Einle Tim had originally planned to leave on a ship the day after tomorrow, but an urgent message arrived from Malastare an hour ago: the Jedi Knights had discovered their plan.
Under his bodyguards' escort, Einle Tim quickly slipped out of the Senate Chamber and sneaked away through the back door.
Less than half an hour after he left, Republic agents arrived at the Galactic Senate and quietly searched the chamber without drawing the other senators' attention, but found nothing.
Einle Tim was even more terrified when he received the news. He said to his bodyguards, "Contact Governor Tang immediately. I need to leave Coruscant at once. At once!"
The dozen or so bodyguards each performed their own duties. Some scouted ahead, some cleared the way, some stayed close to protect him, while others kept watch and provided sniper cover in secret.
Einle Tim had operated in Coruscant's political circles for many years and naturally had formidable connections. Before long, a great deal of intelligence had been gathered.
"Senator, three Security Bureau units are moving in our direction. They're trying to block the air routes in this area," one bodyguard said.
"There are two plainclothes agents here... dealt with," another bodyguard reported over the comm.
The Gran might look rather simple-minded, but they actually possessed some of the finest vision among all the species in the Milky Way Galaxy. Their three forehead eyes gave them an extremely broad field of view and exceptional sensitivity to light. They could even see infrared radiation directly!
That was why the Gran were among the few intelligent species that had evolved from purely herbivorous creatures—their extraordinary vision was what had allowed them to survive.
Thus, a well-trained, battle-hardened Gran warrior was truly terrifying. Their vision had virtually no blind spots, and they could spot