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

Curze (to Sanguinius): But you don't have a "sir" either.

Sanguinius (to Curze): It was my fault for suspecting you just now.

There is also no "Sir" Mortarion: Hey!

Fujimaru: The differences among them are: Conrad, Sanguinius, Mr. Ferrus, Mr. Robert, and Mr. Corvos all have the "loved one" trait; Sanguinius, Mr. Ferrus, and Mr. Robert have the "king" trait. I think this judgment standard is a bit strange. Logically speaking, shouldn't all Primarchs have one king trait? Then there is Mr. Ferrus himself who has a "machine" trait; Sanguinius has a "divine" trait; and Mr. Robert is the only Primarch who has a "human" trait - I refuse to think about how this works.

Fujimaru: Wait a minute, Conrad, why do you have an extra trait of "person with spirit clothes"? Who gave you the spirit clothes? When did you learn how to change clothes?

Coates: You won't know unless I become "Mr. Conrad".

Corax: He sewed it himself when he had nothing else to do. I never thought he had such a skill.

Mortarion: Wait, am I the only one with only universal traits?

Fujimaru: Of course not, but do you really have to bring it up?

Mortarion: From your description, I don't understand how I am different.

Fujimaru: Didn’t I say it before, “human threat”?

Mortarion:

Sanguinius: Phew.

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5. Humans living in the present

Fujimaru: Something is wrong. I just detected that a "human living in the present" buff was hit. Who among us has this trait?

Corax: Wasn't it you?

Fujimaru: No?

Coates: By the standards of your magic tricks, none of us are "human", let alone "living in the present moment". If not you, then who is it?

Fujimaru: I am a life form outside the realm? I can't benefit from the buffs of humans living in the present?

Guilliman: Wait a moment.

FERUUS: Stop.

Fujimaru: Is it okay? You all know that I come from another world! If this isn't an extraterrestrial life form, then what is it?

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6. Hell Joke

Fujimaru:.

Fujimaru: *Nostramo swears*.

Sanguinius: What's wrong?

Fujimaru: I know where the flying buff went.

Sanguinius: "Humans who live in the present"? Who is it?

Fujimaru: It’s the Emperor.

Sanguinius: .

Fujimaru: It’s the Emperor.

Sanguinius: .

Sanguinius: The Emperor.

Koz: (Laughs loudly, then gets beaten) -

Additional originals not included in the main film

Fujimaru: This is purely my guess, but I think Leman Russ has both "beastly" and "theridiid" traits.

Guilliman: If this is true, I don't think I would be surprised to hear you confirm it in the future.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 237 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 understand the unspoken meaning of "I just don't want to do this" when Fujimaru Ritsuka said this, for the genuine imperial guards who almost lived their daily lives in the riddle, this was an accurate answer that they could come up with without thinking.

"But lady, let me be frank," said Vasilian, the Guardian Warden who temporarily led the team. "I understand that you hate these extravagant, cumbersome and useless ceremonies. But in the current situation, we think it is 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)

Chapter 238 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 was all. This did not mean that the matter had been successfully resolved, but rather that there were a mountain of details that were likely to deviate and were waiting to be finalized. This was why the exhausted Fujimaru Ritsuka felt that there had been no progress in the past four hours: it was easy to predict that she would need to continue to spend "unnecessary" energy on this single "thing" at least tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, not to mention that in the process, she would have to continue to battle 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."

"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. .”

"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?"

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.

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 not that troublesome." After successfully understanding Fujimaru Ritsuka's unfinished words, "Won't you be chased and beaten by the four gods of the subspace if you do this?", Tezcatlipoca sneered and said, "It is precisely because I am small enough that it is easy to hide and do things inconspicuously. Besides, it's rare for something to challenge me like this, how can I not respond - you know, humans are actually a much tougher species than they look. Even in the subspace of this universe, humans are not completely unable to survive."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

"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?"

"Is this important?"

"It's not important to Chaldea, but it's important to the Empire." Fujimaru Ritsuka crawled to the ground, walked around the bed, and ran to the foot of the bed where he could face Tezcatlipoca and sit down again. "To put it more clearly: I believe that you won't do anything else after you come up here. Even if you do, it won't cause any incidents beyond my ability to handle. But the Imperials definitely don't believe it. So, in the process of you coming up from the subspace, were you discovered by anyone?"

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 probably increase as a result.

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On the Lion's Mane, Ranmarok glanced at the corner of the corridor.