Esper X Family – Chapter 80 – Classic Villain Logic!

Ye Yao eventually chose the room next to Wu Mi’s.

She even locked the door before going to bed to prevent Xia Lian from sneaking in.

Although this was a bit like burying her head in the sand. It was naturally unable to stop an A-rank Esper.

But, Xia Lian probably wouldn’t break the lock, right?

After doing all this, Ye Yao fell asleep contentedly.

This marked her first night staying at Sequence Zero’s secret base.

The next morning.

Ye Yao woke up in Mo Qiuli’s room.

Turning her head, she found a certain black-haired loli clinging to her like an octopus.

Luo Jianhua’s sleeping posture wasn’t that “free”.

Without a doubt, it was Mo Qiuli.

“?”

A question mark popped up above Ye Yao’s head.

She glanced at where she was sleeping.

She was indeed sleeping on the floor bed.

Last night, Mo Qiuli should have been sleeping on the bed.

So, why was she here now?

At this moment, Luo Jianhua, who was also sleeping close to Ye Yao, slowly opened her eyes.

Seeing the white-haired girl awake beside her, she smiled and greeted her.

“Good morning, Sister. You woke up early today. That’s impressive.”

“Mm, morning. I’m just curious, why is this black-haired octopus clinging to me?”

Ye Yao was puzzled.

Luo Jianhua stared at Mo Qiuli, who was tightly hugging Ye Yao, with a somewhat helpless expression.

“Last night, Little Mo was sleeping soundly on the bed, but she somehow rolled down in the middle of the night and ended up sleeping next to you.”

“Might as well have slept on the bed from the start. It would’ve been more comfortable that way.”

Ye Yao muttered, then shook Mo Qiuli awake.

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“Wake up, sleepyhead.”

Mo Qiuli soon let out a groggy voice.

“A-Almost there. This is the final battle for all magical girls… We can’t lose…”

She’s still talking in her sleep!

Ye Yao pinched Mo Qiuli’s cheek, showing no mercy at all.

“Stop sleeping. I need to ask you something.”

Mo Qiuli opened her eyes, her tone filled with regret.

“My beautiful dream…”

Then, seeing Ye Yao beside her, she quickly let go.

“I-I’m sorry! I’m quite restless when I sleep. Did I disturb you?”

“Not at all.”

Ye Yao thought that she had slept quite soundly last night.

She hadn’t been disturbed at all.

It must be her innate talent for sleeping.

Ye Yao straightened her pajamas and asked, “What happened after last night? How did you deal with the Countermeasures Bureau?”

“Well, I just told them what happened. I definitely didn’t expose you or Little Luo. I just said I encountered the bad guys alone.”

Mo Qiuli recalled yesterday’s events.

Her expression was somewhat downcast.

As expected, she was scolded by the adults at the Countermeasures Bureau after explaining the situation.

After all, magical girl activities were inherently against the rules.

It was only natural that Mo Qiuli was reprimanded after running into trouble.

She was like a soft cotton ball, meekly accepting when kicked.

Being scolded wasn’t still fine.

Mo Qiuli was the epitome of “knowing mistakes but not correcting them”.

After learning about the details, the adults told her to head back and wait for further investigation.

It seemed like she would be “grounded” again.

“Huh~ So you didn’t expose us. That’s great.”

Ye Yao said flatly.

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The Dayun Truck had seen everything from above.

How could they not know?

They were just playing along.

The question was whether Lou Wei had dismembered that bad guy right away.

Hopefully not.

At least, Lou Wei should have extracted some information before running him over.

She would find out when she heads back.

The morning passed quickly.

Ye Yao and Luo Jianhua had breakfast at Mo Qiuli’s house.

The food was delicious.

Auntie was a very capable mother.

Compared to Wu Mi’s mother, she was worlds apart.

Afterward, Ye Yao and Luo Jianhua returned to the neighborhood.

Mo Qiuli didn’t follow them.

According to her, she needed to provide more details to the Countermeasures Bureau.

In any case, she probably wouldn’t be able to visit today.

Back in the living room, Ye Yao noticed that her stern father was still sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper.

He must have just flown in from the balcony.

The thought that Lou Wei had pretended to pick up the newspaper the moment she stepped into the house made Ye Yao stifle a laugh.

It seemed that the distance between them wasn’t so great anymore.

“We’re back.”

Xiao Jing came forward and patted the two girls’ heads.

“Have you had breakfast?”

“Mn, we ate over there.”

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Ye Yao looked around and asked curiously, “Did Uncle and Auntie leave yet?”

“Not yet. They said they’ll leave at noon today. They’ll come by to say goodbye later.”

The two of them had worked in vain.

After keeping watch all night, nothing had happened.

Fang Ze and Cheng Muxue had drunk the northwest wind ¹ Idiom for poverty, or suffering from cold and hunger. all night.

At least Lou Wei had caught a clown.

He had definitely come out on top.

“Sit down and rest for now. I’ll get you some water. You must be tired from the journey.”

Xiao Jing’s gentle voice reached Ye Yao’s ears.

In her mind, Ye Yao once again compared Wu Mi’s mother to Xiao Jing.

How could the gap between people be so vast?

Then, Ye Yao pulled Luo Jianhua to sit on the sofa, not immediately returning to her room.

Otherwise, how could she subtly extract information from Lou Wei?

First, she needed to find out what had happened with that clown last night.

Hopefully, the Dayun Truck had squeezed every bit of value out of him before running him over.

【Lou Wei is pondering last night’s incident. According to the Countermeasures Bureau’s interrogation, the individual belongs to an organization composed of Sequence Espers, seeking the black mist Esper for recruitment or elimination.】

【However, the individual was not a core member and didn’t know the actual hiding spots, making it impossible to raid their base.】

【This reassured Lou Wei, as yesterday’s incident wasn’t targeted at Ye Yao but was merely a coincidence.】

Ye Yao was speechless.

No.

Was it really unrelated to her?

Yes, but also no.

That guy had unintentionally stumbled upon her.

But what surprised Ye Yao was that the organization wasn’t seeking her out to avenge Flame Demon?

They actually had recruitment in mind? That was quite mysterious.

As for the ‘elimination’ option…

Classic villain logic!

What era are they living in?

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They actually sent an ordinary A-rank Esper to eliminate her.

Just because she had only displayed less than A-rank mental power at the time?

No way.

She absolutely had to settle the score.

Hopefully, Mu Luo would return with some information about them.

Maybe she could turn the tables then.

Ye Yao secretly made up her mind.

At this moment, footsteps sounded at the door.

“Ye Yao, we’re about to leave. We came to see you before we go.”

Ye Yao turned her head to look.

It was Cheng Muxue and Fang Ze.

These two S-rank unlucky souls!

Standing guard for several nights with nothing happening was truly something.

Then, Ye Yao remembered something.

She hadn’t harvested attribute points from Uncle and Auntie yet.

Fang Ze was a bit tricky.

He had only come to play the role of an uncle, and there had been little interaction with her. He was entirely focused on his career.

The system hadn’t even found any attribute point tasks from him.

As for Cheng Muxue, it was easier.

Learning a small secret through heart-to-heart communication?

Ye Yao already had an idea in mind.

Author Note

Unfortunately, weekends are short, and so is happiness. When will the next long holiday come? Seems like all official holidays for this year are over.

(sad)

And so, in this rare lively holiday, I’d like to ask for a wave of free gifts to feed me~ Thank you everyone!

Text: Shitsureisimashita ² Japanese, roughly means ‘excuse me!’. !