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To be honest, Duanmu Huai originally didn't plan to attend any celebrations. After all, he hated those boring ceremonies and rituals the most, which were a waste of time.

However, when Lumiel told Duanmu Huai that someone wanted to assassinate him, Duanmu Huai's interest suddenly rose.

Hey, this is interesting!

Someone is assassinating me?

So fun?

Then it would be a waste if I didn't go.

It just so happened that Duanmu Huai had destroyed so many alien races during this period, and the progress of the natural disaster was also rising. The only thing that made Duanmu Huai a little confused was that he killed so many aliens, but the progress bar increased by about the same as killing a QB race.

Why is this? Is it because QB is a high-dimensional race, so the progress is given more? And these are just ordinary alien races, so they are given less? What is going on?

However, even so, after killing so many alien races, Duanmu Huai still successfully obtained the full progress reward of the fourth level of [Stellar Sea Punishment] of [Scourge Ascension], and obtained two special BUFFs, [Target Cutoff] and [Shoot Turkey].

Among them, [Target Cutoff] can increase the damage of warship weapons by 50%, while [Shoot Turkey] can increase the hit rate by 30%. These two BUFFs, combined with Revatiel's poetic magic chanting, can be said that once activated, all of Duanmu Huai's Inquisition warships will receive an additional 150% damage bonus and an additional 130% hit rate bonus.

This super bonus made Duanmu Huai so excited that he would explode. If it were in the game, he would dare to pull out the fleet and directly confront the Chaos Legion. Even if the Chaos Champion led the team, Duanmu Huai would not bring a bird. Even if the Mountain Array came, he could kill them! Even if the Primarch fleet assembled, he would not care! With the powerful firepower of his fleet, he was still afraid of a hammer!

Now Duanmu Huai feels so light and is no longer afraid of anything!

Because of this, when Duanmu Huai learned from Lumiel that someone was going to assassinate him, he immediately waved his hand.

Let's go and have some fun!

After all, the next stage of [Natural Disaster Ascension] is [Enemy of Survival], and in order to obtain the Ether Phase Engine, Duanmu Huai has to go through the first three stages of [Enemy of Survival] [Toughness First] [Its Sharpness Cuts Through Metal] and [Eclipse and Revelation] before he can open the final structure [Ether Phase Engine].

But at least now, Duanmu Huai is not afraid of building the Ether Phase Engine. He was worried before that if he built the Ether Phase Engine, would it cause the Chaos Fleet to attack him? But now... look at this bonus. I'm not afraid that you won't come, I'm just afraid that you won't be able to go back after you come, hahahahaha!

However, at the final stage, the alien races in this star field cannot be pulled up. I don’t know why. There are so many alien races in this star field, but Duanmu Huai’s progress in eliminating them is not very high. On the one hand, the progress is more difficult to pull up as time goes by, and on the other hand, Duanmu Huai always feels that these alien races seem to be not very valuable in the system judgment.

You see, in the magical girl world before, a QB race pulled up a full stage. According to this calculation, Duanmu Huai has eliminated at least 800 alien races in this star field. He should have pulled up the progress of the natural disaster and started to build the ether phase engine, but he has only entered the final stage?

How does this system calculate the proportion?

Duanmu Huai wanted to complain to the customer service, but this system didn’t have a dedicated customer service line...

It won’t be pulled up for a while, so Duanmu Huai still went to have fun with the assassin.

Just like the first time he met Palpatine, Duanmu Huai still only brought Ann, Mary and Ogis this time, and the others were not interested in this kind of celebration. Not to mention that strictly speaking, the Inquisition helped the Galactic Republic win the civil war, and they had no intention of attending any celebrations of the Galactic Republic.

Of course, due to Duanmu Huai's bad taste, he did not tell Ann and Mary that someone was waiting to assassinate him. After all, it was fun, and it would be interesting if it was exciting.

And Duanmu Huai also believed that with Ann and Mary's abilities, they would definitely not have any problems facing such a small matter as assassination.

