Warhammer Inquisitor Chapter 300

  Chapter 300 Rise of the Primarch: Children of Macharius

There are no lights on the side corridor of the Infinite Frontier, and all the indicators and lights are silently turned off, but this does not mean that it is completely dark, in fact, it is very bright here, even brighter than many places on the ship Bright.

The light from the sun shines in the corridor through the sealed glass. As the Infinity Frontier gets closer to the core of the solar system, it has been shining at the core of the universe since the beginning of the universe, providing life for millions of years of human beings and Terra. The sun, which provides warmth and light, appears brighter.

On the surface of the sun there is a huge stream of solar fire, and along with those dancing slender flames, black solar flares are continuously surging and exploding on the surface of the star, and they splash the light that illuminates the entire galaxy into the deep space, splashing In the corridors of the Infinite Frontier, shining on that fiery red hair.

Anna was walking in the corridor, holding a data board in her hand and looking at it, as her fingers kept clicking and sliding on it, and her footsteps in high military boots did not stop for a moment, she strode forward Then, the orderly officer beside her could only keep up with her quickly, answering questions out of breath as she walked.

"Marines fought with the sailors?" Anna asked while looking at the gendarmerie registration information in her hand. The orderly officer was holding several identical data pads in his hand. The number was so large that he could barely hold it. Can walk while trying to adjust the position of his arms to avoid these flat boards falling to the ground.

   "Yes, Chief Mate, I don't know exactly why the fight happened, but the Gendarmerie said it was a fight on both sides in the mess hall, and I guess it was some bad joke?"

   "Joke. Well, it seems that they are really free." Anna said as she slid the data pad in her hand, sliding down the registration information in detail in her hand, and her eyes quickly glanced over the rows of data.

"Where is Colonel York? Does he have any opinions? After all, he belongs to him." Anna asked, and the orderly officer beside him grabbed the data pad that almost fell to the ground. up.

  The service officer cleared his throat, and he looked at the signature at the end of the registration information in Anna's hand, on which was impressively written the beautiful signature of Colonel York.

I have to say that although as a strong man who licks blood every day, fights fiercely at close range, and can kill a green-skinned boy with a single punch, York's handwriting is quite beautiful, with clear lines and elegant endings. The font flicks as steady as a bullet. .

   "The colonel has signed, and he agrees to leave the matter to us, I mean, to you, Anna."

   "Call me first officer, only the captain can call me Anna, even Vito."

   "Of course, as ordered, first mate."

The service officer watched, and Anna pulled out a signature pen from the corner of the tablet. She gently placed the tip of the electronic touch pen on the screen, and then quickly signed her name with the movement of her fingers, Anna. Yevgeny Makarian has the same surname as Cole.

Anna moved her fingers and wrote with the tip of the pen, and the follow-up orders in her mouth did not stop, "Send the marines to clean all the armored vehicles, maintain the armory, and throw all the naval crew to the artillery deck. Let them take every Polish all the macro guns to get rid of the rust."

"Since they are so free, let's find something for them to do, and when they are done, they won't have time to sulk." Anna said and handed the data board in her hand to the orderly officer, who took it Nodding repeatedly behind the data board, "Smart arrangement, first mate, I believe that when they finish their work, they will forget why they are busy there."

Anna smiled, and she talked about the flaming red hair that floated by her ears with her footsteps. She pinned it behind her ears. That short hair made her look quite capable and heroic, and she had the same temperament as those Bomb girls Ah, I mean Battle Sisters, but don't call them that in front of those silver-haired chicks, unless you like bombs, the physical kind.

   "Is there anything else?" Anna turned to look at the order officer and asked, the latter shook his head slightly, "Then go to work, keep an eye on those boys, and don't let them fight again."

   "I obey the first officer! For the empire and the navy." The orderly officer stopped and saluted Anna, and turned and left after getting Anna's return.

   But she stopped after taking a few steps, because a voice said from the shadow of the supporting pillars in the corridor, "It's funny, you always take care of these troubles, Cole doesn't care?"

