Once again, Anakin, Padme and Obi-Wan, who did not die on the planet Geonos, escaped from the planet Geonos, who were attacked by unknown terrible alien races, naturally neither chose to return immediately to Nabo, who was not sure what he was already like, nor did he care about the members and Jedi guards who had no idea whether they were dead or alive, who were imprisoned in which place they were on missions with Padme and Obi-Wan, but sneaked away in advance without hesitation.
Because, when they saw that the trade alliance spacecraft and separatist alliance warships in the universe were defeated by strange, unknown alien biological warships and biological fighters and were fleeing, they were afraid of being affected, so they made a quick decision and fled from the galaxy from a distance.
Immediately after, the three of them discussed urgently on the spacecraft, they directly located and returned to Coruscant, the capital of the Galaxy Republic. Then, before receiving the news, Speaker Palpatine, who was likely to be the real Lord of the Dark, used the spacecraft that Anakin had not registered for escorting Padme to quietly smuggle and landed on the planet with silver light in the sun and sneaked to the Jedi Temple as soon as possible, informing the elders of the Jedi Committee about their experience on the planet Geonosis and all the situations they know at the moment.
‘!!’
‘What a shocking and terrible news…’
‘The situation is so bad that it is so incredible!’
In the tower commission hall on the west side of the Jedi Temple, Mess Windu, Master Yoda and several other elders were already here, and were shocked by the shocking news that Anakin and Obi-Wan secretly returned to explain and explain.
Originally, they only knew that the news about the messenger group of the peace call and Obi-Wan and others had been interrupted for a few days. They thought that it was because of a solar storm that broke out in the galaxy where Geonos was located, and they didn't care much about it. But how could they think the truth of the matter was so explosive?
‘Anakin! Obi-Wan!’
‘I ask you again: Can you guarantee that everything you say is true and there is no deception? Palpatine Supreme Speaker... He is really the Lord of the Sith, that Darth Sidious?!’
‘This is a serious allegation and it is very important!!’
Therefore, after the initial shock, the head Master Mess Windu hurriedly asked carefully and tried to confirm again.
"Yes!"
"These things were told to us by Count Dooku and our teachers themselves!"
"Earl Duku is the disciple of Lord Sith, his Sith is called 'Das Terranas'? And all elders, our teacher, Quigang King, seems to have joined the camp of the Separatist Alliance..."
"And the Geonos had already sentenced us to death by then. If those races of unknown origin had not suddenly fought with the Geonos and raided the Geonos Star, we would probably have died long ago!"
Obi-Wan looked at the Anakin next to him who didn't know what he was thinking, and seemed to be a little unfocused. After seeing that the other party seemed not ready to speak, he had to answer Master Mays Windu's question with certainty.
“Master Kuigang Jin?”
"No... Obi-Wan, I know Master Quigang King. Although he has always been a little dissatisfied with the corruption of the Republic and some of the practices of the Jedi Committee, and even refused to be an elder for some things, I believe he is not that kind of person..."
"Maybe, he must have had some purpose or other ideas..."
What Anakin and Obi-Wan didn't expect was that at this time, Master Yoda actually exonerated their teacher first?
"Let's not talk about Kui Gang King and that position race for now, because that's not the most important thing!"
"Because, if what Anakin and Obi-Wan just said were true, I think, I can understand why Master Quigang King didn't pass this news back to the Jedi Temple in time, because... With the current temple being infiltrated by the Second Republic Army and Speaker Palpatine, once he does that, he will definitely be learned by Palpatine. At that time, I'm afraid the Jedi Order and the Temple will be in danger!"
"But I don't understand. Since he may have known it a long time ago, why didn't he go back to the temple to inform us earlier, or use our private encrypted channel?"
Master Mess Windu was also a little confused about why, so he could only ask Master Yoda and other masters beside him in confusion.
‘Maybe he can’t get out of it, or he is also being watched?’
‘Well…’
‘This is possible!’
‘However, our private dedicated encrypted channel may not be safe…’
‘I totally agree with this!’
'But it may be that Master Kuigang Jin has other ideas? I'm afraid that you've known it a long time ago. Master Kuigang Jin has always been a person who acts extraordinary. Sometimes, he always has some lawless... amazing insights?'
