Chapter 265 04.0264: "Light and Shadow at the Triumphal Parade"

When the planet Abyss Port welcomed the first day of early spring, the entire Abyss Port was flying colorful flags, and countless cherubim danced in the air, spreading shining golden flakes.

The entire throne area was bustling with people. Looking around, one could see thousands of people jostling for position. On the extremely wide avenue, they were separated on the sidewalks on both sides of the road by human walls formed by the Imperial Guards.

The parade formation, dressed in gorgeous uniforms, with everyone wearing ribbons and epaulettes and tassels, gathered at the end of the road.

Among them are not only tall and majestic tracked vehicles of various types, but people can also look up and see dozens of void ships parked on the gravity well tracks, as well as Astartes from the three founding groups.

According to the results of the Astartes consultations led by Captain Aphiel, each regiment will select twenty battle brothers to form a phalanx, and the rest of the personnel will be sent to various key points to maintain stability.

The triumphal procession included several celebratory ceremonies.

This includes commending the officers and soldiers of the squadron who returned from the expedition of the Gothic Fleet the previous year.

Honoring officers and soldiers who certainly made heroic contributions to the St. Gilles Festival.

To destroy the victorious Tireless Strike Group of Khorne's raiding fleet.

There is also the initiation ceremony of the Armed Sisters to Sainthood held by Horatio, who served as the garrison officer to protect the Holy Rose Battle Sisters' important holy site on the planet.

Although Horatio was awarded the title of Saint of the Prophet's Monastery - The Holy Rosary Sisters.

However, the competing state religion had to get involved in order to demonstrate its own religious authority.

They generously applied for the status of Saint of the State Religion for the descendant of Admiral Speyer, so that when he made a name for himself in the future, they could win him over and expand the influence of the State Religion in the Gothic Star Zone.

In the end, Horatio was given the title of "saint" under the competition and power struggle between the two factions.

But no matter what grudges there are between the State Church and the Holy Rose Sisters of the Prophet's Monastery, for him as the ultimate beneficiary, gaining support from both factions at the same time is a good thing for expanding his influence in the empire.

First of all, as a religious saint, no matter where he travels in the human empire in the future, as long as the place is still under the control of the empire, he can obtain various useful benefits brought by religious forces.

Or he can use his sainthood to gain the support and assistance of the people. With this mass base, it will be easier for him to execute tactics and strategies.

These potential benefits include but are not limited to easier access to ship supplies, access to local secrets that would not be easily told to others, and guidance and assistance from local devout believers.

Even the conservative, closed-minded and always stingy Imperial State Church would at least not frown or cover its pouches when faced with a canonized saint.

If necessary, he could also ask the local state religion to raise war funds or supplies from the people, recruit sailors, and replenish manpower, and he could just leave many complicated matters to the state religion system to handle.

His price was to bring victory to the human empire.

Becoming a saint of the Sisters means that he can choose to replace the preaching force on the ship with sisters of the Holy Rose in the future, and gain the right to recruit a team of combat sisters, and can also get support from highly skilled medical sisters.

Moreover, as long as there are three armed nuns under the Prophet's Monastery in the local area, he can get the assistance of the armed nuns by virtue of his identity as a saint of the Prophet's Monastery.

The young saint stood on a carriage pulled by 13 horses, opened his arms to all directions, and received warm cheers from the crowd.

Many people couldn't help but kneel down and pray to the young saint, asking for the grace of the Emperor of God to be bestowed upon them.

But they actually didn't know that the saint standing on the carriage was actually a girl.

That's right, Horatio was very busy today, so he specially asked Louise, who was about the same height as him, to put on the golden mask and stand in the carriage for him.

Louise is a reliable, capable and action-oriented person, but when she is asked to go on stage and face so many people, she will show the hesitation and nervousness that are rare for a girl.

But after Horatio kept cheering her up through the comm device, she finally straightened her chest and put on a bold demeanor, looking like a general returning from battle.

In the void.

