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Chapter 590: I Want to Impeach

Gallardo. The news brought by Gallardo plunged the entire council hall into silence.

The high lords were silent.

They were all lost in thought.

The collapse of the Western Front and the disappearance of Phoenix Crest, along with Chapter Master Su Lie, were undoubtedly a huge shock. However, the High Lords quickly recovered from their shock.

They now had to consider what the Empire should do next.

The impact of the Western Front collapse was enormous.

It was the primary battlefield among the three fronts. The meeting before Gallardo’s report on the Western Front had discussed how to connect the three fronts and how to launch a general offensive against the Iron Armor, focusing on the Western Front.

Well, that matter no longer needed to be discussed.

The main attacking force was gone! The

question now was what to do with the Phoenix gone and the Western Front collapsed.

It was unknown how much damage had been done to the Iron Armor’s main force, but current estimates suggested it was considerable. However, without concrete evidence, it was impossible to determine whether the Iron Armor still had any offensive capabilities.

We should be lenient with the enemy and assume the worst. Given Iron Armor’s remaining offensive capabilities, the situation would be dire if the Western Front collapsed.

If Iron Armor continues westward, the entire Magre Realm would be wide open. If Iron Armor switches his attack north or south, the situation southward would be slightly better, and the Alliance might have a chance to hold off the enemy. If he joins the Void Zerg on the northern front, Marshal Leroy would be unable to withstand them and would be forced to retreat.

Previously, people didn’t worry much about this. The Void Zerg weren’t easy to communicate with, so how could they just join forces?

However, the few rumors that emerged from the Western Front’s collapse, while no one explicitly stated, led to speculation.

Did Iron Armor defect to the Zerg?

That was a bit far-fetched. What benefits could there be in defecting to the Zerg? The Zerg were different from Chaos traitors. While defecting to Chaos might seem twisted and corrupted, who knew for sure that they would actually be quite happy, gaining power or even rising to a higher level. The Imperium also holds some sealed intelligence, documenting cases of Space Marines, and even mortals, becoming demonic leaders. Researchers refer to these as “ascending demons,” former great heroes of humanity who have fallen and become “Demonic Princes.”

From this perspective, while the hurling of the brute is depraved, disgusting, and twisted, it still has room for advancement.

What kind of advancement does the hurling of the zerg offer? The zerg devour everything!

Throwing the zerg, just to be eaten?

No one would… That’s not right.

Such things do exist in this world.

There are those corrupted by the zerg, but these are often drifting zerg eggs, parasitizing mortals and giving rise to new races. They often lurk within human society, operating as religions, gangs, and the like, existing in the lower hives and the underworld. They spread the “infection,” whether through physical parasites or mind control, and continue to grow until they are capable of overthrowing the regime, or at least stirring unrest.

As their activity on the planet intensifies, one day, an unstoppable Zerg force will arrive and devour the entire planet.

From this perspective, Iron Armor seems to be in this position.

But many mysteries remain.

Past records don’t mention any Space Marines being infected.

Furthermore, if Iron Armor’s leadership were infected, how could these voracious Zerg monsters, driven solely by their biological instinct to eat, resist?

They now control essentially an entire galaxy!

After pondering this, the crowd couldn’t help but speak.

They must pay greater attention to the situation in the Eastern Frontier.

Some were saying it was time to consider organizing an expeditionary force from the Solar Realm, using the Empire’s core strength to quell the rebellion and prevent the situation from deteriorating further. Others were saying the Inquisition and the Court of Assassins needed to work diligently. Not only should they eliminate Humphrey Paul, but they should at least gather as much intelligence as possible about what was happening in the Princess Realm.

During the discussion, someone noticed that Gallardo had been there the entire time.

The Prime Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Ou Juren, said: “Please ask Prime Minister Gallardo to leave. The Supreme Council must continue.”

His words were condescending and even contained a hint of disgust.

They had once been a team, belonging to the same political faction. In fact, Ou Juren was considered Gallardo’s boss. When Gallardo went to Holy Terra to “sell” his former War Apostle colleagues, it was Ou Juren who did it. It

was Ou Juren who accepted him into his faction, allowing him to gradually gain a foothold and even grow in power.

Unfortunately, once his wings were strong, he was ready to fly.

Was Gallardo ever someone who would stay put?

Obviously not.

Moreover, he had a “good brother” on the southern front.

When the Alliance had not participated in the war, it was Ou Juren who withstood the pressure on Gu Hang in Holy Terra. For this, he and Ou Juren argued frequently.

At first, they were just perfunctory and procrastinating, but when the procrastination became unbearable, the two sides erupted in arguments, and the entire faction gradually began to split.

Gallardo wasn’t in vain. Ou Juren, who had assumed he had the final say, was shocked to discover that, after the split, a significant number of people had sided with Gallardo.

Even without a seat on the Supreme Council, a Prime Minister of the Imperial Army was still a top official at the center of the Empire, naturally empowered to win over and unite a number of previously marginalized and undervalued individuals within the political faction.

Ou Juren had originally thought that after Gallardo’s “rebellion,” he could easily remove him from the position.

After all, he argued, Gallardo’s position was entirely thanks to him. If he had helped Gallardo to power, he could easily remove him.

However, after the Alliance began to take the initiative and achieved a series of impressive victories in the Proud Claw Segmentum, Ou Juren discovered that Gallardo was becoming difficult to deal with.

His criticism of Gallardo at the Supreme Council even drew criticism from Prime Minister Zibodu,

which made him realize that he couldn’t handle Gallardo.

On the one hand, the victory that Gu Hang had won outside had greatly increased the prestige of the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs; on the other hand, he turned around and hugged the Prime Minister’s leg.

This leg was even thicker than Ou Juren’s.

The relationship between the two officially became hostile.

At this moment, it was natural to want to drive Gallardo out out of disgust.

What’s more, what he said was not a problem.

Gallardo was not qualified to participate in the discussion of the Supreme Council.

But Gallardo was not panicked at all. He just smiled and looked at Ou Juren.

Sure enough, someone spoke.

“Let the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs stay. We must inform him of the final result of our discussion and implement it. There is no need to do this.”

“Thank you for your tolerance, Prime Minister.” Gallardo bowed and replied without waiting for Ou Juren to speak.

Looking up, he smiled and said, “But, come to think of it, I do have something to discuss at the conference.”

“I want to impeach the Minister of Justice, Ou Juren. I have evidence of his illegal activities, and I solemnly accuse him of being responsible for the collapse of the Western Front!”

(End of this chapter)