Esper X Family – Chapter 96 – The Dayun Truck’s Wrath is Terrifying!

【Lou Wei is reassessing your threat level.】

Ye Yao hadn’t expected her casual threat to actually trigger Lou Wei’s radar alert.

Originally, her plan was to enter a rebellious phase if there was an ambush.

Her personality would shift from the obedient daughter to the leaky little padded jacket ¹ Long story short, ‘little padded jacket’ is used as a metaphor for daughters because they bring emotional warmth to their parents, something that sons can’t do. Meanwhile, inconsiderate or uncaring daughters are often called leaky little padded jackets. Leaky as in, letting the cold wind leak in. .

She would go out and loaf around the streets all day.

Wherever there was a major incident, she would crash right into it.

Let those old geezers feel what it means to sweat bullets.

Wait .

Ye Yao suddenly realized.

Could it be that Lou Wei’s radar alert was triggered because of this?

That’s a bit hard to stomach.

Lou Wei remained silent for a moment.

“I won’t let that happen.”

His response didn’t mean that he was scared.

It was just that his pride as a strong individual and his identity as part of an official organization wouldn’t allow him to resort to such underhanded tactics.

Even without Sequence 008’s threat, Lou Wei would still spare some effort to maintain order at the scene.

Offending an S-rank Esper who couldn’t be killed was not worth it for the Countermeasures Bureau.

Lou Wei himself wasn’t afraid of retaliation.

He was only worried that others might not have the ability to withstand it.

Not only did he have to protect the safety of Sequence 001, but he also had to consider the safety of his colleagues.

Ye Yao felt that Lou Wei was just too capable.

“Well, that’s all I have to say. I won’t disturb you from carrying out your mission.”

Ye Yao prepared to leave gracefully.

After all, the first step of the plan was already complete.

Tomorrow, she would bring Wu Mi over to resolve her emotional knot.

The rest of the plan could unfold slowly.

But Lou Wei’s voice stopped her.

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“I want to ask you a question. How do you know about the existence of Sequence 001?”

Although he had killed Sequence 008 a few times recently, that didn’t stop Lou Wei from asking questions.

If he could get an answer, that would be great.

If not, it didn’t matter.

Lou Wei had no intention of further befriending Sequence 008.

From the moment the other party showed interest in Sequence 001, the two were destined to become enemies.

Ye Yao was slightly taken aback.

She quickly realized that Lou Wei probably wanted to root out a mole.

But she didn’t know if there was a mole in the Countermeasures Bureau either.

Even her aunt hadn’t found one.

How could a harmless little loli like her find one?

“I just know. There’s no why.”

Lou Wei was puzzled.

Are you also a Prophet?

【Lou Wei suspects that you have prophetic abilities.】

God damn Prophet!

Ye Yao almost couldn’t hold back.

That kind of high-risk profession was almost on par with being a magical girl.

She didn’t want prophetic abilities even if they were given to her.

Bad luck!

Ye Yao muttered in her heart, feeling like she should drop a harsh line before leaving.

That would be worthy of her identity as Sequence 008.

“Sequence 001 can stay with you for a while. When the time comes, I’ll personally bring her back.

The battle between us is inevitable. I will definitely be the one to win. And I’m the only one who can protect her.”

There was no problem with that statement.

The only one who can protect oneself best is oneself.

But these words sounded somewhat grating to Lou Wei.

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The man’s gaze sharpened.

His icy voice was bone-chilling.

“You can try. I’ll kill you as many times as you come.”

The aura almost scared Ye Yao into fleeing on the spot.

Mommy!

When the Dayun Truck gets emotional, he’s actually this terrifying!

Without sufficient stats, it’s indeed not advisable to provoke him.

Gotta go, gotta go.

Ye Yao’s figure vanished into thin air.

Lou Wei still couldn’t capture the other party’s traces.

The terrifying aura retracted effortlessly, returning to its calm state.

His gaze turned toward Ye Yao’s direction.

The three girls were receiving a mild verbal lecture from Ms. Yang.

Nothing unexpected happened throughout the entire process.

Except for the sudden appearance of the black mist Esper.

But even that was only for the former Sequence 028.

Everything was under control.

At this moment, Ms. Yang’s verbal lecture was finally coming to an end.

Ye Yao let out a sigh.

Ms. Yang’s lecture had that teacher’s vibe to it.

If it went on any longer, Ye Yao would have started reminiscing about her past life’s school days.

“I’ve said enough. Helping others is good, but you must ensure your own safety first.

You’re not adults yet. Leave the difficult tasks to the adults.

It’s our failure to let you fall into danger. Please remember that.”

The three girls nodded like chicks pecking at rice ² , not daring to argue.

Ms. Yang nodded in satisfaction. “You can go back now.”

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According to the expected development, the three girls would normally head home.

But Ye Yao refused to follow the script.

“Can I stay here and look around for a bit?”

“…Of course, as long as you don’t enter restricted areas.”

Ms. Yang naturally had no reason to refuse.

Although she was somewhat puzzled inside.

Wasn’t it said that Ye Yao would immediately go home to play games?

It seems that there’s still some discrepancy.

Fortunately, they weren’t unprepared.

Ye Yao’s decision was still within the limits of their prediction.

“Then Ms. Yang, you can go about your business~ Mo Qiuli and Little Luo will show me around, and with them here, I won’t step into any restricted areas.”

Ms. Yang’s expression didn’t change.

This was also expected.

Children are generally uncomfortable with a newly met adult tagging along.

They often have to watch their words and aren’t as free around adults.

It would be better if they could send the adult away.

Then, Ms. Yang looked at Luo Jianhua.

“Luo Jianhua, I’ll leave the two of them to you.”

Luo Jianhua had already received the notification beforehand and could cooperate with the operation.

It didn’t matter if no one else followed.

It was enough to have Luo Jianhua by Ye Yao’s side to keep an eye on her.

Not to mention that a “god” is watching from above.

The insurance was already maxed out.

Luo Jianhua nodded calmly, revealing a faint smile.

“I understand.”

Ms. Yang turned and left, seemingly very confident in leaving them to look around.

Little did she know that Luo Jianhua had already told Ye Yao the entire plan.

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Ye Yao reasonably suspected that Luo Jianhua was the biggest mole in the Countermeasures Bureau.

It was great that she had managed to win her over.

Mo Qiuli breathed a sigh of relief after Ms. Yang left.

“It’s finally over…

But why didn’t Ms. Yang leave the task to me in the end?

I’ve been a Countermeasures Bureau Esper for quite a while…”

Ye Yao couldn’t help but glance at her.

Don’t you have any idea why?

Your reputation in the Countermeasures Bureau is almost that of a delinquent Mercury who corrupted Sequence 001 into a street loafer.

Ye Yao almost couldn’t hold back her comment.

She just kept patting Mo Qiuli’s little head.

Although the child was a bit silly in her normal state.

The fact that she could transform into Magical Girl Mercury made up for it.

“Let’s go, Little Luo. Show me around.”

“Mm. What would you like to see first, Sister?”

“Somewhere with more people!”

Ye Yao wanted to see if there were more actors.

But there probably weren’t.

Not everyone knew about the existence of Sequence 001.

Even if they knew of her existence, they wouldn’t know her appearance or name.

It seemed like an opportunity to eat the tiger by pretending to be a pig.

Too bad Ye Yao was too lazy to eat tigers.

She would rather see if there were any new “family members”.

Provoking the Dayun Truck earlier had suddenly given her a bit of strength anxiety.

The stored attribute points waiting to be allocated were far from enough.

She needed to increase the stockpile!

“Then let’s go check out the training ground.”