"I'm going now, the commander must be waiting for me!"

"Wait, Elclair, calm down!"

When Duanmu Huai killed Lucius and returned to the bridge, he saw that it was a mess, and Eclair looked desperate to get out of here, while the other girls were trying to stop her——— and Ogis directly tied her up with silk threads.

"What's the situation? I went out and had a fight, and you guys had a fight too? ”

Looking at Eclair, who was dangling in the air, Duanmu Huai looked confused.

"Ah, uncle! You're back. ”

Seeing Duanmu Huai come back, Akot was also relieved.

"We've completely routed the Chaos Fleet........."

"I saw this, and I'm more curious now about what happened to you tying up Eclair here?"

Duanmu Huai looked curiously at Eclair dangling from the ceiling, since coming to the courtroom, Lumi El has been reused by Duanmu Huai because of her ability to manipulate networks and electronics. However, Ecclery's power does not have any special room for use in the Inquisition, so most of the time she is only in charge of Lumielle's security and some miscellaneous things in the Inquisition.

"That's right, uncle, after defeating the Chaos fleet, I sent a reconnaissance fleet to search around........."

Well, this is very much in line with Echot's cowardly and yin character.

"And then?"

"We received a distress signal on one of the planets."

As she spoke, Arcot opened the com, and a woman's voice came from inside.

"Help, help, help. This is GOTT Commander Eric Puss, please answer when you hear it, we need support........."

“GOTT……… I think it seems to be the organization that Ecclere and Rumiel were in before they fled. ”

"That's right, the Federation of Systems and the System Commerce and Customs Agency, or GOTT for short."

Lumiel nodded, while Duanmu Huai sighed.

"Tut-tut, then your tax bureau here is still quite powerful......"

Duanmu Huai remembered that Lumiel said that they had taken over several missions from the Interstellar Federation to mediate the war between the two planets——— is this what the tax bureau should do?

Is it true that in this world, even death is inevitable?

"Well, and then what?"

Duanmu Huai sighed, and then returned to the topic.

And then ......... Miss Ecclere wanted to see what was going on at once. ”

"So you tied her up? Why? ”

"Because this signal is not responding, we have made several reverse searches and calls to it, but there has been no answer, and we believe that it is just a mechanical auto-play distress signal, or maybe a trap, in which case we cannot act on our own. I wanted to wait for you to come back, uncle, before making a decision, but Miss Eckle couldn't wait, so Miss Ogis tied her up........."

"Hey..............."

Rumiel next to her also sighed helplessly.

"I'm sorry, but Eclair is such a character........."

"Any other response?"

"It's currently under investigation, but there's no other harvest yet."

"Let's go check it out, it's idle anyway, maybe we can find a few survivors from here and ask what the hell is going on in this galaxy, okay, Ogis, put her down."

"Yes, master."

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, O'Kis nodded, then lowered her right hand, and then heard a scream, and then Eclair fell heavily to the ground.

"Uh......... It hurts........."

Ecclere rubbed her ass as she stood up, and then saw Duanmu Huai come to her.

"Ecclery, it's not been a day or two since you came to the Inquisition, I hope you can remember that the Inquisition has its own rules, and I haven't given you enough authority yet, so it's not your turn to act autonomously, understand? If there was a next time, it wouldn't be that simple. ”

“……… It's ........."

"Very well, let's go over there."

With Duanmu Huai's order, the Inquisition fleet was also activated immediately, and it didn't take long for them to come to the birthplace of the distress signal, the planet AINEIAS.

"Akot, full scan results?"

"The surface showed high levels of radiation signals, and atmospheric explorations showed traces of multiple large-scale nuclear weapons bombardments. The planet has suffered a war that has covered the entire planet and has completely lost its viability as a planet......... Miss Lumielle? ”

"According to the bird's scan data......... Judging by the current radiation concentration and climatic conditions of the planet, the probability of life on this planet is very low——— perhaps GOTT's underground command room has not been attacked......... But it's only possible........."

"It must be so, yes!"

Before Lumiel could finish speaking, Eclair hurriedly spoke.

"Director, they didn't die so easily!"

"Did you lock on to where the signal happened?"

"Locked."

As Arcot spoke, the screen flickered a few times, and then a rather tall building appeared on the screen, a city that had been destroyed by war, surrounded by high-rise buildings that had been attacked, and the radiation clouds above completely obscured the sunlight, and the city was dark.

