Chapter 543 The Rise of the Lion King: Overpass Connection

Heavy power armor footsteps trampled across the concrete floor, followed by several other footsteps. They followed behind, behind Judge Amberley Viva, and followed her through the Smelly drainage pipes.

After the attack on the highway, Kane, Vito and his group were led by Amberley from the civilized city above to this place, a place that smelled like stench and was full of sewage and garbage. Kane Walking non-stop among domestic sewage up to your ankles.

Kane really envied Amberley for wearing a suit of power armor so that she didn't have to get dirty and walk in sewage, but he was obviously not so lucky. His political commissar coat and boots seemed to be destroyed.

He didn't ask Amberley why he brought them here, and he knew he shouldn't ask, because Vito didn't ask anything. If he didn't ask, he didn't want to get involved in the matter between the inquisitors, of course, unless The kind that might get you killed.

But as of now, Kane is still alive and well, and the stink here is no worse than Jurgen's. For the Emperor's sake, his poor nose has long been accustomed to this smell, just like last time, Like when he accidentally fell into the orc camp, oh, you really should smell the smell between orcs.

Kane followed the team and kept observing the closed space around him. He subconsciously began to think about where it could be used as a bunker and where it could be used to escape. But this place was not very optimistic. There was nothing to hide in the closed drainage channel. As long as there was a tower ahead. Machine gun, Kane's life probably depends on this.

But it didn't take long for Kane's worries to disappear. He followed Amberley and stepped under the overpass under the urban drainage channel at the end. This is one of the several channels for dredging the city's sewage that has long dried up, but it has long been seen. It has been abandoned for many years, but there are still quite a lot of materials, silt and garbage hidden in it left here.

Above Kane's head, there are towering highways and overpasses. They span over the man-made canyon, and they will not notice anything in this inconspicuous corner below. And here, there is indeed a group of people waiting for them. .

It seems that this is the place where Amberley talked. It is indeed very hidden. Kane must admit that he immediately looked at the guys in front of him. There were two groups of people. One wave was obviously Amberley's people, that is, the trial Kane knew two of the people in the court, the Star Rainer girl who looked thin and pale. She still didn't seem to like Jurgen very much. Whenever Jurgen came near her, she would start to get hysterical. was talking to himself, so Kane had better not let Jurgen go over to shake hands.

The other one is that old guy, what's his name? Cahor? Kane remembered that he was Amberley's think tank. Although he was a strange old guy, he was indeed very knowledgeable.

There are some other people, whom Kane doesn't recognize. Amberley always has all kinds of strange subordinates. These two look the same. One of them looks like a mercenary, wearing a black jacket. The breastplate and refraction scales are still attached, and three guns are hung on the waist.

The other one is a mechanical priest, but surprisingly, it is a female priest, and the face is still human, and I have to say, it is also very beautiful.

Kane admired her, and soon saw another group of people, who were not so pleasing to his eyes. There were four vehicles in the gutter, including a truck and three armored off-road vehicles, with legal documents painted on the doors. department's logo, and the abbreviation MLPD, the local law enforcement team.

In front of the car, there were many arbitrators standing all around. They looked serious, wearing bulletproof breastplates and holding laser guns or large-caliber shotguns. Just looking at those things, Kane felt A chill ran down my back.

"Um, someone from the Legal Department?" "You're so observant, how did you find out?" Amberley smiled mischievously, wearing power armor, and went to the truck. The beautiful Mechanic Priest quickly got on. He took off the power armor for her. After all the mechanical arms and brackets in the truck were in place, he quickly opened the chest of the power armor, allowing Amberley, who was wearing blue clothing, to jump out.

She still wore such bright clothes, which was completely different from the low-key black and gray combinations of most inquisitors. Amberley was always more willing to let people notice her. Kane remembered one time, she told herself that it was the opposite. As a matter of fact, if people always notice you, then they won't suspect that you are secretly up to something.

But Kane's mind was not on admiring Amberley's new clothes, but on the arbitrators, especially the one at the head of them. He was wearing a gray coat with a fully armored breastplate underneath. There are protective gears all the way down to the legs.

"I think Commissar Kane means, are these arbitrators really trustworthy? We were just sitting in the car he sent, and then we were attacked." Vito looked at the arbitrator in gray and white clothes in front of him. The officer smiled slightly, "What do you think? Your Excellency the Grand Arbiter Sher."

Kane also recognized the arbitrator. He had seen his face on the list of the planet's government when he attended the tactical briefing before. However, Kane would never attend such briefings seriously. After all, military affairs The information the department has is either wrong or out of date.

But he was lucky. Fortunately, the Ministry of Military Affairs was right on this point. Scheer looked exactly like what he had inadvertently aimed at at the time. He had a strong build, a beard, a man of few words, and a typical look. image of the CEO.

"Grand Arbitrator Scheer is one of his own. He can believe that what happened before was an accident. The Ministry of Justice seems to have been infiltrated, just like the government of this planet."

