Chapter 556: Did I scare you?
With the Support of Ye Yao, Girl Luo Jianhua initiated an ultra-wide-range mental hypnosis.
It caused powerhouses, including Director Jie Fuqi and Jie Louwei, to enter a state of semi-consciousness and semi-hallucination without even realizing it.
In their perception, the Magical Girl Alliance was still resting in the guest room.
Even if someone met with Ye Yao in private, they would absolutely not notice.
In that state, their actions remained connected to reality, rather than being frozen in place.
This ability was already comparable to some Heaven-Defying hypnotic powers found in certain doujinshi.
Facts proved that as long as Luo Jianhua had sufficient numerical Support, she could easily toy with the entire human civilization.
Ye Yao walked swaggeringly through the headquarters, not at all worried about being noticed.
She was thinking about a very serious matter.
"Could I play the role of an underworld protagonist for once? Would I be completely undetectable if I pranked people in this state?"
That would be too evil.
However, such an unrefined thing did not suit her at all.
It would be better to secretly kick the Dayun Truck into a ditch.
"Do the real work first."
Under Ye Yao's perception, she discovered that Jie Tusheng seemed to have returned to her residence to rest using the excuse of "feeling unwell."
This was also normal.
After all, her Superpower was in a broken state, and after three years of devastation, her Mental Power had likely returned to the level of an ordinary person.
Her constitution was weak to begin with, so it was normal for her to feel frail easily.
However, Ye Yao strongly suspected that Jie Tusheng used this excuse to be alone just to seduce her.
Prophets are all very shrewd!
Ye Yao went straight there, not worried at all about being discovered.
A while later.
Ye Yao air-dropped into Jie Tusheng's residence.
The latter was sitting on a comfortable swing chair, drinking a hot beverage that exuded a floral fragrance, with a female assistant in the next room waiting to be summoned at any time.
Jie Tusheng did not notice Ye Yao's arrival; she seemed to be just quietly waiting for something to happen.
"She has a sickly feeling."
Ye Yao couldn't help but mutter as she looked at Jie Tusheng's aura, which made her seem like she could be blown over by a gust of wind.
Good news: her physical stats were finally not 5.
Bad news: they had dropped, with all stats falling to the level of 4.
It was just like how a person's stamina would decrease if they hadn't exercised for a long time.
Clearly, Jie Tusheng's body was already even worse than an ordinary person's.
Even her Mental Power had returned to the level of an ordinary person.
Under the debuff of a broken Superpower, even Mental Power would constantly drain away.
This was the price for peering at a World-Destroying Ability.
Jie Tusheng did not hear Ye Yao's mutterings.
After all, she was also affected by Girl Luo Jianhua's Superpower.
She probably wouldn't even feel anything if touched by Ye Yao.
The high-stat 【One Leaf Blocking the View】 didn't just obscure vision.
"Considering how frail you are, I won't tease you."
Ye Yao casually removed the abnormal status from Jie Tusheng, even setting up soundproofing.
"Assistant?"
Jie Tusheng seemed to have noticed something.
"Not at all, it is the righteous Magical Girl—Nursery Rhyme!"
"So it's you. What are you doing here?"
"Just wandering around."
"Just you alone? No one else?"
"No."
"I see."
Jie Tusheng seemed to have confirmed something, and her body began to relax.
"What do you want to chat about with me? I am indeed a bit bored right now."
"I'm here to see if you have the Aptitude to become a Magical Girl."
Ye Yao's tone was very serious.
Jie Tusheng's facial expression stiffened noticeably; it seemed this answer was a bit beyond her expectations.
"Are you serious?"
"Mhm, serious."
"Really?"
"Need you ask?"
"To be honest, that's a bit unexpected... So, what is your conclusion?"
Jie Tusheng seemed to accept this fact very quickly.
Ye Yao pondered for a moment.
"You are too old. Not qualified."
"I'm only 20..."
"That is the judgment standard of Magical Girl Chenxing; it has nothing to do with me."
Ye Yao directly threw the blame onto Girl Mo Qiuli.
Jie Tusheng seemed to be amused to the point of anger.
"Do you hate me?"
"Not at all. On the contrary, I quite like you. You're so weak, I feel like I could finish you off in one go."
Ye Yao's answer was very imposing.
"You do hate me, don't you?"
"Hmm? I have always treated people I hate with a kill-on-sight approach. Magical Girl Nursery Rhyme is never merciful."
Ye Yao denied Jie Tusheng's question again.
Although it was fun to use information asymmetry to prank people, that was a privilege for those in high-pressure positions; only people like the Dayun Truck crew were qualified for that.
Mere Tu Sheng was far from qualified!
"That sounds like the truth. That's good; I almost surrendered."
Jie Tusheng's tone always had a feeling of a living person who was slightly dead; one couldn't feel any significant emotional fluctuations.
Perhaps this was the poise of a master in the field of intelligence.
It was possible that her threshold had been raised because she had seen things that were too advanced.
Ye Yao didn't even know how much she had actually guessed.
"Let's speak plainly. How much have you guessed? I'm very curious."
"Eh? You noticed that so quickly? It seems you get along quite well with the other me, to understand me so well."
Jie Tusheng's voice was clearly somewhat surprised.
"The other you? Hmm, you actually thought of this level?"
Ye Yao narrowed her eyes.
"After all, compared to others, I know a little more. Even if it's just one piece of information, it's a world of difference."
Jie Tusheng detailed it as if she were talking to herself.
"As far as I know, there is no power in this world that exceeds my imagination, unless that power comes from outside the world.
And my Superpower shattered because I observed a behemoth, thereby knowing that a certain World-Destroying Ability exists in another space-time."
Ye Yao nodded silently.
It was the same as what the Tu Sheng from the original space-time said.
This was how she ended up on the ban list in parallel space-times.
The world lines have converged, it seems.
"Since a powerful Esper I didn't know about has appeared in this world.
And she is powerful, seemingly possessing a World-Destroying Ability, and can even defeat powerhouses like Fu Qi and Lou Wei.
I can only think of that behemoth I observed back then."
Jie Tusheng slowly took a sip of her hot drink, as if to moisten her throat.
"I wasn't sure at first, but the Countermeasure Bureau didn't find any information; Ye Ge seems like a person who appeared out of thin air.
And she broke into the Countermeasure Bureau to take away seemingly unrelated people; many interpersonal relationships are incomprehensible."
Jie Tusheng turned her head toward the location where the voice had originally come from, seemingly facing Ye Yao.
"Besides the relationships established in another space-time, there doesn't seem to be any other reason.
The person who understands you best is often yourself.
I know very well how I would handle certain problems based on my own way of thinking.
In the original space-time, what kind of relationship do I have with you? And what kind of relationship do I have with that Ye Ge?
Can you tell me these answers?"
Ye Yao was silent for a moment.
"Actually, you are my toy. I would poke you once a day, and Ye Ge might poke you twice."
"Eh!?" Jie Tusheng seemed to be startled.
"Did I scare you~ Mission accomplished with Perfection!"
Ye Yao revealed a satisfied smile.
What is all that gibberish?
Who cares if you can guess the truth.
Trolling a bit makes me happy!