Han Meng

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Han Meng (韩蒙)
Affiliation	Third District Enforcers, Aurora Domain 10 17
Occupation/Role	Chief Law Enforcer of the Third District; highest-ranking officer in the district 10 17
Rank	Four-Pattern Enforcer; the Third District's only known Four-Pattern Enforcer 17
God Path	War God Path, Judgment path; at least Third Stage 16 18
Status	Active; survives an attempted assassination and later purges corrupt Third District Enforcers 38 41 50
First Appearance	Chapter 3: “Calamity”

Background

Han Meng is the chief law enforcer responsible for Aurora Domain's Third District. By age twenty-four, he had reached Four-Pattern rank and reportedly defeated all Enforcers of his generation in Aurora City, earning a reputation as a prodigy despite remaining stationed in the Third District 17.

He follows the Judgment path under the War God Path. He teaches prospective Enforcers that God Paths require recognition, warns them that Fusionists and forbidden factions are hunted by every Human Domain, and presents the Martial Way Ancient Treasury as the conventional route for an Enforcer to become an enforcement officer 18.

Han Meng's commitment to duty is severe and uncompromising. After confronting Chen Ling, he states that he has always acted according to his duty and challenges Chen Ling to “become that justice” if the world lacks it 45. His later purge of Ma Zhong's faction demonstrates that he is willing to use lethal force against corruption within his own organization 50.

Appearance

Han Meng wears a black trench coat marked with four silver stripes, denoting his Four-Pattern status. He is frequently depicted smoking thick hand-rolled cigarettes. 3 7 10 17

• Black trench coat with four silver markings 7 10
• Carries a pitch-black handgun used to activate Deconstruction 10 11
• Commonly keeps a thick hand-rolled cigarette between his fingers or teeth 3 10
• Sustains serious injuries during his battle with the Red-Paper Monster, including head trauma and blood loss 11 12 16

Personality

Han Meng is observant, disciplined, and difficult to deceive. When Chen Tan and Li Xiuchun claim to be visiting their son's grave, he immediately identifies contradictions in their travel route, timing, and choice of burial site, then orders covert surveillance rather than accepting their explanation 3.

He values firsthand evidence over testimony. During Chen Ling's interrogation, Han Meng presses him with rapid questions about his claimed opera practice, then tells Jiang Qin that a law enforcer must see facts personally rather than rely on unsupported claims 19.

His professional restraint coexists with pride and ruthlessness. He allows subordinates to believe that he injured the Red-Paper Monster rather than admit his defeat, partly to preserve his authority 16. Later, he executes Ma Zhong, two other law enforcers, and more than fifty affiliated Enforcers after their rebellion, acting before Aurora City formally authorizes the purge 50.

Abilities & Skills

Deconstruction

Han Meng channels the power of Deconstruction through his handgun. A shot may produce only a mechanical click, yet an invisible projectile annihilates matter in its path. 11

• Obliterated soil and gravel and tore a circular hole through roughly two-thirds of the Red-Paper Monster's body 11
• Fired successive shots capable of opening enormous holes in the regenerating Calamity 11
• Shattered an illusionary confinement created by the Dusk Society's Eight of Clubs formation 38
• Fired at a Dusk Society boy later revealed to be a two-dimensional projection rather than a physical body 42

Judgment Domain

Han Meng can spread an invisible domain that locks hostile targets beneath his killing intent. 10

• Used the domain while confronting the Red-Paper Monster in the wilderness 10
• Declared his authority and sentenced the Calamity to death before opening fire 10
• Extended the domain again when rejecting recruitment by the Dusk Society 41

Slaughter Waltz

Slaughter Waltz is a Third-Stage technique of Han Meng's Judgment path. Chen Ling later obtains a copy of the skill through the Theater, but the skill card identifies Han Meng as its original owner. 16

• Affiliated with the War God Path and Judgment path 16
• Its movement style is recognizable to experienced criminals as Han Meng's 28
• Enables extreme combat mobility and is strongly associated with Han Meng's reputation as a fighter 16 28

Equipment

• Pitch-black handgun — Medium for Deconstruction and a symbol of his Judgment-path authority 10 11
• Calamity Pointer — A valuable device used to measure nearby Calamity fluctuations and danger levels; it explodes while Han Meng tests the mass grave incident 3
• Black Four-Pattern trench coat — Official Enforcement Officer attire bearing four silver stripes 7 17
• Hand-rolled cigarettes — A habitual accessory, often present during investigations and confrontations 3 10 17

