In accordance with Emperor Chu's requirements for the Division of Retribution, their operations could exist beyond the reach of the law. However, there was one condition: should any miscarriage of justice occur, everyone in the Division of Retribution, from the top down, would be implicated.
The lightest penalty was decapitation.
Some might consider Emperor Chu's arrangement overly cruel, but there was no other way. After all, the Division of Retribution held immense power; if they were not kept in check, this organization would eventually transform from the Emperor's sharp blade into a harmful hound.
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