Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!

Chapter 12 01.0012: ‘Eight years ago…’

Horatio captured the key information and fished out a dusty memory deep in his mind.

That was two years ago, when he had just arrived at the Middle Nest and had been asking around to find out his true identity.

In the port area adjacent to the PW-P-15 giant starport cargo area, the port area called ‘Vegas’, Horatio learned a strange story from a mysterious psychic fortune teller——

(The following is the fortune teller’s original words, asked two years ago, so it was six years ago.)

Six years ago.

When a person was just an auxiliary police officer of the Ministry of Justice, he followed his master to the Lower Nest to investigate a terrorist attack on military, political and civil officials of Abyss Port.

But it was too late.

That year, after the grand Gothic War Victory Commemoration Ceremony, a transport plane loaded with important officials of Abyss Port at the time exploded in the atmosphere when it returned to the planet from the Star Ring Space Station.

In addition to the vehicles of military, political and civil officials, there are even special planes for the planetary governor.

The mother of a girl, who is also a political official widely loved by the people of Abyss Port, is on one of the transport planes. After the explosion, it was like a meteor in the sky, penetrating the huge crack of Abyss Port that looked like a giant mouth, falling into the lower nest, and turning into scorched earth.

The reconnaissance team of the Ministry of Justice was led into an ambush by the lower nest informant who had defected. The man lost his master and all his fellow bailiffs.

When he returned to the Ministry of Justice fortress alone and covered in blood, he learned that the wreckage of a transport plane crashed into a prison of the Hive Law Enforcement Department, causing heavy casualties.

Among them were his parents who were serving as hive bailiffs there.

Since that day, Abyss Port has changed.

In the absence of the planetary governor, the president of the Guild Alliance obtained the appointment from the Misty Star Field through a lot of means and became the new governor of Abyss Port. From then on, Abyss Port became a paradise for the oligarchs of the Guild Alliance.

Another inappropriate riot by Chaos Cultists in the Lower Nest was suspected to be heavily charged with all the crimes related to this terrorist attack. It was then hit hard by the law enforcement forces of the entire planet until it was eliminated.

The man entered Zhongsi College and was promoted to a senior arbitrator of the Ministry of Justice for his achievements in dealing a heavy blow to Chaos Cultists. He wore the silver helmet of the judge and never took it off in front of anyone.

In the long battle in the Lower Nest, he lost all trust in the people of the Lower Nest and deeply hated this corrupt and smelly place where the law did not set foot.

To him, any person from the Lower Nest was a potential criminal. A decent person would not live in the Lower Nest. He believed that he had the right to kill these dirty guys before the people of the Lower Nest committed a possible crime.

The girl's father, a heroic captain, became radical and irritable after losing his lover, and was even scolded as the "mad king tyrant on the battleship".

Thanks to the favor of the God Emperor, he eventually became a legendary lord captain with his bold actions that were even death-seeking in the eyes of others.

It is said that he had executed more than half of the crew on the warp voyage back to Abyss Port. Anyone who was inferred by the priests of the state religion to have warp contamination was executed cleanly.

After arriving at the port, the captain's warship was like a purgatory, with corpses and blood everywhere in the cabins, but this was still not enough to calm his hatred of Chaos corruption.

The girl lost her smile the day she learned of her mother's death.

On a stormy night, she was called to the fireplace by her father who had just returned from a long voyage. Under the witness of the flames, she got the first gun in her life and became a hunting vigilante to avenge her mother.

The investigation of the entire incident was fruitless for eight consecutive years due to many obstacles after the political change in Abyss Port, and finally came to nothing.

What is the truth? I'm afraid no one knows.

In the end, fate began to intertwine, and the girl became the student of the loyal arbitrator, turning into a hammer with the flame of revenge burning in her heart to swing at the enemies of the empire.

The girl's father seemed crazy, but in fact he let the invisible enemy relax and was tirelessly searching for the truth behind the scenes.

