How can a retired savior be considered retired if he drops to 40,000?

When Hastings sent the first briefing to the Inquisition on this matter, he naturally thought that Wilchak was an Inquisitor, and the Inquisitor's affairs should be handled by the Inquisition because of his own fixed mindset. So, he followed his usual narrative method of "only saying the key points" and simply regarded the Imperial Guards as temporary helpers when there was a shortage of manpower in the briefing, unconsciously writing in a spring and autumn style. After a few days, as a mere Inquisitor, Hastings found that he had been turned over by the Supreme Instructor in this matter. After struggling in vain, he remembered to send out a revised version of the briefing again - but when this revised version finally arrived at its destination, Maran, who temporarily accepted the position of special prosecutor of the Inquisition, had already sailed with the Fortitude Power in the subspace storm of the dark side of the Empire, and therefore completely missed the relevant star language.

The problem caused by the poor transmission of intelligence directly resulted in a few seconds of silence, which was broken by the sound of clearing the throat at the other end of the communication: Inquisitor Lord Selina Maran was trying to contact Sibyl Hastings as she intended, and she was indeed present at the scene. However, when a golden Guards Watcher occupied the center of the transmission screen, an ordinary Inquisitor who looked very plain and relatively close to the edge of the screen was not easy to be noticed.

"Madam Selina Maran, Lord Inquisitor, and Lord Grey Knight Captain Brother Avian Stern, welcome everyone." This welcome speech seemed awkward in the current situation, but at least, Hastings successfully broke the most awkward silence between the two sides. "You should have known the current situation in the briefing, but in order to avoid ambiguity due to loss of information during the transmission process, please allow me to briefly summarize the whole process of the whole thing here..."

In theory, Hastings provided a good step in time, enough for everyone present to follow this briefing and move away from the current awkward position. In fact, the Guards Warden Vasilyan obviously had a very different understanding of the meaning of the "steps" here:

"We can talk about this later." He mercilessly interrupted Hastings's long speech, and the latter rolled his eyes while reluctantly shutting up. The Imperial Guards seemed to be unaware of the Inquisitor's clear dissatisfaction and ignored him, continuing to speak to Maran and Stern: "According to the general practice of the Empire in dealing with similar incidents, you will definitely want to listen to the testimony of Ritsuka Fujimaru, one of the parties involved, the Imperial Saint who stood directly at the forefront of the accident, and the current object of protection for me and my Imperial Guards team. But unfortunately, this Excellency is very busy and has a tight schedule. Although she also proposed to talk to the person in charge sent by the Inquisition in person after hearing that you were about to arrive, her schedule has indeed been filled with major and minor matters during this period of time."

The content of this passage was not difficult to understand, but Malan still didn't know how to continue. If you say that this imperial guard had no intention of solving the problem, he did bring up some useful things for their investigation; but if you say that this imperial guard was going to actively solve the problem, he seemed to have a slightly sarcastic attitude...

The Grey Knight Captain monk on the side had no expression, but based on what Marlan had known about him during this period, he must have been a little angry. In order to avoid further escalation of the conflict, the Lord Inquisitor had to speak before Stern could successfully speak:

"Forgive me, but you must also know that I am an inquisitor specially sent here by the Inquisition to investigate the case of Michaelia Wilczak's illegal summoning of demons. I must give my colleagues and superiors a credible explanation on this matter." She lowered her posture as much as possible, and stated this fact with a smile in the softest and least aggressive tone - a direct conflict with a guard who seemed to be in a bad mood would not be good even for a lord inquisitor. Besides, Malan was assigned this task and came all the way from the Misty Star Region because of her relatively soft and smooth personality and not easy to conflict with other institutions in the empire.

"Considering the identity of one of the parties involved in this matter, we can certainly conduct the investigation in a way that is as brief as possible and does not disrupt the work and life of this lady, but with all due respect, the corresponding compliance procedures are still indispensable. In any case, we have to disturb this lady."

Perhaps it was because it was not advisable to hit someone who smiled at you, or because Malan's request was not excessive, or perhaps it was because of some other reason. In short, Vasilyan did not dwell too much on this issue. Although the rhythm of the conversation had been completely disrupted by the sudden intervention of the imperial guards, Malan still decided to continue asking questions on this topic, and she would get as much information as possible:

"So, please, when can we speak to this lady?" she asked. "At a time that is more convenient for her, of course."

