Chapter 557 The Rise of the Lion King: The Mystery of the Shooting

"I never wanted my Legion to betray."

"He will never betray."

"I am your father."

"You were never my father! You betrayed us!"

"You betrayed us! If he wants to get this world, he will only get ashes!"

"Vito?, Constantine, can you hear me?" Someone called softly, Vito opened his eyes suddenly, hazy optical fiber pierced his eyes, he blinked, sat up and rubbed his forehead, he Discovering that he was wearing a coat, a black coat with the Imperial Star Eagle outlined in gold threads, Vito looked to the side and saw Loken leaning there.

He stood outside the cabin door and bent down to look at Vito, "You finally woke up, but it's not surprising. You are too tired. We have already arrived." "Whose coat belongs to you?"

As he spoke, Vito took off the coat that covered him, bent down and got out of the helicopter cabin. The cold sunshine fell on his face along with the snow on the plateau, and the biting cold wind instantly entered from outside the cabin sliding door, and from his After pouring it into the cuffs and collar, Vito suddenly became more awake.

He jumped off the helicopter and put his coat on his wrist. Loken nodded and motioned to the side, "Kane's. When he saw you fell asleep, he took off his coat and covered you."

But Vito didn't need to worry about Kane's health. He saw that he was wearing another coat, a heavy military coat from Valhalla, with three stars of military rank on his shoulders, and its owner would It was draped over Kane's shoulders and buttoned up for him, "Commissar, this way you won't get cold."

"Colonel, what are you wearing? Are you aware that you are just wearing a shirt?" Kane asked Castine, looking very concerned. The latter smiled and turned over the fur-covered shirt for Kane. The collar part said, "I am from Valhalla and I am not afraid of the cold. Besides, the temperature here is even colder than the summer in Valhalla."

Castine took a step back and saluted Kane, "You worked hard last night, political commissar. You didn't sleep all night. You can go and rest. Now, it's my turn to do what I should do." "Everyone came out together. , You worked hard last night, make sure you get some rest and don't get exhausted." "Of course, for the sake of the emperor."

Castine turned and walked towards the blond Sulla. She was wearing an open coat with several armed belts full of ammunition across it. Seeing Castine approaching, she immediately stood up and saluted her, "Captain."

"Okay, tell me what's going on here." Castine said and walked over, waving his hand for Sulla to follow. The latter looked at Kane and saluted him with the iconic expression of the Valhalla. After that, he turned around and followed Castin. A voice came from a distance, "The whole regiment is ready. We are waiting for orders, but the communication system..."

The sound gradually faded away. Kane stood on the runway of the airport wrapped in a military coat. The cold wind blew. He subconsciously started to fight and wrapped his coat tightly. Laughter came from behind, "You really don't look like them." Commissar of Valhalla."

"Because I'm afraid of the cold?" "No, because your personality is more like the warm sunshine in summer than the ice and snow in winter." Kane looked behind him and saw Vito walking towards him with his political commissar coat on his wrist, red The belt slipped out of his clothes and hung from his wrists, rising and falling with his steps.

Vito stepped forward, came to Kane and returned the coat to Kane. The latter shook his head and pointed to the coat he was wearing, then smiled at Vito and motioned for him to put it on too. "It's strangely cold here, since they still say it's hot here."

"Then you have never seen Fenris people. If they were here, they would probably run naked." Vito said, opening his coat and putting it on his shoulders again. The two stood together on the runway with flying snowflakes, Snowflakes all over the sky danced among the surrounding aircraft, and the airflow from the turbine nozzles penetrated the airport runway.

The helicopter stopped behind them, the propellers roaring above their heads, and it didn't seem to have stalled. Vito yawned and turned to look at the helicopter. Kane also glanced at him and rubbed his dark circles, "I didn't sleep. Awake?"

"I didn't sleep last night. Like you, she will go back as soon as possible to pick up the rest of you. Have any of you seen her?" "Her?" "You already know, right? Living saint." "Ah, you Speaking of her, she didn’t expect that now that the living saint has arrived here, Jurgen is still praying, together with some people in the group who have never believed in anything before.”

