Enforcer Manual
Chapter 1162 - 973: Turning the Tables

Chapter 1162: Chapter 973: Turning the Tables

On the matter of the big house, the man did not lie.

The address is located in the villa area near the beach in the southwest corner of The First Region, which until 2167 remains the premier villa area of the United Government. Mr. Hog Foster, an employee of the H1 Department, owns one of the properties here.

However, according to Hog, most of these villas are vacant most of the time, and properties are usually maintained by real estate agents or maids. Here, possession of real estate is more akin to a symbol of status, and in addition to sufficient wealth, a certain social status is required to purchase a property in this area.

Hog cordially invited his colleagues from H1 to visit his villa, and he set it up as their tea ceremony activity center in The First Region.

But perhaps due to the Witch Hunt Movement, the villa area felt desolate. After passing the security booth, they didn’t encounter a single person along the way. Coupled with the fact that it was a cloudy and misty day, the deserted luxury villa area felt a bit more eerie.

Before long, under the lead of the middle-aged man, the three of them arrived in front of a villa with its lights on.

The door was opened by an elderly female wearing a maid’s dress, who was not surprised by the man bringing guests back and quickly prepared three guest rooms and a change of clothes for Song Lan and the others.

During this time, the man went to the wine cellar and brought out a bottle of red wine he said had been long cherished. He then ordered the maid to prepare a sumptuous dinner.

The warm lighting seemed to be specially prepared, and the cozy warmth inadvertently made them feel at home, sitting on the soft sofa, wanting to relax immediately.

Song Lan guessed that other Psychics probably felt much more strongly about this.

After the Witch Hunt Movement gained momentum, Psychics lived each day in immense fear, despised by those around them, becoming the targets of the hunt, and the man’s attitude towards them undoubtedly formed a stark contrast.

The ones detained in the villa’s basement must have been tricked this way.

Due to some unknown reasons, the man didn’t kill them immediately but instead prepared individual cells for them and provided them with the minimal nutritional injections required for survival.

What truly restricted the Psychics’ movements must be the devices on their wrists and ankles. A similar restraint had been placed on the limbs of Rebel Army executive Aishi when she was escorted to the Seventeenth Region.

Anti-spiritual energy field.

For a long time, research institutions on Psychic Abilities and military technology companies have been researching ways to counteract Psychics, among which the anti-spiritual energy field is their universal solution.

Unlike The Keeper’s approach of countering tactics on the fly, the anti-spiritual energy field works by interfering with thought and consciousness to prevent the activation of abilities.

What’s intriguing is how these devices, jointly developed by research institutions and large companies, ended up with The Keeper, who were defined as a civilian organization in the history of 2167. It seems unlikely that they could have gotten their hands on devices with an anti-spiritual energy field.

Regrettably, the middle-aged man is bound to be disappointed.

The anti-spiritual energy field is ineffective against Lu Xiang and the "Emperor," as for him...

Out of concern for his friend and compassion, Song Lan felt that the anti-spiritual energy field might be effective on him.

Otherwise, it would be terribly awkward if, when the man revealed his true colors and took out the anti-spiritual energy field device with a sneer, only to find it had no effect on any of them.

Song Lan felt embarrassed for the other person just by imagining it.

The "hospitable" man didn’t sense Song Lan’s thoughts, and his plan was still proceeding meticulously. So far, he had warmly hosted many Psychics in this villa, with the only troublesome one among the three being that mechanical mess.

It was his first time encountering a Psychic who had undergone full cybernetic body modification.

Didn’t those experts at the Psychic research institutions always say that Psychic Abilities and cybernetic prosthetics repel each other?

But the idea of the infallible anti-psychic device reassured the man quite a bit.

Those seemingly powerful Psychics all fell to the anti-spiritual energy field device. What’s more, to ensure absolute certainty, he also added a little extra to the wine and food — harmless to the average person but potent enough to disrupt the thoughts of Psychics.

"I’ve always been curious, how did you know we were Psychics down at the hospital?"

Song Lan asked. The Keeper indeed had some little gadgets that were rare in 2167, and these weapons specifically designed for Psychics seemed to be largely destroyed following the end of the Witch Hunt Movement.

"It’s because of this."

The man showed them his wristwatch. Song Lan was not the first to ask this question; the man was prepared, "This watch is designed by the Psychic research institutions. The device inside can detect nearby Psychic energy fluctuations. At the hospital entrance, the needle reacted to you guys."

Every time he mentioned the Psychic research institutions, the questioner would let down their guard.

Song Lan let down his guard and drank a large glass of grape wine without any precaution.

"You should drink less."

Seeing this, Lu Xiang frowned.

It was no secret in the rescuer department that Song Lan couldn’t hold his liquor. At every department gathering, he would sit with the navigation robot Nami since most in the department were fans of liquor, so he, together with the artificial intelligence, opened a "non-alcoholic" race at the gatherings.

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