Chapter 628 Sidnora’s Daughter
Chapter 628 Sid Nora’s Daughter
Terra, the headquarters of the Inquisition.
The Inquisition headquarters is located under the ice cap of Antarctica. It is a large-scale and unbreakable complex building. The notorious Inquisition headquarters is unmatched in scale by any Inquisition stronghold in the Human Empire.
The shuttle landed on the tarmac. Sid Nora got down from the cabin, shook off the snowflakes on his cloak, and walked into the slowly opening underground passage gate with a cold air. The sound of heels echoed on the steel floor. The clicking sound.
Going down the passage, several people came to a precision mechanical iron door. Sid Nora handed the cloak to the two acolytes following him, and told them to stay outside the door. No one could enter without her permission, and then walked into his personal office at the Tribunal headquarters. .
This is a large suite with many small compartments. There were only a few lights above the head, making the light in the room appear dim and gloomy, making everything in the room shrouded in dark shadows and making it difficult to see clearly. It was very consistent with the style of the Inquisition, a secret spy agency.
Sid Nora quickly sat down.
Then he raised his hands and stretched.
The eeriness was familiar to her, and it did not make her uncomfortable. Her desk was filled with various books and parchment scrolls. Sid Nora casually opened a sealed envelope, which was a reply letter from the Star Torch Court. The letter told her: According to the Star Torch Court's observation, Mark The Si Wang star area is still shrouded in subspace storms, and communication is temporarily impossible.
Sid Nora sighed when he saw this.
Because the Starry Vault Order also came to the same conclusion.
It has been ten years since that sector and the battle group in that sector completely lost contact.
In the past ten years, Sid Nora has been promoted rapidly. She was a high-ranking Grand Inquisitor at the beginning, and was promoted to the Lord Inquisitor of the Demon Tribunal five years ago. Now she is the Grand Master of the Tribunal of the Holy Hammer Order, and is in charge of the entire Holy Hammer Order alone. At this position, Sid Nora has almost no promotion. If he wants to go further, he can only choose to become the representative of the Tribunal - the agent and spokesperson of the entire Tribunal in the Council of High Lords.
And all of this, of course, is also due to Sid Nora's own outstanding abilities, but it is also inseparable from the most crucial mysterious thing, the secret that the Grand Master of the Inquisition has been carefully hiding - the Divination Instrument. During the Second Steel Ring Battle ten years ago, this dark heretical technological creation was captured at the Zerath Space Station. Through this prophecy machine, Sid Nora can always know the trends of Chaos in advance, and even detect the clues before the demon invades the real universe.
Using this fortune teller, Sid Nora thwarted countless Chaos plots. The evil rituals of Chaos believers are always destroyed by Sid Nora before they begin. As soon as the Chaos Demon breaks through the barrier and descends into the real universe, he will find that the Inquisitor has already led the Gray Knights to prepare outside...
And the price needed to activate a prophecy is only eight souls. The souls of prisoners, the souls of traitors, there are as many as you want in the dungeons of the Inquisition. As a result, Sid Nora was quickly promoted, but as a result, she became increasingly dependent on this dark and heretical technological creation.
It stands to reason that ten years have passed. As the Grand Master of the Inquisition, Sid Nora is so busy with daily affairs. He should have put aside his exploration and pursuit of the Marcus King Sector and the Iron Buddha Chapter long ago. Suo, why did you suddenly think of reconfirming the situation in that star area recently?
Or because of that fortune teller.
Not long ago, Sid Nora brutally sacrificed the souls of eight prisoners and used this instrument to conduct a daily divination. The result was a bit surprising to her - the divination instrument only displayed a short sentence. talk:
"An old friend returns."
What is "the return of an old friend"?
Sid Nora didn't quite understand.
The Grand Master of the Inquisition has been a little restless these days, and has been thinking about this prophecy without beginning or end. Out of some intuition, she sent a letter to the Star Torch Court, asking to reconfirm whether that area was still shrouded in subspace storms.
The conclusion is still disappointing.
"It's such a pity..."
Sid Nora rubbed his forehead and sighed.
The loss of contact with the Marquez King Sector not only means that a rising genius among the Astartes has been completely dimmed, but also means that the Inquisition has lost a very important source of equipment—— Sid Nora has always been obsessed with the anti-warp tactical team created by Qingshan Khan, which greatly lowered the threshold for fighting against demons. In the past, only psykers were qualified to deal with these warp entities.
