Esper X Family – Chapter 674 – Heart-to-Heart Talk, Mutual Understanding

What does it mean to lure all Vengeful Spirits to Bluestar all at once?

What kind of hellish picture was that!

Just imagining it made Lou Wei’s body tremble, his face filled with dread.

“Isn’t that a bit too extreme?”

Based on the available information, the Vengeful Spirits are the restless souls of a civilization, and moreover, proof that Xing Lan had once destroyed worlds.

Furthermore, they have extreme mental power damage reduction, very tanky while also dealing high damage.

Under normal circumstances, taking down even one is a huge struggle.

Even if Lou Wei activated his Solar Flare Form, he could still be oneshotted by a more powerful Vengeful Spirit.

After all, Vengeful Spirits also have varying levels of strength.

A higher civilization like the Watcher Civilization, if transformed into a Vengeful Spirit, could probably become an emperor.

Even with a specialized counter skill like “Ruler Form”, it might not be able to compete in terms of numbers.

Yet, Ye Yao planned to pull all of them over in one go. If it really turned into a massive team fight, the adverse effects would probably be even worse than the original Bluestar Defense Battle.

Ye Yao saw through Lou Wei’s thoughts and was momentarily speechless.

“Father, have you forgotten about me? And even if I’m not enough, there’s still Ye Tong and Ye Ge.”

Only then did Lou Wei snap out of it.

He had been in the pressure-resisting position for so long that he’d subconsciously pushed himself forward to take the pressure again.

Only after snapping back did he recall that there were others truly capable of shouldering the pressure.

Perhaps no one could handle pressure better than Ye Ge.

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Or rather, no one was even qualified to make her feel pressured.

Everything could be settled with just a glance.

Ye Ge’s combat power was simply too overpowered.

Lou Wei was just about to relax when Ye Yao added another line.

“Actually, I, Ye Tong, Ye Ge, and Xing Lan won’t go all out. The real main force should be you, Father, and the others.”

Lou Wei couldn’t help but ask: “Is there some deeper meaning to this?”

“The deeper meaning is that this way, it’ll be easier for me to advance to S-rank. If I do it myself, there’s a high chance that I’ll get minimal benefits.”

Ye Yao’s tone remained serious, with no hint of joking.

Lou Wei could tell that the girl before him wasn’t Ye Tong in disguise either.

Everything Ye Yao said was the truth.

“You want the entire Countermeasure Bureau to join the fight?”

“Hmm? Not that many. Just you, Father, Uncle, Aunt, and Uncle-in-law, and the others as the main combatants. I want you all to fight to protect me.”

By now, Ye Yao no longer had any intention of hiding her thoughts.

Whether it was putting on a show for the system or exploiting loopholes.

Ye Yao wanted to respond to their expectations as soon as possible and finally let their anxious hearts settle.

Advancing to S-rank was necessary.

After all, these adults had chosen to tolerate her boundlessly because they believed that she could break the deadlock and prevent human civilization from turning into a Vengeful Spirit.

If she still didn’t show results, Ye Yao would only feel more and more uncomfortable.

She had set up elaborate schemes for them before to earn attribute points, and now, it was time to deliver the results.

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Ye Yao stared at Lou Wei and smiled faintly.

“Besides, I won’t put you in danger. Although I can’t go all out, I can give you enough power. This time, let me protect you. You can also use my power to protect me under the enemies’ threat.”

Lou Wei gradually understood everything, digested the information in his mind, and finally nodded seriously.

“When do we set off? I’ll tell the others to prepare.”

Ye Yao flashed her white teeth: “Wait for the notification~”

The breath Lou Wei had just held in his chest sank again.

It seemed that Ye Yao had no meticulous plan whatsoever, just acting on a whim.

There was no helping it.

“I’ll notify Fu Qi and the others first. Just say the word when you’re ready.”

“Mm-hmm!”

Ye Yao nodded cheerfully.

Actually, it wasn’t just the Countermeasure Bureau. Ye Yao would also inform Sequence Zero in advance.

This was a major family event; she had to gather all the Found Families together and then fiercely smash the army of Vengeful Spirits.

Ye Yao even planned to bring over the parallel world family to join the team fight. They could go back after the battle, and she would squeeze as many attribute points as possible.

This round would definitely strip the system bare.

Seeing that the topic had come to an end and Lou Wei was about to leave to get into work mode,

Ye Yao called out to him before he left.

“Father, I might have hidden a lot from you, and I might have done many things that made your blood pressure spike. Am I a troublesome child?”

This time, Ye Yao wasn’t putting pressure on Lou Wei, nor was she setting up a scheme. It was just a heartfelt question.

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To be precise, it should be called a heart-to-heart talk.

Although they were father and daughter, they had never really had one before, and their usual dynamic was more like playing house.

After gaining enough sense of security, Ye Yao had asked this on a whim.

To some extent, she was also acknowledging that she had pretended to be pure and obedient in the early days of their relationship.

With Lou Wei’s intelligence, just a little hint would let him guess many things.

Lou Wei gave Ye Yao a deep look, his emotions stirring slightly, as if finally feeling trusted.

After all, earlier on, there had been a cryptic note in Ye Yao’s phone.

【My dad isn’t human. He’s a Dayun truck.】

It was only later that he gradually understood the meaning behind those words, though he had never dug deeper.

Fu Qi had probably sensed it too, but they had tacitly chosen not to point it out, or perhaps had simply put it aside.

“In my eyes, you’re just a child, and I’m a mature adult. Taking care of you, accepting you, and guiding you is my responsibility. You haven’t gone astray, you haven’t hurt the innocent, and you’ve become the only hope to save the world. The fact that you’ve kept a kind heart is already the greatest comfort to me.”

Since Ye Yao had chosen to open up, Lou Wei naturally had to take it seriously.

“Besides, I’m your father, and you’re my daughter. Since I can’t give you the same parental love as Xiao Jing does, a little hardship means nothing to me.”

Immaturity, willfulness, mischief; these were all trivial flaws in Ye Yao.

Being able to turn the once-urgent situation into today’s hopeful scene, no matter what Ye Yao had hidden before, she was still a “little angel” to Lou Wei.

He had only been a pressure resistant king for a while.

If that could help Ye Yao, it was hardly any suffering at all.

Lou Wei’s temperament from his younger days hadn’t been polished for nothing.

In terms of results, he was more than satisfied.

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Ye Yao hummed thoughtfully: “Is that so…? Thank you for your hard work, Father. I feel very relaxed right now.”

“Mm, me too.”

“Take care~”

With Ye Yao’s farewell, Lou Wei finally stepped out of the house and prepared to find the others to discuss plans for fighting the Vengeful Spirit legion.

Watching Lou Wei leave, Ye Yao hugged Xing Lan and lay down on the sofa, letting out a breath.

“Phew~ In the end, he still didn’t directly answer whether I’m troublesome or not, did he? A Dayun Truck avoiding crashes! He really learned a thing or two from Uncle.”

But Ye Yao was self-aware enough to know that she wasn’t exactly easy to handle anyway.

It was all just brute-force stats and modeling to suppress everything.

【First heart-to-heart talk with father. Familial love value significantly increased. Reward: 30 attribute points.】

“Even this gets a reward? That’s crazy~”

Just then, Luo Jianhua’s face popped into Ye Yao’s field of view.

“Sister, about what you said earlier… Should I join the fight too?”

“Of course~ Don’t worry, I’ll give all of you full escort!”

How could the final battle happen without the Magical Girl Alliance?

Author Note

Gwah! Come back, my Stronghold Protocol!