'Humph! ’

'Ladies and gentlemen! ’

Once again, we in the Trade Union declare that we will not admit any trumped-up charges imposed on us! Our Governor was illegally arrested by the troops of the Heroic Federation while passing through Naboo, and we will never admit that evidence! ’

'Therefore, the Supreme Court of the Galactic Republic should release him immediately and unconditionally, and order the Heroic Federation to compensate us for all losses and severely punish the murderer who ordered the shooting, instead of the unwarranted trial of our innocent Governor, His Excellency?' ’

'We strongly protest against the evil deeds of the Heroic Federation and the slanderous accusations!!' ’

'Therefore ......'

'We hereby urge the Speaker of Parliament and the Supreme Council to immediately issue a special pardon for the immediate and unconditional release of His Excellency Governor Newt Gondley, who has been innocently detained for more than ten days, because our esteemed Governor Newt Gondley is indeed innocent and framed! ’

In today's parliament, the representatives and members of the trade alliance are still doing their usual thing, snarling loudly at Congressman Nova on their podium in front of the President of the Republic on the rostrum and his counterpart on the platform next to him.

Although they had said this many times in the dome hall of this parliament, and had made countless appeals about similar views, and even the protests had made the ears of the Supreme Speaker Phoenix Valoren, the members of the Presidium, and the other members present, yet today they ran out again and again and continued to express their protests.

They had to do that......

Because the measures taken by the Parliament, or the Supreme Speaker and his henchmen, against their trade alliance have become more and more obvious, coupled with the fact that the Governor of the trade alliance has been captured alive by the other side and the crucial investigation and trial work is coming to an end, they now have to be secretly anxious, and they have to become more and more hysterical, trying to fool things or continue to delay things at such a critical moment?

'And! ’

'We urge the Parliament to immediately suspend the implementation of the illegal bill No. 020200105 "Silver" and immediately declare the tax increase on the remote trade routes illegal and revoke the relevant tax acts, otherwise, we will reserve the right to take the necessary measures in order to protect our legitimate interests from being infringed upon?!" ’

Now, anyone can see that the growing antagonism and division within the Galactic Republic's parliament is evident.

In the eyes of the members of the Trade Alliance, it is extremely wrong for the Galactic Republic to vote and reinstate the agreement to impose high tariffs on that important remote trade route in Nabu Star under the wanton actions of the Supreme Speaker and some 'chaotic party members', and their Trade Alliance will definitely not be left to die or pay taxes honestly because of this!

But the bad thing is that it's no longer the small tax collectors of Naboo and the stupid Naboo who don't dare to offend their trade alliance who are intercepting and taxing on that route near Naboo, but the damned abominable Star Spirits who were summoned by the Hero Federation from somewhere!

Under the blockade of the other party's advanced and extremely fast warships, which can also use the ability of 'space folding', in recent times, countless trade alliances and large and small cargo ships related to the trade alliance have been forcibly seized for smuggling and 'suspected refusal to pay tariffs', and countless legal or illegal goods have also been confiscated or destroyed at the same time, making their trade alliance side suffer extremely heavy losses in just a few days.

And this is the reason why the people of the trade alliance continue to shout hysterically in parliament today, and make strong protests, and even do not hesitate to threaten force again!

Because, they really can't sit still now......

In fact, their trade alliance has long been unable to sit still, because they are now at an absolute disadvantage in the council! As early as a few days ago, seeing that there was no hope of salvaging the situation, they had already tried to resort to some unofficial cruel means!

For example: the most important and troublesome figure in the Speaker's faction - Nova?

However, if they assassinate their opponents, they will definitely not admit that they did it themselves! After all, now the Jedi Order has only found out that it was just a stupid thing done by a group of bounty hunters who had wandered to the planet Coruscant after receiving an anonymous sum of money, and it had nothing to do with their trade alliance, because the bounty was not a republic credit, but was issued in the form of precious minerals, that kind of thing, which was not a difficult thing for a trade alliance that was rich and specialized in all kinds of trade and mineral development, and no one would definitely find out what the other party collected. Whoever sent the bounty!

But admit it or not, certain things have already been widely spread in the Parliament, so after the trade union people finished their speeches, the other members of the entire parliament did not rush to speak, nor did they start to talk and argue as they had done before, but continued to watch the confrontation between the two sides with a cold eye.

