Then let the witch offer her loyalty

Furthermore, the regulations mandate that at least one hunter must be among the personnel on duty.

Late tonight, all the other operators from the Demon Hunter Division 9 have gone home, leaving only the person on duty here.

The hunter on duty tonight is Yang Jie. He just finished calling his daughter to put her to sleep and is now eating a late-night snack he brought back from the canteen: a bowl of green pepper and beef rice.

"Woo--Woo--"

Yang Jie was enjoying his meal when he suddenly heard a faint alarm sound outside the window. Judging from the direction of the sound, it should be coming from the containment area.

A few seconds later, the office emergency contact phone rang.

When an alarm sounds in the containment area of ​​the Administration Bureau, it usually means that a witch has committed a serious violation, which should raise alarm.

But Yang Jie, who was usually serious, was very calm at this moment. He answered the phone slowly and said "Hello".

The supervisor's voice came through the phone: "Captain Yang, there's a witch causing trouble in the 'Strict Control Zone,' wouldn't you like to come over?"

Yang Jie asked calmly, "It's 'her' again?"

The supervisor scoffed, "Of course, who else could it be but her?"

"Okay, I'm coming now." Yang Jie quickly finished his leftover rice, threw the lunchbox into the trash can, and picked up the nearly full trash bag.

"Old Zhou, could you check this out of the office? I need to go to the strictly controlled area."

"Haha, that little troublemaker is up to something again?"

"This guy is up to no good, causing trouble every night."

After throwing away the trash, Yang Jie hurried to the strictly controlled area.

The strict detention area and the general detention area are adjacent to each other, separated only by a cement wall with a high-voltage electric fence.

Although the two sides are only separated by a wall, their treatment is worlds apart.

The general detention area is similar to a university. Although there are various rules and regulations, life there is colorful and colorful, with everything from food and drinks to entertainment. Staying there is no different from being on vacation.

The strict detention area was practically a "prison," with fixed schedules, meager food, cramped cells, forced labor reform, and virtually no recreational activities.

Given the Twin Cities Authority's control over the area, as long as the witches cooperate with the rules and regulations, even if they are a bit willful and capricious, they can still live a decent life in the general containment area.

Putting aside other things, someone like Liu Lan with a criminal record can be transferred to a regular management area if she cooperates well with management afterward.

This shows that the witches who are thrown into the strict containment area must be troublemakers who cause trouble and are incorrigible.

After passing through an armed guard post, Yang Jie entered the strictly controlled detention area.

In the corridor illuminated by incandescent lights, a female supervisor sat on the steps, her face bruised and swollen, her nose bleeding profusely down her chin, while several medical staff were stuffing cotton balls into her nose to stop the bleeding.

"Captain Yang." The female supervisor saw Yang Jie and stood up with the help of medical staff.

Yang Jie asked, "What happened?"

The female supervisor, her face filled with righteous indignation, shouted, "During my routine night patrol, when I checked the 601 detention room, I found her pockets bulging and there was a smell of steamed buns in the room."

"Captain Yang, you know our rules: food can only be eaten in the cafeteria and cannot be taken to the recycling room."

"I asked her to hand over what was in her pocket, but she wouldn't. So I reached into her pocket, and she punched me in the nose! How can someone be so insane?!"

Yang Jie first checked the female supervisor's nose, then patted her arm and said, "The bone is fine, it should be nothing serious. You can go home now. This is considered a work injury, and you are entitled to paid sick leave according to regulations. You just need to contact the administrative office to get approval."

A hint of joy immediately appeared on the female supervisor's face.

Before leaving, she didn't forget to complain a bit: "Captain Yang, you have to teach that troublemaker a lesson. We supervisors really can't control this shameless brat."

After the female supervisor left, Yang Jie entered the prison area and went to the 601 detention room on the 6th floor.

The door was open, and several armed guards were already standing guard at the entrance.

The room contained a little girl, with exquisitely beautiful features, who looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old. She was very petite and wore the uniform orange-yellow prison uniform of the strict control area.

She had beautiful long pink hair, delicate features like a porcelain doll, and large, watery eyes that looked like they were made of gemstones. At first glance, she might be mistaken for a lost doll from a toy cabinet.

