Esper X Family – Chapter 385 – Holy Crap! This Is Ye Tong!

“Right… right? It’s definitely Ye Yao. She’s not acting.”

But after a few minutes:

“No, no, no. Before, Ye Yao would hum a tune on this stretch of the road. She didn’t hum… This has to be Ye Tong!”

A few seconds later:

“She’s humming! Yes, yes, yes. This is Ye Yao!”

“Wait, something’s off here. Is she really Ye Tong? Is… Is she?”

Fu Qi was becoming paranoid, almost losing his sanity.

Thankfully, there was no one else in the sky, or Lou Wei might’ve genuinely wanted to pretend he didn’t know him.

The young agents at the Countermeasures Bureau who idolized the director would never imagine that Fu Qi could be this embarrassing.

If they saw this, their rose-tinted glasses would probably shatter on the spot.

“Calm down.”

“No, I’m staking my career on this. I have to figure it out.”

“If you want to retire, just say so.”

At this moment, the two felt extremely heavy weights pressing on their hearts.

That glance Ye Yao had cast toward the sky earlier was indeed the spark that set it off.

Only Ye Tong would be able to detect their gaze.

It couldn’t be that Ye Yao could sense them from the start, right?

That was simply impossible.

How on Bluestar could a mere 300-point do that?

It would be more plausible if it was the unfathomable Ye Tong.

But after observing her until now, they still hadn’t found any trace of acting.

In that case, it was undoubtedly Ye Yao herself.

Her affection for the friends around her, the tone of her voice, and her friends’ reactions.

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If Wu Mi and the others knew that the Ye Yao beside them had been swapped with Ye Tong, they should be showing some abnormality.

But they didn’t.

They still seemed to think that the person beside them was the real Ye Yao.

There was no difference in treatment.

What about Luo Jianhua, who was a mole from the Countermeasures Bureau?

Logically speaking.

Ye Yao trusted her enough to even confide in her about the identity swap.

So, there was no reason she wouldn’t know who the person in front of her really was.

But her reactions and actions still had no abnormalities or hints, as if the person beside her was still that innocent and naive little girl.

Could it truly be Ye Yao?

Was that earlier glance just a coincidence?

Perhaps they could only wait for new intelligence from Luo Jianhua.

It wasn’t just Lou Wei and Fu Qi. Some veteran Countermeasures Bureau agents were also monitoring Ye Yao’s words and actions in public through surveillance.

The message from Luo Jianhua said that Ye Tong and Ye Yao would complete the swap today.

Yet, they still couldn’t tell any difference.

“Stop watching. It hasn’t even started.”

“It’s already over. We just can’t tell.”

“This might be Ye Tong, but it’s also unlikely for it to be Ye Tong.”

“This is clearly Ye Yao, the genuine article. How could it be that little devil, Ye Tong?”

A small number of people were at war with their own minds, their suspicions overriding their thoughts, showing signs of the same paranoia as Fu Qi.

“Everyone, stop arguing. She’s actually ‘Tong Yao’.”

Someone couldn’t stand it anymore, but that outrageous statement only drew angry glares from the crowd.

“That’s even worse than Ye Tong!”

“Are you trying to kill me, you bastard?”

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The members of the Ye Yao Circle shrank into a corner, not daring to speak.

Actually, they did have a way to tell Ye Tong and Ye Yao apart.

Perhaps they just needed her to play a game.

Habits in daily life could be faked.

But gaming skill couldn’t, right?

Ye Yao’s incredibly terrible gameplay wasn’t something that could be achieved just by pretending to be cute.

If they got her to play a game, they would know at a glance whether it was Ye Yao or Ye Tong!

A while later.

That delicate little girl returned to the dorm with her friends, still as quiet as a harmless, homebody girl.

Seeing this, some had already concluded that she was Ye Yao herself.

If she was Ye Tong, she would never be this quiet. She would’ve long since turned the Countermeasures Bureau headquarters upside down.

Even if it wouldn’t be that extreme, she would’ve at least caused a commotion.