‘……’

‘……’

Yes, most of the parliamentarians are waiting for the reaction of the Supreme Speaker's faction, especially the Nova Congressman.

After all

For the parliamentarians present, although they are good at ripping off and shirking their responsibilities in doing things, and they are usually corrupt and arrogant, they are also a group of qualified politicians with a keen sense of smell!

Without thinking too much, they already knew who the real speaker of the Supreme Speaker's faction was, and they also knew who was supporting the usually suave and cowardly Supreme Speaker!

So

Now, with the exception of those members of parliament who are already in opposition to each other (the trade union and the speaker), the other centrist or wall-riding members, who occupy about 40 percent of the parliament, have always been wise and neutral, and will not speak easily, waiting to wait and see the two factions in the parliament of the republic start a more intense infighting.

In fact, up to now, almost the people of the galaxy member countries on the entire planet Coruscant, and the residents of Coruscant who have reached a terrifying number of trillions, have already learned about the split in the council from various sources, and know the current situation of the council, which has almost been split in half in the past half month......

However, knowing that under the rule of a corrupt and bloated bureaucracy, the already insensitive people of Coruscant were not able or willing to react much, even if they were currently in the council and were invited to participate in the hearing.

‘……’

‘……’

In a special seat platform in the council, Master Yoda and Master Mace Windu looked at each other silently, looking at the chaos in the council but did not dare to speak, because they did not have the right to speak now!

Standing behind the two of them were Quegon Kim and Obi-Wan's apprentices, and the Jedi Knight appeared in the council, which was indeed quite unusual, but it was not too strange to think about, because the original topic for today was to have some of the parties present the misdeeds committed by the Trade Alliance in Nabu and the charges regarding the verbal portrayal of the Trade Governor, so that the Supreme Court could try it at a later date?

Unfortunately, they had only been allowed to speak once, and the topic had to be diverted by the hysterical trade union parliamentarians and representatives...... Therefore, the representatives of these Jedi Knights present now could only stay innocently in their seats, watching the clearly divided councilors quarrel about a little thing for a full half a day......

maybe

The two sensitive Jedi Masters present had already realized that the Republic was indeed showing signs of a growing split?

But, even if they perceive it, they don't have a good way!

Because there are some things that are already beyond the ability of Jedi like them, and their Jedi or Jedi Order, to put it bluntly, are just a group of thugs who maintain law and order in the Republic, and some political affairs of the Galactic Republic and the Galactic Council are indeed beyond his ability, and they are not able to interfere.

"Oh?"

"Take the necessary measures? Do you want to continue sending people to assassinate me?! ”

At this time, sure enough, just like those parliamentarians who only cared about watching the excitement, did not think it was a big deal at all, did not speak out, did not speak, and did not persuade to fight, before the Supreme Speaker could speak, the Nova congressman directly retorted first:

"If that's what you think, please let the horses come!"

"Humph! It's not that I, Nova underestimate you guys, but that the bounty hunters you idiots have hired are really too layman...... As you must know, dozens of them didn't last long before I killed them all, and I didn't feel a sense of accomplishment at all! ”

"But ......"

"You idiots may not believe it, but once upon a time, during one operation, I infiltrated an enemy military base by myself and killed all the enemies in an entire base! There were more than 1,000 people, all of them died, either by me cutting their throats or by me with a shot in the head, and none of them ran away! ”

"So ......"

"Please, everyone from the Trade Alliance, the next time you send someone here, can you find something that is more reliable, or a little more durable?"

The murderous words came out of the mouth of Nova, the Galactic Councilman, making the already relatively quiet council become quiet in an instant, as if everyone was choked by an invisible giant hand?

Even the parliamentarians and representatives of the trade alliance who were still hysterical on the opposite side just now were frightened by the words and deeds of the first showdown of Congressman Nova and involuntarily took a step back.

"Humph! I'm done talking! ”

However, the other party's face Nova did not put it on her heart, she just held her arm and stared at the other party's reaction for a long time.

These days, except for her days off, she was used to teasing the trade alliance people in the council almost every day.

‘……’

‘……’

The council was a little cold for a while, because no one would doubt what Nova said!

