The Chapter Librarian was nearly in tears with panic. He shouted urgently:
"We really can't touch him! This guy has serious connections-very serious connections!"
The Star Chapter Master roared:
"Just how serious could his connections be that he can humiliate our Chapter like this and still walk away unscathed?"
The Chapter Librarian hurriedly shouted:
"Please watch the video!"
"What fucking video?"
A small holographic projector on the Chapter Librarian's Power Armor activated, projecting an image.
It was a clip of Li Qinwu on Terra, carrying a great banner into the Great Hall of Heroes to have the bell rung for the Broken-Winged Angel Chapter, then personally placing the banner on display inside.
The Star Chapter Master and the Astartes around him all froze at the sight.
They were Astartes themselves. They knew perfectly well how difficult it was for a Chapter from the Cursed Founding to earn the honor of having the bell rung.
Never mind anyone else-even their own Red Star Chapter looked down somewhat on Astartes from the Cursed Founding.
They had too many genetic ailments, were highly unstable, and had turned to Chaos far too often.
But looking down on them was one thing. It did nothing to diminish their admiration for Li Qinwu.
What Li Qinwu had done amounted to winning glory for the military.
Whatever else might be true, the Red Star Chapter was part of the military. An act like that earned him considerable goodwill from them.
And this guy could actually enter the Great Hall of Heroes. That was no small thing!
Being an Inquisitor already made him a formidable figure, but he was also someone entitled to enter the Great Hall of Heroes.
On a personal level, he had also secured the honor an Astartes Chapter on the verge of destruction deserved,