Amberley walked over as she spoke. She came to Vito, looked at him and smiled, "How should I introduce you to him, Judge Vito Constantine?"

"Inquisitor." Vito responded coldly. Kane seemed to hear something in the words. They were hiding something from him, but he didn't intend to ask. That was a matter for the Inquisition. It was better for him to stay as far away as possible.

"Okay, President Scheer, this is my colleague, the Inquisitor from the Order of the Inquisition, and the other is his companion, Inquisitor Alice from the Inquisition of the Heretics."

"It's an honor." Scheer replied simply, not a word more, and Vito nodded briefly to him. He knew that Amberley was the one who would really answer the question and explain it.

"It seems that the location of our meeting with the arbitrator has been changed here." "Indeed, the Ministry of Justice has been infiltrated. I believe you can also see that the attack during the previous parade and the accident on the highway have all It proves something." "Huh, why aren't you surprised at all?"

Vito smiled mockingly and looked in the direction of Arbitrator Sher, "What about his people?" "They are reliable. I believe in them, Judge." Sher explained confidently, without any shame. He was calm, quite calm, despite the panic that might come with being an Emperor's Inquisitor.

Vito looked at him and looked at the arbitrators again, and then Amberley interjected, "Arbitrator Scheer, and his people are cooperating with me to investigate the separatists hiding in the dark. "

"Then have you found out?" "Well, we have found out part of it. This is a complicated network, but we have already figured out part of it. We have tracked them down and learned about their plan to assassinate Commissar Kane. and stopped them."

Kane looked worried. Why would every enemy of the empire target him? Why don't they change their target, like Castin or Braun? But yourself?

Kane complained in his heart, but no one noticed it. Vito was still looking at Amberley, "Indeed, it was just a little late to stop it, or in other words, it was almost too late."

"We are short of manpower and cannot cover everything, but we will try our best. Now we have some clues. At least we know that the entire planetary government has been infiltrated like a sieve. The local governor has seriously neglected his duty."

"He is just a stupid imbecile, just like most governors." Scheer added, his face full of disdain. Vito snorted and put his hands behind his back, "Then this imbecile knows that he has been Controlled, or don’t know?” “Well, I suspect it’s the latter.”

Amberley smiled cutely, as if talking about a childish child again, and maybe it was very vivid. Vito hummed and put his hands behind his back, "As expected, have you investigated the local Rogue Trader Guild?"

"You mean, someone among them colluded with pirates?" "Yes, have you found out?" "Basically, it's clear. The family of the president of the Rogue Trader Guild has been trading with the Tau for many years, and they have earned a lot of money. With so much money, someone in the guild was jealous, to be precise, so he colluded with the pirates to attack the guild leader’s family’s trading fleet, intercept his goods, and share them with the pirates.”

"In other words, they have nothing to do with the Tau?" Vito asked. Amberley shook his head briskly, "We haven't found out yet whether they have anything to do with the Tau, but we can confirm that some pirates have something to do with the Tau. There are connections, like local separatists.”

"It's a pity that the clue has been lost now. On the previous highway, our clue target died in the crossfire, but we will soon trace their new tail again."

Arbitrator Scheer told this disappointing news, but quickly added another paragraph, as if he was afraid of making the two new inquisitors feel sorry. Although Kane knew him, it was more because of Vito. , after all, even Amberley respected him, and even if Scheer didn't know who he was, he knew how powerful he was.

"It's just that it will take a while to track down. The situation is chaotic enough, but since the Space Marines arrived, everything has completely gotten out of control." Amberley said in her sweet alto, her voice was very beautiful, Kane had heard her sing, and it was like a heavenly voice.

"Space Marines?" Vito asked immediately, and Amberley shrugged, a little helpless, "Dark Angels, my news said that their entire group came, and they brought their giant rocks with them, but after they came, He just started looking for and exterminating pirates on his own, refusing to communicate with us or anyone else.”

"This makes the Tau people very nervous. You know, the arrival of the Astartes last time left a profound impact on them." Amberley smiled cutely and looked at Vito in front of him.

"I did not participate in the third expansion of the sky, but I know what you mean, Raven Guard, teach them a lesson." Vito's words surprised Sher and his people, because according to Vito's meaning, the first two times He's involved, that means Vito's age has...

Kane knew this too, but he never asked how Vito maintained such a young body. He knew he shouldn't ask, and he shouldn't be stupid enough to ask.

But Kane was not happy to hear the news, because every time the Astartes appeared, it meant the arrival of a war. They were the angels of death, the war messengers of the Emperor. Wherever they went, there would be war, and it was not small at all. Kane really hoped that he would not be there when they came.

But Vito seemed indifferent and calm, and people could not tell what he was thinking. He raised his head slightly and glanced at Amberley, "I will get in touch with them and find out their purpose. You continue to investigate. If you have any clues, contact me."

"Yes, Lord Inquisitor." Amberley nodded to him respectfully, and then Vito turned around and looked at Kane, then turned his head and pointed to an armored police car next to the arbitrator.

"Your car belongs to us now."