After all, everyone is very idle during this period, and it's not bad to find some excitement, right?

In this way, the two ignorant girls were brought to Coruscant by Duanmu Huai again.

"Welcome, Your Excellency the Inquisitor, and all the guests of the Inquisition."

The one who greeted the four people was naturally Palpatine, but unlike the hiding look at the beginning, this time Palpatine was in public, dressed luxuriously, with a smug look on his face, and Count Dooku was also dressed up and stood behind him.

For Palpatine, today is indeed a big day. After all, today he will publicly announce that the Galactic Republic will be changed to the Galactic Empire, and he will be the supreme emperor of the Galactic Empire!

People are in high spirits when they are happy, and Palpatine is also smiling when looking at Duanmu Huai.

By the way, Ann and Mary are also wearing luxurious dresses and dressing up carefully. After all, one of them is a princess and the other is a young lady. They have received strict education in etiquette. Duanmu Huai may not care about wearing power armor directly, but these two have to dress up carefully. After all, they also represent the Tribunal, and they can't lose face, right?

As for Ogis... She is sitting on Duanmu Huai's shoulders and looks more like a decoration of the power armor.

"I haven't seen you for a while, Mr. Palpatine. You seem to be looking good."

Duanmuhuai stretched out his hand and shook Palpatine's hand, who was still smiling.

"Okay, okay, after all, today is the day to celebrate the end of the civil war and the rebirth of the Galactic Republic, so I am somewhat excited... Ah, of course, we have not forgotten the Inquisition's assistance to the Galactic Republic in the civil war... "

Palpatine is also an old man, and he said this directly in front of reporters, as if the Inquisition took the initiative to assist the Galactic Republic, rather than a private agreement between the two. He picked it out directly, but Duanmuhuai didn't bother to pay attention to his nonsense. He just glanced at Palpatine and nodded.

"I have prepared a room for you. You can wait there and rest before the celebration begins."

As he spoke, Palpatine made a gesture to Count Dooku, who then left the apron with Duanmu Huai and others.

Looking at the backs of Duanmu Huai and others as they left, the smile on Palpatine's face remained unchanged, but there was a hint of gloom in his eyes. After all, he can be regarded as a mature man, so Palpatine can see at a glance that Duanmu Huai has no respect for him at all, and does not take him seriously at all!

Although Duanmuhuai was like this when the two parties first met, Palpatine was just a congressman at that time. Although he had the identity of a Sith Lord behind his back, at least he was still very cautious on the surface. Therefore, even if he was a little dissatisfied with Duanmuhuai at that time, he didn't say much.

But what now? He is already the supreme ruler of the Galactic Republic! And he will be the emperor of the Galaxy Empire soon, but this young man still doesn't take him seriously and doesn't even look at him!

This is really unreasonable!

But...Huh, I'm afraid you won't be able to dance for much longer.

Staring at Duanmuhuai's tall figure, Palpatine's eyes contained a hint of ruthlessness. In fact, all the information that the rebels had obtained before was deliberately leaked by Palpatine in order to let these rebels kill Duanmu Huai!

By then, Duanmu Huai is finished, and he can find an excuse to kill all these damn Jedi warriors!

Hehe hehe, by that time... maybe even the Tribunal will become his own!

Thinking of this, Palpatine smiled proudly again, and then looked back.

Enjoy your last moments, kid.

Of course, the celebration is not the same as the banquet. You can come and leave as you please. Duanmu Huai and others arrived one day in advance. They will rest here for a day and then participate in the celebration early the next morning. And Count Dooku also brought Duanmu Huai and others to the guest room specially prepared for them. Not to mention, Palpatine at least did a good job on the surface, and specially prepared a villa for Duanmu Huai and others, surrounded by mountains and rivers. The mountains and rivers here are beautiful, the scenery is bright, and it is sparsely populated... Well, the last one may be the key point.

After everyone entered the villa, An and Mary went to rest, but Count Dooku did not leave immediately. On the contrary, he stared at Duanmu Huai, silent for a moment, and then took a step forward.

