Chapter 492, Identification
"Nardo Crowe? What Nardo Crowe? I don't know this man."
At the Supreme Council, Norberto sneered and said:
"You need to have evidence when you speak. Don't blame me for everything that happens to Gu Hang. Who knows if he has offended someone?"
Ou Juren felt helpless.
He brought the matter of Norberto's illegal instruction of the Assassin's Court to assassinate Gu Hang to the Supreme Council.
Not surprisingly, Norberto completely denied the allegations.
Moreover, there is indeed no sufficient and conclusive evidence to prove that it was Norberto who did it.
This was expected. Norberto's ending was very clean. The key person who could point out his mistake, the Assassin Mentor Naldo Crowe, had disappeared. I'm afraid he disappeared soon after issuing the mission order. The other evidence was either not critical enough or not collected.
In short, it is very difficult to beat him to death.
However, since it was something that had been expected, Ou Juren was not disappointed.
Everyone knew it was Norberto who did it, and to some extent, that was enough.
Assassination is against the rules and undermines the political bottom line. The anger caused by it not only made the forces that were originally on the opposite side furious, but also made some people who were originally neutral or even vaguely on Norberto's side feel dissatisfied.
He didn't pay any price - although Gu Hang was assassinated, he didn't die!
The enemy paid a huge price, revealed a huge flaw, and gained nothing!
This is a great opportunity!
Ou Juren has prepared a bunch of proposals, from reducing the authority of the Ministry of Military Affairs, to expanding the legitimacy of Gu Hang's alliance, to deciding the vacant position of Deputy Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and to finding a way to get rid of several key figures in Norberto's faction...
The most important move is to use this incident to launch an investigation into Norberto. Regardless of whether or not there is evidence to kill Norberto, at least after entering the investigation process, Norberto, as the person under investigation, will definitely not be able to continue to exercise his power smoothly.
Norberto naturally would not give in so easily.
"Prime Minister Ou Juren's proposal is so absurd! In the absence of any evidence, they can actually initiate such a humiliating investigation against me, a high lord! This is simply a shame!"
"I can't help but ask: If I now suspect that it was you, that Ou Juren staged all this, assassinated Gu Hang, and framed me, then can I also request an investigation into Ou Juren?"
Norberto was refuting, arguing, or rather, making a fuss.
His opposition did have some effect.
The whole parliament was in chaos.
'Tower, tower, tower'...
Heavy footsteps came from the door.
The Supreme Council Hall soon fell silent.
This is the sound of power armor.
Inside the meeting hall, the Space Marine representative subconsciously reached for his waist but touched nothing.
You are not allowed to bring weapons to the meeting.
They could do nothing but watch the door of the conference hall being pushed open.
The first to come in were two warriors in golden armor.
The High Lords breathed a sigh of relief when they saw them.
The Emperor's Guards, that's all right.
In the history of the empire, the Imperial Guards have never been involved in palace coups.
On the contrary, in many palace coups, the Imperial Guards sometimes played a passive role in ending the coup.
For those who claim to be the true imperial guards, although the emperor has ascended to become a god, isn't the palace still there? Although protecting the emperor is still their first task, it is not necessary; next, protecting the imperial palace is their most important task at the moment. You can stage a coup, it has nothing to do with the imperial guards, I don't care what you mortals do. But messing up the palace is not allowed, whoever does it will be punished.
In the palace, there is really no one who can compete with the Imperial Guards.
Since the ones pushing the door in now are the Imperial Guards, there is no need to worry about a group of rebels coming in with their bolters and shooting all the high lords in one fell swoop.
But what are these imperial guards, who usually have no interest in the political affairs of the empire, suddenly doing here?
Immediately behind the two guards, there followed a whole team, led by a centurion.
There were four more people surrounded by these imperial guards.
Three of them were standing side by side, and the other one was tied up and forced in.
The three people standing there are familiar to everyone.
The Executive Minister of the Military Affairs Department, Borgia Gallardo, the Grand Master of the Assassins' Court, Clement, and the leader of the Alliance, Gu Hang.
