Warden of the Beast World: Everyone is a Hakimi

The Security Department headquarters building is located in the heart of the Empire's central district, its gray-blue energy curtain gleaming coldly in the setting sun.

The head of the review team, carrying a recorder, entered the elevator with several subordinates. His fingers were still trembling slightly as he pressed the button for the top floor.

He had just returned from Prison Zero, where he had endured the mental pressure of six S-class or higher combatants at close range. Being able to stand up and return was already a highlight of his career.

The elevator doors slid open, revealing a heavy double door made of ebony wood at the end of the rooftop corridor, the emblem of the Vermilion Bird Clan engraved on the door panel. The head of the review team took a deep breath and pushed the door open.

Akio sat behind his desk, his broad frame making the large solid wood chair look like a child's chair.

He is the current patriarch of the Vermilion Bird Clan and the highest-ranking official in the Security Department. Half of his short, crimson hair has turned white, but his golden eyes are still as sharp as an eagle's.

He was reviewing documents when he saw the review team enter. He didn't even lift his eyelids and casually grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds from the snack plate next to him.

"You're back? I don't even need to read the report to know that it was that brat Chi Heng who did that to the Ye family's door." Chi Xiong cracked a melon seed, his tone impatient and helpless.

"Tell me, what trouble has that kid gotten into this time?" He knew his grandson too well. Chi Heng's troubles from childhood to adulthood could fill an encyclopedia. Burning down a noble's gate was like a sneeze to him, nothing to be surprised about.

"Reporting to the Minister, the fire at the Noya residence... has nothing to do with Young Chief Chiheng." The head of the investigation team stood ramrod straight, his tone as steady as a rock. Colonel Lu Yu had taught him how to phrase things, and he had memorized it all the way.

Chi Xiong paused in his sunflower seed-eating, then raised his eyelids, his crimson-gold pupils scrutinizing the team leader's face. Surprisingly, it wasn't his grandson who did it. He leaned back in his chair, about to say, "Then what are you all still standing here for?", when the team leader spoke again.

"Minister, we've come to report something else to you." The team leader's Adam's apple bobbed as he carefully chose his words.

Chi Xiong leaned back in his chair, grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds, and continued cracking them. He made a "go ahead" gesture, already mentally calculating what trouble Chi Heng had gotten into in prison this time—

Fighting with other prisoners? Burning down the observation area? Or melting down Lu Yu's gold-rimmed glasses? His grandson can't stand not causing trouble every day, and he, as the grandfather, is already used to it.

"Neither, Minister." The team leader took a deep breath. "It's the mental strength of the young clan chief Chiheng—it's been repaired. Not temporarily, not suppressed, it's a genuine repair. His collapse value has dropped from 93 to 70, his mental state is stable, his consciousness is fully clear, he can take human form, and he can express normal emotions. He can freely enter and leave Prison Zero, and..." He paused, seemingly choosing his words carefully, "He's also holding a female, comforting her."

"Wait a minute—" Akao scattered sunflower seeds all over the table, "Holding a female?"

He knew that Chi Heng's mental strength had recovered to the standard for release from prison. Lu Yu had sent him an official notification saying that Chi Heng had met the release criteria, but the kid was staying in prison and refusing to leave.

At the time, Chi Xiong didn't pay much attention—Chi Heng's personality meant he would cause trouble both outside and in prison. Keeping him in Zero Prison with Lu Yu in charge saved him the trouble of worrying. It was fine to keep him locked up for a while longer so he wouldn't burn down other people's houses when he got out.

But the description of "comforting a female" in the same sentence as the name "Chi Heng" just doesn't sound right. This guy, who's always causing trouble, hitting people he doesn't like, regardless of gender, would actually hug a female? And comfort her?

"Say it again." Chi Xiong pushed the plate of melon seeds aside, leaned forward slightly, and his golden eyes gleamed with a sharp light.

The head of the review team was momentarily nervous by the minister's reaction, but still recounted in detail what he had seen and heard in Prison Zero.

