Hastings believes that if this little girl can really tamper with other people's consciousness without knowing it, then the first victim to appear in front of his eyes is likely to be the director of the Ultramarines think tank, Varo Diglis.

This is a typical inference derived from the retrospective results. Leaving aside the operational issues, if this were not the case, according to Mr. Inquisitor's own logic, it would be difficult for him to explain why Digris had given his file so easily......

Hastings squinted for a moment at the little girl in front of him, who was completely curled up in a wheelchair, and finally carefully chose a word: a very deceptive heresy in appearance.

He decided to stick to his "heretical" view: to doubt everything that is worthy of suspicion, to uncover all their whitewash, and to get the final truth, is the job of an inquisitor. This attitude of perpetually doubting something around him (and some other unavoidable obnoxiousness as an Inquisitor) did take a toll on his relationships, but he himself believed that something like that would always be necessary if he was to be loyal to the Empire.

The wounds he had suffered when he was arrested in disgrace still hurt Hastings's face, and he couldn't do much about it. Indeed, as Fujimaru Ritsuka had guessed, he had some expertise in prophecy psionic powers, minored in some telekinesis, and knew some forbidden knowledge related to subspace and demons out of professional needs, but he had never thought to try it himself—and all of the above magical powers were of little use against a lump that sometimes made him feel blurry and difficult to focus.

After choosing to agree to Ritsuka Fujimaru's invitation, all the confinement on his body, including the blackstone shackles, was quickly lifted by the (reluctantly) operation of the winged helmet Space Marine. Hastings didn't return the weapon he had with him, but he wasn't surprised that he had to stay unarmed. Soon after, he received a little swelling relief from the apparently unfortunate Midnight Lord.

Rika Fujimaru might have wanted to take this as a friendly signal, but the Midnight Lord on this mission apparently didn't think so. The Astarte found a way to get the irritating spray into Hastings' eyes with great precision, apparently trying to make the latter look foreign and amuse him. Hastings didn't give the other party this chance, and the drug mist made his eyeballs sting, but he didn't say a word, and insisted on glaring at him with his other intact eye.

Rika Fujimaru didn't notice the specific process. At the time of the incident, she was talking to Ranmarok on the other side about something else. But when she turned her head, she immediately understood the tense atmosphere, and complained to Sevita: "Don't always be ready to bully newcomers, or you deserve to be hated." ”

"Not really. I think everybody likes me. Under Hastings' angry gaze, Sevita, who was calm, walked away with the jar as if nothing had happened.

"That's because they know you're going to end up having a good relationship with them." Rika Fujimaru fiddled with the direction of the wheelchair with a little difficulty, "Isn't it, Joan of Arc Alter？ A while ago, you always ate coffee mousse cake in the refrigerator in the middle of the night, aren't you two? ”

Sevita didn't react to himself, but the backpack on his power armor suddenly made a loud noise. The former was originally very confident in mixing this matter up, but the friendly army dropped the chain at a critical moment. After this, he had to pretend that he didn't care about himself and began to look at the sky with a humble heart.

Fujimaru Rika didn't seem to have any intention of continuing to pursue this matter, but just shrugged her shoulders and said to Hastings, "Look, they are actually no different from ordinary people. ”

“…… What? The Inquisitor apparently didn't follow Rika Fujimaru's train of thought.

The little girl in the wheelchair took the trouble to explain as she turned her car: "Even the midnight lord's company commander will like to eat snacks, and will feel that it is a shame to say that 'he loves snacks', and will try to find a solution in his own way between the above two things, although this solution is not worth advocating." Even if they are mutineers, their way of thinking is no different from that of normal humans in many cases. ”

"Putnikers deserve to die." "I don't need to understand what they're thinking, the loyalists just need to know that." ”

"Hmm, that's what you think too, I see." Fujimaru Rika stopped and thoughtfully turned to Sevita again, "The situation is not optimistic, Sevita Leon. If everyone in the current empire thinks this way, I'm afraid you really have to go on an atonement expedition on the battlefield until you die. ”

"What's the matter, I think I'm being treated well now." The person himself seems very indifferent, "What's more, Astarte has no 'retirement' to speak of." ”

"That's not exactly what I meant, Company Commander. I mean, you're pretty much going to have to think about your family's original body and the other 5,000 or so brothers. My little ship won't fit all of you, and the High Lords' Council will explode. ”

"May I remind you, we were originally rebel legions." Sevita recounted calmly, unable to discern any inclination on the matter from his tone, "In the face of a group of crooked criminals, you should restrain some of your excess sympathy. ”

"Although he is a renegade Astarte, I agree with him on the matter." Not knowing what was going on, and selectively ignoring a phrase that probably shouldn't have appeared in the sentence (your family's original body), Hastings, who began to move his limbs, simply commented on the literal meaning, "If it were a true Inquisitor, he would never allow so many 'destabilizing factors' to appear in the territory of the Empire." ”

Rika Fujimaru thought about this sentence with a slightly uneasy expression, as if she hesitated something, but she finally sighed and did not give any positive answer.

"Let's talk about this in a different place where we can sit down and talk." She simply said, "Since you have decided to get on board, we should also have a certain exchange of information." These comparisons ...... Well...... Let's talk about things little by little, and it's better to have a little hot tea to soothe your mood......"

Arjuna, who couldn't stand it anymore, finally manifested himself from the state of spiritualization, and continued to push the wheelchair for the master, who was struggling to turn his own direction, and by the way, the two dry pestles in the room were in place, and Astartes who didn't know how to take care of people at all glanced at each other. The sight startled Hastings again, but he had seen a similar scene at the psionic council a few hours ago, so he didn't react to any stress.

After leaving the interrogation room, Ranmarok didn't seem to want to spend a second more with Sevita. Obviously, even the patience of the Great Mentor of the Fire Wing has been exhausted in this ups and downs of the "interrogation process". He briefly indicated that he was going to gather the others to discuss the proposal given by Rika Fujimaru, and then quickly turned and disappeared into the hallway. The rest of the people, with the exception of Hastings, all looked familiar with this kind of development, and walked in the direction of the teleportation room very indifferently.

Due to the need for information exchange and material delivery, the Lionmane's teleportation room has temporarily set up a teleportation point directly to the Pameño ground, located in the open space in the atrium of the Cathedral of Tyros. Although the sensation of subspace teleportation is not very good, it is still a great comfort to Fujimaru Rika that there is no need to fly Thunder Eagle Airlines. After a few words, Rika Fujimaru, Arjuna, Hastings, and the four of Sevita, who had been on the alert for the Inquisitor's movements, successfully returned to the Storm Frontier.

Fortunately or unfortunately, Asclepius did not return, apparently still in a makeshift medical organization set up in the area. This made Rika Fujimaru, who had escaped a preaching, breathe a sigh of relief.

Subsequently, she immediately said that she could also do her best to be a landlord here, and in the process, she would also introduce him to his student Kelia, who was going to ask him in the future. However, Arjuna made it clear that he protested, and the whole process was reduced to introducing Judge Hastings to Kylea and finding a room where he could be accommodated.

- At this point, she still didn't realize how much she needed to explain it immediately after seeing Kylia (and something around her).

Today's Fujimaru Rika may be doomed to overwork.

Miwoo (Leopard Kill)

What my title means is that I'm going to save a little face for Raven!!

No, you really don't save face for crows!? (Leopard dazed)

(End of chapter)