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Chapter 1246: Killing Team (My belly is soft and fluffy when I pat it)

Palpatine wanted to keep this matter secret at first, but he soon discovered that he couldn't keep it secret, he couldn't keep it secret at all!

  According to Commander Wilhuff's subsequent investigation, dozens of galaxies were destroyed! All life was wiped out!

Even Palpatine felt a chill run down his spine after hearing Wilhuff's report.

  The Inquisition is so bold!

Killing... It's not that he can't kill. Palpatine is a Sith after all. Logically speaking, he should be the kind of person who kills people without mercy.

But Palpatine killed people to threaten others! Killing people is to create fear and make others submit to him. This is the main purpose!

But what about the Inquisition? They wiped out all life on dozens of planets without a word, without any emotion at all. When asked, they just said it was their job - as calm as slaughtering a pig.

Even Palpatine trembled at this moment.

This is really scary.

The Sith fell into the dark side of the Force. Anger, fear, etc. are all the appetite of the Sith, so Palpatine will create fear and anger through killing, but at the same time, these will also bring him satisfaction. Whenever he uses his own Force to kill those rebels, Palpatine will also feel pleasure and excitement.

But the Inquisition... was completely different.

Palpatine even felt that the other party was not a creature of the same kind as himself. So many people were killed. Even if the Inquisition did not regard aliens as human beings, even if the same number of pigs died, most people would be moved.

But after that, when Palpatine went to ask Duanmu Huai, he originally thought that Duanmu Huai would find an excuse, or pretend to be ignorant, or threaten him instead, or something like that... However, in the face of Palpatine's questioning, Duanmu Huai just nodded silently.

"Oh, that's right."

Then they just turned the page, as calmly as talking about the nice weather today.

Duanmu Huai acted so calmly that Palpatine was actually shocked.

  And such?

Damn it! Jedi, look at you, you still say that the Sith are cruel, horrible and tyrannical. Compared with the Inquisition, we Sith are just gentle and kind little lambs, okay?

This can't go on like this, absolutely not! !

After this incident, Palpatine was determined to completely sever ties with the Inquisition. To be honest, if it was just a matter of interests, Palpatine might have tolerated it. For example, if the Inquisition asked him for a few star regions to be the Dominion, it would not be impossible. Although this was a bit disgusting to Palpatine, considering the power of the Galactic Empire, it was not impossible to tolerate it.

  But... now Palpatine is certain that he is a lunatic in the Inquisition!

You can talk about reason, feelings and interests with normal people, but it’s useless to talk to a madman!

  But how to deal with the Inquisition?

Of course Palpatine would not be stupid enough to do it himself, or generally people who like to play dirty don't like to do it themselves, but use someone else's knife to kill, perhaps to show that they are more advanced? Can they manipulate the fate of others?

Of course, Duanmu Huai never liked to kill someone with a borrowed knife. He felt that it would be more satisfying to do it himself. However, if someone wanted to use the knife of the Tribunal to kill someone, Duanmu Huai didn't care. After all, this knife weighed tens of thousands of kilograms. If you wanted to use it to kill someone, and then you got crushed to death, you deserved it, right?

Okay, we’ve strayed off topic—let’s get back to the topic.

Palpatine naturally didn't want to do it himself, so he wanted to kill someone with a borrowed knife, but he certainly couldn't use his own people. However, Palpatine was so shrewd that he quickly found a group of scapegoats.

  That's the rebels!

In fact, within the Galactic Republic, there have been traitors secretly operating since the emergence of the Independent Federation, especially after Palpatine used the excuse of dealing with the Independent Federation to monopolize power, many people also noticed the ambition of Palpatine, the old fox. However, at that time, these people thought that they would wait until the Independent Federation was completely destroyed, and then see what Palpatine would do. If Palpatine decided to return power to the parliament, then nothing would happen.

If Palpatine doesn't return power, then... that's another matter.

Palpatine was well aware of these people's actions, and of course he would not return power. Originally, Palpatine thought that after he dealt with the Independent Federation, he would find an excuse to label these people as traitors who had secretly communicated with the Independent Federation, and then deal with them. After all, the civil war was chaotic, and it was normal for someone to die.

Unexpectedly, Duanmu Huai's Inquisition wiped out the Independent Federation in a straightforward manner, forcing both sides to implement their plans ahead of time. However, compared to the rebels who were caught off guard, Palpatine was still prepared, so he immediately started his own plan.

