Monster Hunting Bureau

Biodata

Organization and Personnel

• Xinghai Branch — Operates a holographic command hall that monitors monster and rift energy readings 14.
• Frontline and special-operations units — Fight monsters, defend civilians, conduct security checks, and investigate abnormal magic 2 12 16 26.
• Liang Bing — An investigator and three-star Enforcer in the Special Action Group; later commands a Night Watch operation involving Ziwei 26 39.
• Han Dong — A Special Action Group team leader who conducts questions and scans during the search of Su Bai’s apartment 26 27.
• Scar-faced captain — Leads security screening at a light-rail station and later fights with a ground team during the West District rift disaster 12 16.

Operations

Monster Response

• Posts emergency hunts through the Monster Hunter Mutual Aid App. An F-rank factory hunt initially offers 50,000 Federal Coins for a complete Abyssal Core; when the monster proves to be Tier 2 and traps a Bureau squad, the reward rises to 100,000 1 2.
• Deploys armed agents, protective formations, helicopters, and command support. Its forces are nevertheless overwhelmed during several higher-rank attacks 10 16 32.
• Prioritizes evacuation and rescue during later incidents, including the threat at Xinghai Girls’ School 51 53.

Investigations and Enforcement

• Uses magic-detection devices in public screenings and searches for traces of abnormal magic near incident sites 12 26 40.
• Investigates the unidentified hunter later designated “Ziwei,” offering 10,000 Federal Coins for a verified lead 8.
• Warns that large public gatherings must be registered with the Bureau and pass a safety assessment 46.

Relationship with the Magical Girls

• Offers Ziwei an annual salary of ten million Federal Coins, which she declines in favor of operating independently 11.
• Advertises a million-yuan annual salary to recruit a girl with magical potential into its special-operations squad 11.
• Warns citizens against the unregistered Star Magical Girls and forbids participation in private training under the group’s name 13.
• Initially searches female light-rail passengers for Mint, allowing Su Bai—who transforms into Ziwei—to pass without a magic scan because his ID identifies him as male 12.
• Attempts to capture or control Ziwei, but Liang Bing orders a Night Watch squad to retreat after Ziwei disables its sniper position 39.
• Later debates whether Ziwei should be treated as a high-risk threat. Liang Bing argues against forced control, citing her rescue of Bureau personnel and prevention of a city-threatening disaster 55.

Public Communications

• Circulates a fabricated report describing Ziwei as a Seventh Research Institute magic-armor test. Liang Bing later admits the story was intended to prevent public panic; the Bureau did not create Ziwei and does not know how Magical Girls awaken 27 28.
• Attributes the blood-red sky during the West District rift crisis to a rare “Abyssal-Origin Weather Belt” while its leadership knows the city is under-defended 15.
• Releases rift-monitoring records after Ziwei defeats the Rift-Splitting Dreadbeast, confirming that the monster had begun forcing its way through before her arrival and urging citizens not to blame a superhuman 34.