Esper X Family – Chapter 545 – Mental Breakdown?

“What an exhilarating battle.”

Ye Yao wiped the imaginary sweat from her brow with satisfaction.

As expected, parallel Lou Wei had crashed.

“Parallel Dayun Truck, I’ll never forget you for the rest of my life.”

A mere evolved robotic human trying to interfere with a magical girl’s family activity? Dream on!

Coming out to cause trouble without even using Solar Corona Form? Go back and train for another twenty thousand years.

…Just kidding. Even Solar Corona Form wouldn’t have helped either.

At best, it would’ve been a beacon attracting the interstellar stray dog.

Ye Yao casually tossed the unconscious parallel Lou Wei back to Dragon Country using “magic”.

There was no need to leave him passed out on foreign soil, vulnerable to being picked up by strangers.

Even though they hadn’t acknowledged their relationship yet, he was still her future old man.

Thus, parallel Lou Wei turned into a shooting star and vanished across the horizon, just like in a cartoon.

With everything calm again.

Flower Leaf and Morning Star gathered beside Ye Yao.

“That was so cool, Lullaby! Before a real magical girl, even titles like ’Strongest of the Current Era’ are just empty names.”

It seemed that in the older Mo Qiuli’s heart, the legendary ceiling of the Countermeasures Bureau had become a speed bump.

“Mr. Lou Wei lost so completely. As expected of Sister.”

Even the older Luo Jianhua felt a bit conflicted.

In her mind, the image of parallel Lou Wei had probably undergone a dramatic change as well.

There was likely nothing more humiliating than being defeated by a magical girl.

Ye Yao spun the magic wand prop behind her back, as if striking a cool pose.

“Heh heh~ He’s not even a Cybertronian yet, not qualified to compete with me on the same stage. Forget about him, let’s keep play— I mean, fighting evil!”

This simple, brutal battle was vaguely recorded by satellites belonging to major global powers.

Although the natural phenomena caused by parallel Lou Wei’s Celestial Form obscured most of the scene, the end result was that the man had disappeared while the “magical girl” remained on the scene.

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The winner and loser were obvious.

Could the magical girl class be this overpowered!?

Even the acknowledged Strongest of the Current Era couldn’t defeat her!

Terrifying!

At the Countermeasures Bureau headquarters, parallel Fu Qi felt like his world had collapsed.

“Lou Wei actually lost? How is that possible?”

He had thought that the serious Strongest of the Current Era could at least put up a fight against Ye Ge.

But now, he couldn’t even beat three “magical girls”?

Could they be even stronger than Ye Ge?

“Could Lou Wei have gone easy or gotten careless?”

Parallel Fu Qi remained skeptical.

He strongly suspected that Lou Wei hadn’t fought seriously in so long that his combat skills and instincts had grown rusty.

Otherwise, how could he lose to ordinary S-rank Espers?

Unless those three magical girls were anything but ordinary.

“Director, an unidentified object has breached our airspace. Its speed exceeds Mach 30.”

“I’ll go check it out.”

After quite a while, as space rippled…

Parallel Fu Qi returned with an unconscious man, whom he immediately took to the medical department for examination.

“Why does this feel familiar?”

The last time Ye Ge raided the Countermeasures Bureau headquarters, parallel Fu Qi had been casually knocked unconscious as well.

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The examination results came back quickly.

There were no injuries.

Just some physical weakness from using multiple form skills consecutively.

Fortunately, he hadn’t used Future Form.

Parallel Fu Qi couldn’t have imagined such an outcome.

If there was a real possibility of parallel Lou Wei losing, then he would’ve fought with all his might, even risking his life. Even if he fell, it would be with near-certain fatal injuries.

A Super S-rank Esper wouldn’t just pass out for no reason.

If he were to lose consciousness, it would only be in complete death.

As a Super S-rank Esper himself, parallel Fu Qi could also achieve that.

But after being knocked unconscious by a casual hit from Ye Ge last time, he had started to doubt himself.

And this time, the opponent that put parallel Lou Wei into a coma wasn’t even Ye Ge.

“Hiss— could it be that I’ve unknowingly become stronger than Lou Wei?”

Parallel Fu Qi stared at the man lying motionless in bed and couldn’t help stroking his chin.

As soon as he spoke.

Parallel Lou Wei suddenly sat up like a corpse rising from the dead!

“I lost?”

He quickly looked around, saw parallel Fu Qi nearby, sensed his surroundings for a moment, and soon realized that he was inside Countermeasures Bureau headquarters.

Logically, he should have woken up on the island nation’s territory.

But now…

Parallel Lou Wei remained silent.

Parallel Fu Qi didn’t care about his mood.

“How does it feel to taste defeat?”

“The same as when you got swatted away like a fly.”

Parallel Fu Qi: “?”

You bastard!

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At least I wasn’t defeated by a “magical girl”!

But he also knew that this wasn’t the time to banter.

“How strong are those three Espers? Are they really related to Ye Ge?”

“We can now confirm that the silver-haired girl among them is the one witnesses saw Ye Ge holding hands with back then.

She calls herself Magical Girl Lullaby. Her two companions are Magical Girl Flower Leaf and Magical Girl Morning Star.”

Parallel Lou Wei didn’t have a mental breakdown from falling off his undefeated pedestal, nor was there any sign of his Dao heart shattering.

Compared to the responsibilities on his shoulders, this bitterness of defeat wasn’t much.

Parallel Fu Qi narrowed his eyes.

“She admitted it herself?”

“Quite readily.”

“Interesting.”

Parallel Fu Qi found this somewhat abstract.

Comparing their action styles made it clear.

Ye Ge was a pure ruthless bandit; doing whatever she wanted, never taking the Countermeasures Bureau seriously, and constantly breaking in and out of the Bureau.

As if the Bureau was her home, causing it to lose all face.

But at least they hadn’t ended up like the Yunited States’ Sentinel Organization.

As long as she didn’t kill anyone, such behavior was tolerable.

At least until the investigation progressed, they couldn’t act rashly.

But what about the girl who first appeared with Ye Ge?

She was a completely different story.

She directly debuted as a “magical girl” in the island nation, turning the place upside down.

Capitalist forces, big conglomerates, underground gangs… all of them had suffered devastating blows from them.

Like a champion of justice crushing evil forces.

At least from the Countermeasures Bureau’s perspective, she seemed quite agreeable.

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Was this really the same style?

“Can you sense exactly how strong they are? They’re not on Ye Ge’s level, are they?”

Parallel Fu Qi inquired.

Parallel Lou Wei looked thoughtful.

“They might possess a different power system altogether.”

Parallel Fu Qi: “Huh?”

Parallel Lou Wei: “Barring any surprises, they might actually be real magical girls.”

Parallel Fu Qi: “?”

Parallel Lou Wei: “They might not be using abilities, but a power called ‘magic.’”

Parallel Fu Qi: “What are you… saying?”

He felt utterly helpless.

He shouldn’t have dismissed the others just now. He should’ve had someone come and listen to Lou Wei’s earth-shattering conclusion.

Parallel Fu Qi’s pupils dilated.

“Lou Wei, your brain didn’t get damaged in the fight, did it? I understand every word you’re saying separately, but when put together, they make no sense at all!”

Parallel Lou Wei: “I’m not joking.”

“That’s even more terrifying!”

Damn it!

The Strongest of the Current Era has his Dao Heart shattered and gone insane!

Looks like I, the Strongest in History, might be forced to take over the throne!

Author Note

Finally, the rain has stopped; good weather is coming!

Text: You keep looking for me to play games

Do you have some deep-seated grudge against me?