‘What Master Shakti said makes some sense…’
‘…’
‘But anyway, now fortunately, we already know a few very important things, that is: Speaker Palpatine may have big problems, and the Second Republic Army has become untrustworthy… The Separatist Alliance is also suspicious. They are probably just a puppet enemy who deliberately created by Lord Sith to hide his eyes and facilitate him to seize more power?’
‘!!’
‘If that is true, then our galaxy and the Republic will be in real danger!’
‘That’s right!’
‘It’s not just the danger of the Republic, but the same is true for our Jedi Temple!’
‘And! Everyone, I don’t know if you have found it. The more terrifying fact is: our Jedi Committee is now isolated and helpless, and it is very likely that the Sith Lord Palpatine has learned about what happened on the Star of Geonos. Once the news of Anakin, Obi-Wan and Padme appearing in Coruscant is leaked, I think he will most likely attack our Samurai in advance!’
‘There is indeed that possibility, but what should we do now? Should we raid the Galaxy Parliament and directly take down the Supreme Speaker?’
‘Good idea! You can’t be lenient when dealing with the Sith!’
'That's really a solution, but before that, should we contact some members of the parliament, let them know the true face of the Supreme Speaker and secretly support us? Otherwise, even if our Jedi Order succeeds, we will be slandered as a group of traitors.'
'But which MPs do we want to contact? We cannot guarantee that the MPs we contact must be trustworthy. There are very few such people. If one of them is a Sith Lord, we will also be exposed in advance!'
‘What do you think of?’
'well……'
‘I really didn’t expect that the situation in the Republic was so bad that we were trapped in a huge conspiracy. At this time, the Republic and the Republic were almost all Palpatines, and there were fewer and fewer voices against him. He had been brewing for at least a whole decade, but we knew nothing from beginning to end, and even helped him many times…’
‘Now that these are useless, I’d better think of something else!’
‘Master Yoda, what do you think?’
After the elders present talked for a while, and found that there seemed to be no safe solution, they had to look at the Master Yoda who had been sitting in his seat and pondering and not speaking, wanting to see what effective solutions the other party had to solve the problems they were facing now.
'I don't know either……'
‘What you just said is undoubtedly correct to eradicate Palpatine…but the question is, what should we do after eradicating him? What should we do with the Second Republic Army and the Separatist Alliance, which is like a time bomb?’
‘Is there any way we can fight them?’
When Master Yoda thinks about the wars fought by the "Second Republic Army" and the separatist alliance and the trade alliance in recent years, they are actually just a personal performance show of Speaker Palpatine himself fighting with his left hand to the right hand. Thinking about so far, the Supreme Speaker Palpatine has seized enough political and military power in the name of maintaining the security of the galaxy and the Republic. He is now like a dictator. Even most of the senators in the parliament are from the other party, or those who agree with the other party's political views, he feels a little worried.
Although the elders of their Jedi Temple now know almost everything, but when they think about it carefully, it seems that it is too late to know now. He just thought about it and could not think of a way to eradicate the other party without any turmoil or destruction in the Galaxy Republic?
Although, the matter is obvious now, while the Supreme Speaker Palpata was unaware of the situation and had not realized that their Jedi Committee had suddenly attacked and sent several powerful masters to launch a surprise attack on him, the other party would undoubtedly die!
But the problem now is: the mess after the other party's death, such as the chaos and destruction that the increasingly large "Second Republic Army" within the Republic may cause, as well as the possible attack of separatist alliances distributed outside the Republic, etc., which is their most troublesome problem now!
‘Well…’
‘Then it is really time to think about it. Now that the Sith Lord is in a big situation. If one is not handled well, it will be a huge disaster for the Republic…’
‘It’s not right to kill, it’s not right to kill, what should I do if I don’t kill?’
‘Master Yoda, and Mace Windu, what do you think? What should we do now in this situation?’
‘Well…’
‘Anyway, since we are still in the initiative, the first thing we have to do is to strictly block the news that Anakin, Obi-Wan and Padme have returned to the Jedi Temple. They must not be exposed to people until we make a decision!’
‘This can at least buy us a few days or more?’