The person who was tied up and dragged in by the imperial guards was a stranger.
Everyone couldn't help but look at Ou Juren. Gallardo and Gu Hang could now be considered members of Ou Juren's faction.
But at this moment, Ou Juren's expression was quite surprised, as if he had not expected this.
At the same time, the high lords immediately noticed that there was one person present who had the biggest reaction: Norberto.
He was still trying to appear calm, but his face began to turn pale, and in the conference room where the temperature was just right, fine beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead, which was seen by many people.
Those present are all smart people.
From the unusual actions of the Imperial Guards, the appearance of the Grand Master of the Assassin's Court, and the appearance of the tied-up man, one can roughly guess what happened.
Some people closed their eyes, some looked playful, and some laughed unabashedly.
The high lords all had different expressions.
In the silence, the imperial guards spoke first.
The centurion said that they had completed the investigation of Gu Hang, and Gu Hang's identity as a psychic had been recognized by the Psychic Order, and his information had been updated to an S-level psychic.
However, they are now arresting those who disturb the palace.
While speaking, the centurion's eyes were always fixed on Norberto.
"No, no...you misunderstood..."
The Prime Minister of the Military Affairs Department opened his mouth and tried palely to defend himself.
But the centurion interrupted him.
"I would like the three witnesses, Clemente, Gu Hang, and Gallardo, as well as the prisoner, Naldo Crowe, to explain the situation first."
Clement nodded slightly and spoke: "Gentlemen, please allow me to introduce the person behind me, Naldo Crowe. He is an assassin mentor. After the assassination, I immediately checked the action records of the Assassin's Court. The Assassin's Court has never received an action order from the Supreme Council. This order was issued directly by Crowe in violation of the rules."
Gallardo took over the conversation: "I invited Grand Master Clement to go to the Imperial Guards' base to visit Gu Hang and discuss the whole incident. After learning that Kro had escaped, Mr. Gu Hang said that as a victim, he hoped to be able to help."
Gu Hang took the opportunity to speak: "It just happened that I had some abilities. I used my psychic power to find out how Naldo Kro escaped. The Emperor's Guards personally attacked and captured the disguised Naldo outside the Imperial Palace at Terra 46 Starport."
"Impossible, how did you..." Naldo Kro couldn't help but ask.
He really couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried.
He thought his departure was seamless.
However, no one answered his question. When he was about to continue asking, he was kicked by a guard behind him.
"Shut up. You have the right to answer questions. Who ordered you to issue an illegal operation order?"
No matter how unwilling Naldo Crowe was, he could only tell the truth at this time: "It was Prime Minister Norberto."
"You're lying!"
Norberto roared, but it was pointless.
…
After the meeting, Ou Juren, Gallardo and Gu Hang gathered again in a secret room.
They won a great victory in the meeting which just ended.
Although the process of removing a high lord from his seat or removing a prime minister from his position is not simple, the Imperial Guards did not care so much.
They respected the authority of the imperial government and followed the necessary procedures.
But the person was taken away first.
Now that Norberto has fallen into the hands of the Imperial Guards, he may not be able to get out.
His downfall will trigger a series of chain reactions.
The most direct thing is that Gallardo was inspired to take the next step.
Before, he was still thinking about competing for the position of Deputy Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, thinking that it was the position that Wang Suan would keep after his retirement.
But now, he really has a chance to get the position of Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs!
He was originally the highest-ranking executive minister, and there were only three people above him: the prime minister and two deputy prime ministers.
One, Wang Suan, retired; one, Norberto, was investigated and killed; the remaining deputy prime minister was Norberto's confidant, and after his backers fell, he was immediately the next target to be liquidated.
There is no one up there!
Of course, the new Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs does not necessarily have to come from the Ministry of Military Affairs. It is also possible to select someone from high-ranking officials in other departments.
But each boss has his own position. Gallardo competes with the deputy prime ministers of other departments, and he believes that he still has certain advantages.
Although the difficulty is still high, other factions are unlikely to watch this group of people directly take over the two seats in the Supreme Council. But this is a matter of struggle, exchange of interests, and political compromise.
