How can a retired savior be considered retired if his price drops to 40,000?

Chapter 233 Pre-exam syndrome ()

Not to mention that when Mephiston, the chief think tank, was reading the classics in the library, what strange things were mixed together and remembered in his mind at the same time. "Chatting with each other in dreams" will be over-interpreted by people who are still living in the present. Looking back at what Ritsuka Fujimaru did during her "free time" during this subspace voyage, we can easily find that she was preparing for the fact that every move she made during the ceremony would be over-interpreted. .

That's what diplomatic missions are like. Fujimaru Ritsuka understands this, but it does not prevent her from feeling pain while preparing for it.

At such a "critical moment", there was no Space Marine with a U written on his shoulder pads to turn to on board the Stormbound or even the Lion's Mane. It was really hard to find. The Masters of Chaldea, namely Fujimaru Ritsuka and Kaelia, both felt very sorry for this.

Of course Judge Hastings has some experience, but he is still a (hated) judge. His status is high enough, but he has never been interested in similar scenes. Most of the planetary governors and other people who have come into contact with him are also interested in holding a banquet that is nominally for him to clean up his career. The "show" of political implications in which the forces show off their horses and horses is also of little interest.

The political ability bonus brought to him by his birth from Ultramar seems to be limited to paperwork. Rather than spending huge amounts of manpower and material resources on such political performances in some formal occasions to advance the progress of his mission, Inquisitor Hastings would often rather simply plan a few assassinations.

Therefore, in this regard, he has basically zero say: he is more accustomed to using the huge power brought to him by his status as the envoy of the throne to "legally flip the table."

Fujimaru Ritsuka is completely different. Although this may not be particularly obvious in the short year since she "debuted" in the real universe, when dealing with the internal affairs of the empire, she is very inclined to "avoid armed conflicts and follow the rules as much as possible." The point of view of "doing things according to rules" - whether it is the rules clearly stipulated by the imperial law, or some unspoken rules that everyone understands.

At least she had shown a clear tendency to do so in her visions, as both Sevatar and Sigismund could attest.

As for the Imperial Guard, as a manifestation of the emperor's authority and an extension of his own will, in general, they also agree with the policy of "avoiding armed conflicts and acting in accordance with the rules as much as possible". But the problem is that the Imperial Army is the embodiment of the emperor's authority and an extension of his own will. This is destined to be... hugely different from Fujimaru Ritsuka in terms of details and actual operations.

Speaking with high emotional intelligence, Fujimaru Ritsuka pays more attention to the part of "avoiding armed conflict", while the Imperial Guards obviously pay more attention to the part of "doing things according to the rules as much as possible". To put it bluntly, Fujimaru Ritsuka wanted to accomplish this matter peacefully, while the Imperial Guards' focus was almost entirely on "showing off the power of our Emperor."

——For the imperial guards of the Forbidden Army, this is absolute rule and political correctness. Most of these people scorned the madmen of the state religion, but in actual operation, Fujimaru Ritsuka felt that there was no difference between what they were going to do and that group of religious madmen.

In other words, Fujimaru Ritsuka began to regret that he had decided to leave this matter entirely to the Imperial Army at the beginning.

"First of all, we need to make it clear: I am not the emperor, I am just a mouthpiece that can occasionally say a few words for him." Fujimaru Ritsuka held a CNC pen and coldly crossed out large sections on the screen of the data board. The content of the above plan, he said coldly, "It is unreasonable and unnecessary to adopt the specifications of the Emperor's patrol during the landing ceremony on Baal, and it also ignores the facts - we do not have that many vehicles for ceremonial purposes."

"We have it." Somni poked aside, taking advantage of the fact that he was actually the ship "Emperor's Dream", and started to pick up every pot he didn't want.

Whether it is a matter of heroic spirits or subspace creatures, the principle does not need to be so clear. Just like when Tenochtitlan unfolded as a city, not only the symmetrical temples, rivers and lakes of the city itself could be seen, but also the various buildings underneath, and all the furniture included in the buildings could be seen; Som When the Ni was deployed as the Emperor's Dream, its interior facilities were also fully equipped.

