The Confederacy of Independent Systems had evidence!
In a public address, Count Dooku directly presented a recording, along with an operational report.
According to the recording and report, the Galactic Republic's Coruscant immigration authorities had received official authorization from higher up, ordering them to accept a batch of cleaning droids.
Moreover, that authorization from above was entirely genuine, not forged.
Further evidence showed that someone at an even higher level had orchestrated the terrorist attack. This person could even influence the Galactic Senate's deployments and arrangements to a considerable extent.
And the reason Cade Bane's group had managed to attack the Galactic Senate was because someone on the inside had worked with them—and that insider held an extremely high position!
The evidence Count Dooku presented was compelling, and every piece of it was backed by solid proof.
This immediately put the Galactic Republic on the defensive. If this had been authorized by the Republic's upper echelons, then it was obvious that the side wanting to continue the war was the Galactic Republic. The wave of peace now sweeping across both sides of the conflict would crash directly into the Republic's face.
But if this had not been officially authorized, then the Republic had to provide an explanation. Even if they threw out a scapegoat, it could not be someone insignificant. Yet once they did that, it would trigger a massive political storm and plunge the Republic into another round of internal strife.
When Palpatine watched Count Dooku's speech, he was in the Galactic Senate chamber. Beneath the platform, his fists clenched tightly. Beneath his calm expression lay boundless fury!!
Now he finally understood why Cade Bane's group had come up empty-handed! Why another group had gone and abducted Senator Tim.
Because this meant the entire matter was no longer under