The newly-minted Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker resolutely carried out some of the relevant matters assigned to him by the elders of the Jedi Council. He took Padmé on the road on the first night and got a boat without any legal registration information. The high-speed spaceship quietly left the planet Coruscant late at night without notifying anyone.
No one knows when they left...
For the Jedi who originally belonged to Coruscant and were above all official management agencies, Anakin had long been very familiar with Coruscant's methods of attacking and intercepting smuggling ships, so his blatant behavior The official 'smuggling' behavior took place without using any privileges, and naturally avoided all legal inspections and patrol ships, and quietly left the capital of the Galactic Republic without anyone noticing.
Maybe Anakin did a good job keeping secrets, maybe Padmé no longer has that kind of positioning device on her body, maybe some bounty hunters are scared out of their wits? Of course, the most likely reason is that the cutting-edge spaceship he chose flew so fast that the bounty hunters couldn't catch up?
Therefore, on the way back to Naboo, Anakin and Padmé were not intercepted or hindered in any way. They arrived at Naboo easily and comfortably in a few days and met with Naboo. After the new queen handed over some work, she once again ran to the beautiful mansion in the Naboo Star Lake District where they stayed briefly last time and lived in it without shame.
Today is already the eighth day that Anakin and Padmé have stayed here...
In this beautiful place, except for Anakin, Padmé and a few servants and chefs, there is no one else. This makes it difficult for people who were originally surrounded by the Galactic Republic, the Separatist Alliance, secession, war and... Padmé, who was annoyed by the endless pursuit, finally felt a lot more relieved. She no longer had to worry about those things, and was finally able to stay with the person she liked again, even though they were far apart from each other. Jian's identity still makes her wary?
"It's so beautiful..."
In the distance, the reflections of the Milky Way above the sky are reflected on the vast lake, and then are reflected by the rugged lake surface. The sparkling dots in the sky and the lake surface echo each other, making the starlight and Milky Way scenery become more and more beautiful. It was so charming that Padmé, who was leaning on the railing, was almost drunk.
"Anakin..."
"You said, if there were not so many disputes, fighting and misfortunes in the galaxy in the future, and we could always live here like this, without worrying about anything, and live leisurely like this every day, then it would be How good is that?"
Although Padmé herself felt that that kind of life was unlikely to happen to her and Anakin, that did not prevent her from fantasizing about it.
"..."
"There will come a day!"
"Padmé, I solemnly promise you here that in the name of Anakin Skywalker, there will definitely be such a day!"
"At that time, we can always live here like this, without having to worry about anything. We can live leisurely like this every day, boating, playing, and picking wild fruits, and then just like this at night, watching the scenery here. Forever……"
After squinting his eyes slightly and saying firmly, Anakin took two steps forward and walked to Padmé's side. He stretched out his hand and directly wrapped it around the waist of the other party who was wearing a gauze nightgown, and they followed each other together. The other party leaned on the railing and looked into the distance, looking at the stars in the sky and the gorgeous lake view under the dark night.
"ha!"
"Anakin, you are really good at coaxing people..."
Without resisting the other party's overbearing embrace, Padmé turned her head and looked at Anakin's resolute cheek for a long time. Finally, she smiled and shook her head and gently leaned her round side face against it. On the opponent's strong shoulders.
She knew that the other party was just trying to comfort her with sweet words. That kind of thing could never happen. However, in this situation, she did not intend to expose him. She wanted to enjoy the comfort at this moment. sense of security and then think about nothing.
"if……"
"Anakin, what I'm saying is that if...if that day really comes, I think I will be very happy..."
Yes, that's just if.
Because she, Padmé Amidala, is the senator of Naboo, it is foreseeable that this position will be with her for a long time... and Anakin is indeed a Jedi who is not allowed to have marriage and family. There will definitely be no results with him in the future, especially after her matter is resolved and she no longer needs protection. By then, the number of times she will meet him will become less and less as she grows older. Become more and more distant, until each other only exists in each other's memories forever?
"Will do!"
"Padmé, do you know? You should still remember the little head of the Hero Federation, that little guy Anne Hastur, right?"
After hesitating and thinking for a while, Anakin continued:
"At that time..."
"She gave me a gift. She said that as long as I have it, I can have whatever I want in the future. I can use it to change everything, including your destiny and mine!"
"So, Padme, don't worry. One day, I will give you the life you want. We will live happily here on this beautiful planet forever!!"
Anakin himself didn't believe in that kind of thing before, but now, he has become more and more convinced, and has made up his mind. He will try his best to realize it as soon as possible, and thus change him and Pad Mei's fate!
