Warhammer Inquisitor

  Chapter 33 Frontiers of Empire: Old-fashioned drama

The dim light flickered in the closed underground space, like a candle covered by clouds and mist. This quiet underground parking lot was silent in a dead silence. Countless cars were parked here. It's like an aging galaxy with its stars extinguished, walking towards the ultimate eternal tranquility in tranquility.

  But suddenly, a sound from the edge of the silence broke the silence. It was the rustling sound of tires rolling over the frosted ground. The sound gradually approached from a distance, breaking the eternal silence little by little.

The bright headlights shot into the parking lot from the exit of the rotary driveway. It was like a ray of light shooting out of nothingness piercing through the entire parking lot. A black car drove down from nowhere and finally stopped in the empty center of the parking lot. Location.

  The folding car door opened from the side, and a boot was stepped on, a boot with a silver patch.

  Vito got out of the car, and stood beside the car while leaning on the black surface of the roof. Marshall also stood out from the driver's seat and held on to the door, subconsciously adjusting the position of his laser gun.

  Vito stretched out a hand and pulled Olivia out. Vito straightened his collar and looked around, looking at the quiet parking lot around him with a playful expression.

But before Vito could make any comments, he was interrupted by the sound of footsteps. He looked towards the source of the footsteps, and a man in a political commissar-style turtleneck came out from the gap formed by the vehicles. In addition, several heavily armed people also appeared, both men and women, but without exception, they were all fully armed to the teeth.

  A man wearing a coat stood directly in front of the car. His face was as cold as the cold winter. Under the coat was a bullet-proof breastplate, and on the breastplate was an extremely eye-catching leather gun belt extending to his armpit.

Vito smiled helplessly, and walked towards the man from the side of the car, "Really? The parking lot? Such an old-fashioned meeting place?" "I only care about safety, and no one will disturb us here," the man said , he looked at Vito who was coming, and the latter stopped a few steps away and smiled jokingly, "This is the first time we have met, Grand Arbiter Scheer, but I have known you for a long time."

  Arbitrator Scheer’s face was still extremely stern, without any smile, or even a friendly expression, he stared at Vito coldly as if trying to pierce him with his eyes.

"Before we start any topic, I need to confirm your identity, Vito Constantine." Sher said, and Vito looked at Marshall with an embarrassed smile, "I think Marshall told you, right? "Yes, but I have to personally make sure you're not lying, outsider." "What would happen otherwise?" "I'll have to dig a hole tonight."

  Vito looked at the gunmen behind him, the police officers wearing the police badges of the Ministry of Justice, everyone looked at him with extremely murderous eyes, even those female police officers who could be called beautiful.

  Vito’s specialized hearing heard the sound of the whole fuse being turned on, and he smiled in relief. It seems that there is still something admirable in the Victoria galaxy.

  Vito raised his wrist, and the communicator turned on after a tiny light spot lit up, "Cole, Olaf, are you free?" "Of course, Inquisitor." "Very good."

The young Vito Constantine pulled the communicator from the wrist buckle, and the small creation was placed on the ground. As a series of refracting optical fibers appeared in the space, the two humanoid silhouettes appeared in a very short distance. Time was woven out, and as countless light filaments criss-crossed, their appearance became clearer as they became denser and denser.

Judge Scheer looked towards Vito, the person made of light threads, he came out of nothingness and stood beside Vito, the navy captain uniform was so conspicuous that it was enough to make people only Just look at him to identify him.

   On the other side of him, the eyes of Scheer and all the law enforcement officers present gradually widened. Even Marshall and Olivia behind Vito showed extremely shocked expressions.

   Everyone present looked at the giant, a burly giant who was so huge that it exceeded the limit of the holographic projection.

  The giant power armor was unobstructed in front of everyone, and his face was flickering in the light thread of the limit projection boundary, making it impossible for people to see clearly, like an angel descending from the heaven to the earth.

   His angel of death.

  Vito smiled slightly and put one hand behind his back, "Please allow us to introduce ourselves once again. I am Vito Constantine, the judge of the Imperial Tribunal of the Alien Religion."

   "I am the ex-Imperial Navy, and I am now a member of the Judgment Court Fleet. I am the captain of the Mars-class battlecruiser Infinity Frontier, Rear Admiral Cole Markarian." Said the navy captain.

  As soon as the burly giant beside him opened his mouth, he suppressed all voices, that thick voice was like that of the Emperor himself.

   "I come from Priest Olaf Thorz, the son of Leman Russ of the Space Wolves Chapter, and a member of the Deathwatch Chapter. My brothers and I follow Vito Judge."

  Everyone looked at the giant in astonishment. None of them present had ever seen Brother Astartes. Even if it was just a projection, the existence of the Emperor's Angel of Death was enough to make anyone feel fear and awe.

  Vito smiled jokingly, looked at the arbitrator Scheer, who quickly forced himself to regain his composure, and then nodded affirmatively, now no one will doubt Vito's identity.

