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Chapter 1235: Undercurrent (it’s the end of the month, please vote for me)

In the next few days, Duanmuhuai took Ogis, Ann and Mary to visit Coruscant and had a great time - after all, it was Palpatine who was reimbursed, so Duanmuhuai was naturally not polite.

While Duanmu Huai and others were eating, drinking, and traveling around with public funds, a silver spaceship arrived on the tarmac outside the Galaxy Parliament. Then, a woman wearing a complicated headdress walked out of it.

 “Welcome to Coruscant, Queen Amirada.”

 Seeing her appearance, Palpatine stepped forward to greet her with a smile.

 “Hello, Senator Palpatine.”

Looking at Palpatine in front of him, Queen Amirada of the planet Naboo also lowered her head and saluted.

“It’s been a hard journey, I guess it must have been difficult for you.”

"indeed so."

Hearing Palpatine's inquiry, Queen Amirada did not react on the surface, but her tone seemed very stiff.

“I never imagined that I would be questioned before the Galactic Senate.”

As she spoke, Queen Amirada looked at the two Jedi standing not far behind her with complaint, and then withdrew her gaze.

Queen Amirada is indeed full of complaints now, and is even very dissatisfied with the Galactic Parliament. You must know that when the Trade Federation blocked Naboo, the Galactic Council pretended to be deaf and dumb. No matter how they asked for help, they always used various words to evade it.

As soon as the blockade was lifted, the Galactic Council immediately sent Jedi Knights to Naboo. They wanted to ask Queen Amirada what she had to do with the mysterious fleet that defeated the Trade Federation fleet!

Although the Jedi Knight behaved very politely, Queen Amirada was not stupid. No matter how I asked for help before, you all said that I had to follow the process, and it was as slow as a snail. As a result, you sent someone to interrogate me the day after the blockade was lifted? The process is gone? When did the Galactic Council become so fast? When Naboo was blocked before, you didn't react so quickly. Now that the blockade has been lifted, you react faster than anyone else!

 What's the matter, we are the only ones who are easy to bully, right?

Thinking of this, Queen Amirada became more and more angry. After all, she was young and energetic. Now facing Palpatine, although she remained calm on the surface, the strong resentment in her words could still be felt. .

 “I understand how you feel, Queen.”

 Looking at the little queen in front of him, Palpatine chuckled.

"But I believe you have nothing to do with this matter."

"You believe me?"

I have to say that Queen Amirada was somewhat surprised when she heard Palpatine's answer. She could tell that the other party was not just perfunctory or social rhetoric, but really thought so. You must know that even in Naboo, many people actually doubt whether the Queen has anything to do with the mysterious fleet, but Palpatine completely believes her?

　　Well, of course Palpatine believed her, because Duanmu Huai told him that the reason why the Tribunal appeared there was simply because he saw that humanity was threatened.

 So this matter has nothing to do with the Queen of Naboo herself.

"certainly."

Palpatine also knew that it was wrong to stand here all the time, so he made a gesture, then turned and walked towards the parliament with the queen. On the way, Palpatine also explained to the queen.

“Perhaps you still don’t know, but in fact, similar things have been happening during this period of time.”

“Something like that? Congressman, are you referring to the blockade of other planets?”

"Hahaha, of course not, I mean the fleet that was attacked by that mysterious fleet... The Trade Federation is not the first, nor the last."

 “Is there such a thing?”

Hearing this, Queen Amirada was somewhat surprised, while Palpatine smiled and said nothing.

As Palpatine said, during this period of time, Ecote has been acting according to Palpatine's list. She will first send a reconnaissance fleet to lock the target, and then when the opponent leaves the galaxy, command the fleet to suddenly Appear, completely destroy it, and then quickly disappear.

 The whole process is like an assassin, killing him with one blow and escaping thousands of miles away.

In fact, the next few operations, under the command of Aikote, were basically not discovered by anyone. When the local patrol fleet discovered that something was wrong and arrived at the scene, all they saw were the wreckage of the battleship. All the battleships They were all blown to pieces by the intensive firepower of the Tribunal, and not even a complete cabin could be found.

Everyone can only judge from the traces left by the fragments of the battleships that these attacks are related to the mysterious fleet that once appeared on the planet Naboo.

After several similar attacks occurred, the Galactic Parliament naturally became more and more nervous, especially when they sorted it out and found that the races attacked were all opponents of the Galactic Parliament Speaker Valorum...    Well, all of a sudden The situation became delicate.

At the same time, Speaker Valoran’s situation became increasingly dire.

