Eddie didn't officially order me to go to war anyway, so I happily obeyed Awei's orders and stayed on the bridge to rest.

Add sat down in the chair next to me where Sylvia had sat not long ago, her hands on her forehead as if she were resting. Two wolf veterans stood behind us seemingly casually, their hands pressed against their weapons, intentionally or unintentionally. The atmosphere inside the entire bridge was cold and suffocating.

"Won't you ask me something?" As if he couldn't stand the oppressive atmosphere, Eddie took the initiative to stir up the topic.

I sighed, not knowing what expression to use to face him, so I had to make the iron-clad face of a soldier I was most accustomed to, "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, no matter where this is true." ”

"I'm your brother." Eddie also sighed gloomily, no longer his usual calm and chic.

After a moment of silence, he added, "You must be very unhappy with my way of dictating to the command, right? ”

"There are some, but I believe you." I said lightly. "So now you don't have to explain anything, I'm sure you'll come up with a surprising result in the end."

"Thank you, my brother." Eddie said as if pleased.

Not as an older brother, but as an inquisitor, I learned that doing things with the judges, trust and obedience were the only things I could do.

After a moment of silence, Eddie poked my arm, "Is there anything to eat?" I know you're going to have some with you. ”

I turned my head to look at him, and I met his face, which was slightly pale and tired, and a simple smile was drawn into the mouth under the mustache. At this moment, through his still young face, I seemed to see the short, thin boy on the black ship twenty years ago, facing me with expectant eyes and a forced smile, begging me for food.

At that time, most of his requests would have been denied, or he would have received only a small amount. But now, can I still do this to him?

"The number three rations of the defense army and the salted jerky of the navy, what can you eat?" I took out two servings of food with a slight apology.

I didn't know that time had stood still in my space, so I was carrying shelf-stable compressed dry food, and the salted jerky was a small portion that Ah Wei had given me a while ago, but I hadn't finished it yet—it took me half an hour to get a taste of saltiness.

Then, under my astonished gaze, Add took both portions of food and munched on them as if no one had been hungry for a long time. Listening to the crackling sound of the steel-solid salted meat in his mouth, I couldn't help but feel a little sour at the base of my teeth - are the guys in the Inquisition all monsters? This was true of Avi before, and now it is the same for Add.

Sensing my doubts, Add smiled at me, revealing a mouthful of neat, slightly dark teeth, "Adamantite." ”

Oh, that's a good thing. I couldn't help but feel a little envious. Just like I have a Titan braincase, he also has a denture made of adamantite, and the two things are actually about the same value, the difference is that the titan is lighter and integrates better with the human body, while adamantite only has the advantage of hardness, which is almost three times as dense as steel. However, in terms of practicality, it is obviously better than him.

All psykers, when they are screened and identified by the relevant departments, will suffer some ** trauma to a greater or lesser extent, and the luckiest may only be to lose a body of hair or lose a few nails, Eddie's loss of teeth is a general situation, and those like me whose brains are boiling are some of the more unlucky, and they can only be rescued by the emperor's blessing and the technicians of the Biology Department of the Mechanic God Cult - of course, there are many people who are more unlucky than me, But most of them don't need to be salvaged anymore.

After eating the food and drinking a drink from the crew, Eddie burped contentedly, "Hehe, it's been a long time since I've had a meal like this." This may be my last meal. ”

This sentence was not spoken, but it sounded directly in my head.

Oh, then I really should have eaten with you, so as not to miss my last meal. It's a pity that I don't have a chance now, and my long military career makes me not used to eating alone in front of everyone, do you want to take out the food and share it with everyone, or simply add meals to the whole ship?

I was just thinking like this, and I didn't pass my thoughts on, but I knew he could sense it.

"Won't you blame me? Bring you into this dangerous situation. "Add's arraignment.

Not at all, if I had to blame my superiors every time I faced the crisis of death, then I, a soldier, would not be able to go down for a long time. As a defense force, everyone is accustomed to going to death at any time.

"Don't talk about such high-sounding words!" Eddie.

Well, the real reason is, I trust you. I know that there are so many loyal people, but very few people can enter the circle of the Inquisition, and becoming a judge is not something that can be done by simply having loyalty. Those who can have a place in the court must have wisdom that I can't match. With such people, I just have to obey orders.

Now, you must be preparing for something great, and the cost of losing even one battleship and a few thousand soldiers is affordable compared to the expected victory. Now my only hope is that when that moment comes, if you have a way to escape, for the sake of our brotherhood back then, give me a little hand......

"Uh...... Well, that's the big brother I know. It hasn't changed at all over the years. Eddie smiled wryly.

So I smiled wryly with him. If you pull out your sword and look in the mirror, your smile will be worse than crying.

"However, I'm still a trainee inquisitor, and I don't have that many resources at my disposal. I really didn't leave a way out or something. Either a brilliant victory, I can throw away the two words of apprenticeship, and the future is bright and promising, or I will lose all the belongings and connections left to me by the teacher, and I will also lose you here, which is really unwilling. "Add.

I think you're glad to piggyback on me here, right? After all, I have left you alone under your skirt as bait so many times, and sometimes I am a step slower, and you have really been beaten a lot.

"Our position and capabilities determine what we do. Am I doing exactly what I did 20 years ago? The only difference is that it used to be your plan, and now I'm finally qualified to make my own plans, but I still have to do the work of the bait. Whoever calls others unqualified. Add smiled wryly again.

Yes, how big a bait catches a big fish, how big a bet wins, how much money. Bet on a luna-class cruiser that can still fight, what a gamble are you going to make, Eddie?

"Words...... Although psionic communication was not worried about being eavesdropped, Eddie still subconsciously moved towards me and leaned against me, "If this luck succeeds, how about you come and do it with me?" Although my side is a little more dangerous, the treatment is not comparable to that of any defense force formation. Also, you're old and single, right? I have a monastery under my hand, and you can choose whatever kind you like! ”

Sorry, but any kind of battle nun is not within my liking. Besides, Eddie, you are not afraid of blaspheming the emperor by trading all the emperor's daughters like this?

Of course, I can't decide where I'm going, and although I'm in the military, I'm not really a military force after all, I'm just a psionic advisor to the Empire stationed in the army. You could report to the Imperial Psionics Authority and transfer me over? However, the efficiency of the imperial bureaucracy, you know......

"Also, you seem to have a good relationship with the Space Wolf, don't you? Can you introduce me to them? With their help, many problems are no longer a problem. ”

This one is the easiest. As long as you can pretend to be emotional and righteous enough, go into battle to kill the enemy a little harder, remember to collect a little bit of the enemy's body and hang it on your body for decoration, of course, it is best to drag a few of their wounded soldiers back from the battlefield, and then pour a few more at the banquet, and after a series of processes, the wolf promises to call you brother.

"Of course I know all this, what else do I want you to do if I can do it?"

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I beg your pardon for falling out of the ground. I finally picked it up today.

But there is always a feeling that something has been lost.

Recently, I have been squatting in the pit of the East, and due to the huge difference in worldview and style, my writing has not been very good. Like now, writing and writing, a whole bunch of words come out.

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