The Inquisitors have taken action, and a small aircraft has quietly landed on the belly of William Carter's black ship.

Because investigating a fellow Inquisitor requires two Inquisitors to enforce the law together.

Therefore, Inquisitor Adlatia, with an elite team of Holy Rose Battle Sisters, sneaked into the base camp of the Inquisitor of the Holy Hammer together with Inquisitor Ravenno and his attendants.

After entering, the two of them separated and started to surround him. She already had a lot of evidence of this man's affair with evil spirits, and now as long as they caught him red-handed, they could sentence him to death.

Abyss Port Military Supervision Bureau.

"Inquisitor, are you sure it's the 'Apocalypse' that brought the pilgrims to Abyss Harbor? Where did you get this clue?"

The grand triumphal ceremony of Abyss Port is held at this time every year, so many believers from other planets in the surrounding area often come here at this time, just to get a little bit of the emperor's glory.

Although the Abyss Port's Ministry of the Interior does not allow the Abyss Port's pilgrim groups to set sail, they cannot stop the pilgrim ships that send people from other planets.

These empty ships will take back so many believers after the end of today's ceremony. With such a large base, it is obviously not a problem to escape with a problematic bishop.

Moreover, as a senior clergyman of the state religion, it would be extremely easy for the fleeing guy to board the pilgrimage ship.

"It doesn't matter where I know it from, and I don't have any clear evidence to give you, but I think the high priest who was let go that night is now on this pilgrimage ship." William Carter's cold voice came from the sound array.

"understood."

Communication was interrupted.

Military Supervisor Melina frowned and fell into deep thought.

According to the imperial decree, military units have no right to search religious properties without permission. This is a taboo in the human empire where faith is the most important thing and will cause public outrage.

This meant that the Gothic Fleet, as a sector fleet of the Imperial Navy, could not search the pilgrimage ships, which were assets of the Ecclesiarchy, without clear evidence.

The judge could not give clear evidence.

Today, only the Naval Supervisory Bureau, which holds the imperial sword, has supervisory power that exists only in theory.

However, if an unauthorized search arouses the anger of believers, the criticism will be directed at the Abyss Port Military Supervision Bureau.

They had already been the bad guys once, which made Military Supervisor Melina hesitate whether it was worth it to take another blow for the Gothic fleet.

“Commissioner Melina, please let me go, these people are the murderers of my parents.

I am a trainee political commissar, leading the search. If anything goes wrong, the Abyss Port Military Supervision Bureau can still distance itself from a trainee like me."

"What nonsense are you talking about! Hood Military Supervisor!"

Military Supervisor Melina slammed the table and said, "Is this the time to be a hero? Trainee Military Supervisor just means you have little experience, not that you have to take the responsibility!"

"Commissioner Melina, I never thought so, but we don't have time now!" Farida's tone was very sincere:
"Only if we discover the whereabouts of the heretic ourselves can we follow the procedure and have the Gothic Fleet blockade him, right? Are we just going to watch the prey with broken wings escape like this?"

"I will personally lead the search, Prisoner Hood, you stay here."

She raised her head and ordered all the military supervisors in the office: "Supervision Department 5! Everyone prepare to board the ship. Our disciplinary investigation fleet will search the pilgrimage ship 'Apocalypse' first. If you find a target, immediately contact the Gothic fleet to intercept the target."

"Please take me with you! I am an untouchable. What if there is someone inside..."

"I told you to stay here, trainee military supervisor Hood." Military Supervisor Melina's tone was undeniable:
"You are the only descendant of Lieutenant General Alexander Hood. We cannot watch the Hood family become a family of heroes."

After saying that, she led the military supervisors to start preparations.

Farida bit her lip and urgently thought of a countermeasure.

Suddenly she had an idea and stood in front of the door watching Military Supervisor Melina and a group of people heading to the armory for preparations in a menacing manner.

After they left, she ran out quickly.

As she stepped out of the door, she remembered the promise she made to Horatio, and went back to take the communication rosary and put it on her body.

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