Warhammer Inquisitor Chapter 244

  Chapter 244 Rise of the Primarch: The Empire Strikes Back

"How about the damage caused by the broken ship? We didn't observe the ground damage due to the cloud cover?" Captain Cole said with a flashing blue light, his stereoscopic projection was projected into mid-air by the disc-shaped concave holographic instrument, flickering The blue light particles are constantly changing positions to form his body.

The light emitted by the projection of Captain Cole's body illuminates the faces of Mikael and Eisenstein. The two tall company commanders are standing in front of the holographic projection, and the blue halo illuminates their faces with unevenness. , There is a dim light in the depth of the bridge of the nose and the arch of the eyebrows.

"The loss was not small, one eighth of the city was destroyed, and civilian casualties are still being counted, but it seems that Chaos' plan failed. According to the report from the recruit company, the Great Temple was unscathed except for the broken ceiling. "Mikael looked at the face of Captain Cole and said, and the latter nodded immediately.

"What about the remaining enemies in the ship? I think there will always be some lunatics who survive and cause problems." It will be resolved soon."

It was Eisenstein who answered Cole. The Imperial Fist, who was wearing a golden power armor that was completely different from the Ultramarines, was talking on the side. Eisenstein maintained his usual seriousness and earnestness. The participant, it was a Space Marine, whose gigantic silhouette was too large to even be fully projected.

The hooded Astartes remained silent from beginning to end, as if he could not speak, but both Eisenstein and Mikael knew that he was not dumb, but kept the usual low profile of all Dark Angels with silence.

   "Captain Cecil, how is your situation on the orbit?" Eisenstein asked, and the silent angel finally spoke. He raised his head slightly so that his eyes under the hood looked at the two.

   "The battle is going well, praise the Emperor and Ryan, the Chaos Fleet did not expect our appearance, they were caught off guard." The silent Dark Angel said, even if he spoke, it still made people feel mysterious, indifferent and difficult to get close to.

   It's really strange. Speaking of which, Lancelot also came from this regiment, but why didn't they have such a situation and hang out with Vito for a long time? It was because of the long stay with Ragnar.

"Yes, the Imperial Navy is working with the Dark Angels to wipe out the enemy troops in orbit, but the enemy seems to be actively shrinking. They have concentrated their fleets over the north and southwestern sides of the planet, and they seem to be preparing to hold together with the ground troops. .”

   Cole said, and with a wave of his hand, he pulled a map of the holographic orbit in front of him. Everyone was looking at a spot of light concentrated on the planet. Mikael leaned forward and carefully looked at the ships.

  Yes, Chaos has concentrated all the fleets over the Chaos Flesh Portal and the Nurgle-contaminated area, and it seems that they are indeed preparing to stand firm and wait for backup.

"We are organizing forces to launch an attack. When the Macragge defense fleet is reorganized, it will join us. At that time, we will launch a full-scale attack to kill the remnant enemy ships." Cole stood on the holographic projection and said, sweeping his hand Pushing the hologram aside, the captain looked at Mikael with his hands behind his back.

   "When we attack, the ground troops also need to cooperate. You have to contain as much enemy anti-aircraft fire as possible on the ground, which can reduce our offensive losses."

"We will deploy as soon as possible, I wish you good luck, Captain Cole and Captain Cecil, may the Emperor bless you." Mikael nodded to the two, and Captain Cecil also nodded to him, "May the Emperor bless you too, brother."

  As the words disappeared, the holographic projection changed back to an ordinary battlefield map, and Mikael and Eisenstein nodded to each other.

"The messenger!" Mikael turned his head and shouted, and almost immediately a junior auxiliary officer ran up from one side. He was wearing a blue uniform and stood at attention in front of Mikael. Mikael watched him pointing Pointing to the map on one side, "Order the two clusters in the east and west to prepare for the attack, and notify the tenth and second companies in the city to prepare to join the battle and bring all the fearless veterans with them."

   "Order all the general reserves, regardless of the ground or air, to join the battle, at any cost to contain the enemy's firepower and give the navy a chance, and execute it immediately."

"Yes, my lord!" The orderly responded loudly and turned to leave. He ran to the gate of the headquarters and pressed a touch screen on one side. As the screen flickered, the gate opened immediately. The officer turned his head and was about to run out, but stopped. Looking at the behemoth in front of him in astonishment, he immediately stood aside and stood at attention.