Everything is proceeding in full swing.

Meanwhile, in a secret room on Coruscant, a group of people were gathering.

"The situation has been confirmed. Chancellor Palpatine said that the threat to the Galactic Republic has not been resolved yet, and he will not give up the supreme command immediately!"

"really!"

Hearing this report, the other person snorted coldly.

"I knew Palpatine was not a good guy. He is obviously greedy for power and unwilling to step down! The threat is lifted? Then according to him, when will the threat be lifted? If it is not lifted in this lifetime, will he rule the Galactic Republic forever?!"

Gathered here are the remnants of the Jedi Order. The Jedi Masters have sacrificed their lives before, and most of the remaining Jedi have died in various battlefields. So far, there are only these thirteen Jedi Knights left in the Jedi Order, and they were the first to suspect Palpatine.

The reason why these Jedi Knights suspected Palpatine was simple. Many of them had experienced the war between the Galactic Republic and the Independent Federation, and therefore found that Palpatine always seemed to send them to the battlefield where they would die. Although Palpatine said to the outside world that only the power of the Jedi Knights could save the defeat, not all Jedi Knights believed his nonsense.

  They had long suspected that everything, including the destruction of the Jedi Council, was a conspiracy by Palpatine, but they just had no evidence!

Of course, although they secretly thought so, they had no evidence, so they kept it to themselves. After all, the Jedi Order not only had Jedi Knights, but also many apprentices, and those apprentices were all children. They certainly could not put these children in danger because of their own ideas.

What's more, Palpatine now sends the Clone Corps to guard the Jedi Temple under the pretext of avoiding threats to the Jedi Order from the enemy - of course, whether this is protection or a threat depends on what you think.

"It's not that simple."

The Jedi from before shook his head.

"According to my investigation, the Inquisition is most likely behind all of this!"

"Inquisition?"

Hearing this name, all the Jedi Knights suddenly became nervous.

If the Inquisition was still an unfamiliar organization to them in the beginning, then by now, its name is known to everyone. Especially during the civil war, the Inquisition's head-on attack on the Independent Federation Fleet and its clear attitude of "only saving humans and the human race, let the rest die" also intensified the fierce conflicts within the Galactic Republic.

If you ask whether the Jedi Knights dislike the Inquisition, they definitely do. You know, because of the emergence of the Inquisition, many non-human alien races are now unwilling to cooperate with humans. The same is true for the Jedi Knights. They originally planned to send people to seek cooperation with the remnants of the Independent Federation, but they were turned away.

In the eyes of the Jedi Knights, the threat of the Inquisition is greater than that of Palpatine. You have to know that it took the human race nearly a thousand years to finally eliminate the influence of the Goddess's Guards. However, now that the Inquisition has appeared, the conflict between humans and other alien races has once again been brought to the forefront.

Not to mention the demise of the Independent Federation—so many people died, it was impossible to hide it from everyone, so soon, the news of the extinction of life in most galaxies of the Independent Federation spread. At that time, it was not that no one suspected that it was the work of the Inquisition. After all, the attitude of the Inquisition was that humans could live and aliens must die. So some fearless reporters traveled thousands of miles to Tatooine and interviewed Duanmu Huai.

  What no one expected was that, in the face of the live interview, Duanmu Huai not only did not hide or change the subject, but directly admitted it! That's right, the tragedy of the Independent Galaxy Federation was done by the Inquisition. Our attitude is very clear, only humans have the right to live, and all aliens must die, no exceptions!

For a time, public opinion was in an uproar, which forced Palpatine to make the decision to cut ties with the Inquisition.

I knew you were fierce, but I didn't expect you to be so fierce!

  Naturally, the Jedi Knights regarded the Inquisition as a terrible evil organization, and now... the Inquisition was actually related to this matter?

"Are you sure?"

"I am certain that I have obtained the transcript of the call between the Grand Inquisitor of the Inquisition and Chancellor Palpatine."

As he spoke, the Jedi Knight turned on the holographic projector, and then everyone saw the communication between Palpatine and Duanmu Huai, in which Palpatine looked very humble and apologetic, while Duanmu Huai had a blank expression and looked very indifferent, and the master-servant status was obvious at a glance.

Not only that, in the conversation between the two sides, it can be seen that Palpatine has been trying hard to preserve other alien races, meaning even to make them slaves and do hard labor, but this was directly and ruthlessly rejected by Duanmu Huai, who stated that the Inquisition only wanted one result. After Palpatine said that he could not do it, Duanmu Huai said that just because you can't do it, it doesn't mean the Inquisition can't do it—and then cut off the communication.