"!!"
"A gift? What kind of gift can you show me?"
When she heard that it was about that amazing little guy, a gift given to Anakin by the Anne Head, Padmé couldn't help but be a little curious... You know, she had a very good relationship with that little guy back then, so why? Why don't you give her a gift before you leave?
Fortunately, she took good care of the little guy and provided various conveniences to the Hero Federation's garrison on Naboo. But in the end, they just retreated as soon as they wanted, but there was no gift from her? Therefore, out of curiosity, she couldn't help but ask with some unbalanced mind.
"Feel sorry!"
"It's not here now, but don't worry, you should be able to see it after a while!"
Looking sideways at Padmé, who was leaning on his arm, Anakin didn't think much, and assured the other party directly, and was ready to reveal his secret to the other party at the right time.
"laugh!"
"Are you trying to surprise me?"
After staring into Anakin's eyes for a while, and finding that there was no sign of deception or shirk in them, Padmé, who was still a little unbalanced, nodded and pressed her cheek against Anakin's again. On those strong arms.
"Oh well!"
"Then I won't press you for the time being, but Anakin... the scenery is so beautiful today, let's go boating!"
Thinking that the other party was giving the mysterious little gift to Coruscant, Padmé didn't think much about it. She immediately put her hands around the other party's neck, and then began to plead like a baby.
The atmosphere today is very good, and Naboo is also very safe. There has not been another terrible attack like Coruscant for many days... Therefore, Padmé feels that she and him can go further. , rowing a boat to the center of the lake, where can she admire the beautiful lake and sky while sublimating the already strong feelings between her and him to the next step?
"..."
"I'm sorry, Padmé, but I'm afraid not today!"
Although he was very reluctant to leave, after pondering for a while, Anakin still shook his head regretfully and gently pushed Padme away in the eyes of Padmé who suddenly became extremely disappointed, and then took the ball from his waist. He took out his lightsaber.
"you!!"
"Anakin, they...they're here again?!"
Seeing Anakin take out the lightsaber, the smart Padmé didn't know what was going on? Therefore, after the untimely disappointment at the beginning, she suddenly became nervous when she came back to her senses. While tightly grasping the other party's clothes, she began to turn her head and scan around, trying to find some individuals. The attackers were hiding somewhere in the darkness.
"Um!"
"Padme, you go to rest first. Stay in the room and don't come out. Leave the outside to me!"
After gently patting Padmé's cold, sweaty hand and gesturing for her to let go of him, Anakin persuaded her with a relaxed expression.
"But!"
"Anakin, do you need me to call for support? In ten minutes at most, the Royal Airmen of Naboo will arrive to support us!"
Padme's expression changed, and she walked to the door of the specially modified room immediately with a tacit understanding, and turned back to ask nervously before entering.
"unnecessary!"
"There are very few of them. There are only three of them. I can deal with them!"
After using the Force to sense it, he found that there were indeed only three enemies, and felt that Anakin should be more than enough to deal with them on his own. He shook his head and rejected Padmé's kindness.
"That……"
"Then Anakin, be careful!"
After turning around and standing on tiptoes to kiss the other person, Padmé didn't hesitate, just walked into the room obediently and locked the door.
However, she did not completely listen to Anakin. Instead, as soon as she entered, she contacted a special service squadron at the Naboo Royal Barracks and informed her of her situation, asking the person who was on call 24 hours a day and had full authority. The team responsible for their own safety quickly dispatched fighter jets and combat personnel.
"..."
Anakin ignored some of Padmé's little moves. After making sure that the other party had reached the safe room, he held the hilt of his lightsaber and walked down the terrace facing the lake without saying a word. , walked slowly towards the garden at the back.
Soon, Anakin arrived in the beautiful back garden of this lakeside mansion, and stood under the dim streetlight without saying a word, just looking ahead from a certain point of view that was not of much use to a Jedi Knight. The three bounty hunters who appeared in the light refraction cloaking device asked:
"you……"
"It seems like you're not here to kill Padmé?"
Yes, looking at the three guys walking out in front of him wearing iconic Mandalorian armor, and looking at the clear purposeful movements of the other party towards him, Anakin knew that this seemed to be the case. The enemy that attacked was not what he thought, but the guys who wanted to deal cruel blows to Padmé?
'That's right! '
'Anakin Skywalker, we are actually here to kill you! '
As soon as Anakin finished speaking, the Mandalorian in the middle, holding a DC-15 blaster rifle in both hands, said directly and gloomily. However, it might also be because he was wearing a helmet, so his voice seemed a bit dull. ?
