Then let the witch offer her loyalty

"Enter."

Yue Zhenyun's voice came through.

Chen Moxin opened the door and went inside.

There are three people in the meeting room.

Yue Zhenyun, Director of the Witch Administration Bureau.

Judge Luo Lingyou of the Conviction Tribunal.

And there's Qin Wei, the director of the Public Security Bureau, who just roared in anger.

Yue Zhenyun stood up, patted Qin Wei on the back, and said in a gentle tone, "Old Qin, the parties involved are here. We can talk things over properly."

Qin Wei glared angrily, pointing his finger at Chen Moxin's nose and demanding, "You did it, didn't you? Was it you who led the massacre on the border yesterday?!"

Chen Moxin grinned and said, "Hehe."

Qin Wei immediately exploded: "What do you mean by 'hehe'?!"

Chen Moxin shrugged and said, "I did it, is there a problem?"

Qin Wei shouted, "What problem do you have?! You slaughtered all the more than a thousand people who attended Tang Huajian's birthday banquet! What are you trying to do?!"

Chen Moxin looked quite innocent: "This is not my fault. When I discovered that Dawn was hiding the Calamity Weapon, I originally wanted to control the scene."

"But the other side not only refused to surrender, but also dared to fight back."

"My life was threatened, so I legally and compliantly lifted the ban on lethal force and called for backup to fight back. What's wrong with that?"

Qin Wei couldn't help but curse, "Bullshit! That was a birthday party. Would the Dawn Society be so bored as to leave a calamity weapon there for you to investigate?"

"Even if there really were calamity weapons on the scene, and the Dawn did attack you, your right to retaliate is limited. Once they surrender, you can no longer continue to attack."

"And the result? There wasn't a single living person at the scene; they were all hacked to death without exception. How do you explain that?!"

Chen Moxin sighed and said, "Then you have to admire the Dawn Society's fighting spirit. They rushed towards me one after another without retreating. I can only fight to the death with these respectable opponents."

Qin Wei felt waves of blood pounding at his temples, his blood pressure about to spike, his face so dark it seemed like it was about to drip water: "What about the Jingguan? You cut off so many heads and piled them up to form a Jingguan, are you going to say that this was necessary for the operation?"

Chen Moxin placed her hand on her heart and said apologetically, "This is indeed my fault. The witch who fought alongside me isn't very bright and has a very perverse sense of humor. I criticized her yesterday."

"This is definitely my fault. I didn't manage her well. Next time I drink, I'll punish myself with three drinks."

Qin Wei's eyes widened: "Three cups as punishment? That's it?"

Chen Moxin blinked innocently: "I've already punished myself with three drinks, what more do you want from me?"

Qin Wei immediately looked at Luo Lingyou and loudly questioned, "This Chen Moxin is lawless. As the judge, aren't you going to do anything about it?!"

Luo Lingyou rested his chin on his hand, put the lollipop in his mouth to one side, and said lazily, "This operation was originally applied for by Chen Moxin in advance and submitted to us for approval. There is no problem in terms of procedure."

"As for the specific details of the scene, Chen Moxin gave me the complete action report yesterday. I have reviewed it, and my superiors have also reviewed it. There are some minor flaws, but overall there are no major problems."

Qin Wei's gaze turned sinister: "Not a big problem? I had someone investigate the scene yesterday. It wasn't a battle at all, but a one-sided massacre. The vast majority of people were hacked to death while trying to escape!"

"This Chen Moxin, he's not just violating regulations, he's exhibiting antisocial personality disorder! He's a complete psychopath!"

He slammed the document bag he was carrying on the table: "The evidence is right here! Are you going to investigate or not?"

Luo Lingyou gave a short laugh, raising an eyebrow at him: "Director Qin, are you kidding me? You're in the public security department, only responsible for routine public security cases."

"The Dawn Society is hiding calamity weapons and is suspected of colluding with the Witch Alliance. This is a psionic case and has nothing to do with your jurisdiction."

"It is the responsibility of our court to supervise the Administration Bureau's exercise of its powers and to conduct on-site investigations afterward. Only the evidence we obtain through our investigation is valid evidence; your Public Security Bureau's word is not enough."