Vito looked at the hangar where the bells were ringing in the distance. The prayers led by the priest and the ringing of the bells came with the wind and snow. Many believers followed the priest's words devoutly, including men. There are women, but what is not doubtful is that they probably have never thought of believing in those things before.

This is not surprising. Although the Astra Militarum always shouts the Emperor's blessing verbally, it is more of a verbal habit. Just like everyone in the Empire, it is difficult for you to see a group of people who have been fighting various monsters all year round. Each and every comrade-in-arms sacrificed, or after they had prayed to the empire before, it is difficult for you to make the remaining people really believe in something.

The so-called living saint? Oh, most of the living saints were posthumously canonized. Before their heroic sacrifice, no one saw them perform any miracles. It was just like a military medal, which was just a meaningless consolation after the fact. It was not a warning to others. Not to the dead, but to the living.

But the living people all know the fact that no one is protecting them. Except for the gun in their own hands, their comrades are replaced one after another after death, leaving behind deeds that will be quickly forgotten. Most people even I don’t remember the names of people who didn’t survive a week.

This is the case with soldiers. Although there are no atheists in the trenches, the so-called God or the Divine Emperor is still too far away from them. The so-called miracles have never saved them. Many people will never see any so-called emperor's messenger in their lifetime. .

All that is left are empty habits, just a kind of psychological comfort and time-killing between battles.

But now, it seems that after the coming of the Living Saint, these semi-atheists finally believed that the God Emperor was protecting them. After regaining their faith, they began to pray devoutly. Although they had not prayed for many years, the scriptures sounded strange. It was intermittent and disorganized, but judging from the sound, they were still trying very hard to be pious.

"The war is about to begin." Kane sighed, looking quite distressed. Vito did not seem to notice this, and continued to look at the emperor's shrine outside the battlefield church. The small shrine was set up next to the church. It is placed on a cart and covered with a cover to facilitate movement with the army. Open the small door in front of the box and you can see the statue of the god with candles inside.

"Is Celestine here?" Vito asked casually. Kane shook his head and looked towards the distant horizon, "No, not here anymore. I haven't seen her, but Braun has. , he said that after the Living Saint came to convey the news of stopping intervention, he flew to the sky to find other military camps to notify. The communication system is still paralyzed and the message can only be transmitted manually. "

Vito nodded. He clasped his arms on his chest. The collar of his coat fell from both sides of his arms. The cold wind shuttled between the hems of the clothes, making it tremble up and down. He looked around the airport, which was already in preparation for war. , a large number of fighter planes were parked on the runway, and the engines had already been preheated and turned on. Hot smoke and the aftermath of the ion flame were fanning at the nozzles.

After the heat wave that blurred the vision, a large number of Astra Militarum troops also gathered here. They sat on the runway in companies and platoons, sitting on the edge of the transport plane, carrying parachute bags and guns on their backs and chests. The straps hung around the legs, making everyone look like a ball, so they had to sit on the ground.

Vito looked elsewhere. Next to the paratroopers, small armored vehicles and parachute light vehicles were driving into the belly of the huge transport aircraft. Its multiple engines were lined up side by side, roaring on the runway, blowing out billowing hot air. Mixed with cold air, it turned into a large white mist.

"It seems that your people are all ready." Vito asked. Kane also looked at them and nodded, shrugged his shoulders, and put his coat back on after the jet engine blew it off his shoulders. He took a breath. He sniffed and said, "Although communication has been cut off, everyone knows that the situation is serious, so the regiment has prepared for the war on its own. It is estimated that other troops are similar, but I really hope that there will not really be a fight."

"I thought you would, Hero Commissar Kane." Vito looked at the wings of the transport plane and said with a smile, while Kane just smiled bitterly, shook his head, and turned to look at the Tau not far away. The envoys, they gathered in their own group, away from all the humans at the airport.

The leader, Il Solas, seemed to be fidgeting with his communicator, but it was obvious that the thing did not work as expected. Perhaps it was due to the lack of the blessing of Ohm Messiah. He slapped the intercom vigorously, but judging from his expression, , that thing showed no signs of getting better, and was still silent.

