Chapter 492, identification

Chapter 492, identification

"Naldo Crow? What Naldo Crow, I don't know this guy."

In the Supreme Council, Norberto sneered and said:
"You must have evidence when you speak. Don't blame Gu Hang for everything he encounters. Who knows if he has offended someone?"

Ou Juren was a little helpless.

He brought the matter of Norberto illegally instructing the Assassin's Court to assassinate Gu Hang to the Supreme Council.

Not surprisingly, Norberto completely denied the accusations.

Moreover, there is indeed no sufficient and conclusive evidence to prove that it was Norberto who did it.

This was already expected. Norberto's finishing touches were very clean. The key person who could correct him, the Assassin Mentor Naldo Crow, has disappeared. I am afraid that he disappeared soon after issuing the mission order. . Other evidence was either not critical enough or was not collected.

In short, it is very difficult to beat him to death.

However, since it was something that had been expected for a long time, Ou Cureen was not disappointed.

Everyone knew it was Norberto who did it, and to a certain extent, that was enough.

Assassination is a bad rule and undermines the bottom line of politics. The anger caused by this not only made the forces that were originally on the opposite side angry, but also made some original neutrals and even those who vaguely stood on Norberto's side feel dissatisfied.

He didn't pay any price - although Gu Hang was assassinated, he didn't die!
But the enemy paid a huge price, exposed huge flaws, and gained nothing!

This is a great opportunity!

Ou Juren has prepared a basket of proposals, from reducing the authority of the Ministry of Military Affairs, to expanding the legitimacy of Gu Hang's alliance, to deciding on the vacant and unobtained position of Deputy Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, to finding ways to kill a few people. A key role in Norberto's faction...

The most important move is to use this matter to launch an investigation into Norberto. Regardless of whether evidence can be found to kill Norberto, at least after entering the investigation process, Norberto, as the person under investigation, will definitely not be able to continue to exercise his power smoothly.

Naturally, Norberto would not give in so easily.

"Prime Minister Ogüren's proposal is so ridiculous! Without any evidence, such a humiliating investigation can be launched against me and a high lord! This is simply a shame!"

"I can't help but ask: If now I suspect that it was you, Ou Curen, who directed and acted all this, assassinated Gu Hang, and framed the blame on me, then can I also request that Ou Curen be investigated?"

Norberto was rebutting, arguing, or in other words, messing around.

His opposition really had some effect.

The whole parliament was in a row.

'Tower, tower, tower'…

Heavy footsteps came from the door.

The Supreme Council Hall quickly became quiet.

This is the sound of power armor.

In the venue, the Space Marine representative subconsciously touched his waist but found nothing.

When you come in for a meeting, you are not allowed to bring weapons.

That was all they could do, watching helplessly as the door to the conference hall was pushed open.

The first ones to walk in were the two golden armored warriors.

Seeing them, the high lords breathed a sigh of relief.

Emperor's Imperial Guard, that's okay.

In the history of the empire, the Imperial Guard has never participated in anything like a palace coup.

On the contrary, in many palace coups, the imperial army sometimes played a passive role in terminating the coup.

For those who consider themselves to be the true guardians of the Emperor, even though the Emperor has ascended to godhood, isn't the palace still there? Although protecting the emperor is still their first mission, there is no need; then, protecting the imperial palace is their most important mission at the moment. If you want to make a coup, just do it. It has nothing to do with the Forbidden Army. I don't care what you mortals are doing. However, it is not possible to mess up the palace. Whoever does it will do it.

In the palace, there really is no one who can compete with the imperial army.

The people who pushed the door open now were the Imperial Guards. There should be no need to worry about a group of rebels coming in and attacking all the high lords with bolt guns.

But what are these forbidden troops, who usually have no interest in the political situation of the empire, suddenly coming over to do?
Immediately after the two imperial guards, there was a whole team, led by a centurion.

Surrounded by these forbidden troops, there were four more people.

Three of them stood side by side, and the other one was tied up and pressed in.

The three people standing were all familiar to everyone.

The Executive Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Bogeia Gallardo, the Grand Master of the Assassin Court, Clement, and the leader of the Alliance, Gu Hang.