At that, the Ye Yao Circle immediately sent her a game invitation, preparing to use their own method to discern the girl’s true nature.

Ye Yao usually had a habit of playing a few games after returning to the dorm after breakfast.

They could use this opportunity to test her gaming skill and understanding.

Although the Ye Yao Circle members didn’t know what Ye Tong’s gaming skill was like, they were undoubtedly the ones who knew Ye Yao’s gaming level best.

Words are useless, let the game do the talking.

Sure enough, after returning to her dorm, Ye Yao quickly accepted the invitation to team up.

This alone relieved more than half of the Ye Yao Circle’s worries.

Yes, yes, exactly.

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The habit cultivated online couldn’t possibly be faked.

Once in the game, her voice chat was normal, and her gameplay was still sickeningly sweet ¹ As explained before, 糖tang (sugar/sweet) is slang for down syndrome. .

They played from morning straight to noon.

The duality of being reckless and being timid was vividly displayed by Ye Yao.

Her noob gameplay was flawlessly natural!

Confirmed. This is definitely Ye Yao!

The Ye Yao Circle confidently cast the decisive vote.

With this authoritative vote, the old-timers could only accept the final outcome.

“I get it now. That little devil probably released a smoke bomb just to watch us make fools of ourselves.”

“I knew it. How could she openly swap identities? She tricked all of us.”

Half a day had passed.

But Ye Yao still remained in the dorm, playing games as usual.

If Ye Tong was up to something, things wouldn’t be this calm.

The group of old-timers were left laughing in exasperation.

Truth be told, being played for fools by her wasn’t that bad. They could tolerate it and wouldn’t be that upset.

But no one knew what impact this telepathy would have on Ye Yao.

Ye Tong’s ability to fool them undoubtedly depended on Ye Yao’s cooperation.

Ye Yao had originally been an obedient and sensible good child.

Who knew if Ye Tong might instill some inappropriate ideas in her?

Perhaps she wouldn’t come to know the full truth immediately, but they were afraid that the child might enter a rebellious phase.

Just thinking about it gave them a headache.

Just then, the Ye Yao Circle members noticed that Ye Yao had logged off the game, seemingly preparing to start a livestream.

This wasn’t surprising.

It was a habit Tang Lulu had instilled in her.

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Even though it was the weekend, Ye Yao only visited her uncle’s house on Sundays.

On Saturdays, she would play around casually, much like on weekdays.

Several Countermeasures Bureau executives habitually clicked into the livestream.

The comments in the stream quickly started scrolling.

They were all loyal fans of Ye Yao.

“Master Rumormonger finally started streaming!”

“Mama!”

“When will the streamer chat with us about insider stories again?”

“Stop playing those damn games. I don’t have that much rice to eat with it ² Basically treating the stream as a side dish. I remember that there was a saying about eating plain rice with others’ misfortune, but I forgot what the actual saying is and I can’t find it. . The streamer’s gameplay is so sugary it’s killing me.”

“What’s wrong with playing games? Don’t you think the desperate little noises the streamer makes are really nice to listen to?”

“Gaming expart ³ Expert is 高手gaoshou, but the 高gao here is replaced with 糕gao (cake/pudding). , no doubt.”

Still the same junior brother Wa ⁴ 瓦学弟waxuedi. The 瓦wa is slang for Valorant. Long story short, CS:GO players treated Valorant players like little brothers. , still the storyteller, still the slander, still the loyalty.

A slight smile tugged at the corner of Ye Yao’s lips, and she let out a light, cheerful laugh, which had lost a hint of its former cuteness and gained a trace of captivating charm.

At this moment, the Countermeasures Bureau executives watching the stream suddenly felt their hair stand on end, a chill running down their spines.

“I’m not going to play games today. Instead, I’ll tell you a little story about a friend of mine.

It was a dark, windy night, the very first time my friend met the Strongest of the Current Era…”

In that instant, the hearts of the Countermeasures Bureau executives seemed to stop.

Holy crap!

This is Ye Tong!

Author Note

It’s Monday, we’re doomed!

Text: The group friends are unexpectedly pigs