Chi Xiong listened, stunned. He looked down at the sunflower seeds in his hand and suddenly found them unappetizing. This sounded like a myth, with his grandson, who caused him so much worry, as the main character.

"Whose daughter is that female?" Chi Xiong's voice unconsciously lowered as he pondered. A female who could make his grandson understand things must have a powerful background. "How did you hold her? Did she resist? Is Chi Heng serious, or is he being foolish again?"

The head of the review team described the details of the embrace in detail, then cautiously added a sentence that made Akao pause again: "Uh... as far as we know, she has no family. She seems to be an orphan, and... an orphan who is not yet twenty-five years old."

"What?!" Akio's voice suddenly rose, startling the team leader so much that he almost dropped the recorder. "Under twenty-five? Doesn't that mean he's still in infancy? An underage orphan as the warden of Zero Prison?"

He suddenly stood up, walked around the desk twice, and cursed, "That brat Chi Heng! He made a move on a minor orphan girl, doesn't he know any limits?!" He stopped after walking a third time, and his tone suddenly carried a very faint, well-disguised smugness.

"But then again, to keep him quiet and prevent him from causing trouble, and even take the initiative to comfort him, this female is quite something." He tapped his fingers on the table a few times, then suddenly looked up, "What's that little female's name?"

"Wild crabapple. Wild as in wilderness, crabapple as in crabapple."

"Surname Ye? Then he must be from the Ye family?" Akio's interest, which had just been ignited, was instantly dampened. His brows furrowed into a deep frown, and he grabbed the handful of melon seeds on the table and threw them back at the table, angrily slapping the crumbs off his hands.

He had absolutely no goodwill towards the Ye family—they were arrogant and walked with an air of superiority, even more so than royalty. If he were to marry into their family, the conditions they would set could fill an entire scroll of parchment.

Unfortunately, their family was indeed known for producing females with high-level spiritual power. Various forces in the empire were both cursing and vying for them. Although the Vermilion Bird Clan didn't need to rush to seek marriage alliances, he, as the clan leader, had still been looked down upon by the Wild Clan quite often. Just thinking about dealing with those people gave him a headache.

"Why didn't you say her surname was Ye before?" Akao's tone was filled with undisguised disdain, his mind already racing as he plotted how to bypass the Ye family and directly abduct the girl to be his grandson's wife. Robbery? His grandson was an expert at that. The problem was, who would clean up the mess afterward?

Upon hearing this, the head of the review team realized the minister had misunderstood and quickly stepped forward, speaking a few paces faster than during his previous report: "Minister, there's one more thing—Ye Tang is indeed of the Ye family bloodline, but the Ye family considers her a disgrace and has never included her in the family genealogy. Half a month ago, they threw her out of the gate, officially expelling her from the family. She is now an orphan and has absolutely no relation to the Ye family."

Akahiro's hand froze in mid-air as he slowly turned his head, a hint of surprise flashing in his crimson-gold eyes. Double F-level mental power—in the eyes of the No clan, who valued mental power levels above all else, it was probably something even a servant in the backyard could easily trample on.

"So that's what happened to the gate of the Noya family." Akao leaned back in his chair. He knew it. That brat must have been the one who burned down the gate of the Noya family.

But then again, this female who could repair orcs with mental breakdown values ​​exceeding 90, and who could also tame his troublesome grandson, was thrown away like trash by the Ye family. Good riddance. The Ye family doesn't want her, but he does.

"How old is this child again?"

"Uh... she should be eighteen." The head of the review team flipped through the records.

Chi Xiong nodded in satisfaction. Eighteen years old, still in her infancy, an orphan, with no family background, exceptionally capable, and able to subdue Chi Heng. He had never met Ye Tang in person, but based on these qualities alone, he was quite satisfied with this young female. "If the Ye family doesn't want her, that's fine; our Vermilion Bird Clan will."

He spoke as casually as if he were passing by a market, casually picking out a cabbage, then pushing aside the half-finished document in front of him, turning on his personal terminal, and directly transferring ten million star coins into Lu Yu's account. The reason for the transfer was simply four words: "Transfer to Ye Tang."