Chapter 2920 (▽) Things are complicated
In the next few days, maybe out of anger or for some other reason, in short, Ali did not go to see Loken again, and Loken didn't pay much attention to it.
After all, for Loken, a leader of a mere rebel army actually questioned his loyalty to the Empire, the Emperor and the Warmaster, and then wanted to slander the Warmaster and alienate himself. Such outrageous things, if not for the other party's
Identity and existence are indeed very important to them. He had already slashed them with a chain sword, so how could he have accommodated the other party for so many years?
Therefore, seeing that Ali seemed to have given up on the boring alienation plot and no longer came to find him, Loken was naturally happy and relaxed, and turned his attention to some more important things.
After all, he has been really busy recently. There are really a lot of miscellaneous matters in the legion, and there are endless troubles. There are also many estrangements between old and new Astartes warriors and the increasing
The bigger the differences needed to be dealt with, he really didn't have much time to play such boring little games of rebellion and alienation with the woman.
Furthermore, judging from the current territory and star map of the empire, Loken knew without much thought that the great Great Crusade might be over in just a few years.
At present, the traditional colonial worlds of mankind have basically been recovered or destroyed. Many alien aliens that have invaded the Imperial galaxy and territory have also been expelled or simply slaughtered. The Emperor also returned to Terra a few years ago to do his work.
There are various arrangements, so the Great Crusade is probably not that old.
Perhaps, after everything is over, he will find time to talk to the Warmaster and their Primarch Horus about Ali's affairs?
Yes!
Ali's matter is very important. Although Loken has been hiding it for many years, if the time is right, he will definitely tell the original Horus, but obviously it is not now.
All he has to do now is just to continue to stare at the other party and firmly restrain the other party on the flagship Vengeful Spirit. As for the boring rebellion game played by the other party, he has never paid attention to it from beginning to end.
Been on.
Anyway!
Everything is normal now. Loken is still busy with his own work. He has already sent a special person to keep an eye on the woman Ali. Since no one has come to report to him, it proves that everything is normal and that the woman is normal.
There is no need for him to interfere, he just needs to be busy with his work.
"Huh?"
"!!"
However, just as Loken in the office was about to pick up another document to sign and read, he unexpectedly saw someone pushing the door open and walking in without notice, which made him subconsciously think it was that guy from Ali.
, and then when he was about to get angry and say something, he was shocked to find that the person coming was actually a good friend of his?
"Togaton?"
"Why do you have time to come to my place?"
Seeing that the person coming was Tarik Togadon, the commander of the second company and one of the 'Council of Four Kings', Loken certainly did not dare to neglect him, so he quickly put down what he was doing and stood up quickly.
Stepped forward to greet him.
You know, when Loken himself was promoted to a member of the 'Council of Four Kings' after the disappearance of the fourth company commander Sejanus on the Canopy Star, Togaton was a big help. Therefore, he naturally followed
The other person became a friend.
Moreover, the other party's relaxed, cheerful and joking nature was very novel to Loken, who had always been rule-abiding and rigid. It was with the help of the other party that Loken quickly adapted to his new identity and integrated into it.
in the circle.
Furthermore, many years ago, it was the other party who personally introduced Loken to the warrior association in the legion, and personally showed him that the Astartes space warriors with different military ranks and philosophies can interact with each other.
It was a novel way of communicating on an equal footing. It was at that time that Loken reluctantly recognized the clique-like association culture.
It's just that recently, the association culture in the legion is different from before. It seems to be a little too widespread, which more or less began to make Loken feel dissatisfied.
Of course, that kind of thing is not important. What is more important right now is: his friend came to see him, so he decided to put aside today's work?
"how?"
"You're not welcome?"
Seeing Loken getting up from behind the desk and coming towards him, Toga couldn't help but grinned when he heard what he said, and then teased him half-jokingly.
"welcome!"
"How can you not welcome me?"
Without saying anything, Loken stepped forward and gave the other party a big hug, then patted the other party hard on the back, then let go and motioned for the other party to follow him to the rest area next to the office, and personally
He brought the other party a cup of hot drink.
"Why do you have time to find me?"
"What big thing happened?"
After handing the drink to the other party and sitting across from him, Loken couldn't help but ask a little strangely.
"ha?"
"I can't come to you if I have nothing to do?"
"You guy..."
"Why are you still so boring?"
"That means I know you well. If you were someone else, you would have no friends if you spoke like this!"
Shaking his head, Togaton smiled bitterly, obviously very dissatisfied with Loken's rigid and boring character.
However, now was not the time to talk about those things. After he saw Loken sitting down, he seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and began to take out a large bottle of wine from a pocket behind him as if he was offering a treasure.
"Look what good things I brought you?"
