Esper X Family – Chapter 546 – Who Are They Trying to Fool?

As it turned out.

Having completed the first playthrough, Ye Yao’s approach to the second playthrough was nothing short of a dimensionality reduction strike.

The power and methods she displayed were as incomprehensible as those of an Eldritch God ¹ 克苏鲁kesulu Cthulhu in raws but it’s the CN blanket term for all things eldritch. .

Even Lou Wei, the parallel version who had never met his match, was nearly fooled.

The aftereffects of the older Luo Jianhua’s “recognition inhibition magic” were still too strong.

A moment later, Lou Wei finally withdrew his earlier conclusion.

Seeing him fall back into contemplation, Fu Qi shelved his plan to have someone check his brain.

“If your brain breaks, who’s going to hold up the sky when it falls? Stop saying such frightening things.”

“Heh.”

Lou Wei showed not a trace of regret for uttering such an earth-shattering statement.

He had always been able to easily accept his own shortcomings.

Fu Qi let out a soft sigh.

“Let’s summarize the intelligence you’ve brought back.”

He didn’t plan to call a high-level meeting just yet.

As the saying goes: trivial matters require big meetings; major matters require small meetings.

It was more appropriate for the two of them to discuss this for a while first.

“Setting aside the girl who calls herself Lullaby for now, her two companions are highly suspicious.

Unlike Ye Ge and Lullaby, who appeared out of nowhere with no background information, the two girls calling themselves ‘Flower Leaf’ and ‘Morning Star’ definitely have clear social identities.”

Fu Qi speculated.

“First of all, we can rule out them being from the island nation.”

According to Lou Wei’s account, the two girls spoke fluent Dragon Country language without any accent.

Although the “recognition inhibition magic” prevented him from picking up too many details, he could still vaguely sense a feeling of familiarity.

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Lou Wei went even further, directly naming the suspects and eliminating the need for guesswork.

“Luo Jianhua and Mo Qiuli.”

Fu Qi chuckled softly.

“Heh, you’re right. There’s not much to guess. Lullaby admitted to having a relationship with Ye Ge, and Ye Ge took Luo Jianhua away from headquarters. The first city the two of them appeared in was Mo Qiuli’s address…”

Digging deeper into these points would always unearth many details.

The magical girl who called herself Flower Leaf had the word “Flower (花huā)” from Luo Jianhua’s name and the “Leaf” from “Eyes Obscured by a Single Leaf”. It was almost a direct admission.

And the magical girl calling herself Morning Star…

If Fu Qi hadn’t read Mo Qiuli’s file and didn’t know that she had once called herself “Magical Girl Mercury,” he probably wouldn’t have made the connection.

Aren’t “Morning Star” and “Mercury” the same thing?

Who are they trying to fool?

Even with homophones, the most suspicious person, Mo Qiuli, would come to mind immediately.

The anti-tracking measures were a joke.

“Sigh, it’d be one thing if they really had that kind of global recognition inhibition magic. But they don’t. I feel like my intelligence is being insulted.”

Fu Qi’s head was starting to ache.

Lou Wei glanced at him.

“You could try going to them and pointing this out. Maybe it really could affect the whole world.”

“…No way, right?”

Fu Qi swallowed hard, hardly daring to believe Lou Wei’s words.

It would be over if they possessed such earth-shattering power.

But what if they really have the power to easily change the world?

What would be the difference between that and a legendary god?

Could the ability power system really reach such an upper limit?

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“Now we need to discuss why Luo Jianhua and Mo Qiuli have S-rank strength, despite their physiques and mental power being severely mismatched.

I suspect the abnormality I experienced on the mental level was the effect of Luo Jianhua’s ‘Eyes Obscured by a Single Leaf’ ability.

Logically, she shouldn’t have been able to affect me unless she had mental power exceeding a hundred thousand.”

In response, Fu Qi’s brow wasn’t as tightly furrowed.

“If there’s anything we can’t understand, we can just attribute it to Lullaby.

Like Ye Ge, she is an absolute unknown. The changes in Luo Jianhua and Mo Qiuli can only be attributed to her.”