The voice said, accompanied by the crackling sound of shortbread being bitten, Anna stopped and smiled and turned her head to look at the dark shadow in the corridor, "Cole has never liked to deal with this kind of thing." Trifles, or private questions, you know."

"It's true, he can't even handle his own private affairs, let alone other people's." The owner of the voice stood up from the shadows, and he stood up from the supporting pillars in the corridor. As he got up, the sun's rays in the corridor gradually illuminated his figure.

  Anna looked at the guy. At first, only the outlines of his chest and arms were illuminated by the hazy light, but soon as he himself stepped out of the shadow, his entire body emerged from the shadow.

"Aren't you full yet? What time is it? What else do you want to eat?" Anna looked at Vito jokingly with one hand on her hip, and the latter took a bite of the burrito in his hand. The burrito, which had been bitten off by a large portion, was handed to Anna who was on the side.

   "Sausalia burrito, made by Mario, tastes quite good, it reminds me of a burrito, but it's not spicy enough, but it's not bad, have a bite?"

  Vito stretched out the cake that was full of bite marks from his teeth to Anna, and the latter gently pushed the thing away in disgust, "Who wants to eat something full of your saliva, and I have eaten it."

"What's the matter? Still losing weight, afraid that Cole will dislike you?" Vito smiled and took another bite of the burrito, obviously he was not full yet, chewing on the delicious combination of vegetable leaves and minced meat, he walked over In front of one side window, his eyes looked at the huge sun that was on the side of the battleship.

As the Infinity Frontier approached the core of the solar system, the area of ​​the sun became larger and larger, and now the giant has almost swallowed the entire field of vision outside the window. Vito looked at it, and all he could see was The face of the sun that burst with fire.

"Are you serious? Every time I change my perfume and makeup, Cole has to be stunned for a long time before he can react, and I have to remind him." Anna leaned against Vito as she said, holding her arms in her arms. , one leg bent up and stepped on the bulletproof glass behind him.

  Vito looked at the sun, his eyes reflected the huge line of fire pulled from the surface of the planet, "Are you going well with him? I mean, when I left to destroy Abaddon's small fleet."

"Is there any further progress? It's not that you don't know about Corner's nature. He's been like this since he was a child, and he hasn't changed at all in his twenties." Anna shrugged helplessly and sighed, while Vito smiled and bit his mouth. Biscuits, while he was chewing, he began to beep indistinctly.

   "He didn't do it to maintain the relationship between superiors and subordinates. You know Cole's character, which is so rigorous and serious that it hurts. I doubt whether his ancestors are German."

Vito ate the burrito and thought about it, as if he just wanted to find a topic during the meal, "If I remember correctly, you and he grew up together, right? Anna Makarian? This name is good, but I still prefer your previous name, Anna Rommel Erwin."

  Anna looked at Vito and raised her eyebrows jokingly, with a rather speechless smile on her face, "You did a background check for me? It's so detailed."

"Haha, I'm also a professional judge anyway. I know the friends around me, so not only you, but I also know their backgrounds." Vito said softly looking at the sun, his eyes turned to Skimming sideways, exploding dark spots on the sun's surface scrape its fiery stellar storm.

"Then tell me, what did you find out?" Anna held her arms in her arms and adjusted her body leaning against the glass, while Vito smiled silently, shaking the burrito in his hand gently .

"Anna Rommel Erwin, the daughter of Admiral Erwin of the Imperial Navy, your father has made great contributions and is one of the most talented captains in the history of the Imperial Navy. He has made great achievements in battle. I have heard of it a long time ago. he."

Vito's eyes shone with flames, and the rising and fading fire storm briefly illuminated his face. Vito took another bite of the burrito, chewing slowly, "But unfortunately, He died young, not in the vast sea of ​​stars, but in a ridiculous political conflict."

"A political conspiracy on Macharius, someone wanted to use a vacuum bomb to kill the governor and generalissimo of the star area, but the governor happened to be a little far away from his seat during the meeting that day, and the explosion and assassination failed by chance. Killed several big figures in the Ministry of Military Affairs, but not the governor."

