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

Chapter 239 The more I think about it, the more confused I become. It’s better not to think about it.

Realizing that his thinking was inconclusive, Dante chose to listen to other people's opinions: "I wonder what our reliable chief think tank thinks about this."

"Which part are you referring to, Lord Dante?" Mephiston, who seemed to be concentrating with his eyes closed, answered quickly. He obviously did not watch any of the images relayed by the servo skull, but the slightly shining psychic headband on his forehead showed that he did not do anything during this period.

There is a physical distance between where Mephiston is now and the airport exit plaza where the ceremony is taking place. But for the director of the Blood Angels Think Tank who uses psychic powers, this physical distance is completely negligible.

He's watching the scene. And his observation angle is obviously more detailed than the data that the servo skull can send back.

"First let's talk about the question we are all most concerned about." Dante asked. "Are there any tricks of the enemy of Chaos mixed in these scenes?"

"I don't think so." Mephiston concluded quickly, although his explanation of the conclusion was still a bit unsettling. "Although there are many things in this parade that puzzle me, I think the only The evil gods in the Duya space cannot have any influence here."

"So, what exactly is it about the procession that confuses you?" Dante decided to listen carefully to the answer to the question. After all, they just needed to be there on time to greet the procession when it arrived at the outermost gate of the Chapter's monastery. At this moment, they have plenty of time.

Ten thousand years ago, when the Baal Prime Spaceport was first constructed, the purpose of this facility's existence was to serve the Blood Angels, who were still legions at the time, and the Arax Angel Fortress. Ten thousand years later, even though almost all the facilities on the planet's surface had been destroyed by the surging Tyranids, after that, the architectural pattern re-established by the Blood Angels on the ruins, It is not very different from the original design thousands of years ago. The outermost gate of the chapter monastery and the exit of the airport on the ground are connected to each other by a straight and wide avenue without obstruction. This road is only five kilometers long, but according to prior arrangements, Cronuo for ceremonial purposes Tanks and their corresponding phalanxes spend three Terran standard hours on this almost negligible stretch of road.

"...It's a bit too much." There was an unusual hesitation in Mephiston's tone, "It's hard for me to express in specific words those subtle things that make me feel wrong, but...it doesn't make sense logically. : Why is the person standing on the float still alive? Or, does she really exist in the material universe in a state of 'alive' in the usual sense of our language?"

Perhaps the chief think tank wanted to continue speaking, but during the period of his thinking, Holy Blood Priest Cobulo just interrupted: "Lord Dante, can we temporarily shift our focus back to where everyone can see it?" Those parts? I believe that among the people present, our chief think tank is not the only one who feels that something is wrong."

"Cobro, I also saw those Dark Angels, at least that's what their chapter marks indicate." Dante replied, "For some reasons that are well known in this room, I don't think we will be directly It would be a good idea to go up and ask anyone in that group 'why these Astartes power armor is painted black'."

"This is unreasonable. It doesn't make sense in terms of material and spiritual energy." Mephiston said stubbornly, "Why is she still alive? Why can she even hide such great power in her soul so that people will not be harmed in the first place?" Discovered at once? She should have been burned clean long ago."

"This sounds like 'a mortal girl brought the light of the Star Torch to the dark side of the Empire, so she was called an Imperial Saint', which makes logical sense?"

"I know, so they won't enter the really important facilities." Dante intervened to interrupt the debate that had not really started, and assured, "I can probably guess what you are worried about, but the things you are worried about It hasn’t happened yet. For the sake of these people recovering half of the Chapter’s missing company in the Skelos system, at least don’t make your doubts too obvious while the ceremony is going on.”

This wording, which sounded a bit hairy, made Dante have to ask: "Can you tell me more about this part?"

"I don't understand, maybe that's why she is called the 'Imperial Saint'." Mephiston opened his eyes, turned his face in the direction of the chapter leader, and spoke seriously, "Simply put, there is something hidden in her soul. Shining with the light of the Star Torch. If she wanted to demonstrate this power, all psykers present would be permanently blinded. This is why I said, 'Only the Warp Evil God cannot have an impact here' . Those monsters and monsters will never be able to approach such a sacred power."