The answer she got was somewhat unexpected:

"Immediately." Vasily's tone was a little gloomy. "Your Excellency has squeezed out time from her schedule for this purpose today. She will be joining this line immediately after a meeting with the Ministry of the Interior in five minutes."

For some reason, Hastings at the corner of the screen sighed with a rather tired attitude after he finished speaking.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 321: It should be forbidden to release surprise bombs on censors

Although the Imperial Guards used the expression "immediately" in their words, neither Marlan nor Stern had expected that this so-called "immediately" would actually happen in just ten minutes.

For most of the mortal officials in the empire who thought they were in high positions, ten minutes was not enough time for the servants who accompanied them to set up the carriage. Moreover, if Vasily's previous account was true, within five minutes after he finished speaking, the person he mentioned might still be in the meeting room of the Ministry of the Interior of Baal for the final greetings. However, no matter what actually happened during this period of time, or what means of movement she used, the fact is that Fujimaru Ritsuka did appear on the Shadow Hammer very quickly, on the other side of the communication directly connected with the Fortitude Power.

The Lord Inquisitor and the Grey Knight Captain Brother who were tasked with the investigation had read through the briefings delivered to them, and had a basic understanding that the "Imperial Saint" who opposed the Inquisition in this incident was a "young girl". But when Fujimaru Ritsuka's appearance was transmitted through the radio waves and really appeared in their sight, they were still surprised at how young this "girl" was. Fujimaru Ritsuka's age of only seventeen may partially explain part of the reasons for this conflict that should not have happened (or at least should not have been exposed), but if the perspective is raised and the cause and effect of the whole incident are examined, more confusing questions will arise.

Maran glanced at Stern beside her with some uneasiness, and the Grey Knight shook his head at her. Although they didn't know whether the current arrangement was due to the other party's caution or simply because it was "more convenient", even the captain monk could not use the radio signal to detect the other party's status with psychic power.

Vasily moved away from the center of the communication screen, but when Fujimaru Ritsuka stood over there, a large area of ​​the screen was still empty - and Stern was sure that she must have stepped on something that the camera couldn't capture. Although it was not easy to notice because of the large and complicated skirt, he could infer from the movement of the other party's upper body when she entered the screen that Fujimaru Ritsuka must have raised her legs and made a "stairs-up" action when she approached the camera.

"Good day, everyone. I'm sorry for making things so tense with this sudden arrangement." She clasped her hands in front of her abdomen, her back straight, and a decent smile on her face - her manners and etiquette were impeccable, just like the noble ladies often seen at Terra's social dances. "Today's arrangement is indeed very hasty due to my temporary decision. Please treat it as an informal meeting for a simple acquaintance. As you can see, I am Fujimaru Ritsuka, the main person responsible for the Wilczak case..."

This greeting, or the brief summary of the case, which was condensed into less than three minutes, did a good job of completing the task of the "step" that Hastings had intended to hand out but was interrupted by the imperial guards not long ago, allowing the prosecutor who came to at least have the most basic grasp of the current situation. But during this period, Maran still couldn't help but notice that Hastings at the edge of the screen obviously searched around, then turned his head and moved a little, moving half of his body out of the screen. He must have said something to the outside at a volume that could not be captured by the communication, because more than ten seconds later, after he completely returned to the screen, another little girl in an acolyte's robe also entered the screen and stood in the corner on the other side behind Fujimaru Ritsuka.

Obviously, Hastings' ultimate intention was not to have this person appear in the picture, but to require that the thing in her hand - the golden Skyhawk Scepter standing on the ground, held respectfully in both hands - in this scene, must be captured in the sight of the two people on the bridge of the Fortitude and Power through the communication image signal.

Just as no one would mistake the attendant holding the scepter for the real owner of the scepter, considering that there is a royal guard watcher standing in the background, even people without relevant knowledge would never misunderstand the meaning of the scepter in this scene.

Considering Fujimaru Ritsuka's age and his almost non-existent qualifications in the empire, this is really ridiculous, but since the Imperial Guards are willing to endorse this scenario with a tacit attitude, Malan decided to let her thoughts lean towards: All of the above seemingly illogical facts have been covered up by certain senior departments of the empire for some reason.