The news that the other party was targeted and assassinated by bounty hunters has now spread almost all over the planet Coruscant! Of course, the more spread must be the kind of adrenaline rush that the other party not only does not run or call for support when they are under siege, but faces the enemy alone and kills all the bounty hunters who come to attack!

In particular, the situation where the protagonist of the story is also a good-looking young congresswoman?

Of course, this kind of thing is just a private speculation by the news media and certain channels, and even if it is guessed, no one has ever put it on the surface without conclusive evidence.

'You! ’

'I—We protest!! ’

'This Nova Councillor, you are slandering! Naked slander!! ’

That's right! It's slander! ’

'We Trade Alliance have absolutely no formal connection with that dastardly bounty hunter!' We are all law-abiding businessmen of the Republic, and it is impossible for us to send someone to assassinate a member of parliament of such a bad nature! ’

Therefore, we will not accept the wording that you have just made! ’

After a long pause, the representatives and parliamentarians of the trade union, who realized something and were unwilling to accept the 'slander', refuted it en masse, and continued to pretend to be in the same hysterical state as they had just been and roared, as if the louder their voices were, the more they showed that they were innocent.

Although, almost all the parliamentarians present knew that kind of thing, but everyone tacitly understood it without conclusive evidence and did not say it explicitly?

"Oh?"

"If you were lawful merchants, you would not have surrounded and invaded Naboo for no reason; If you were legitimate merchants, there shouldn't be so many armed warships and battle robots; If you were legitimate businessmen, you wouldn't have been pestering parliamentarians for so long over taxes! ”

"In my opinion, it is certainly true that you are a group of businessmen, but whether it is legal or not is debatable."

Nova looked at the device on her seat platform, and looked at the numbers on it that showed that it was now gradually approaching the end of the day, and then sneered and stopped her conversation.

'Protest!! ’

Again, we say that our trade alliance has never surrounded or invaded Naboo, and that is a slander with no evidence at all! And our Governor is certainly innocent, and he must be acquitted as soon as possible! ’

That's right! ’

'The distant voyage is full of interstellar pirates, and the tax collectors and Jedi knights of the Republic can't protect us, so we must have our own means of self-defense, and it's not a warship, it's just a merchant ship with self-defense weapons, that's in accordance with the relevant laws of the Republic!' ’

'Congressman Nova, your sarcasm is baseless! ’

We can all testify that we didn't dwell on taxes, and that we paid those reasonable taxes on time!" And now, we're obsessed with the unreasonable part! The republic should not impose heavy taxes on remote waterways, that without a unanimous vote of the Parliament, that is illegal and unreasonable, and we have reason to resist it! ’

'It's you, your Astral Fleet, who surrounded Naboo, and openly built a military base on the agricultural and tourist planet of Naboo, and hijacked Queen Padmé Amidala of Nabu and attacked the Governor of the Trade Federation passing by, which is a shameful thing!' ’

You have to give us an account for this!!' ’

'Give me an account! ’

'Release our Governor, compensate us for our losses and repeal unreasonable tax treaties!!' ’

Now that the dust has basically settled on Naboo's affairs, their trade alliance is actually planning to suffer a dumb loss and is not going to dwell on more, so their current group of representatives clamoring on their own seat platform is just to confuse the public.

But, in any case, the question of the trade union's governors and taxes had to be settled, which was non-negotiable, and that was why they had been in Parliament for so many days that much of the affairs of the republic had to be put on hold and almost paralyzed.

"Humph!"

"Forget it, I still think that the council's behavior of collecting taxes on remote trade lanes is reasonable, and the taxes collected are a little too low, and you guys who smuggle in the name of trade should be heavily taxed?!"

Nova snorted coldly, and vaguely revealed to the other party the plan she was brewing for the next step in reforming the republic's taxes: that is, to impose heavy taxes on the trade union!

Because only then will the republic have enough tax revenues to do some of the things she intends to do, such as conscription and the formation of a republican army and the like? Anyway, without planning to pay for a blood transfusion to this corrupt country out of her own pocket, she Nova had no better way than to fight dissidents and scavenge oil and water from the other party, which was the most efficient and fast way.

