Captain, your ship has exploded again.

Zhang Xun's vigilance did not bring about the cunning retaliation; instead, the Imperial Court arrived first.

A female judge, accompanied by her entourage, stormed into Zhang Xun's defensive position.

"Zhang Xun, commander of the battle group, I, Luren Moreno, in the name of the Holy Emperor of Terra and by the authority of the Inquisition, hereby declare you guilty of treason and hereby arrested."

Seeing Tiger walk in, Zhang Xun put down his tablet and looked at him with amusement.

"I wonder, Your Honor, what crime have I, Zhang, committed? You must understand, as a wandering merchant from the 30K era, I have no time for treason."

The sarcasm was very strong. Zhang Xun, as a nobleman from an old and distant family, had never stopped fighting against the enemies of the empire since he appeared.

Although this was a facade Zhang Xun had created for himself, he was indeed working diligently on it, and everyone could see that he had practically given away all his wealth to help the empire.

To understand this, one must know that Zhang Xun's group of traveling merchants only had five warships, yet the supplies he provided far exceeded those of all the other nobles.

The other party ignored him completely, raising his head slightly and saying, "Everything is just a disguise; the cunning chaos will always hide its claws."

Marcus looked at the other person and suddenly felt that sometimes it's quite nice when the protagonist has a built-in aura of reduced intelligence.

If they only encountered these kinds of simpletons, things might be easier.

Wang Ge picked at his ear, walked up to the other woman, and said, "Little girl, you need to understand, we're not some small warband. Even if we were only recently recruited by Calga, we were nobles from the 30K era. Treason? What a joke. Did the aliens eat your brain?"

The other party immediately pulled out a bolt pistol, pointed it at Wang Ge's lower vitals, and said, "Soldier, I don't think it's a good thing for you to step forward at this time. Take him away!"

Just as her entourage was about to come up and arrest her, dozens of elite Marines suddenly appeared in the room.

"Let's see who dares!"

Zhang Xun, sitting in an electric wheelchair (the equipment hadn't been delivered yet), slowly emerged from behind the heavy desk.

"Arriving at a battle group's base, attempting to arrest the deputy battle group commander without any basis, your Inquisition has grown bolder again, huh?"

Having been tested in numerous battles, these elite Marines are now fully capable of fighting alongside Astartes veterans.

The 60mm grenade launcher, whose barrel is significantly larger than that of a grenades, also put greater pressure on the judges.

They didn't know that these grenade launchers were only intimidating; their deterrent effect was decent, but in terms of sheer power, they were no match for the explosives mixed with the ashes of the soulless.

Moreno retorted, his neck stiff, "What, you want to rebel? This is still Holy Terra's territory, and the God-Emperor is still watching everything here."

"You piece of shit, stop yelling at us. Don't think we don't know about the mess 444.M41 made during the Month of Shame. Are you trying to force another warband?"

Wang Ge's Disintegration Gun was pressed directly against the opponent's fair chin.

The Moon of Shame incident mainly involved the Space Wolves Chapter and the Grey Knights collaborating to banish Angron.

However, the Inquisition and the Grey Knights, after the war, believed that the survivors might spread the Chaos Contamination, so they began to slaughter the Empire's evacuation transport ships.

The Space Wolves, however, didn't care about any of that. Their comrades-in-arms had been killed, so they used their battle forms to block the Gray Knights' attack.

Then, the brain-dead Gray Knight Grand Mentor Yuros directly ordered the bombardment of the Gray Wolf warship.

The space wolves, however, knew all too well the tricks of these scoundrels, so they did not retaliate.

Finally, of course, it was Grinner who killed the Grey Knight's Yuros, but then the Tribunal, along with its warships, inflicted the greatest damage on Wolf Fang Fortress in its history.

(Three large cruisers were destroyed and crashed into Wolf Fang Fortress; the Imperial cruisers were generally over four kilometers away.)

Of course, Wang Ge's words were somewhat exaggerated; their level was really not on par with the Space Wolves. However, their good relations with the Extreme Battle Group made Judge Moreno have to think twice.

