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

Chapter 234 Pre-examination syndrome ()

When Fujimaru Ritsuka returned to her room exhausted both physically and mentally, it was already four hours later.

During these four hours, the communication between her and the Forbidden Army could not be said to be fruitful, or at least it could be said to have made no progress - of course, this was just her personal feeling. In fact, during these four hours, they had literally full and necessary exchanges, made various concessions to each other in various aspects, and finally successfully finalized the general scale and process of the ceremony. .

But that's about it. This does not mean that this matter has been successfully resolved, but it means that there are a mountain of details that are likely to be biased and are waiting to be finalized. This is why Fujimaru Ritsuka, who is exhausted physically and mentally, thinks that there has been no progress at all in these four hours: it is easy to predict that she will need to continue to spend "unnecessarily" on this single "one thing" at least tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. energy, not to mention that in the process, she had to continue to battle of wits and courage with Somni, whose emotional intelligence was basically zero.

If she had this time to waste, she wanted to use it to sleep...

Fujimaru Ritsuka slowly moved herself to the bed. This half-dead look obviously allowed others present to make a general judgment on her experience in the previous short period of time. So a simple question came from the desk a little further into the room: "What's wrong?"

The Master of Chaldea forced himself to raise his eyes and glanced at who was sitting on the chair over there. Then he buried his face back in the quilt as if he had completely given up on treatment, making a somewhat aggrieved voice. So I felt a little depressed: "The style of the ceremony dress cannot be decided."

"Because of this?"

"Because I don't want to wear the existing dresses that are too cumbersome. Somni thinks it's because beauty standards have changed with the times." Fujimaru Ritsuka's voice continued to explain in a dull voice, "He said he found me References to the clothing of that era, but it turned out that those he found were wedding dress design manuscripts drawn by Habeimiao..."

Speaking of this, it is enough for anyone to imagine the image of "Fujimaru Ritsuka wearing a wedding dress at the landing ceremony after arriving in Bar". When most Heroic Spirits in Chaldea hear about such a scene, they will react by either "getting furious" or "laughing". Unfortunately, the one currently listening is the latter. By.

——As a relatively standard "fun person", Tezcatlipoca somehow appeared out of nowhere in Fujimaru Ritsuka's room. Not only did he laugh, but he also slapped the poor desk next to him. Boom: "So what's next? Will I really be able to see this scene in a few days? If it is true, then I will definitely have to stay here for a few more days."

"It's not important to Chaldea, but it's important to the Empire." Fujimaru Ritsuka rubbed the floor, turned half a circle around the bed, and ran to the foot of the bed where Tezcatlipoca could face him. Sit down, "To put it more clearly: I believe that you won't do anything else casually. Even if you do, it won't cause any incident beyond my scope of handling. But the Imperial people definitely don't believe it." .So, during the process of coming out of the subspace, were you discovered by anyone?"

He didn't make it very clear as to why he changed into this incarnation. At the current stage of progress, the battle between him and Tzeentch is basically still in the layout stage of all idle chess, so there is no need to say too much and ask Fujimaru Ritsuka to follow suit with some useless thoughts. In addition, although the human body is fragile, it will indeed greatly limit Tezcatlipoca's function as a "god", but it cannot be said that it is without advantages: there are still some things that only "humans" can do To achieve things that "gods" cannot do.

Ritsuka Fujimaru, a third-rate magician who barely reaches second-rate, chooses not to read too much into this, believing that Tezcatlipoca has the ability to take care of herself. Of course, the more likely reason is that she really doesn't have the energy at the current point in time.

The last sentence refers to the humans he saw on the planet swallowed by the Great Rift. Regardless of the quality of life and whether their current status can still be certified as "human beings" by the empire, they are indeed alive, and they can indeed become believers of a certain god and provide them with faith.

"Of course it's impossible." Fujimaru Ritsuka's tired tone did not waver, "First of all, I will try my best to reject this matter; secondly, why have you become like this again?"

Tezcatlipoca was stunned for a moment before realizing that the last time he met the Master of Chaldea, he did not look like this in a literal sense. But as the Almighty God who is used to doing whatever he wants, he doesn’t think this is a very important matter, so he doesn’t explain the ins and outs of this matter very seriously: “Just think that I created another human incarnation for myself. .”