'You!! ’

Plausible? Ahh

Representatives of the trade union and parliamentarians said that if it was reasonable to impose heavy taxes, who would go to the remote waterways to smuggle? In the final analysis, isn't it because only smuggling can make huge profits?

And if they all pay their taxes honestly, what are they doing with so many cargo ships in the remote waterways of Naboo, why not do a legitimate small business in the safer, more convenient, and more prosperous galaxy and the core of the Republic?

‘！！ ’

'You dare?! ’

We're not going to pay even a single credit in unreasonable taxes!' ’

That's right! ’

'That Illegality Bill No. 020200105 must be revoked today! ’

'Revoke the motion!' ’

'Against tyranny against legitimate merchants!!' ’

‘……’

Soon, under the leadership or hint of the Trade Alliance, many parliamentarians who had some interests with them began to make a noise, once again tossing a good galactic council into a bustling place in Coruscant outside.

'Silence!! ’

'When the time comes, since the parliamentarians can't reach an agreement, then today's agenda item will be put on hold for the time being, and the vote will be canceled for the time being. ’

Everyone gets tired of this kind of pointless bickering meeting, even if it's both sides involved?

Soon, then, without waiting for the councillors and delegates of the trade coalition to continue their arguments or refutes, the presidium member, who was very experienced in breaking up the dispute between the two sides, stood up and loudly declared the end of the resolution of the council with his authority.

For some things, he said he was used to it...... Anyway, the two sides have been arguing like this, and it is likely that they will continue to quarrel like this, so there is no point in continuing it, it is better to just dismiss the meeting and leave more time for the parliamentarians to deal with it themselves?

‘……’

'Alas......'

After looking at the members of the council who were accustomed to standing up and leaving, Master Yoda and Master Mace Windu, who had the privilege of coming to the council to observe today, looked at each other, shook their heads and sighed, and then got up with the others and turned to leave the entrance behind the platform.

Today, they have seen the ability of those bureaucrats to govern......

Today the parliament quarreled for a day in vain, but until now half a day has passed, until the end of the meeting, the two sides have not been able to quarrel with any satisfactory results for both sides, they just saw that the two sides have been arguing with each other uncompromising and-for-tat for a long time, and in the end everything is gone!

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As the members of the Presidium of the Galactic Republic announced the dissolution of the meeting, and the members of the parliament continued to leave the huge steel mushroom-shaped Capitol one after another, a silvery-white, shiny, streamlined J-type 327 Naboo royal starship finally arrived at the place where it had been once again - the planet Coruscant!

"It's finally here!"

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Little Annie, who had been bored on board for three days, finally cheered as she watched the spaceship fly towards the atmosphere of the planet Coruscant, which looked like a giant glowing steel planet in space, and follow the route arranged by the robots of the Coruscant Immigration Department to enter the capital of the Galactic Republic.

"Next time, I'll say next time! Miss Amidala, people will never, never, ever ever ride this slow-moving broken spaceship of your Naboo!! ”

s(?? ｀ヘ????; )ゞ

Yes, little Anne said that this broken spaceship that can't directly use space to jump, can't directly 'swish' to arrive, but can only rely on backward faster-than-light engines to sail, she said that she really dislikes it!

“……”

"Pack it up, there may be important officials welcoming us later, Anne, as the head of a country, you can't be too rude."

After standing up and seeing that there was nothing wrong with her makeup and clothes, Padmé Amidala walked out and said angrily to a little girl who she had to follow, but now regretted it.

She was followed by a representative of the Nabugangen, her old friend, Ga Ga Binks, who would be the representative of the Naboosingungen and be resident in the capital of the Galactic Republic and receive a seat in the Parliament.

And the reason why they returned to the planet Coruscant this time, in addition to solving some things, was mainly to attend the court against the Trade Federation and its governor a few days later, and to accuse the Trade Union of some evil deeds and the governor!

"Wait for me ......"

o(?? ▽｀)o =3 =3 =3

The spaceship finally flew to Coruscant, so little Anne, who had been making a fuss on Nabu for several days and scared the Gangen people so much that she almost moved the capital, would definitely not continue to stay on this broken spaceship, so she hurriedly carried her little bear and followed behind the Queen Amidala, intending to get off the ship and find something fun or delicious here in Coruscant.