'This is simple, and fortunately, Anakin's spacecraft was not registered. We didn't even know that they had returned until he appeared before us. I believe that Speaker Palpatine would not know about it!'
‘This is not necessarily the dark side of the Force, many abilities are beyond our understanding…’
‘It is indeed!’
‘!!’
‘Master Yoda, why not, let’s just organize people and raid Palpatine’s office and try to catch him directly?’
‘Good idea!’
‘Master Yoda?’
'No!'
‘Either do it or don’t do it, don’t have that kind of idea to try that, that’s dangerous, especially when the situation is extremely unfavorable to us!’
'this……'
In this way, a group of Jedi masters directly communicated in front of Anakin and Obi-Wan, but there was no Anakin or Obi-Wan, and no one asked about their thoughts.
“…”
At this time, when he found that Obi-Wan was looking at him, he seemed to have the intention to ask him, but what else could Anakin do besides giving the other party a helpless look?
but……
Anakin would not tell the elders in front of him that the issues they discussed are not problems now! Because, no one cares about the strange unknown race that attacked Geonosis Star is the biggest problem!
He would not tell them that at this time, that kind of creatures, at the bottom of Coruscant, on Naboo Star, and on Tatooine... If Anakin would launch and let them open fire now, perhaps it would really be able to bring the Galaxy Republic to the sky?
Yes, Anakin is very confident about this!
Through the two battles between Nabstar and Geonosis, he had already learned more and more about the combat effectiveness of the insects. While these Jedi elders were still thinking about ways to fight against the Sith Lord and the Separatist Alliance, he was already thinking about how to stalk the mantis behind the cicada oriole, and thought about giving the Sith Lord, the Separatist Alliance, the Jedi Committee, and the Galaxy Republic a complete solution.
Unfortunately, he certainly could not let anyone know his crazy thoughts! After all, he is still an upright Jedi, a young Jedi who obeys the Jedi committee and has just made great contributions and is trusted and respected by the elders?
“Um…”
"Anakin and Obi-Wan... You two have done a good job, and the Presbyterians and the Republic remember your credit! Now, you can go down and rest first, remember to go through that secret passage and not let anyone see your existence!"
"The elders may have to discuss a while to develop a foolproof plan. Someone will be sent to notify you later. You can go out."
Finally, after seeing the argument for a long time but not coming up with a perfect plan, Master Yoda spoke, allowing Anakin and Obi-Wan, who had been absent-minded, to go down and rest first. After all, the other party rushed back from Geonossi Star and reported to the elders as soon as possible. I guess they must be very tired now.
"yes!"
"My masters, then let's go out first..."
Anakin, who had been a little impatient, bowed with Obi-Wan, and then retreated with his hood, allowing the group of Jedi elders who had been unsure of their attention for a long time to continue to discuss the issue that made them angry and helpless just now.
"that……"
"Obi-Wan, I suddenly had an immature idea. Can you listen to it?"
While moving towards a room by taking a secret elevator inside, Anakin suddenly spoke up and asked.
"What?"
Obi-Wan was a little stunned, not knowing what the other party wanted to say, nor why the other party didn't say it in front of the elders just now.
“That’s how it is.”
"You said, if people really reorganize the chaotic republic, would it be a little better than it is now?"
Hesitating, Anakin still vomited out the words he kept in his heart for a long time.
“!!”
"Anakin, how could you have that dangerous idea? Do you think that the ambitious Sith Lord Palpatine or Count Dooku can manage this country well?"
"Are you crazy?!"
Obi-Wan was so scared that he exclaimed directly, and began to stare at Anakin, who seemed to be afraid to look at him with extremely strict eyes.
"no!"
"Obi-Wan, not what you thought!"
"I just want to..."
"If someone else had changed, he was neither a separatist ally nor a Sith Lord, but a Jedi like us, or simply a Jedi Order like us to manage and reorganize this country, how would it be better?"
After comforting the other party for a moment, Anakin continued to ask in a vague and tentative manner.
“Anakin…”
"You must remember that our Jedi mission is to defend and maintain the stability of the galaxy Republic and the galaxy!"