Mikael and Eisenstein had already turned their heads to study the map, but they were quickly attracted by the sound of heavy footsteps behind them, as well as the exclamation and marching of military boots in the entire headquarters. Turning his head to look in surprise on the table, he immediately stood up and faced that direction.

Guilliman walked in from outside the command post. Since the entrance and exit doors were shorter than his height, he was forced to bend down as if walking in a submarine, and followed his head through the door , a burly body in the armor of destiny stands in the hall.

Guilliman looked around at the stunned people and smiled. Calgar Chapter Master and Sicarius walked out behind him. Calgar stood proudly beside the Primarch holding his abdominal wound that was still painful even though Bell stopped the bleeding. , you can't even see any shadow of pain from his face.

  Everyone looked at the Primarch, at this bust, which was taller and taller than Calgar wearing the Terminator armor, and at the Thirteenth Son of the Emperor.

"Good afternoon, everyone. I guess it should be afternoon." Guilliman greeted everyone with a smile. He didn't seem to have any pretensions of being a half-body or a master. The purpose is to make his heirs and subjects more natural.

   But obviously, Guilliman's great plan fell through. Mikael and the surrounding soldiers all knelt down with a swipe, and the heavy kneeling sound echoed throughout the hall.

  Guilliman looked at them awkwardly and wanted to say something, but Vito walked past him with a smile and patted his armor, "It's okay, I just woke up, you will get used to it all."

   Behind Vito, Celestine, the Custodian Captain and the Space Marines all came in, as well as two alien friends and a large group of Caul, who spread out from both sides of the gate and stood around.

But you can definitely see the closeness from where they stand. Ragnar, Lancelot, Bell and others, as well as Marshal Amalik naturally stand together. They are relatively close to Vito, Cyrus Tin and Derantius, Loken was closer than them, standing directly behind Vito and the Primarch.

  The two alien friends, Adalad and Evelyn, were together. They were standing at the farthest place from the crowd, beside the gate frame.

Kaul occupies an area alone with his huge size, but generally speaking, he is relatively close to the Primarch, because Guilliman has recognized Kaul under the introduction of Vito on the way, although the Primarch is very Shocked by Kaul's change, but finally happy to reunite with this old friend.

"Please stand up, soldiers, we are fighting, please don't be so restrained." Guilliman said with a smile and raised his hand to signal, Mikael and Eisenstein beside him looked at each other, then stood up, following their Rise All mortals and Ultramarines in HQ rise to their feet.

Guilliman walked up to Mikael, he looked at Mikael with a kind smile, but the latter stood up straight in fear, even a little stiff, seeing this situation, Guilliman patted him on the shoulder, "I am your father, not your emperor, take it easy my child."

Mikael forced a smile, he tried his best to relax himself and not stand in front of the Primarch like a fool, Guilliman nodded in satisfaction, he looked at the holographic map behind Mikael, "I believe you are Captain Mikael, Captain Calgar introduced you to me on the way, you are acting as the commander of the current Macragge defense, right?"

"Yes, my lord, I am temporarily acting as the commander of the chapter leader." Mikael said cautiously, for fear that what he said might be offensive, but this is normal, after all, you are facing a Primarch Sometimes you get nervous like a child, don't you?

  Guilliman smiled cordially. He pointed to the map and walked to the side, "Then please introduce the situation for us. I just got up and need to understand."

"Of course, my lord." Mikael said and immediately turned to face the map. Before he adjusted the holographic panel, he saw Vito walking by from the corner of his eye. There is a sense of awe.

Vito could see that Mikael and many others were puzzled and confused. He smiled jokingly and leaned against the holographic map with his hands in his arms. Vito raised his eyebrows and looked at Guilliman who shrugged slightly, " Introduce me to your kids, they seem to need it."

   "Okay, if it's necessary." Guilliman said as he turned to look at Mikael, and then turned to face everyone.

"This person is Vito Constantine, the Supreme Marshal of the Empire, the supreme leader of the Imperial Army, Navy and all armed forces, the Great Mentor of the Tribunal and the Assassin Court, the Chief High Lord, who will succeed the Regent and The first of the Commander of the Astartes."

