The three investigators are from the Wehrmacht's Military Judicial Headquarters, the Adjudication Department of the Iron Warriors, and the Supreme Court.

I have to admit that the power of the nobles is still quite large. They do these things, and they don't really spend much. Although the government is dirty, and many parts of the imperial society are also fouled, on the whole, most of the officials in the empire are very clean, and their departments are also efficient enough to operate. They dispatched a joint investigation team at the first time, and suddenly appeared in Konoha Town without warning or greeting anyone.

The weather was much colder than when Su Hao had just returned to Konoha Town. Snow has already appeared on the ground, and the snow layer is not thick, only a few centimeters thin. For a short time, they do not melt, but serve as the base of the lowest layer of snow, quietly waiting for more of their companions to descend from the sky. Every year it is like this, from a few centimeters to tens of centimeters, it is a process of slowly piling up and spreading. Especially in severe winter, when the cumulative depth of snow on the ground exceeds half a meter, almost every qiē on the ground is covered, and it is no longer possible to see the original appearance from the outside.

This depth of snow is a unique sight, but the people who live here don't think so. The weather is so cold that people lose their ability to enjoy the scenery. In contrast, survival and food are the things they have to care about.

The three military judges were sitting precariously, and their eyes were all focused on Su Hao on the other side of the table.

"Relax Major, things are not as strict as you think."

The first to speak was a major in a dark green uniform representing the Defence Force's Judge Advocate General's Headquarters. He was a tall, middle-aged man with a thin face. According to the usual practice, he set up a complete set of voice recorders on the table, opened the briefcase, took out the notepad, took out the pen from the breast pocket of his jacket, wrote the title of the inquiry on the paper briefly and neatly, and said to Su Hao with a calm expression: "Only those who have been convicted by military courts are real criminals." Now we're just looking into it. Don't be nervous, everything you say counts. Therefore, it is best to think carefully and thoroughly before answering the questions we ask. ”

The reminder of the major military judge was clearly well-intentioned. This is also the real reason why the Judge Advocate General's Headquarters sent him over to deal with this matter. He has always been a calm and steady person, his temperament is not impatient, and his way of handling things is methodical. From the perspective that they are both emperors, the Wehrmacht is actually reluctant to get involved. However, pressure from other quarters forced them to do so.

Watson, Lord of Darkness, left behind as many as five thousand dismembered human corpses in Oviado. The extremely bloody and cruel dark prayer ritual made everyone who watched the scene feel shocked, and then produced uncontrollable anger. Military investigators did not at first consider this to be a deliberate and special case. But when they stood in Oviado, which had been reduced to ruins, the strong sense of responsibility to figure out everything instantly overwhelmed the previous idea.

There are tens of thousands of registered citizens in Oviado City. Although it was a very difficult task to put together a large number of debris, the investigators managed to gather all the fragments with great perseverance and patience. During the war, more than 7,000 Oviado citizens fled to Konoha Town, and thus survived under the protection of the remaining warriors of the Red Dragon Warband. More than 2,000 people have returned to Oviado in recent times. Add to this the survivors found in the basements of the city's ruins, and the few refugees who fled to nearby villages and towns, and add them up to the total number of all human prisoners of war looted and taken away by Watson, Earl of Darkness.

They number tens of thousands. As long as you enter the sphere of influence of the dark world, it will be difficult for any human to survive. Creatures of darkness need slaves, they need food. Prisoners of war were usually the first to enter the slave market, and then quickly sold to other dark cities with more distant locations. The Dark World, like the Human Empire, has a frontier and an inner realm. Even the main army with strong combat effectiveness cannot directly enter the inner realm of the dark world by jumping and attacking. At most, it is to launch a surprise attack on an important target, just like Lancelot once did to Su Hao.

"Major Su Hao, please tell me exactly when you received the distress signal from Oviado City."

"Please state the exact number of all the armed forces in Konoha Town at that time. Note that this issue includes Legionnaires, Servants, Armed Militia, as well as Mercenaries and Dark Hunters. Each sub-item must be accurate enough. This helps us to assess the combined combat strength of Konoha Town at that time. ”

"Please explain the specific mission of the Red Dragon Combat Team at the time of the incident, and what you were working on at the time?" Task-specific criteria. Please be careful, the relevant number jù and the time involved must be accurate. ”

The major of the Wehrmacht repeatedly reminded Su Hao of the word "accurate". This is not a bad attitude or a posturing, but a habit and the most basic principle that a military judge must abide by.

For the above questions, Su Hao answered them one by one.