"!!"
"Kill me? Who asked you to kill me, and how much reward was given?"
After being stunned for a moment, Anakin suddenly felt a little baffled.
If we say that Padme once served as the queen of Naboo, she had irreconcilable conflicts with the Trade Federation, and also caused the Trade Federation's fiasco, arrested the governor of the Trade Federation, and later often followed her in the Galactic Parliament. The members of the Trade Federation couldn't live with it, and directly or indirectly led the Galactic Supreme Court to impose several sanctions on the Trade Federation, and even directly 'instigated' the Hero Federation's troops to attack the Trade Federation several times, which was why the Governor of the Trade Federation hated her. If he wanted to take her head at all costs, then who did he, Anakin, provoke so much that someone wanted to kill him, a Jedi Knight?
To be honest, he was very interested in this question, so he decided not to take action for the time being and let the three bounty hunters in front of him live for a while longer.
'snort! '
'No bounty! No one asked us to come! '
Another man on the left, holding a compact DC-15S version blaster, answered in a cold voice.
"No one ordered you, so why?"
Anakin was even more strange, looking up and down with puzzled eyes at the three guys in front of him who all used the standard equipment of the 'Second Republic Army', but were wearing Mandalorian armor.
'It's easy! '
'I heard that you killed more than two hundred hunters with one person, including more than a dozen powerful Mandalorians... We don't believe you have that kind of power! '
'So, here we are! '
"I see……"
"Do you want to challenge me so that you can prove your bravery?"
Anakin remembered part of the legend of the Mandalorian, so he suddenly felt a little enlightened.
'You can say the same thing! '
'You can take action now, we will fight you fairly, three against one! '
The Mandalorian on the right who was holding an unknown blaster pistol said so and opened the safety on his blaster pistol.
"..."
"You are very brave. If you challenge me, you will die!"
Anakin didn't understand that the other party wanted to shamelessly fight three against one, so how could there be fairness?
Fortunately, he had no intention of having a fair fight with these bounty hunters who had long annoyed him, so he wouldn't mind too much what they said.
'snort! '
'We ancient Mandalorians were once famous for killing Jedi Knights and attacking the Jedi Temple. Now, although we will not attack the Jedi Temple, we can still attack you! '
'Anakin Skywalker, show your lightsaber, or you'll have no chance! '
After saying that, the three Mandalorians slowly dispersed, and after forming a semi-surrounding formation, they pointed their respective guns at Anakin.
"..."
"I guess, since you haven't taken the initiative to attack, you probably want to know how I killed your group of Mandalorians in the first place, right?"
The opponent clearly had the opportunity to shoot at him, but he never took action. Even when he and Padmé were flirting on the terrace, they had the opportunity to snipe directly from a distance, but they led him here. From this, Anakin tried to guess, and at the same time, he waved his hand and popped out his lightsaber.
'Not quite right...'
'snort! '
'Stop talking nonsense and come on over! '
Obviously, Anakin may have guessed part of it right, but the three Mandalorians did not explain much. They just held their blaster weapons tightly, pointed their guns at Anakin, and stood ready.
"It's a pity that you found the wrong opponent today!"
"If you are ready, then I will launch an attack..."
Anakin habitually waved the lightsaber in his hand, causing the beautiful magnetically restrained plasma beam to form a blue round shield in the dark night, and he was ready to attack. Related preparations.
"..."
However, Anakin, who had performed a sword trick, did not rush forward in a hurry. He just squinted and silently stared at the three enemies in front of him.
'...'
'...'
'...'
The three Mandalorians were also not in a hurry to take action. They surrounded Anakin at a sixty-and-a-half-degree angle... because they knew that the Jedi's Force would predict their attack route and react in advance. It even refracts or reflects their blaster beams, so they are not in a hurry. They want to wait for the enemy to rush up and attack one of them before firing.
"..."
'...'
In this way, the two sides faced each other silently at a distance of thirty to fifty meters, and a permeating and chilling atmosphere began to fill the air.
"!!"
"Do it!!"
After a confrontation for a while, the force told Anakin that the three Mandalorians in front of him were very special. They seemed to be the kind of powerful and experienced guys. If he dared to act rashly or rush up casually, he would definitely After he would die miserably and miserably... he finally couldn't bear it any longer. At the moment when the three Mandalorians were slightly shocked, he snorted and shouted and gave an order that was baffling to the enemy.
Whoosh~! Whoosh~! Whoosh~!