Mikael stared at Vito dumbfounded, his expression was exactly what Vito expected, exactly the same as when Sicarius knew about it, all the people who didn't know Vito's identity looked at Vito dumbfounded, they looked at each other stare, completely in shock.

   Vito glanced at the expressions of each of them, very satisfied that he had dragged the revealing moment until now, the effect of the show was as he expected, or even better, but he really didn't have time to enjoy this moment.

  Vito looked at Calga and smiled, and the latter nodded in understanding to Vito. The Chapter Leader looked around at the stunned and murmured people, and yelled at them.

"We are still fighting now, and we will talk about the rest after the war. Lord Guilliman, Lord Marshal, please continue." Calga looked at the two and said, Guilliman looked at Calga with satisfaction and nodded, and then Smiling and looking at Mikael.

   "Please don't mind this little episode, please continue, Captain."

Mikael nodded awkwardly, but quickly regained his composure. He quickly began to operate the holographic projection map in front of him. With the adjustment of the holographic map, Macragge's complete planetary projection soon appeared in Kiri In front of Mann, Mikael pointed to the situation on the orbit of the planet.

   "The current battle situation on the orbit is progressing smoothly. The Imperial Navy and the Dark Angels have severely damaged the Chaos Fleet. Now the enemy has retreated to the east and north."

As Mikael's words zoomed in on his hologram, the surface of the planet quickly enlarged, and the two red and green lands appeared in front of his eyes, "On the east and north sides of Macragge, chaos is formed by Whispering Words. The Lords of the Night and the Night Lords occupied the northern region, and through **** massacres and spells, they created a portal of flesh and blood under the spell of Erebus, sending the Chaos Demon directly to this land."

"Erebus? Where is he too?" Vito said suddenly alertly, and Loken on one side also frowned and strode forward. Both of them looked at Mikael with serious expressions, as if they heard something more important than everything else. important things.

Mikael was a little puzzled, but still nodded, "Yes, according to the report of the withdrawn troops, they clearly stated that the traitors were led by a red traitor interstellar soldier whose face was completely disfigured but still engraved with scriptures. We believe that That is the Dark Apostle Erebus."

"Erebus! Marshal, we must find him, and he must pay the price for everything!" Loken suddenly yelled. Loken seldom swears. His expression doesn't change when he takes a shot, but when he hears the name Erebus, he suddenly gets excited, like an enraged wolf.

  Vito raised his hand to signal Loken to calm down, the latter took a deep breath and nodded, Gavier Loken nodded to Mikael and Guilliman in apology, "Sorry, my lord, please forgive my offense."

"I'm not offended, Captain Loken, I'm glad you're still alive, that's the most encouraging thing." Guilliman nodded to Mikael, "But please let us continue Go ahead, Captain Mikael, continue with your briefing."

"Of course, my lord." Mikael said, pointing to the battle map, "In the south, the Death Guard traitor legion created a plague. Nurgle's vicious plague poisoned the land of Macragge. The source of the plague is here. Ravenna."

  Mikael pointed to the sign in the center of the diseased area. It was a striking biochemical sign, symbolizing that the land had been completely swallowed by the disease.

"We have temporarily controlled the spread of the disease through strong walls and clearing the field, scorched earth policy and burning infected bodies, but as the Nurgle demons and death guards stormed the encirclement, the scope of infection is still slowly expanding. If the blockade is broken, the consequences will be disastrous." Mikael said seriously. As he said that, Guilliman also looked at the map with a serious expression, scanning all the signs on the map.

"Can we end the source of infection through orbital bombing?" Guilliman turned his head and asked Vito, which shocked Mikael and the surrounding soldiers. Since Master Guilliman did not ask them, he was the first to ask Vito Views.

Vito lifted his chin and smiled. He looked at the map where the situation was not going well, "No, orbital bombing may be able to destroy the peripheral infection, but generally speaking, the core of Nurgle pollution is deep in the city and cannot be destroyed by bombing. , Someone must go in and kill it."

"The same is true for the Chaos Portal. We can't solve the problem through orbital bombing. Bombardment can destroy material individuals, but those things condensed by subspace power are between entities and spiritual energy, and must be destroyed with relative weapons. "

"Do we have this kind of weapon?" Guilliman asked, Vito smiled and pointed to the holy sword on his waist, "Hey, it can, the Emperor's own weapon, it took that guy to make it You have put a lot of effort into it, and you have injected part of your own power into it, and you can use its divine power to end the creation of Chaos."

