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Chapter 491: Am I an investor in the Assassin Court?

There was no need to think about the person behind the assassination against him this time, it must be Norberto.

But the person behind the scenes was completely unimportant. What Gu Hang cared about was the person who carried out the assassination: the Assassin's Court.

It's true that they are just a knife, but this knife is very important.

When it comes to assassinations, they are professionals.

Gu Hang kills these elite assassins like chickens, and the frontal combat ability of these elite assassins is just that. Let him free his hands and crush him to death.

But the problem is that when assassins carry out assassination operations, the most important thing is to create unfair and non-positive actions.

The most important actions of the assassins today were all planned around blocking Gu Hang's psychic means. First, they used the existence of the black stone bracelet to carry out long-distance sniping. If the attack failed, they would also block the psychic energy and then use thermal melt.

This is a way to deal with a powerful psyker like Gu Hang; but if it is to deal with some powerful warriors, even top-notch space warriors, they will have other means.

Accurate intelligence, sufficient targeted methods, powerful technology, elite transformed assassins who are not afraid of death... these are the secrets of the success of the Assassin Court.

Their failure this time was also due to insufficient intelligence. But next time, after gaining experience, they will definitely not treat Gu Hang with Alpha-level specifications. They might turn to poison, blowing up spaceships, that sort of thing. Even if they detect the interference and intervention of the subspace at the site of failed survey, they are likely to come up with some black technology, either derived from aliens or obtained from prehistoric archeology, to temporarily block the subspace. Make your next move.

In short, if the Assassin Court wants to kill someone, the success rate is very high if no cost is spared.

Gu Hang could do it once, but he couldn't do it all the time in the future.

However, after all, the Assassin's Court is a clear institution in the empire, and their actions are not in vain.

The leader of the Assassin's Court, known as the 'Grand Master', is also a candidate who can sit on the High Council. Although not in this class, throughout history, they have often been ranked among the high lords.

Even in a certain obscure period of imperial history, there was a period when the Grand Master of the Assassin Court used assassinations, violence, and a reign of terror and spies to completely control the entire Supreme Council.

Although that period was short-lived, after all parties rose up to resist, the Assassin Court was exploded by frontal forces such as the Space Marines and the Astra Militarum, thus quickly ending their rule. But this incident still left a far-reaching impact.

From then on, the Assassin Court could not act independently.

In theory, if the Assassin's Court wants to go out to do its work, it needs authorization. Depending on the specifics of the target, the level of authorization required will vary.

This means that it is not easy to use the Assassin Court as knives.

Gu Hang could think of three ways for Norberto and the Iron Fury Stone interest group to get the Assassin's Court to work:

Otherwise, this is Norberto's own independent authorization, and the Assassin's Court will take action.

This situation is the simplest, but the least likely.

Norberto should have certain authority. After all, he is one of the high lords, and the Assassin's Court is relatively weak now.

But the target cannot be Gu Hang.

People like Gu Hang, whose appointment is subject to a vote by the Supreme Council, are now regarded as the focus of imperial politics. The decision-makers of the Assassin's Court knew not to do it if they were even remotely politically sensitive.

This possibility is relatively low.

Second, there are changes in things in the Supreme Council. It may be that after the last meeting, another meeting was started, or there was a secret resolution. The previous resolution was overturned. Multiple high lords signed at the same time to authorize it. Even if Ou Cure and Gallardo did not sign, they acquiesced. Abandoned Gu Hang.

But Gu Hang quickly ruled out this possibility.

He had previously analyzed that the interest group targeting the 'Iron Furious Stone' Garnorberto was the general trend of the empire's fundamentals. It doesn't matter whether there is Gu Hang or not.

Without an alliance, it would just be a matter of changing the knife and going to work.

Gu Hang's existence is conducive to the advancement of the general trend, otherwise the Supreme Council's charter review and approval would not have been approved by a high vote when he became the marshal, which was obviously illegal.

