Whether it be corruption or will distortion, it's not that they have never seen it; in fact, they have seen a lot. But those instances are basically some kind of special Extraordinary Power or high-level Pollution.
Yet what they are hearing now seems to be different.
High-level Pollution combined with special Extraordinary Rules?
"Do you have any prisoners who have succumbed to Blackening? I intend to meet one," Yang Jun finally made this decision.
The President had actually shared with him quite a bit of intelligence; in some aspects, they knew more than the Holy Alliance. But there are some things one can only truly understand through direct contact.
As for the danger.
If one dares not even meet a prisoner, a member of the Favoured, then how can one talk about solving the enemy?