Sid Nora leaned back on the velvet chair, reached out and pressed hard on his lumbar spine, trying to relieve the stiffness and soreness. Although she is a powerful beta-level psyker, she is already fifty years old and has not yet reached the point where she needs life-extending surgery. However, her physical condition is not as good as before, and time is always so cruel.
Sid Nora was pressing.
Suddenly she noticed something was wrong.
Sid Nora slowly turned around and looked behind him. The unburned charcoal in the fireplace was emitting warm light, a wisp of sparks floated out, and behind the fireplace was a shadow. However, compared to the room in his impression, The shadow grew larger, almost covering the entire wall next to the fireplace.
"Wow..."
There was a sound of turning pages in the shadows.
"Who is it? Who's there!"
Sid Nora suddenly stood up and shouted sharply.
"Tsk tsk..."
There was a sigh of laughter in the shadow, and then the shadow squirmed. After a burst of light and shadow flickering, a tall figure wearing power armor emerged from the shadow... Fu Qinghai took off his helmet and looked at the stunned Grand Master of the Tribunal in front of him. , said with a touch of emotion:
"Long time no see, Ms. Sid Nora."
"Qingshan!?"
Sid Nora exclaimed.
She stared at the Space Marine in front of her with wide eyes, and subconsciously took two steps forward, as if to confirm his authenticity. She almost touched the breastplate and finally woke up suddenly. Then she remembered to activate her psychic perception to confirm. The person in front of me is not an entity or illusion transformed by some demon.
"Qingshan, it's really you."
Sid Nora still looked unbelievable:
"It turns out that 'old friend returns' refers to you."
"What's the 'return of an old friend'?"
Fu Qinghai asked curiously. His eyes followed Sid Nora's gaze to a certain corner of the room. He walked over and pulled off the black velvet covering the table, revealing the quietly running computer underneath. Precision instrument, with an expected smile on his lips, turned to look at Sid Nora and said:
"Are you still using this dark heretical technological creation, Grand Master of the Tribunal, His Excellency Sid Nora?"
Fu Qinghai looked up at the ceiling, his tone full of playfulness and sarcasm. There was a motto carved with plaster lines. You could clearly see it when you raised your head:
"We are on the last line of defense."
"This eternal watch cannot fail."
"We are the Holy Hammer!"
The motto of the Ordo daemonis.
"That's right."
Sid Nora freely admitted:
"It is extremely dangerous to one's soul to use the enemy's weapons against one's enemies. Still, it is a satisfying thing."
"okay."
Fu Qinghai nodded noncommittally, having nothing more to say about the famous double standards of the Inquisition.
"So, Qingshan, what exactly is all this..."
Sid Nora asked impatiently.
"Not urgent."
Fu Qinghai raised his hand and pressed it down:
"Let me explain to you slowly... It's rare for me to come to your territory. I can't just stand and chat with you, right? Do you have anything to drink, Grand Master of the Inquisition?"
"I don't have any wine here, only Reca coffee."
Sid Nora turned to get the brewing utensils.
Sid Nora is a very extreme radical when it comes to dealing with dark heretical technological creations, but in terms of personal life, she is like a Puritan.
…
Regarding what will happen in the future, Fu Qinghai picked some relatively important points and points that could be disclosed, and briefly chatted with Sid Nora. Seeing that the Grand Master of the Tribunal of the Holy Hammer Order was still immersed in thinking about the future, Fu Qinghai leaned back on his chair, crossed his legs, took a sip of his coffee, and began to think about other issues in his mind.
Before he came to Antarctica to look for Sid Nora, Fu Qinghai first went to the Central Office of the Ministry of Military Affairs to look for another acquaintance of his - the white-scarred "Szu", Lieutenant General Ilya Lavare . But it was all in vain. After checking the records in the Ministry of Military Affairs office, Fu Qinghai finally learned that Ilya Lavare was not in Terra but in Chogris.
"So why did you come to me?"
Sid Nora raised his head and asked seriously.
"I'm going to get you out of here."
Fu Qinghai said calmly while holding the coffee.
"Take me away?"
Sid Nora asked in confusion.
"That's right, I will take you back to my timeline and you will continue to be your Grand Master of the Tribunal."
Fu Qinghai put down his coffee cup and said:
"That's all my plan."
"you……"
Sid Nora was stunned for a moment and suddenly came to his senses.
After all, she is also an old spy leader who has been in the political arena for a long time. She quickly understood Qingshan's intention: she had the handle in Qingshan's hands, and Qingshan also had the handle in his own hands. The two of them could be said to be grasshoppers on a rope. But in comparison, the Tribunal is the supervisor, and the Astartes Chapter is the supervised. It is relatively safe to play with these dark heretical technologies on their own, but Qingshan and the others need more political protection.
