Li Qinwu's fleet approached the orbit of Sun 938. After securing docking authorization through communications, he contacted the planetary governor from aboard his warship.
The planetary governor was an old man in his forties, with a young Tech-Priest standing beside him.
The moment the planetary governor appeared on the screen, he began frantically signaling Li Qinwu with his eyes.
"In... Inquisitor, wel... welcome to Sun 938, welcome..."
As he stammered, he kept winking and making faces at Li Qinwu, as though begging for help.
But Li Qinwu had already decided not to get involved in this planet's affairs. For no other reason than the fact that four Adeptus Mechanicus heavy cruisers and more than ten light escorts were floating at the neighboring dockyard.
With a planetary defense fleet of that scale, they could practically try launching an expedition into the Eye of Terror. Li Qinwu did not dare touch that mess.
So his eyes automatically filtered out the planetary governor's plea for help as he said to himself:
"Governor, I'm mainly here to do business this time. My hold is packed with wheat and premium foodstuffs. Would you like to send someone aboard to inspect them and offer a reasonable price?"
The planetary governor was about to cry from anxiety. Why was this Inquisitor so clueless?!
He had been taken hostage by the Adeptus Mechanicus! Couldn't Li Qinwu see the two oil boys behind him holding electric batons? If he said one wrong word, those batons would crack right into his back!
"In... Inquisitor, loyalty! Long live the God-Emperor!!"
Li Qinwu looked up at the ceiling at a forty-five-degree angle. Hey, this ceiling really was a ceiling!
"Mm, you're loyal too. Long live you too."
Seeing that Li Qinwu was ignoring him, the planetary governor roughly understood that this man