He had not feared that such inquiries would pose a threat to him or cause other problems. Dai Xiaolou had sued him before, and the matter of Oviado was very big and attracted attention from all sides. With the Marquis of Solius behind the scenes, many Imperial media outlets are now making headlines about the incident. Newspapers, radio, television, the Internet, all the headlines are about the exposure of the Oviado incident and the record of civil investigation. There have never been more journalists coming to this frontier region from the inner realms of the empire. Last week, the cumulative number of journalists exceeded 2,000. This is not a tourist resort, and the bodies of the slain residents should be collected. However, under the covert operation of the aristocratic group, the victims of Oviado still remain the same as before. They are still stuck on the top of wooden poles, and even the previous calculation of the number of dead is only a rough estimate of the scattered corpses through photographs and field surveys.

Cold weather helps keep meat fresh, and that's something everyone knows. But even so, the bodies of the victims inevitably show signs of decomposition. Although the temperature dropped rapidly and all the carrion was frozen into ice, it could not change the fact that the living were dead.

"Please be as detailed and accurate as possible."

In the process of answering the question, the major of the National Defense Force reminded him again. For this situation, the major himself felt helpless: "Major Su Hao, please understand my work. I'm not interrogating you on behalf of a court-martial, but I have to have enough to give to the people outside. The empire is a society governed by the rule of law, and although all affairs are subject to the will of the emperor, public opinion from the people must still be taken seriously. ”

Something similar, Dai Xiaolou has already said. This is equivalent to giving Su Hao a dose of preventive injection in advance. In fact, Su Hao already had a complete plan long before the three military investigators came. Of course, it's always good to remind a few more times, and the major also used this attitude to show that the Wehrmacht actually had no ill will towards Su Hao himself. At least, it won't make a big fuss about it.

"You have to pay attention to the power of public opinion from the people."

Sitting next to the Wehrmacht Major, a captain in a red uniform interjected. He was muscular and the tallest of the three. Broad, strong shoulders are reminiscent of thick walls, and hair is short, which is also a common feature of all legionnaires: too long hair cannot be covered by a Warframe helmet, which is enough to pose a mortal danger in battle. Compared with the special appearance and temperament of long hair, of course, your own life is more important.

The Red Captain is an investigator sent by the "Iron Warriors" and is part of the tripartite investigation team. Although there was no smile on his face, the captain's tone was kind: "Major Su Hao, you should come up with some convincing evidence." Of course, the Imperial Adjudication Department will not be disturbed by external factors, and we value evidence at all times. ”

The evidence, of course.

Su Hao took out the call records between Pamela and himself at that time, as well as the reinforcement orders he issued to the soldiers of the war group after receiving the distress signal from Oviado City.

Yes, this qiē can only be described as a coincidence. Although Su Hao himself was reluctant to believe that there was a "coincidence", in front of the evidence he brought out, he had to have the same idea as Dai Xiaolou.

This qiē is really such a coincidence.

Who would have thought that the creatures of darkness would attack the city of Oviado at that time?

Who would have expected that the HJ A 1071 space field would be asking for reinforcements at almost the same time?

A city, a spatial field, any sober official, will choose between the two. After all, compared to a city, it is the large number of resources from the space domain that is most important. The population of the empire is simply too large. There are only tens of thousands of people, and it will not attract attention at all. With enough biological equipment and fertilized eggs, the population of the empire could skyrocket by more than two billion in just three months. Of course, the premise is that there must be enough food to feed these people, as well as the corresponding jobs and living space.

Therefore, during the battle, all imperial teams follow the following principle: when the combat target collides with the safety of civilians, the combat objective is given priority. When there is a conflict between the interests of the empire and the interests of the people, the interests of the empire must prevail. When different numbers of civilians are in danger at the same time in battle, the safety of the lives of the absolute majority is the first consideration.

What is an absolute majority?

On this subject, there is a special imperial law to explain: fifty-one is the absolute majority compared to fifty.

Therefore, the various texts and video records that Su Hao took out were enough to prove that he made the right choice when Oviado was attacked. Even a series of later changes were due to the orders received from the "Iron Warriors" legion and the military headquarters, and they had to lead the team to space 1071 of HJ Jia.

In fact, Su Hao is not worried that this kind of investigation will pose a threat to himself. As long as a piece of information is sent to the military headquarters without omission, there will be a logical explanation for one's own behavior. The problem now is that the Oviado affair has been fully fermented by the role of the driving force behind it. The aristocratic group was obviously unwilling to let Su Hao go so easily. According to Dai Xiaolou's analysis, the real purpose of those marquis and dukes should be the H Bing 993 space domain in Su Hao's hands. Although the zircon veins there belong to the "Iron Warriors" legion, as far as the actual controller is concerned, it is still Su Hao.