"The Jedi is a noble group, and the Force we believe in and respect is for protection rather than control! The birth of the Jedi can even be traced back to a more civilized and classical era in the history of the galaxy... Our Jedi Order is very old and has been on the rise and fall of more than a thousand generations. For centuries of the prosperity and development of the galaxy, we have served the Republic and served as the guardian of peace and justice!"
"You have to remember that the idea you just thought was dangerous. The Jedi Order belongs to the Ministry of Justice of the Galactic Republic, is responsible for peacekeeping and does not participate in political decision-making. This is an ancient tradition!"
"We don't and must not control or reorganize this country. We are Jedi, not politicians, and those things should not be worried about by those of us. There will be chaos!!"
Obi-Wan scolded Anakin, who is now a little taller than himself, fiercely, as he often did when he taught the other party over the past decade. After all, compared to their irresponsible teacher, Qui-Gong King, who had gone to the Separatist League and didn't know what he wanted to do, Obi-Wan was obviously more like Anakin's mentor?
“!!”
"But Obi-Wan, some traditions nowadays are obviously not suitable for this era!"
Anakin still argued that for him who had grown up his wings and had some reliance on some things, Obi-Wan's words would definitely not be so easy to accept. He was no longer the primary apprentice who was the other party who should do whatever he said.
“Anakin…”
"You have to figure out that the Lord of Darkness Palpatine and the Earl of Dooku are probably thinking so much about you!"
"Your thoughts are dangerous and crazy, you understand?"
Obi-Wan almost roared, and stretched out his fingers and gritted his teeth and lit Anakin's chest and scolded him angrily until he forced Anakin, who was a little embarrassed, to stick to the metal wall of the suspended elevator, and then he snorted and took a step back.
“…”
"I'm just talking casually..."
Well, Anakin finally gave up now. He had already known that his thoughts and what he was about to do would definitely not be supported by Obi-Wan or other Jedi masters! So, at this time, he didn't know what to say.
Perhaps, I don’t know why the irresponsible Mr. Kuigang Jin, who went to mingle with the Separatist Alliance, could understand him a little bit? Of course, that’s just possible, and Anakin didn’t dare to be too sure.
Dingdong~!
"Okay!"
"You go and accompany Padme first. She may have been a little scared these days. Stay here well. Don't go anywhere without the elder's order. I will stare at you!"
When the small enclosed suspended elevator the two of them stopped and arrived in the secret enclosed suite aisle on one floor of a Jedi Temple and opened the elevator door, Obi-Wan walked out and advised Anakin and signaled that Anakin could go with Padmé.
Because he didn't want to report his affair with the elders at this critical moment, and he didn't want to worry about it anymore.
“Anakin…”
"I know I can't stop you, but..."
"Forget it, let's do it today. I'm tired, so you guys should take a break early!"
Obi-Wan, who was a little reluctant to say anything, finally said nothing, turned around and waved at Anakin, then walked to the door of his own room, and walked straight in after the automatic door opened.
“…”
"You're right, Obi-Wan, I'm actually the same kind of person..."
"but……"
"I'm different from them, I'm stronger than them!"
After mocking himself like a narcissing himself and watching Obi-Wan walk into the room, Anakin snorted coldly, gradually relaxed and adjusted his expression before walking towards Padmé's room.
As for his room, he has not planned to stay in these days, so he can only be so empty for the time being... Anyway, even Obi-Wan doesn't want to care about him and Padme anymore, so what else is he doing in hiding?
Besides, there will probably be a lot of things in the next few days, and the elders will definitely be in a state of anxiety. I believe that no one will be idle and wink at all to care about him and Padmé. What else can he do to them?!
“!!”
"Anakin!!"
Soon, when Anakin walked to Padme's room door and knocked on the automatic door, a figure who seemed to have taken a shower, had a hint of hair, and was wearing a close-fitting nightgown, threw himself into Anakin's arms, let him hug and couldn't wait to enter the room where the door was automatically closed.
‘!!’
‘That bastard!!’
At this time, in the room on the other side of the corridor, Obi-Wan had just lying down on his bed. Before he could rest for a long time, he suddenly opened his eyes. Then, it seemed that the Force had sensed something, and after he couldn't help but thrust his throat, he cursed this viciously and inexplicably.
After a long time, he closed his eyes again and turned toward the bed, with his back to the room that was not adjacent to him...
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Chapter completed!