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

Chapter 252 Dante can’t calm down
"It's okay, that's understandable." Fujimaru Ritsuka raised his head and looked diagonally upward at the sky, "When we told Priest Decker about this, his reaction was much bigger."

I think he carefully judged whether I was talking nonsense, and seriously considered whether to shoot me. She added mentally.

The good news is that even if it is a conservative estimate, Dante, whose emotional control ability is more than one level higher than Decker, obviously does not think so; but the bad news is that he does not seem to take it seriously. After a brief moment of surprise, he straightened his face and said, "Sir, this is not something you can joke about casually."

"...Do I sound like I'm joking?" Fujimaru Ritsuka's tone did not contain the indignation of "I was offended", but more of the introspection of "How could this happen?"

She turned her gaze across the table again and looked at the Blood Angels Chapter Master without fear. She felt that the atmosphere around her was significantly tense than before, but she did not become nervous because of it. She even discovered unnecessary details such as "Mr. Dante's irises are also light amber."

After all, Dante has been sitting in the position of Chapter Master for at least 800 years. He knew very well that although the defect of Red Thirst in the Blood Angels was kept as a secret by all the brothers of the Chapter who were connected to Sanguinius, there was no impermeable wall in the world. More than 10,000 years have passed since the founding of the war group, and the best they can do is to keep the information secret - for the top departments of the empire such as the Tribunal and the Council of High Lords, this is at most a "secret that is only disclosed to a small range." That’s all.

The status of the "Emperor's Chosen" certified by the Throne Hall is obviously on the same level as these departments. Therefore, he did not struggle with the part of "How do you know about the 'Red Thirst Syndrome'", but went straight to the point: "You don't understand this What does it mean to us.”

"Indeed." Fujimaru Ritsuka admitted without pause, as if he did not realize the change in the person's name when the other party addressed him, "I am not a Blood Angel. Naturally, I can only have some indirect opinions based on hearsay and guessing in this regard. Experience. If I have inadvertently offended any Sons of Sanguinius in my attitude because of my deviation in understanding, I must apologize for this. But at the same time, I must also reiterate: I am not kidding."

Dante's heart was beating loudly, but he couldn't tell for a moment whether it was because of anger, shock, or anticipation. He spoke again, and his originally low but smooth voice became hoarse and cracked again: "With all due respect, in my opinion, this sounds illogical. The Holy Blood Priests of the past generations have continued to work on this issue. It took ten thousand years, but no substantial progress was ever made.”

"Priest Decker also made the exact same opinion." Fujimaru Ritsuka lowered his head and looked at his plate, "In view of the fact that he has verified the words that I have refuted him and formed a more professional report. document, I will not repeat here my interdisciplinary views that cannot be explained in one or two sentences. To sum it up in a general way, it is 'scientific research is a very cruel thing, and you have all got the wrong research direction for ten thousand years.' "

Dante froze on the spot, and it took him a few seconds to successfully regain his thoughts after being blown away to the edge of the star zone. After regaining his ability to think, his first reaction was "What if Coblo knew about this?" and then he began to try to distinguish whether what Fujimaru Ritsuka said was the truth:
"What do you mean we 'got the wrong research direction'?"

"Literally. You see 'Red Thirst' as a curse or a disease that you want to 'cure', but it's more like a blessing, written at the very bottom of the base code of all of you. Any attempt to change it will have disastrous consequences, and the right approach is to try to live with it and take advantage of it."

This view once again challenges the "common sense" Dante has formed during his long service. He wanted to yell "This is impossible", but his reason told him that if he thought according to the logic of what Fujimaru Ritsuka said, it would indeed be logically self-consistent. There is no fatal contradiction in the other party's point of view for the time being to refute. After considering the other party's too noble status, Dante's rebuttal became sensibly milder and more roundabout:
"But what about the 'Black Rage'?" These two flaws in the Blood Angel are like twins. Since the other party obviously knows about the 'Red Thirst', Dante tacitly acknowledges that Fujimaru Ritsuka also knows something about the Black Rage, "They are both the same. It is a genetic defect that appears in all the sons of Sanguinius. Do you want to say that the 'Black Rage' is also a 'blessing'?"

"That's not the case." Fujimaru Ritsuka went down the slope very quickly, and was more active on this issue than when he talked about Red Thirst before. "'Black Rage' is indeed a curse. But I didn't talk to Dirk The priest has talked about this issue because, at its root, it is not a medical or genetic issue."