"I heard that you have been busy with boring things recently, right? Come and try the big treasure I brought back from the newly discovered planet a few years ago!"
"I've been hiding it for a long time. Not only is this stuff very strong, it's also said to be refreshing. It's even more effective than the coffee from Terra?"
With that said, Togaton didn't care whether Loken agreed or not, he directly held the cork of the wine bottle between his two fingers and easily took it out with a pop, then grabbed Loken's cup and took out the wine inside.
After pouring the hot drink away, he filled it with wine.
"??"
Loken raised his head slightly, a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes but he quickly regained his composure.
"Togaton, you always act like this."
"Forget it this time, but remember, this is my office, not a pub. Don't do this next time."
Although Loken is indeed rigid and old-fashioned about certain things, and he would definitely not be able to do things like drinking in the office, but now that his friend is visiting, and the other party is Togaton,
Then he will more or less accommodate the other party.
"Hey--"
Togaton chuckled and didn't say much. He just filled his glass with wine, then he picked up the wine glass nonchalantly and took a sip. He then lay down comfortably on the sofa for entertaining guests and sighed.
:
"Come on!"
"Lorken, life is short, take pleasure in the present."
But as soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to have discovered some grammatical errors in his sentences, and had to quickly add:
"certainly!"
"Our Astartes' lives are not short, but if we fight and kill every day, we may one day be loyal to the Emperor and the Empire. Now that we have the opportunity, we must enjoy ourselves in time!"
"Come!"
"Drink, don't watch!"
With that said, when he saw that Loken didn't take any action, he hurriedly urged him again, as if he wouldn't finish it if the other party didn't drink.
"..."
Shaking his head, Loken had no choice but to pick up the cup and take a sip to feel the fragrance and excitement of the liquid in his mouth. Then he raised his eyes and looked at Togaton with bright eyes.
Because he knew that when the other party came to him, it was definitely not as simple as inviting him to drink. There must be something else going on, and the drinking was probably just incidental.
"What's that look in your eyes?"
"Can't we drink first?"
Togaton, who knew what Loken meant, first covered his forehead and wailed, then picked up the cup in frustration and took a long sip, then put down the cup before sighing and saying:
"All right!"
"Then let's talk about business first..."
"It's like this. I have recently noticed that the trend of association among the soldiers of our legion seems to be becoming more and more popular. Even some companies in the Sixteenth Legion that have never formed associations have been affected.
The situation seems to be getting a little serious and deteriorated?”
"Moreover, some guys have actually begun to worship those ancient evil gods. That's not a good sign."
"In addition, the Warmaster is still recovering and is not too meddlesome, and Abaddon only knows how to fight. Therefore, as an advisor to the Warmaster, I have no choice but to come to you, who is also an advisor."
Yes, that phenomenon made Togaton, who originally supported the warrior association and was even a member of a warrior association, notice something bad. Therefore, today he came to Loken and wanted to see Loken.
Do you have any good ideas?
After all, he and Loken are both members of the Council of Four Kings and captains of a large company under the Sixteenth Legion. Regardless of their status or status, they are suitable and must take care of those things.
"..."
Hearing Togaton's words, Loken frowned subconsciously and folded his hands unconsciously, as if he was thinking about something.
After a long time, Loken nodded and sighed sadly:
"Indeed, I noticed it too."
"The culture of association is spreading up and down the legion, even to the lowest level of ordinary imperial troops. It will not only weaken the discipline of the imperial troops, but what is even more frightening is that the tentacles of chaos may indeed be spreading quietly, and some unscrupulous
The spread of good information also made the soldiers more confused, and even began to have a lot of complaints against the emperor and the empire?"
"We really should take action, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable!"
While speaking, Loken subconsciously remembered what Ali said when she came to look for him a few days ago.
However, although he admitted that there was Chaos and some bad influences and ideas spread among warrior associations, he still wanted to say that Warmaster Horus was corrupted and corrupted by Chaos, and that Warmaster Horus was plotting against the Empire and the Emperor.
Emperor, he would never believe that kind of thing no matter what!
"It's good that you know!"
"It also saves me having to waste my time talking."
Seeing that Loken had indeed realized the seriousness of the problem, Togaton quickly put away his smile and his expression became serious.
"But the problem is..."
"What are we going to do?"
"It's probably impossible to directly order a ban. It might cause backlash and chaos!"
"After all, association culture has a long history, and soldiers need faith and a sense of belonging. It's really difficult for us to handle it!"
"I have actually thought that we should start from the source, strengthen education, let them understand the true glory and loyalty, and then slowly resist the erosion of those bad ideas?"
"But you also know that a warrior association is a small group. Unless we already have people in it, it will not be easy to infiltrate and strengthen loyalty education!"
