"First of all, I must be clear about the premise that 'resurrection from the dead' in the full sense of the word cannot be done within my knowledge system, and the state of St. Giles itself makes it difficult to establish this even in the psionic system.

"After all, 10,000 years have passed since 'then,' and even if he did live past 10,000 years, he would inevitably change in such a long period of time, unless he was placed in a stasis force field like Mr. Robert.

"The conclusion is that it is technically impossible to perfectly recreate a 'St. Giles of the Great Expedition'. Be mentally prepared at this point. ”

Realizing that the other party was ready to carefully demonstrate the feasibility, Dante had gained greater emotional control after the original casting, so he calmed down more quickly, and instinctively tried to turn on the recording function on his power armor. Then, after realizing that his mind could not connect to the servo, he realized again that he was not wearing his Seiko Power Armor.

He glanced at the servo skulls hovering a little farther away, making sure they were turned on and still taking notes diligently. All of this took less than half a second in total, taking up only the space that Fujimaru Rika used to pause between sentences.

The girl, who sat steadily across the table, seemed to be completely unaware of what Dante had quickly confirmed during this time, and continued to narrate in her usual calm tone: "Secondly, the minor premise to note is that in that battle with Horus ten thousand years ago, St. Giles was not only physically and irreversibly damaged—but also his soul. ”

Another shocking fact fell into Dante's ears. Even though this information about his genetic father sounded a little more "acceptable" than the previous ones, it still caused a whirlpool of grief in his heart.

He pressed down on the emotions that surged up in his veins and asked, "What does 'soul-like' mean?" ”

"Literally, he's 'broken.'" On this issue, Rika Fujimaru carefully chose to talk only about the result, "Just like a mirror that falls from mid-air, the shattered fragments fly everywhere, and the shattered soul of St. Giles was scattered everywhere in that battle. The vast majority of these fragments had been collected by the Emperor and kept by his side to recuperate; A small part of it, because of strong cause and effect, still inevitably lingers in the place where he died; Some of them were not found by the emperor, and disappeared into the waves of subspace.

"I think that in the last category, there are at least some fragments that will be pulled by fate and drift to the vicinity of the three stars of Baal over the course of 10,000 years. However, it should be noted that even then, it is almost impossible to collect 'all' of the fragments and restore the soul of St. Giles to its original state. ”

After saying this, Rika Fujimaru paused the narration, as if thinking that the other party needed to be given some time to react and digest. Dante did take a deep breath and sat back slowly.

Putting all of the above together, it doesn't sound perfect. But it was the parts of it that made the whole thing "not perfect" that made it more credible to Dante — but alas, only a little.

In the experience of serving the Captain of the Holy Blood Angels, if someone tells about a particularly promising future and gives a promise that it will be fulfilled, they can often directly conclude that the other party is a servant of Chaos. Ninety-nine out of a hundred shots would not have been wrongfully killed, and one was indeed wrongful killing, but the person involved was also naïve and incitative enough to lead more people astray, so it really deserved to die—whether the person speaking was aware of it or not.

However, is Rika Fujimaru such a person?

Or could such a person be certified by the throne room, and the right to use the Emperor's Dream, which had been restored by some means, arrived in Baal with such pomp and circumstance surrounded by the forbidden army?

The seemingly unnecessary rituals of the past manifested their existence at this moment, and Dante decided with much hesitation that he would assume that what he had said was true, and allowed her to continue with this logic.

"If what you're saying is true, then this theory does explain something that has happened in the past." Considering that the previous paragraph reflected that Fujimaru Ritsuka did possess some unknown knowledge, it is impossible to say whether the other party knows the story of "the father of genes once appeared". Dante thus weighed the words more and more carefully: "But what does this mean? ”

"It doesn't 'represent' anything, it's just that anyone needs to scrutinize the question before solving it." Rika Fujimaru replied, "If it were ordinary people—the kind of 'ordinary people' who included the vast majority of Astartes, who had no psionic talents—who had encountered the kind of thing that had happened to St. Giles, then they would have died and could no longer die. But St. Giles is the original body, so things are not completely unturned. His situation is indeed a bit more complicated than that of other 'definite dead' primordials, but it is not entirely impossible to somehow bring him back to the physical world. ”

"You say, 'Back to the physical world,' what's going on?"

Fujimaru Rika paused for a moment and decided to skip the topic simply: "It's a bit of a long story, I guess...... I wonder if the Holy Blood Angel Warband has heard some news from the Iron Hand Warband recently? Specifically, for example, the father of their genes resurrected this kind of rumor? ”

"Nope." Dante replied with great certainty, "After the Great Rift unfolds, the communication efficiency of the dark side of the empire will not be at all as good as before, not to mention that there is almost half a galaxy between the Medusa Star Zone and Baal. If it had happened recently, perhaps the news had not yet reached my ears. ”

Rika Fujimaru is a little confused by this: neither of the two ready-made examples of the finished product (referring to Ferrus Manus and Conrad Coetze) is with her. It is still a little difficult for her to tell things convincingly without physical performances.

Just as she was hesitating whether to call Sigismund for a moment, Dante spoke again: "Still, I probably understand what you're talking about. ”

This time it was Fujimaru Rika's turn to be puzzled: "Take the liberty of asking, what do you understand?" I haven't explained yet, have I? ”

"I noticed some dark angels in your ranks." Dante said, "I wonder if you've heard some rumors among the Dark Angels since you entered the dark side of the Empire - specifically, the return of Lord Leon El Johnson? ”

…… Yes?

Rika Fujimaru finally showed a shocked expression from the bottom of her heart for the first time today.

(End of chapter)

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