"What do you mean by 'not a medical or genetic issue'?"

"'Black Rage' is almost purely caused by occult factors." Fujimaru Ritsuka even put down the tableware and began to explain this problem, which is at least 90% in her professional field. "In this universe, any A 'heinous murder' in the echoes of the warp may give birth to a demon. We all know that at the end of the Great Heresy ten thousand years ago, Sanguinius died after confronting Horus. . His death should have been shaped into an entity in the subspace, but for some unknown reason, this did not happen - the echoes of his death were instead projected to all his genetic descendants along the bloodline connection. On the body, this kind of projection can even span time. This is the essence of 'Black Rage'."

Dante was stunned and speechless for a moment, so Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was undisturbed, continued to add after a slight pause: "So ultimately, although the 'black rage' attack does produce physical symptoms, But if we want to completely solve this 'occult' problem, we can only use the same 'occult' method. Regarding this, we can quickly think of two methods: first, because the curse is passed on through the 'blood connection', So for the author who is trapped in the black rage, all it takes is to cut off this connection in the occult.

"If there are only one or two people, this is actually feasible in operation, but there are obviously many hidden dangers. First of all, people who are 'cured' in this way can no longer be called 'sons of Sanguinius' in any sense. Secondly, the curse of the Black Rage itself is evenly distributed among all warriors who rely on the genetic fragments of Sanguinius to become Astartes. If those who have already suffered from the Black Rage are separated from this distribution on a large scale, The intensity of the curse shared by others will be significantly increased - that is, the black rage will be more likely to attack the remaining people."

There was no need for Ritsuka Fujimaru to say anything more. Dante, a complete layman, could figure it out based on this information alone. This was a plan that could not be implemented. Regardless of how to "sever the connection of bloodline in mysticism", if this continues, either there will be no more "Sons of Sanguinius" in the Empire, or all Astartes with the bloodline of the Radiant Angel will fall into the Black Rage. He did not continue to think deeply about what "Black Rage" would become after losing the curse target. The part before this was absolutely unacceptable to him.

And Mephiston. Although the chief think tank of the Blood Angels is powerful and is the first person in the history of the Chapter and all sub-groups to successfully "control" the Black Fury, the "heroic deeds" that happened to him also made He became a time bomb for all the Sons of Sanguinius. If, as Fujimaru Ritsuka said, "the intensity of the curse shared by Mephiston is increased", even just a little, or if "Mephiston is freed from the curse first", Dante would not dare to bet. What happens next.

Even their chief think tank seems to have stabilized a lot after the successful Primaris surgery.

"There is another way, which is to 'find a way to cancel the black anger' from the source." Fujimaru Ritsuka, who continued to talk, used the slightly strange verb "cancel" here, "Since the 'black anger' 'It was created because of the death of Sanguinius, so as long as there is a paradox in the most basic conditions for its creation, it will naturally be weakened."

This sounds even more fanciful. Because it was so absurd, Dante, who gradually calmed down, even laughed at himself who was trying to think about "what to do" in the first moment: "But that is impossible. What you mean is, in your opinion, Is there no hope of cure for 'Black Rage'?"

"I didn't say that." Fujimaru Ritsuka shrugged, "If 'Method One' doesn't work, just try 'Method Two' - 'Black Rage' was caused by the death of Sanguinius. Curse, and the dead cannot be resurrected, so this curse will be established across time through the echo of the warp after Sanguinius' death. The normal logic is this."

Fujimaru Ritsuka presciently rubbed back on the chair, leaned on the back of the chair, and then spoke:
"—But what if I could prove again that 'Sanguinius lived after his death'?"

This time, Dante's hands hit the table with a bang, causing all the cups and saucers to tremble. He stood up suddenly in front of his seat, almost knocking over the heavy marble seat behind him. The Primaris Space Marine was about three meters tall, even though he was separated by an entire long table, there was a terrible sense of oppression. The angry, thunder-like voice of the Blood Angels Chapter Leader exploded in the empty banquet hall:

"Your Excellency, I must warn you, this is by no means something that can be easily used as a joke!"

"I do not have."

Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was motionless under the support of the back of the chair, just responded with a calm but firm gaze:

"You see, 'there are only wrong names, not wrong nicknames'. They call me 'Empire Saint' instead of 'Star Torch Engineer', so my 'Saint' must have some unusual gold content, right?"

(End of this chapter)