   "You came very quickly, my lord judge." Sher said, there was still a hint of trill in her voice, obviously the shock brought by the emperor's angels still hadn't completely subsided.

   "As blessed by the emperor, the astronomical language you conveyed passed through the void, and the Grand Inquisitor of Highgate received your request, so he ordered me and my companions to come and solve the problem."

   "As the Emperor wished, we have completed the first step. The Inquisitor found the enemy of the Empire, and my brothers and I destroyed the evil factory of the alien traitors today."

   Olaf clenched his iron fist and said, although this small holographic projection device was not accurate, and there was a click sound when the iron fist was clenched tightly, but the action of the angel of death still made many people subconsciously take a step back.

Cole raised his hand slightly, and his sleeves trimmed with admiral gold swayed slightly, "The results of our purification and testing in the scarlet factory show that the local gene stealer cult used scarlet to transform the minds of believers, Thus bypassing the process of genetic infection and avoiding the review of the local legal department.”

  Scheer frowned, while Vito slightly raised his eyebrows and looked at Cole, who smiled slightly, "Did you guess it?" "Ha, basically."

Vito cleared his throat and called Grand Arbiter Sher's attention, "Arbitrator, your local area has been infiltrated by Tyranid gene-stealers. I think this has been going on for centuries. Becoming a branch of the Emperor's Faith, spreading followers across the planet, hiding in the shadows until decades ago."

Vito turned around and pointed at Olivia, "She is the former governor, the daughter of Dillon Caen Lane, the legal heir to the position of governor of this planet, and her father did not die from the assassination of the Chaos cultist. It was assassinated by the traitor Reuven, who is currently in the position of Governor, in collusion with the Pious Order, the Genestealer sect."

  Scheer's expression twitched, and he focused his attention on the woman in the distance at this moment. When she looked at the silver-gray haired girl for a while, she showed a rare expression of surprise.

   "Olivia? Is the child you?" Sher asked in surprise, and took a few steps forward, while Silver Snake just nodded slightly and said nothing.

"The Emperor! We thought you were dead. General Lvov and I have been looking for you for a long time but have not found you. Why don't you come to us?" Scheer asked excitedly, obviously very concerned about this, But Silver Snake just sighed, "I had other things to do at the time, and I didn't dare to go up to the nest after that."

Scheer obviously wanted to keep asking, but the tall Olaf took a step forward. Although it was only a projection, the sound of his heavy footsteps was transmitted from the other end in digital form, "Grand Arbiter, I don't think it is time to As we struggle with Ms. Olivia's past, we have a more pressing threat looming."

   "I'm sorry, my lord, let's get back to the topic." Sher said and took a step back, the tall giant nodded slightly, and the afterimage flickered.

"The local Genestealers have sent a signal to the Tyranid Hive Fleet, and our enemies have received the signal that the space station at the edge of the galaxy was destroyed not by Chaos or pirates, but by Genestealers here At the space station, the psychic signal from the Hive Fleet was received, and the astropaths there also received it, and in order to prevent the space station from issuing a warning, they destroyed it."

   "Now, the Hive Fleet has come, Grand Arbiter, in the name of the All-Knowing Father we must prepare."

Olaf's words made Scheer's eyes widen, and those law enforcement officers who looked quite strong unexpectedly showed a trace of fear. For the common people of the empire, they may not know what that means, but obviously, for the legal affairs For those on the front lines against the great enemies of the Empire, they know what that means.

Scheer turned his head. He turned his back and was silent for a moment, then slowly turned his head, "Hive Fleet. How long will it take to arrive?" "We don't know, but according to speculation, it should not be long." Cole replied He, said the captain of the navy.

   "Our Ms. Astropath has observed the shadows approaching in the void. She can't tell how soon they will arrive, but based on our past experience, it should be very soon."

Scheer pondered for a while, "Captain, have you ever fought against the Tyrans?" Cole nodded affirmatively, and put one hand on the chainsaw sword, "Yes, we have fought against Catachan jungle warriors Over a branch fleet, that...is a tough fight."

"I have fought against Chaos Demons and Orcs before. I know what that means, and I know that we need the support of the Star Forces and the Empire." Sher turned around and said, his weather-beaten face The sky is full of dark clouds, but it is still calm.

  He's a true fighter, not swayed by fear.

   "Yes, we have sent out a signal for help. So far, the Imperial Star Militia Corps and the Imperial Navy Fleet have responded to the request. They are on their way, but we still need to be prepared."

  Scheer nodded and looked at his law enforcement officers. They had already regained their composure. To be honest, the quality of the local legal department is very surprising.

   "When I fought against Chaos, I knew that when the demons invaded, the cultists would riot and revolt to weaken and disperse our power. I think the Genestealer Cult is the same."

  Vito patted his empty belt, "Yes, so we need to solve this internal problem before we can face the coming destruction."

