Hasik: So quickly, he identified the Changelings disguised as White

Scars.

After capturing the Changeling, Howard Fender immediately handed him over to Third Company Captain Michal for interrogation, then headed into the city to attend to other matters.

After bringing the amber aboard the Heavy Transport Ship, Michal found a troop compartment.

The Judge raised his hand, sending spirituality surging out to cover the entire compartment, and commanded in a stern voice in Dunnish.

"Seal!"

Layers of viscous liquid spread rapidly through the compartment, forming one invisible wall after another.

The Judge then raised his hand toward the amber and shouted, "Release Imprisonment!"

The amber rapidly dissolved and vanished. The Changeling's rigid eyeballs trembled slightly.

The Changeling's seemingly patchwork body began to move.

As though waking from a long dream, his eyes rolled vacantly until the black-armored giant came into view. Only then did he come to his senses.

The Changeling shuddered violently, his body rapidly shifting between several creatures, including a local of Perturabo and a bizarre birdlike being.

As he confirmed that his shapeshifting ability had returned, he drew a short blade from above his ribs.

The Changeling opened his mouth and spat intestinal acid at the black-armored giant, sliding forward like a snake as he slashed with his blade.

The Shadow of Order darted aside the instant the Changeling opened his mouth.

Hiss!

The acid struck the invisible "prison," and the ripples it raised gave the Changeling a familiar feeling.

Before he could think further, he saw golden light flare in the black-armored giant's eyes.

The Changeling let out an avian screech. He felt as though his entire brain and mind had been pierced.

After felling the Changeling with Psychic Piercing, the veteran Interrogator spoke again in a low voice.

"Xenos, tell me where you gather."

"Never." The Changeling staggered to his feet. His shifts between forms