Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!

Chapter 212 04.0211: ‘The Agreement with the Girl’

Horatio chatted with his new superior again and discussed some other matters related to the naval department.

Overall, this new leader has the same resolute temperament as Lieutenant General Hood.

But his thoughts are even more elusive. His face that always maintains a smile is like an extremely thick void shield, blocking all attempts to peek into his heart, making it impossible to see through.

Horatio could feel his meticulousness and familiarity in intelligence work during the conversation.

His brain seemed to be a secret library. When he mentioned a certain person or force, he could always complete a brief description of the goal in a few words without thinking. By the way, he pointed out some secrets that Horatio was completely unaware of.

He even knew about Horatio's cooperation with the Inquisitor.

In this regard, he simply reminded Horatio that he must first fulfill his duties as an imperial naval officer, and secondly serve the Inquisitor.

He said nothing more.

"I just sent a mission briefing to the Thinker Array in your office, and it mentioned that a large newspaper printing house is printing large quantities of rumored waste paper that is detrimental to our Gothic fleet. I hope you will Just lead the navy guard to deal with it and see if you can find anything."

"Yes, Your Excellency Baron."

After explaining the matter, Horatio walked out of the office.

According to the agreement with the girl, he leaned against the wall where Lina said.

Sure enough, ten minutes later, the door to the Office of the Chief Officer of the Fleet Security Committee opened and closed again.

Horatio stuck his head out and met the girl face to face.

Her face was as normal and she walked over with her usual quiet steps.

"So, you know everything?" The two looked at each other in silence for two seconds. Horatio was defeated first and asked the girl in front of him.

"Not only do I know about this incident, I also know what happened between you before this incident."

"Ah...?" Horatio's eyes suddenly widened, and his eyes wandered a little due to his guilt.

[Did she hear what happened that night? No, wasn't she away that day? ]

Lina's calm eyes looked calmly at Horatio, who was surprised and embarrassed:

"I learned the news the night that Lieutenant General Hood's accident happened, and immediately asked for personal leave from my father. I originally wanted to comfort and take care of her, but as soon as I walked in..."

The girl lowered her head and coughed lightly, covering up the details that were difficult to explain clearly with her movements:

“I thought I was not suitable to play at that time, so I planned to come back the next day, but I couldn’t find anyone when I went there yesterday morning.

I think you must have discovered that the treasure was missing at that time - if you still have even a shred of conscience that drives you to visit the sad girl who took the treasure away from you. "

"I went and learned about her being taken away. Do you know where Farida is now? Miss Elphinstone."

"I do have a bit of a frown on this matter. That's why I called you out." The girl stared into Horatio's eyes, her slender brows frowning again:

“She must be feeling really bad right now, feeling down.

The disappearance of her father, the terrible curse, and having to keep a distance from you all added to her psychological burden, but she still chose to go into exile alone because she was afraid that the last few people close to her would never see her again. get hurt. but! "

The girl's tone dropped:

"No matter what she thinks, she is still my best friend, and I want to help her. But in her current situation, only you can bring her out of the haze."

The girl sighed helplessly:

"So, how about we help her together?"

"Please tell me straight, Miss Elphinstone, I will do whatever I can for her."

Lina stared into the young man's blue eyes and said seriously. :

"Please listen carefully.

There is a small lake called Swan Lake on the Landscape Mountain next to the Grammar School in the Gothic capital.

There is a flower field not far from the lake. There is a row of hedge trees on the slope to the right of the flower field. Their roots are intertwined to form a corridor like an elf garden. It is very beautiful. From there, you can directly see the sparkling lake.

That was her and my secret base when we were young. She would hide there to be alone every time she was in a bad mood or was bullied by her classmates at school.

If you have time, you can try your luck there. In addition, thanks to my father's current position, I now have access to a lot of information, and I will do my best to help you find Farida's whereabouts.

No matter what, you must meet and talk to her about some things on her mind. "

The sincere and pure friendship between the two girls moved Horatio's heart.

With so many people helping him, what difficulties are still insurmountable?

"Thank you, Miss Elphinstone." Horatio saluted the girl solemnly.

"Come on, Mr. Horatio. I didn't expect you to change from the condemned man who descended from the nest when we first met to what you are now.

Maybe you really do have a miracle in you, don't you? Maybe you really are the only one who can save her. "

"Leave it to me.

By the way, speaking of the tube of blood used to verify my identity at that time... it seems that you sent it to the Admiralty? "

"Oh, did you hear something?"

