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Chapter 1316 On the way (ZZZ is too tired from playing, take a rest)

 With a dazzling light, the space hulk was completely destroyed. The battleships of the Tribunal also evacuated and began to move towards their designated target location.

Stern sat in the room without saying a word. He stared at the pendant in his hand, which was composed of three green gem fragments. If Duanmu Huai was here, then he would definitely be able to recognize that one of the fragments was the one he took out in that disgusting brain before.

 Now they are one.

 “Dong dong dong.”

There was a knock on the door. Stern raised his head, put down the pendant in his hand, and stared at the door.

 “Please come in.”

Soon, the door opened, and Judge Kara walked in. She looked at the pendant in Stern's hand, and the latter handed it over.

 “How are our guests doing? What were the results of the inspection?”

In the end, Judge Stern kept his promise and took Duanmu Huai aboard his battleship. But this does not mean that he will just relax his vigilance towards this mysterious judge. The location where he appears, his mysterious and powerful strength, everything will arouse the judge's vigilance.

So after arriving on the battleship, Stern inspected Duanmuhuai on the pretext that he wanted to provide medical services.

"Condition………"

 But to Stern’s expectation, Kara’s expression was very strange.

 “The situation is very strange.”

 “Weird? What does weird mean?”

"The medical team conducted a full-body examination on him, but the results were surprising. His body showed no traces of modification, and his genes showed no traces of contamination. There were no mechanical implants in his body. He... "

 At this point, Kara paused.

　　…“He is pure.”

　　　…………Are you sure???”

I have to say that this answer really shocked Stern. He thought a lot about Duanmuhuai's origin. Maybe he was a veteran figure in the Tribunal, or maybe he was a senior member of a Tribunal. But no matter which one, he should have undergone transformation.

Not to mention genetic pollution... Although the Inquisition generally rarely uses genes to make judgments, that is because humans have conquered too many planets, and the environment of each planet has changed too much. So much so that almost all human genes within the empire have a certain degree of mutation and contamination, and truly "pure" human genes seem to only appear in textbooks.

 “So what happened to his power armor?”

Sten himself is an Inquisitor and has a powered armor. Naturally, he knows that although an Inquisitor's powered armor is different from that of an Astartes, they both require the installation of some mechanical implants and neural connection systems.

“A completely external mechanism. According to the investigation report of the Mechanical Sage, his power armor uses a very unique technology. Although some traces of Martian technology can be seen, there are still some incomprehensible parts.”

 Speaking of this, Kara stared at Stern.

 “What should we do?”

Of course Stern understood what Kara meant. It was obvious that they had encountered a problem. The mission of the Tribunal this time was originally to investigate and solve a plague that occurred on the hive planet. They found this place based on Kara's psychic talent prophecy. According to the prophecy, as long as these fragments are gathered together, the sealed secrets can be opened and the hive planet can be saved.

 For Stern, this is his most important task as an inquisitor.

But now, the appearance of Duanmuhuai made him feel embarrassed.

Whether it is Duanmu Huai’s powerful combat effectiveness on the space hulk or the incredible data obtained during the investigation, it is shown that this inquisitor must be a very important figure. Considering that the time of the Space Hulk is uncertain, it is possible that this Inquisitor existed during the Great Rebellion.

  After all, as an inquisitor, Stern also knows the history of the Inquisition very well. The Inquisition was founded over a long period of time after the Heresy. The Tribunal has the power to expel and destroy demons, and these powers come from... Thinking of this, Stern glanced at the crest of the skull and war hammer that he hung.

Due to the fact that Duanmu Huai traveled through a wave before the great rebellion, the Tribunal in this world also appeared completely different from the original one. After the Heresy, the Empire fell apart, and the shadow of evil fell over the Empire's two-headed eagle. Therefore, when people discovered that as long as they held the icon of the skull and the warhammer and destroyed the demon in the name of the Tribunal, they could really kill the opponent completely, the faith of the Tribunal naturally mushroomed throughout the empire, and it was precisely Under the protection of the Inquisition, the Empire survived the most difficult years.

 However, the good times did not last long.

 Once there is no external threat, people will naturally tend to fight within themselves. The influence of the Tribunal is too great in the entire empire, causing uneasiness among many nobles and lords. In addition, the Tribunal's work style is too unpopular. Therefore, after the threat of demons subsided, many people Start thinking about how to deal with and suppress the strength of the Inquisition.

 So the state religion emerged.

 The Ecclesiarchy suppresses the Inquisition by respecting the Emperor as a god. Originally, the state religion hoped to absorb the Inquisition into the state religion through this method.

 As a result, they discovered something very embarrassing.

If they went to destroy the demons in the name of the Emperor, they would only banish the demons.

 Only by destroying the demon in the name of the Tribunal can the demon be completely killed.

　　No one can explain why this is, not even the high lords and arbiters can understand it. When they first established the state religion, they just thought that the Inquisition also believed in the God-Emperor, but they did not regard this as a slogan.

And now it seems...well, people don't use the God-Emperor as a slogan, obviously it is not for political or religious reasons.

 After this, a turmoil broke out that spread throughout the empire.

The Ecclesiarchy openly declares that the Inquisition is a heresy, serving the filth that betrays the God-Emperor, and calls for a holy war to eradicate these ungodly people.

