Esper X Family – Chapter 74 – How Dare He?

Ye Yao was utterly stunned.

What kind of development is this?

An unknown faction is actually targeting Mercury to find the Black Mist Esper?

They even tried to recreate the scene of the Black Mist Esper’s appearance by attempting a “Magical Girl Defeat CG”.

What kind of thought process is this?

Ye Yao thought that she had already distanced herself from Mercury.

Even the Countermeasures Bureau hadn’t suspected her.

The thought processes of villains were truly bizarre.

The problem was that they actually guessed right!

Mercury really did know the Black Mist Esper.

“Entrapment?”

Mercury’s expression quickly calmed down.

If it was her usual self, she might not have been able to control her panic.

But now, she was a magical girl.

Behind her stood the people she needed to protect.

The Black Mist Esper the masked man mentioned was Ye Yao.

If he realized that his target was right behind her, Ye Yao’s life would definitely be in danger.

She absolutely couldn’t admit it.

“I don’t know the Black Mist Esper you’re talking about. Sorry to disappoint you, but I’m just an ordinary magical girl,” Mercury replied seriously.

“Even if you defeat me here, it won’t bring out the person you’re looking for.”

The masked man glanced at the two girls not far away.

Both were Espers, but their mental power fluctuations were very weak.

Except for the black-haired girl, who had mental power nearing B-rank.

The others were of no concern.

In any case, he had no intention of letting these three go.

Before setting up the entrapment, he had already scouted the surroundings.

There were no powerful Espers nearby.

Even if they made a commotion, he could wrap things up before the Countermeasures Bureau’s Espers arrived.

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“Whether it works or not, we’ll find out by trying. Eliminating the Countermeasures Bureau’s talent here isn’t a loss. It’ll save us trouble in the future.”

Ye Yao and Luo Jianhua ran to Mercury’s side.

Seeing this, the masked man laughed.

“Hahaha~ Not only did you not run, but you’re actually coming closer? Not that I’d let you escape anyway.”

But the next second.

The masked man’s smile froze.

The three before him instantly vanished into thin air.

Everything just now had been an illusion!

When did that happen!?

When the masked man spotted them again, Mercury had already flown several hundred meters away with the other two.

“…My【Eyes Obscured by a Single Leaf】can only trap him for a few seconds. It won’t last long,” Luo Jianhua said, her face somewhat pale.

The opponent’s mental power was too strong.

She had exerted all her strength just to control him for three seconds.

However, the fact that an Esper below B-rank could control an A-rank Esper for three seconds already spoke volumes about the strength of Luo Jianhua’s ability.

Although it might have been due to the element of surprise.

It still held significant weight.

There was a reason she was assessed as a Sequence Esper early on.

At the same time.

Mercury’s magic wand automatically shot out a beam of light into the sky.

It exploded in the air, forming a simple Mercury symbol ¹ Mercury’s symbol is ☿. Apparently they’re called planetary symbols and Earth’s symbol is 🜨, representing the four corners of the world. Anyway, Mercury’s symbol used to be a caduceus, but a ‘-’ was added later to make it a cross and Christianize the symbol. The same thing happened to Venus, whose current symbol is . The original symbol is ⚲, representing a bronze mirror. .

Without a doubt, this was a signal to the Countermeasures Bureau’s Espers.

Seeing this, the masked man was instantly furious.

He had actually been hard-CCed ² Crowd Control. Hard CC is stuff like stun or sleep that completely stops the target, while soft CC is stuff like slow or silence that partially limits the target. by a little girl!

If word got out that he let a D-rank and two C-rank Espers escape, where would his pride go?

Moreover, that strong C-rank black-haired girl had managed to hard-CC an A-rank Esper.

She was undoubtedly one of the Countermeasures Bureau’s top talents!

She might be the most valuable target among the three. He absolutely couldn’t let her go!

“Since you’re not cooperating, leave your lives here!”

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The masked man drew a short blade and instantly slashed out three cold lights.

Terrifying sounds of slicing air came from behind.

Mercury was momentarily unsettled.

“L-Lullaby! Quick, let him see the power of our bonds!”

“Don’t panic. He’s about to be hit by a Dayun Truck.”

Ye Yao had never lost her composure.

Even though she had been acting nervous and scared the whole time.

From the moment the masked man appeared, she had been holding back her laughter.

She had seen people courting death, but never someone so eager.

How dare he?

High above.

A sturdy figure stood among the clouds.

Lou Wei’s calm gaze was fixed on the aggressive masked man below. Not a trace of killing intent leaked out, as he already treated the other party as a dead man.

A vast amount of mental power had silently spread out.

Even the A-rank mental power of the masked man hadn’t detected it.

If he dared to make any drastic moves, he would instantly die without a sound.

Lou Wei didn’t act immediately.

Doing so would expose the fact that he was secretly protecting them.

It would also make Ye Yao suspicious.

Which was not conducive to future observations.

But now that Mo Qiuli had sent out a distress signal…

There was a reason to act immediately.

The cold lights about to hit the three girls instantly shattered.

Snap!

The masked man sensed that something was wrong and immediately chose to turn around and flee.

But he soon realized that he couldn’t control his body.

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“What…!?”

The masked man instantly stood straight.

Then, as if lifted by something, he shot into the air.

His speed was comparable to a rocket launch!

In her shock, Mercury noticed that the danger had passed.

“Huh? Where’s the bad guy? Why is he gone?”

“Did the power of Lullaby, Little Luo, and I create a miracle?”

Mercury quickly fell into her fantasies.

Ye Yao decisively interrupted her.

“Wake up. It’s probably the expert who responded to your distress signal.”

“Th-That fast?”

Mercury felt both relieved and disappointed.

This development wasn’t magical-girl-like at all.

Normally, it should have been the magical girl unleashing the power of wishes to crush the bad guy.

Reality was indeed too cruel.

“Anyway, take us back first. Otherwise, how will you explain our situation when the adults arrive?

If they find out that you put us in danger, you’ll definitely be punished.”

“No! I don’t want to be ‘grounded’ again. I’ll take you back right away!”

Mercury panicked and immediately sped up her flight.

She absolutely couldn’t let the Countermeasures Bureau’s adults find Ye Yao and Luo Jianhua.

Otherwise, it would be really hard to explain.

That would mean the end of their magical girl activities.

For Mercury, that would be absolute torture.

Equivalent to the end of her life!

Ye Yao secretly sighed in relief.

She could finally focus on Xia Lian’s side.

At the same time, she was puzzled.

Who exactly is that masked man?

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It sounded like there was an organization looking for her black mist Esper persona.

Sending an A-rank Esper to find her meant that the force behind him was definitely not simple.

She would have to ask Mu Luo to gather information later.

Ye Yao didn’t like being passive.

High above.

Lou Wei stared at the masked man as if he was already dead.

The next second, the mask shattered, revealing the man’s terror-stricken face.

The masked man was forced to become the unmasked man.

Lou Wei’s memory didn’t recognize the face.

Which meant that he wasn’t on the Sequence rankings.

“Name your organization.”

“L-Lou Wei! Why are you here!?”

That cold face was like a Demon God!

His heart nearly stopped.

This doesn’t make sense!

Absolutely no sense!

He had just come out to trap a magical girl.

How did he end up attracting this big boss?

The unmasked man’s mind went blank.

He suspected that he had been set up…

Author Note

I’ll be reducing the number of slice-of-life content from now on. Too much slice-of-life will be boring, so I’ll try to balance the action and slice-of-life. By the way, please generate power with love~

Text: Catty is tired

Will harass you again tomorrow