At least, as the incarnation of a divine being, this Tezcatlipoca at least seems to be much more reliable than some other goddesses in Chaldea who either act recklessly or lose their temper at critical moments - at least he must When using Chaldean resources to open a factory, the official approval process will be followed. Although this kind of respect for the existing order was not much, it was enough to make Ritsuka Fujimaru burst into tears.

To give a more realistic example - such as getting into the Geller force field and the Lion's Mane (mainly the Lion's Mane), it is obviously easier to operate when Tezcatlipoca is wearing this shell than before. It's much harder; but when it comes to the Storm Frontier, or even here in the Master's room, letting this avatar who can scan his face in the security system do it is so convenient that he doesn't even need to mobilize his power.

"Is this important?"

It is better to believe that she is the First Emperor of Qin than to believe this. At least she is really the Second Emperor of Qin in a sense.

"It's a little troublesome, but it's not that troublesome." After successfully understanding what Fujimaru Ritsuka said, "Wouldn't you be chased and beaten by the four gods of subspace?" Tezcatlipoca sneered. Said, "Because it is small enough, it is easy to hide and do things inconspicuously. Besides, it is rare for something to challenge me like this. How could I not respond? You know, human beings are actually tougher than they look." There are many more creatures, and even in the subspace of this universe, human beings are not completely unable to survive."

"That's not what I meant." Even in myths and legends, the Smoke Mirror has 360 (virtual fingers) different faces that can be used when walking in the world, not to mention the appearance of this blond and fair-skinned young man. It was registered in Chaldea's spiritual portrait, and Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't even bother to be surprised by this. "I mean, there are indeed other divine beings in this universe, right? Wouldn't it be troublesome for you to adopt an incarnation as a 'human' and walk in the material world now?"

"If you know it yourself, I don't have the right to say anything." Fujimaru Ritsuka turned over on the bed, then sat up again with his back to Tezcatlipoca, and turned back to ask another question. , "How did you get in?"

We don’t even need to consider Tezcatlipoca’s “enemy from all directions” attributes. Just judging from Fujimaru Ritsuka’s understanding of his character, it’s simply a wonder that he can get along so well with the four largest gods in the subspace in this universe. Night stories.

Tezcatlipoca took a second to think.

"If it's limited to the category of 'people', I'm sure not." He answered in a very definite tone, and Fujimaru Ritsuka frowned in confusion:

"So, what about the category of 'non-human'?" She realized that her workload would most likely increase as a result.
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On the Lion's Mane, Ranmarok glanced at the corner of the corridor.

"What's wrong?" Before he showed any difference from usual, the Dreadwing Captain Zantik Afpa had already developed clairvoyance eyes and could pay attention to his old friend's sight under the helmet's eyepiece. The direction was general and he asked questions.

Logically speaking, Lan Malok should have turned around and at least glared at the other person to express his dissatisfaction, but he didn't. The Firewing Grand Master, who was born in Caliban, was still staring straight at the corner of the corridor that looked normal: "I said, did you see it?"

"What did you see?" Captain Afopa followed the other party inexplicably, but he didn't see any clues of anything unusual - whether it was confirmation with his own eyes or the indication of the auspicious device on his power armor. , all told him that it was just an ordinary corridor corner on the Lion's Mane.

He followed Lan Malok and stood there for two seconds, then suddenly said: "Ah ha, it's that 'little man in a robe' again——"

"——Show some respect for the traditions of Caliban, you Terran guy!" Ranmarok couldn't help but turn around and growled angrily, "I don't need to tell you the secrets of the Dark Watch!"

On Caliban, the legend of the Dark Watch has been circulating for an immeasurable amount of time, even before Lion King Lion El'Jonson came to that planet. For this group of Dark Angels who were educated during the Great Crusade based on the absolute materialistic "Imperial Truth", they generally believed that this was just a part of folklore. The legend itself is not a secret.

