want to rob money from the people’s pockets?

However, Mu Luo wasn’t finished.

“Recently, there seems to be an extremely serious unknown infectious disease appearing in some areas of the Yunited States.

The symptoms include weakness in limbs, unbearable pain, and a tendency to trigger other complications.

Yet, the media hasn’t reported on it, as if they’re deliberately downplaying its existence.”

“Oh? An unknown infectious disease?”

Ye Yao raised an eyebrow, sensing that something was off.

Mu Luo continued his explanation: “I observed the condition of the initial patients. Their original mental power showed signs of erosion. It’s suspected to be an abnormal state caused by an ability’s effect.”

Abilities that inflict status conditions have a universally acknowledged flaw.

They’re easy to detect.

As long as it was related to mental power, it would always leave some trace within the target’s body.

At the very least, one can see traces of an artificial virus.

If Mu Luo’s judgment was correct, then this recently spreading infectious disease was the handiwork of Espers.

As for why they would create this chaos.

Even without Mu Luo saying it, Ye Yao guessed the connection.

“A combo move!?”

Ye Yao exclaimed.

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She finally understood the method Sanctuary would use to implement their plan.

Since simple violence would quickly attract attention, they needed to use a slow and steady approach.

The combo move of disease and policy wouldn’t be too conspicuous.

The Sanctuary would be responsible for secretly spreading a special, hard-to-solve infectious disease.

The privilege dog in the Yunited States would then be responsible for enacting livelihood policies to enhance the disease’s lethality.

Get severely ill, unable to work, and you’re fired, becoming unemployed.

Rising drug prices meant that the unemployed people wouldn’t even be able to afford simple painkillers.

This was designed to force sick unemployed people into a desperate situation.

The blatant intent was to accelerate the consumption of the common people’s last bit of value and vitality.

Causing them to quickly perish in the despair of unaffordable medical bills, hunger, and cold.

Achieving the effect of squeezing out the last bit of value, then letting them die painfully like clearing out garbage.

This was undoubtedly a cold and efficient “accelerated extinction”.

Large-scale death was precisely what the Sanctuary wanted!

Ye Yao subconsciously glanced at An Qi, whose expression showed a “sudden realization”.

She probably also understood the origin of all those fate lines within her fate space.

They were wondering how to reach the endgame.

Now they knew clearly.

A huge wave of malice had strung together the fates of millions of people.

In a country like the Yunited States that was riddled with loopholes, even with supernatural powers like abilities, they couldn’t stop the disease from spreading or ensure that the patients would receive timely help.

If this were happening in the Dragon Country, once signs appeared, they would probably have sent Fang Ze, using his Law Space to eliminate it nationwide.

“How vicious.”

A murderous glint flashed in Ye Yao’s eyes.

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Setting aside Sanctuary’s underhanded methods for now, they would eventually dig them out and blast them all clean.

But the people who formulated and enacted the policies were all in the open.

How dare they?

Ye Yao suddenly felt that she had misjudged her priorities.

The so-called Sentinel sub-bases weren’t urgent.

After all, it was right there and couldn’t run away.

But those politicians who could manipulate the country were different.

They were essentially capitalist scum.

Letting them live a few more days would only lead to them frantically retaliating against the common people.

Especially Byron, the one calling the shots.

Even killing him a thousand times wouldn’t be enough!

“Mu Luo, Gu Wenxin, go clean up the trash at the Capitol Building. Find the executors who formulated the policy. Leave no survivors alive.

Notify Fang Ze to arrange for people to take over the power structure. I can’t be bothered to play along with them anymore.”

Ye Yao’s voice was icy as she issued the orders.

In just a few seconds, she decided the final fate of those people.

What she wanted to do was force Byron out.

Since they had guessed his purpose, what they needed to do was clear.

“I’ve already paid a heavy enough price. If I don’t get the compensation after the plan is completed, I don’t think our friendship will last long.”

A grim-faced blonde man returned to the Sanctuary’s meeting place.

The purple firelight cast on his face made him look exceptionally ferocious.

Byron, the leader of the Sentinel Organization, the Yunited States’ beacon, could only vent his frustrations here.

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His Sentinel organization was almost completely wiped out!

Previously, he used the remaining Holy Blood to successfully cultivate a new batch of fighting force.

Luck was even on his side, producing two S-rank Espers.

He thought that it would reduce the losses of the Sentinel Organization.

Unexpectedly, they were wiped out overnight.

They vanished into thin air along with the sub-base.

They came fast and went fast.

That earth-shattering pillar of light was like divine punishment descending from a supreme god.

There was simply no way to resist.

Apart from the mysterious Dragon Country Esper who destroyed the main base that day, who else could have done such a thing?

Since that day, Byron hadn’t even dared to return to his own residence.

Even secret bases lost their sense of security.

In the end, he could only come here to the Sanctuary, staring blankly at the fire.

While remotely contacting his subordinates to push the plan forward.

Byron’s accumulated pressure had long reached its limit.

His country was on the verge of changing hands!

How could he not be anxious?

The input and output weren’t proportional at all!

He was going to lose even his shirt, so how could he still fight for the future!?

Author Note

Burned out yesterday, so I can only transform back into a weak maggot today. Wait for me to wriggle my way back!