As he talked, Togaton felt that one of his ideas that had been brewing for a long time seemed a bit naive and had no choice but to look at Loken, wanting to see what Loken's opinion was.
Because he knows that Loken has always been steady, and maybe he can think of some better ways than his ideas?
"You have a good idea!"
Loken nodded, a hint of approval flashed in his eyes and confirmed Togaton's idea.
“But education doesn’t happen overnight.”
"In comparison, I think we need to strengthen the monitoring of association activities. Once we find signs of being involved with chaos, we will try to eliminate them immediately!"
At this point, he paused, his eyes becoming deep and hesitant.
"More importantly, we must find and destroy the penetration points of those chaotic forces and cut off their influence from the source."
"besides!"
"The ordinary imperial troops at the bottom also need to pay attention..."
"Ever since the Emperor left the Great Crusade Fleet and returned to Terra early, both the Astartes and the ordinary Imperial Auxiliaries have criticized the Emperor. If they are used by Chaos, the consequences will not be ours.
All that can be expected.”
Once again talking about some of the Emperor's actions, Loken couldn't help but sigh again.
In his opinion, all the things were not the result of the Emperor leaving the Great Crusade Fleet early and returning to Terra to create the Imperial Council and isolate the Astartes and all the officers of the Great Crusade Fleet in the core power.
Are you causing trouble for outrageous practices outside the circle?
And if there hadn't been that bad thing, how could they have so much trouble now?
However, they can only think about that kind of thing in their hearts and talk about it in private, but they dare not publicize it everywhere. Otherwise, those who risked their lives and fought for more than two hundred years, resulting in countless casualties but
What will the soldiers do when they gain nothing?
"Yes!" "You can do that!"
Togaton didn't think too much. After hearing Loken's thoughts, he immediately patted his thigh, expressing his complete agreement with Loken's opinion.
"I can be responsible for intelligence collection. I have contacts throughout the entire legion. I can always dig out some useful information."
"As for the action, I'll leave it to you, Loken, a mature and prudent commander, to deploy it."
"OK!"
"Then let's split up?"
"But you have to remember that this matter must be kept secret. We cannot let more people know about our plan, so as not to alert the enemy."
"Don't worry, Lorcan."
"Although I like to joke, I will never be ambiguous at critical moments."
"Come and drink to the success of our plan!"
"Dry!"
"Come on!"
“One more drink!”
"??"
"No, I still have some things to do..."
"What do you mean, you don't want to give your brother face?"
"no!"
"I haven't finished some things. It's not good if I drink too much..."
"This is a fine wine that I treasure. If it were that guy Abaddon, I wouldn't give it to him if he wanted to drink it!"
"Come on, come on!"
"Let's each take half, and then I'll leave after finishing this bottle, how about that?"
"..."
In this way, after basic discussions, and at Togaton's insistence, Loken wanted to refuse politely, but in the end he had to violate his long-standing rules under the other party's kindness, and had to work with the other party on his own
In our office, you and I drank one cup after another during working hours.
However……
What Loken didn't know was that on the night when he was drinking with Togaton and had a hangover, his assistant female officer Ali, who almost never had to work, actually came to Lu on the command deck in his name.
In the Pekar Chamber, he knocked on the door of Warmaster Horus' office.
Then, Ali's pupils shrank as she walked in, and then her steps became hesitant.
Because, I don’t know why, Horus who was huddled behind his desk did not turn on the light, but just sat in the darkness, so that this room was originally the largest and most magnificent room on the Vengeful Spirit.
The office looks a bit eerie?
"..."
And when she remembered something Magnus said, knew why, and thought that the Warmaster in front of her must have been completely corrupted and became a member of Chaos, Ali quickly became calm again.
Then, thinking of a plan of her own, she had to pretend to be calm and bravely stepped forward.
"Loken asked you to come?"
"Put your things down and you can go out."
Horus, on the other hand, suddenly made a sound when Ali walked to the desk, and then he snorted impatiently, motioning for Ali to put down the things in her hands, and then get out.
"Your Majesty the Warmaster!"
"I have something else to report!"
However, of course it was impossible for Ali to just go out like this, and even the documents in her hand were just a cover-up she used as an excuse. Therefore, she resisted an impulse that made her tremble and rushed out of the door.
Ya said the words.
"..."
Unfortunately, Horus in the darkness did not answer her immediately, but continued to stare at her with his cold eyes.
"That's right!"
"Commander of the Horus Legion, Captain Loken and others discovered your conspiracy!"
"Including the warrior association being corrupted by Chaos and the fact that you are preparing to isolate and eliminate them, they should have discovered some clues."
Seeing that the other party didn't respond, Ali quickly told her about Togadon's visit to Loken, which she had just learned about today, and some of the things the two of them might have done.
