The Speeder shot into Mayor Daman's press conference venue like a bullet. The instant its built-in safety system forcibly brought it to a stop, a flash of light cut through the air, slicing open the roof. Three figures leaped out.
"Daman Lopez! You are suspected of inciting the public and endangering public safety! You are under arrest!" Ploo Koon shouted sternly.
Yet Mayor Daman showed no intention of fleeing. Instead, he pointed toward Ploo Koon and the others and shouted, "See?! The Jedi Knights have come to arrest me! Because I told the truth! Because I exposed the Galactic Republic's filthy, underhanded dealings!! Go on, Jedi Knights, arrest me! I'm not afraid of you!!"
As he spoke, he raised both hands high and crossed them together, miming the pose of someone in handcuffs.
How could the reporters possibly miss such a spectacular scene? They immediately began snapping away furiously. Some of the bolder reporters even squeezed forward at once, trying to interview the Jedi Knights on the spot.
Ploo Koon and the other two put away their Lightsabers, shoved aside the reporters and onlookers, and rushed toward Mayor Daman.
But at that very instant, with a swish, a blue blade flashed! Someone holding a Lightsaber stepped in front of them!
To everyone around them, the man wielding the blue Lightsaber wore a bodyguard's uniform, and his features were somewhat blurred. But to Ploo Koon and the others, the Force mask on his face—far from sophisticated—was immediately seen through.
Perhaps he had deliberately revealed his true face.
He was a man in his early thirties, with the distinctly East Asian features common to Dawn Star Planet. His complexion was somewhat pale, and he was not tall, but his muscles were exceptionally well-proportioned, brimming with explosive power.
"Governor... Governor Tang! You really