When she received her orders, she was only asked to investigate whether Zhang Xun was related to the assassination of the nobles, since the assassination had already affected the planetary governor.

These suddenly appearing assassins, although their equipment and appearance are similar to Chaos, do not have the aura of Chaos on them.

All of this made the court suspicious of Zhang Xun (the others were incompetent, and Calga, who was capable, dared not), so they sent Moreno to test him.

Women who can become judges are either exceptionally capable or come from outstanding families. Ordinary women can only be kept in the cage of a gilded cage, since being a judge is still very dangerous.

Zhang Xun approached and looked at Wang Ge, who had gained courage from the armor, and said with a touch of melancholy.

"Although the armor has amazing defensive capabilities, the opponent is using a bolter. It's not a big problem if it can't penetrate the armor but hurts your little brother."

Upon hearing Zhang Xun's words, Wang Ge's expression suddenly turned grim.

As a troublemaker who had been fighting since childhood, he couldn't possibly be unaware of how painful a fatal blow would be. With a twitch in the corner of his eye, he slowly put away the Disintegration Gun.

Seeing that the opponent's momentum had weakened, Moreno became even more smug and tapped Wang Ge's armor with his gun.

However, Zhang Xun, who was standing next to Moreno, pulled out another gun and fired a shot at Moreno.

The bullet grazed Moreno's face, leaving a deep gash on her flawless skin.

"Ahhh! Zhang Xun, I'm going to kill you!"

Moreno turned her bolter on Zhang Xun, intending to shoot him without considering the consequences.

Wang Ge, standing next to her, certainly wouldn't let her have her way. He placed one hand on her shoulder armor and the other hand on her wrist. The immense force caused the Ignatius-type power armor to creak and groan.

Just as her retinue was about to charge, half of the Marines had already jumped down and trampled them underfoot before they could move.

The other judges, however, had guns pointed at them but did nothing.

Zhang Xun patted the other man's injured face with his Gauss pistol and said, "As an Imperial Inquisitor, how can you not have medals on your face? Let me give you the first mark!"

Moreno, who was being suppressed, struggled and said, "Zhang Xun, this is rebellion! Attacking an Imperial Inquisitor, as a nobleman, you should know what this means!"

“Any act of hostility toward any member of the Inquisition is considered an open defiance of the Emperor’s will, tantamount to worshipping Chaos or colluding with the aliens, as I, Ms. Moreno, am well aware of.”

"Hmph! Then you can just wait to die!"

"What do you mean? I did not disobey the Emperor's will! On the contrary, it was you who hindered Lord Karl's plan and ruined our plan to eliminate the cunning infected."

"Speak! Have you already sided with them, you traitors of the Inquisition!"

Upon hearing Zhang Xun's words, Moreno was stunned. He understood that the newly established Elder Council of Vigilant Star was established because of the presence of infected individuals from the original council.

If Zhang Xun were to prove his guilt, even if they were judges, they would still be executed, because the current Vigilant Star would not tolerate any traitors.

This is why they dared to come and question Zhang Xun so boldly.

"You're lying! What do you mean by 'murdering gene thieves'? I think you're just making excuses!"

When she saw Marcus approaching, she unfolded two orders, one from the Extreme Chapter and the other from the Mechanicus.

The beginning of the text was all about ordering subordinates to follow Zhang Xun's instructions to carry out the plan to eliminate the infected. When she saw this, she was like a person whose bones had been removed, and suddenly collapsed to the ground.

"This can't be true!"

At this moment, the other judges all looked at Moreno with reproach. Although they belonged to the Tribunal, Zhang Xun had the backing of two major forces.

If the matter escalates to higher authorities, they may not be killed, but they will certainly be stripped of their status as judges.

The Empire will never allow the Moon of Shame to repeat itself.

Before they could think of anything else, gunshots suddenly rang out from outside the door.

Just then, a Marine suddenly came over and said, "Sir, the scoundrels have made their move!"