Esper X Family – Chapter 491 – Since We’ve Come This Far, the Only Choice Is to Go All In (39/40)

Ye Yao felt that Lou Wei was about to turn into a “Phantasmal Apology, Kneeling of the Sky Demon ¹ Reference to Siegfried’s Noble Phantasm: Phantasmal Greatsword – Felling of the Sky Demon. The Chinese is 幻想大剑，天魔失坠huanmengdajian, tianmoshizhui. Siegfried has negative self esteem and the word 大剑dajian (greatsword) sounds like 抱歉baoqian (sorry). ” situation.

But with his lion-like way of speaking, there probably wasn’t much else to say.

Aside from expressing regret and remorse, he likely couldn’t come up with anything pleasant.

Sigh, that’s what happens when you only stack stats.

And in the end, he couldn’t even outdo her in stats. Truly a letdown.

He could only bully her in the early game.

The four of them arrived at a restaurant inside the headquarters.

After a long time, the Found Family finally had a family meal together.

During this, Xiao Jing explained to Ye Yao the past decisions made by the Countermeasures Bureau’s higher-ups, including the entire plan from her discovery to adoption, and all the details of using family to control her.

Almost nothing was hidden.

Of course, Ye Yao already knew all this.

Xiao Jing was well aware of that too, so this was really meant for Lou Wei’s benefit.

In a way.

Ye Yao and Xiao Jing were essentially setting Lou Wei up for a thorough takedown.

Ye Yao’s acting was excellent, and Xiao Jing’s performance was also on point.

Even the former Strongest of the Current Era could only be toyed with.

“Mm, I see, so that’s how it is?”

Ye Yao nodded thoughtfully.

“I already knew most of this from Ye Tong’s side, but I didn’t realize there were so many details and plans.”

At this point, Lou Wei finally spoke up to apologize on behalf of the Countermeasures Bureau.

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“I’m very sorry for hiding these things from you, for not reciprocating the feelings you invested in me.”

【Lou Wei has always believed that he never gave you a shred of fatherly love, yet you kept treating him as your father. Therefore, he deeply recognizes his failure and mistakes.】

As Lou Wei’s thoughts appeared before her eyes, Ye Yao blinked a few times.

To be honest, realizing this much meant that he wasn’t a complete failure.

At least he wasn’t a robotic human anymore.

Of course, that didn’t mean it erased everything he had done before.

The memory of being crushed into a cat pancake was still too painful.

“Father really went too far…”

Ye Yao’s soft voice drifted over, the resentment in it impossible to hide.

Hearing this, Xiao Jing knew that Ye Yao was about to grill Lou Wei.

She decided to stay silent.

Ye Yao began her attack.

“At first, I thought Father would protect me from harm, hold me in the palm of his hand and cherish me.

But back then, Father definitely didn’t see me as a daughter, but as a monster destined to destroy the world.”

Lou Wei: “…”

Sweat.

Ye Yao’s assault continued.

“Father must’ve thought about how to kill me back then, right?

Just like Ye Tong… Father killed Ye Tong several times.

After syncing our memories, I felt like Father had killed me multiple times too.”

Lou Wei: “…”

Heavy sweat.

“So that nightmare from a while ago wasn’t actually a dream. Father killed Ye Tong once again, and it affected me too. No wonder Father felt so scary back then.”

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Lou Wei: “…”

Drenched in sweat.

Ye Yao’s Mejai’s Soulstealer was nearly fully stacked.

Every sentence struck at Lou Wei’s weakest emotional points.

“And in yesterday’s battle, Fu Qi and our uncle were planning to sacrifice themselves to take down the enemy, weren’t they?

There were still so many things you haven’t told me clearly, but you just went ahead and chose self-sacrifice.

Was Father that eager to run away from all of this?

Even though Father did such horrible things, I don’t want to lose my Father.”

This barrage of interrogation made Lou Wei’s stomach cramp, and he completely broke down.

“I’m sorry. I’m truly sorry…”

Seeing that she had landed a “critical hit” on Lou Wei, Ye Yao nodded with satisfaction.

For someone as emotionally robotic as Lou Wei to break down this badly.

Her aggressiveness wasn’t half bad.

Weakling Lou Wei is nothing special!

“Well, since Father seems to be reflecting deeply, I’ll reluctantly forgive him.

But Ye Ge is a different story. I have no idea what she thinks.”

In simple terms:

Spared from death sentence, but still can’t escape punishment!

If she ever got angry in a game someday, she would have Ye Ge beat Lou Wei to a pulp.

Not giving him several beatings would be a disservice to all the bitterness she had endured while playing it safe early on.

Lou Wei naturally felt a huge weight lift from his shoulders.

Now that he had Ye Yao’s forgiveness, the rest seemed much easier.

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Even if Ye Ge beat him up a few more times, he could accept it.

After all, she was an entity born from Ye Yao’s wishes.

Even if there were traces of distortion from the world-destroying ability, the resentment toward him was real.

Lou Wei would acknowledge that as his deserved retribution.

The complexity of it all could never be measured simply by right or wrong.

If Ye Ge showed up again later and pummeled him, Lou Wei might even feel relieved.

Lou Wei took a deep breath and refocused on the silver-haired girl across from him.

“If there’s anything you ever want, anyone you want revenge on, or anything you need me to do, just tell me. I’ll do everything in my power to help.”

A father’s promise to his daughter?

Interesting.

A clever little idea suddenly crossed Ye Yao’s mind.

Since you put it that way, if I ask you to fight a parallel version of yourself someday, that shouldn’t be a problem, right?

Ye Yao gave a faint smile.

“Mm, I understand. Father is the Strongest of the Current Era, isn’t he? A promise like that would be incredibly valuable to anyone else. I’ll remember it. Just don’t let me down again, okay?”

“Okay.”

Lou Wei nodded heavily, now more serious than ever before.

At this point, he had truly let go of the crushing burden that had weighed him down earlier.

The birth of Ye Ge had shifted the Countermeasures Bureau’s thinking.

Using violence to solve the world-destroying crisis was impossible.

Just how many stats would it take to defeat Ye Ge?

Lou Wei and Fu Qi’s combat power had already reached the limits of humanity.

Even sacrificing their lives only amounted to becoming a firework.

In the face of a world-destroying crisis, they would barely make a sound.

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Since that was the case, they had to abandon their previous plans and free Lou Wei from the chains of responsibility.

The birth of Ye Ge was a clear sign that humanity only had one path left:

Go all in on Ye Yao!

At the very least, Ye Yao’s performance so far was enough for them to stake everything on her.

Was that irrational?

No! It was the most rational choice!

Ye Yao’s kindness and noble character had proven herself.

Even the ruthless Ye Ge could suppress her urge to attack when Ye Yao intervened.

They should stop worrying about the possibility of the world-destroying ability making her lose control, and seriously consider the possibility that Ye Yao could control it.

If they could help Ye Yao master that earth-shattering power, the crisis could also be resolved!

Since they had come this far, the only choice was to go all in!

It wasn’t too late.

Of course, much of this depended on Ye Ge’s reaction.

For now, Ye Ge’s motives were completely uncontrollable. Only Ye Yao stepping in could rein her in.

From that perspective, calming Ye Ge’s anger was also crucial.

Were they really going to let her beat every single person involved?

It seemed like the Countermeasures Bureau higher-ups would be in grave danger.

Author Note

It’s finally coming to an end! Just one more chapter, and it’ll be done!

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Translator Note

The bonus chapters, not the entire novel.