2102. Fishing in Troubled Waters
Cade Bain narrowed his eyes, looked at Svetlana, and said, "Ziro usually stays in his own clubhouse. This clubhouse is monitored by all the major powers, including the Republic. It's not difficult to break in, but it's almost impossible to bring him out. So, our first step is to let the Republic bring Ziro out themselves … "
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Coruscant's parliament building, Rodia's planet office.
"Is what you said true? The aid that the Republic allocated to Rodia has been robbed by Ziro?! " Rodia's parliament member, Onaconda Farr, looked at the black figure in front of him and cried out in shock. "Hundreds of millions of people on our planet have already fallen into a famine, and he actually dared to do such a thing!!"
"You have to know, Parliament Member Farr, if the aid to Rodia is sold in Nar Xada, it's a huge sum of tens of millions of credits. As for Ziro, he's both a Hutt and a leader of Black Sun. Between tens of millions of credits and the lives of hundreds of millions of Rodia people, which side do you think he will choose? " Standing opposite Parliament Member Farr was an official from the Republic's Economic Inspectorate. He took out an intelligence report and placed it on the table.
"Bastard! Bastard! He can't do this … he can't do this! " Looking at the intelligence report, it was an investigation record. It showed that the galactic pirates who attacked the transport ships were Ziro's men! And there were people in the Republic who provided Ziro with intelligence on the transport ships' routes!!
Onaconda Farr panicked and paced around the office. Then, he grabbed the official as if he was grabbing at straws and said, "No, Boot! Aren't you from the Economic Inspectorate? Why can't you handle this matter?! "
The official named Boot smiled bitterly and said, "If I had a way, would I still need to look for you? It's not like you don't know Ziro's background. Just in the Galactic Council alone, there are at least hundreds of parliament members who are related to him. "
Then, he paused and said softly, "So, at this time, for the survival of the hundreds of millions of people on Rodia, we need to use some unconventional methods … You can do it in the parliament building … Then, I'll …"
After a while, Onaconda Farr came out of his office and sent Boot off. He then walked towards the main control center of the parliament building with a nervous expression. The parliament wasn't in session today, so the parliament building was a little deserted. The few guards along the way didn't seem to care about him, because in a place like the parliament, there were people walking around with nervous expressions every day. The troops guarding the parliament building were not the clone troops, but the garrison troops of the parliament. For the sake of uniform and appearance, they were basically made up of humans. Of course, this troop, which was about the same age as the Republic, had already been corrupted to the core.
Senator Farr skillfully talked to the guard captain and gave him some money before sending him away. The captain only knew that this esteemed councilor wanted to do some shady business here. It wasn't surprising. Bribery, intimidation, and such things happened every day in the parliament.
Senator Farr smoothly walked into the control center and carefully placed a device that Bute had given him on the mainframe. He then turned around and went straight to the office of Senator Padme Amidala of Planet Naboo.
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Coruscant's underground world, 841 floors underground. Among the 5127 floors of Coruscant, this place was relatively close to the surface, but it was still hidden enough. There was a very luxurious bar here. Those who could enter this bar were either rich or powerful, and most of them were inextricably linked to the underworld.
Svetlana Berikova, who was dressed in black, arrived at the bar under the protection of Elisa. She didn't say much and directly walked through the crowd to the bar counter. She handed a specially made black gold coin to the bartender. The bartender glanced at it and also didn't say anything. He just pointed to a door behind him that was hung with a luxurious silk curtain.
Svetlana walked in and walked down the stairs. In an extremely luxurious room, she saw Ziro the Hutt. He was listening to a few Twrek beauties singing with great interest.
"You better not be here to cause trouble, Svetlana." Ziro glanced at her and said.
"Count Dooku has instructions." Svetlana walked up and handed over a communication device.
Ziro glanced at her and waved his short and thick arm. Everyone around him immediately retreated, and then he turned on the device. Count Dooku's holographic projection appeared and said, "Ziro, I heard that Planet Rodia is currently facing a food shortage problem. I want you to think of a way to worsen the famine there, and then tell me the schedule and route of all the spaceships flying to Planet Rodia!"
"Oh! Lord Dooku, this is not an easy task. You must know that this is a time of war. The security level of the transport ships transporting supplies is equivalent to that of the Republic's armed fleet! Moreover, directly plotting against a planet like this requires too much power! "Ziro raised his hand and said loudly.
"Of course I will pay you enough, and don't forget our previous agreement," Count Dooku said slowly.
Hearing this agreement, Ziro's expression instantly became respectful. He lowered his head and said, "No problem, I will definitely complete your request, Lord Dooku. In fact, I have some information about Planet Rodia in my hands. I have a spy there, and I can secretly mix some Wilting Agent into their fertilizer warehouse … "
Just as Ziro and Dooku were conversing, a small piece of liquid metal wrapped around Elisa's body was secretly recording the entire meeting from another angle in the room. However, there was no sound at all. In order to dispel suspicion, Svetlana even recorded her own figure in the video. However, she was wearing a black dress that covered her face, so no one could recognize her at all.
A moment later, Ziro and Count Dooku reached an agreement, and Svetlana also took her leave.
Soon, the soundless video was sent to Padmé Amidala's table. Someone also told her that Ziro the Hutt was preparing to sell the previously looted food to Count Dooku. Previously, Senator Farr had come to look for her, saying that someone in the Republic was colluding with Ziro to loot the aid sent to Planet Rodia. This had already caused Padmé, who had a good relationship with Senator Farr, to be filled with righteous indignation.
In addition to this video, although there was no sound, the video of Ziro and Count Dooku's conversation was enough to prove the problem. It just so happened that Anakin Skywalker and Bell Organa were not around, so the hot-tempered and young Padmé Amidala immediately led a team of police officers to Ziro's bar to confront him.
Faced with Padmé Amidala's accusations, Ziro, of course, flatly denied it. This proud and arrogant Hutt continued to ridicule Padmé, and the atmosphere between the two sides became a little tense. However, at this moment, one of Cade Baine's team members, Olah Zin, who was hiding in the shadows, secretly aimed a sniper rifle at one of Padmé's guards, took aim, and pulled the trigger!
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