At the end of the meeting, Vader returned to his bridge, and immediately after confirming that all the participants were back at work, he commanded his fleet to rush to the first target immediately, and he was not worried that anyone would change his mind halfway through the return to the ship, because they did not go back alone.

All the officers present were forced to return with a team of expedition members on the same shuttle. Naturally, they didn't know what was going on with these mysterious armed men, and they could only guess that these heavily armed people were Vader's secret private army.

Anyway, there are always armed people around Vader who are not part of the regular establishment of the empire at any time, and no one dares to ask about the true identities of these people. However, they all knew very well that Vader must have sent these people to follow them for surveillance.

And there were actually a little more players who came up than any of them saw. On average, each officer was followed by six members of the expedition, four of whom followed them openly, and two who were stealthy and secretly followed.

The overt of these people will always follow their targets, and the two stealthy figures will act separately after boarding, acting as the main force of the reserve and monitoring the movements of the crew. Theoretically, the work of monitoring an ordinary warship is not difficult.

After all, even a capital ship like the Emperor class has a fairly limited communication range and jump speed, and even if there are agents of the Emperor in Funayama, it is impossible to send out the news without preparation, and their main surveillance will be focused on the exits of various air ports.

Vader placed strict restrictions on all communications and traffic within the fleet, and only with the approval of the Executor's command could other ships communicate with the outside world and release combat vehicles. In this way, the channels of information leakage can be effectively blocked.

Of course, this method can't stop the spies forever. From now on, he must race against time to implement the plan, before the most critical steps of the plan begin. He first had to make sure he had the most powerful weapon in his hands.

The most powerful weapon here refers to two things, one of which naturally refers to his rebellious apprentice Galen. Marek. Only by taking the "planetary killer" with him can he be sure that he will kill the emperor at once.

To this end, he ordered the fleet to sail to the star sector where he had last sensed Marrick, where to begin the search for his master. To make sure he didn't waste too much time, he also set a time for himself. If Marik can't be found within 7 days, he will abandon this option and go straight to the next superweapon.

With that, he set out on a search. It took him two days to get the fleet to the spot where he had sensed Marek last time, and another two days to find the other party's foothold. It is a remote planet located in the outer ring of the Milky Way.

If the entire territory of the Galactic Empire is compared to the urban area of the imperial capital, then the location of this planet is equivalent to between the 4th and 5th rings. It's not particularly remote, but it's far from the core, and it's far less densely populated than those that have been developed for thousands of years.

The planet where Marek lives in seclusion has an obscure trading point. There are only a few hundred thousand people in the entire galaxy, and there are not enough people due to the lack of resources and the lack of huge profits. This remote planet has yet to produce a star master.

In general, it is a small settlement set up by merchants to evade taxes, just like Cloud City in Lando. So, when Vader's fleet sailed near the system, he ordered everyone to stop. I only took a few people on a shuttle plane to investigate.

If his fleet suddenly appears in the system and is discovered by the merchants, they will think that they are here to crack down on their tax evasion. Panic will happen. Without the Star Lord stepping up to restrain them, the merchants are likely to scatter in droves.

This would not only alarm his targets, but it would also be possible for the Emperor in the imperial capital to notice his latest movements as they fled. Although merchant ships were generally much slower than Imperial warships, they could easily spread the news of their presence to the Imperial Capital along the trade routes.

So, Vader decided to come to his apprentice in a low-key way. He took the shuttle and took Sister Xue and a team of his own guards to the closest place on the surface to his sensing center. According to Vader's instructions. They eventually landed in a scenic mountain landscape.

It is a primeval forest, located in a no-man's land on the surface of the planet, thousands of kilometers from the nearest population area. The surrounding scenery is quite beautiful. Except that the oxygen content in the air is not very high, it looks like a primeval forest in the high latitudes of the earth in every way.

It was early in the morning when they were about to fall, and they didn't go far on the ground when they saw a house in the lowlands of the mountains. It's a wooden villa that looks like it's been built quite well. The scale of the building is halfway between a villa and a manor, and there is a temporary helipad and some equipment that at first glance is used to generate electricity and collect water.

