"We hope to be able to talk to you, Grand Inquisitor."

Tavez stepped forward and spoke.

"If you're looking for spiritual solace, go find those gods, I'm not good at that."

"You're laughing."

Hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, Tavits showed a wry smile.

"Actually, I just wanted to ask......... What are the Inquisition's beliefs? ”

"The Inquisition's conviction?"

"That's right."

Taviz nodded.

"Any organization and force has its own beliefs, so if Astarte fights for the empire and the emperor, then why does the Inquisition fight?"

"If that's what you're asking, then my answer is clear."

Duanmu Huai changed his posture and sat in a chair and watched Taviz.

"The Inquisition is a war for humanity, and as I said to you before, the Inquisition's goal is to eradicate all aliens, heretics, and demons that endanger humanity. It is the duty of the Inquisition to protect the survival of humanity in this universe and to ensure that they do not perish. ”

“…………… Is it that simple? ”

"Yes, it's that simple."

Duanmu Huai looked at the three Astartes, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, revealing a smile.

"The Inquisition is concerned with humanity as a whole, and we will not be loyal to any one person, let alone any one power. And what about the emperor? And what about the Empire? Humans existed before he was born, and after his fall, humans will still exist. The emperor himself is only a page in the history book of mankind——— may be brilliant, may be inlaid with gold edges, but after all, it is only a page. ”

Hearing this, the three Astartes glanced at each other, they finally understood the meaning of the Inquisition, in Astarte's view, the emperor unified the human race to start a great expedition, which is already a rare hegemony, for them, the emperor is the leader of the human race, the guiding light, no one can imagine that the emperor will leave the human race.

Apparently that this is not the case, and their view is ......... More ruthless.

"With or without an emperor, mankind will move forward, not that without the emperor's guidance, humanity will perish immediately."

Duanmu Huai snorted coldly, joking, didn't the empire survive for more than 10,000 years after that little golden man sat on the golden toilet. The emperor began to exert his strength until the Great Expedition failed, and the total was only 5,000 years, so it can be seen that without the emperor, humanity would still continue to exist, maybe fall, maybe make mistakes, but still continue to advance.

"So for me, the battle between Horus and the Emperor is just a common human civil war in history, and it has nothing to do with those civil wars recorded in history, and if it weren't for the Chaos Evil God taking advantage of it, the Inquisition wouldn't even care about these things."

"Guardian......... Human ........."

"That's right, maybe for you Astarte, you only care about the Emperor, and only the other Astarte brothers. Mortals are seen by you as vulnerable, stupid, and short-sighted. They don't live as long as you do, they don't have as much strength as you, they are vulnerable and powerless before you. But in fact, it is these mortals who have laid the foundation of human civilization, and perhaps you Astartes have forgotten that you were only mortals before you were transformed. Your mission may be to protect the Empire and the Emperor, but for the Inquisition, it doesn't matter if the Empire and the Emperor are destroyed, as long as humanity can continue to exist and move forward, nothing else matters. ”

Saying this, Duanmu Huai spread out his hands.

"Even if the empire collapses and the emperor falls, humanity will find its own way out——— I don't think you have ever thought about it, you have always regarded yourself as the blade of the empire, and the emperor as a guiding light, as if his destruction and death would bring unimaginable terrible disasters to mankind............"

"Isn't it?"

Lorcan couldn't help but interject.

"Of course not, the current situation is caused by the emperor you trust."

Duanmu Huai waved his hand.

"To be honest, I can understand why he did it, but if I had to judge, I would only say ......... There are a thousand ways to fight Chaos, and the Emperor chose the stupidest of them. Evil in subspace is everywhere, it's the same as crime, don't you know it's a crime, then it's not a crime? Isn't it true that if I legalize murder, it means that this world is a paradise without any sin? ”

Speaking of this, Duanmu Huai snorted coldly.