However, even though they had won, the atmosphere among the three people in the secret meeting was not joyous.
Especially Ou Juren, the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Justice, had a rather gloomy look on his face.
"Your actions were so sudden! Even I didn't know about it! Do you know how much trouble this will cause?"
Ojuren rebuked Gallardo.
Gu Hang said, "You can't blame him for this. Of course, you can't blame me either..."
Afterwards, Gu Hang explained the whole situation to Ou Juren.
When Gallardo brought the Grand Master of the Assassins, Clement, to the Imperial Guard's base to find him, he offered to help find the whereabouts of Naldo Crowe.
The way to find Naldo is certainly not the psychic technology that Gu Hang mentioned.
That guy ran away very quickly, it was all premeditated. Even Clement, the Grand Master who could mobilize the power of the entire Assassin's Court, couldn't find Naldo, let alone relying solely on the power of psychic energy.
The headquarters of the Order of Psychic Powers is also in Holy Terra. Although S-level psychics are rare, you can definitely find a few here.
If Naldo could be found by psychic means alone, there would definitely be no need for Gu Hang to take action.
But who made Gu Hang cheat?
After the assassination, an activatable event named [Revenge] popped up in Gu Hang's [Event] panel. It only required 1,000 points of grace to activate it.
Gu Hang believed that this was the emperor's blessing.
After activation, Gu Hang directly obtained Naldo's whereabouts.
The coordinates are updated in real time.
In this way, there will be no problem in catching the person.
However, the problem lies elsewhere.
Anyone can capture Naldo and find his location, especially Clement, the leader of the Assassin's Court. He has an urgent need to clean up the mess he has made of a traitor who has colluded with external forces and acted on his own, causing him a lot of trouble.
The assassins under his command were also suitable for this task. Whether it was killing him on the spot or bringing him back alive as Gu Hang and Gallardo requested, it was easy to do.
But they ignored the existence of the Imperial Guards.
It's no wonder that this is the case. The Imperial Guards have never been involved in politics. In the past, they were aware of the countless dirty deeds that took place secretly in the palace, but they never cared - as long as you didn't make it public.
All parties have been adhering to this bottom line.
This time, after the surprise was broken, the reaction of the imperial guards was beyond many people's expectations.
After Gu Hang completed the review of the Psychic Order (after giving notice), the Imperial Guards asked to join the operation to hunt down Naldo.
Someone has to be held responsible for dirtying the palace floor.
Who can defeat the Imperial Guards? Not even Clement!
They didn't even give Clement, Gu Hang and Gallardo a chance to discuss.
No one is willing to confront these corn spirits.
So, the Imperial Guards led the team, Gu Hang pointed the way, and Naldo was arrested and brought back. Coincidentally, the Supreme Council was in a meeting, and the Imperial Guards Centurion asked the Imperial Guards Marshal for instructions, and then he led his men directly to the door.
"...During this process, I really didn't have the opportunity to report to you." Gallardo gave a concluding explanation.
"Huh..." After hearing this, Ou Juren's expression looked a little better.
Indeed, throughout this entire process, there is really no opportunity to report.
But he still had a headache: "Alas... but it's still very troublesome... all the high lords saw that you came in with the Imperial Guards. No one would think that the Imperial Guards walked in with us, but everyone would murmur that we also broke the rules and took the initiative to use the Imperial Guards to bring in this uncontrollable force. This has been an unspoken rule that everyone has always known."
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4k, make up for yesterday.
Thank you to the big brother [Axe of Opening the Mountain] for the 4th leader reward!
Thanks to Mr. Hu Yifan for the second reward from the leader!
I just saw two new alliance leaders giving rewards, and I felt mixed emotions, as if I was eating candy with a mask of pain on...
Of course I am happy to have a large reward! But it also means I owe another 40k.
Okay, it’s over 100k now…
Still owe 106k.
I'm going to write now. There's still some work to do before dawn. Please try to get up tomorrow to read it. Don't follow my example and stay up late...
(End of this chapter)
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