"After a "investigation", it was discovered that many of the officers in the "7.20" assassination case who planned the assassination were your father's old subordinates and students, so the Governor suspected that your father was also involved in the assassination. Admiral Erwin actually participated in the assassination? With your father's reputation, this is enough to scare the leadership of the entire planet into sleepless nights."

  Anna didn't speak, she was just listening. She folded her hands and nodded, signaling Vito to continue talking, and the latter also continued after swallowing the food.

"Your father was implicated and suspected to be related to the 7.20 assassination. Later, he was given two options. He would keep his reputation and glory after committing suicide, and his family would not be implicated, or he would be arrested and executed as a traitor, and his family would also Arrested and thrown into the world of punishment."

"Your father chose the former. In order to protect you, he was forced to commit suicide. Afterwards, the star area government grandly fabricated a ship drill accident for him. Unfortunately, he died in the explosion. Hmph, in order to cover up your father's death, they even Pulled a boat together to make the lie more believable."

Vito said disdainfully, and he bit off the corner of the burrito again, "The death of Admiral Irwin caused a shock in the Imperial Navy, and of course no one believed the outrageous reason, especially Cole's father, Mansch Admiral Tanin Makarian, he and your father are old comrades-in-arms, they have worked together for many years when they graduated from the military academy, they made meritorious service together, and became admirals together, so he didn't believe that outrageous reason at all.”

"Admiral Makarian later found out the truth and gathered a group of naval officers under him. When the governor was out to patrol the jurisdiction of another planet, he commanded a fleet to ambush and arrest the governor. Afterwards, Admiral Makarian handed over the truth of Admiral Irwin's death to the trial court who heard the news and came to investigate, and convinced the judges to believe their words. After that, the governor was executed for heresy, and Makarian The admiral was promoted to be the new governor of the planet."

Vito was eating the burrito, and the little burrito left in his hand was shaking with his fingers, Anna looked at him and shrugged with a smile, "You checked it out, I thought it would be thoroughly investigated. What was covered up, after all, was the scandal of the navy, no one would want the common people of the empire to know that this kind of scandal happened in the hometown of the sun lord Macharius, the holy place of the navy.”

"Please, I'm a judge, and I'm also the Supreme Master of the Inquisition Chamber. I can check anything I want." Vito's words carried a hint of pride, and he ate the last piece of burrito with a smile. She clapped her hands and turned to look at Anna beside her, looking at Anna who looked extremely gorgeous under the sun.

The beating fire of the sun shone through her red hair, and the long crimson hair shone a red halo on her face. From Vito's perspective, she seemed to have stepped out of a certain painting Same.

With his hands on his hips, Vito pointed at Anna in front of him with one hand, "And you, dear Anna, because you were adopted by your uncle, Admiral Markarian, who is Cole's father, , it can be considered that he has fulfilled his last duty to your father, and as his adopted daughter, your surname has also been changed to Makarian."

  Anna turned her head to look at Vito. After a moment of silence, she shrugged with a smile, "Have you found anything else? Investigator."

"Of course, you grew up with Cole, because of your father's colleagues, you knew Cole very early, especially when you were adopted by Governor Makarian, you were literally with Cole You and I grew up together, you went to school, lived together, played together, and I heard that you were the most noisy at that time."

"Childhood sweetheart, I remember this word can just describe your relationship." Vito smiled and shook his hand in front of his face. Anna looked at him and burst out laughing. She leaned against the glass and raised her eyebrows to look at Vito. "How come you are like Mario, talking and gesticulating after being excited."

"Do you know that I got the name Vito when I was in Italy? Believe me, everyone in that place in ancient Terra is like this. When you speak and add gestures, that's audio and video, which has a special sense of atmosphere. ,Mamma Mia!"

   Vito pinched his fingers in front of him as he spoke, and even gesticulated. Anna couldn't help laughing when he saw Vito, and Vito also smiled when he saw Anna who was laughing.

"You grew up with Cole. Even after Cole followed the family tradition, when he entered the Imperial Naval Academy, studied and became a captain, you also chose to enlist with him. I want to know, are you just as innocent as you were when you were a child? , always like to make trouble, can't stand the red tape of nobles, or is it because of him that you joined?"

