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Just as [specific sex act redacted], there was a third sound from the service closet. This time, there could be no doubt; the ductwork had unmistakably let out an astonished gasp of the sort that pipes were thoroughly incapable of making.
 
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“Query for Security and Morality AI’s,” I said. “Were Social Services rules and regulations explained to the criminal deviants on arrival in New Beijing.”

“Confirmed, Duty Squad Leader,” the AI gestalt responded. “Their Home Tunnel Captain and the senior Home Tunnel Shàoxiānduì girl explained and understanding was confirmed. The record has been notarized and added as evidence following your question. The deviants have had social credit points removed twice previously and have been previously reprimanded for inappropriate behavior while receiving social services. There is no excuse for recidivist behavior. Please proceed with securing confessions, Duty Squad Leader Chau.”

“Do you confess to sexual assault and attempted rape?” I asked them. I remembered that black eye and the nose. “And assault on Comrades performing a Citizens Arrest and Detention.”

“Yob tvoyu mat,” one of them spat. Fuck your mother? Really? They were so making things worse for themselves.

“Ensure they confess,” I said to Artemis, confirming with the AI’s before I added that next qualifier. “You’re authorized to break anything you like.”

“Understood, Duty Squad Leader,” Artemis said formally. She smiled. Her shock stick crackled and crunched. She hadn’t asked a question, but that was part of the technique.

The deviants began to scream. Soon they’d be confessing. To anything.

“Judicial AI. Please add charges of assault on Comrades performing a Citizens Arrest and Detention, as well as disrespect to a People’s Court, and the use of offensive language towards Shàoxiānduì in the exercise of their responsibilities to The People.”

“Acknowledged, Duty Squad Leader,” the Judicial AI acknowledged. “Charges have been added, evidence notarized and appended to their files, and deviant criminals have been found guilty of all additional charges.”

Artemis and the Duty Squad got to work.

Thirty minutes later, they’d both confessed, which wasn’t unexpected. Actually, before the Duty Squad finished with them, they’d confessed half a dozen times and the Police and Judicial AI’s had added three more crimes against The People. We were the Shàoxiānduì, after all. We knew how to run a Spontaneous Struggle Session. We knew how to secure confessions too, and Artemis could have made them confess a lot more quickly, but Amanda was Shàoxiānduì. She was one of us.

The Shàoxiānduì looked after our own and a point needed to be made.

Artemis and the Duty Squad took time to make it.

There were more bystanders now, and one of the tunnel wall displays was broadcasting so that latecomers could review the crimes and the evidence.

They could review the confessions too.

A good example prevented a thousand other crimes.
 
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