Malan couldn't think of any other department in the empire that could bypass the supervision of the Inquisition. Or maybe she did think of it, but she didn't want to take such a ridiculous guess as a fact. But in short, she finally decided that it would be a good idea to be cautious here.

This round of greetings and questions went smoothly. In addition to the basic understanding of the current situation, Malan's instinct as an inquisitor made her notice that the source of the prior information that enabled Fujimaru Ritsuka to complete this communication smoothly was obviously Hastings: the information she unconsciously revealed during the conversation showed that she knew more about the Grey Knight Captain-Brother beside her, but when it came to Malan, she only knew some of the things that would appear in the official documents of the Inquisition.

It is normal to ask people from the same system about things in the same system - it is also normal not to be able to ask anything too specific. There is basically no overlap between the areas where Malan often moves and Hastings. They even learned each other's names through this investigation after this incident. As a lord judge, Malan is naturally qualified to quickly review Hastings' detailed resume, but the difference in rank makes it difficult for the latter to conduct such a detailed investigation of the former through official channels. Malan certainly believes that if Hastings insists on investigating himself, he should be able to find out a few private channels that can make a detailed report. As a qualified judge, being able to complete similar investigations without any clues is a basic quality, but in the communication environment of the dark side of the empire, this efficiency is obviously not up to par with her own pace.

This may mean that Hastings and Fujimaru Ritsuka have already stood on the same line. Malan ordered herself to think as objectively as possible. So, what is the essence of this accident? As an Inquisitor, Hastings was unfortunately dragged into the power represented by the Imperial Guards and the Scepter of the Sky Eagle, and clashed with Inquisitor Wilczak? Or did Hastings, who was already under the command of Fujimaru Ritsuka, choose to take advantage of the shadow war between the Inquisitors, but accidentally blew up the conflict that was triggered? There is too little information, and these may still be just guesses.

"...In fact, we started to report this unfortunate accident shortly after it happened." Fujimaru Ritsuka was still responding to the questioning of Captain Brother Stern. "In terms of written narration, I can guarantee that every person involved who can still recount the process has provided a complete record from his or her own perspective, but I do have to admit that after the incident was over, considering the possible influence of Chaos, I did immediately order the inspection and purification of the entire Shadow Hammer, interrogated all the crew members, and quickly disposed of the people involved. From the perspective of later generations, there will inevitably be a lot of 'no evidence' in this matter, and it is natural that you and your colleagues will feel distrustful of this. In principle, we agree that you can conduct inspections by any means you think is necessary, but in principle, I must also ensure the life, health and safety of those who work for me. Please be sure to pay attention to this when taking action. We can cooperate with other requirements."

"I think we can accept such conditions." Captain Stern replied without emotion.

The Grey Knight could not find any fault in this statement. Due to the things that the Sky Eagle Scepter hinted at him, even though he knew that "finding the truth" was obviously the primary task that should be completed at all costs, he chose to go along with the other party's words: "Perhaps after we review the detailed report, Inquisitor Marlan and I will need to go to the Shadow Hammer to conduct such an investigation on the spot."

"Please contact Judge Hastings directly. He will fully support your investigation," Fujimaru Ritsuka responded. The other party expressed appropriate gratitude for this active cooperation, but for the sake of safety, the audience on the Fortitude Power still decided to understand it as a formality that would be discounted after the actual operation.

"I'm sorry, but my schedule today is a bit tight. In ten minutes, I have to leave for the next meeting." The young girl opposite the painting said apologetically, "If you find any clues during the investigation that need to be confirmed by an interview with me, please mention them to Inquisitor Hastings later. In any case, he will arrange a formal meeting for us in a few days, and we can have a detailed conversation in a more relaxed environment. But now, I do have some questions that I want to get the answers to as soon as possible, and I need to ask Inquisitor Lord Maran for advice."

This was somewhat unexpected, but as a lord judge, Maran would not panic because of this sudden situation. On the contrary, she was quite curious about what the other party wanted to ask (or what he could ask), so she even smiled while agreeing to the other party's questions.

However, she soon stopped laughing. As soon as she opened her mouth, Fujimaru Ritsuka mentioned something that even Captain Stern beside her was not aware of:

"You are here to investigate this regrettable accident. Are you representing the entire Inquisition, the Order of the Hammer to which you belong, or the Order of Kronos, to which you and Inquisitor Wilchak serve?"

