Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 4 The Wall and the Ball, Unexplainable
The lady originally had her own name too, with Christina von Gattuso being her full name.

It's just that she has existed in this space city for too long, and the 300 years of service have taken away all her comrades and ancestors.

For a long time, people who once had the opportunity to call women "sisters" and their names, one after another, could no longer walk with women due to various reasons.

Or the souls who died in a certain mission returned to the throne, or were transferred to other vacant positions to take charge of their own.

When the lady finally became the "Ms. Black Ship" and began to take over the rights and mission of the spaceship, she was the only one left by her side, and no one could look at her lovingly and call her affectionately "My dear little Chris".

Not for the nun, much less for the mortal crew on board.

The overall transfer once every three years is a dead rule, because the working environment of the black ship is too harsh, and the oppressive environment of working under the anti-psychic ability field set up for safety reasons is destined not to be able to endure for a long time.

The Xingyu Court's opinion on this is: Except for the nun base team itself, other staff members must be replaced regularly and their relevant memories of serving here must be cleared.

Because they don't know who they are or who their colleagues are, they just call each other by numbers.

So on this ship, no one cared what the lady's name was, just called her "Ma'am".Just as they don't care what they are called as mortals, the number plate on the left chest is the only reference for them to call each other.

Apart from work, there is no communication between the crew.In this way, they will not have emotional fetters with each other, and when the critical moment really comes, they will not interfere with the decisions of their comrades because of their feelings.

This is both protecting yourself and protecting others.

This universe is so cruel and hostile to humans. As a weak mortal, silence is loyalty, and working in silence is the only way to contribute to the empire.

Live in silence, die in silence.

………………

On the first floor of the church on the top of the spaceship, in the lady's office.

"I think I made a mistake, ma'am."

"Oh? Tell me, my little Cassin."

"You should formally call me by my first name—Sister Cassin."

"Okay, my little Cassin."

Under the slightly yellowed candlelight, there was no one else in the cabin except the lady and Cassin.Women don't need to deliberately show the solemnity and determination of a leader.The tall armchair decorated with dark green velvet made the lady's tall and straight figure even among the same sex look a bit thin.She leaned on her chin with her hands, tilted her head slightly, and looked at the young man in front of her leisurely.

"Okay, let's skip this step." Cassin sighed helplessly.

"Go on." When it came to the task, the lady also sat up slightly to show respect.

"The mission target has been successfully captured, but we accidentally found a psionic awakener during recovery."

"You brought him back?"

"Yes. Unregistered psykers must be recovered or cleaned up. This is the law of the empire and our principle."

"So what's the problem?"

"He may be a nobleman. Sister Aldeline's opinion is that we need to file with the planetary governor."

"This is not something you should consider. You are doing well, Sister Cassin."

Speaking of which, the lady has regained her ingenuity and determination as the highest-ranking officer among the Sisters of Silence of the Emperor's Claw, the Lady of the Black Ship.She waved her hand forcefully:
"Politics is my concern, not yours."

The lady stood up and took two steps with her arms folded, then turned to Ka Xin:
"Aldeline's idea is not wrong, but please remember that at any time, we will and will only follow the law of the empire."

"Your will! Ma'am, what shall we do next?"

"Has the purity test been done?"

"Should be doing it, but I did a preliminary check and there is no problem."

"Okay, so now, notify the clerk. Send an accountability letter to the governor of the planet. Why did an unregistered psyker appear in our mission? I need his explanation! Otherwise, before the next high lord council, I will He will complain to both the Tribunal and the Chief of the Custodian Forces, hoping that the Home Office's accountability is not what he wants."

"Huh?" Cassim was dumbfounded.

"Just do it, my dear little Cassin." The lady suddenly put away her serious expression and winked at Cassin playfully.

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At the same time, our protagonist, Calvin, is being watched in a cabin 10 meters directly below the lady's office.

He was asked to stand naked in the middle of the cabin and press his hand on a scripture placed in the middle of the table.

The pure gold cover with a thickness of more than one centimeter and the buckle with chains made Calvin secretly complain that the weight and feel of this thing is enough to be used as a weapon.Then he discovered to his horror: the edge of the cover is actually sharpened!There are still some dried bloodstains of unknown creatures on it that have not been washed!On the throne!This thing really kills people!

Before Calvin could digest the horrific information, the Anglican priest in a red robe behind the bulletproof glass was already getting impatient.

"Calm down! Next, read after me."

"The nature of the devil is such that righteous people don't understand it yet. After we know it, we must fight against it..."

Although he didn't understand the reason, but for the sake of the solemn priest and the flamethrower whose four corners were obviously turned on, Calvin still decided to forgive the other party's offense magnanimously.He followed the priest's slow voice and read:
"The nature of the devil is such that righteous people don't understand it yet. After we know it, we must fight against it..."

The priest, who was waiting for Calvin to finish reading this verse, carefully observed the psionic instrument in front of him. On the runic readout scale engraved with dazzling red paint, the pointer floated quietly without moving.

After waiting quietly for a few more seconds, the relieved priest copied the index on parchment and handed it to the nun who was waiting next to him.Then stood up and said to Calvin on the other side of the bulletproof glass:
"Okay, you can go."

Calvin, who was dressed, just walked out of the door when he was watched by two armed soldiers from both sides, leading him to the next test session.

What awaits him will be the most important test since he boarded this black ship, which may affect the direction of his entire life—psychic power classification.

The new test chamber is slightly different from the previous environment.The same gray steel is used as the main tone of the wall, the difference is that the weapons on the four sides of the ceiling have been cancelled, and there is no bulletproof glass on the front. On the contrary, three high-level psykers, accompanied by two fully armed guards, sit in front of Calvin.

When Calvin entered the cabin and sat down according to the instructions, the three psykers gestured to each other with their eyes, and then the tallest one in the middle had silver arcs in his eyes. He looked at Calvin, and a sentence suddenly appeared like this In Calvin's mind:
"Then, start your psychic classification test now. I will only say the following, please remember well. After everyone awakens psychic power, according to the principle of telekinesis, there will be an initial reference object, and you can also use it Understand it as the concrete microcosm of your mind projected in the material world, it may be a sword, it may be a pen. But in any case, it is the form that your subconscious mind wants to see when you release your psionic energy. Now please close your eyes Open your eyes, relax, take a deep breath, open your heart, and let us see your inner projection."

Subconsciously, Calvin began to follow the instructions of that voice.Close your eyes, put your consciousness into the ocean of void spirit, and the small, black gemstone covered with countless facets that Calvin's soul embodies also naturally responds to his call, slowing down from the deep sea. rise slowly.

At this moment, he seemed to have pulled away all the emotions of "humanity", quietly looking down at this gem from top to bottom, and at the same time examining his own soul.

The tiny black luster regularly lights up and goes out from the smaller facets of the gemstone, as if echoing Calvin's breathing.

From a more microscopic perspective, Calvin saw that most of the facets on the gemstones were damaged, and only a few of them were complete, and none of them could shine in response to his call. .

"Well, good, keep it up. Let's see, a wall? A black crystal wall? What does this imply? Guard or imprison? Well, whatever it is, the fluctuation of psionic energy is very stable, and the fluctuation cycle can be called precise .”

Calvin, whose thoughts were interrupted by the voice, was thinking about how to deal with other problems that may arise next, but when he heard the word "wall", even after living for so long in two lifetimes, he still couldn't help but look up in amazement. beginning.

"Wall? Is a ping-pong ball so big floating here, are you blind?"

(End of this chapter)