"It's foolish to cover your ears and steal the bells, close your eyes and deny their existence, if you have a little bit of basic common sense to fight against the evil gods of subspace, you won't lose a lot before. Not to be fooled by them like a dazed and ignorant three-year-old child, and end up on this stupid path of rebellion. ”

“……………………”

Hearing this, Lorcan was speechless for a moment, remembering that on a previous planet, a similar thing happened to the space marines he led, when one of his Astarte companions was possessed by a subspace demon and ruthlessly killed his companion. What he witnessed at that time shocked Lorcan greatly, and it was precisely because of this that he began to re-examine everything around him.

Although the Grand Inquisitor's words were not good, Lorcan had to admit that they were just hiding their ears and stealing the bell. At that time, everyone saw how Astarte was possessed by demons and transformed into monsters to attack his own people. But in the end, when they reported all this, they were only given orders to completely block the information, and the Astarte fighters were recorded as killed in a siege rebellion.

Thinking of this, Lorcan suddenly shuddered, he had seen many similar reports before, the loss of Astarte warriors during the encirclement and suppression of the rebellion.

Now that I think about it, how many of them are true, and how many of them are distorted and concealed by the truth like myself?

"That's the way the trial court goes."

Duanmu Huai finally made a summary.

"To put it simply, if the subspace evil gods are seen as criminals who cause evil deeds, then the Inquisition is the police and sheriffs, fighting crime, maintaining law and order, and guarding the peace of mortals. So, will there ever be a day when crime will die out completely? It can't be, unless the whole world is completely destroyed, otherwise as long as there are people, there will be crime. But are we going to throw up our hands and surrender because of this? Bail out? Of course not, even if we can't completely eradicate crime, we can try to fight crime and curb it so that most people can live in a peaceful and stable environment. ”

"Your opinion is really refreshing to us."

Tavits lowered his head, and he had to say that Duanmu Huai's answer was really beyond his expectations.

"It is not surprising that you are Astarte, you are warriors, and the goal of warriors is to completely destroy the enemy. But we are judges, and the duties of the judges are closer to those of the police, and we don't try to do things that we can't do at all, we just do what we have to do, maybe for you, it's a responsibility, but for us, it's a course of action. ”

Duanmu Huai made a gesture.

"I'm sorry, maybe I can't help you much."

"No, very useful, thank you for your advice."

Taviz saluted again, then turned to leave the hall with Lorcan and Garo.

"What do you think?"

Standing in the hallway, Tavez looked at the other two, who trusted each other, and now they were left with each other.

"Police, sheriff."

Lorcan said as he nodded.

"That doesn't seem to be bad."

"Really?"

"Yes, I've wondered several times what we in Astarte will be able to do once the Great Expedition is over? We are warriors, we are only warriors, we will only fight. Now it seems that we may be able to plunge into a never-ending battle. ”

"So, you want to join the Inquisition?"

Garo frowned.

"I don't think it's a good idea, their origins are mysterious, and no one is sure if it's a trap."

"But we always have to make a choice."

Lorcan didn't argue with Garo.

"Maybe we should let others know about it."

“…………… Maybe. ”

Garo nodded.

"Maybe that's the only way."

How the Astartes chose was their own business, and Duanmu Huai didn't care, and after that, he came to Hitomi again and asked about the situation.

"The subspace is still dark, Inquisitor."

Faced with Duanmu Huai's inquiry, Hitomi shook his head.

"I'm so sorry I can't see through the truth behind this darkness."

"Well, that's normal, tell me if there's any information as soon as possible."

Duanmu Huai was not surprised by Hitomi's report, the Chaos Evil God had nothing else except this subspace blockade, it was like this before, and it is still like this now, it is really a trick that eats all over the world.

When will you be able to do something outside of subspace? It's the same trick every time, aren't you tired?

Although Duanmu Huai could directly enter the network tunnel, he did not do so. Because Duanmu Huai is not sure whether this is a conspiracy at the moment, even if it is not, it will be troublesome to rashly expose the fact that the court can enter and exit through the Internet. At least until this matter is over, Duanmu Huai will not enter the network again.