"Chapter Master Seth has left Baal, so I guess it's my turn to be the naysayer this time?" Cobulo said in a joking tone, "Just a reminder, we'll have to do this later. The suspicious-looking Astartes are entering the fortress."

"Perhaps this is one of the reasons why she is called the 'Imperial Saint'." Dante thought this was nothing, "The empire is too vast, and occasionally we do encounter one or two that break what we previously thought were 'absolutes' 'A special case of experience. Before you, didn't the Chapter also believe that no one could truly overcome the curse of the Black Fury on their own?"

The grand ceremony is still going on. Taking a step back, at least for today, the Holy Blood Angel, as the host (albeit forced), makes everyone look good - turning a blind eye to some things that seem obviously wrong. Closing one's eyes is also a commonly used strategy at such times.

"But in the end, only twelve people returned to Baal." Cobulo reluctantly made a stab at it, and then finally died down.

I don’t know which part of this passage played a decisive role, but in short, Mephiston nodded after a brief thought, indicating that he accepted this statement.

Kobro understood that the chief think tank wanted to point out that "they must have received official funding from the empire to be able to install such excellent equipment on such a scale." However, he did not intend to accept this: "Then explain these The people are wealthy and suspicious Astartes.”

"Most of the equipment they carry are sacred objects with a long history." Mephiston suddenly pointed out.

"You also know that something like this is happening. There are still twelve brothers who can return to their home planet alive, and the deeds of more heroic sacrifice comrades will not be silently buried in the war. This is enough for us to be thankful for." But. Ding replied seriously as if he didn't realize that the other party was just speaking out of anger, "Brother Cobro, you seem a little anxious today."

"Perhaps so." The Holy Blood Priest admitted in an ambiguous way, "It's just a premonition. I always feel that something big will happen. But the premonition is really very vague. There is no definite omen. I didn't see it. 'Every time I see a scene about the future, there's just a mysterious feeling - I can't even tell whether what's going to happen is good or bad."

As a descendant of an angel, Corbulo inherited a small amount of Sanguinius' prophecy talent from the gene-seed, and the suggestions he made were often of precious value, a fact that has been proven many times in the history of the Chapter. After taking the words of the Holy Blood Priest into consideration, Dante had to think more. However, after a few seconds, he still made a decision: "No matter what kind of future is going to befall us, all we can do is face it, Coblo. The uncertain future may temporarily make you feel at a loss. , but we must remember the teachings of our genetic fathers: What matters is not what kind of future we 'see', but what kind of future we ultimately 'choose'."
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In fact, regarding the "Dark Angels with black paint", the first ones to discuss it were certainly not the Blood Angels - after all, there are not many colorblind people in the empire now, and such an obvious problem with the overall painting is natural. Very easy to notice.

The first person to ask this question face to face was naturally Robert Guilliman, but when he got the answer from Captain Ravenwing, "We are Dark Angels who fell into the subspace and were involved in this year during the Great Crusade, so Tu After pretending to be naturally black", which was a blameless reason for anyone who had experienced the Great Crusade, he casually let the issue go.

This was undoubtedly a trivial matter in the eyes of the Imperial Regent. Although he wrote a "Code of Astartes" that divided the Legion, and listed various rules and regulations in detail, he was not so control-mad that he even asked what his brothers' Space Marines chose in their power armor. Details like color have to be taken care of.

If these people who drifted from thousands of years ago were his descendants, Guilliman would of course, out of his obsessive management requirements, instruct the other party to keep their paint consistent with the current system - change the paint and return. You can either create an existing clan or change the label and submit an application to form a sub- clan. But these people are the heirs of Leon, and the command power theoretically belongs to Fujimaru Ritsuka. The problem itself doesn't matter to him, so he didn't say anything useful other than annoying people.

——Perhaps it was a kind of darkness under the lamp. Although Robert Guilliman vaguely noticed that something was wrong, he never really realized what kind of mystery the equipment color issue hid among the Dark Angels. Perhaps only the Dark Angel himself can understand this matter.