The people behind who were tied up and dragged in by the imperial guards were very strange.

Everyone couldn't help but look at Ou Curen. Gallardo and Gu Hang can now be regarded as members of Ou Curen's faction.

But at this moment, the expression on Ou Curen's face was also quite surprised, as if he had not expected this.

At the same time, the high lords immediately noticed that there was one person present who had the biggest reaction: Norberto.

He was still trying hard to appear calm, but his face began to turn pale, and there were fine cold sweats breaking out on his forehead in the conference hall where the temperature was suitable, but many people noticed it.

There are some smart people here.

From the unusual actions of the Forbidden Forces, the appearance of the Grand Master of the Assassin's Court, and the appearance of the bound man, one could probably guess what happened.

Some people closed their eyes, some looked a little playful, and some laughed without concealment.

The high lords all had different expressions.

In the silence, the Imperial Guards spoke first.

The centurion said that they had concluded the review of Gu Hang. Gu Hang's identity as a psyker had been recognized by the Psychic Order, and the information had been updated to an S-class psyker.

But now they want to arrest those who disrupt the palace.

While speaking, the centurion's eyes were always fixed on Norberto.

"No, it's not... you misunderstood..."

The Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs opened his mouth and tried to defend himself palely.

But the Centurion interrupted him.

"I would like the three witnesses involved, Clement, Gu Hang, and Gallardo, as well as the prisoner Nardo Crow, to explain the situation first."

Clement nodded slightly and spoke: "Gentlemen, please allow me to introduce to you, the person behind me, Naldo Crow. He is an assassin mentor. After the assassination, I immediately checked The Assassin’s Court has never received an action order from the Supreme Council. This order was a direct action order issued by Crowe in violation of the rules.”

Gallardo took over the conversation: "I invited Grand Master Clement to go to the Forbidden Army station to visit Gu Hang and discuss the whole matter. After learning about Crowe's escape, Mr. Gu Hang said that he Victim, I hope I can be of some help.”

Gu Hang took advantage of the situation and said: "I just happened to have some abilities. I used my spiritual power to find out how Naldo Crow escaped. The Emperor's Imperial Army personally attacked and captured the disguised man outside the palace at Terra 46 Starport. Nardo."

"Impossible, how did you..." Naldo Crow couldn't help but ask.

He really scratched his head and couldn't figure it out.

He thought his departure was seamless. However, no one answered his question. When he continued to ask, he was kicked by a forbidden soldier behind him.

"Shut up, you have the right to answer questions. Who is the person who ordered you to illegally issue action orders?"

No matter how unwilling Nardo Crow was, he could only tell the truth at this time: "It's Prime Minister Norberto."

"You're lying!"

Norberto roared, but it was meaningless.

……

After the meeting, Ou Cuiren, Gallardo, and Gu Hang gathered again in a secret room.

In the meeting that just ended, they won a resounding victory.

Although the process of removing a high lord from his position or removing a Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs is not simple, the Forbidden Army does not care that much.

They respect the authority of the imperial government and follow whatever procedures are required.

However, the people took it away first.

Norberto fell into the hands of the Forbidden Army and may not be able to get out.

His downfall will trigger a series of chain reactions.

The most direct thing is that Gallardo has the idea of ​​going further.

Before, he was still thinking about competing for the position of deputy prime minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, thinking about the position that Wang Suan would stay after he retired.

But now, he really has a chance to get the position of Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs!
He is originally the highest-ranking executive minister, and there are only three people above him: the prime minister and two deputy prime ministers.

One of the kingpins retreated; one, Norberto, was investigated and killed; and the remaining deputy prime minister was Norberto's crony. After the backstage collapsed, he would be the next target to be liquidated.

Then there will be no one up there!

Of course, the new Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs does not necessarily have to be born from the Ministry of Military Affairs. It is not impossible to select people from senior officials in other departments.

But each big boss has his or her own position. Gallardo believes that he can still have a certain advantage in competing with deputy prime ministers from other departments.

