Esper X Family – Chapter 722 – Ye Tong Teases Tu Sheng

Even now, no one could understand Ye Yao’s true background.

No one knew exactly what extent she could reach.

Even Tu Sheng, the Prophet who had originally seemed omniscient, was completely bewildered in the face of the surging mysteries.

“How did things turn out like this?”

Tu Sheng felt more depressed than ever before.

Perhaps even the experience of her ability shattering and her eyes going blind hadn’t made her as uncomfortable as her current situation.

Setting aside why such a wonderful beginning had suddenly gone berserk for no apparent reason, just being unable to personally witness the series of astonishing scenes that followed made her feel as if she had lost a fortune.

According to her original plan, the plot should have advanced steadily. Even if there were signs of losing control, it wouldn’t have suddenly gone berserk like a drastic change in art style.

Tu Sheng believed that something else beyond imagination must have influenced the direction of the story.

The biggest point of suspicion was where Ye Yao’s exaggerated power had come from.

She had sent the Countermeasure Bureau’s strongest combat force flying like a Dayun Truck, which was absurdly unreasonable.

Later, Lou Wei… no, it should be Lou Weiwei, shared the details of bringing Ye Yao out of the orphanage, and there didn’t seem to be anything particularly wrong with what she heard.

It was just that it deviated somewhat from the earlier investigation and observation results.

After returning home, Ye Yao’s words and behavior had also remained within a reasonable range.

It was only at night that the child completely stopped acting.

Tu Sheng sank into thought, constructing Lou Weiwei’s words into vivid images in her mind for careful analysis.

Although directly asking Ye Yao was the simplest method, no one dared to take the risk now.

Even the stubborn Lou Weiwei was walking on thin ice under the influence of some mysterious “system”.

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Indeed.

Lou Weiwei hadn’t hidden the system inside her body from the others.

After all, unlike a protagonist who started out as lowly as an ant at the beginning of a story, she had already stood in the sky from the very start. In addition, with her special position, there was no need to hide it at all.

Aside from not actively informing Ye Yao, only a few core personnel knew, and Tu Sheng was one of them.

Although it was unclear whether Ye Yao knew, this involved her privacy after all. To prevent her from flying into a rage out of humiliation, it was better to be safe.

Even if Ye Yao already knew, not exposing it might carry another deeper meaning.

That was somewhat intriguing.

These past few days, Tu Sheng’s brain had been running at high speed, doing her utmost to think through several questions.

For example, why had Ye Yao known so much confidential information from the very beginning?

Why did her attitude toward Xiao Jing and the others seem so natural?

More importantly, she had even made several “friends” of extraordinary status at an astonishing speed!

This degree of familiarity and speed was as if she had personally experienced it all before.

A large amount of information flashed through Tu Sheng’s mind. In addition, her knowledge was broader than that of ordinary people, and a word slowly surfaced in her heart.

“Time and space?”

As soon as the words left her mouth, the sound of subtle footsteps reached Tu Sheng’s ears.

Tap—

The footsteps were somewhat abrupt, and they didn’t sound like those of the assistant who took care of her daily life. It was as if they had suddenly appeared nearby.

One had to know that this was the headquarters of the Countermeasure Bureau. In theory, it was impossible for a malicious person to approach.

“Who is it?”

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Tu Sheng’s tone was very calm. She had long developed a mentality as steady as Mount Tai.

The other party didn’t seem to have any intention of playing hide-and-seek either.

“Who is it? You can take a guess~”

The voice clearly belonged to a young girl. Her tone was lively, and her voice was as beautiful as heavenly music, giving the feeling of a little witch of mixed angel and demon blood teasing her companion.

Tu Sheng matched the voice with the people in her memory and concluded that it was someone she didn’t know.

So, she left everything to intuition.

“Is it Ye Yao?”

“Wrong guess. My name is Ye Tong.”