As Vito said, he stood in the corridor with his hands folded, the sun's rays shone on his side, and the shining light shone from the hair on his arms and side face. Anna watched him stand up after being silent for a moment , She stood on tiptoe and turned to look at the sun outside the window. The bright fire light shone on her face, brightening her fiery red hair.

  She looked at the sun, her emerald green eyes were shining brightly under the brilliance of the sun. Anna closed her eyes after a while to feel the warmth of the light, and then exhaled slowly, "All of it."

"Cole was not good at politics since he was a child, or in other words, scheming. When we were kids, every time I, or we got into trouble together, I told him to shut up, and he could get away with a lie, but Cole would always He took the initiative to come forward and admit the facts, no matter how scary and serious the punishment he faced, he didn't care at all, and he resolutely never talked or lied."

"He has always been too honest. He doesn't like and doesn't want to participate in the red tape of the aristocracy and the political life of each other's hypocrisy. You know, as the son of the new governor, there are many people who flatter him, such as various nobles. Daughter of the family or something."

"Aha." When Vito heard that the DNA was moving here, he showed a bright smile on the side, and Anna looked at him with a smile and rolled her eyes speechlessly, "Don't think about it, Cole is not you, He's not interested in "sexy" women."

"Fuck, is it that Cole is interested in men?" Vito's smile froze, and gradually turned into a weird and awkward smile, "Oh, no wonder he is not interested in you, I remember you wore it to a banquet before, and you wore it When that gown came in, I swear by all my experience, any man would react a little bit, but Cole didn't react at all."

   "Damn it, Cole would've preferred to be with me, he wouldn't."

   "Fuck your uncle Vito, Cole is not interested in you, who told you that if you are not interested in women, you are interested in men? Your brain was stunned by Omega during the last inspection of the mechanical arm?"

Vito scratched his nose with a smile, of course he was joking, of course Vito knew what Cole was interested in, and he had partnered with Cole for so many years, "Well, I know, Cole is only interested in sailing and Ships, war itself is interested, every time I say to carry out a "bold" plan, although Cole is always cursing, but I can see that he is still very excited."

   "So, Cole is not very happy in Markarian, right? Every time I ask him about Markarian, he is not very willing to talk to me."

"If you are seven years old, you need to live in your own political traps, assassinations and kidnappings, and you won't like those memories." Anna stood in front of the window, with one hand gently on the glass, The surface flames of the sun billowing outside cast a bright light on that beautiful face.

Anna's other hand subconsciously touched the gun on her waist. The Seiko laser gun had been with her for many years. Anna's fingers touched the **** of the gun, which was attached with a reinforced carapace , that thing is so hard that you can use it as a hammer by grabbing the barrel with your backhand.

  The emerald green eyes gleamed under the sun's rays. Anna looked at the pistol on her waist. The gun body shone with gray-black light under the direct sunlight.

"Marshal Makarian became the new governor, but that is also a curse. Those in high positions will always be the target of everyone, and all the conspirators with malicious intentions and hidden ulterior motives will point their guns at you , Marshal Makarian has also comprehended quite a few of the previous governor's explosive assassination.”

"As his only son, Cole was assassinated for the first time when he was seven years old. It was his mother, Mrs. Margarita, who took us to play in the park. She is a beautiful and kind woman. , everyone who knew him respected her, but those assassins were not included."

As Anna said, she held the gun on her waist, almost an instinctive movement. Vito lowered his eyes to see that Anna's fingers were tightly gripping the trigger of the gun, and it took a long time before he slowly released it. , her expression was very bad, and she took a deep breath before speaking again.

"A group of assassins drove into the entrance of the park and shot us with laser guns while we were walking on the path. Our bodyguards were killed by a sudden attack on the spot. Mrs. Margarita used her body as a shield to protect us. She fell in a pool of blood, and her death was quite miserable, she shouldn't have ended up like that."

"At that time, Cole and I were only seven years old before witnessing the death. His mother died in front of him. I remember that Cole cried very sadly that day and didn't talk to me for a while. After that, Makarian The Marshal found out who did it, and conducted a political purge on Makarian Star, killing many people, including some...friends' house from our childhood."

