2000. Drifting Apart
"Mr. President, why didn't you order the arrest of Tang Yu just now? They no longer have any ability to resist! "Rear Admiral Tarkin asked Palpatine from a Hunter class cruiser.
"Look beneath the surface, General Tarkin. You should understand that even if we were to fight directly just now, the one who would win would definitely not be you … "Palpatine looked at the universe outside through the porthole and said calmly," The guardian planet is definitely not as simple as it looks on the surface. This is my intuition. "
"But just now …"
Palpatine interrupted him with a wave of his hand. "They don't dare to resist because they are afraid of the Republic, not you. Let's not talk about anything else, just those soldiers in red armor, do you think your Marines can defeat them? "
Tarkin thought for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "Thank you, Speaker."
"You are the general I value the most. Don't disappoint me …" Palpatine said slowly.
"Yes!"
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Guardian Planet's capital, Yu City.
In Tang Yu's palace, all the core members were gathered in the conference hall. In front of them were many broken pieces, two corpses, and a bottle of black liquid sample.
"The preliminary screening has some results. Apart from the perpetrator, we also caught two other people, but they both committed suicide on the spot." Fox Immortal pointed to these things and said, "This bottle of black stuff is the substance after the body of the assailant was melted. The laboratory is currently testing it. It can only be preliminarily determined that this is a very strong corrosive liquid, and it only targets organic matter. Also, these fragments are the ion cannons used to attack Palpatine. These ion cannons are probably single-use weapons that were assembled using special materials to fool our detection system. "
"Where did these people come from?" Tang Yu asked with a gloomy face.
Immortal Fox looked at the corpses and snorted coldly. "They're definitely not from Planet Guardian. They're outsiders. Although our own technology is limited in the detection of space, it is not a problem to scan the vicinity of the entire planet. If the other party uses hyperspace to travel nearby, they will leave a very obvious fluctuation, which is easy to detect. Moreover, the Predators' fleet is not far from us, so there are only two groups of people who have the opportunity to come here. "
She raised two fingers and said, "Bel Organa's diplomatic mission can be ruled out. Because it's an open visit, everything will be closely monitored. So, when Newt Gunley came to visit, he could have brought the culprit with him. The second possibility is that Palpatine brought him here himself! "
Chen Gang muttered, "Indeed, no matter how you look at it, Major General Tarkin's electronic interference attack when Palpatine came over was too sudden and unreasonable. And if you really think from the Republic's point of view, this action is very likely to cause our planet to distrust the Republic from now on. But if they just want to use this opportunity to send the murderer to our planet, then everything makes sense. "
"From the files I've seen, it's clear that Newt Gunley is just a greedy, cowardly, and cowardly villain. He wouldn't dare make a fuss about the Speaker even if he had ten thousand guts. Plus, he contains the power of the dark side of the Force, which can only mean that he's just a pawn," White Queen Emma said.
Immortal Fox stroked her hair and said, "Actually, this matter is very easy to judge. I don't even think we need to dig deeper."
"Why do you say so?" Tang Yu asked.
"First of all, the sentence that the murderer shouted … 'Our Emperor will live for a hundred thousand years' … Do you know what it means?" Immortal Fox smiled coldly. "He actually wanted to say 'Long live the Emperor, long live the emperor', but because he doesn't understand our language, he said it in the Republic's common language, which made it sound so nondescript."
"They probably heard this sentence from Chinese. If that's the case, it's unlikely that it's Newt Gunley's people. Because the Chinese analysis data was brought to Coruscant by Senator Bell Organa, the time of the two doesn't match. " Bolivarian Trask said, "In fact, since the development of the Guardian Empire, although the official language is determined to be Chinese and English, the Empire of the Guardians has developed to this point. But in fact, because of the special nature of Chinese, more and more people in the upper class are using it, forming a polarity. They forcibly used Chinese words to frame us. It's really ridiculous. "
Immortal Fox said lightly, "It's indeed ridiculous. That's why we can so easily deduce that the murderer isn't one of us — just as the mastermind behind this, Chairman Palpatine, predicted."
"You're saying that these clues were left behind by Palpatine on purpose?" Tang Yu was stunned.
"Immediately persecuting a newly discovered planet to death. If this is the extent of the Galactic Republic and Palpatine, the Republic wouldn't have occupied the entire galaxy and achieved what it has today," Immortal Fox said. "There are so many obvious clues left, but there are no witnesses. Palpatine did this to give us leeway. He doesn't want us to suffer a fatal blow because of this matter. In that case, he must have a deeper meaning for doing this. "
"What deeper meaning?" Tang Yu asked with a frown.
"Maybe … he doesn't want us to join the Republic …" Immortal Fox touched his white and thin chin and said, "From Palpatine's point of view, what good does it do him if we don't join the Republic?"
"Is it because of me?" White Queen Emma asked.
Immortal Fox suddenly realized. "Yes! That's true! Maybe the others can't guess Palpatine's purpose, or even that this farce of an assassination was orchestrated by him. But compared to the others, our biggest advantage is that we know that Palpatine is the Sith Lord Darth Sidious! Then, since his next goal is to incite a civil war in the Galactic Republic and prevent us from joining the Republic, then his goal is to make us attack the Republic! "
Tang Yu immediately understood the crux of the matter. "And whether it's Emma or Peacock, in Palpatine's eyes, they both have very outstanding Force qualities. In other words, he wants us to deal with the Jedi Knights!"
"If that's the case, then it's really the worst possible outcome! Originally, we wanted to join the Republic and find a suitable time to expose Palpatine's true colors to the Jedi Knights … But if we don't join the Republic's side, all our accusations against him will become empty talk! "Immortal Fox shook his head, looking a little depressed.
"Even if this happened, we can still join the Republic, right?" Tang Yu said after some thought.
"Impossible! Do you think that's all Palpatine has up his sleeves? Once he makes a move, it will definitely be interlinked and continuous, and he will not stop until he reaches his goal! So if I'm not wrong, he must have other arrangements. This way, we will be further and further away from the Republic! "Immortal Fox said.
"But … we can't just let Palpatine manipulate us like this, right?" Lee Sung-ho said, a little unwilling to give up.
"I need to emphasize that we don't have any capital to go against the current Palpatine. Obeying him is the only choice. Otherwise, even if he can't destroy us, he can easily block our path of development and make us achieve nothing. " As Immortal Fox said, he knocked on the screen and asked, "Previously, you only paid attention to the perpetrator. Didn't you notice that after Palpatine left, the 50 million loan and those old space battleships that he was supposed to personally deliver this time have disappeared?"
Only then did Tang Yu remember. "That's right! Ever since Palpatine came here, he didn't mention this at all, and after the assassination, Palpatine just left! "
"So you understand now … He's forcing us to become the Republic's enemies!" Immortal Fox said in a deep voice.
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