"That's GOTT HQ ........."

Looking at the dilapidated but still standing building in front of him, Lumiel whispered.

"That's it, then."

Duanmu Huai decisively gave the order.

"Lumiel, Eckel, this is your hometown, and you should be familiar with this place, so come with me, and remember to wear N7 armor......... Ogis, Rose, Mary, come with me. Ann, Quaria, Lorena, Ellie, Medea, you are in charge of guarding the bridge......... Remember, Acott, in the event of an accident, we can use the portal to go to the spirit world, regardless of our direct evacuation. ”

"But the radiation interference below cannot communicate properly........."

"I'll give orders to Audrey through a telepathic connection."

Duanmu Huai pointed at Audrey, who also bowed slightly.

"You too, if there's anything you find, you can contact me through Audrey, understand?"

"Yes, uncle."

"Very good......... Prepare me a Night Raven Black Star! ”

Soon, a Night Raven Black Star gunboat departed from the hangar and flew through a lightning-filled radiation cloud towards the city below.

"To be honest, I really didn't expect you to come out in person."

Sitting on the chair, Eclair stared at Duanmu Huai with some confusion.

"In our world, high-ranking officials generally hand over this kind of dangerous thing to their subordinates, and they will only watch the drama from behind."

"I have the most experience, so naturally I want to lead by example."

Duanmu Huai shrugged his shoulders, he is not the kind of commander-type player, similar to what is a decisive victory thousands of miles away, this kind of thing in the middle of the strategy, he just thinks about it, Duanmu Huai never thinks that he can do it. Therefore, he prefers to go out in person and arrive at the scene as soon as possible, after all, no one here has as much experience in dealing with these chaotic creations as Duanmu Huai, so as long as he takes a few glances, he will understand what is happening here, what is happening, and what will happen after this.

And to get the answer, he has to go out himself, otherwise if he waits for someone else to report, the inexperienced rookies are likely to ignore some of the parts that need attention, or by the time they step into the trap, it will be too late.

Duanmu Huai is not a detective who is good at investigation, but the days of tracking down the heirs of the old gods in Mary's world have also brought him a lot of experience, maybe he will not become a detective like Sherlock Holmes or Conan who can make up all the other party's experiences at a glance, but at least he is better than those stupid cops......... Well, probably.

Of course, perhaps more importantly, Duanmu Huai doesn't actually have so many worlds to manage, which is what sets him apart from the Emperor and Robert Killiman, Duanmu Huai has always defined his Inquisition as a "unit organization", rather than a huge force, a force that needs to be supported by its own territory. This is also the reason why most of the time he doesn't have to think about the life or death of other worlds, and only focuses on completing his own tasks.

After all, building and prospering a world would already be quite a hassle, and Duanmu Huai didn't want to waste time on SimCity.

Or the Three Kingdoms Warriors is more suitable for him.

The Night Raven Black Star landed in front of GOTT's building, the hatch opened, the howling wind blew in front of him, and under the heavy dark clouds and lightning, he could only see a vague black shadow in the GOTT headquarters building, standing there like a tombstone of this world, without saying a word.

"Judging by the bird's scan, that's where the signal came from."

Duanmu Huai took out the bird divination instrument and glanced at it, then clenched the war hammer.

"Alright, let's go see what's left here."

Although Duanmu Huai said so, it is a pity that it seems that at least there is nothing left here.

According to Eclaire, the building used to be glossy, but now, all that was left was a broken shell, and the floor was littered with wreckage, all sorts of debris. The overturned cabinets seem to have been used as cover, but unfortunately, they have not fulfilled their mission. It is clear that the building was once invaded and then captured.

So here's the problem......... Who captured this tower, this city, this planet?

Duanmu Huai carefully looked at the traces of weapons and ammunition on the wall, he couldn't see the high-energy laser of the flashlight, nor could he see the strafing from the blaster, then it was obvious that the planet was not attacked by those Astartes of the Chaos Legion, on the contrary, it looked more like a civil war.

"How could it be ........."

Lumière also discovered this, but she couldn't imagine it at all.

"Why did a civil war break out? I don't understand..............."

"Keep moving forward, and maybe we'll know the truth."

Duanmu Huai raised his head, and the searchlight illuminated the footprints inside, and then they followed the footprints and continued to walk forward.