Relationships

• Chen Ling — Suspected Fusionist and eventual subordinate. Han Meng investigates Chen Ling's connection to the Red-Paper Monster, repeatedly interrogates him, and later acknowledges his success as the top-ranked Reserve Seat 19 44 45.
• Jiang Qin — Junior Enforcer whom Han Meng reprimands, instructs, and teaches investigative procedure 3 19.
• Chu Muyun — Chu claims to have saved Han Meng's life twice, giving him enough influence to make Han Meng withdraw from Chen Ling's home 22.
• Chen Yan — Han Meng investigates Chen Yan as part of the Chen family mystery and later informs Chen Ling that Chen Yan was killed days earlier 19 44.
• Ma Zhong — Corrupt Enforcer who conspires to assassinate Han Meng and frame his death as a Calamity incident; Han Meng ultimately kills him during the Third District purge 30 50.
• Xi Renjie — Clean-background Second-Mark officer personally promoted by Han Meng during the rebuilding of the Third District Enforcers 50.
• Dusk Society — Han Meng considers the organization a top-priority enemy of the Human Domain and rejects its attempt to recruit him 41 42.

Story Role

Mass Grave Investigation

Han Meng leads the response to the suspected Ash Realm incident at the mass grave. He detects Chen Tan and Li Xiuchun's deception, explains the Calamity Pointer's purpose to Jiang Qin, and is injured when the device violently explodes after registering an abnormal threat 3.

Battle with the Red-Paper Monster

After locating the Red-Paper Monster, Han Meng identifies himself as the Third District's chief law enforcer and attacks with Deconstruction. He severely damages the monster but is overwhelmed when it regenerates, expands toward Level Six strength, and buries him beneath a paper assault 10 11.

Chen Ling secretly knocks Han Meng unconscious while reclaiming control of his body from the Audience. Han Meng survives, wakes in the hospital, and begins theorizing that the Calamity may have fused with a human host 11 12 16.

Investigation of the Chen Family

Han Meng oversees the Reserve Seat examination and explains the War God Path to the candidates. He singles out Chen Ling, accuses him of being a Fusionist, tests his opera alibi, and sends him to District Two so he can investigate Chen Yan separately 17 18 19.

Although Chen Ling's answers leave him without proof, Han Meng remains suspicious of the family's connection to the Calamity attack and continues gathering evidence 19 20.

Conflict with the Dusk Society

Ma Zhong's faction publicly announces that Han Meng has died fighting Calamities, but Han Meng survives the attempted assassination 31 38. While moving toward Ma Zhong's residence, he is trapped by a masked Dusk Society youth using the Eight of Clubs formation; he eventually breaks free through Deconstruction 38 41.

He refuses the Dusk Society's recruitment offer and denounces it as an enemy of the Human Domain. At the Ice Spring Street residence, he discovers all twenty-two celebration attendees dead and recognizes that the Society has entered Aurora Domain 41 42.

Return to the Third District

Han Meng later confronts Chen Ling at Frost Street, presenting evidence of Chen Yan's death and questioning whether Ash Realm contamination has affected Chen Ling's mind. Chen Ling's accusation that the Enforcers failed ordinary people leaves Han Meng unable to respond 44.

Before leaving, Han Meng confirms Chen Ling's first-place result in the Martial Trial, grants him access to the Martial Way Ancient Treasury, and urges him to become the justice he seeks 45.

Following Ma Zhong's rebellion, Han Meng kills the conspirators and more than fifty associated Enforcers, then promotes Xi Renjie and begins rebuilding the Third District's depleted enforcement force 50.

Notable Quotes

“I am Han Meng, Chief Law Enforcer of District Three in the Aurora Domain.” 10

“I uphold the justice of human civilization... I sentence you to death.” 10

“As law enforcers, we need to see with our own eyes, not listen with our ears.” 19

“If you truly think this world lacks justice, then become that justice yourself.” 45

Trivia

• Han Meng's Calamity Pointer explodes during his first documented investigation, leaving a cut on his cheek 3.
• Chen Ling incapacitates Han Meng twice in the aftermath of the Red-Paper Monster battle 11 12.
• Chen Ling later acquires Slaughter Waltz from a Theater skill draw, making Han Meng an unintended source of Chen Ling's combat technique 16.
• Although he is reported dead in the Third District, he later returns and personally destroys Ma Zhong's corrupt network 31 50.