（…… ）

(●￣(??) ￣●)

'Welcome ......'

'The Royal Naboo Starship has docked at Republic Terminal 066 to welcome Her Majesty Queen Padmé Amidala and Head of Anne Frank to Corus......cant once again'

'The Supreme Speaker of the Parliament, Finnis Valoren, and the Vice-Councillor Nova and his entourage are on their way here, and they cannot come at the first time because the parliament has just ended......

As the Naboo Royal Starship slowly arrived and parked at an airport atop a building in the Galactic Republic's parliamentary district, a robot in charge of reception soon greeted the group.

“……”

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Little Anne didn't pay any attention to the boring and clumsy robot, she just yawned and stretched, and then began to look around.

"I see."

"Let's find a place to rest first, we've been on the road for a few days......"

Padmé Amidala just nodded when she heard this, not caring about the little thing that no one was here on the apron of this port to receive her at this time, and directly commanded the robot.

'Okay. ’

'Wait a minute, this is the shuttle boat for you to be entertained......

The robot's eyes flickered a few times, and then motioned for everyone to wait patiently, because there were no stairs or elevators, and they had to wait for the arrival of the arranged reception train before they could carry Queen Padmé Amidala and the little Führer Anne to the reception area of the Republic.

However......

Neither Padmé Amidala nor a heartless little girl, nor the royal guards of Naboo in the same group noticed that at this time, in the distance, in a certain building, there was a suspicious guy monitoring the situation through the window, using some kind of instrument?

Then, he (she?) After seeing it clearly, he quickly picked up a communicator:

'Zizi ......'

'Report! ’

'Target arrives at 066!' Repeat, the goal has been reached! Location 066!! ’

'Zizi ......'

'Understood! ’

'066 Express is arriving, five seconds countdown! ’

'Four! ’

'Three! ’

'Two! ’

'One! ’

'Start delivering packages!!' ’

Rumble......

Suddenly, a huge anti-gravity starship that was originally in the sky of Coruscant, flying well in the formation of those endless flying machines according to the original low-altitude intercity orbit and speed, suddenly shook violently, and then its engine part actually burst into flames with an explosion, and soon a loud sound was heard!

Then, soon, with billowing smoke and flames, it slammed into the 066 tarmac in a parabolic shape after being recaptured by the gravitational pull of the planet Coruscant, according to the inertia of its original flight......

"Huh?"

∑(?? △｀)？！

Is that......

As soon as the sound came, as soon as she looked up, little Anne took it for granted that a huge spaceship, which looked like a large lump of iron about the size of a building of dozens of stories, was actually emitting smoke, and it seemed that there was something wrong with the engine, and it smashed down on their heads viciously?

（…… ）

(●￣(??) ￣●； )

(No doubt Tibbs knew, it was a big guy who had lost its anti-gravity device and almost all of its power!) In terms of weight, it may be tens or millions of tons? ）

Soon, without waiting for little Anne and Queen Amidala and others on the tarmac of Airport 066 below to react or plan to escape, it hit the tarmac so hard!

Rumble!!!

Then, under the impact of that huge spaceship, the entire 066 airport was instantly smashed into a depression, followed by a bigger and more terrifying explosion, it exploded directly, and then the fire, smoke and continuous explosions directly enveloped a large area of the entire airport!

As for the people who had just arrived from Naboo who were standing on the tarmac waiting for the shuttle, and the other spacecraft of various sizes docked to the side, and the Nabu N-1 starfighters that escorted the escort, it was obviously unlikely that they would exist intact.

‘！！ ’

'My God......'

'That's ......'

'Not good! That's ......'

'Is that the airport where Queen Padmé Amidala and Führer Anne and Anne docked?!' ’

In the distance, Congressman Nova, Speaker Finnis Valoren, Master Yoda, and Quigang King, who were waiting in a luxurious Republic Reception Hall, heard the movement and turned their heads, and they only saw in the distance, the huge starship that was exploding due to the impact at the location of Air Harbor 066, as well as the flames and billowing smoke that rose into the sky......

Boom Rumble......

As the firelight exploded, finally, after a while, the sound of the explosion, which was much slower than the beam, came from afar, and the terrifying sound shook the floor-to-ceiling glass in front of everyone slightly.

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