But Lan Malok witnessed it with his own eyes on the day he inherited the position of Grand Master: this legend is true. The "it's true" part was the secret that needed to be kept secret from the upper echelons of the inner circle of the Dark Angels at that time.

At that time, the Dark Watcher he saw was wearing a black robe. However, in recent times - specifically after they entered the dark side of the Empire, when they were sailing in the subspace, the Dark Watch he caught a glimpse of in the corner of his eye (if that was indeed the Dark Watch), the color of his robes had changed. It turned into a dark green color like the forest of Caliban.

"Even if you told me they really existed, I didn't see them. You said you've seen them on this ship at least five times, but I haven't seen them once." Captain Afopa's voice interrupted Ranma Locke's thoughts on the change in color of the robe, "Perhaps these Dark Watchers only favor people like you -"

His voice was suddenly cut off by a sudden shock.

Lan Malok followed Captain Afopa's gaze and turned his gaze to the corner of the corridor again. At that moment, his hand was already on the hilt of the sword at his waist, but in the next moment, he moved his hand away.

At that corner, a little man wearing a dark green robe and a hood that completely covered his appearance was staying there quietly.

Captain Afopa moved uneasily on the spot and lowered his voice to ask Lan Malok: "Although during this period of time, we have seen a lot of 'strange' phenomena. But... what I mean is , did your inner circle tell you how to deal with this situation?"

"I don't know." Captain Afupa's frivolous attitude made Ranmarok inexplicably angry. "Anyway, I'll follow him and take a look."

"I'm behind you." Captain Afpa replied smoothly, and at this moment, he connected his power armor to the monitoring system of the Lanmarok power armor, and in an instant he was ready to remotely monitor the opponent's physiological state. preparation.

The long-term tacit understanding meant that they did not need to verbally formulate any tactical plans. When Ranmarok walked towards the corner where the Dark Watcher was, Captain Afpar stood there. But Lan Malok knew that he wouldn't just stand there forever. On the premise of maintaining a corridor distance, he will follow him until the whole thing is over, or until there is an emergency that requires his support.

This seemed to be the right choice, because at the same time as Lan Malok stepped forward, the looming Dark Watcher at the corner clearly retreated into the shadows. When Lan Malok reached the position where the other party was, he looked towards the corridor on the other side of the corner and caught a glimpse of the other party's dark green robe at the end.

After turning two turns like this, Lan Malok realized that he was being taken to a more remote corner of the ship. The corridor he chose for the "inner circle gathering" with Zaintik was already a rather remote outlying location on the Lion's Mane. If you walked further out, there would probably be only a few "useful" facilities. They are just some maintenance passages and airlocks that are used less than once in eight hundred years——

An untimely beep indicated that at this juncture, Lanmarlock had received an encrypted internal email. He wanted to throw away the reminder that popped up brightly on his eyepiece, but when he saw that the sender was Fujimaru Ritsuka, he had to swallow it and click on it, skipping the front part very habitually. A large section of honorifics, just look at the “practical meaning” content in the middle:

"...If you or any member of your ship, under the guidance of some kind of 'friendly warp being', discovers that the Lion's Mane has been physically 'invaded by something from the outside' during its warp voyage. If there are signs, please treat them in publicity as a 'natural, unexplainable strange event that occurs during subspace navigation'. I am only here to disclose to you that such traces should indeed exist, and there is indeed a certain An entity physically invaded the Lion's Mane during the voyage. I can assure you that this entity has no current or foreseeable future impact on the Lion's Mane, its crew, or the Stormbound in the hangar. No. No negative impact. But I still deeply apologize for the confusion and loss this matter may cause..."

Ran Malok read the meaningful part of the email in confusion, not fully understanding what Fujimaru Ritsuka was expressing. And just when he was about to read it again, he caught a glimpse of the Dark Watcher in the distance stopping in front of an airlock.

Immediately afterwards, he immediately understood what the email wanted to express: the airlock door next to the Dark Watcher obviously had some problems that had been damaged by brute force, forcibly "opened", and then forcibly opened. Break back the traces of welding.

...What the email said is correct, such traces do exist. The confused Lan Malok had to start another round of confused thinking.

(End of this chapter)