Chapter 120 Reasons and Tears
"What's the situation on the ground?" After the clamor, Calvin, who had just arrived from the back of the crowd, asked the people who were dispersing.
Tibers and others did not stay, as they still had their own tasks. Only Jules stayed to tell him:
"According to the latest feedback, the cleanup on the ground is nearing completion. But the people on the ground were frightened by the huge force of the Star Navy, and their morale is very bad."
"Have they known the attitude of the Inquisition towards them?" Calvin asked worriedly.
"This has never been a secret." Jules shook his head and said to Calvin.
In the treatment of the Chaos pollution sources by various departments of the Empire, the attitude of both the Inquisition and the High Lords' Council has not changed from beginning to end:
To cut the grass, you must root it out, which is their consistent principle, and in fact, the only principle.
Without the guarantee of Rhine Hoffman, who is also an Inquisitor, it would be difficult for these Star Army and Defense Forces to be smoothly mobilized knowing that they would be liquidated.
But the situation in orbit now undoubtedly tells these warriors on the ground that the assurances of the Inquisition are not trustworthy, and the coming cleansing has not been delayed at all because of someone's frivolous assurances.
"What about the war situation? Can it be maintained? Will it fail?" Calvin thought of the worst outcome.
"Not really, the combat mission on the ground has actually ended. What is being carried out now is mainly sporadic cleaning and the expulsion and isolation of the indigenous people."
Jules' answer made Calvin feel a little relieved, but the next word he heard made him nervous again.
"Indigenous people? Are there still indigenous people alive?" He was alert to the complexity of the matter once again beyond his imagination.
"Of course, there is not only one place on this planet where the hive can be lived. The mine itself and other ancillary facilities also have small-scale settlements."
"This is troublesome..." Calvin said with a frown.
"Yes, that's what the ground troops are worried about. They collected a lot of these refugees during the battle. After all, letting them run around on the battlefield will only cause more trouble. But in the process of collecting, close contact is inevitable, and now it has become an excuse for the Inquisition, which is difficult to deal with."
"What is the opinion of the Inquisition?"
"Clean on the spot, after all the ground work is finished."
"What is the opinion of the Goliath Legion?"
"This is the trouble. They only agree to memory cleansing, not inactivation."
"This..." Calvin blinked, not knowing what to say.
If it were him, he would also not be able to accept that his comrades who had fought side by side with him for several months were asked to be cleansed the next second, and he had to watch it with his own eyes.
The most ironic thing is that the reason for the cleansing is precisely because of the tasks he and his comrades performed, and the way of handling and the discretion of the severity of the task were completely decided by an unfamiliar person.
"No room for negotiation?" Calvin thought of something.
In the mission of striking and destroying Chaos carried out by the Grey Knights themselves, it is not necessary to carry out complete fire extinguishing. Although the cost of memory cleansing itself is a bit high, it is by no means out of the question, especially since the targets are all frontline soldiers of the Empire.
The cost of training and arming these soldiers and officers in their prime is definitely not a small amount. Is it a waste to burn them like this?
Even if they are transferred to fill the population gap after the memory cleansing, it is also good to be a strong laborer!
Calvin dares to guarantee that these militaristically trained Astra Militarum and the defense forces who have at least received paramilitary education are absolutely far superior to those ordinary workers composed of gang members in terms of execution ability and discipline.
But he thought again, what he could think of, would the Inquisitor not think of it? Even if Erlanti said that his brain was eaten by Khorne, Rhine Hoffman could not think of it? A step back, if neither of them could think of it, what about the two Astartes captains?
What is blocking the implementation of this plan? Why didn't anyone mention this plan?
This incident made Calvin even more confused. He could feel that as things developed to the current situation, some people's intentions were no longer simple.
Jules looked at Calvin who was thinking, and seemed to understand what he was thinking and what he was confused about.
He gently said to Calvin: "Have you heard of dog training?"
"Huh?" Calvin instantly became alert. He turned his head and looked at Jules sharply and said:
"Do you know what you are talking about? This is a very serious accusation!" Calvin was so angry that his voice trembled rarely.
Jules gently patted Calvin on the shoulder, signaling him to be patient.
"It's all my guess. Don't you think this is very similar?" Jules said softly. Obviously, the veteran's nearly a thousand years of service brought him not only rich combat experience and fearless will, but also a long military career and special observation angle. He also gave him rich political wisdom.
And it is obvious that the former is the cornerstone of his being a qualified Grey Knight; the latter is the reason why he can stand out among a group of veterans and eventually become a company commander.
How can this be similar!
Under Yule's guess, or in other words, Yule's deliberate reminder, Calvin once again recalled the causes and consequences of the whole thing, especially the various behaviors after the abnormal arrival of Judge Eranti, and the actions of him and the people behind him. The idea is already coming out.
This is not the first time this has happened. The Tauren Chapter, whose predecessors and successors were unrelated and who couldn’t even explain the history of their own Chapter and their parent company, was just a model, wasn’t it?
On Terra, there was a group of people who, after seeing that some of the High Lords had successfully used their authority to reach out to these Astartes warbands who had no protection from the original body and were contained by the Holy Code, then After mastering a force outside the rules, I felt a little unwilling to be lonely.
"Is this the truth? So, the promoter this time is the Inquisition?"
After the incredible shock, what Calvin felt besides anger was more sadness.
He grieves that these once angels of the Emperor, descendants of the Primarch of glory and greatness, have now been reduced to the point where they are captured at will and used as guard dogs to guard the courtyard;
He was sad that the empire he fought for was controlled by a group of people who were crazy and greedy for power.
What saddens him the most is that the Inquisition, which was established with the Emperor's own eyes, is no longer as pure as it was originally.
Some of them have forgotten their mission and simply fell into the endless thirst for power.
O Emperor! Look at your children! Even though I have never fought side by side with them, for the sake of your blood still remaining in me and theirs, please look at them!
How could you allow these greedy mortals to overstep like this! We love them so much! But look at it! Why are their faces so ugly!
When they do this, how can I face you, face those travelers who don’t know whether they are alive or dead, face those who have died in battle...brothers!
What is the purpose of our protection for nearly ten thousand years?
Calvin or Jiang Wen, even though he had been a human being for two lifetimes, even though he had served in the army for two lifetimes, his hard soul could not help but cry at this moment under such an impact.
His body cried like a child at this moment, and ice-blue rain fell on his soul world at this moment.