Esper X Family – Chapter 640 – Please Act Quickly!

Black Haze prepared to return to the painting world via the same route, but she noticed that Silver Frost wasn’t following.

She stopped involuntarily, a flicker of disappointment passing through her eyes.

“Not following? Silver Frost, your observation skills are lacking.”

She had deliberately shown such an obvious opening precisely to let Silver Frost notice that something was wrong and stop her from carrying out the next step.

There was finally a break in the Deputy Commander’s surveillance, yet Silver Frost failed to seize it.

If the fleet later repaired the communication link and Gray Marsh found out that the mission had failed, Black Haze could at least use the excuse that Silver Frost had tried her best to stop her.

That would buy her time to repay Gray Marsh’s favor in the future.

But if Silver Frost didn’t interfere, Black Haze would have to follow the original plan and likely do something against her own conscience.

Ye Yao was wonderful. She gave off a warm feeling.

Even Black Haze, who had long been disheartened, found herself a little captivated by her care.

And precisely because of that, Black Haze didn’t want to hurt her, and even less did she want her to fall into Gray Marsh’s hands.

In the original plan, Gray Marsh wanted Black Haze to find an opportunity to assassinate a few of Ye Yao’s closest friends, then frame White Comet’s people for it.

That would force the space fleet to step in.

Then, Black Haze could leverage the relationship she had built with Ye Yao over this period to recommend Gray Marsh as the representative.

As long as Gray Marsh seized the initiative and pointed out White Comet’s radical idea of “eliminating all threats at any cost”, and then used the trust Black Haze had accumulated to advocate for “peaceful coexistence”, Ye Yao would fall into his grasp sooner or later.

That was probably the mission Gray Marsh had given her. Once again, it was still dirty and shameless tactics.

Stopping at nothing to achieve his ambitions.

Even targeting the innocent girls around Ye Yao.

And Black Haze had no choice but to be the executor.

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Not only that, but the other Observers under Gray Marsh would also look for opportunities, or even push Black Haze to act.

The only one who could legitimately intervene was Silver Frost, who was under White Comet.

Too bad she was so oblivious.

She didn’t even notice this anomaly.

“Silver Frost… please notice it soon, and come stop me…”

Black Haze returned to the painting world, clearly in low spirits.

Mo Qiuli and the others seemed to have settled down, temporarily done fussing over the magical girl TV show.

Only Ye Yao was still outside, happily playing with a plump little bird.

Ye Yao saw Black Haze return and asked, “Where’s Silver Frost? Didn’t she come back with you?”

“No idea. Probably has something to do.”

Black Haze couldn’t be bothered with that idiot anymore.

As a trusted aide to Commander White Comet, she was a bit unqualified, and she was supposedly Black Haze’s equal.

Black Haze cursed her harshly in her mind, venting her resentment.

All she had to do was put in a little effort, and she could have stopped the coming tragedy. Instead, she only ended up messing things halfway.

“Where are Little Luo and the others?”

“Ah, they’ve already left. All gone outside.”

“This…”

Black Haze hesitated.

Outside, Gray Marsh’s trusted subordinates were lying in wait, ready to strike at Luo Jianhua and the others at any moment.

If it really came to that, there would be no turning back.

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At least staying inside the painting world would be safer.

Of course, here, Black Haze also had the possibility of making a move.

Compared to the other Observers, she, an experienced executioner, was clearly more dangerous.

“Black Haze, you look troubled. Is your ‘family’ putting pressure on you again? Speak up! You’re my friend, and it’s my duty to help my friends out of trouble!”

Ye Yao put on a kind-hearted look.

Black Haze visibly hesitated, then finally shook her head.

“No, actually… I feel like I haven’t really blended in with everyone yet, and it’s making me a little anxious. If possible, I’d like to spend more time with all of you, to get to know you better.”

【Black Haze’s subconscious does not want you or your friends to be harmed, so she wants to keep everyone frequently within her sight, to warn other Observers not to make unnecessary moves.】

I see… so she’s using the excuse of “catching everyone in one net” to protect them and keep other Observers from finding an opening?

Black Haze, the real you is so adorable. That despicable ambitious man doesn’t deserve a subordinate like you.

Send him to sit with the interstellar stray dog!

Ye Yao had already decided Gray Marsh’s fate in her mind.

“I see. So, to build better ties with everyone, you want to organize a group activity, like eating together, sleeping together, and playing together, right?”

“R-Right? …Right…”

Black Haze nodded hesitantly.

As long as she could gather the people Ye Yao cared about around her to protect them— No, wait, it should be to catch them all in one net… that should be about the same thing.

As for the others who could protect themselves, they probably didn’t need to worry too much.

Ye Yao almost wanted to laugh out loud when she realized Black Haze’s thoughts.

That would be a bit disrespectful to the Found Family System’s escort service.

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If they wanted Ye Yao to go all out in Family Hero mode again, they could just say so. While she was at it, she might as well give the Watcher Civilization a good thrashing.

No more relying on that so-called “Evolutionary Divine Machine” and its projections to spin all kinds of fantasies.

Ye Yao didn’t even have any intentions to destroy the world, and yet the expeditionary fleet had already shown up at her doorstep.

Grandma’s soup, do they really want a taste of Brother ¹ 鸽鸽gege means pigeon pigeon, but is actually a pun on 哥哥 (big brother). It’s often used by fans of male idols. Ye’s iron fist?

For now, Ye Yao didn’t expose Black Haze’s inner conflict.

Some things, she had to figure out on her own.

“Of course. Come to think of it, ever since I became your friend, I still haven’t made you smile with ease. I’m such a failure as a friend. I’ll have to work even harder to make you genuinely laugh!”

Ye Yao stepped forward and took Black Haze’s hands.

Warm as snow, her gesture and words once again shook Black Haze’s heart violently.

Almost tearing apart the haze she used to cover her true self.

Someone as hypocritical as her, did she really deserve such sincere feelings?

【Black Haze begins to doubt herself.】

Ye Yao blinked.

It’s okay. She wasn’t that sincere either. Once they were both honest with each other, Black Haze would know just how mortifying it could be.

【Black Haze doesn’t intend to hesitate for long. Tonight, she will make her final choice: betrayal or defection, all will be decided in a single thought.】

Tonight, huh?

Ye Yao now understood Black Haze’s intentions.

It wasn’t too long. She could wait.

She could have Ye Ge appear before Black Haze a little later.

For now, let’s check on our freshly captured No. 1 alien loli spy – Silver Frost.

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At the same time.

Inside a small painting world that neither the satellites nor the S-rank experts could find, this was where Silver Frost was.

Ye Ge had wasted no time dragging Silver Frost into this private space, seemingly determined to satisfy Silver Frost’s request and deal with her in secret.

In these final moments, Silver Frost couldn’t help but ask the most pressing question.

“So… you’ve already discovered the fleet in space, didn’t you?”

“Mm.”

“And… the communication channel between the fleet and us, did you cut it off?”

“Mm.”

Hearing those two calm replies, Silver Frost knew that it was all over.

Commander White Comet was dead!

This expedition had ended in failure!

The strongest firepower of the entire Watcher Civilization couldn’t overcome its opponent, no matter how hard it tried!

At this moment, Silver Frost’s heart became eerily calm.

Author Note

Hmm, this book seems to be promoted on other platforms. It feels like it’s suddenly gained a lot of new readers. It’s like it’s experiencing a second spring in the later years. However, I’ve already become a salted fish.

Translator Note

It’s probably because exams are over and it’s summer vacation season.