"I heard that your father used the intelligence network to expedite the matter that night, so he found me so quickly."

Horatio thought about it. That night, Hood, who was still a major general, was in a meeting.

If the girl's father is also reporting to the Admiralty, then she will definitely give the blood sample to the person she is most familiar with.

Then what he heard must be correct.

Thinking about the time from when the blood test results came out to picking people up at the Admiralty, the work efficiency was quite similar to the pragmatic style of this commander.

If so, then I have to pay a formal visit next time to thank Baron Keith.

If the Navy hadn't promptly sent someone to take him away from the Ministry of Justice's special police, he might have suffered a serious crime in the Ministry of Justice.

Whether he will survive to this day is still unknown.

"Perform your duties well, sir. I will tell you what happened when this incident is over."

The girl just laughed mysteriously, gently held the gold monocle on her eyes, straightened her position, and then kept the same dignified smile as when she first met, returned the same way, and disappeared behind the open door of the chief officer's office. .

Afterwards, Horatio passed through the heavily guarded corridors and sentries again, and returned to his office.

As soon as she walked in, the tempting aroma of ribs hit her nostrils, and it was obvious that Louise had already had breakfast.

[At least the Ministry of the Interior is not as procrastinating in this aspect of logistics as in their administrative efficiency. ] he thought.

After working day and night yesterday, Louise now looked very hungry, and her eating appearance was slightly wild.

She puffed out her cheeks and her lips were shiny, chewing the food happily and eating with relish.

Just looking at this extremely contagious scene, one can feel the vitality and satisfaction of eating life, and Horatio felt his stomach grow a little unsatisfactorily.

"The ribs grilled by the Admiralty are delicious. Thank you. Would you like one too?"

Seeing Horatio come back, she quickly swallowed the meat in her mouth, her happy face filled with praise for the food and invitation to Horatio.

“You can keep it until you come back.

Well, when you get on the ship in the future, each ship will have its own special delicacies. They are different, but they are all very delicious. Isn’t it very attractive, just like opening a blind box? "

"Really? What's the specialty food on the Tireless?" Louise asked curiously with her eyes wide open.

"I thought the open-faced sandwich and cream of mushroom soup were pretty good, and there was a giant alligator-shaped barbecue that I forgot the name of."

"That's Colotalide, sir." Thei walked out with a smile.

"Clotalied?" Louise had never seen it before, so she could only make up her mind based on Horatio's description.

"If you are interested, I can ask my chef to prepare it tomorrow and bring half of it over for you to try. The taste is really unique."

"This is too much trouble for you."

"It doesn't matter. We are already colleagues, Mr. Cocoron. It's normal to share lunch boxes and other things with colleagues."

"Then thank you in advance to the generous Miss Peru for making an indelible contribution to the Special Warfare Division's sumptuous lunch tomorrow."

"By the way, Louise, Miss Peru, the Special Operations Department just received a mission, Archie! Archie!"

Horatio took off his hat and raised his voice to the door opposite.

"I'm here, Horatio. What's the matter?" Archie ran over from the opposite side. His hands and face were covered with traces of dust and ink from the file. He had obviously just put down the work at hand.

"Today the Fleet Security Committee issued a task to us. We need to lead the naval guards to seize a newspaper printing factory and see if we can find out anything."

"Find something?" Louise was a little confused.

"I think the Security Committee is worried about whether this is a conspiracy by the enemy to slander the Gothic Fleet through public opinion, distract the fleet's energy, interfere with our investigation, and push us into a disadvantageous position in public opinion."

Thei put her delicate white index finger on her delicate chin, tilted her head and thought for a moment, and then stated the deeper considerations of the superior department in one sentence, which were almost exactly the same as the instructions given to Horatio by the principal.

"As expected of the Throne Agent, you are right. We are now fighting for time and efficiency, but our enemies obviously don't want us to find them so smoothly.

Out of the utmost caution, I have selected three of you for this mission. "

Horatio's considerations are:

Louise is an all-rounder with good overall characteristics and a reliable bodyguard.

Thei is quick-thinking and smart. With her around, it will be much easier to reason and analyze the scene, thus helping him to judge.

Archie, on the other hand, has keen intuition and is very good at paying attention to details that are easily overlooked by others, checking for omissions and filling in the gaps for them, and he may be able to find some clues that they have missed.

"We are always ready." Archie and Louise saluted in response, holding their heads high and returning to their standard military appearance.

Well, I played with U-shaped submarines all night long, and it was already two o'clock in the afternoon. QAQ

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