Swire

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Swire (诗怀雅)
Alias(es)	Chief Swire; Superintendent Swire; “Missy”
Species/Race	Feline 42
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Lungmen Guard Department; oversees the Public Security Management Brigade as her direct department 23 28
Occupation/Role	Senior Superintendent of the Lungmen Guard Department 28 32
Status	Suspended during Lungmen’s political crisis 190
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Background

Swire entered the Lungmen Guard Department intending to begin as an ordinary officer and advance through her investigative ability. A construction-company owner’s prolonged wage theft became an early lesson in how wealth can obstruct justice: when conventional measures failed, she used family connections to hire one hundred lawyers and two hundred detectives to investigate his accounts. 33

She is tied to a wealthy merchant family with extensive commercial connections. Corporate representatives later regard the Swire family as a multinational conglomerate and assume that her interests align with theirs. 199

Appearance

Swire is a blonde Feline officer whose polished, fashionable appearance contrasts with her stern command presence.

• Golden-blonde hair, ordinarily styled in distinctive drill-shaped curls 43
• Emerald-green eyes 46
• Often carries a small pink phone with gold trim 43
• Uses a Lungmen Guard Department superintendent’s official seal 33

Personality

Swire is demanding, proud, and highly conscious of professionalism. She keeps public and private matters separate, expects results from her subordinates, and is willing to make difficult personnel decisions when she believes department standards require it. 23 28

Her clashes with Ch'en Huijie are fueled less by outright hostility than mutual pride, embarrassment, and an inability to state their concerns plainly. When Luo Chen voices Swire’s implied wish to assist Ch'en, she denies it intensely while visibly flustered. 32 33

She has a strong concern for justice, especially where ordinary people are exploited. Her unresolved wage-theft case remains personally important enough that she uses it to test Luo Chen’s judgment. 33 34

Luo Chen’s exercise leaves her deeply shaken. After being held captive while he impersonates her, she becomes suspicious of those around her and struggles to separate her fears from reality. 42 51 52

Abilities & Skills

Command and Administration

Swire directs large-scale Lungmen Guard Department operations and holds her officers accountable for negligence, tardiness, and poor emergency readiness. 28 43 45

• Designed the routine exercise in which the Public Security Management Brigade independently planned a realistic criminal operation. 28
• Evaluates personnel through performance and documented results rather than seniority alone. 30 32
• Offered Luo Chen an acting brigade-captain appointment and a two-rank promotion if he could complete her exercise assignment. 34
• Arranged compensation for Motley after his injury while still accounting for his own misconduct. 39

Investigation and Legal Pressure

Swire is familiar with investigative procedure and recognizes legal constraints, such as the eight-hour limit on a single summons. 34

• Pursued a wage-withholding construction owner through extensive financial investigation after ordinary enforcement proved ineffective. 33
• Tested Luo Chen with the same case to assess both his legal reasoning and his willingness to abuse procedure. 33 34
• Values evidence, accountability, and formal discipline within the Guard Department. 43 45

Originium Arts

Swire possesses Originium Arts, though the nature and full extent of her abilities are not documented. During her abduction, she attempts to use them to trigger her sports car’s alarm, but Luo Chen prevents her from doing so. 42

• Known application: Attempted activation of her vehicle alarm. 42
• Limit: Her Arts can be interrupted or blocked under restraint and electrical incapacitation. 42

Equipment / Items

• Red sports car — An expensive vehicle Swire uses to drive Luo Chen from the Guard Department after midnight. 42
• Superintendent’s seal — Required to validate official appointments, including Luo Chen’s proposed acting brigade-captain appointment. 33
• Pink-and-gold phone — Used for official calls and communications. 43
• Personal bank account — Swire states that it contains two hundred million Lungmen Dollars while attempting to negotiate with her captor. 42

Relationships

• Ch'en Huijie — Fellow superintendent and frequent rival. Their arguments over reimbursement paperwork and personal pride repeatedly disrupt the office, though both show an underlying willingness to help one another. 32 33 54
• Luo Chen — Subordinate whom Swire initially views with suspicion but tests through a high-risk exercise assignment. He later abducts her and uses his transformation ability to impersonate her throughout the drill, leaving her traumatized and distrustful. 32 34 42 53
• Assistant Yang — Swire’s assistant, who supports her administrative work and notices behavioral differences after Swire’s return from Luo Chen’s captivity. 32 43 52
• Wei Yenwu — Lungmen’s governor. He observes Swire’s exercise preparations and later approves the proposed undercover operation nominally placed under her command. 28 49 50
• Motley — Public Security Management Brigade captain under Swire’s authority. She removes him from the exercise-planning meeting after receiving information that angers her, then later arranges limited compensation for his injuries. 28 39

Story Role / Major Arcs

Routine Exercise

Swire organizes a major Guard Department exercise to be observed by Governor Wei and the media. She orders the Public Security Management Brigade to independently simulate a bank robbery, with all other departments placed on emergency readiness. 28

After Luo Chen is recommended as acting brigade captain, Swire challenges him with a more difficult task: he must portray a bandit, lead a group of demoted or suspended officers, and ensure that the drill remains convincing without being exposed by senior leadership. 32 34

Luo Chen’s Impersonation

Luo Chen lures Swire into giving him a ride, incapacitates her, and imprisons her in the Lower City. Using his transformation ability, he assumes her appearance, voice, belongings, and official authority to direct the exercise in her place. 42

While impersonating her, Luo Chen conducts emergency meetings, disciplines officers, addresses the media, and presents his own actions as Swire’s leadership. His imitation is convincing enough that neither the Guard Department nor its senior leadership recognizes the substitution. 43 45 48 49

Swire eventually realizes that Luo Chen has successfully deceived her assistant, Governor Wei, and Ch'en. When he reveals that every objective of her exercise has been fulfilled, her confidence collapses. 51

Aftermath and Suspension

Following her release, Swire summons Luo Chen to confront him about the exercise. She argues that he was meant to play a villain rather than become one, while Luo Chen insists that he was rigorously fulfilling her mission to test and reform the Guard Department. 52 53

Later, Swire is suspended amid the conflict between the Lungmen Guard Department and the Reunion Movement. 190 During the ensuing citywide crisis, Luo Chen again exploits her identity in public broadcasts, allowing the population and corporate figures to credit “Swire” with actions he directs from behind her appearance. 198 199 203

Notable Quotes

“Of course, if she can say a few more nice things, it’s not like this superintendent can’t consider it.” 33

“I told you to play the villain in an exercise, not actually become a villain.” 52