It can be seen that this house was deliberately built in this no-man's land, and it can be distanced from other people. At the center of Vader's sense was the house, where he was all too familiar with the Force fluctuations, and there was more than one person in it!

"Stay here, I'll go see him myself, if the scene gets out of hand, don't come near us......" Vader stopped the others from continuing to approach the house, but walked slowly by himself.

As he approached, he slowly lifted his hidden Force fluctuations, hoping that the people in the room would clearly sense his arrival. If possible, he wants to warn him of his arrival and avoid falling into a sudden duel.

However, his worries were unnecessary, and until he reached the threshold, the Force fluctuations of several people inside were always calm, and it seemed that his arrival did not disturb anyone. Vader hesitated, walked over to the door and knocked twice.

It was a strange move to him, but it was soon answered. A Tirik woman smiled and opened the door, but the moment she saw Vader, or his iconic helmet, the woman screamed, slammed the door shut, and scrambled to the inner room.

The scene was a bit unexpected for Vader. The Tiriks are not common in this sector. As a tall humanoid race, the Tiriks are the quintessential slave race, both in the Republic and in the current Empire. Regulars in the harems of various red light districts and wealthy aristocrats.

An ownerless Tyric was often targeted by slave traders, and even today, when slavery was abolished on a large scale in the Empire, there are still many Tyrics who play the role of hidden slaves and assistants of high-ranking nobles.

There seems to be a slave logo on the back of the Tirik in front of him, who is supposed to be the slave rescued by Marek, and depending on the situation, he seems to be using this Tirik as his steward. However, he must not have thought that he would come to the door like this, otherwise it would never be this butler who "greeted" him.

Seeing the other party's move of closing the door, Vader didn't care. Of course, this little thing was not difficult for him. Normally, he would gently reach out and turn this thick wooden door into a pile of sawdust. However, considering that he did not come to fight this time, he still chose the gentlest way to open the door.

He reached out and used the Force to push the deadbolt behind the door, then gently pushed the door open and walked inside. It wasn't long before he found his target in the top room on the second floor, and the Tirik who had almost been stupefied by him.

But the scene in front of him was a little beyond his imagination. The Tirik woman, trembling with fear at the sight of him, pointed a knife at him, guarding a woman in the hospital bed behind her and a baby bassinet further behind. And that bassinet is where the Force fluctuates the most in the neighborhood.

The whole bedroom is more of an intensive care unit than a bedroom. Medical appliances fill the room, littered with sterilization tools, pill bottles, and disposable medical supplies. It can be seen that the products used are high-end goods, and it seems that Marek has put a lot of thought into saving his girlfriend, after all, many of them need to travel a long way to buy.

"Don't come closer, my master could come back at any time." He doesn't welcome you, yes, you don't! The purple-skinned Tirek woman in front of her looked like a housekeeper, and although she was so frightened that she couldn't move, she resolutely guarded the mistress and the little master behind her.

Seeing this situation, Vader understood what was happening almost instantly, and it was clear that Marek was not at home at this time, and the woman in the hospital bed was naturally his girlfriend Juno. Eclipse. As expected, because of the battle more than a year ago, she was still in a coma and was basically a vegetative person.

Marek's peace of mind and seclusion are largely due to his girlfriend, who has turned into a vegetative person, and it seems that he will have to wait here to see each other. But before that, he needs to see what the baby in this baby basket looks like. Vader could feel that the baby also had a fairly strong affinity for the Force, needless to say, it must be a descendant of Marek.

He ignored the housekeeper who threatened him with a knife a few steps away, walked straight over, and took out the sleeping baby in the baby basket to take a closer look. The Tirik woman had repeatedly warned him not to come closer, but she didn't dare to rush forward to stop him, only screaming in more panic.

Her scream woke up the little one, who was only a few months old, and immediately cried when he opened his eyes to a stranger like Vader. And the housekeeper next to her was still shouting in a louder voice.

Vader was a little upset by this situation, and with a flick of his finger, he used a Force to lock his throat, lifting the Tirik woman not far away from the ground in the air, making the other party unable to make a sound. He also threw the knife out of the other party's hand by the way, although it didn't threaten him, but he looked upset. (To be continued......)

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