Esper X Family – Chapter 418 – Let Me Judge It!

“I’m sure you’re all aware of Ye Tong’s situation. In the future, powerful enemies will force her toward destruction. If you want to help her, you’ll need greater strength, and learning form skills is only the first step.”

As soon as he said this, Mu Luo and the others immediately recalled the day the Vengeful Spirit appeared.

Ye Tong had briefly explained it back then, but they had never expected that it would actually show up again.

Given Mu Luo and the others’ current strength, it would indeed be very difficult for them to harm an enemy of that caliber.

If they wanted to repay Ye Tong’s kindness, their power really wasn’t enough yet.

“I need to think it over.”

Although Mu Luo said he would think about it, he was actually making small, covert moves to seek a certain someone’s opinion.

Lou Wei and Fu Qi noticed his little maneuver but didn’t stop him.

Soon, Mu Luo received a response.

【Approved. If you’re going to learn form skills, then learn them. But you need to focus on both stats and mechanics. You can’t fall behind others!】

Ye Yao, who had given that response, had a very strange look on her face.

Understand my past in detail?

What are the Dayun Truck and Uncle up to?

She thought that they wanted to ask Mu Luo and the others for advice on how to calm her down.

Unable to figure it out, she simply let Mu Luo and his group pick and choose what to say, while also extracting some benefits in return.

With Lou Wei and Fu Qi teaching personally, they should be able to master the form skills quickly, right?

After what happened a week ago, Ye Yao no longer dared to underestimate the power of form skills.

Who knows, perhaps as Mu Luo and the others learned, they could even comprehend a unique form skill similar to the Solar Corona Form.

That would be a really big gain.

But to comprehend such an overpowered technique, they probably needed the other form skills as a foundation.

The five major form skills still had to be learned.

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On the other side, Mu Luo nodded.

“Alright, we’ll pick out some things to tell you.”

“Thank you.”

Fu Qi breathed a quiet sigh of relief.

He certainly wasn’t going to directly ask how to win Ye Tong’s favor.

These people seemed like robotic humans too. They probably didn’t know much about that either.

Fu Qi also wasn’t going to bring up the result of Lou Wei and Ye Tong’s duel.

Even though these four were Ye Tong’s companions, they might not actually know about it.

After all, the outcome was, to some extent, rather embarrassing.

So, Fu Qi definitely wasn’t going to court death.

He didn’t want Ye Tong to find out that he had spilled her embarrassing history and then take revenge out of shame.

Thus, Mu Luo and the others only served one purpose now.

That was, to learn about some of the past from them.

This would not only symbolize an easing of relations for both sides.

It would also, in a way, show their concern for Ye Tong.

Since Lou Wei wanted to be a father, he had to understand his daughter’s past.

Starting from the beginning might let her see some sincerity, and perhaps she wouldn’t be so angry anymore.

Fu Qi just felt exhausted.

He really had done his utmost for Lou Wei’s family relationships.

Just then, Jiang Huashen stepped forward on his own.

“Let me present it. That’ll make it more vivid.”

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He took out a scroll several meters long and wide.

The scroll unfurled and floated in the air.

Flowing colors quickly adhered to the scroll, forming lifelike images.

Jiang Huashen could express his own memories and thoughts through his ability.

It could almost be called a playback function.

Moreover, he more or less knew what Ye Tong needed to keep hidden and wouldn’t expose her secrets.

Lou Wei and Fu Qi glanced at Jiang Huashen.

Without a doubt, this was the guy who had created the “Ye Tong” image that had fooled both of them.

To deceive those two, he had to be an absolute talent among talents.

“We’ll leave it to you then.”

Ye Yao was waiting for the result.

Mu Luo’s meal had been quite long.

She wondered how the food at the restaurant they went to was.

Perhaps they could go there for another team-building feast someday.

Ye Yao waited until the afternoon, almost dinner time, before Mu Luo finally sent word that the meal was over.

“What did you talk about? Let me judge it!”

Ye Yao’s melon eating soul was blazing fiercely.

A historic meeting between the two strongest of the Countermeasures Bureau and the men of Sequence Zero… no matter how you thought about it, it must be extremely interesting!

She had to have this scoop. There was no way around it.

“This… I… let me catch my breath.”

Mu Luo’s tone sounded very complicated, as if he had been deeply shaken and still hadn’t recovered.

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Ye Yao was getting a bit anxious listening to him.

“What’s there to catch your breath over? What exactly happened?

Did you have a falling out? Did the Dayun Truck attack you?

Silly kids, if that really happened, you’d better run.

All of you together couldn’t even elbow him, you’d turn into cat pancakes.”

Mu Luo finally regained his composure.

“Here’s what happened…”

Ten minutes earlier.

Jiang Huashen withdrew the scroll.

“These are the things that happened after Ye Tong met us. Some details aren’t convenient to show, so I hope you understand.”

The atmosphere was relatively harmonious now, not as tense as at the beginning.

Although the two sides had indeed gone through some strategic maneuvering early on, under the influence of Ye Tong and Ye Yao, they had more or less reached a preliminary reconciliation.

“It’s fine. We understand.”

Fu Qi’s tone carried a hint of emotion.

After watching the process of Ye Tong building her group, he realized that the girl was fundamentally a good child.

To get Mu Luo and the others back on track, Ye Tong had taken these unrelated individuals who were brought together by a certain someone’s irresponsible actions and forged them into a single group.

Thus, “Sequence Zero” was born.

If she had let them drift aimlessly, wasting their days in one place, that would have truly ruined their futures.

But Ye Tong, whom Mu Luo had brought back, didn’t let that situation continue.

She won everyone over with astonishing charisma, convincing Mu Luo and the others to follow her advice.

That was how Sequence Zero first began to actively appear in society.

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It must be said that Ye Tong truly was a part split off from Ye Yao.

Since Ye Yao was a good child, then Ye Tong’s essence must also be a good child.

Her willingness to save Mu Luo and his group, bringing them a bright future, had proven her kind and righteous nature.

It was just that different variables had turned Ye Tong and Ye Yao into two distinct personalities.

One was a little angel. The other was a little devil.

Lou Wei had been far too harsh back then.

He had forcibly twisted a little angel into a little devil.

Fu Qi sighed softly.

“Thank you for telling us. We finally have a better understanding of her situation.”

“What are you after?”

Mu Luo asked the question he hadn’t asked earlier.

Although he knew perfectly well that the Countermeasures Bureau wouldn’t dare do anything to Ye Tong, as her companions, they naturally needed to show some concern.

Fu Qi shook his head.

“No special purpose. We just want to learn about her past as her elders. Since she calls me ‘uncle’, of course I want to show my niece some care in this way.”

Mu Luo and the others wore subtle expressions on their faces.

So, Fu Qi wasn’t here acting as the director of the Countermeasures Bureau, but as Ye Tong’s “uncle”?

That could indeed put him above them as “Ye Tong’s companions”.

Family connection was still too authoritative.

What about Lou Wei, then?

What identity was he here in?

Author Note

Don’t ask why I’m so busy during the Qingming Festival these days. The answer is Guangxi ¹ Chinese autonomous region of the Zhuang people, apparently the largest ethnic minority in China. . I’m preparing to climb mountains and wade through rivers to find my ancestors. For several days in a row, I’ll consider it a success if I don’t get heatstroke, fall down, or exhaust myself!

Text: Come Shiba ² 来柴laichai also sounds similar to 拉柴lachai, which is slang for dying in a disgraceful way. Not sure if I’m reading too much into it though. , come