1254. Calmness of the Storm (Part 1)
"Haha... The movement to resist Rendili is gradually decreasing, which shows that Bangjila-Ulan, this old immortal, still has some ability, hehehe..." Das-Sidious said, "But no matter how hard he struggles, it's useless! You light a few more fires and completely force Rendili to Separatists's side. Then, it will be our victory... hehehehe!"
"It's really hard to figure out a guy like you who even plots against your own people." Arden-Lin said coldly.
"Maybe you have some misunderstanding, Aden-Lin. Rendili has never been my...'one of my own'." Das-Sidious sneered and closed the communication.
Arden-Lin snorted coldly, still maintaining the posture of sitting on the window sill, still looking through the porthole in the direction of the Rendili Planet Defense Fleet flagship, the Messer-Co Bail.
"... I understand. I accept your suggestion. I will keep this fleet always on the side of Galactic Republic." Jesse-Darlen nodded and said to the three Jedi Knight standing in front of him.
He is an officer in his forties, with a slicked back hair, and a long Scar on the side of his face, which almost cuts off his entire left cheekbone.
"Maintaining the peace and unity of Galactic Republic is the responsibility of each of us. Don't relax just because you are the company's local defense fleet." Jedi Knight Jing Fang said solemnly.
Jesse-Darlen looked at him as if he was looking at a psychopath.
"We are very grateful for your cooperation, Captain Jesse-Darlen. In addition, we also want to know whether Bangjila-Ulan really intends to hand over Rendili to Separatists?" Ploo Kong asked.
Darlen shook his head and said, "I am just a small captain Commander, Bangjila is not someone who can fathom the thoughts of a big man like me."
Ploo-Kong nodded, "I understand. Then I leave the matter of Rendili Planet Defense Fleet to you. If you have anything, you can contact us directly. We will continue to stay at Rendili for at least the next month."
"That's enough." Jesse-Darlen waved his hands impatiently, then turned his back and stopped looking at them.
Moments after Jedi Knight left, the door of the bridge where Darlen was located was opened, and Arden Lin walked in with several people dressed as agents.
"What did Jedi Knight tell you?" Arden Lin asked directly.
"I will hand over Planet Defense Fleet to Galactic Republic." Captain Darlen said.
Arden Lin said, "Then can you explain why, under the current circumstances, you actually ordered the officers and soldiers of Planet Defense Fleet to go down to Rendili Planet for vacation?"
"It is precisely because of this situation that I need to keep the nerves of these officers and soldiers relaxed to prevent them from doing anything like misfire." Captain Darlen's answer was also spotless.
"End the vacation immediately and put the entire fleet into combat readiness." Arden-Lin said.
"I am the Commander of this fleet!" Jesse-Darlen raised their voices.
A fierce light suddenly flashed in Arden-Lin's eyes. She took a step forward and said with a ferocious expression, "Who gave you the courage to disobey me?! Jedi Knight? Hahahaha... Have you forgotten how you knelt in front of me and begged me during the fleet riot before?"
"I said, I am the Commander of this fleet!" Jesse-Darlen still said the same, but he still took a step back, "I will hand over this fleet to Galactic Republic."
Aden-Lin frowned. She looked at Jesse-Darlen's completely devoid of fear expression, and an extremely strong sense of disobedience suddenly surged in her heart, but she couldn't explain why.
She raised her hand and patted Jesse-Darlen's face, and said with a ferocious smile, "Then you'd better remember the promise you made to me at that time!"
Walking out of the bridge, Arden-Lin was still thinking, but she still had no clue. She could only think that Jesse-Darlen had received some promise from Jedi Knight, so she became so stubborn. But he was stubborn, and he compromised without hesitation and agreed to hand over the fleet to Galactic Republic... And in this matter, Jedi Knight and she should be on the same side.
But why is the Force still restless?
Arden-Lin knew that this was the Force giving her a hint, just as when she just heard that the fleet was taking vacations in batches, Das-Sidious immediately had an intuition that the situation was not normal.
For these powerful Force user, even the vaguest intuition is likely to have a very strong foreshadowing effect.
She thought for a while and said to the agents behind her, "Go and contact the people we have contacted before to confirm their current attitude towards the situation, and also understand why the actions against Rendili StarDrive have decreased in recent days."
"Yes!" Several agents nodded in response.
In a bar, a TV program is playing on the holographic projection. Mayor Jorgen City Daman-Lopez is being interviewed by a Galactic HoloNet TV program.
"Dear Mayor Daman, we are very glad that you can accept our interview." In front of Daman, the beautiful host said friendlyly, "Can you talk about the issue about Rendili StarDrive that the people of the entire planet are very concerned about recently?"
Mayor Daman said with a smile, "I am not an employee of Rendili StarDrive, so I have no right to express any opinions on them. But what I want to emphasize is that as the mayor of Jorgen City, my position is always with the people."
"But you have been criticizing Rendili StarDrive for some time and claimed that they are responsible for the current economic depression of Rendili Planet. But I noticed that you no longer insist on this view recently. What made you change your mind? Is it Rendili StarDrive?" the host asked.
"My mind has never changed. Do you think I was criticizing Rendili StarDrive before? Then I can only answer you, yes and no. Because what I am really criticizing is the war itself, and Rendili StarDrive is also one of the components of this war." Daman responded very appropriately, "Now I no longer care about Rendili StarDrive's affairs because I have set my sights higher and focused on the overall situation to think about - what exactly caused our current situation at Rendili Planet."
"So, do you have the answer now?" the host asked.
"Of course I have the answer. It's just that I don't dare to say the answer yet." Daman said.
Looking at Mayor Daman in the projection, on a table at the edge of the bar, a man groaned through gritted teeth. He drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, then took out his communicator and sent an encrypted message - [Mayor Daman is out of control. He did not continue to put pressure on Rendili StarDrive as planned.]
Not only in this place, the same situation has occurred in many places on Rendili Planet these days!