Malan's eyebrows jumped reflexively. She wanted to deny it immediately, but then she realized that denying this harmless thing would not actually produce any positive meaning. So, her final struggle was to ask back: "Why do you think I also hold a concurrent position in the Kronos Order?"

"I'm not sure, but I hope you are." Fujimaru Ritsuka replied, "Not only did Inquisitor Wilchak admit that she belonged to the Kronos Order, but our subsequent investigation of the Shadow Hammer also showed that she had successfully used the, uh, 'resources' she had access to, and made some... achievements in areas that the Kronos Order might be involved in. As an outsider, it's really hard for me to comment on these things, but it's obviously a pity to destroy them at will. It would be great if you could take them over as a colleague."

She didn't say it clearly, but Malan had already understood what these words meant. The constructive results made by the Inquisitors often concealed some parts that sounded not very loyal or pure. In the presence of the Imperial Guards, Fujimaru Ritsuka was still willing to hand over these results to "another colleague" in the Inquisition for processing. Perhaps this should be interpreted as a positive signal.

"I see." Malan nodded and asked knowingly, "Wilchak's 'achievements' make you so worried. Is it because she used some 'illegal' means or techniques in the process?"

The conversation went on as Malan predicted, but she didn't expect Fujimaru Ritsuka's answer to be so straightforward: "I believe she used some technology from the Necrons. I'm not sure how she got and initially analyzed these alien technologies, nor am I sure if her research is going in the direction she hopes, but she has indeed applied it on a small scale in the security system of the Shadow Hammer."

"Thank you very much for not destroying it," Malan replied. When she said this, at least half of her heart was filled with sincere gratitude. "Perhaps after a detailed investigation, I will thank you again for my careless attitude today - your kindness may have preserved a useful technology for the Kronos Order."

"You are too kind. In fact, I did this not without selfish motives." Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded slightly, "Sometimes the alien technology can indeed provide us with a reference for ideas. If you think this technology can pass the test after reviewing it, I also hope to leave a copy here for research: this may provide some reference for us to actively interfere with two spaces with different time flow speeds, and thus artificially balance the time flow on both sides with more gentle means."

Malan was a little confused for a moment. Although the conditions proposed by the other party were a bit strange, they were not unacceptable. Although the other party wanted to leave a copy, first of all, it did provide a step of "if it passes the review and inspection"; secondly, the Inquisition is not the Mechanicus, and it does not have the habit of hoarding some technologies that are harmless after being made public; thirdly, the topic raised by Fujimaru Ritsuka at the end is also one of the topics that the Kronos Order has been studying, and it has become more aware of its urgency after the Great Rift unfolded. If you only look at this part, there is no problem with the logic, and Malan can't think of any need to refute it immediately, but--

"Excuse me for asking, but why do you want such technology?" The Lord Inquisitor was genuinely confused. "If your job requires you to frequently go in and out of the two sides of the Great Rift, or any other space with different time flows, the Empire already has the corresponding resistance technology. With only some minor modifications, the service life of the ship can be greatly increased in the face of repeated attacks by the time flow."

"...Thank you for your reminder, Inquisitor Maran, but this is not the technology I need. Inquisitor Wilchak's research seems to have greater potential in terms of scope and scale." Fujimaru Ritsuka said, "Although it will be a long time before I need this, and there are alternatives, but I think it's always good to have more options-"

Hastings coughed heavily at the edge of the screen, almost writing the words "This is not how negotiations are done" on his face.

He did succeed in interrupting Fujimaru Ritsuka's continued speech that was not conducive to the negotiation, but it also made the atmosphere a little awkward. Although the mistake had been made, if someone else was here, they would probably drag things out and just say "the technology did not pass the purity test of the Tribunal" as the answer at the very end, and walk away with the relevant information and samples. But it was Malan who was here, so she decided to carry out the review normally and asked a few more questions before that:

"Pardon my curiosity, but what do you need this technology for?"

"Isn't there a difference in the speed of time flowing on both sides of the Great Rift due to the disturbance of the subspace?" Fujimaru Ritsuka mentioned a common sense fact under this question, but it shouldn't appear in this topic. "Even so, even if it is only on the dark side of the empire, the speed of time is not completely equal. Although it is not completely true, the part that is directly connected to the Holy Land of the Empire, such as the Nachmond Corridor, time will flow faster than other parts of the dark side."

