Seeking Forgiveness

Seeking Forgiveness

"This... this is..." Nute Gunray stared dumbfounded at the holographic projection.

Then Count Dooku's deep, magnetic voice rang out. "I don't know what happened between you and the Archangel of Death, nor do I wish to know. But after seeing this, you should understand what the Archangel of Death is relying on."

"He's using public opinion...?" Nute Gunray said.

"That's right. I suspect that when he made such a spectacle of publicizing the Fang-class battleship and the Plague Titan warship, he was already planning this. He may even have foreseen the destruction of the Fang-class battleship... The destruction of the Fang-class battleship, one of the two super-capital ships we had promoted, had already pushed public sentiment to the brink of eruption. But it was Plague's dazzling performance on Trigalis Planet that temporarily suppressed the process," Count Dooku said.

"So... after the Fang-class battleship was destroyed, Plague became the Confederacy of Independent Systems' sole spiritual pillar?" Nute Gunray realized.

"A celebrity warship, a celebrity commander. In a sense, that is indeed the case." Count Dooku stroked his snowy white beard. "If General Grievous had not also inflicted heavy damage upon the Republic fleet during the Festival Offensive, I might have to immediately present Admiral Sefrans Tann with the Marshal's scepter."

"...So if I truly destroyed Plague, I would become a sinner of the Confederacy of Independent Systems?" Nute Gunray's face turned pale.

"And at the same time, a sinner of the Galactic Republic," Count Dooku added.

Nute Gunray seemed to deflate completely. Lowering his head, he said, "But... but Lord Sidious will kill me! He definitely will!"

Count Dooku looked down at the cowardly wretch, a trace of mockery and contempt appearing in his eyes. But considering the terrifying wealth Nute Gunray controlled, Count Dooku still smiled faintly. "Lord