The silver-haired girl sat on the other side of the sofa. She was precisely the mysterious world-destroying woman who had appeared in the form of a “young girl”.

She had met the people she needed to meet these past few days, but she hadn’t come to see Tu Sheng. Thus, she had arrived late.

Yet she didn’t want to meet in such an ordinary way, so she could only appear in her young girl form.

By now, there was no longer any meaning in using a disguise in front of others. It was better to use it to test how the omniscient “Prophet” would react.

Then, Ye Tong glanced at Tu Sheng. Naturally, she had heard the murmur Tu Sheng had unconsciously let out earlier.

To have already reached the keyword so quickly, worthy of the god of intelligence gathering. Even in a retired state, she was extremely sensitive.

Give her a little more time, and she would probably guess most of it.

After all, Ye Yao hadn’t deliberately concealed things either.

“Ye Tong? What is your relationship with Ye Yao?”

“If I said I am her evil side, would you believe me? Like the Tiger Talisman ¹ One of the twelve magical talismans from Jackie Chan Adventures. This talisman’s ability is to split the user into yin and yang halves. The dark half isn’t necessarily evil, as it displays aggression and self-interest, but also determination and courage. Meanwhile, the light half displays honesty, kindness, and such, but is hesitant and lacks confidence. splitting one into two individuals, I am probably the worst side.”

Ye Tong spouted nonsense with a completely serious face.

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“Just soothing that little lazy cat Ye Yao is not enough to save the world. I also have the power to destroy the world, and I am even more dangerous than Ye Yao!”

“I see.”

Tu Sheng nodded seriously.

Although her emotions couldn’t be seen from her eyes, she inexplicably gave off the feeling of taking it to heart.

But Ye Tong could tell that she completely didn’t treat her as a dangerous person, and wasn’t scared at all.

Not only was she not worried about her own situation, she had even begun thinking about the purpose of the visitor.

Ye Tong was almost angered into laughing.

She really wanted to get serious and frighten this girl who remained calm in the face of shock.

But Ye Tong’s underlying logic destined her to be unable to bear being that excessive.

There was no way around it.

Even if a good person was split by the Tiger Talisman into yin and yang halves, the side belonging to yin wasn’t necessarily a bad person.

Even so, Ye Tong still had to try to make Tu Sheng lose her composure, before she could react!

The girl launched forward like a fierce tiger descending the mountain, and pinned Tu Sheng onto the sofa in one move. The sudden contact indeed caught Tu Sheng somewhat off guard.

Her heartbeat almost stopped.

“Hehe~ Do you still think I’m not dangerous now?”

Ye Yao felt Tu Sheng’s somewhat quickened heartbeat and revealed a satisfied smile.

It was like a horror game suddenly throwing a face jump scare at someone. What she wanted was exactly this kind of unpreparedness.

Although it was very cliché, it had the advantage of being effective!

“You…”

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Tu Sheng’s mind was in chaos. Her face felt Ye Tong’s breath, and she simply couldn’t maintain a normal state of thought.

But very quickly, she adjusted her state a little.

“You can read minds?”

“Guess~ If you guess wrong, I am going to top you to death.”

Ye Tong wouldn’t let slip this opportunity to tease Tu Sheng.

The positions of attack and defense had reversed!

Having the initiative in hand is awesome!

This is how a second playthrough should be played!

Tu Sheng was immediately choked into a few coughs by Ye Tong’s fierce words, and for a moment she was somewhat shocked.

Who taught her this? The influence on children is truly immeasurable!

Tu Sheng gave up struggling, or perhaps she had never struggled in the first place.

“Since you don’t dislike me, you can do as you please.”

This time, Ye Tong fell silent instead.

“I remember that with Fu Qiqi and Lou Weiwei’s current abilities, they should already be able to handle the problems with your body. Why not let them treat you?”

Tu Sheng didn’t answer this question. Instead, she retorted as if courting death:

“Changing the subject?”

“Huh?”

Author Note

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