Although the difficulty is quite high, it is unlikely that other factions will watch this group of people directly control two seats on the Supreme Council. But this is a matter of struggle, exchange of interests, and political compromise.

However, despite the fact that they had won, the atmosphere among the three people in the secret meeting was not exactly joyful.

Especially Ou Juren, the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Justice, had a rather gloomy look on his face.

"Your actions were too sudden! Even I didn't know! Do you know how much trouble this will cause?"

Ogüren rebuked Gallardo.

Gu Hang said from the side: "You can't blame him for this, and of course, you can't blame me either..."

Later, Gu Hang explained the entire situation to Ou Juren.

When Gallardo took Clement, Grand Master of the Assassin Court, to the Forbidden Army station to look for him, he offered to help find traces of Naldo Crow.

The way to find Naldo was certainly not the psychic technology Gu Hang mentioned.

The guy ran very neatly and had planned it in advance. Even Clement, the great mentor, who could use the abilities of the entire Assassin Court, couldn't find Nardo, let alone relying solely on the power of psychic energy.

The headquarters of the Psionics Order is also in Holy Terra. Although S-level psykers are rare, you can definitely find a few here.

If Naldo could be found using psychic means alone, Gu Hang would definitely not need to take action.

But who gave Gu Hang any trouble?

After the assassination, an activateable event named [Retaliation] appeared in Gu Hang's [Event] panel. It only takes one thousand points of gift to activate.

Gu Hang believed that this was the emperor's blessing.

After activating it, Gu Hang directly obtained Nardo's whereabouts.

The coordinates are updated in real time.

In this way, there will be no problem in arresting the person.

However, the problem lies elsewhere.

Once you catch a Naldo and know its location, anyone can take action. Especially Clement, he is the leader of the Assassin's Court. He has such a young man under him who cheats, colludes with external forces and acts without permission, causing him big trouble. He has an urgent idea to clean up the family.

His assassins are also suitable for this job. Whether it was to kill him on the spot, or to bring him back alive according to the requirements of Guihang and Gallardo, it was all very easy to do.

But they ignored the presence of the Custodes.

It's no wonder that the Forbidden Army has nothing to do with politics. In the past, they were aware of the countless dirty deeds that had happened secretly in the palace, but they never cared about it - as long as you didn't make it public.

All parties have always adhered to this bottom line.

But this time, after the accident was broken, the reaction of the Forbidden Army exceeded many people's expectations.

After Gu Hang completed the review of the Psychic Order (who said hello), the Forbidden Army asked to join the hunt for Naldo.

Someone has to be responsible for dirtying the palace floors.

Who can defeat the Imperial Army? Not even Clement!

They didn't even give Clement, Gu Hang, and Gallardo a chance to discuss.

No one wants to fight with these corny people.

So, the Forbidden Army led the team, Gu Hang showed the way, and Naldo was captured. Coincidentally, the Supreme Council was in a meeting. After the Centurion of the Forbidden Army asked the Marshal of the Forbidden Army for instructions, he came directly to the door with his people.

"...During this process, I really didn't have the opportunity to report the situation to you." Gallardo gave a concluding explanation at the end.

"Huh..." After Ou Juren heard this, his face looked a little better.

Indeed, after this whole process, there is really no opportunity to report.

But he still couldn't help but have a headache: "Sigh... But it's still very troublesome... All the high lords saw that you walked in with the Forbidden Army. No one would think that the Forbidden Army came together with us, but who Everyone will murmur that we have broken the rules and actively used the Forbidden Army to introduce this uncontrollable force. This is the unspoken rule that everyone has always understood.

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4k, make up for yesterday.

Thanks to the [Mountain-Building Ax] boss for his 4th alliance leader reward!
Thanks to [Hu Yifan] for the second leader reward!
As soon as I saw the two new alliance leaders giving rewards, I felt mixed, as if I was eating candy with a mask of pain...

Of course I would be happy to receive a large reward! But it also means that I owe +40k.

Okay, let’s break 100k directly...

Still owe 106k.

The code words are gone, but there will still be some before dawn. Everyone, try to get up and read them tomorrow, don’t follow me and stay up late...

(End of this chapter)