In just a few days, the fundamentals reversed and Gu Hang was abandoned? This is unrealistic, unreasonable, and completely inconsistent with the situation in the imperial political arena.

The third is that Norberto has his own power within the Assassin's Court, or is a collaborator. He skipped the original process and ordered the assassination directly through his collaborators.

Of course this was against the rules, but... Gu Hang didn't believe that since the other party dared to do it, he would leave a very obvious clue that could easily be caught.

I’m afraid everything that needs to be cleaned up will be done.

After carefully thinking about these possibilities, Gu Hang felt relieved.

As long as the second worst case scenario doesn't happen, he shouldn't be chased and killed by the Assassin's Court. If this were to be the case, Gu Hang would have to consider escaping from Holy Terra at the speed of light, or even directly fleeing into the Kingdom of Storm God, and then find a way to return to his home base from subspace, and then prepare to raise a flag for rebellion.

But this probability is extremely low.

The first scenario is also low, and the third most likely scenario is that the assassination should be a one-time event.

The Assassin's Court illegally carried out a mission and not only failed, but also caused a big fuss. In this case, Norberto will definitely pay the price for this. No matter how hard his relationship is in the Assassin's Court, it is impossible for him to work for him again in a short time.

Of course, these are all speculations. Although Gu Hang has a relatively high degree of confidence, when it comes to his own life, he must not be careless at all.

He will be very cautious for a long time to come.

……

While waiting, the people who were supposed to come came one after another.

The fastest one was the Forbidden Army, a centurion came; then, the people who were at Jiangxingtai, or who were going to Jiangxingtai, also arrived.

Gallardo, Ou Curen, and Xue Yongsheng, Supreme Marshal of the Astra Militarum, arrived here.

The faces of the three of them were very heavy. The corpses of the five assassins lying on the ground, exposed after the camouflage failed, were very iconic. Of course, they all recognized the situation immediately.

Gallardo stepped forward, walked to Gu Hang, and looked around: "Are you okay?"

"It's okay. He's standing fine. Don't worry too much."

"That's good." Gallardo breathed a sigh of relief, "I was very angry when I heard the news, but the biggest good news is that you are fine."

At this point, he still couldn't suppress the anger in his heart and cursed: "Some people will definitely pay the price if they break the rules!"

On the other side, Ou Curen, who had chatted with the centurion of the Forbidden Army for a while, also came over, with the same gloomy face, and said to Gu Hang: "Gallardo is right, someone will definitely pay the price. ”

Everyone knew who he was talking about, and Gu Hang just smiled.

The attitudes of Gallardo and Ou Curen roughly indicate that this matter is not that they have been abandoned. The second, most terrifying situation can basically be eliminated.

He was quite relaxed.

Gu Hang looked at the Forbidden Soldiers next to him again, with doubts in his eyes.

"Ahem..." Ou Curen was a little embarrassed. It seemed that his communication with the Centurion of the Forbidden Army was not smooth just now.

He originally wanted to send the Imperial Guards away directly, but apparently, the Emperor's Imperial Guards ignored him.

The high lord is not easy to use either!
"Gu Hang, you may want to go with this centurion of the Forbidden Army. This matter is quite disturbing. The Forbidden Army will investigate it carefully, and you have to cooperate. However, I promise, there will be no problem. The Psychic Cultivator I will issue you this psychic examination certificate, and the Supreme Council will not sit idly by."

"Moreover, going to the Forbidden Army now is a good choice. If someone wants to carry out any small tricks there, it will be even less likely to succeed."

Gu Hang nodded slightly: "Okay, no problem."

He was mentally prepared for this. After exposing his psychic power, the Imperial Army would definitely not pretend to be invisible.

In fact, the matter of psychic power exceeding the registered level is not a trouble or a big deal. Under normal circumstances, he is only S level, which is the level of a legal psyker. The A level he declared is because he has not updated information in the Psychic Order for a while.

It might be a crime to leave this matter to others, but it didn't count to Gu Hang.

