Duanmu Huai calmly watched the governor. Of course, he understood exactly how the governor felt right now. Unlike that foolish idiot from the Forgotten World, most Imperial governors did not want to see the Inquisition show up on their territory. Their arrival did not mean they merely suspected something was wrong with you. It meant that something was definitely wrong with you.
A doctor might only reach a conclusion after examining you, but the Inquisition would only consider whether to treat you, amputate you, or simply put you out of your misery.
"We need a detailed and comprehensive investigation, from top to bottom. You understand what I mean, Governor?"
"This... of course I understand..."
The governor was extremely unaccustomed to the implied threat in Duanmu Huai's tone, but he had no choice—because the Inquisition could even execute him on the spot, on the grounds that he had refused to cooperate with the Inquisition and was suspected of being corrupted by Chaos. Of course, ordinary Inquisitors would not do such a thing, and even if they did, they would not come out of it smelling like roses.
But to any normal person, someone who could pull out a gun and shoot you dead at any time without the slightest psychological burden was dangerous in and of himself.
"Very well. First, I need to conduct a thorough search. Every suspicious individual must be investigated."
Duanmu Huai knew, of course, how difficult it would be to conduct such an investigation in a massive Hive City of tens of millions of people, but that was not his problem. In fact, he was merely killing two birds with one stone. Any Chaos Believer with even a little sense would obediently lie low at a time like this instead of walking straight into his line of