[If Ji Tianqi could bring back items from the Otherworldly, or even bring back people from the Otherworldly!!!]
Someone next to Xiao Wu glimpsed his draft paper, and their eyes filled with shock—another one's gone mad...
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Shen City, Security Administration Bureau.
"I just knew that psychiatric hospital would cause us trouble sooner or later."
Li Yuanhong complained discontentedly.
As a tactical-level superpower user at the Security Administration Bureau, he hated dealing with troubles other than capturing demons and criminals.
His team leader, who was also Li Yuanhong's guardian, a middle-aged man named Luo Xingyi, began placating him resignedly.
"It's not exactly trouble, just asking us to put on a show to assess the threat level of their Patient No.9. If we can lower it to a relatively safe range, we'll have an extra ally in the future."
"An ally?" Li Yuanhong scoffed, "An insane person as our ally? Better off without one."
"You mentioned that it's a psychiatric hospital, and you know he's a psychiatric patient, so why can't you believe that he might have been cured?"
"But he's a superpower user, not just any psychiatric patient. If he isn't cured and suddenly has an episode, that makes him a super criminal."
"It's precisely because he has a superpower that we need to cooperate, as he could also potentially become a hero of the Hero Association."
"Then why do I have to pretend to be a criminal? Couldn't someone from the Hero Association do it?"
"Everyone in the Hero Association has accessible records; they are public. What if Patient No.9 finds out? He'll know we teamed up to deceive him."
"A psychiatric patient can use the internet?"
"As I said, he might have been cured. And apparently, his condition wasn't severe. When he's not having an episode, he's just like any normal person, of course he can use the internet."
Li Yuanhong sighed.
"But this is such a waste of time. We still need to catch that super criminal who can instantaneously move."
"That guy who can instantaneously move won't be easy to catch anytime soon." Luo Xingyi sighed, "And this play-acting won't take too long, maybe just half a day including preparation."
"I really can't understand why they all come to our small place."
Li Yuanhong continued complaining.
Compared to the provincial capitals of Dragon Country and those seven first-tier cities, Shen City was indeed a small place, with a permanent population of just six million.
Hence, the number of superpower-related criminal cases was also very low.
A superpower user is, in some ways, akin to people without superpowers who possess wealth, power, or knowledge in earlier times.
Money, power, knowledge—they are superpowers in themselves.
Although small places have historically had their share of bullies, one could say 'better to be a head chicken than a phoenix's tail,' or 'in the absence of a tiger, a monkey can rule as king.'
But a chicken is still just a chicken, a monkey just a monkey, against the frequent inspections by true dragons and phoenixes on various hills.
Because the hills are so small, it is easy to spot any misbehaving chickens or monkeys, which then allows for strong, legal action to be taken against them.
Even someone as powerful as Sun Wukong was eventually suppressed under the Five Elements Mountain, taking five hundred years to escape. Yet he didn't gain true freedom and had to wear the Golden Hoop.
Thus, in the Shen City Security Administration, there were only six special teams with superpower users, each team comprised of only one superpower user.
That was usually sufficient; if more help was needed, they could always call for backup—given the convenient regular and superpowered transportation, it wasn't a big issue.
Li Yuanhong was one of these superpower users, primarily responsible for combat and possessed the strongest combat abilities.
Unlike the generic heroes of the Hero Association, people like Li Yuanhong within the Security Administration were known as 'Enforcers,' part of the Execution Department.
Simply put, they were superpower users with law enforcement authority, specifically against superpower crimes.
Therefore, the Execution Department is the department with the most Superpower Users in the Security Administration Bureau.
Bai Xiuchu and Luo Xingyi, known as 'Guardians', are part of the Guardian Department of the Security Administration Bureau.
There are two meanings to this.
One is to protect the Superpower Users and provide various support, similar to the relationship between Batman and his butler mentioned by Ji Tianqi the first time he met Bai Xiuchu.
The other is to serve as a vigilance line, protecting ordinary people, and the targets they need to be vigilant against are the Superpower Users they are supposed to protect.
That's why Bai Xiuchu once said—never fully trust any hero because they all have the potential to become super criminals.
She was referring to the heroes of the Hero Association and also the Superpower Users of the Security Administration Bureau.
After all, as the old saying goes, a person's heart is a mystery.
Besides these two departments, the Security Administration Bureau also has 'Trackers', 'Inspectors', and other departments.
The biggest difference from the 'Enforcers' lies in that the Superpower Users in these two departments can operate nationwide and even in other countries after obtaining authorization.
The reason for this rule is because some Superpower Users are akin to lethal weapons in front of ordinary people—who would allow a self-aware nuclear weapon to roam around?
Let alone nuclear weapons, even a self-aware grenade isn't acceptable, referring to the strict control over firearms during the era without Superpowers.
"What's with everyone coming to our little place, Patient No.9 has been treated here for seven years now."
"I'm talking about that super criminal who can Instant Teleport, and that one...Bai Xiuchu? Is that her name?"
The captain frowned, "Her name is Bai Xiuchu, but what does this have to do with her?"
Li Yuanhong, dissatisfied, said, "If her sister weren't a War Level Tracker and she hadn't taken an interest in Patient No.9, wanting to form a new team, would we need to cooperate?"
"This really has nothing to do with her."
The captain hesitated for a moment, then explained, "Actually, the Provincial Security Administration originally disagreed because of her sister's involvement, but they reluctantly agreed to cooperate because the research center insisted."
Li Yuanhong blurted out, "Why disagree?"
The captain's tone was helpless.
"Would you want your siblings to engage in a job that's not very profitable but very dangerous, just like you? Or rather, this kind of responsibility and obligation!"
Li Yuanhong was silent.
Being Superpower Users themselves, compared not only to those internet-famous heroes of the Hero Association but even to some entrepreneurs who are Superpower Users, their profits are much lower.
Not to mention the degree of danger.
The heroes of the Hero Association can choose not to confront real danger, but they must face it.
"Then do we..." Li Yuanhong hesitated, "still need to cooperate?"
"Of course, we must cooperate."
The captain said earnestly, "It might sound selfish, but I'm not her sister, so I hope, while she has this sense of responsibility, she steps onto this path."
"Eh?"
"People who become heroes or team members of a hero team out of dreams and an inner sense of responsibility, and those who are forced to become heroes or who join a hero team with a certain goal, are not the same."
"Makes sense." Li Yuanhong nodded, "Let's join their madness once. But can we hurry? I'm waiting to catch criminals."
"Of course, I also want to catch that criminal sooner."
Tactical Level Superpower User with 'Bullet Speed' and Enforcer of Shen City Security Administration, Li Yuanhong, had thus become a super criminal in need of capture.
And the hostages he took were all his colleagues.
So they, like Xiao Wu, believed that no accidents would occur.