   "Divine power?" Guilliman frowned suspiciously when he heard the word. He obviously didn't like this word. Vito had forgotten that he was a staunch supporter of the Empire's truth.

Vito smiled jokingly and waved his hands, "Just treat this sword as containing the Emperor's spiritual power, and another weapon with the same effect is Celestine's Flame Sword, both swords can be destroyed Creation of Chaos."

Guilliman looked at Celestine. He stared at her suspiciously at her wings for a moment, but soon turned his head to think about the problem in front of him. He raised **** and looked at the two wings on the map. goals.

   "Two swords, two targets, it's really a coincidence and appropriate." "Isn't that right? It just happened to be packed."

Vito said as he leaned in front of the holographic map, he turned his head and looked at Guilliman and shrugged, "Are you coming or me this time?" "You come, I just woke up and I don't know the current military strength of the empire, and I believe you understand the chaotic situation better."

  Vito nodded, and the latter leaned against the holographic map with his hands folded and smiled, "So should I start now?"

"No, Vito, there is one more important thing to do." Guilliman turned and walked towards Calgar. The Primarch came in front of the current Chapter Master. Calgar lowered his blood-stained iron fist and raised his head to face him. The Primarch, the difference in height between him and the Primarch is not too big, but he still looked at his genetic father with awe in his eyes.

Everyone around looked over. The heroic sons and daughters of the Ultramarines and Macragge witnessed their genetic father, their eternal leader bowing their heads to Calgar. Everyone was shocked to see Guilliman nodding respectfully. regards.

  Yverenee looked at Guilliman with her hands in her arms playfully. He exchanged a glance with Edalad with great interest, then leaned against the door frame and looked at Guilliman with a smile, "What an interesting person."

"Chapter Calgar, as the current Chapter Master of the Ultramarines Chapter and the Archon of Macragge, I ask you to give me the command of the Chapter and the planet, so that I can command the Ultramarines With the auxiliary army, the defense fleet and other forces, I ask for your consent."

   Guilliman said in an extremely humble tone, which shocked everyone. The Ultramarines looked at each other, and couldn't believe that a Primarch would be so humble in the face of a child.

  Sicarius and Mikael looked at each other, both of them looked at Calgar in shock, only Vito and Loken stood aside very calmly, even Vito still had a smile on his face.

Chapter Master Calgar faced Guilliman. One of the greatest Chapter Masters of the Empire knelt down on one knee without hesitation. He completely ignored the pain in his abdomen and knelt to Guilliman. Calgar lowered himself With his gray head, Calgar, who made all the space fighters respect him, knelt down to pay respects to his father without any hesitation.

   "Master Guilliman, I, Marius Augustus Calgar, request you to accept all my duties and authority, and please allow me to fight side by side with you as a warrior."

Guilliman bent down to support Calgar, and he lifted the burly Chapter Master, "You will still be our Chapter Master, my Chapter Master, Calgar, I am extremely honored to accept your allegiance, I promise you that I will be kind to your loyalty and the power you have given me."

   "But please forgive my child, this time I'm afraid I can't let you go to the battlefield with me as you wish, I need you to stay here to direct the overall situation."

   "Master Guilliman, I can still fight for you! This small injury is not worth mentioning!" Calga clenched his fists and said resolutely, while Guilliman held his shoulder and shook his head.

   "I believe you can, I have no doubts about it, but I am also sure that Vito will not stay here, the marshal and Erebus still have an old score to settle."

After finishing speaking, Guilliman looked at Vito, who nodded seriously after sweeping away his hippie smile and funny expression, yes, he did have a score to settle with that guy with the words on his face, and so did Loken behind him, the last Luna Wolf held down the chainsword on his waist, and nodded gratefully to Guilliman.

"So this time, my son, I need you here to command the overall situation. This is a difficult job. I entrust my life, Vito's life and the lives of all the soldiers who will participate in the attack. Will you Take on this heavy responsibility?"

Guilliman looked at Calga solemnly, his eyes full of trust and expectation. Calga knew that Guilliman was worried about his injuries, and it would undoubtedly be a distraction to take a wounded soldier to that dangerous battlefield. Lord Primarch giving himself this task will not cause his honor to be humiliated. He was not left behind because of injuries, but was left because of the important mission bestowed by the Primarch.

