Esper X Family – Chapter 519 – Kidnap First, Talk Later

When Ye Ge descended to the ground, an invisible pressure weighed down on almost everyone present.

Even the S-rank Espers could barely move.

This was the pressure of a true top-tier powerhouse!

Ye Ge ignored the terrified stares around her.

She moved in flashes, disappearing and reappearing from sight like a ghost, covering a large distance with each step.

She was looking for someone.

The first thing to do upon entering the Countermeasures Bureau headquarters was, of course, to use “Haymaker” and turn a few clueless individuals into battered messes.

She had done it in the original world, and she would do it in this parallel world as well.

That’s what makes it complete!

You metaslaves who don’t understand true strength, stay right there. I’m coming to punch you!

In an instant, her dark figure appeared in the indoor training room.

Before an instructor could even evacuate the trainees around him, he was sent flying with a single punch, slamming hard into the wall, his fate unknown.

This was one of the ones she’d turned into a battered mess in the original world. That punch hadn’t even given him the chance to scream.

His injuries were even more severe than in the original timeline.

After all, in the original world, Luo Jianhua had escaped that fate and hadn’t endured such harsh training for too long.

But in this timeline, Luo Jianhua had suffered three more years of high-pressure training.

The older Mo Qiuli had even been forced to abandon her dreams.

Knocking half the life out of them was already showing mercy.

Besides, the Countermeasures Bureau could always save them in time.

Ye Ge silently took another step, vanishing in the blink of an eye as she sought out her next victim like the Grim Reaper calling names.

The trainee Espers who hadn’t yet evacuated watched in stunned disbelief.

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What just happened?

Had an enemy of the instructor come looking for revenge?

Why was she only hitting him?

Was this not an evil invasion but a simple act of personal vendetta?

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Ye Ge moved with lightning speed.

Every familiar face violently met her fist with their own faces.

No one could react in time.

Only the figures flying out and embedding themselves into the wall told of what had just occurred.

At one point, an S-rank Esper tried to intervene, but it didn’t slow her down in the slightest.

Like the fastest and strongest cutting through fodder, Ye Ge dealt with every interference with a single effortless strike.

A shrill alarm blared throughout the headquarters.

This was their first-ever breach!

They had always believed that the Countermeasures Bureau headquarters’ defenses were impenetrable, enough to handle any enemy invasion in the world.

But they hadn’t expected that it wouldn’t hold for even a second!

Panic spread through the command center.

“What is she doing? Is she on a killing spree!?”

“According to the live footage, she’s actively seeking out people to attack! Several individuals are in unknown condition!”

“How many casualties are there? I need an approximate number!”

“Uh… based on the scene, seven people are of unknown status. Four of them are Esper instructors and mentors, while the rest are high-level Espers who tried to stop her rampage.”

“What do you mean?”

Something was off.

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Her actions were very strange.

Such a powerful Esper could, in a short amount of time, instantly kill everyone weaker around them.

For strong fighters like Lou Wei and Fu Qi, one casual move from them could wipe out tens of thousands.

If Ye Ge was truly a Super S-rank Esper, she could have massacred everyone around her in that brief span.

So why had she inflicted so few casualties?

Was she playing around?

Or just looking for amusement?

But nothing about her demeanor suggested that she was a thrill-seeker!

There were too many unanswered mysteries here!

Even a highly intelligent, strategic-minded character wouldn’t be able to guess what she was up to.

Fortunately…

Lou Wei was rushing back as fast as he could.

With this kind of invasion pattern, even if she really intended to kill slowly, she wouldn’t be able to claim many lives before Lou Wei returned.

All they had to do was wait.

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By now, Ye Ge had already accomplished her goal.

Those mentors who loved high-pressure training had, so to speak, been beaten half out of their wits.

Sure, she had knocked away a few extra people here and there, but it didn’t matter.

In less than thirty seconds…

Ye Ge appeared before a young girl.

It was Luo Jianhua, the “little sister” type character originally meant to be planted as a mole beside Ye Yao.

But the parallel world’s version of her was no longer the little girl crying “Sister! Sister!” that Ye Yao remembered.

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Time and pressure had stretched her frame.

She stood a little taller than the figure in Ye Yao’s memories.

Soft, long hair cascaded to her waist, reflecting a false shimmer of youthful gloss in the harsh red glare of the alarm.

Like Mo Qiuli, Luo Jianhua’s physical growth was plain to see.

She had transformed from a little girl to a graceful young maiden.

Ye Ge looked at her in silence, making no further move.

The atmosphere was eerily still, save for the mentor embedded in the wall nearby, who was slightly ruining the mood.

“Luo Jianhua.”

Ye Ge’s voice was soft.

“What am I going to do?”

Luo Jianhua stood there quietly, like a painstakingly crafted puppet held aloft by countless strings.

Ye Ge’s gaze pierced through that youthful facade, seeing only emptiness, a void left behind after being kneaded and filled by too many hands.

Her mental power was around 3,500.

If they kept cultivating her like this, she would likely become the youngest S-rank Esper in history.

Becoming an S-rank Esper before twenty, what tremendous talent!

But perhaps no one knew that her ability, Eyes Obscured by a Single Leaf, could not only interfere with others but also shape a shell around herself that no one could see through.

Mental self-hypnosis was terrifying enough, especially with a high-quality illusion ability like Eyes Obscured by a Single Leaf.

By now, Luo Jianhua had likely convinced herself that her life’s meaning was to live up to others’ expectations.

Ye Ge’s gaze was sharp as a blade, cutting across Luo Jianhua’s excessively calm face.

Her tightly pressed lips conveyed reliability, the slight furrow of her brows revealed just the right amount of concern and focus.

She was beautiful, but unfortunately… a bit robotic.

The Countermeasures Bureau’s mentors really had tried to mold her into a second Lou Wei.

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It seemed like she had been too lenient earlier.

She shouldn’t have left them half-dead. She should have left them with only a breath of life left.

“Are you going to kill me?”

Luo Jianhua had, of course, seen the mentor Ye Ge had casually punched into the wall. It looked like they wouldn’t be able to pry him out.

This behavior was unmistakably hostile. By all logic, she was an enemy.

But if she could so easily defeat even a mentor, what power did Luo Jianhua have to resist?

She couldn’t win. There would be contest at all.

Eyes Obscured by a Single Leaf was probably useless here.

There was no winning.

“I see… So I’m going to die. What a shame. I haven’t become what everyone expects of me yet.”

Luo Jianhua seemed to accept her fate.

There were no screams, no cries, not even a trace of fear. There was only a faint hint of release in her expression.

From what she had observed, this powerful big sister only seemed to attack specific targets.

She didn’t even glance at anyone else.

The mentor had been defeated, and now she herself was the target.

Things were likely looking grim.

Then, with a cold and elegant expression, Ye Ge reached out her hand. Before the surprised look on the older Luo Jianhua’s face, she tucked the girl under her arm.

I don’t care about any of that! Kidnap first, talk later!

Author Note

I heard Saturday is supposed to be rest day, but today is workday to make up for the previous holiday. How tragic!