"You want me to help you in the future?"
Sid Nora asked seriously.
"Yes."
Fu Qinghai nodded and admitted.
"Your idea is really selfish, Qingshan. Have you ever thought that I want to abandon all the achievements, all the power, all the status that I have worked so hard to achieve now, and go with you to an uncertain future, and then I You have to start from scratch...all for your political security?"
Sid Nora asked in a deep voice.
"Ha ha."
Fu Qinghai smiled, he put up the book he was reading just now, cleared his throat and read:
"The weak are always led by the strong. The strong find their goals and take action, but the weak will only blindly follow; the strong are not afraid of hardships and resist fate, but the weak will only surrender. There are many weak people in this world, and there are Many are tempted by them. Hate these weak people, because they will surely fall at the feet of demons and traitors. Have no mercy on them, let alone ignore their innocent cries - it would be better for a hundred innocent people to fall to the wrath of the Emperor , and don’t want to kneel down to the devil alone.”
This passage is excerpted from "Teaching Collection: One".
A guide book to the Ordo daemons.
Fu Qinghai raised the book in his hand and said:
"Applying this sentence to both of us, I am the strong one and you are the weak one. You should obey me. And I don't have to pay attention to your grumblings and complaints, right?"
"wrong."
Sid Nora was not offended.
Instead, he shook his head calmly and said:
"You misinterpreted the original meaning of the "Teaching Collection", and I don't think I am the 'weak one'."
"Then how do you think I sneaked into the Tribunal headquarters quietly? Have you ever thought about this problem?"
Fu Qinghai spread his hands and said with a smile:
"The mortal guards, armed servitors, and servo skulls in the entire base didn't even notice my presence, so they just let me in. You face me, just like those innocent mortals described in the "Teaching Collection" Just like the Inquisitor, to me, there is not much difference between you and ordinary mortals. We are all weak, and we are all beings that can be killed with a wave of your hand."
As soon as Fu Qinghai finished speaking, all the lamps in the room suddenly turned on, and the originally dark and gloomy room suddenly became brightly lit. Fu Qinghai snapped his fingers again, and suddenly all the lights in the room went out.
Sid Nora's face looked a little confused for a moment, but she also knew in her heart that based on her friendship with Qingshan, he would not really attack her because of this matter. He was just showing off his threatening methods.
"You have some prejudices against the Inquisition, Qingshan."
Sid Nora lowered his head and sighed.
"At least I'm not prejudiced against you yet."
Fu Qinghai put his hands behind his head and said:
"Think about it."
"I thought it through very clearly."
Sid Nora shook his head firmly and said:
"I will not follow you to the future. You don't understand the situation here, Qingshan. The Tribunal is very complicated. There are many factions within this huge and bloated institution, and it has been given almost unlimited power, although I am the one with this power. Beneficiary, although I also enjoy the process of controlling this power, I have to say that this organization must be controlled by me personally to ensure that it is always on the right path.”
Sid Nora said sincerely:
"I am not a person who is greedy for power. I choose to stay because this is my responsibility and my obligation. I want to ensure that the largest order in the Holy Tribunal, the Demonic Tribunal, is always on the right track. . The battles and strife within the Tribunal are very cruel. I am the representative of the Occupier Faction. If I follow you, this faction will be bloody and suppressed by the Purity Faction Inquisitors until it is completely destroyed."
Spectators?
Fu Qinghai had never heard of this faction.
It’s not his fault. There are too many factions within the Gein Tribunal, which can usually be roughly divided into the Purist faction and the Radical faction. Fu Qinghai knows that Sid Nora belongs to the Radical faction, but the Radical faction can be subdivided into: Like Western sect, Immolation sect, Horus sect, Reunion sect, Istvan sect...
There are no factions in the party, and there are all kinds of strange things.
Each Inquisitor has his or her own unique vision of how to revive the Imperium of Man. Sid Nora now serves as the Grand Master of the Tribunal of the Holy Hammer Order, and is somewhat of a party leader. She cannot leave her position easily, otherwise the faction she represents will lose in the struggle.
Sid Nora said a lot of high-sounding words, but the last two sentences finally hit the point: she couldn't leave because of party strife, and she shouldered the burden of the faction.