The Grey Knight turned to look at the Inquisitor beside him, who gave a positive hint. As a member of the Kronos Order, Maran could say with certainty that although in the actual environment of the dark side of the Empire, due to the influence of the fluctuating subspace, the disturbed time flow was not as regular as Fujimaru Ritsuka had described before, it would not be wrong to regard it as a rough rule.

"That's right." She said, "That's why ships operating in the dark, if they have the conditions, will often undergo relevant modifications to combat disordered time -"

"-- What I mean is that according to my schedule, within ten years, starting from Baal, another route that can safely lead to the Holy Land of the Empire will be opened in the Great Rift." Perhaps because of the urgency of time, Fujimaru Ritsuka began to speak faster, "Although it is not impossible for the entire empire to withstand the losses caused by this time flow disorder, I still think that some plans should be prepared to reduce the losses. This plan must at least be effective within the scope of the star zone. Uh, I'm sorry that the time I squeezed out today has reached the limit. I have to catch up with the next schedule. This matter is not urgent. We can talk about it later--"

Maran felt that she should say something, and so did Stern. But unfortunately, in fact, until Fujimaru Ritsuka and the attendant who held the scepter for her disappeared from the communication screen in an elegant but quick manner, and Hastings, sighing, occupied the center of the screen again, neither of them succeeded in saying a word.

"I know you have ten thousand questions to ask." Hastings' expression showed a helpless attitude of "resigned to fate". "Ask whatever you want. Anyway, I am fully prepared to spend the rest of my time on this matter."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 322 Chaldean Tradition

After leaving the Shadow Hammer, Fujimaru Ritsuka did not go far, because her next scheduled trip was at the airport on the main star of Baal:

The Destroyer Claw from the Iron Hands Chapter, as the advance team to support the construction of the Chaldea Lighthouse, finally entered the port today.

Of course, theoretically speaking, this matter had nothing to do with Fujimaru Ritsuka himself. It was not like the resurrected Tenth Primarch was coming in person (the news had not yet reached here), and the Imperial Saint himself was required to greet him. The local officials of Bar and the Blood Angels Chapter would naturally be able to arrange all the miscellaneous matters including the Chapter's contact, material exchange, entry and stationing, etc. After these were completed, she would come up to discuss the engineering issues, and there would be nothing wrong with her etiquette.

But she still chose to use the unconventional method of wartime teleportation, and under the disapproving but helpless gazes of the Blood Angels Librarians in charge of security, she put on an inconspicuous dark cloak and immediately blended in (yes, blended in) with the people in charge of contact at the airport. Because Debit and Enkidu would also arrive with this ship.

Of course, everyone can see that when Fujimaru Ritsuka put this matter on his schedule, it was obviously more of a personal interest than a public one, but everyone turned a blind eye and pretended not to see it. Considering Fujimaru Ritsuka's status, even if she had some more excessive demands, it would not be intolerable, not to mention the occasional paid (but then again, although the emperor did give her money, did she have a salary?) slacking off.

In short, with the help of someone who knew the situation, Fujimaru Ritsuka finally managed to "sneak into" the handover site of the two startup groups at the airport. After meeting the above conditions, it was not difficult to find Debit: perhaps because his catastrophic coordination was still working normally, even in the airport where people were coming and going for related matters, he still stood out among ordinary people - specifically, within a three-meter radius around Debit, a vacuum zone that no one had set foot on was formed for some reason.

This area made him stand out among the crowd, but it didn't actually have the power to "stop others from getting close." Without thinking about the cause of this vacuum zone, Fujimaru Ritsuka happily trotted over, ignoring the slightly surprised and complicated looks of the people around him. When he was close enough to the other person, he happily lifted his hood a little so that the other person could see his face: "Debit!"

The person who was attacked so suddenly showed a little surprise for a moment: "Fujimaru? Did you come here alone?"

"No, the spirit form of Arjuna is nearby, and Edmund is also in the shadow." Fujimaru Ritsuka sighed falsely, "After something happened, no matter where I go, they will insist on following me."

After all, she was the one who asked for her own death, so she had no complaints about the result. While saying this, she was also looking at Debbie, who had not seen each other for some time: in terms of demeanor and appearance, this person had not changed much, but his hair had inevitably grown to a length that was a bit in the way over time, and was tied up behind his head with something that Fujimaru Ritsuka could not recognize as a hair tie.