Of course, she didn't know the specific content of the meeting between the two, so she just made a random guess based on the current situation, but even that random guess was enough, because she saw and felt it, and when she said it
After that, the aura on Horus's body instantly became extremely terrifying.
With that kind of crazy energy, momentum, and pressure that makes one's hair stand on end, to be honest, if the opponent suddenly takes action in the next second and launches a brazen attack on her, Ali is not sure that he can withstand it.
In fact, let alone taking action, if the other party wants to do something, just shout, she may not be able to leave here alive today?
"..."
Fortunately, Horus remained silent and had no intention of taking action, which made Ali feel a lot more relaxed.
But what she didn't know was: In fact, Horus had just wanted to take action suddenly and crush her, a woman who came to him rashly and spoke so brazenly, to death!
But Horus didn't do that!
"..."
Because he didn’t know why, Horus seemed to vaguely feel some strange and familiar aura from Ali’s body. Although he didn’t know what it was, it was enough for him to be patient and listen to what she said.
.
"Why did you come to tell me this?"
"Aren't you from Loken?"
Finally, after a while, Horus sneered and asked.
"Not really!"
"I am also the leader of the resistance and the enemy of the empire and the false emperor!"
"And just right!"
"I know Warmaster, you should be doing the same now?"
Seeing that the other party was willing to negotiate rather than take action directly, Ali breathed a sigh of relief and spoke with some confidence.
"snort……"
Horus snorted, somewhat noncommittal.
Because even if a mere mortal has a better brain, it is of little use. No matter how good the brain is, a mortal is still a mortal after all. And when he thought about the Emperor reusing mortals in Terra, he couldn't help but feel angry.
"I don't think it's necessary for me to cooperate with a mortal like you!"
"You are like a group of cockroaches in the sewer. Where would anyone go to talk to cockroaches?"
Yes!
In Horu's view, even if Ali is really that boring so-called leader of the resistance, it still means nothing to him. Regardless of whether he rebels against the Empire and the Emperor or not, the existence of the other party has not been taken seriously by him.
value, let alone talk about cooperation.
Although, the information the other party brought may indeed be of some use?
"I am the Immortal..."
"I wonder if you are satisfied with this answer?"
"at the same time!"
"My psychic powers should be of some use to you, Warmaster?"
With that said, Ali no longer hid, and her body began to emit waves of terrifying spiritual energy. At the same time, her body and eyes began to flash with that kind of terrifying spiritual energy that might be powerful enough to hurt and threaten Horus.
lightning.
As for the 'Eternal One', it is one of the many secrets that Ali learned from Magnus. Although she is not sure whether she is one, but now that there is a need and it is possible to increase her bargaining chip, she might as well be her
Let's use it for now.
"Warmaster!"
"Warmaster?"
Sensing something unusual in the office, the two Chaos Astartes Space Marines outside the door pushed open the door and rushed in immediately. Then they subconsciously wanted to raise the muzzle of the bolter and shoot at Ali.
.
"go out!"
"It's none of your business!"
However, Horus waved them away in time, and after seeing them obediently exit and close the door, he looked at Ali with interest and gave a rare smile.
"very good!"
"Woman, now that you have proven your worth, tell me, how do you want to cooperate?"
And Horus obviously also knew about the immortals among humans. In fact, there were actually quite a few immortals. As far as he knew, the emperor who was currently in Terra was once his father, son and close friend.
The false emperor may be one of them?
And now, since there is an immortal psyker who is not too weak, he comes to him and seeks cooperation, and the other party is also the leader of the rebels. He has always been doing things to resist the empire and the emperor, and at the same time, he has brought
Now that the information is coming, he doesn't seem to have many reasons to object?
“It’s easy!”
"I can provide you, Warmaster, with more intelligence and some troop support, and even help you control the legions and identify certain loyalist fighters, while Warmaster, you only need to give us some operational conveniences and powers?"
"If possible..."
"Give us a planet or a galaxy, that would be even better!"
Since it was cooperation and the other party showed great interest, Ali naturally opened her mouth.
Because she knows that sometimes, the more greedy you are, the more trust you can gain from the other person!
Furthermore, the conditions are for negotiation. If the price you offer at the beginning is too low, it will make the other party think you are worthless, or make the other party look down on you, then the gain will outweigh the loss.
"interesting…."
"Can you tell me more specifically?"
If it were in the past, such a guy, even a powerful psyker and immortal, would have been blasted away by Horus long ago.
However, the situation is different now.
Since his career had just started, and since the other party was the one he had chosen to cooperate with and seemed to be of some use, he felt that even a mouse or a cockroach should be allowed to shine. After pondering for a long time,
Finally, I got patient enough and prepared to have a good listen.
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Chapter completed!