It can be said that even at this time, Guilliman has considered the feelings of his subordinates, knowing how to take care of the emotions of his subordinates and complete the task. Unique, once only Horus could match him in this respect.

Calgar knew this, and although it was disheartening and frustrating, he would never let the Primarch down, and the Chapter Master immediately affirmed Guilliman, "In the name of the Emperor, my lord, I will complete this mission, no matter the cost."

"I believe you will, Captain Calgar, then Marshal Vito, tell us your plan." Guilliman said, turning his head to look at Vito, who nodded and raised his hand towards the holographic map to pull it From then on, the map on that plane immediately became a three-dimensional oblique suspension, so that everyone could see it clearly.

Vito pointed to the portal war zone in the north on the map, and as his finger pointed to the red battle line, it lit up, "Ragnar, Olaf, go find your Fenris brothers, tell the wolves to attack with all their might The Night Lords' flank, pushing through its lines as best it could, while Mikael led the 3rd Company of the Ultramarines and the Auxilia stormed the Word Bearers on the other side, forcing them to divert all their attention and troops to deal with the attack. , the urban area where the portal is located is empty of defense."

  Everyone looked at the battle line arrows that appeared in real time on the battle line map. The arrows clearly pointed out the direction of attack, and also indicated the positions and numbers of all the troops still on the front line.

Vito's finger clicked on the screen, and several light spots appeared in the air as the battle line advanced, "When the traitors concentrated their main force on the outer line of defense, I, Guilliman, Loken and Eisenstein, Amaliya Marshal Ke took the Thunderhawk to break in at a low altitude, we will parachute into the city, and then attack here."

  The red dot on the map flickered. It was the position of the Church of the State Church on the side of the city. The church was so huge that it could be half a small city, but it was not surprising, after all, the entire city was built around the church.

  Everyone looked at the light circle on the church, and there was a line of Gothic font labels on the side of the icon, "Portal"

   You may ask, how are they so sure that the portal is in the church? That was so easy my friend, remember when the city was built around the church? Where else could the portal be located besides the cathedral city, which occupies half the size of the city? It can be calculated by elimination, can't it?

"We'll break in, burn the portal with the Emperor's Holy Sword, and everything will be fine." Vito said with a snap of his fingers. I have to say that he had pulled out his psionic control, and Vito snapped his fingers directly on the An electric arc struck in front of him, which startled him.

"There is another problem. You have neglected to omit the key to the success of this mission!" Sicarius said with his hips on one side, and Vito turned his head to look at this confident guy in surprise, "May I ask what I am missing?" ?”

   "Of course it's me! Cato Sicarius." Sicarius proudly pointed to himself with his thumb, while Vito looked at him with raised eyebrows in surprise.

   "Why is this an oversight?" Vito asked with a wry smile, but obviously Sicarius didn't care about the irony at all, and still raised his head proudly.

"Calga Chapter Commander needs to command here, and Mikael needs to lead the peripheral attack, so who else can guard Lord Guilliman besides me? Except me! Cato Sicarius, Grand Duke of Tower LS, Zhan Team champion, great."

"Shut up Sicarius! You let me listen to your idiot titles again, and I will find you stuffed into a naval gun and shot into the Eye of Terror!" Vito decisively interrupted Sicarius, and then The latter looked at Vito proudly with his hips akimbo, obviously even if he knew that Vito was the Supreme Marshal, he would not change his habit.

Seeing that Vito was half-dead with anger from Cato Sicarius, Guilliman laughed instead, he put his arms around his arms and laughed softly, "I like this kid, take him, I believe he will help. "

"Thank you, my lord! I, Cato Sicarius will not let you down, me! Cato Sicarius will kill the enemy in your name!" The one who likes to repeat his name countless times The guy said proudly.

"You just want to disgust me, don't you?" Vito suddenly said in ancient Terra Latin that no one except Guilliman could understand. Apart from him, the old immortal who lived for 40,000 years, there is probably only Kiri. Man, a guy who likes to read Shakespeare's anthology, understands.

   "A virtuous person must have courage, and an upright person is not afraid of challenges." Guilliman said with a smile, while Vito rolled his eyes, "Don't use Shakespeare's sentences back at me, you are as annoying as that brat."