In addition, he had some small things that were obviously from the Empire. The most conspicuous one was a wearable exoskeleton on his right hand. Judging from the mounted equipment, its functions should be more inclined towards non-combat fields such as environmental detection and data collection. Others included a single-molecule combat knife hanging on his belt, a precision laser pistol, and a tactical waist bag that must have contained some dangerous goods.

But what first aroused Fujimaru Ritsuka's curiosity was not any of the above equipment:

"What's that string?" She pointed to the inside of Debbie's open coat, where a small piece of metal chain was hanging down due to gravity and exposed.

In her impression (although she didn't have much impression of this Master of Group A, with whom she had little contact), Debit was not someone who particularly cared about his image, and naturally would not wear any accessories for no reason. Fujimaru Ritsuka asked this question out of curiosity, and the latter had no need to hide this issue, so he generously lifted the hem of that side of his clothes, naturally showing the half-hanging, slightly rusty metal chain.

One end of the chain was sewn to the lining of Debit's coat - the workmanship didn't look very good, it was probably sewn by himself - and the other end was hidden in the pocket on the lining of his clothes. Debit used his other hand to pull the chain that slipped out due to the angle, and lifted the heavy object attached to the other end out of the inner pocket, holding it in his hand to show it to Fujimaru Ritsuka:

It was a chain of Celestial Army ID tags, and they were obviously collected from a battlefield of considerable intensity. The chain was longer than Fujimaru Ritsuka had originally thought, and it held twelve dog tags—some were obviously deformed by physical impact, some still had traces of melting from high temperatures, some were rusted and shattered, and one even had a hole that was obviously burned by a laser gun. The writing on most of the metal tags was blurred for some reason, and it seemed that there was no record of the soldier's name. Combining the recognizable letters on all the dog tags, Fujimaru Ritsuka barely recognized the organization to which their original owners belonged: the 32nd Siege Regiment of the Krieg Death Legion.

Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't know much about this Astra Militarum Corps, but she didn't need much knowledge to ask Debbie this confirming question: "Battle souvenirs? You have some connection with this Corps?"

Debbie didn't show any emotional reaction, but just nodded: "I assisted some troops sent by this regiment to achieve a tactical goal. You know, I can't remember too much, but they are all respectable warriors."

"That's an understatement." Another dissatisfied voice floated in, and the unprepared Fujimaru Ritsuka was startled. She finally reacted. The voice came directly from the contract telepathy channel in her mind, "He led fifty or so Kriegs to secretly dig through half of the enemy's fortifications and rushed directly to the Chaos Altar. He also fought with the Word Bearers wizards with swords, and finally blew up an important psychic node on the battlefield. This is a major event that deserves a whole page in the history of war!"

"Ionid Hill!" Recognizing the voice, Fujimaru Ritsuka nervously tugged at his cloak, grumbling through gritted teeth, "I followed Odysseus's advice and secretly left you in the real universe, not for you to scare me like this!"

Debbie still had no emotional reaction, but carefully put the dog tags back into the inner pocket of his coat. He couldn't hear the words that Fujimaru Ritsuka could only hear because of the contract, but from the other party's gritted teeth and squeezed out the name "Ionid Hill", it was not difficult for him to understand what had happened during this period.

"When nothing serious happens, he is indeed annoying." This evaluation of Debbie is said sincerely, "But once an unexpected situation occurs, Captain Hill is indeed very reliable."

"If possible, I would like to choose only Odysseus." Fujimaru Ritsuka said with emotion and disdain, "Unless Hill comes to help me supervise the current immigration resettlement case tomorrow."

Theoretically, the Cursed Ultramarine should have started to complain loudly in the voice channel after saying this, but unfortunately, Debbie, who was not in the line, could not hear it. In his perception, Fujimaru Ritsuka just quickly threw away this episode and asked, "Where's Xiaoen?"

There was a sense of caution in these words. When the two Chaldean Masters transferred the contract authority, they had made a plan for the worst case scenario. In addition, the purpose of this matter was to increase the combat power of Ferrus, whose existence in the real universe had not yet stabilized, so that the God-made weapons could face the fallen primarchs. Therefore, whether Enkidu's spiritual base had been destroyed in the battle, or his corresponding spiritual data as a heroic spirit had been usurped by Slaanesh, it was an acceptable result for Fujimaru Ritsuka.

