Dora Kaul?

"No."

Augustus Flax's expression didn't change.

"I've investigated for you, Nama. Karl's life is completely normal."

As he spoke, Augustus Flax handed a file to Zhou Yun.

Zhou Yun opened the file and saw that it contained Nama Karl's life story.

"Nama Karl's husband was a junior manager at a mining company on an asteroid in the Stygian System."

"Decades ago, a band of roving greenskins attacked the Stygian System, and the asteroid belt was the first to be hit."

"Nama Karl's husband was on the asteroid, demonstrating his loyalty to the Emperor, and died for it."

Augustus Flax said in a calm tone.

While he was speaking, Zhou Yun looked at the file in his hand.

That's right, Nama Karl's husband had died in the greenskin invasion of the asteroid belt.

He had organized the workers to resist the greenskins and died because of it.

Nama Karl was therefore deeply respected in the vicinity.

"After that, Nama Karl lived a life between work and home, occasionally teaching mathematics to the children nearby."

"Her only two hobbies were teaching and mathematics, and there were never any signs of corruption in her life."

"When this church you're standing on was built, she even donated money."

"Here's the receipt from back then."

Augustus Flax pointed to a receipt in the file.

The receipt showed that Nama Karl had indeed donated to the church.

The donation amount was six thousand five hundred and sixty-one Blood Coins, almost all of Nama Karl's savings.

It seemed that Nama Karl was indeed a devout follower of the Ecclesiarchy, and her only interest was quite harmless.

The only drawback was that she attended prayers relatively infrequently, only 153 times in the past four years.

But she had still come to this small church to pray seven days ago.

Everything indeed seemed normal.

The only problem was...

Zhou Yun calculated the number of times she had come to pray.

153, the sum of the three digits was exactly nine.

But Zhou Yun didn't voice this suspicion, as it sounded too far-fetched.

Was he being too suspicious? No, something felt very, very wrong.

"Don't worry, if there really is corruption, I don't mind bombing the entire District Nine."

Augustus Flax comforted him.

"There's always a way to stop the spread of corruption."

Zhou Yun frowned.

District Nine was the only passage for many large districts in the Lower Hive to enter the Upper Hive. If it were bombed, the cost of transporting supplies from the Lower Hive would skyrocket, and the prices of food and various daily necessities would inevitably rise.

Deaths were inevitable.

It could even evolve into riots and rebellions.

"The people of the Lower Hive will suffer a little, and I will suppress any riots," Augustus Flax said with a deep tone.

This scoundrel. Zhou Yun shook his head.

If he killed Nama Karl now, all the problems would be nipped in the bud.

Although Nama Karl did seem innocent.

"Nama Karl is a devout follower of the Ecclesiarchy, and her husband died for the Emperor. Without concrete evidence, I'll have to kill her with PDF troops."

"…Someone might question my loyalty."

Augustus Flax noticed Zhou Yun's gaze and shook his head, telling the truth.

"And your loyalty simply won't stand up to scrutiny," Zhou Yun shrugged.

Augustus Flax, this guy, had previously tried to find Ignatius Carkas's notebook.

That notebook recorded the corrupt incantations on planet Devon.

Zhou Yun strongly suspected that Augustus Flax intended to use the corrupt knowledge within as a final failsafe.

If the Hellworm truly reached him, he would drag the entire planet Asphodel down into Chaos.

"Yeah, so, the PDF can't be used by you."

"If you want to kill, you can only do it secretly, without anyone finding out."

As he spoke, Augustus Flax chuckled:

"And it's not just me, your loyalty can't withstand scrutiny either."

"You're associating with an illegal psyker, after all."

Hearing this, Zhou Yun smiled:

"I'm just raising an idiot."

"Unlike you, Governor, who's raising a private army of illegal psykers who escaped from a black ship."

"Governor, you wouldn't want the matter of you harboring illegal psykers to be discovered by the Inquisition, would you?"

Augustus Flax's originally calm expression froze.

"How did you know?" Augustus Flax's voice held a trace of undisguised shock.

Those illegal psykers were hidden by Augustus Flax in his secret underground palace.

The entire palace was managed by servitors, making any leak impossible.

Zhou Yun simply gave Augustus Flax a brilliant smile.

"I underestimated you."

Augustus Flax had to admit:

"Let's talk about cooperation. Radburn told me you need money, and I can give it to you."

"But I need you to go to the underhive."

Hearing this, Zhou Yun's eye twitched slightly.

Why the underhive again?

"Although I have informants in the Lower Hive, I have none in the underhive. That's the territory of heretics, mutants, and Hellworms."

"Since you can travel through various ruined sectors unharmed, you must have a way to enter the underhive and investigate the Hellworms, right?"

"After all, you even know about me raising illegal psykers."

As he spoke, Augustus Flax reached into his pocket, took out a linen-wrapped bag, and handed it to Zhou Yun.

Zhou Yun opened the bag. Inside were Bloodstones as pure as fresh blood, each as large as a thumb, of extremely high quality.

"This isn't payment, but a gift between friends."

Augustus Flax smiled:

"As long as you go to the underhive and bring back some useful information, I'll give you even more."

Zhou Yun remained impassive, pretending to stuff the Bloodstones into his clothes, and instead put the bag into his Fourth-Dimensional Pocket.

Seeing the 150,000 Blood Coins exchanged for the Bloodstones, Zhou Yun's gaze towards Augustus Flax became fervent.

If I tied this guy up, I could extort him directly.

But Zhou Yun still harbored some caution.

"Let me confirm, are you Augustus Flax himself?" Zhou Yun asked tentatively.

"You are indeed interesting." Augustus Flax nodded in admiration: "You can actually see that I am not myself."

"What you are seeing now is a servitor I commissioned a Great Sage of the Adeptus Mechanicus, who happened to pass by over twenty years ago, to create."

"That Great Sage was very interested in our family's blood. After I paid with several young children, he made this servitor for me."

"Not only does its appearance synchronize with mine, but it can also be remotely controlled through special instruments, performing intricate movements indistinguishable from a human."

It's really not... Zhou Yun couldn't help but look at the Augustus Flax servitor. It was almost impossible to tell it was a servitor, its appearance was similar to Augustus Flax, its expressions were lively, and it could even transmit consciousness remotely.

Whose Adeptus Mechanicus Great Sage's technology is this exquisite?

"May I ask what that Great Sage's name was?"

"I heard he was called Belisarius Cawl."

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