"Your Majesty the Judge, there is something I want to remind you first."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

Duanmuhuai touched the little head of Ogis next to him, looked at Count Dooku and asked.

"Chancellor Palpatine...may want to do something against you."

"oh?"

After hearing Count Dooku's answer, Duanmu Huai showed a curious expression and stared at him. Of course he knew, otherwise Duanmuhuai wouldn't bother to come, but Count Dooku actually took the initiative to warn him, which was somewhat beyond Duanmuhuai's expectation. He remembered that Count Dooku was not Palpatine's apprentice. ?

Is this how you deceive your master and destroy your ancestors?

"I'm not very clear about the specific situation, but I'm sure that Master is already prepared to deal with you. Maybe the celebration is the time for him to take action, so... please be careful."

"This really surprised me."

After hearing Count Dooku's reminder, Duanmuhuai stared at him curiously.

"Aren't you Palpatine's apprentice? Even if your master really wants to deal with me, as his apprentice, would it be inappropriate for you to do so?"

"Haha, you don't know something. In fact, I was not a member of the Sith before, but a Jedi Master."

"oh?"

After listening to Count Dooku's explanation, Duanmuhuai understood what was going on. According to Count Dooku, he had been a Jedi Knight when he was young, but during the mission, he witnessed the Galactic Republic. Bureaucratic deception and corruption, to which the Jedi Council turned a blind eye. This made Count Dooku very disappointed with the Jedi Council. After that, Palpatine found him and made Count Dooku fall to the dark side and accepted him as his disciple.

I see.

After listening to Count Dooku's explanation, Duanmuhuai suddenly realized that he had found it strange before. After all, judging from their appearance, Palpatine and Count Dooku were both about the same age. Why did Count Dooku call Palpatine master? , after working on it for a long time. According to martial arts novels, Palpatine is considered a master of arts. No wonder...

As for why Count Dooku betrayed his master... well, although Duanmu Huai did not ask, Count Dooku naturally had his own little tricks in his heart. Not to mention that the Sith master and apprentice killing each other is a historical tradition. Unlike Palpatine, Count Dooku witnessed with his own eyes how Duanmu Huai tortured and killed the Jedi Master of the Jedi Council!

And more importantly, he did not report the incident to Palpatine afterwards! He just said that he did not know what means the Inquisition used to eliminate the Jedi Council.

Now... In Count Dooku's view, the time has come!

Palpatine actually dared to take action against Duanmu Huai. In the eyes of the powerful Count Dooku who had witnessed Duanmu Huai, he was simply insane. He would not be stupid enough to go crazy with Palpatine. So Count Dooku soon came up with an idea, which was to sell Palpatine and show goodwill to Duanmu Huai!

After all, he had been lurking in the Independent Federation according to Palpatine's orders. On the surface, Count Dooku's identity is still a highly respected Jedi Master, and it can even be said that he is the only remaining Jedi Master. For Count Dooku, the only thing he is afraid of is Palpatine.

And if Palpatine is killed by Duanmu Huai, then... can't he easily get all this?

"I'm not as stupid and confused as him, so... I want to explain this to you first. This is not my plan. I don't know what he plans to do, but please be careful."

"Okay, I know, thank you for your reminder."

After listening to Count Dooku's explanation, Duanmu Huai also nodded and sent him away.

"It seems that Mr. Palpatine is not popular."

At this moment, An also poked his head out from behind Duanmu Huai and sighed meaningfully.

"This is the case for guys who like to play tricks on people, but Count Dooku... well, it's a bit interesting."

Duanmu Huai laughed and didn't say much.

Palpatine's desire to die is his own business. Duanmu Huai originally had no good feelings towards this old man who was not dead but a thief. However, Count Dooku's words were not bad. After all, Duanmu Huai had been with him for quite a while. If he was allowed to replace Palpatine, it would not be impossible.

In short, let's give it a try.

Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai withdrew his thoughts.

In any case, let's wait until the celebration begins.