...If it weren't for the blood from someone else's nose on his fist, he would look incredibly cute.

The pink-haired little girl squatted in the corner, leaning against the cold cement wall, like an alert little animal. She was eating two steamed buns in her hands. She was eating very fast, and oil seeped from the surface of the buns, covering her knuckles and leaving a thick layer around her mouth.

As she ate, her eyes would occasionally sweep coldly around her, her gaze full of arrogance and hostility, as if warning others—don't mess with me.

Upon seeing Yang Jie arrive, the pink-haired loli immediately bristled, stuffing the half-eaten bun into her mouth with her cheeks bulging so much they seemed about to burst. The chewing sounds were accompanied by rapid breathing, as if she was afraid the bun would be snatched away.

Yang Jie looked at her and said in a tone of disappointment, "Zhou Yan, when will you stop being so annoying?"

...

The next day, Chen Moxin had just returned to work at the bureau when she heard that a witch had caused trouble in the strict control and detention area the night before.

With a mindset of watching the drama unfold, Chen Moxin went to the strictly controlled area.

He had just arrived when he found that Luo Lingyou was already there.

"You're always one step ahead when it comes to watching the excitement," Chen Moxin greeted her. "Where's the troublemaking witch?"

Luo Lingyou gestured with his chin towards the distance: "Look, it's squatting over there."

Chen Moxin followed her gaze and saw the pink-haired little girl squatting in the corner on the other side of the barbed wire fence.

Although the strict detention area is mainly a disciplinary area, basic human rights are still guaranteed, and residents are given two hours of outdoor time at this time every day.

There were no entertainment facilities in the exercise area, so the witches either chatted together or picked up stones to play with, which was very boring.

Moreover, the exercise area and the general detention area are separated by a wire fence, which can be considered a kind of "two-way display".

For the witches in the general control area, showing them the boring and oppressive exercise area can make them aware of the consequences of serious violations, making them more obedient.

As for witches who are already under strict control and imprisonment, they can be made to watch normal witches live comfortable lives, which will encourage them to repent and awaken as soon as possible.

That pink-haired loli is the witch who caused trouble last night. I wonder what that brat did. She seems to be the kind of person that everyone hates.

During her free time, not only did no other witches speak to her, but they also deliberately kept their distance from her, as if avoiding a plague.

Chapter 164 Authority Dog

Chen Moxin stood next to Luo Lingyou, looking at the pink-haired loli in the exercise area in the distance.

"Who is this pink-haired guy?"

"Her name is Zhou Yan, and she was taken in at the beginning of last year."

"The 'Zhou' of 'weekend,' and the 'Yan' of 'swallow'?"

"The 'Zhou' in 'weekend' and the 'yan' in 'annoying'."

Chen Moxin was very puzzled: "Why would a girl have such an awful name?"

“I don’t know either. Who knows what her parents were thinking back then?” Luo Lingyou tapped a few times on the tablet in his hand, opened the relevant information, handed it to Chen Moxin and smiled, “But I have to say, the name is very fitting.”

Chen Moxin took the tablet and began browsing Zhou Yan's information.

Zhou Yan's containment designation is SWAB-097, codenamed "Scarlet Witch," and she is currently under strict containment.

She comes from the outskirts of the Twin Cities and has just turned 14 this year. Like Chen Moxin, her mother passed away when she was young and she was still too young to understand anything, leaving her with only her father.

However, unlike Chen Moxin, Zhou Yan's father, Zhou Haiwei, is practically extraordinary.

A gang of swindlers and con artists.

Smoking, drinking, gambling, and drugs.

He is definitely one of the top ten outstanding young people in the border region.

She also commits domestic violence every few days.

Growing up in such a family environment, Zhou Yan never received any formal education and never went to school. He started hanging out on the streets at a very young age, following thugs to steal electric bikes, rob passersby of their wallets, and even providing cover for violent groups and helping them smuggle contraband.

The border security bureau kept arresting and releasing her, then arresting her again, then releasing her again, then arresting her again—they were completely helpless against her.

