I'm in Warhammer, I just want to grow mushrooms

Chapter 115: The Poison of Pride
When was the last time you saw Osgers?

Li Nuo washed his hands in the bathroom and recalled quickly.

He remembered.

The last time he met Osgus was as the Governor's agent "Conwen".

At that time, he was assigned to Osgus by Lord Fugas to clear the way for him in the ruins area and the bottom nest.

He provided Osgus with an extremely valuable roadmap, helping him and eight other hunting lords to get the first blood of the leader of the Healing Cult.

But in the end, how many rewards did Osgus give himself?

Li Nuo took out the agent data pad and took a look.

Before and after the cleanup operation was completed, Osgus transferred two sums of money to himself.

One is for 10 credit points and the other is for 20.

My goodness, Osgus himself said that there would be a huge reward after the cleanup operation was completed.

So the reward he mentioned is only 20 credit points?

No wonder his stinginess was known even to the Governor's agents.

I wonder why Osgus came to see me today? It should be just a meeting, just like other members of the Vorges family came to show their faces in front of me.

Li Nuo dried his hands, pushed the door open, took the noble robe handed to him by Brandi and put it on himself.

He walked from his residence to the door of the laboratory.

There were four figures guarding outside the door. They were Osgus's chief and deputy chief guards and two ordinary guards.

Seeing Li Nuo coming out, Vegetto, the captain of Osgus's guards, stretched out his right hand towards the next room and guided Li Nuo to see Osgus:

"This way, the master has been waiting for you for a long time."

Li Nuo glanced at Vegetto, who had an indifferent expression, and then looked at the deputy guard standing behind him, and some ripples arose in his heart.

This is the Royal Court District, the Governor’s territory.

The Governor has given the entire area within a hundred meters around the laboratory to his own use, and has also specially transferred some people from the No. 6 Guard to stand guard.

But now, the members of Guard No. 6 were useless, and Osgus's guards were blocking the door of the laboratory.

Osgus's chief and deputy chief guards even half-guided and half-forced him to go see Osgus immediately.

This kind of guidance work should have been done by the people of Guard No. 6, but now it was taken up by Osgus's guards.

The corridor where guards were originally stationed was now empty, and all the members of Guard Team No. 6 were nowhere to be seen.

It seems that Osgus, as the eldest son of the Garmin branch of the Vogues family, has considerable prestige among the governor's servants and can even order the governor's men around.

Their rise was too fast, their economic strength was far ahead, but their armed forces lagged far behind, and were weak and powerless.

This cannot continue.

The Planetary Defense Force is in such a bad state that it cannot be relied upon in the short term. The Governor's Guard has been severely infiltrated by Osgus, so the Fungusstat developed by ourselves is more reliable.

After meeting with Osgus, he began to madly develop Fungusstat in order to establish his own security as soon as possible.

Li Nuo arrived at the lounge in a flash.

The two guards at the door looked at Li Nuo with scrutiny for a few seconds before pushing the door open and letting him in.

Li Nuo thought that the person in the house was Osgus himself, but in fact...

There is only a holographic portrait here projected by a holographic device.

Li Nuo stopped at the door and turned to look at the guards behind him:
"You drove away the Governor's Guard Unit 6, and used the implants in your body to scan me constantly. You were so vigilant and careful, but in the end, you were just protecting a... holographic projection? Don't you think this is ridiculous?"

In the holographic projection, Osgus's holographic image was wearing a luxurious velvet black robe.

He had his hands behind his back, his expression indifferent but revealing a hint of arrogance, and he looked at the scene at the door leisurely, as if he was watching a good show.

The chief guard Vegetto chuckled:
"We don't find it funny. It's you, a fellow who popped out of nowhere, who relies on so-called new technology to ride on our young master's head. This is truly funny."

Vegetto took a step forward and stood in front of Li Nuo with his hands on his hips. His bald head was slightly bent to one side, with a sarcastic smile on the corner of his mouth:
"Let me tell you something on behalf of the young master. Everything you have now is due to the kindness and mercy of our young master. When we develop a more excellent synthetic starch preparation technology, your starch factory, the contract between you and the Forge World, and your laboratory and residence in the Royal Court will all vanish into thin air. Of course, there is another possibility..."

