After Li Qinwu and Father Anthony withdrew from the corridor, they began talking in hushed voices.
Li Qinwu said:
"My Cannibal Tree's passive skill activated just now. This Dreadnought Veteran named Saint Raiser kept a lot of information from us. He seemed to be on his guard against us.
"And I wanted to ask-has the Broken-Winged Angel Chapter never fought the T'au? Couldn't he recognize the style of a T'au Warship?"
Father Anthony said:
"According to the battle reports I've seen, the Broken-Winged Angel Chapter has encountered the T'au in its theater of operations, so he should have recognized the interior décor of a T'au Warship."
Li Qinwu narrowed his eyes.
"A Dreadnought Veteran who hates Xenos to his core woke up, found himself aboard a T'au Warship, and didn't ask a single question.
"Heh. A veteran, all right. He really knows how to keep his cards close to his chest!"
Father Anthony hesitated, then suddenly told Li Qinwu something he hadn't expected.
"I don't know if you noticed, but there was a black tattoo on the mangled skin of Saint Raiser's chest."
Li Qinwu thought back briefly and remembered it. On Saint Raiser's left chest was a tattoo of half a wing, with three snakes coiled around it.
"What do you mean? Does that tattoo have some special significance?"
Father Anthony nodded.
"Different Astartes Chapters have different internal cultures. The Broken-Winged Angel Chapter uses snake tattoos to represent medicine."
Li Qinwu's eyes suddenly lit up.
"You mean Saint Raiser is an Apothecary?"
Father Anthony nodded solemnly.
"Not just an Apothecary, but the Chief Apothecary.
"Apothecary trainees in the Broken-Winged Angel Chapter have no snakes tattooed on them. An Apothecary has one snake, and a senior Apothecary has two.
"A Chief Apothecary has three!
"The Chief Apothecary generally oversees all