“I can tell you clearly now that we have conducted an on-site investigation, collected evidence, and after our court reviewed the case overnight, our feedback is that Chen Moxin is innocent.”

Qin Wei was grinding his teeth so hard they were practically falling apart. He really wanted to point his finger at Luo Lingyou and Chen Moxin and yell, "You're covering for each other, you're a den of snakes and rats!"

"...Your court conducted an on-site investigation, right? Fine, dare you show me the complete investigation report? I refuse to believe you can just brush this off like this!"

Luo Lingyou looked at Qin Wei with disdain, as if he had heard a joke.

"Of course we have the complete review report, but why should we show it to you? You're not part of our court, so what right do you have to look at the review report at will?"

"As a public official of the Empire, I now have serious doubts about the Bureau's case-handling procedures! I demand that the Tribunal release the review report of this operation!"

"Then you have to prove that there is a problem with the Administration Bureau's procedures before we can issue you a review report."

"I can't see the review report, so how can I prove they have a problem?!"

"Well, there's no way around it. You have to prove they have a problem before we can show you the review report."

"What the hell..."

Qin Wei's vision went black; he was so angry he felt like his lungs were about to explode.

Luo Lingyou rested his hands behind his head, leaned back in his chair, and said lazily, "Director Qin, let me put it this way: I've had the review report reviewed by my direct supervisor and also by the leaders of other courts."

“I also sent a copy to the Capital City Council’s General Court, and several high-ranking officials have seen it.”

"Everyone else thinks there's no problem, so why are you the only one with a problem?"

"At most, the only problem with this operation is that the pile of Jingguan (a mound of corpses) was a bit inhumane. Chen Moxin can just punish himself by drinking three cups of wine to admit his mistake."

Qin Wei had just tried to argue his point, but now he seems to have figured it out.

It's not just suspected.

This is blatant cover-up!

The whole thing was intentional from beginning to end; it was an armed retaliation launched by the Bureau for the sacrifice of special agents!

The calamity weapon and the collusion with the witch alliance are all entrapment; they are just smearing the Dawn Society with mud.

That terrifying mound of corpses wasn't some so-called evil woman with a wicked personality; it was definitely created under someone's orders to pile it up for the police to see.

The meaning that the Jingguan (a mound of stones) was meant to convey was—

We did it on purpose.

We're not only going to chop off your people, we're going to pile up their heads and show them to you.

What can you do?

This is a blatant slap in the face! A provocation!

As for the court, it is said to exercise oversight power over the Administration Bureau.

However, as "twin departments" specializing in psychic cases, these two entities often have highly aligned interests.

Yesterday's massacre on the border was a warning issued by the Administration to various gray forces, with the ultimate goal of maintaining the authority of the psychic law enforcement field.

As one of the law enforcement agencies in the psychic realm, the Tribunal's actions are also a way of maintaining their authority.

Therefore, the court will definitely turn a blind eye to this.

More importantly, there's Luo Lingyou. He'd heard people say before that Chen Moxin was suspected of being his lackey.

Anyway, she always openly or secretly protected Chen Moxin.

If you let her deal with Chen Moxin, she might not even have to drink the three penalty cups in the end.

Qin Wei knew that arguing about laws or principles was useless now; they had long been in cahoots and would not leave any loopholes for outsiders.

Qin Wei looked at Luo Lingyou with a gloomy gaze: "Taking advantage of your mother being a member of the Supreme Court, you're doing whatever you want here? Hmm?"

Luo Lingyou took the lollipop stem out of his mouth, casually tossed it into the ashtray, shrugged, and said the most provocative words in the most innocent tone: "Sorry, Mom is a member of the Supreme Court, she can really do whatever she wants."

Qin Wei's facial muscles twitched incessantly, his gaze extremely gloomy: "So you're not even going to pretend anymore, are you?"

Luo Lingyou replied in a teasing tone, "Then what should we do? Why don't you go to the police station to report it?"

"Pfft." Chen Moxin couldn't hold back any longer and burst out laughing.

Qin Wei knew that saying anything was pointless.