But "acceptable" does not mean "willing to accept". Fortunately, the answer Debit gave was not the worst: "He was contaminated by chaos due to close contact with the Demon Prince, but at this stage, the stasis field can still be used to contain it. I thought if I return the contract to you, you might have a solution, so I brought him here like this."

"It's good that you're still alive." Fujimaru Ritsuka was obviously relieved: "Is the situation critical?"

"Although the corruption has not been completely stopped by the stasis field, the progress is quite steady." Debit replied, "Even if the cause and effect are only cut off physically, it can indeed effectively delay the corruption. Enkidu himself insisted on staying in the entity compiled by the ether to resist. You still have plenty of time to think of a safe countermeasure."

"Then I think that in this 'plenty of time', the first thing we should do is to let you settle down." Fujimaru Ritsuka, who had basically settled down, tugged at Debbie's clothes and dragged him towards the elevator of the airport. "Have a good meal, take a shower, sleep, and do a physical examination. Tezcatlipoca has been on my ship doing something, and you have to meet him and have a chat... Oh, and Captain Hill, come over too. Didn't we agree that I would give you a Book of Traitors and you would go back to Macragge? Why are you here again? We need to clarify this issue between the two of us."

"I can hear that you're planning to let the two of us settle down so we can start working." Hill complained in a nonchalant manner in his voice, "I don't object to this, but your attitude towards the two of us is too different, isn't it?"

"Yeah, why?" Fujimaru Ritsuka closed his mouth and only refuted in a sinister tone, "Why don't you ask Odysseus?"

Deppet was oblivious to the communication between the spiritual Cursed Astartes and Fujimaru Ritsuka. He was only concerned with following the latter and reporting his itinerary information to the Claw of Destruction. Although he had a somewhat delicate position on the ship and thus a considerable amount of autonomy, he should not disappear on the spot without saying a word.

Thanks to the Iron Hands Astartes placing Debit among the mortal officers today, and these people, due to various rumors, did not have the courage to ask about his affairs, the two masters of Chaldea successfully left the crowd caused by the ship docking. Also due to the tacit consent of those in the know, Fujimaru Ritsuka led Debit quietly to the VIP channel and got into a small elevator leading to the ground.

Although it is called a "small elevator", the interior space of this vehicle, which is used exclusively by dignitaries, is equivalent to the living room of a presidential suite. Even if we don't mention the elegant wallpaper decoration and the amazing chandelier hanging from the ceiling, it also includes sofas, coffee tables, exquisite stoves for making tea, bookshelves and wine cabinets, and even several sculptures, paintings and other works of art that are only for viewing. When the operating servitor received the order to let the elevator start moving downward, and the car hardly had any vibration, Debbie thought for the first time (in this universe) that the progress of science and technology can indeed be applied to human enjoyment.

It had been a long time since he had felt such quiet and smooth movement in the vertical direction.

Just when Debbie was a little dazed, Fujimaru Ritsuka's voice rang out again: "Have you notified everyone you need to? Before we land, there are some things I'd like to ask for your opinion on. Captain Hill, you don't have to leave. You already know about this."

Fujimaru Ritsuka's first two sentences seemed a bit strange, but as a magician, Debito naturally understood what she meant by asking. He finally sent a message to the Destruction Claw, "There is something to discuss in secret, the signal may be temporarily blocked, and it is expected that the connection may be lost within three hours", and then signaled to the other party that he was ready.

So, Fujimaru Ritsuka approached the coffee table in the center of the room, and pulled out a magic gift that looked like a small celestial globe from under her cloak, and placed it on the table. She didn't seem to do anything special, but the orbital rings of an unknown galaxy system on it began to operate in a complicated manner without anyone providing power for them, and a wonderful atmosphere permeated the entire space in the cabin.

Debbie stared at the dress for a few seconds, and when he spoke again, there was a hint of obvious doubt in his tone: "Did you make it yourself?"

He saw that this was a magic costume based on the principle of celestial magic. It internalized the concept of the surrounding environment as "a planet" to cut off communication and prying from the outside world (other worlds). The principle was not difficult, especially for the Chaldea Bureau under the Celestial Department, it was even considered "basic knowledge". Kirshtalia Vodem could perform more sophisticated magic of the same kind with just a snap of his fingers. But considering that the person who took it out was Fujimaru Ritsuka, an ordinary person who had only come into contact with the concept of "magic" for the first time since he was sixteen, it was already commendable that this costume, which was not made very well, could be used.