Vegetto lowered his voice:
"You died young due to excessive indulgence. Before you died, you wrote a will, passing all your inventions and patents to Tiduo. Then our young master married Tiduo, legitimately took over all your achievements, and became the governor. Believe me, this kind of thing will definitely happen. The dead can't defend themselves."

Vegito's voice returned to normal:

"You don't want to end up in this situation, right? So, be smart and hand over your skills. This way, everyone will be happy and there won't be any falling out."

Faced with the ridicule, Li Nuo was as calm as an ancient well, without any emotional fluctuations. He was not angry, nor did he curse the nobles for their shamelessness and meanness.

He walked over to the holographic device and turned off the holographic projection under the watchful eyes of Osgus and the guards.

Osgus was puzzled by Lino's strange behavior, and a trace of confusion flashed across his face before the holographic portrait disappeared.

As the holographic projection was turned off, the buzzing sound emitted by the device stopped, and the room inside and outside became extremely quiet.

"I once heard that what killed the nobles was never the guns of the new era, but pride and prejudice. Your Master Osgus will become the most vivid example."

Li Nuo unbuttoned his cuffs and collar, and pressed his knuckles, making a crackling sound:

"You don't think I'm just a weak scientific researcher, do you?"

An invisible aura emanated from him, as if a sleeping beast was awakening.

Vegetto sensed that something was amiss and made cryptic gestures to his companions behind him.

The guards received the order, turned their bodies slightly sideways, and reached silently for the lower back with their right hands.

Li Nuo looked at the group of noble guards who were on alert, and a smile appeared on his lips.

The next second, the sky and the earth were torn apart by invisible hands, and an extremely bright white light descended instantly.

"Puff puff!"

"what!!!"

The white light only lasted for less than 0.1 seconds before being turned off by Li Nuo, but it was enough to make the guards' eyes explode and cry out in pain.

At the same time, the strong light burned all the optical components that were working, and sparks burst out from the guards' combat recorders.

Li Nuo's eyes were as cold as a knife, and he quickly approached the guards, leaving a trail of afterimages.

Vegetto heard the sound of the wind, covered his bleeding eyes and quickly retreated, shouting in a trembling voice:

"Don't come over here! What's with that damn white light?!"

Li Nuo didn't say anything, but stretched out his hands like lightning, aiming directly at the guards behind Vegetto.

"Kakakaka——"

After a series of crisp noises, the necks of the five guards were broken and the wailing stopped abruptly.

The sound of bones breaking scared Vegetto to death.

Before he could react, a thin needle pierced his neck.

His body suddenly stiffened, unable to move, and his mind became as sluggish as if it were filled with lead.

An intense, irresistible desire to confide grew in Vegetto's heart.

This desire to talk forced him to answer any questions from anyone, even if these questions involved the master's unspeakable secrets.

Vegetto could not see, everything in front of his eyes was dark, and there was a ghostly sound lingering in his ears.

"Tell me, Vegetto, if Li Nuo doesn't intend to hand over his technology, how does your master, Osgus Garmin Fugas, plan to deal with him?"

In a daze, Vegetto muttered in a dream:

"Master...Master asked me to bring some potions. Once these potions are injected into Li Nuo's body, he will lose his self-awareness and become a puppet at the mercy of others.

"I will bring several courtesans to Li Nuo. These courtesans have been modified and have special implants that will allow Li Nuo to follow my guidance in pleasure and write the will that the young master wants. Then, Li Nuo will die suddenly when he reaches the peak, becoming a classic case of death due to overindulgence."

The ethereal voice asked again:
"Tell me, Vegetto, why did your master Osgus Garmin Vorges do this?"

Vegetto shook his head, the strong desire to talk forced him to continue:
"Because... because that damn Li Nuo disrupted the master's plan... If it weren't for Li Nuo, it should be my master who is engaged to Tiduo now..."

"Very good, Vegetto. I am your best friend, right? Then can you tell me whether your master, Osgus Garmin Vogues, has ever met Hax Binis of the wealthy merchant family on a cargo ship?" "Yes, yes."

"What did they talk about?"

"They, they... they are planning to buy corpses on the ship..." Vegetto's body twitched, and his expression became a little distorted, as if he was resisting the desire to confide.