"Report to the Inquisitor."

At this moment, Akot, who was standing next to him staring at the star map, suddenly spoke.

"We've intercepted communications from the USS Eisenstein, and the contact is the Vengeful Spirit, reporting our location."

"How to say it, it is expected, it is reasonable."

Duanmu Huai shrugged at this.

"Prepare for battle, by the way, by the way, inform the three Astartes of this matter, and the affairs within the empire will be handled by the empire."

Maas clenched the sensor in his hand, his face nervous, as the messenger of the Eisenstein, Maas never thought that such a thing would happen to him. After serving for so many years, he finally got where he is today and joined the expeditionary fleet. After this, he was able to go one step further and become the captain of a battleship.........

But now, these damn bastards have ruined everything!

They betrayed the commanders, and even joined up with the fleet that they didn't know where they came from, betraying their own leaders, which should not have been done at all!

He raised his concerns with the captain, but he was reprimanded and warned! What are you kidding, it is clear that they betrayed the expeditionary fleet, and now they actually accuse the fleet of betraying the emperor? So what? In Maas's opinion, a good captain will not ask questions, the commander gives the order, they can just do it, so why argue about whether it is right or wrong?

Maas felt that the other people in the battleship were crazy, and it seemed that only he was still awake, and he felt that he should do something, at least not let the others go crazy with them. It was necessary for him to save the battleship, maybe the commander would appreciate his loyalty, and maybe after all this was over, he would fulfill his ideal and become the captain of a cruiser.........

"Bang Dang!!"

At this moment, suddenly, the closed door opened, and the frightened Maas almost jumped up, he turned his head, only to see Garrow walk in with a cold and blue face, and then he turned around without hesitation and walked in the direction of the VOX alcove. I saw Garo walk through the cab in three or two steps, grabbed Maas, and lifted him up.

"You have betrayed us! You bastard! ”

Garo glared angrily at the communications officer in front of him, he couldn't believe it when he had just received the notification from Duanmu Huai. But now seeing the expression of the communications officer in front of him, he was already furious. The latter suddenly stretched out his hands and hit Astarte in front of him hard.

"You! You're a traitor, bastard! ”

Maas shouted, thumping hard at Garo's armor.

"It's all your conspiracy, you killed us!"

"Bastard!"

At this moment, the captain also walked over, she glared at Maas angrily, and scolded him sharply.

"These are the emperor's most loyal warriors, and you are the traitor!"

"No, I'm not a traitor! I swear an oath to the fleet to serve Horus, the warlord! ”

Maas had given up struggling at the moment, but he hadn't given up resisting.

"Until Death !!"

"Then go die."

With a twist of his wrist, Garo directly broke the communications officer's neck, turning him into a corpse. Then he turned his head to look at another low-level staff member who was shivering with fright.

"Please contact the Inquisition Court immediately."

Soon, a moment later, Duanmu Huai's face appeared on the screen.

"I'm so sorry, Grand Inquisitor, we have a traitor within us."

Garo bowed his head and solemnly apologized.

"Oh, don't worry about it so much, it's not a big deal."

"But soon, the expeditionary fleet will assemble to attack us."

"I know that very well."

Duanmu Huai nodded.

"So we have to get out of the Eastfan system as soon as possible."

"But how? The fleet has blocked the jump point, and we cannot reach the intended orbit. And the navigator couldn't see the light of the torch at all, and we didn't even know where we were going. ”

"I'll open a corridor to other galaxies at the right moment."

"Where does it lead?"

"Then I don't know, but no matter where you are, it's better than staying here, what do you say?"

“…………………”

Garo nodded silently, in fact, as Duanmu Huai said, no matter where they go, it is better than staying in the Istfan system, where they have only a dead end.

"Dut......... Toot ..............."

Just then, the alarm sounded.

"Fleet approaching detected!"

"Prepare to act, follow the orders of the Inquisition!"

Garo also clenched his fists and gave his own orders.

For them, there is only one way to go.

(End of chapter)