"Basically." Fujimaru Ritsuka complained casually, curling himself up on the sofa. "I followed the public information left by Chaldea, but I got stuck after one or two steps. Asclepius scolded me three times for this, saying something like 'I'm a doctor, why should I do this for you'... I'm getting off topic. Did Mr. Ferrus tell you what I was going to do with all this construction here?"

Following the trend, Debit also sat on the sofa opposite to Fujimaru Ritsuka. He adjusted his posture uneasily because of the overly soft touch, then nodded and shook his head: "The explanation I got is that you are about to build the second Astronomical Torch for the Empire on Baal Prime. But since you asked this question, it means that your real purpose is more than that. Right?"

"Yes and no." Fujimaru Ritsuka took out a tablet computer from under her cloak - a Chaldean style, which might be familiar to her and Depp in the entire universe - and pushed it along the coffee table to the other party. "The 'Second Star Torch' should only be a basic function of the building complex I hope to build. But how to combine the other functions I hope to build, or whether I should combine them at this stage... Although I made relevant plans at the planning stage, to be honest, as a half-baked magician, I have no idea."

Debbie glanced at the tablet on the coffee table, but didn't reach out to pick it up immediately. "Do you want me to provide an argument for the feasibility of the relevant plan? Or do you just want to consult my opinion on the technology?"

"Hmm..." Fujimaru Ritsuka drew out the words and closed her eyes to think for a few seconds. During these few seconds of contemplation, her expression did not change much except for pretending to be serious, so it was difficult for others to tell whether she was really thinking about this question or just pretending. But after a few seconds, she responded in a very serious and even murderous tone:

"The latter," she said with certainty. "Even if you decide to put a gun to my head and force me to stop after reading the business plan, I will never stop."

Debit raised his eyes from the tablet and looked into Fujimaru Ritsuka's eyes. There was still no specific emotion in his eyes, only a kind of precise evaluation and scrutiny, and it was precisely because of this that it made people feel cold.

"Let me make it clear first, I am different from Director Malisbury." Fujimaru Ritsuka met his gaze without fear, "I will not commit suicide in front of you, but if the situation is really bad and it has to be a matter of life and death, I will choose to kill you to save my own life."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 323 I think Guilliman will have to work overtime

Debbie was silent for a few seconds.

These few short seconds seemed extremely long to Ionid Hill, who was lurking in the elevator in his spiritual form. The Ultramarines not only understood the current atmosphere, but also successfully used his Astartes-class brain to deduce a very complicated power struggle within Chaldea in a few seconds. He frantically called Odysseus in his mind, but the response given by his good partner who was basically dormant was just to turn over in his spiritual base. Fortunately, before Hill successfully tied his brain into a knot, these few seconds finally ended:

"Then it seems that my chances of winning are slim." Debit said calmly, as if he was just stating a trivial matter of common sense. The tense atmosphere just now disappeared - or perhaps that tense atmosphere was just Hill's wishful thinking: in his current form, he could sense another powerful spirit floating in the air beside Fujimaru Ritsuka, which also remained in place, and like Odysseus who moved reluctantly, he did not show any tension.

In this calm atmosphere, Debbie reached out to the tablet computer and said, "What exactly do you want to build? You assumed that I would object when you proposed the plan. Do you want to turn the entire universe upside down?"

"That's not the case, but it's probably close." Fujimaru Ritsuka shrugged, "It depends on how you look at it."

"What is your position... Never mind." Debbie sighed, "Sorry, I asked a stupid question."

Fujimaru Ritsuka shrugged slightly exaggeratedly to show that he didn't care. During this time, Debit had unlocked the screen and saw the document waiting for him to read, with a total length of 2,465 pages (with increased content).

Just like Guilliman would not read word for word when faced with such a long article, Debit certainly would not do that either. Although he did not have the ability to receive and process information at the level of a Primarch, he was a standard magus who understood the principles and was very good at reading documents. In the ten minutes that Fujimaru Ritsuka hummed while making tea and coaxed Hill to show up and join him, he had already finished the summary of each chapter by skipping through the key points, and had no problem understanding the actual effects that each structural module in the Chaldea Lighthouse would have: