Walking along the third-floor corridor of the lunatic asylum, Su Xiao noticed through the corridor windows that the lights in the main compound were going out one after another, including those in the sentry tower at the center of the courtyard.
That was the drawback of clearing out Commander-in-Chief Diuer, but Su Xiao had no choice. Diuer was capable and somewhat slippery, but he belonged to the "Hunter Force."
The "Hunter Force" and the "Twilight Asylum" were equal in rank, both directly under the Capital Council, though they were responsible for different areas.
The Hunter Force handled transcendents who committed crimes within the Alliance, ghost clans who had mutated into evil spirits, dangerous members of evil sects, and the like.
After the Hunter Force captured such people, some of the most heinous criminals were sent directly to the Twilight Asylum for correction and rehabilitation.
Those who survived that stage were imprisoned according to their crimes in cells from the asylum's first underground level to its third.
As for the five floors above the asylum, the first contained the cafeteria, reception room, chess and card room, and so on. The second and third floors consisted of individual wards, while the fourth and fifth were night wards.
The so-called night wards housed relatively dangerous lunatic criminals. These criminals genuinely suffered from mental illnesses, but they also had another identity: transcendents. Once these patients' illnesses flared up, they could pose unpredictable risks to the neighbors around their residences. That was why they were sent to the Twilight Asylum.
Putting everything else aside, the Twilight Asylum was absolutely top-notch when it came to treating mental illnesses. It had cured many patients. However, because its security was so strict, it only accepted transcendents who had gone mad. Ordinary mental patients were supposed to be sent