"Now it seems that this should be the call record between the two parties before the tragedy."

After reading these call records, the Jedi Knights all looked serious. Soon, someone shouted in indignation.

"We should make this public! Let everyone know the brutality of the Inquisition!"

"Well……………"

However, upon hearing his shout, the other Jedi Knight showed a subtle expression.

"Are you serious? Who in the entire Galactic Republic doesn't know about the brutality of the Inquisition?"

"………………………"

Hearing this, the person who had been shouting before suddenly became speechless as if he was strangled by the Force.

  Indeed, he had forgotten that this tribunal was a naked human supremacist from the very beginning and it had never changed!

"And to be honest, even if we make it public, I'm afraid most people won't care..."

Another Jedi sighed silently. Just as she said, if it was the original Galactic Republic, then once they made this matter public, most of the citizens of the Galactic Republic would oppose it.

  But what about now?

The alien race that clearly made up the majority was slaughtered into a minority by the Inquisition on its own!

With fewer people, the noise will naturally be quieter, and for most members of humans and other humanoid races, as long as they follow the tenets of the Inquisition and calculate whether they are human or not, as long as they meet the requirements, they can breathe a sigh of relief.

Naturally, they would not sit idle and oppose the court.

In fact, this situation occurred during the civil war. Everyone knew that Tatooine was the territory of the Inquisition, but they also knew that the Inquisition only accepted humans and sub-human races, so many humans and sub-human races fled to Tatooine for refuge... After all, in the face of life and death, one's own life is the most important.

In addition, there is reproductive isolation between different races, so there is no such thing as two interracial families. Most of them have families with them.

It can be said that up to now, for the majority of humans and humanoids in the Galactic Republic, they may be somewhat dissatisfied with the brutality of the Inquisition, but as direct beneficiaries, they... don't seem to have any particular reasons to object.

The most practical thing is that the cake is only so big. If you want to divide the cake, you either have to make the cake bigger or reduce the number of people dividing the cake.

  For example, if there are eight people sharing a cake, wouldn't they be able to have the big cake all to themselves if they just kill seven of them?

That's what the Tribunal does.

It only needs humans to share the cake, and aliens have no right to sit at the table.

Oh, it can still be served. There’s no problem serving it on the table.

"As it stands, it is clear that Chancellor Palpatine and the Inquisition are in cahoots with each other."

Soon, everyone moved past this awkward topic and started discussing the current situation again.

"I think it is very likely that the Inquisition forced Chancellor Palpatine. If the Inquisition wants to achieve their goal, they will definitely need help from members of the Galactic Republic. It is very likely that this is why they found Chancellor Palpatine. In the face of the Inquisition's strength, Chancellor Palpatine probably had no choice."

"But even if we knew, what can we do? Tatooine is not a place we can just go into casually!"

Now everyone has decided to make the Inquisition their first target of action. After all, in the eyes of these Jedi Knights, the Inquisition is the mastermind behind all of this. So according to their logic, as long as the Inquisition is defeated, the dark cloud hanging over the Galactic Republic will dissipate!

  The question is, how to deal with the Inquisition?

Assassination is the specialty of the Jedi Knights, but it also depends on the location. Tatooine is the territory of the Inquisition, and the Jedi Knights going in would simply be sending themselves to death. Moreover, no one knows the exact location of the Inquisition, and Tatooine is just a base of the Inquisition.

"I have news."

Just then, the Jedi Knight who had brought the call records earlier spoke.

"According to my investigation, in ten days, Chancellor Palpatine will hold a ceremony to celebrate the victory over the Independent Federation and commemorate the soldiers who died in the war. The Grand Inquisitor of the Tribunal will also be present. As long as we take this opportunity to kill him, there will be no problem!"

"How strong is the Grand Inquisitor?"

"I don't know, but we have to be prepared."

When Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan first went to Tatooine, they did experience the power of the Inquisition, but they only reported it to the Jedi Council. In order to avoid complications, the Jedi Council did not tell anyone else about this, so that now these Jedi Knights have no idea of ​​the power of the Inquisition.

However, even if they knew, I'm afraid they still wouldn't change their decision.

After all, they are fighting for the Galactic Republic, for freedom, and for all peace-loving people!

They will never lose!