Dai Xiaolou's speculation about the reasons for the incident is basically consistent with the facts. He doesn't need any evidence, just knowing who his opponent is. Of course, the joint investigation from the military department must be dealt with first. The solution to the problem must wait until after this qiē is over.

The third investigator is a high-ranking monk. He wears the black uniform characteristic of the Inquisition, and wears a special insignia on his chest that belongs to the Ruling Sect. The monk smiled at Su Hao and said, "This evidence is enough to clear all the accusations against you. But, in addition to this, you must also prove your loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor. ”

Su Hao didn't speak, just looked at the monk with an inquiring gaze.

"It's not as simple as you think. However, it's not as complicated as you might think. ”

The monk's words seemed to have multiple meanings: "Major Su Hao, you must be monitored from the Inquisition. It is necessary to misunderstand, and this does not mean that we still feel that you have a problem, but it is a regulatory measure that can be imposed on everyone. You should be glad that the Inquisition has sent me to be in charge of the soul-purifying judgment in this case. If someone else, such as the Black Cross faction, is changed, then the problem may not be handled as it is now, and you will have much more trouble than you imagined. ”

Su Hao looked at him and accentuated his tone: "Black Cross Sect? ”

"You should take a little time to read more publications on the inquisition and the internal hairstyles of the Holy See."

The monk was young, and when he laughed, he showed a mouthful of white teeth: "You will soon understand the difference between the Adjudicators and the Black Crosses. Of course, each of us was a servant and a believer of the emperor, and no one could deny this. Although you were innocent in the Oviado incident, according to the relevant laws enacted by His Majesty the Emperor, the monitoring process was fully initiated from the moment you were complained. It's not something that can end in a while, it's something that will go on forever. ”

Su Hao was silent, and after nearly half a minute, he nodded slowly.

The monitoring system is a special control rule for officials and figures who may be dangerous to the empire in the human empire. According to the relevant regulations, no matter if anyone is reported, the trial court must initiate the supervision process as soon as possible, and the target person is supervised by the judge or the presiding judge, and the daily speech and behavior must be recorded in the case file. These relevant materials are regularly submitted to the Inquisition, which is judged by the clergy on the purity of the soul. If there are any signs of rebellion or danger to the Empire, the subject of the surveillance will be charged at the first time, and depending on the severity of the circumstances, he will be punished with death or other punishment.

The captain, dressed in the uniform of the Red Legion, stood up and said in a comforting tone, "Major Su Hao, we all know very well that you are innocent in this matter. All allegations are unfounded. In fact, this information and evidence is sufficient. Both the military headquarters and the corps side will give a fair ruling.? Yes, this is the case with the Inquisition's monitoring process, and each of us, even His Excellency Captain Hoffmann, must abide by such a principle of supervision. This is the will of His Majesty the Emperor, and no one can go against it. ”

The blackfriar nodded, and his cold tone softened slightly: "I will not restrict your daily activities, everything is the same as before." The difference is that there is an extra shadow around you. That's all. ”

This kind of official answer made Su Hao feel depressed as well. He took a deep breath, looked at the monk, and asked earnestly, "Can you sue me, who is the one who charges me?" ”

"Absolutely."

The monk even felt it natural to answer the question: "Count Thomas, lord of Oviado, is still alive. He fled back to the inner realms of the Empire. The legal department accepted his complaint immediately. All relevant documents and case information are provided by Count Thoma. He has repeatedly claimed that it was because you turned a blind eye to the Legion of Dark Creatures and sat back and watched Oviado's terrible attacks that things turned out to be. As a rule, as long as the number of dead or captured exceeds 5,000, it is already a serious incident in which the most rigorous investigation must be initiated. The matter of Oviado has made a big fuss and has spread throughout the empire. ”

Su Hao heard something else from the monk's words: "In other words, in the eyes of the people, I am already an unforgivable person?" No matter what I've done, or what I'm going to do, can't change their preconceived notions? ”

The monk smiled and did not answer. The clergy usually do not participate in discussions of secular sentiments, they only value your loyalty to the emperor.

Su Hao turned his inquiring gaze to the other two investigating officers.

The Captain of the Legion had a deep expression. It can be seen that he is dissatisfied with the unfair treatment that Su Hao is currently suffering, but there is no way to change it.

Still smiling, the Wehrmacht Major reassured: "Don't care what those people think. They don't have any effect on you. After all, we can't control other people's thinking. It depends on what they are willing to believe, or what they are not willing to believe. ”

Su Hao quickly realized the power of public opinion.

The roads on the borders of the empire have always been difficult. Even if the aristocracy built it at great expense, it only connected Oviado to the inner realm of the empire. As for Konoha Town...... The transportation of supplies there basically relied on military heavy airships, with the seldom use of vehicles.