"I still hope that they can make it clear to their superiors not to let the Tau people enter the city, otherwise they will have to fight." Kane smiled helplessly, "Can the fight be won?" "No one knows Whether the war can be won, only the dead can see the moment of victory, and the emperor." "I didn't expect you to read Plato." "I read all kinds of books occasionally. It's so boring in the transport ship."

Vito turned around, stretched out his hand from under his coat and pointed at the Tau, "Would you like to introduce me? Who are these guys who may want to fight with us?"

Kane raised his head and gestured to the one tapping the walkie-talkie, "That's Il Solas, at least I remember it was this name. Their names are both hard to pronounce and hard to remember. He doesn't like us, Tau Ambassador." After he died, he pulled out the gun and almost caused a fight. "

"It seems that someone has persuaded him, is it your personal charm?" Vito smiled jokingly, and Kane also smiled and shook his head, "I'm afraid not, old friend, I remember, he was the first to think The one who collapsed was the governor, and the second one was me. The one who tried to stop everyone from getting mad was the one next to him, Renly Isos."

Vito saw the Tau. He thought it was the Tau who took the initiative to shake Vito's hand and asked him to pull him up. He was a friendly guy. Although he didn't know if he was really friendly or just pretending. The Tau's face was very... It's hard to change their expressions, and the same goes for their words. Only when they pull out their guns do you know if they're angry.

The biologists of the empire believe that it is the primitive body structure of the Tau that prevents them from evolving complex emotional nerves, so they always have that paralyzed face. Although, it also increases their chances of winning in diplomacy. After all, when you When you can't read your opponent's mind, it's hard to win, or even just get an advantage.

But now it seems that Renly is the calmest one among them, and he doesn't have too much hostility towards humans, which can be seen at a glance. He is comforting El Solas, saying something in their strange language that sounds more like drinking water, while Solas responds to him with a voice that sounds more like a flood, pointing at the humans around and shouting.

The paratroopers cast displeased eyes at them. They don't understand the words, but they know what they mean by the understanding emotions in the words. Fortunately, Renly pulled Solas over in time and didn't let him continue to talk, so as not to cause more conflicts that no one wants.

"It seems that there are rational people among them, the Tau ambassador, how do they react when they die?" Vito hid his hands back in his coat. His hands were frozen. After all, the two of them stood not far behind the transport plane, and the airflow from the propulsion engine kept blowing, bringing a biting cold wind.

Kane also hid behind the coat, and the whole person looked like a gray-green stick, with only his head exposed, proving that he was not a stick, although, it looked more like a chocolate roll.

"Il Solas drew his gun on the spot, yelling that he was going to kill the governor, and then everyone else at the banquet drew their self-defense weapons, and they almost started fighting on the spot."

"How did the ambassador die? Did you see it clearly?" "He was shot, it must have been a gunshot. I heard the gunshot, and only the ambassador's head exploded." "Did you see the gunman?"

Kane shook his head and used his shoulders to prop up his coat, letting the fluff on the collar stick to his cheeks. The airflow of the propeller made the fluff dance like a wheat field. "No, I was talking to Brody at the time, talking about whether there was a possibility of a fight, but now it seems that unless they work hard enough, we don't have to ask this question anymore."

Vito also looked with Kane. The diplomat of the Ministry of Political Affairs was at a shortwave communicator not far away. The radar antenna kept turning around above, making sound waves that could be heard by the ears. The diplomat was anxiously leaning against the side and stamping his feet, waiting for the communication system to be back online.

"It seems he has enough to do." "And it has to be fast, otherwise when it starts, we only need to notify the Astra Militarum Command to prepare for war." Vito added, the hot air from his mouth touched the cold wind and turned into white smoke in an instant. When he said this, his voice seemed to become very cold in the cold air.

"Did anyone see the gunman?" Kane shook his head and glanced at Castin, who was staying with the officers of the regiment in the distance, listening to them with his arms folded and a serious expression. "At that time, we were all attracted. No one saw who fired the gun, but El Solas thought it was the governor. He almost pulled out a gun and killed him at that time. He was very emotional."