This "everything is available" obviously also includes the honor guard that must be ready at all times as the emperor's flagship.

Fujimaru Ritsuka turned a deaf ear and just continued to draw strikethroughs on the data board: "The air force performance is too much. The fact is that we don't have that many manpower to fly carrier-based aircraft on this scale."

"They can fly unmanned under my control. Captain, you should know these things." Somni said matter-of-factly.

In the context of heroic spirits or subspace creatures, this is of course a matter of course. The carrier-based aircraft in the Emperor's Dream are of course part of the Emperor's Dream, and Somni's ability to control them is as natural as his ability to control his own hands and feet.

Of course Fujimaru Ritsuka knew this, but she still sighed in frustration after finishing these words, put down the data tablet in her hand, and looked up at the other party with an indifferent look.

After a second, she gave up. With a deeper level of frustration, she tiredly covered her eyes with her right hand still holding the pen:

Forget it, you can't expect a ship, or according to the Imperial people's understanding, a materialized machine soul with the appearance of a forbidden army, to know how to read words and emotions.

Whether it's Japan where Fujimaru Ritsuka grew up, or Nostramo and the Eighth Legion where she stayed in the fantasy world for more than a hundred years, they all know how to "read the atmosphere" in terms of the overall cultural environment. Because she has lived in this high-context environment for a long time, Fujimaru Ritsuka is accustomed to speaking in a slightly roundabout way, but still able to save both sides' face as much as possible, when there is no urgent situation. She didn't think much of it at first. After all, for a long time before, she had encountered no communication barriers with the Night Lords, Dark Angels, and even the Ultramarines - but just now, Somni ordered She realized that this roundabout way of speaking was still too difficult for a ship to understand.

Although Somni did not hear the unfinished meaning of "I actually don't want to do this" in Fujimaru Ritsuka's mouth, but for the real Imperial Guards who almost live in riddles in their daily lives, this is an accurate one that does not require thinking. The answer arrived at. "But madam, let me be blunt," Vasilian, the Adeptus Watcher who temporarily led the team, said, "I can understand that you hate these extravagant, cumbersome and useless rituals. But in the current situation, we think this necessary."

"I can probably guess why you think these are necessary." Fujimaru Ritsuka poked the screen of the data tablet sadly, "But I have to regret to say that on this issue, our positions may be slightly different. "

The last sentence in this passage caused Somni, who basically only knew how to read the literal meaning of the words, to be visibly confused. And before he actually said anything inappropriate, Fujimaru Ritsuka had somehow captured his doubts from the golden armor that had no "expression" at all, and gave him a question that looked at the other person. It can still be called the "solution" to the riddle:

"Our next stop is undoubtedly Baal," she said.

Just because the next stop is Baal - not Macragge, not Medusa, not Fenris or Chogoris, not any other primordial home planet, the relationship between Vasilian and Fujimaru Ritsuka A simple matter of "how to appear in the empire" leads to two completely opposite approaches.

In the Empire, the "Primarch Homeworld" has a transcendent status, but the Baal Stars still stand out among the Primarch Homestars: during the Great Crusade 10,000 years ago, the dominant trend of thought in that Empire was still the Imperial Truth. In the era of Baal, when he returned to the empire, he had already enjoyed the independence and autonomy of a de facto "state within a state" including religious autonomy; 10,000 years later, the great rift has begun. Robert Guilliman, the "Imperial Regent" who visited here to provide support during the Indomitus Crusade, directly designated Balqin as the administrative center of the dark side of the Empire.

Regardless of whether it was Sanguinius who was in the Emperor's heart ten thousand years ago, whether the Ninth Primarch and the Blood Angels under his command were trustworthy ten thousand years ago, or whether Robert Guilliman thought it expedient to do so ten thousand years later. Therefore, the facts before the Imperial Guards are always the same: this is an empire that is too far away from the real administrative center of the empire (Holy Terra), enjoys a high degree of autonomy, and is very likely to have self-respect. "The empire is located in The second heart of the dark side.”

