Dreamscape, Illusion (VIII)
"What are you doing!?" Master Windu roared.
Yet the three Clone Troopers only stared at him blankly, seeming completely unaware of what they had done.
"General, we found that this ship had been damaged. Looks like we'll have to move on to the next place. I know there's another smuggler gang hideout nearby," Beard said.
"You... why did you destroy this ship?" Master Windu frowned deeply.
"We didn't, General. The ship was already blown up when we got here," Rainbow said.
Master Windu studied their expressions. They truly looked utterly bewildered, as though they really knew nothing, just as they claimed.
"Did you... have a dream?" Master Windu asked quietly. He had suddenly thought of that possibility.
But the one thing that did not make sense was that these soldiers had clearly lived in the jungle with Carl Vasto for a long time. Why had they not dreamed then, only to start dreaming now?
"General, the pursuers are here! We need to go!" Ye Zi shouted from the doorway as he fired wildly at the advancing smugglers.
"Go." Master Windu nodded.
But despite saying that, Master Windu had no choice but to keep a closer eye on the three Clone Troopers for the rest of the journey, worried that the same problem might suddenly happen again.
Meanwhile, the city had fallen into increasing chaos. After grabbing someone to question them, Master Windu learned that the Korunnai had suddenly launched an assault on the city. Since the city was in complete disarray and had failed to organize any effective resistance, many people had been killed.
Fortunately, Pelek-Baw City still had many Turbostorm-class gunships. Under the cover of their aerial firepower, the Korunnai were finally scattered. But they had now changed tactics, breaking up into small groups and launching