Until a soul symbolizing change came to this world, everything would begin to rotate, reverse, and break.

But the final fate of this soul, will it bring a longer night after falling, or will it tear through the darkness and bring light...

Nothing is certain yet.

——

At that time, Horatio Cochrane didn't feel anything after listening to the fortune teller's story. He just felt that it was a bunch of nonsense and wasted his time.

He only wanted to find the clues of his life experience that was buried because of his amnesia in the plane crash eight years ago. He didn't care whether those people who had nothing to do with him were dead or alive, and what kind of mental journey they had.

So he left this story behind.

Now think about it... This story is actually the whole process of the incident, and the soul symbolizing change is probably himself.

[It's really weird. ] Horatio frowned, and he felt an inexplicable chill on his body.

The story told by the mysterious fortune teller pointed all the core clues to the girl beside him without exception.

The whole story basically showed him the original appearance and many details of the terrorist attack eight years ago.

It was even clearer than the joint investigation results of the Imperial Navy, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Justice and the Inquisition. It was like opening a God's perspective and being a witness to the whole incident, which was terrifying.

Also, what does she mean by falling or tearing through the darkness?

[Too much of a riddle. I'll go ask that mysterious fortune teller next time... But this matter is as weird as the great conspiracy of Old T (Tzeentch), which actually overturned the entire planet's politics in one day, and it was the home port of the Gothic Fleet. ]

Horatio recalled and thought in his mind whether his crash was confirmed on the same day. If so, he must be the offspring of a certain imperial official, and the girl next to him might be the only one who can help.

He glanced at the female huntsman who was concentrating on driving the shuttle with a serious face again.

[I'm determined to hold the thigh of this lady from a famous family! ]

[+Unknown source shuttle, please slow down immediately. You are approaching the upper nest area on the surface. We cannot verify your identity remotely. Please cooperate with our nest police to check your identity. +】

An instant notification was forcibly inserted into the communication array, pulling Horatio back to his thoughts. Then the roar of the engine came from the window. Two black and white police shuttles surrounded the shuttle he was in, one on the left and one on the right. The heavy logging gun turrets on them were aimed at the body, keeping alert.

The female hunter signaled Horatio not to speak and put on the helmet. Then she took out a golden chip from her arm armor and stuck it on the NFC-like device, and then connected the holographic signal.

"I am Farida Hood, the vigilante hunter of the Ministry of Justice. I have seized a shuttle involved in the case and am heading to the Ministry of Justice Fortress."

"Received! Identity verification is complete. On behalf of the Hive Law Enforcement Department, we salute the glorious Hood family! Release immediately!"

The two police shuttles dropped in height instantly and released the shuttle driven by Miss Farida in a low posture.

"It's great to be treated like a noble."

"If you have the ability, you can join the Imperial Navy and make military achievements like my father. You can do the same."

Horatio raised his eyebrows and said with a wry smile: "I am still a criminal. I am afraid that I will not be a contract servant on the ship."

Farida laughed at Horatio's self-mockery, and her tightly locked eyebrows finally relaxed a little.

"So, how did you get that ring?"

"I crashed eight years ago and hit my head. I don't remember anything. This ring has been on my hand, which is enough to prove that I am not a lower nester."

Horatio said proudly, with a natural and credible expression and demeanor.

"If you are not lying." Farida glanced at him, her face calm and said without any waves.

The attack eight years ago was so famous that almost everyone in Abyss Port knew about it. Many scammers who claimed to be amnesiac nobles or distant relatives of a noble who died without children and came to inherit the estate emerged from all corners. She had served in the Ministry of Justice for several years in her spare time and had seen a lot of them.

"I can help you, but you have to owe me a favor."

The Huntress made her request:

"Before, I only agreed to provide you with tainted witness protection, but helping you find clues to your life experience is two different things, and the latter is obviously more difficult."

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