"How is the situation on the ground?"
After the commotion, Calvin, who had just arrived from behind the crowd, asked the people who were scattering.
Tabers and others did not stay. They still had their own tasks. Only Yule stayed to tell him:
"The latest feedback is that the cleanup on the ground is nearing completion. However, the invasion of the Astral Navy's army has frightened the people on the ground, and their morale is very bad."
"They already know the Tribunal's attitude towards them?" Calvin asked worriedly.
"This has never been a secret." Yule shook his head and said to Calvin.
Regarding the handling of Chaos pollution sources by various departments in the empire, the attitude of both the Inquisition and the Council of High Lords has remained unchanged from beginning to end:
Cutting off the grass must remove the root, which is their consistent principle. In fact, it is also the only principle.
Without the guarantee of Rhine Hoffmann, who is also the Inquisitor, it would be difficult for these Astra Militarum and Defense Forces to be mobilized smoothly knowing that they would be liquidated.
But the current situation in orbit is undoubtedly proving to these warriors on the ground that the guarantees of the Tribunal are not trustworthy. The coming cleansing has not been hindered by a certain person's frivolous guarantee.
"What should we do about the war situation? Can it still be maintained? Will it fail?" Calvin thought of the worst outcome.
"That's not the case. The combat missions on the ground are actually over. The main tasks being carried out now are sporadic cleaning and the expulsion and isolation of the indigenous people."
Yule's answer made Calvin feel a little relieved, but the word he heard next made him nervous again.
"Aborigines? Are there still aborigines alive?" He was alertly aware that the complexity of the matter once again exceeded his imagination.
"Of course, the hive is not the only place on this planet that can be inhabited. There are also small-scale settlements in the mine itself and other ancillary facilities."
"This is trouble..." Calvin said with a frown.
"Yes, the troops on the ground are worried about this too. They collected these refugees during the battle. After all, letting them run around on the battlefield will only cause more trouble. But during the collection process The inevitable close contact has now become an excuse for the Inquisition, which is difficult to handle.”
"What is the opinion of the Inquisition?"
"Clean in place, after all ground work has been completed."
"What is the opinion of the Goliath Chapter?"
"That's the trouble. They only agreed to memory cleaning, not inactivation."
"This..." Calvin blinked, not knowing what to say.
If it were him, he would also be unable to accept that his comrades who had been fighting side by side with him for several months would be asked to perform cleaning operations in the next second, and he would still have to watch it with his own eyes.
The most ironic thing is that the reason for the purge was precisely because of the tasks that he and his comrades performed, and the way of handling it and the discretion of its severity were completely left to an unfamiliar person to decide.
"No need to discuss?" Calvin thought of something.
In the mission of the Gray Knights to attack and eliminate Chaos, it is not necessary to carry out complete fire extinguishing. Although the cost of the memory cleansing itself is a bit higher, it is by no means impossible to consider, especially when the targets to be executed are all He is a front-line warrior of the empire.
The cost of training and arming these soldiers and officers in their prime is definitely not a small amount. Is it considered a waste to burn it like this?
To put it another way, even after the memory is purged, it is still good to change jobs locally to fill the vacancies in the population and serve as strong laborers!
Calvin can guarantee that these military-trained Astra Militarum and at least paramilitary-educated defense forces are far superior to ordinary workers composed of gang members, both in terms of execution ability and discipline.
But then he thought again, what he could think of, would the judge not think of? Even if Erlanti had his brain eaten by Khorne, Rhein Hoffman would not have thought of it? Taking a step back, neither of them could imagine, what about the two Astartes Captains?
What is blocking the implementation of this plan? Why has no one mentioned this plan?
What happened in the middle made Calvin even more confused. He could feel that when things developed to the current situation, there were always some people whose intentions were no longer pure.
Yule looked at the thoughtful Calvin, and seemed to understand what the other person was thinking and what he was confused about.
He thought softly to Calvin and said, "Have you ever heard of dog training?"
"Huh?" Calvin instantly became alert. He turned his head and looked at Yule sharply and said:
"You know what you are talking about, right? This is a very serious accusation!" In anger, Calvin's voice trembled rarely.
Yule patted Calvin's shoulder gently, telling him to stay calm.
"It's all my guess. Don't you think it's similar?" Yule said softly. Obviously, what this veteran has brought to him in his nearly thousand years of service is not all his rich combat experience and fearless will. His long military journey His career and special perspective of observation also gave him rich political wisdom.
Obviously, the former is the cornerstone of his being a qualified Gray Knight; the latter is the reason why he can stand out among the veterans and eventually become the company commander.
What a resemblance!
Under Jürer's guess, or in other words, Jürer's deliberate reminder, Calvin once again recalled the causes and consequences of the whole thing, especially the various behaviors after the abnormal arrival of Judge Eranti, and the actions of him and the people behind him. The idea is already coming to mind.
This is not the first time this has happened. The Tauren Chapter, whose predecessors and successors were unrelated and who couldn’t even explain the history of their Chapter and their mother Chapter, was just a model, wasn’t it?
On Terra, there was a group of people who, after seeing that some of the High Lords had successfully used their authority to reach out to these Astartes warbands who had no protection from the original body and were restrained by the Holy Code, then After mastering a force outside the rules, I felt a little unwilling to be lonely.
"Is this the truth? So, the promoter this time is the Inquisition?"
After the incredible shock, what Calvin felt besides anger was more sadness.
He grieves that these once angels of the Emperor, descendants of the Primarch of glory and greatness, have now been reduced to being picked at random and used as guard dogs to guard the courtyard;
He was sad that the empire he fought for was controlled by a group of people who were crazy and greedy for power.
What saddens him most is that the Inquisition, which was established under the Emperor's own eyes, is no longer as pure as it was originally.
Some of them have forgotten their mission and simply fell into the endless thirst for power.
O Emperor! Look at your kids! Even though I have never fought side by side with them, for the sake of your blood still remaining in me and theirs, please look at them!
How could you allow these greedy mortals to overstep like this! We love them so much! But look! Why are their faces so ugly!
When they do this, how can I face you, face those travelers who don’t know whether they are alive or dead, face those who have died in battle...brothers!
What is the purpose of our protection for nearly ten thousand years?
Calvin or Jiang Wen, even though he had been a human being for two lifetimes, even though he had served in the army for two lifetimes, his hard soul could not help but cry at this moment under such an impact.
His body cried like a child at this moment, and ice-blue rain fell on his soul world at this moment.