  Vito sighed and switched to the other side of the map, to the infected war zone of Nurgle. The morbid color occupies the entire projection range, and all the pollution comes from the city at the center.

   "The troops on the southern fringe continue to hold their positions, burning the ground with heavy artillery and flamethrowers to prevent the spread of pollution, and to block Nurgle's crazy attack, so we need to mobilize more troops to arrive here."

Vito said leaning on the map, his eyes looked at the densely packed troops on that front, and countless numbers and labels had already filled that front, "Captain Calgar, please send the dreadnoughts of the battle group Veteran A transferred over, I believe that the coffin of the fearless can resist the erosion of Nurgle at the border of the contaminated area."

   Calgar nodded, "I will inform them. To be on the safe side, I will also transfer the sixth company to provide heavy fire support."

   "Very good, other than that, the good news is that Nurgle's air power is seriously lacking. Those disgusting fat guys have never been very good at air combat, so it shouldn't be difficult to penetrate the defense. The difficulty lies in attacking the city itself."

  Vito leaned his hands on the edge of the map table, and he looked jokingly at Celestine who was standing with one hand on his hips. His smile had already let Celestine know what he meant.

  The little angel sighed speechlessly, then raised his head to look at the annoying guy, "I will lead the team there, my angel halo can ensure that people within the range will not be infected, and the holy fire can also burn out pollutants."

   "Only the only small problem is that I have to swim in a cesspit, thank you, old bastard." "You're welcome, it's all I should do."

  Vito looked at the annoyed Celestine with a smile, he put his hands in his arms and shrugged jokingly, "Don't worry, I will give you reinforcements, at least you won't let you go swimming alone."

"Derantius, you and Bell go with Celestine, sorry, Bell, your talent is more needed on that side when dealing with the plague of Nurgle, you can't follow your Primarch to kill this time Traitor."

Bell nodded in understanding, he gave a respectful nod to Guilliman, who also greeted him sincerely, Bell turned to Vito, "I can understand, compared with the lives of my brothers and Macragge, My loss of honor is meaningless."

"Well said, Bell." Calgar pressed Bell's shoulder approvingly, and the latter thanked Calgar gratefully. Vito could notice that Sicarius cut impatiently, and he pressed his long sword He turned his head pretending nothing happened.

  Vito looked at him and smiled jokingly, then looked at the anxious Lancelot, he took a few steps forward, "What about me? Everyone has a task, what about me?"

"Don't worry, you have a mission. In order to attack the city, I will ask the Dark Angels to send a platoon to support, and you, my old friend, will be responsible for coordinating and commanding them." Vito smiled and said helplessly, "You know Your brothers don't believe in anyone but their own, and among us, only you are "our own""

  Lancelot had a strange expression, but when he saw Guilliman's eyes, he immediately stood at attention and saluted, resolutely and decisively, "I will complete the task, in the name of Ryan and the Emperor!"

   "Very well, then you, Kaul." Vito said and looked at Kaul, who leaned up from the crowd, and his huge size forced Ragnar to complain about being squeezed aside.

"You are in charge of repairing the void shield of the City of Glory, and at the same time erecting a communication enhancement device. I want you to be able to communicate normally even if we are in the war zone, despite the interference of Chaos. Can you do it?" Vito pointed to the test Er said with a smile, and the latter rolled his mechanical eyes and nodded.

   "Yes, I will ensure that the communication is normal." The great sage said in that weird voice, and Vito waved his hands with a look of boredom on his face, "You should change your voice, your voice is too weird."

   "It can be considered and included in the to-do list." Kaul still said in that weird voice, and Vito and Guilliman looked at each other and laughed.

  Guilliman raised his fist and slammed the bolter on the Dominant Fist to load it. He smiled and looked at Vito, "Now? Your order, Marshal."

  Vito looked around at the crowd and smiled. He stood up from the map and opened his palms. Roaring lightning immediately crackled in his hands, "Let's kill those bastards."

  All the people in the headquarters drew their weapons. Following a series of sounds of weapon preparation, Vito looked at them and smiled, but after a while, Vito's expression turned cold again, and he looked around at everyone.

   "One more thing, leave Erebus to me, I will kill that **** with my own hands."

  (end of this chapter)

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