Although he was one of the top leaders in the Twin Cities organization, it would be pointless to fight against someone like Luo Miaoyou.

Staying here will only lead to continued humiliation.

So he turned and left without saying a word.

"Uh-huh~"

Luo Lingyou made a sound like she was teasing a dog.

She picked up the file folder that Qin Wei had slammed on the table, threw it at his feet, and then leaned back in her chair with her legs crossed and propped up on the table, her expression mocking and arrogant.

"Old Deng, keep your dogs under control from now on, don't let them go out and bite people."

"Oh, sorry, I forgot, most of your dogs died last night."

She grinned and let out the same laugh as Chen Moxin: "Hehe."

Qin Wei clenched his teeth, his eyes blazing with anger, but in the end he remained silent, swallowed his anger, and left.

...

Old Tang's birthday banquet was an absolutely disastrous affair.

Not only were the core members of the Dawn Society wiped out, rendering the entire organization virtually defunct, but the entire border region also underwent a collapse-style reshuffling.

Almost all the well-known underworld bosses died at Old Tang's birthday banquet, their heads chopped off and piled up like a mound of skulls.

It's important to understand that these individuals came from various violent groups, and were either top leaders or core members. Their deaths directly led to a large-scale power vacuum within these groups, causing their core operations and daily activities to collapse.

Under such a structural collapse, the larger the violent group, the more severely it is affected.

Because these large groups often have highly centralized power, if the leadership at the top is gone, the lower levels immediately fall into chaos, and they don't even know who to turn to temporarily fill in.

Many once-powerful and intimidating violent groups in border regions have been reduced to nothing overnight.

Late that night, Chu Fan returned home after finishing his business.

He pressed the switch on the wall several times and found that the light did not turn on, and the house was without power.

"Sima Power Supply Bureau, no electricity again! This godforsaken place on the border is no place for humans to live. I'm moving to Xinshi sooner or later!"

Chu Fan muttered curses as he groped in the dark, took a candle from the cabinet, and lit it on the table.

The candlelight illuminated the figure sitting behind the table, and the grinning clown mask.

"Holy crap?!!"

Chu Fan was so frightened that his soul almost left his body, and he fell to the ground, staring blankly at the figure wearing a clown mask.

"Ugly...Ugly Brother, is that you?"

Chen Moxin leaned back in her chair leisurely and said casually, "Chu Fan, I suddenly remembered that I've made you do quite a few things since I met you."

"You took the blame for me killing more than thirty people, and you helped me set a trap to deal with that guy surnamed Zhou. This time, I even got an invitation from you... I don't think I've ever properly thanked you."

Chu Fan hurriedly stood up and said humbly, "Brother Chou is joking. I'm just someone who serves you like a slave. There's no need to thank me."

"Haha, you're more enlightened than many people." After saying that, Chen Moxin reached out and took off the mask from his face.

Chu Fan was so frightened that he quickly covered his eyes, waving his other hand frantically in the air: "Hey, no, no, no! Ugly Bro, let's talk this out, don't show your face!"

"I know the rules. If I see your face and know your true identity, I must die! Please, put the mask back on and don't show your face!"

Chen Moxin chuckled briefly, then came over and patted the back of his head: "Come on, open your eyes and take a look at Ugly Brother."

Chu Fan shook his head vigorously, like a rattle-drum.

"No, no, I can't look..."

"Just one look, just one look."

"I really don't dare..."

"Why are you dawdling? Just look at it when I tell you to."

Chen Moxin directly pulled Chu Fan's hand away, turned his chin around, and made him face her.

Chu Fan subconsciously opened his eyes and saw Chen Moxin's true face for the first time.

He was stunned: "Ugly Bro, you're not ugly at all."

Chen Moxin said with a smile, "Your mind is anything but ordinary; doesn't your name even have the character 'Fan' in it?"

Chu Fan chuckled twice and scratched the back of his head.

"Let's get down to business." Chen Moxin threw the mask on the table. "You're a smart person. You don't need me to tell you that I led the men to do the Dawn Society incident."

"With so many deaths at the Jinyu Hotel and the near annihilation of the core members of various groups, the landscape of the border region is about to be completely reshuffled."