Just talking about the situation on the Lion's Mane, the first person to realize the problem was Ran Mallock. He knew it was going to be worse after reading the brief history of the evolution of the Dark Angels chapter given by Stormbound: the Grand Master of the Firewings, who was born in Caliban, knew very well how the brain circuits of his colleagues in the inner circle were developed - -After all, he himself is a piece of shit. But due to his "good-for-nothing" and the same winding and puzzling brain circuit, his final choice in this matter was: shut up and pretend to be dead.

The minimalist version of the summary is: We are doing well and sitting upright, so why should we change the paint! This was the color appointed by the Lion King back then! Black is the right color! Otherwise, why was the Legion named "Dark" Angel? !

Not to mention what is the relationship between "Dark" and "Black" other than conflict, and the far-fetched issue of the name of the legion, which even the Dark Angels with a little common sense can see. In short, Lan Malok himself made the decision in advance to resolutely engage in non-violent non-cooperation when it came to the issue of being "required to change the painting" that might arise in the future.

The second person on the Lion's Mane who realized the problem only after a long delay was Zaintik Afuppa. The reason why he took a lot of slow shots was because he was used to being dark under the lights: in the past, the dark angels were all black, and now the dark angels around him are also black, so everyone should indeed be black.

It was only after he completed a joint defense mission with the Ultramarines on Parmenio that he subconsciously remembered because of the strange looks from the other side that the current Dark Angels seemed to have changed their paint to green.

As a veteran of Terran origin, Zantik Afoppa cannot say that he does not identify with Caliban, Lion King, Legion paint, etc., but if compared with Lan Malok, it is just like that. On this issue, Ranmalok obviously cares more about the "glory of the Dark Angels in the Great Crusade" represented by the black armor of all the Astartes on the Lion's Mane. For them, the Drifters, this is their In this world ten thousand years later, it is the only familiar strong bond that can bring them together as a whole as usual; but Afoppa is more concerned about whether this small group of them and the Dark Angels as a whole will be affected by this. separated by problems.

Therefore, after quickly realizing that "the Dark Angel's paint turned green after Caliban was broken, there must be a deep meaning in this", Afopa quickly found Fujimaru Ritsuka and asked face to face "Do I need to We need to change the paint to green too” question.

At that moment, Fujimaru Ritsuka's expression was confused: "Huh? Do you think you need it?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka is obviously not color blind, and since she encountered the Lion's Mane in the Jestal system, no Space Marine has even mentioned "changing the paint". It is certainly not because she did not realize that this would cause question.

"What I mean is that theoretically your ship is serving me now, so I should theoretically provide you with corresponding benefits." The figure of this underage girl only looked particularly majestic in this moment. , "Not to mention normal needs and obligations such as normal supply of equipment, you can decide for yourself on small matters such as painting."

"That's not the problem." Afuppa said at the time, "You may not understand what I mean -"

"It's really not the problem." Fujimaru Ritsuka countered General Ichijun, "In this matter, it's because you didn't understand my privilege. You know, among the current composition of Chaldea, the most important thing is to change the color to avoid trouble. Aren't you pretending to be those Night Lords? You are just the 'Black Angels of Darkness', but they have the word 'Rebel' written on them from head to toe. The other war groups didn't say anything after seeing them. "

It shouldn't be "I didn't say anything", but "I didn't let you hear anything". Afuppa was so slanderous.

"...Maybe that's the case," he still felt that the other party had not grasped the point of what he really wanted to express, "but what I mean is that, as Dark Angels, we are not related to today's-"

"—— Putting aside the practicality and practical significance," Fujimaru Ritsuka, who is quite willful at heart, interrupted the other party again, "Do you really want to change this painting?"

"what?"

"Ran Malok never came to ask this question. I don't believe he didn't realize it." Fujimaru Ritsuka pointed out with a smile, "And you even chose to ask me - to be honest, do you want to take a look at what you are doing internally? When have you asked me about something that has been decided before? When did you inform me after it was not directly implemented internally? You are obviously waiting for me to reject you! I think you don't want to change it at all in your heart. "

After being told something that he was not even aware of, the famous Dreadwing Captain Zantik Afpa fled, and the incident never went further. So to this day, the Night Lords following the Stormbound are still not painted to look like Death Watch black shields, and the power armor worn by the Dark Angels who appeared in the landing ceremony is still black.

(End of this chapter)