Under this premise, as the direct spokesperson of the Holy Throne of Terra and the true sole power center of the empire, when the Imperial Guards came to Baal's territory, they would of course want to use various means to beat each other overtly or covertly to show that "God There should only be one sun in the empire."

But Fujimaru Ritsuka obviously didn't think so. Although at present, the long list of titles recognized by the Imperial Guard as "should" be placed in front of her name, as well as the powers given to her by the laws of the empire where the Eagle Scepter is located, all come from the Emperor, but as a drifter from another world As a guest, not a pure outsider to the "Imperial subjects", she cared little for these issues of superiority and inferiority of power - and she would bet anyone that the Emperor himself cared little for them either.

As the chief designer of the Chaldean Lighthouse, she is currently more concerned about whether the task at hand can be carried out smoothly: this is a major event of saving the country through miracles, and of course it is more important than "Whether it is better for Dante to speak or for the Emperor to express his opinion on Baldance" "More authoritative" is a political issue that is completely shooting in the void, which is more important. After all, for now, Dante can only return to Baal from time to time, and there is no possibility that the Emperor himself will personally come to the scene to guide the work.

Psychic projection does not count. If the emperor could govern the country by showing his sage in front of others, he would have done so long ago.

"I think we have to take some time to talk about this issue of ostentation." After a brief thought, Fujimaru Ritsuka sighed and tried to handle the matter with the goal of each side taking a step back. "I can understand your insistence. The reason for doing this, but I also have to consider the reality that I need to work locally for a long time. For this reason, I think some of the arrangements at this stage are a bit too aggressive - I think from the perspective of the Blood Angels, the situation It will be like this. I am not completely opposed to the display of force during the landing ceremony, or the use of any other means to appropriately demonstrate the authority of the Emperor and imperial power, but I hope to discuss this level of 'appropriate' with you. one time."

When he said this, although he couldn't tell it, Fujimaru Ritsuka was still somewhat uneasy. The Imperial Guards were very stubborn, and she was a little worried that her reasons would not completely convince them. However, after her words fell, Vasilian paused for half a second and nodded, agreeing to "think about it again".

This gave Fujimaru Ritsuka the illusion that the Imperial Guardsman responsible for leading the team seemed to have chosen to accept her statement after a brief thought. But the next second, she knew that although things seemed to be deflecting in the direction she wanted in the general direction, the details clearly still had to be worked out.

Because Vasilian then asked: "Then, the phalanx of a hundred cherubim -"

"——This is out of the question!" Ritsuka Fujimaru almost forcefully used her veto power in a state of stress, "Even if the wet parts of those little angels were cultured through test tube cloning, that would be too much - in terms of ethics In terms of morality. If you must create this kind of suspended broadcasting phalanx, the servo skull is the limit I can accept."

Vasilian nodded reluctantly and did not propose any alternative measures on this matter. But after two seconds of silence, Fujimaru Ritsuka came to his senses and suddenly added: "Are you planning to expand all of our current servo skulls? I warn you not to attack the Lion's Mane." Ordinary crew members took action! They didn’t do anything wrong!”

"But we currently only have thirty-two servo skulls used for processing miscellaneous information." This time, Vasilian's voice surprisingly clearly revealed resistance and grievance, "They all come from Macragge. This amount of assistance from the Zhiyao is far from enough."

"Do you really have to ask for a hundred?" Fujimaru Ritsuka held his forehead, "What obsession do you have with this number? I told you that I am not the emperor, so there is no need to really apply what the emperor used when he went on tour here. Ceremonial specifications——"

"——The emperor uses more than these ceremonial guards when he officially goes on tour. I have video records to prove it." One of the emperor's flagships who didn't know how to read the atmosphere whispered tentatively to the side. It's a pity that this "objective fact" that appeared at an inappropriate time only earned Ritsuka Fujimaru an angry look:

"Imperat Somnium, whose side are you on?!"

(End of this chapter)