Of course the Inquisition will not give up. They understand what the State Church means. The State Church tries to use this method to suppress the Inquisition and eventually capture it.

However, the status and power of the Inquisition are all based on their ability to destroy demons, and the Grand Inquisitors are certainly unwilling to give up their power.

 Then civil war broke out.

This civil war lasted for five thousand years and affected all the territories of the empire. Both sides fought with red eyes and rivers of blood. Fortunately, after the devil took advantage of the opportunity and planned to completely destroy the empire, the two sides still had to put aside their disputes and unanimously communicate with the outside world. In the end, they paid a heavy price to drive the demon's expeditionary army out of the empire's territory.

After this, the Inquisition and the Ecclesiarchy had to make peace with the mediation of other forces (including but not limited to the Astartes, Sisters of Silence, and the Adeptus Mechanicus). And after that chose to make a round of changes to the doctrine. To put it simply, in the new doctrine, the double-headed eagle of the empire has a new meaning.

One of the heads represents the state religion, with the God-Emperor guarding the souls of his people.

 The other head represents the Inquisition, which is responsible for expelling and destroying enemies who threaten the empire.

Well, both sides took a step back and reached a compromise, which remains until now.

 As a judge, Stern understands the political implications of Duanmuhuai's appearance.

 Not to mention anything else, a pure human being, unpolluted, unmodified, powerful human being, and also a great judge!

The senior officials of the Tribunal will definitely laugh until they are convulsed. It is difficult to lose at this time!

Now they have two choices, either give up the mission and send Duanmu Huai to Terra immediately. Either complete the mission first, and then take Duanmu Huai to Terra.

 After all, it involves a hive planet and hundreds of millions of lives.

 Finally, Stern made a decision.

 “Ask him to come over and talk.”

When Duanmu Huai walked into this room, he was not wearing power armor, but was wearing a black uniform of a judge. If there is anything about this timeline that satisfies Duanmu Huai, it is that the clothes here are relatively spacious. He has decided to pick up a few pieces to take with him when he has time, so as not to have nothing to wear when he goes back.

 After all, the Inquisition's clothes are very particular about their appearance.

Sitting opposite Stern, Duanmuhuai also listened to his analysis of the current situation, and then he raised his eyebrows.

"If I understand correctly, your operation this time is for a hive city, and an unexplained plague broke out there - how could you have thought of looking for that... thing?"

 “This is a prophecy.”

Cara said.

“We sought the help of prophecy to know how all this happened and how to solve it, so the prophecy led us to these fragments.”

“So you came here just for this, and then you came up with something like this?”

 Duanmu Huai fiddled with the pendant on the table and threw it aside.

"Forget it, let's go to the hive first. I think you may have messed up this matter."

 “What do you mean?”

Hearing Duanmuhuai’s complaints, Judge Stern stretched out his hand to signal Kara to stop talking and look at Duanmuhuai.

 “You don’t believe in prophecies?”

"Frankly speaking, I never believe in this stuff, and I don't even want to hear it. The reason is simple. If the prophecy cannot be changed, then listening to it is useless except asking for trouble. If the prophecy can be changed, then you listen to it. It’s useless, it’s just like listening to your words.”

Duanmuhuai curled his lips and snorted softly.

"In the final analysis, prophecy is a kind of cheating. You feel that you have no way out, so you want to get the answer by cheating - but there will be punishment for cheating, especially those psychics who always like to make prophecies... Moreover, the solution to the problem is not written. No points will be awarded if you just write the answers during the process, and you may even get points deducted.”

As he spoke, Duanmuhuai glanced at Kara.

"I suggest that you don't always take prophecies too seriously. Ignorance is sometimes the best weapon to deal with threats. In the final analysis, it doesn't matter how much you know. Truth is only if your fist is big enough. If you are not big enough fist, then your little cleverness is simply seeking death in front of the demons in the subspace - as the old saying goes, heresy comes from thinking. "

　　　…………”

Cara opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end she said nothing and just lowered her head silently.

Hum Duanmuhuai's reaction to Kara was unsatisfying. This is the case for stupid psychics, especially those idiots who like to predict the future. Duanmu Huai does know some of the plot, but he doesn't care. His actions are rarely aimed at changing the plot, but often to make himself stronger.

As Duanmuhuai said, as long as you are strong enough, ignorance is not a problem.

 Conversely, knowing too much will only become a problem if you are too weak.

Those prophets are like this. When the evil **** wants to play with her, that is called playing. But if the evil **** doesn’t want to play anymore and just flips the table, what can you do?

 Can you beat it?

Of course you can't beat him.

 So you can only accept the other person's explanation of fate obediently.

 Just like "the company has the final right of interpretation", if you don't have the ability to put the other party on the road, you can only accept it. No matter whether the other party accuses a deer of being a horse or not, you have no other choice but to accept it.

  But you have to have a way to hang the other party's street lights - then the power of interpretation will be in your hands.

 It’s your turn to call a deer a horse.

 I say it’s a horse, it’s a horse, you either accept it or die.

 This is the power of power.

 And power comes from violence.

Duanmuhuai retracted his gaze and looked at Stern.

 “Go to the hive, I hope there is still hope there.”

Then he spoke.

 (End of this chapter)