Chapter 109: One Fish, Three Ways to Eat It

In the empty space, the black ship reached some kind of subtle confrontation with the two cruisers that arrived from the front and rear.

The people on the Foundry Cruiser lost their absolute force advantage after the appearance of the Gray Knight Cruiser and did not know how to continue to carry out their mission.

Do people still want it? Do you want STC? Now that everything is done, do you want to carry out the final cleaning process?

And if he insists on carrying out the cleanup process, he is still confident that he can handle a black ship and three squadrons of Astartes on it.

But what about adding a cruiser of equal firepower? Plus what about the possible Astartes on the cruiser?

When the advantage of force is no longer on one's own side, the passive foundry cruiser has lost control of the entire situation and initiative.

The people on the black ship cherish this delicate balance very much and dare not do anything that might upset the balance.

As for the Gray Knights strike cruisers that finally arrived, their condition was much simpler. Apart from recovering the Gray Knights team on the black ship, they have no other interests.

And that's exactly what a cast cruiser doesn't want to see.

The order it carried when setting out clearly required that in addition to recovering designated persons and items, all bystanders except informants should be cleared away.

But according to the current situation, if it really dares to try this, then according to the lowest risk estimate, it will at least have to resist the jump-binding operation of nearly half a company of Astartes under the siege of two Inquisition ships.

Or a mysterious Gray Knight whose fighting style and armament characteristics are completely unknown!

The eyes of this messenger from Mars are currently performing high-speed analysis and calculation on his current situation, but no matter how he optimizes the plan, the final result of the deduction is that he will inevitably seriously injure more than half of the opponent's troops at the cost of total annihilation. And ended.

As for the mission, it must be a failure.

Since achieving all mission objectives has proven to be completely unfeasible, what about prioritizing mission objectives?

That's easy. The red light representing calculations in the messenger's mechanical eyes ended in a high-frequency flash.

He decided to complete the task according to the minimum completion standards. This was a rare compromise in his daily rigid and rigid style of work as a member of the Mechanicum. It was also his lowest bottom line.

Still connected to the communication signal screen on the black ship, after nearly a minute of silence, his voice came out again:

"Our ship has been ordered to recover specific materials. Father Constantine, please open the deck as soon as possible and complete the return procedure with the cooperation of our ship's personnel."

In the announcement again, the matter about Constantine and the STC on him was deliberately emphasized, and the other two parties present also understood the final statement of the foundry cruiser side:

Calvin and others can leave, and so can the black ship of the Inquisition, and Mars will not hold them accountable. But Constantine and his belongings must stay!

This is the bottom line. If you can talk, talk. If you can't talk, then even if you risk defeat, this foundry cruiser that comes with a mission to Mars will definitely go to war with them!

Calvin and Mavey, who were in the center of attention, stared at each other silently, waiting for the person who should make a statement to make a decision.

In the quiet atmosphere, Father Constantine raised his head, his quiet eyes coming out from under his hood.

He first said to the envoy from Mars: "We will open the deck immediately and ask you to send out personnel."

Then he waved his hand to cut off the communication between the three parties, and apologized to Calvin and Mavey:

"I'm sorry for involving you two in this matter. The situation is like this, and I cannot continue to let you be implicated by me. This journey ends here."

He first looked deeply at the owner of the black ship, the alien judge Ma Wei, and then walked up to Calvin and handed Calvin a palm-sized gear holy symbol common in the Mechanicus. out.

"I don't know when we can return to Mars during this trip, but our deal is still valid. If I return to Mars first, then someone will naturally go to Saturn to fulfill our deal. And if you return first, you can use this as a token to Mars If you ask for remuneration, someone will naturally accept the price of the transaction.”

Under Mavey's gaze, Calvin took the token that Constantine took out in his hand.

"Understood, then have a safe journey." He said to Constantine, although both he and the other party knew very well that this trip would be really unlucky.

The priest did not respond to his blessing, but nodded towards him, then hunched over and walked toward the deck carrying the reliquary containing the STC.

The next thing went much smoother. Under the inspection of people from the foundry cruiser, the broken STC was carefully moved onto the transport boat. Father Constantine was also taken away by these people after his identity was verified. .

Calvin and his Gray Knights also completed the handover here, and after bidding farewell to Inquisitor Mavey, they returned to their long-lost ship on the Thunder Eagle sent by the Revenant Redeemer.

The three spaceships have now achieved their respective goals, and they no longer have any intention of confronting each other. They each move towards their own goals and eventually disappear into the vast universe.

Calvin, who returned to his battleship, moved quickly toward the bridge with the help of the automatic ramp.

The Gray Knights under his command have been properly placed in dedicated barracks, and he does not need to worry about it.

The current matter is to meet with Jules and ask him how he could arrive so timely.

Calvin boarded the ship on the flight deck on the side, which is a long distance from the bridge. While he was using various tools to speed up his pace, he went over the previous things in his mind to check for omissions and think about the gains and losses.

"Damn!" He suddenly slapped his big hand holding the handrail of the automatic gangway in deep thought.

He just played the film repeatedly in his mind like a movie, and happened to see Constantine's deep eyes for Ma Wei.

Calvin had some doubts at the time, but the emergency did not allow him to savor it carefully. He had to give up the idea of ​​​​deep investigation.

But when he reviewed the whole process, a question that had to be asked appeared in his mind:

How did the forging cruiser from Mars find the Noble and Dirty, which was moving, so accurately in the vast universe?

How could this be done without a coordinate that maintained an updated continuous reminder?

There is an insider!

So, who is the only person on the ship who is capable of being the insider besides Calvin and Constantine?

Father Deliza? Impossible, because since Constantine came to this black ship, all his functions have been defaulted to the latter with a higher level.

In terms of the terrifying internal control ability of the Mechanicus, Deliza has no will to backstab Constantine, and I am afraid that the core frequency in his mind is not decided by him!

Who else? Although he didn't want to admit it, after combining that meaningful look, Calvin finally turned his suspicious eyes to the alien judge who had no sense of existence from beginning to end.

This inconspicuous fat man is the most capable and the most likely person to do this!

"Hey! Three ways to eat one fish! What a good business!" Calvin thought with a bitter mouth.

The blood pressure brought by the shame and anger instantly surged to Calvin's face. He was a man of two lives and he thought highly of himself. He could suffer such a big loss and react only after the event.

So angry! He almost wanted to rush to the bridge and order the Soul Redeemer to chase the fat man, but he could tell with his ass that the other party would never let him have a chance to catch the black ship at this time, and he was afraid that he had already escaped to who knows where.

This is so embarrassing, he was played around by the palm of his hand the whole time.

If he could see this guy again one day, Calvin would definitely ask this profit-seeking fat man for an explanation.

The process of thinking made time go by quickly, and Calvin had unknowingly reached the bridge of his ship.

Jules, who was already standing on the edge of the platform waiting for him, noticed his strange mood from a distance.

But as a big brother, he did not investigate further, but just took Calvin's hand and said to him:

"You're back? It's good to be back. I heard that you earned a set of good things for your hometown? You've worked hard!"

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