↗↘→
Almost at the same time as Anakin ordered, three precise and vicious spines shot out from the flowers behind the three Mandalorians, instantly piercing the back of the Mandalorian's Mandalorian steel armor. It pierced into their necks, and under the influence of the highly toxic toxin, the three elite Mandalorians staggered with disbelief. They dropped the weapons in their hands and collapsed, clutching their throats. On to the ground.
At this time, under the influence of the paralyzing toxin, they didn't even have the strength to pull the trigger and aim... In fact, within three seconds, two unlucky Mandalores were directly penetrated through the carotid artery. The man was lying motionless on the side, obviously dead.
"..."
Seeing the miserable state of his enemies, Anakin said nothing. He just walked step by step with his blue lightsaber until one of them was still alive. He was still clutching the spine in his throat and stretched out his arms tremblingly. In front of the Mandalorian who wanted to say something to him or catch something.
"Now……"
"You should know how I defeated more than two hundred bounty hunters at that time, right?"
After sighing, an elite hydralisk that was four to five meters tall and very ferocious and strong finally slowly appeared behind Anakin. It had just used its weak force to hide among the three of them. behind him, and successfully used a spine shot to easily kill the three self-righteous Mandalorians in front of him.
Not to mention the three in front of him, in Anakin's opinion, even thirty or three hundred more would be useless! Because this lake area has long been protected by a large number of insect swarm units that he has deployed. He just deliberately let these three weird guys in, but who would have thought that they were here to deal with him?
'you……'
The Mandalorian wanted to say something more and wanted to reach out and grab Anakin's ankle. However, Anakin silently swung his lightsaber and chopped off his head, ending his story. The pain of having to fight against the toxin after having a spine pierce your throat.
"..."
Looking at the three dead Mandalorians and the guy whose head he had decapitated, Anakin didn't say anything. He just walked forward and looked at the corpses of the other two Mandalorians. Two swords were stabbed into the spine's throat, creating the illusion that the opponent was killed by him, and at the same time, he also completely eliminated those important evidences - the spine.
"Go!"
"You continue to lurk, don't be easily discovered by the Naboo people, and don't let those bounty hunters have another chance to get in!"
After saying that, Anakin walked towards the mansion without looking back. At the same time, the huge elite hydralis behind him began to fade away after making bursts of 'hissing' sounds, and soon used the weak force gained after evolution to become invisible and disappear. No trace.
However, the obvious rustling sound when it crawled and the indentation of its huge weight on the turf on the ground had betrayed its existence.
"..."
Anakin didn't care about the three corpses behind him, nor did he let the insects drag them away, because he knew that Naboo's Royal Guards would be coming soon. He thought it would be better to leave them to them?
And now, he needs to go back to explain the information and victory to Padmé. He doesn't know if she is still in the mood for him to go boating with her?
presumably……
It must be that you no longer have that leisurely feeling, right?
But it doesn't matter, Anakin happens to be in no mood to accompany him to the lake at night. The scenery is beautiful, but in his opinion, he should spend more time on contacting and planning his insect swarm. It was better. Night time was a rare time for him to be alone. He could go on a lake tour during the day?
However, what Anakin, who has a somewhat straightforward emotional intelligence, does not know is that at this time, on a certain orbit in the galaxy at the edge of the outer ring of the Milky Way where Naboo is located, several ships suddenly jumped out from flying at super-light speeds. Huge spaceships, and looking at them, it is clear that they are the kind of trade alliance mother that surrounded and almost occupied Naboo ten years ago, with the characteristics of the trade alliance, a circular spherical island converted from a transport merchant ship. Ship?
As for why they jumped to this place instead of heading directly towards Naboo, it is currently unknown.
...
'Report! '
'Your Excellency, the Governor, we have arrived in the system where Naboo is located. Do you want to continue to move forward and carry out blockade and landing operations on Naboo? '
In Cambridge, one of the Trade Federation motherships on the Ring Island, a green-skinned protocol droid walked up to Governor Newt Gunray and reported.
'Hmph...'
'Don't worry, Naboo is already within my grasp. However, I want to go back to Geonosis first. There is what I want there. You should conduct the necessary reconnaissance here first and make a good disguise at the same time. , don’t let the Naboo people notice our arrival! '
'Then, wait for my attack order? '
Governor Newt Gunray's protruding red eyes stared at the beautiful star Naboo in the holographic image for a long time, and then he gave the green-skinned protocol robot the order to hide and detect in a sinister tone.
'Yes! '
'Your Majesty the Governor, I will make arrangements right away...'
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