As for breaking away and breaking the black stone bracelet, I need to reach the Alpha level, then I, Marshal Gu, don’t know. Maybe I was a little excited between life and death just now. Now if you check it, I definitely don’t have the Alpha level, and I definitely can’t reach the black stone level. A situation that must be monitored at all times.

However, the last thing Gu Hang wanted to face was the problem of subspace rifts.

Although he only made a small opening, the imperial army arrived so quickly that Gu Hang had no time to deal with the traces.

However, the Custodes are not psychic experts. Under the regular display of high-intensity psychic power, I hope they did not find the aura left in the subspace.

In conventional concepts, subspace = devil.

If he gets involved, Gu Hang will have a lot more troubles later. The Inquisition may also intervene.

But for now, it seems to be fine. Gu Hang comforted La Crocia and the others, and followed the imperial guards obediently.

Among the few people left on the field, Xue Yongsheng’s eyes flickered.

It's not that he felt guilty, he really didn't know anything about this, and he didn't participate in it.

But like everyone else, it was too obvious who was behind the assassination. He had a good relationship with Norberto, but he still didn't expect that the old guy could actually skip the Supreme Council and launch such a high-quality operation.

These five dead assassins should be considered the best in the entire Assassin Court, and are quite precious.

Norberto is very capable.

But that Gu Hang is more capable!
Under such an assassination, he was able to survive, and none of the five top assassins escaped, and they all died on the spot.

This ability is what a top psychic must have.

What's more, Gu Hang was not dead, and the assassin's body was placed here. Xue Yongsheng looked at the faces of Ou Curen and Gallardo next to him, and knew that there was going to be a bloody storm later.

He couldn't help but shudder.

I decided in my heart that I would draw a clear line with Norberto in the future.

Although everyone has a good relationship, there is some tacit understanding on certain things - such as voting with Norberto in the Supreme Council this time. However, they are not close political allies.

Seeing that Norberto had a big problem, Xue Yongsheng decided to stay away to avoid being splashed with blood.

After thinking about it, Xue Yongsheng did not leave in a hurry, but stepped forward and chatted with Ou Curen and Gallardo for a while.

During the conversation, he expressed some subtle meanings.

First of all, this matter has nothing to do with me. Every grievance has its own debtor, so don’t blame me.

Secondly, I have no problem with Gu Hang. You see, I was even here at his investiture ceremony. If the ceremony will continue later, I will still come, and I will also help settle some of the dissatisfaction within the Astra Militarum against Marshal Gu Hangsheng.

Thirdly, I am also very indignant about what Norberto did. If you need any help, you can just say a few words.

This is undoubtedly a sign of goodwill.

Ou Cure and Gallardo responded politely.

After Xue Yongsheng left, Ou Curen said to Gallardo: "I didn't expect there would be unexpected benefits, Norberto... Haha, this time I shot myself in the foot."

There was no smile on Gallardo's face. He emphasized: "That old guy must pay the price!"

"I know you are angry, but calm down." Ou Curen said, "Be patient, the rope will get tighter and tighter, but not now."

Gallardo turned around suddenly: "Gu Hang almost died! Are you asking me to calm down? How can I calm down!"

He seemed to feel that he had lost his composure, but his mood could not be calmed down. He added: "He is an important part of our plan. According to our ideas, he will fire the first shot, and he will destroy the Raging Flames! If he dies, based on my understanding of the situation in the Dragon Eagle Star Territory, that The alliance will inevitably collapse and all plans will be disrupted!"

"We must make Norberto pay a sufficient price, otherwise, next time the target is you and me, are you sure we can stop an assassination of this level?"

This time, Ou Curen was silent.

After being quiet for a moment, he said: "Okay, I will think of something. Clement has nothing to do with this matter. He has to give an explanation."

……

Although Jefferson Clement is not one of the high lords, as the Grand Master of the Assassin Court, his status is still very noble and special.

