Esper X Family – Chapter 529 – Not Going to Scold Me Anymore?

Parallel Xia Lian hesitated, wanting to speak but held herself back.

She wanted to ask some questions, but couldn’t bring herself to do so.

Why would the fierce, intimidating bad woman suddenly turn into a petite little girl?

Parallel Xia Lian’s first thought was that it was a disguise.

This could be a dirty trick, a deceptive ploy to gain trust!

Yet, based on Parallel Xia Lian’s veteran experience, this “stray cat” that had appeared out of nowhere didn’t seem to be faking it.

This might very well be her true form!

The mature appearance from before was the disguise instead!

Is that it?

Most likely!

Of course, Parallel Xia Lian wasn’t so shallow as to be easily swayed by “beauty”.

Back then, in order to give the “cats” that Parallel Mu Luo had brought back enough sense of security, she had stepped up and single-handedly held the whole small group together.

Compared to Parallel Mu Luo, a mother hen who was always wriggling around somewhere all day, the enlightened Parallel Xia Lian was more like a real mother.

During the time when Parallel Mu Luo neglected his duties, it was she who unleashed her fierce nature and forcibly dragged the other two adults together, forging everyone into a single rope.

All to create a safe enough living environment for the “good cats”.

The key point was good cats.

Not just any brat deserved to be sheltered by Parallel Xia Lian.

Over those three years, Parallel Mu Luo had brought back other innate Sequence Espers, but in the end, only the few of them remained.

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Parallel Mu Luo often shirked responsibilities, and Parallel Xia Lian couldn’t correct that gloomy guy either.

She could only try to manage the people he brought back.

As it turned out, not everyone was as well-behaved as Parallel Gu Wenxin and Parallel Jiang Huashen.

Parallel Xia Lian personally threw out some unruly brats, and even learned the trick of manipulating blood to induce mild cerebral hemorrhages and artificially destroy memories.

This way, they could be picked up and contained by the Countermeasures Bureau again.

Parallel Mu Luo even got into a huge fight with her over this, but in the end, unable to subdue this madwoman, he chose to compromise.

After years of settling, Parallel Xia Lian naturally knew what kind of people needed protection and what kind should be ignored.

And the silver-haired little girl before her undoubtedly possessed a quality that made her feel the need to protect!

This was very likely a “good cat”!

Parallel Xia Lian wanted to say something.

But remembering what had just happened, the words got stuck in her throat.

Is it too late to apologize now?

Ye Yao slowly approached the painted residence, taking the opportunity to ask for some details.

“Old Gu, how did you get classified as a Sequence Esper? Was there something unclean in the Countermeasures Bureau you were originally assigned to?”

She asked this to find out if the Countermeasures Bureau had been infiltrated by something dirty.

After all, the ones who had falsely accused Gu Wenxin back then seemed to be dirty things from the Sanctuary.

Old Gu?

Parallel Gu Wenxin was a bit unaccustomed to this strange nickname, but he still answered her question.

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“On the day I awakened my ability, I killed a few people who deserved to die. Then the Countermeasures Bureau took me back for observation for a while.

At that time, I wasn’t immediately classified as a Sequence Esper. They were planning to make me a member of the Bureau instead.”

Ye Yao showed an interested expression.

That meant Parallel Gu Wenxin hadn’t encountered anything dirty.

Could it be that the Sanctuary really didn’t exist here?

“And what happened then? How did you end up here?”

Logically, if Parallel Gu Wenxin hadn’t become a Sequence Esper, he shouldn’t have caught the attention of the wriggling Parallel Mu Luo, let alone been brought out.

The man took a deep breath.

“I couldn’t help myself and attacked a colleague.

The Countermeasures Bureau tried to recruit a high-risk Sequence Esper who had committed evil deeds. Even if they promised to atone properly on the surface, the stench radiating from them was something I couldn’t resist.”

Ye Yao blinked.

“I see.”

This wasn’t really surprising. Even people who were sentenced to death could have their sentences commuted by performing meritorious deeds.

If a certain high-risk Sequence Esper was truly valuable enough and seemed to have the possibility of turning over a new leaf, the Countermeasures Bureau might indeed try to recruit them.

But Parallel Gu Wenxin, someone who loathed evil, couldn’t tolerate such things.

Facing a normal person, he might not show any abnormality, but facing that kind of evil person, the early-stage him might have had trouble suppressing his urge to kill.

It was practically spraying around the “Slaying Evil” ability.

“Later, I couldn’t resist and killed that recruited high-risk Sequence Esper.

Afterwards, the Countermeasures Bureau judged my ability to be unstable, and that’s when I began to be strictly contained.”

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The timeline converged!

It seemed that even without the Sanctuary’s false accusations, Gu Wenxin would still have become a Sequence Esper, destined to be brought out by Mu Luo.

After all, Old Gu did have a slight flaw.

As long as someone had committed heinous crimes, or had a few tragically dead souls on their hands, appearing before Gu Wenxin was practically a provocation.

When he went berserk, he couldn’t care less about high-level orders or legal judgments.

The【Slaying Evil】ability was his standard for deciding whether to strike.

The prerequisite was that it remained stable without cognitive bias.

The title of Sequence Esper was well deserved.

Perhaps Parallel Gu Wenxin had simply wanted to avoid the trouble by leaving that place with Mu Luo.

After all, he never felt he had done anything wrong.

“Then, how did you all start cooperating? I can’t imagine how you could communicate properly with your personalities.”

As soon as Ye Yao asked this question, Parallel Jiang Huashen shot a glance toward Parallel Xia Lian behind him.

“Then you’ll have to ask a certain woman who suddenly kicked my door open one day, grabbed my collar without a word, and threatened me with murderous eyes.”

As Parallel Jiang Huashen recounted, Ye Yao finally learned the turning point that led to Xia Lian’s transformation from weakling to dragon.

After a girl named “Yin Yi” was brought back, An Qi and Yu Jin didn’t leave.

Yin Yi’s crucial reminder at that time made An Qi stay, so there were naturally three little lolis in the residence.

And Xia Lian, someone born with a love for “cats”, was unwilling to let them live in a terrible environment.

So, she began to pressure herself, trying to take care of the others in Mu Luo’s place.

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And “Wu Mi”, whose situation was dire, was naturally the first target needing care.

To solve Wu Mi’s problem, Parallel Xia Lian violently kicked open Parallel Old Jiang’s door, practically whipping him into coming up with a solution together.

The silent Parallel Old Gu couldn’t escape either. He was directly grabbed by the rising Parallel Xia Lian and instantly refined.

After all, when Mu Luo was absent, it seemed that Xia Lian was the most formidable in terms of force, capable of beating the two of them into submission in no time.

To take good care of the three little lolis, Parallel Xia Lian practically burned herself out, not even having time to transform into a weakling.

After all, in this parallel world, there was no omnipotent “White Catty”.

After roughly hearing what happened, Ye Yao glanced at the black-haired woman behind her with surprise.

Xia Lian can actually be this reliable!?

It seemed that she could only transform into a dragon when there was no one to back her up.

And the three weak, pitiful, powerless little lolis in the small group gave her endless motivation.

Admittedly, she was indeed very reliable, practically occupying Ye Yao’s original niche.

It was just that her stats weren’t as high.

“Huh? Why are you so quiet? Aren’t you going to scold me anymore?”

Author Note

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