Chapter 372: Terra’s Suspicion, Sudden News

"You guys try it?"

Looking at the silver pointer pointing to him, Calvin ordered the other staff to stand in front of the three-dimensional instrument.

But no matter if there was someone blocking it or Calvin's position changed, the pointer pointed to his position without hesitation.

"That's strange." Calvin turned around the sphere, and the pointer also turned around in the sphere with the precise mechanical structure as the center.

"Can you figure out how it works?" Calvin asked casually.

"Theoretically, it should be possible, but it will be very slow. But if there is data support from Mars..." The mechanical priest Stovan on the side answered uncertainly.

"Data support from Mars?"

Calvin looked at the mechanical priest and remembered that his current situation was a real "black household" on Mars.

Calvin expressed twelve points of doubt as to whether he could still access the database on Mars.

Forget it, let's try it myself.

Calvin stretched his psychic tentacles to the giant clock again, and then felt an unexpected sluggishness inside the device.

"Is it not complete yet?"

Calvin pointed at the giant clock subconsciously and asked, while Constantine took over Stovan's position to answer his doubts.

"It shouldn't be. The full liquid metal parts are its complete state. But we don't have so many psychics involved, so this part of the structure was replaced by our existing technology.

Its function should have been restored, but the current size does not match the marking on the technical blueprint."

"How many psychics are needed?" Calvin asked.

"A lot, a lot... or..." Constantine looked at Calvin, and the implication was self-evident.

"Or I can do it myself? Okay, I'll try to arrange a time." Calvin nodded, and then said to Stovan on the side:

"Find out its operating mechanism as soon as possible and make a report..."

"Your will!" Stovan bowed his head and accepted the order.

Just when Calvin wanted to communicate with Constantine about this equipment, a gray knight walked to his side outside the gate of the test area behind him.

"What's up?"

"Lord Nicholas is outside the test area, and there's something important to tell you."

"Okay." Calvin and Constantine nodded, and then walked out of the test area.

The technicians on the scene resumed their work, and Calvin had already joined up with Nicholas outside the test area.

"Is it an emergency? Which direction? Storm Star Region? No!

My authority here has been transferred, and they shouldn't be looking for me at this time."

Without too much courtesy, Calvin asked Nicholas directly as soon as they met.

According to the tacit understanding between him and these imperial guards, if it is not a special or important matter, these imperial guards will never easily approach the test area involving the secrets of the Grey Knights.

"Towards Terra." Nicholas said briefly, and gave Calvin a heavy news in the next second.

"The Council of State reports that Winston Mello, the head of the Imperial Council of State, the Supreme Lord, and a member of the Terra Senate, died of illness five days ago."

"Huh? Where is the Inquisition?" Calvin stopped and looked at Nicholas.

"The intelligence from the Inquisition arrived at the same time." Nicholas replied.

"Say your conclusion."

"He was murdered."

"Fuck!"

Calvin couldn't be in a worse mood, as if he had been fed a pile of shit.

It wasn't that he had any feelings for the Prime Minister who had shown hostility to him before he had even met him.

But after Alpharius's persuasion to "be himself", he was planning to return to Terra to hand over his seat as a representative of the Tribunal and return to the front-line battlefield for some training.

The death of this adult can be said to have disrupted his overall plan.

Especially since he died so subtly, just before Calvin was about to return to Terra.

The official documents of the State Council were meant to appease people's hearts, so they could only be targeted at middle and low-level bureaucrats and nobles;

In the eyes of the real rulers of the empire - the other members of the Senate, Winston's death was no secret at all!

So here comes the question:

A supreme lord, the master of the Imperial State Council, the theoretical chief of the Terra Senate, died so quietly?

Died in the Terra State Council under heavy guard?

Who did it?

Or who has the ability to do it?

To be more specific, who benefits the most from doing this?

All the spearheads pointed to Calvin, who was still far away at the edge of the Solar Star Region, because this looked very much like the work of the Assassin's Court. If Calvin hadn't known that he was not schizophrenic, he would have doubted whether this was his order.

"This is a lesson for me!" Calvin gritted his teeth and whispered, and then locked the target of suspicion in the next second:

"What's the situation with the Assassin's Court?"

"It has been checked. None of the major temples have received orders, and there is no record of any missions in the Imperial Palace District... It's not our work."

Nicholas also responded in a low voice, and he was also shocked by the news.

When was the last assassination of the Supreme Lord of Terra traced back to?

It must have been a thousand years ago, right?

This is undoubtedly an extremely bad assassination, which has torn the fragile trust between the high lords again.

And if this mystery cannot be investigated, then this may just be the beginning:

More violence and conspiracy will hang over Terra like a dark cloud, and the Empire will once again fall into endless internal friction at a difficult time of internal and external troubles...

"What about the candidate for the Prime Minister?" Calvin asked.

"Not yet selected." Nicholas replied.

"Huh? Why?" Calvin couldn't understand.

According to the existing mechanism of the Executive Council, in an emergency, both the Executive Vice Minister and the Speaker of the Imperial Senate can directly inherit Winston's position.

How could there be no one?

"...The Executive Vice Minister was assassinated at the same time, and as for the Speaker of the Imperial Senate, Lord Mercury, he is still on his way back from the Misty Star Region."

"Okay...what did the old man say?"

Calvin obviously also thought about the key to this matter. What he was most concerned about at this time was how the Holy Hammer Order, who represented him at the Senate meeting, would respond in the first place.

"Check! Grand Master Walden has met with Marshal Trajan and jointly announced within the Senate that they will investigate the matter to the end!" Nicholas replied.

"Huh...that's good."

Calvin relaxed a little. This was the right choice.

If he were in his place, he would make the same choice. Regardless of whether others doubted him or not, he would immediately express his firm attitude.

The joint declaration with the Grand Marshal of the Imperial Guards was even more so. While raising the importance of this matter again, it also showed how serious the Inquisition was about it.

This was also a clear signal to other high lords:

That is, first, draw a clear line and calm people's hearts.

The Inquisition had no intention of interfering with the sphere of influence of the Administrative Council and was still willing to abide by the established rules;

Second, deter the scoundrels and stabilize the situation.

Anyone who wanted to fish in troubled waters during the chaos caused by this incident should carefully consider whether he could withstand the double blow of the Inquisition and the Tower of Hegemony!

It was also confirmed that the Inquisition had not made a mistake in this step that Calvin relaxed his whole body and prepared to continue his work.

But when he turned around and planned to go to the test area, he found that Nicholas had not left.

"Anything else?" Calvin asked.

"What's your itinerary?" Nicholas asked.

At this juncture, Calvin's own movements were equally sensitive.

Nicholas needed to confirm again whether the special identity in front of him really had no interest in the power of the empire.

After all, although this was not a deliberately created opportunity, the early disappearance of a political enemy was undoubtedly a great opportunity for Calvin to take advantage of the situation.

"Follow the established schedule, no change!" Calvin said firmly.

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