Linuo stood in front of Vegetto, holding an agent data pad in his hand.

This data board is communicating with Delton, broadcasting the scene in the lounge in real time.

Vegetto's body twitched more violently, a look of pain on his face.

Li Nuo took out two needles and inserted them into Vegetto's carotid artery, increasing the dosage of the medicine.

Vegetto's expression softened, and he managed to regain his dazed look, mumbling out everything he knew.

The truth he told moved Lino and Delton.

Li Nuo and Vegetto looked at each other through the communication screen, but did not communicate immediately. Instead, they let Vegetto finish his words.

Vegetto's confession:
Before the Purge began, Osgus used his psychic powers to search for a way to become Governor.

The psychic power told him that there was a pathogenic strain in the treasure house of the Reconciliation Cult that could produce a large number of corpses. This thing could bring countless corpses to Osgus to expand the ghost mushroom industry and build momentum for him to become governor.

Osgus believed the psychic's words and privately entrusted Ruth, who possessed invisibility-like psychic powers, to enter the treasury and take away a metal box.

What was in the box was a pathogenic strain.

Li Nuo knew what happened next without Vegeta telling him.

The pathogenic strain was placed into the body of a corporate spy, who followed the cargo ship of the Binnis family to the hazy star region where cold trade prevailed.

But before the commercial spy could become the source of the plague and spread the disease on a large scale, his cargo ship was looted by Orc pirates and Eldar pirates.

Vegeta said with difficulty in pain:

"The young master's plan to use pathogenic strains to obtain corpses failed. He asked the psychic again, and the psychic told him that Necromunda's corpse starch could be used to cultivate ghost mushrooms, but the cost was much higher than the plan of using pathogenic strains to obtain corpses."

Delton checked his data pad and found clues related to the "metal box".

During the cleanup operation, the judges of the Imperial Law Enforcement Department counted the items on site and found a total of 9 metal boxes in the treasure house of the Reconciliation Cult.

Ruth takes one of them and replaces the original with a fake box.

So, when the loot in the treasury was distributed, there were a total of 8 metal boxes containing pathogenic strains.

These boxes have extremely strong confidentiality devices and require the correct method to open.

Using violent means to open the box will only cause the contents inside to be destroyed.

After some attempts, the Governor's laboratory failed to find a way to open it. Instead, five boxes were broken and only five pieces of glass residue and some sand were obtained.

According to the records in the database, these three boxes were taken as prizes for hunting the lords because they could not be opened, and eventually remained in the underground treasury of the Royal Court.

Li Nuo took a deep breath and his heartbeat quickened slightly.

He knew exactly what was in the box; it was a strain of the fungal alien Acre-Hereth.

What kind of bacterial abilities this unique fungal organism possesses has always been a mystery.

If he could get these three boxes and find the right way to open them, he would be able to see the complete form of Ark Helles, or even store them in the fungal warehouse.

"Puff..." Vegetto spat out a mouthful of blood, his expression became listless, and he was almost dying.

Delton's voice came from the data board:
"Li Nuo, I have sent a team to your area. They will help you deal with the scene. I will explain the situation of the metal boxes to the Governor General and destroy the three metal boxes in the underground treasure house of the Royal Court as soon as possible. Regarding what Vegetto said under the effect of the truth serum potion and the audio and video recordings in your hands, I have a suggestion. Do you want to hear it?"

"Please say."

Delton pondered:

"Your recordings and videos can bring disgrace upon Osgus, and even allow the Governor to put Osgus in jail and put him on trial for his crimes. But I don't recommend you to do this. Osgus has too many supporters. He and his father are powerful enough to start a rebellion. Unfortunately, the Planetary Defense Force is being held back by the rebels outside the hive and is unable to support the hive. I think you should understand what I mean."

Li Nuo nodded slowly:

"I understand. The fight for the governor's position has turned Epimet into a powder keg. Before the governor is ready to deal with the impact, we must exercise restraint and delay the explosion of the powder keg. Is that right?"

"Yes. I'm glad you have such a big picture view." Delton asked, "So how do you plan to deal with the audio and video?"

The Governor needs time to drag the Planetary Defense Force out of the quagmire outside the hive.