   "I found out later that they only made friends with us in order to spy on intelligence and understand the rules of our actions. It is a typical political trap."

Anna sighed for a long time, she raised her eyes to look at the sun outside the window, "Since then Cole has become very withdrawn, he doesn't like to deal with people, you can also see it on the ship for so many years, besides working Other than that, there is hardly any interaction with the subordinates on the ship."

"Cole hates politics, I know, but it's not a good habit." Vito said, leaning against the wall on one side, he also looked at the sun outside the window, the flickering sun shone on him, covering the entire wall Lit up.

"He just hates that kind of life. Cole hates being the son of the governor. He wants to leave Makarian, so he aspired to become a naval captain very early on. His understanding of the army is from his father. There he comes, and he believes there will be no political intrigue in the military, where pragmatism is paramount and the fight is for all humanity."

  Vito shrugged his shoulders lightly, and he shook his head slightly, "But he was wrong, the Star Militia Army, especially the navy, the navy is originally an aristocratic military, and there are a lot of political struggles and intrigues among the nobles."

"But I don't blame him, after all, he is the son of the governor, and judging from the files, his grades in the military academy have always been quite good, and the teacher also likes him, so he will naturally protect him and help him solve a lot of troubles. You don't need to worry about interpersonal relationship issues, to be honest, as far as his interpersonal relationship situation is concerned, it's also due to the fact that he is the governor's son, otherwise God knows how he will be dealt with.”

Anna also laughed helplessly when she heard this. She rubbed the back of her head and smiled wryly, "When he was in the military academy, he was quite withdrawn and devoted all his attention to learning military skills, strategies and tactics. His grades were good, but it was natural. It caused a lot of envy and jealousy, you know, the kind of arrogance and arrogance that aristocratic kids have."

"And you, First Mate Anna, are Cole's good helper in terms of interpersonal relations and politics. I read your file, and I read it a long time ago. You have a very good evaluation among your classmates, and many even admire you The male students envy Cole because of this, and your relationship with him is well known."

Anna smiled silently, she didn't speak, so Vito decided to continue talking, he leaned against the wall and stretched, his voice was drawn long and sharp, "You know more about politics than him, Anna, I think it's because of your father's death, and to protect him right? Cole doesn't like politics and doesn't want to touch them, but you know how important prestige and exchange of interests is in empire politics, and the whole empire is built on this."

"You learn political skills, for him, for yourself, and I'm sure it won't be easy, and it's pretty unpleasant, after all, Cole doesn't even want to talk to me, so I guess it's quite a learning process. uncomfortable."

Anna turned her back to Vito and didn't say a word, but Vito knew why she didn't say anything. Although she was the adopted daughter of Marshal Makarian, she was also the governor's daughter after all. Their identities and status will inevitably determine You have to face and experience things that no one wants to experience. You have to deal with a lot of people you hate, and even do quite a lot of things that make you sick. This is aristocratic politics.

"So when Cole joined the navy, you also joined. I guess, Governor Makarian asked, right? He only has this one son. Once Cole leaves Makarian to serve elsewhere, the governor will There is no way to cover him, and with Cole's personality, he probably won't get along well with the new leader and colleagues."

"So he needs you, Anna, the political and interpersonal genius, Cole is an excellent commander and captain, there is no doubt about it, but in the Navy, political operations are required, plus you, Cole's army I think you have a lot to do with the fact that his career has gone so smoothly, and where he has been when I have known him, Anna."

   "Hmph, maybe he is excellent himself, and I just silently help him with some trivial matters." Anna said softly, and Vito looked at him and was silent for a moment.

  He recalled some things he investigated in his mind, some unpleasant things, things that Cole definitely didn't know, and Anna wouldn't tell him, so he would keep silent.

   The awkward silence lasted for a moment, and he suddenly raised his head and laughed, "By the way, do you need me to help you with Cole?"

   "Help me? What do you mean?" Anna turned her head in surprise and asked Vito, who shrugged with a smile and waved his fingers confidently.