   "I have already checked some parts. You don't need to worry about the lower nest area. I have persuaded the Hammer Gang and the Syndicate to help us deal with the lower nest. What you and your law enforcement officers need to do is to clean the upper layer with thunder."

"How strong are the local Loyalists?" "I know Loyalists in every department, they are good people and excellent people, but because the problem that seems to be clear now, what we once thought was just greedy bureaucrats, now it seems It is the oppression and suppression of the powerful and powerful alien traitors."

"General Wolfe can take over the Planetary Defense Force, Bishop Raput can ensure the loyalty of the State Church, Minister Kadi can try his best to ensure that the Ministry of Administration continues to operate, and the Mechanics, the Loyalists of the Astronomical Academy and the Merchant Branch all work with I'm connected."

   "We have been planning for these greedy traitors now to eradicate them when they betray the Emperor and Terra one day, but it seems...we still didn't expect their madness."

"Yeah, they have turned to a group of alien enemies who will eat up everything on the planet. Obviously, in the face of greed and desire, a little lie and promise can fascinate them." Vito said helplessly, waving his hand slightly .

"I can now confirm that the current planetary governor, Reuven, is one of them. Olivia's parents did not die from the revenge of the chaos cultists, but that Reuven collaborated with the gene cult, and they colluded to assassinate them, and Put Reuven on the throne to ensure their survival."

   "Over the years, Lu Wen has been secretly acquiescing to their preaching and covering up their existence. He even got hold of the archbishop and bought him, making the bishop betray his faith and betray the emperor."

Olaf clenched his fists angrily, "He must be punished." "Yes, my friend, he will." Vito said, still looking at the arbitrator, who was also obviously surprised, but beyond that. The situation passed quickly. After all, all this is not so difficult to understand, and they probably guessed part of it. Although they probably understood it as chaos cultists, it seems that there is no difference in the result now.

  Olivia put one hand on the car door and lowered her eyes in silence. It seemed that many memories had resurfaced before her eyes. She cursed in a low voice and sat on the hood of the car.

Vito looked at Olivia, Cole seemed a little surprised, he had never seen Vito distracted at such a time, but soon the judge refocused, he looked at Sher with his head held high .

   "We still don't know how many "vital officials" of the empire have betrayed the throne, and we don't have time to screen them. It is even more impossible for us to conduct an indiscriminate cleansing at this critical point in time and self-destruct the Great Wall."

"Soon they will accept me as a member of the "family", presumably by injecting me with an infected body and bringing me closer to the extended family of gene-stealers, which means they will summon me and I will soon be able to Determine who the leaders are, and what you and your people have to do is to eliminate and arrest them."

   "And I, my friends and I will raid the acceptance ceremony led by the patriarch. At that time, a considerable number of gene stealers will be present, and we will catch them all and inflict heavy damage on them."

Scheer thought for a moment, nodded in the affirmative, but soon asked a new question, a valuable question, "The number of cultists is huge, especially the infected ones. We don't know how many there are at the top of the government. We can hardly A one-time search is clear, and if even one of their leaders is spared, it will pose a huge threat."

Yes, as long as there is a leader who escapes punishment, he will quickly organize a riot. Even if it is a hopeless riot that is doomed to fail, they will die, and that means that the defense ability of the planet will be greatly weakened. The Ren fleet was weak and weak.

  Vito smiled, and looked at the arbitrator with his hands behind his back. Cole and Olaf surrounded him, as if the entire army of the empire was here.

"I have my own way, the arbitrator, now please contact the loyalists and prepare everything that needs to be prepared, our time is running out." "Indeed, I will prepare as soon as possible, Marshall will continue to assist you, the adjudicator My lord, please allow me to resign, we still have a lot to do."

Sher didn't delay for a moment, which made Vito appreciate it very much. He must have many questions, especially for Olivia, but he just glanced at the girl not far away, and then took his law enforcement officer They left, they disappeared across the parking lot.

  Yes, now is not the time to struggle with many problems, now is the moment to make a last-ditch effort for survival.

Vito looked at Cole and Olaf, "I and others will join you as soon as possible, Inquisitor." "I know, Cole, keep an eye on reinforcements and start preparing to organize the population of other planets in the Victoria galaxy. Supplies, retreat to Hive World, hurry up." "Understand the Inquisitor." "Good night then, and good luck to everyone." "May the All-Father bless us." "May the Emperor bless us."

The projections of the two disappeared after a vibration of light particles. Vito picked up the communicator and inserted it into the wrist card slot. He walked to the side of the car, and Olivia also slowly raised her head to see him revealing Weary smile, "I need a drink."

   "Me too, Marshall, take us back." Marshall nodded, and Vito held Olivia's hand, with a tired look on his face.

  “There are a group of traitors and lunatics preparing to kill us under our feet, and a group of nightmare natural disasters are attacking in outer space. This is my daily life, my night.”

   "Tonight is indeed too long."

  (end of this chapter)