This is not common. The Titanium people generally do not lose control of their emotions. Imperial research shows that the part of the Titanium people's brain nerves responsible for emotions is generally dormant. In addition, the teachings of the Greater Good make them often indifferent like machines.

But it is not absolute. In some parts of the Tau, such as the warriors of the Fire Clan, their emotional nerves are particularly active. Perhaps as warriors, they can sense a lot of rich emotions. El Solas looks like a member of the Fire Clan, while Renly is from the Air Clan.

The latter is known for being a rich source of officials, diplomats and scholars in the Tau Empire. Its representativeness is calmness, absolute rationality and restraint. Even if a gun is pointed at his head, there will be no emotional fluctuations. That's why he has been so calm. Even after the ambassador was killed, he was still able to persuade Solas to put down the gun instead of pulling it out with him.

But Solas is different. He is a member of the Fire Clan and has just lost his ambassador. He has failed his mission and the responsibility of a warrior, so he is particularly angry and excited, showing the rage that the Tau should not have.

Kane and Vito looked at Solas, who shook off Lanli's hand and shouted loudly with his gun raised. He hit the communicator with the muzzle of the gun, as if shouting something, while Lanli kept scanning the paratroopers, urging him to calm down.

"It doesn't look like a good thing." "It should be. He probably wants to kill us all or something. He shouted when the hovercraft was shot down before."

Vito smiled at the Fire Clan warrior, then frowned slightly and glanced at Kane, "Do you think it was the Governor?" "Him?" Kane said, looking at the Governor in the distance. He was sitting in a car, a convertible, and kept cursing the servant who escaped with him, why he hadn't prepared the car yet.

He kept waving the cane in his hand, sometimes hitting the car, sometimes hitting the servant's back, making the latter wail. Obviously, he was eager to escape from here, go to his bunker, close the door and hide until the end of the war. As for the rest, leave it to fate. He looked like a typical Imperial Governor.

"I'm not saying anything bad about him. Although he looks arrogant, he has to kill the Tau ambassador." "It's a question whether he can pull the gun out of his waist under his belly." Vito added that, and Kane nodded, indicating that this is what he wanted to say, but it's unknown whether he was so direct.

As a political commissar, Kane would consider the governor's face to some extent, but Vito would not. He would not care about the product of the superposition of idiot and waste. His face is thick enough, and his face is full of fat, which can probably block the direct bullet.

"What a pity. If he had been hit, he probably wouldn't have died." Vito held his hands inside his coat, looking at the incompetent and funny governor. He was sitting on the back of the car, and he flipped over because he was waving his crutches. His servants hurried forward to help him up. Vito rolled his eyes and turned his head away.

He glanced at the surrounding airport, looking at the company of paratroopers sitting on the runway. Some paratroopers in the distance stood up. They stood up at the shouts of the officers and checked each other's equipment. Behind that company, another paratrooper company that had already finished checking lined up and walked towards the transport plane.

The door of the cabin fell and aimed at them. The paratroopers lined up in two rows, carrying guns on their backs and walked towards the transport plane. Vito looked at them and saw a noise coming from somewhere. At first, Vito thought it was the roar of the transport plane engine starting, but soon, as the sound continued to magnify from a distance, he noticed something.

It was not the roar of the engine, but a more slender, sharp sound, like a whistle. Vito listened to the sound and suddenly a memory flashed before his eyes, a beach, a large number of soldiers waiting to board the ship, and when the whistle sounded, the crowd began to riot, yelling, and then the sand flew up.

The paratroopers who were walking towards the transport plane stopped, they leaned together, raised their heads and looked up at the sky, and around them, the remaining paratroopers who stood up and prepared on the runway raised their heads, Castin, and his regiment officers also raised their heads and looked up at the sky.

The governor also leaned against the car, and raised his head with the help of his servants. His servants also looked up at the sky, and there was a noisy Titan, as well as Loken and Sexus.

Kane also raised his head. Vito in front of him had already looked up at the sky. They saw together in the sky, under the sunlight, several black spots appearing from the clouds. They were swooping down rapidly from the sky. Flashes appeared on their bodies, and then they fell rapidly towards Vito. In front of his eyes, memory and reality overlapped.