"Look, that workaholic has never been interested in you. It's definitely not because he's an emotional idiot. He must know what you mean to him, but Cole's personality makes him believe that you and him are subordinates. In order to fulfill Good captain duty, not affected by personal feelings, that's why I reacted coldly to you."

   "Then what do you mean?" Anna turned her head slightly, looking at the smiling Vito in front of her.

"I can enlighten him, who said that the relationship between subordinates and subordinates can't be good? I had a lot of experience in this field back then, and I can definitely give him some life experience, and the life experience of the Supreme Marshal, he listened to it carefully. a bit?"

Anna burst out laughing as she listened, imagining in her mind the way Vito and Cole were sharing the "secret experience" side by side, especially Cole's strange expression after hearing it. , but really thinking about the funny expression, Anna couldn't help laughing out loud when she thought about it.

  Her laughter echoed in the corridor, and soon even Vito laughed together. They laughed together, and the topic that was suppressed just now seemed to be swept into the sun star and burned out by its flame.

Just when the two of them laughed, the communicator on Vito's wrist suddenly rang. Vito raised the communicator and pressed down its flashing icon. With the finger pressing, Cole's bust image immediately It floated on it.

"Vito, and Anna? Shouldn't you be on duty?" Cole said and turned to look at the red-haired girl, who came up and put her elbow on Vito's shoulder, watching with him Looking at the holographic image floating on the communicator.

   "It's over early, I'm chatting with Vito, your embarrassment." "My embarrassment?"

   Cole asked puzzledly, Vito looked at him and smiled, "There are quite interesting things, and there are also not so interesting things, but I don't think you came to me just to chat, right?"

   "Yes, we have trouble." "Trouble? Unsurprisingly, how big?" "Look out the window, look ahead."

  Vito and Anna looked at each other, and then walked to the side porthole of the corridor. Vito went to the window and stuck it on the glass, lying on it in a very funny posture and looking at the front of the ship.

"Damn!" Vito exclaimed, and Anna also came up. She pushed Vito's head down and let him squat in front of her. The red-haired female first officer put her hands on Vito's head and leaned on it. Opened the window, "What's the matter? What do you see? The Chaos Fleet is going to give us face-riding output?"

"From the results, you may be right." Vito's face was pressed against the glass, and his whole face was lying on the surface like a pancake fruit. He muttered with his mouth crooked, while Anna lay on the Her head was near the window looking sideways forward.

Her expression was startled, and then she raised her eyebrows slightly to look at the red fleet in front of her. The Mechanicus fleet, it stands to reason that she should be in a good mood after finally meeting her allies, but this does not apply now, especially when a whole When you have a fully armed fleet and all guns are aimed at you.

   "The guys from the Mechanicus have a bug in their heads? Does this mean they want to kill us?" Anna asked in surprise, "Can't they see our logo? Has the identification code been sent?"

"Sent it, but it's obviously useless. I can't deal with those guys who only have 0 and 1 in their minds, so Vito, come to the bridge immediately, and after they drive me crazy with their own programs and calculation conclusions, I decide to launch torpedoes Before, you'd better get out of here quickly."

Cole said that the image disappeared, and Vito stood up from the window propping the glass surface with a smile. He patted his clothes and tidied them up, "Wow, let Cole skip a step and deal with the machinery. It seems a little difficult for him to teach those guys."

"Then what are you going to do? I guess because the solar system was attacked just now, those oil guys' heads are still in a state of nervousness, and I don't know how to deal with these guys at this time." Anna stood with one hand on her hips helplessly Said, he looked at the smiling Vito and showed a happy smile.

   "You already have a plan, right?"

"Yes, go and call Kaul to the bridge, you can find him in the laboratory, he and Omega will probably stay there for a day." Vito said as he walked towards the end of the corridor, Anna joked behind him Smiling, watching Vito's back going away.

   "What's your name? Let the oil guys fight in binary?"

"No, this is called defeating magic with magic." Vito waved his hand and disappeared at the end of the corridor. Anna also smiled and shook her head. The huge crimson planet in the background turned around and walked to the other end of the corridor.

  (end of this chapter)

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