He is capable of getting a seat. Moreover, even without this seat, the Assassin's Court cannot be ignored.

But even with such a person, he could only sit in front of Gu Hang and apologize to him now.

Of course it doesn't count as groveling, Gu Hang hasn't reached that level yet.

But at least the attitude is sincere.

"Marshal Gu..."

"Not yet."

Clement smiled and said: "It will be soon. I have to admit to you that this operation caused a major problem within the Assassin's Court. An Assassin mentor named Naldo Crow violated the The regulations of the Assassin's Court issued action orders without authorization, which led to the occurrence of this accident. "

"I will not shirk the responsibility of the Assassin's Court, and I will also give you corresponding compensation."

"On behalf of the Assassin's Court, I sincerely invite you to become a sponsor of the Assassin's Court. From now on, you can donate funds to the Assassin's Court, and the specific amount is determined by yourself."

"You will also automatically gain the authority to issue tasks to the Assassin Court. Of course, you still need to abide by imperial laws. The Assassin Court will review whether you have the authorization to issue tasks to the target based on the target's situation. According to your level, the Imperial Marshal and the Star Territory Head of State - of course I know you are not yet, but soon - you have a wide range of target options for the Assassin Court to attack. "

"And the Assassin's Court has an iron rule: don't kill investors."

"I wonder if you are satisfied with my sincerity?"

Gu Hang did not immediately comment.

But in fact, he was quite satisfied.

As an 'investor', the money to be invested is actually not much, just a few million or tens of millions. The symbolic meaning is greater than the actual meaning.

The Assassin's Court is not short of this money either.

The attached power is the most important: Gu Hang can give tasks to the Assassin's Court after 'investing'.

To put it bluntly, it means paying to kill someone.

Regardless of whether Gu Hang wanted the Assassin's Court to go out to work, he still had to be restricted by the authority to assassinate the target. For example, if he gives the Assassin Court a mission to kill Norberto, that will definitely not work. No matter how much money he has, it will be useless and the authority is not enough. But after he has obtained the rank of marshal and established the position of the head of the Dragon Eagle, he will order someone to go there. Killing the former head of state Tan Jiuyi would definitely be enough.

Moreover, the usage of the Assassin's Court is not limited to internal fighting.

If he encounters a green tide of the level of Iron Teeth War again, he can issue a mission to the Assassin Court and ask them to assassinate the greenskin leader.

The Assassin's Court has this ability, and there are also successful cases.

Of course, the Assassin's Court will pay a big price for this, and Gu Hang also has to pay for it - this is the concept of investors. If you give money, the Assassin's Court will help you kill everyone you have the authority to kill.

Although they have to pay money and are subject to power restrictions, the Assassin's Court does not accept everyone's work, so many people who want to have this channel have no chance.

This is an added bonus.

Although they couldn't kill the people Gu Hang wanted to kill now, there was no telling when they would use this rare channel in the future.

Gu Hang has personally experienced the Assassin's Court's 'service' once and is quite 'satisfied' with it.

What's more, the iron rule that the Court of Assassins will not kill investors also made Gu Hang very concerned.

Although, this does not represent a complete talisman. After all, there is a subtext: If you are no longer an investor, you can kill him.

It’s not said that investors are irrevocable.

However, the news of revoking the investor's qualification will be sent to the person himself. If there is a higher-level will in the future that wants the Assassin's Court to take action against Gu Hang, and the Assassin's Court cannot refuse, then they will also tell Gu Hang first that your qualifications as an investor are gone.

It's a disguised advance notice: I have no choice but to take action so that I can take care of myself. Let's all compete.

This is actually very detrimental to the Assassin's Court.

The best way to complete a mission is, of course, if the mission target does not know that he is about to be assassinated; conversely, with preparedness, the difficulty of the mission will naturally increase significantly.

But even though Gu Hang was actually quite satisfied, he didn't immediately make a statement.

He also cares about another thing:

"So, Grand Master Clement, may I ask where this Naldo Crow is now?"

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