He actually didn’t doubt Luo Jianhua’s loyalty to the national organization.

As for why she would be fooling around with Lullaby, she probably felt that resistance was futile and could only comply.

If Lullaby intended to cause trouble for the Countermeasures Bureau, Luo Jianhua would surely rather die than obey.

“Right now, Luo Jianhua’s whereabouts are unknown. Only Mo Qiuli is available for further contact. She has a family she can’t separate from.”

Fu Qi had only sent people to investigate that young girl yesterday. He never expected to receive such shocking news today.

This meant that Mo Qiuli had used some means to evade the investigation.

If there were no surprises, it was probably Lullaby’s doing again.

Fu Qi abandoned the idea of taking drastic action for the time being.

“Let’s wait and see. Lullaby might be different from Ye Ge. If she truly considers Luo Jianhua and Mo Qiuli her friends, that might actually be a good thing for us.”

“Hm.” Lou Wei didn’t feel like offering many suggestions.

Since Fu Qi thought there was no problem, he would just follow his lead.

After all, Fu Qi was the director of the Countermeasures Bureau.

The two of them didn’t make this news public. Even internationally, they admitted the result of Lou Wei’s defeat.

Now, the island nation’s political circles were once again in despair.

What kind of joke was this?

Even the Dragon Country’s “international support” had failed.

Who could stop those three rampaging “magical girls”?

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The island nation’s higher-ups wanted to send someone to negotiate.

But unsurprisingly, they were brushed aside effortlessly. There was no intention of negotiating at all. They were completely immersed in their activity of “fighting against evil”.

Money? Not important.

Authority? Also not important.

Sending the wicked who abused money and power to hell was very important to the Magical Girl Alliance!

The three of them spent an entire morning in the island nation, mowing down enemies like cutting grass before quietly returning to the Dragon Country.

Inside the painting scroll.

Having released her transformation, the older Mo Qiuli threw herself into Ye Yao’s arms like a girl snuggling up to a loli mama.

“Ye Yao, I’m so happy today too! The Magical Girl Alliance is the best! We have to form the Magical Girl Alliance forever, okay~”

The older Luo Jianhua: “Do I have to be in it forever too…?”

“Yes! Little Luo can’t be absent either!”

The older Mo Qiuli was radiant with joy.

Her now nourished dreams made her happier than words could describe.

She no longer had to envy the magical girls in films and TV shows.

She had already woken up.

It turned out that the magical girl was right beside her all along!

Ye Yao is the goddess of magical girls!

“Alright, alright, stop rubbing against me. Go get some rest.”

“Mm-hmm, see you tomorrow~”

As the older Mo Qiuli obediently left.

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The older Luo Jianhua, who had been standing by, finally spoke up.

“Sister, won’t our identities really be exposed? He is the Strongest of the Current Era. Once he comes to his senses, he should be able to guess some things, right?”

“Hmm, Little Luo, can you single-handedly plunge the entire world into an illusion? I mean that kind of ‘recognition inhibition magic’ that can affect all of humanity.”

“Sister, are you joking?”

“Actually, if I get serious, I think I could help you do it.”

“Uh… this…?”

Once again, the older Luo Jianhua was deeply awed by Ye Yao’s omnipotence.

Was such a divine miracle really achievable?

“Hmm? Did you forget about how I ushered in a new era in the other parallel world? I told you about that, didn’t I?”

“Then… should we do it? I can help Sister.”

What the older Luo Jianhua was referring to was, naturally, using the mechanism of “Eyes Obscured by a Single Leaf” to alter the perception of the Countermeasures Bureau.

Even powerful beings like parallel Fu Qi and parallel Lou Wei could be deeply influenced.

Ye Yao shook her head.

“Of course not. Let’s see what decision they make instead.”

In other words, continuing to hide was pointless.

That was a loser’s mentality!

If you’ve already started the second playthrough and you still don’t speedrun it, what kind of gaming expert are you?

The real show had only begun.

Author Note

So everyone’s been taking exams lately? Come to think of it, the middle school and college entrance exams seem to be just around the corner.

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