When they went to her father's house, Zhou Haiwei simply said, "I can't control her. Either you take her away and execute her, and I'll pretend I never gave birth to her."

This kind of invincible tough guy made the sheriffs' heads throb whenever they heard the name "Zhou Yan".

Until last year, when Zhou Yan awakened her spiritual powers and became a witch, this hot potato was finally passed on to the Administration Bureau by the Public Security Bureau.

That was probably the first time in many years that the Public Security Bureau, which had always been at odds with the Bureau, rushed to help capture the witch, and then ran away without looking back after sending her over.

When Chen Moxin read the "Past Retrospective" and "Containment Record" sections at the back of Zhou Yan's containment file, she exclaimed, "Wow!"

The entire document was filled with the four characters "picking quarrels and provoking trouble".

34 fights.

62 thefts.

27 attacks on surveillance.

Other violations include vandalism, graffiti, kicking walls at night to disturb others, spitting into other people's food, and various other illegal behaviors.

Moreover, this brat, despite her mischievousness, is quite cunning. She never uses her spiritual power when causing trouble; she just stirs things up.

They are very measured when they hit people; they never kill them, they just inflict minor injuries or slight injuries.

According to the Administration's internal regulations, strict detention is already the maximum penalty in this situation, and there is no higher limit.

In addition, the fact that 14-year-olds are considered "minors" grants them special protection.

If she punches you, at worst she'll be thrown into solitary confinement.

If you punch her, the judge will come after you.

All these factors combined made her just like her name—Zhou Yan.

The most striking thing about her is that she's universally disliked; even dogs avoid her with disgust.

After reviewing the containment files, Chen Moxin opened the document "Detailed Explanation of the Scarlet Witch's Psychic Powers".

The contents quickly caught his attention.

According to standard classification, SWAB-097 belongs to the "Alien-type Psionic User," possessing extraordinary physical abilities, far surpassing ordinary people in strength, speed, and reaction time.

SWAB-097's psionic ability has been identified as "blood control," which allows it to enhance cell activity by manipulating blood, rapidly coagulate wounds, and enable super-fast regeneration.

[The blood form can also be freely changed, used as a weapon to attack targets, or for defense.]

Since completing the cube resonance last time, Chen Moxin has been eager to make contact with a heterogenous psychic.

Because that resonance was just too exhausting.

Even though he brought Gu Qiaoqiao and Liu Lan's spiritual energy to its limit, his schemes and tricks were ineffective against Anies's superior physical strength.

Therefore, he desperately wanted to obtain some heterogeneous psionic energy that could directly enhance his body and free himself from his mortal form.

In layman's terms, it means adding some basic attributes.

It now appears that Zhou Yan's psychic powers perfectly suit his needs.

It not only directly improves bodily functions, but also has a strong recovery ability.

With super-fast regeneration, teleportation, and invisibility, it's practically impossible to die.

Moreover, Gu Qiaoqiao's third-tier awakened spiritual energy "illusory shadow" has a characteristic: the higher the damage she withstands, the stronger the spiritual energy impact when it explodes.

Zhou Yan's super-fast regeneration, when used on his clones, can allow them to withstand even more damage. This dream collaboration might even create a humanoid mini-core that can be launched.

This is so much fun!

"Hey."

Suddenly, Luo Lingyou called out to Chen Moxin.

"What mischief are you plotting now?"

"Why do you ask?"

"I can tell just by looking at your sunny and cheerful smile."

Chen Moxin wiped the corners of her mouth that were turning up wildly, coughed lightly, and said, "It's nothing, I'm just quite interested in her psychic abilities."

"You mean Zhou Yan?" Luo Lingyou raised an eyebrow. "Her spiritual abilities are quite good; she can attack or defend, but I advise you not to get involved with her."

"Why?" Chen Moxin asked.

Luo Lingyou said calmly, "You've seen the information too. Zhou Yan was abused by her father since she was a child. The long-term abuse has given her a self-defense mechanism and she has lost the ability to trust others."

"Many hunters have tried to contact Zhouyan in the past, but they all gave up in the end because it was a complete waste of time."

Chen Moxin looked at her with a smile: "Want to make a bet?"