Although nearly a thousand years have passed since the incident of the Goddess Guards, the races in the Galactic Parliament all remember that when the Goddess Guards rose, it started when a human family who believed in the goddess faith ascended to the position of Speaker of the Galaxy!

And now a thousand years later, does Valorum intend to repeat this history? Could it be that he is also a goddess believer privately?

Speaker Valorum naturally shouted injustice, but no one would believe what he said. Even the Jedi Council expressed their distrust of Speaker Valorum - after all, this kind of thing is not afraid of ten thousand, just in case. , starting from the Trade Federation, and continuing to the targets of several subsequent attacks, all of them were opponents of Speaker Valorum. According to the principle of who benefits the most, who would believe you if you say you don’t know about it?

 Everyone who believes this is an idiot.

“I see, this kind of thing actually happened...”

 After listening to Palpatine's story, Queen Amirada was also quite surprised.

"The purpose of inviting you to the Galactic Parliament this time is not for questioning. In fact, the representatives of the Parliament have already planned to file a motion of no-confidence against Speaker Valoran. It is only a matter of time before he is dismissed. Next, a new one will be elected. speaker."

Speaking of this, Palpatine also had a look of helplessness in his eyes. He originally planned to use the fact that the planet Naboo was blocked to show his resolute attitude, cut off from the current Speaker, and use this as a reason to serve as the new Speaker. A Galactic Chancellor.

 But the matter of the Goddess Guards is too sensitive. It can be said that as soon as this incident happened, other races became instantly wary of humans. Although Palpatine had made a private deal with the Separatists, and logically speaking, they should support him, but Palpatine was not sure whether these representatives would change their minds during the vote.

From this point of view, the emergence of the Tribunal disrupted all Palpatine's plans, making his plan to serve as the Galactic Chancellor a step higher out of thin air.

But from another point of view, with such a powerful helper from the Tribunal, Palpatine felt that this increase in difficulty was still worth it.

 At the subsequent galactic parliament, representatives of various races unexpectedly proposed a motion of no-confidence against Valoran, and it was unanimously passed. However, Valoran's troubles did not end there. After being impeached, he was immediately arrested by members of the Parliament and interrogated. As for the new Speaker...well, although the process was a bit thrilling, the benefits Palpatine usually gave to those members were not in vain. In the end, Palpatine was elected with a high vote.

Of course, during the election ceremony, Palpatine also stated that he would work together for the prosperity and development of the Galactic Republic and would never succumb to the threat of violence...

 At the same time, the Jedi Council also received an investigation report on Chancellor Valoran.

 “Is what it says true?”

Looking at the report in front of him, Qui-Gon Jinn looked confused. According to what it said, after a parliamentary investigation, he learned that the fleet was actually a mercenary funded privately by Speaker Valorum. He said that he had been trying to In order to consolidate his position and eliminate dissident ideas, he has been secretly funding mercenaries and transformed a fleet through cargo ships. The reason why they were named after the Goddess Guards was just to draw attention to that group of mercenaries. Even the previous corruption scandal was attributed to Speaker Valorum, because he needed a large amount of money to support this group of mercenaries, so he chose corruption...

 The entire report was not unreasonable, but Qui-Gon Jinn felt something was wrong. For example, that fleet, it says that Speaker Valorum purchased a large number of second-hand cargo ships and transformed them in order to avoid arousing suspicion. But Qui-Gon Jinn, who had seen those battleships with his own eyes, could confirm that they were not modified cargo ships, but real battleships.

There is also Chancellor Valorum, who is not unfamiliar to the Jedi Council. An incompetent good old man, can he really have such ability? Can even the Jedi Council be deceived?

Are you kidding me? It doesn’t seem true no matter how you think about it?

However, other races in the Galactic Council have recognized the findings. Even if the Jedi Council raises objections, it may be of little use.

“Whether it’s true or not, the next step is for you to investigate.”

　　The black Jedi sitting in the chair stared at Qui-Gon Jinn.

“According to this intelligence, those mercenaries are located on Tatooine, and what you have to do next is to go to Tatooine to investigate the authenticity of this intelligence.”

 “Then…what if it’s true?”

Qui-Gon Jinn frowned and stared at the other person. He knew how powerful that fleet was, and Qui-Gon Jinn was even sure that the Galactic Republic did not have enough force to suppress the opponent. Taking a step back, even if what is said above is true, what can I do if I am a Jedi Knight? Could it be possible to blow up all those hundreds of warships?

is it possible?

 “Investigate carefully and act in secret.”

 The black Jedi repeated it again.

"We suspect there is something hidden behind this matter. In any case, please do not act rashly."

"I see."

As for what the other party said, Qui-Gon Jinn had nothing else to say. Whether it was true or false, you would know once you get there.