So why not myself?

It also takes time to create the bacteria state and build an insurmountable wall for personal safety.

Therefore, his idea coincided with the governor's, which was to buy as much time as possible to avoid the conflict being intensified in advance.

"Delton, I accept your suggestion and will not make the audio and video public for the time being." Li Nuo added a password to the audio and video and saved it on the data tablet.

Delton breathed a sigh of relief:
"Thank you for your understanding, Li Nuo. The agents coming to support you are my veterans. Wick and Mona are also among them. If you agree, Wick and Mona will protect you closely from today on. I will explain the situation to the Governor. Guard No. 6 will pay the price for today's foolish behavior."

"No problem, let Wick and Mona protect me. They are the few people I can trust in the hive."

While the two were talking, Vegetto took his last breath.

Li Nuo looked towards the door and heard footsteps approaching rapidly from a distance.

The people who came were fully armed and experienced Governor's agents, and Wick and Mona were the ones leading the charge.

"Li Nuo, I suddenly don't envy you so much. Being the governor's son-in-law is much more dangerous than being an agent." Wick walked into the room holding a laser rifle and sighed as he looked at the corpses on the ground.

Mengna glanced at Li Nuo and asked with concern:
"Are you OK?"

"No, I'm intact. These guys are not enough to threaten me." Li Nuo smiled and gestured to the guards:
"I'll leave this to you. The water is boiling in the lab, I have to go take a look."

"Okay, go ahead. There will be no problem with us here." Mona gestured to the agents to make way for Li Nuo.

The agents began to dispose of the body.

Their every move was transmitted to Delton in real time through the combat recorder.

At this time, Delton was in Vogue's office.

Before Li Nuo's communication signal was connected, Delton, Fugas and Tido had just finished a face-to-face communication with the commander of the planetary defense force.

Vegito confessed the whole process of what Osgus did, which was seen by Vorges and Tido.

"It's my fault that the city has become what it is now." Fugais was holding his pipe with a worried look, and he looked at Tido with a helpless and loving look:

"Since Tido was born, I have spent too much time with her and neglected the management of the hive, which is why the nobles below are ready to make a move. If it was before Tido was born, I would have sent people to kill a little bastard like Osgus as soon as he showed any signs of making a move, and he would not have been able to develop the trend he is in now."

"Dad, I'm sorry." Tido recalled the experience of pestering her father to play with her. She couldn't help feeling regretful and tears welled up in her eyes.

"No, there's no need to say sorry, my daughter. Life is like this. You gain something but also lose something. The warmth you bring to me cannot be replaced by the nest."

Vauques took the handkerchief with his old hands, wiped away his daughter's tears, and then said seriously:
"Delton, according to your plan, how long will it take to reorganize the planetary defense force?"

"Three months at most. If everything goes well, two months will be enough." Delton closed the data board and stood up straight.

"In this short period of time, the regiment-level and company-level commanders of the Planetary Defense Force will gradually be replaced by the elites of the Terran Academy. When the Planetary Defense Force returns to your control, more elites of the Terran Academy will join the Hive Department to replace the original positions of the nobles."

The main employment directions for graduates of Terra Loyalists Academy are the administrative departments, legal departments and imperial army of the imperial world.

They are more disciplined and dedicated to their duties than the hive nobles, and are rarely infected with the bad habits of the nobles.

As far as the situation in the Solar Sector is concerned, only the hives that are extremely important to the Human Empire can ask graduates of the Loyalty Academy to come and help operate them.

The starch preparation technology invented by Li Nuo will raise Epimet's status in the human empire to several levels, making it a strategic location.

The series of changes triggered by this have quietly begun at a level that the nobles cannot even notice.

"Delton, go to the underground treasury and destroy the three metal boxes yourself." Vogue patted his daughter's hand and said gently:
"Tido, take Li Nuo to the treasury to pick out a set of hunting lord weapons that he likes. I was originally planning to give him this gift when you two get married. But what the No. 6 Guard did really embarrassed me, and I have to compensate him as soon as possible to avoid a rift in your relationship. You can tell him about Zhongsi Academy in the treasury."

"Yeah, okay, Dad." Titus burst into laughter and happily leaned on her father's shoulder.

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