"You want to place someone of your own in the Tribunal. I can understand this request. This problem is easy to solve. It does not necessarily require me to follow you to the future. I have a daughter who is also a demon judge. The Tribunal does not People know my relationship with her, but I will try my best to promote her and ensure that she can be your support in the future. Of course, I also very much hope that you and your war group can be her support."
Sid Nora offers her solution.
"Wait...you have a daughter?"
Fu Qinghai looked at the Grand Master of the Tribunal in surprise.
"What's so strange about this?"
Sid Nora chuckled and shrugged:
"I was young once, and I was beautiful once. If I could be ten or twenty years younger, and if you were not a space warrior, I wouldn't mind having a vigorous relationship with a handsome man like you... But now, I have given my all to the Emperor."
Look at what you said...
Fu Qinghai thought to himself:
How dare you conclude that Qingshan Khan doesn't like mature women?
"No...that's not the point."
Fu Qinghai quickly waved away the messy thoughts in his mind and said in a serious tone:
"Do you know what the 'future' I mean is? I was carried away by the turbulence of time in the storm to seven hundred years later, and now I have traveled back from seven hundred years later - note, it is not ten years or twenty years. , a full seven hundred years! Every timeline I discuss with you is in units of 'hundred years' or even 'thousand years'. Why can your daughter live beyond a thousand years? Is it possible that she is the same as Malcador? The Immortal?"
"No, she is not immortal."
Sid Nora slowly shook his head and said:
"But I'm pretty sure she can be your support in the future, and I'm sure she'll be as fully supportive of your cause as I am, because you're both the same kind of people."
The same kind of people? What's the meaning?
Fu Qinghai was thinking about this sentence.
"You and her are both reincarnators."
Sid Nora has already revealed the answer.
"puff……"
Fu Qinghai spit out a sip of coffee.
Sid Nora smiled.
Until this moment she finally smiled happily.
Ever since Fu Qinghai secretly sneaked into the Tribunal headquarters, Sid Nora has always been at a disadvantage in this negotiation or confrontation. Because she didn't know how Qingshan sneaked in here quietly, and how he controlled the electronic equipment in the room as he pleased. But now, she finally got back the game, revealed Qingshan's true identity in one sentence, and made him show such an expression, Sid Nora was secretly proud.
"Do you think we are unaware of it? Do you think we know nothing? Then you underestimate the Tribunal, Qingshan. Although our reputation is indeed not good, we are not just for free. When it comes to my Location, many secrets are no longer secrets to me. This is not the first time I have come into contact with reincarnations. I only held one in my dungeon some time ago. Every once in a while, his figure will disappear, and after another period of time, he will appear again. You will return to the dungeon. You are like fragments in the long river of time, and the Order of Space and Time has noticed you a long time ago."
Sid Nora spread his hands and said with a smile.
The Order of Time and Space is the Time Tribunal of the Inquisition.
Similar to the Time Anomaly Administration in the Marvel Universe.
It's just that the status and rights and responsibilities are far inferior to the latter.
"So your plan is..."
Fu Qinghai narrowed his eyes and wiped his mouth and asked.
"This universe is too cruel. As a judge who fights against non-material existence, this is not power but danger. Take care of my daughter for me, Qingshan, I am asking you, because we have fought side by side. .”
Sid Nora spoke sincerely.
"All right……"
Fu Qinghai nodded helplessly.
In the end, he could not convince Sid Nora to leave with him, but the Grand Master of the Inquisition also gave her a solution, a solution that was beyond his expectation.
The two looked at each other speechlessly for a moment.
At this moment, the iron door in the room, which was as thick and precise as a bank vault, suddenly heard a sound of mechanical rotation. The two of them turned their heads to look. Fu Qinghai was especially surprised - because he did not order Qinghun to Opening the iron door means that the iron door is being opened from the outside.
"Kacha..."
The steel gate slowly opened outward.
An acolyte bowed and walked in quickly.
"What are you doing? I told you that no one can enter here without my permission!"
Sid Nora immediately turned around and shouted.
"Lord Sid Nora."
The acolyte lowered his head so much that he didn't even see the Space Marine sitting in front of Sid Nora. He just raised an arm and pointed behind him, and said in a trembling voice:
"Yes... he is a captain of the Forbidden Army."
Imperial Guards? Is there someone in the palace?
Qingshan Khan and Sid Nora were stunned at the same time, and then they stretched their heads to look outside. Then they saw a tall golden figure standing in the passage outside the door. The top of the long golden helmet was a cornrow-like red tassel. In his hand was a power spear combined with a bolt gun, and he stood there quietly, without saying a word.
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