"Wah... Why am I so unlucky..."
When they returned to the warship, only Kigara looked dejected—after all, she had ended up in the worst state of them all. Duanmu Huai had wiped out nearly all the aliens on Tatooine in one sweep, while the others had plenty of experience and had avoided the spray from a distance. Only Kigara, being new and unfamiliar with the place, lacked Akemi Homura's reflexes and had been sprayed from head to toe.
She really couldn't have been any unluckier.
"Just take a shower and change your clothes."
Duanmu Huai didn't think much of it, while Kigara merely glared at him resentfully before walking straight off. Seeing this, the others could only smile bitterly in helpless silence... After all, nothing they said would have been appropriate in this situation.
"Ah, Uncle."
Just then, Echote came over and waved excitedly at Duanmu Huai.
"We received a transmission. The other party claims to be an envoy from the Galactic Republic and wants to talk to us!"
"Oh?"
Duanmu Huai froze for a moment, then looked toward Ann.
"Your plan really worked."
"I didn't expect it to happen so quickly either."
Although Ann looked calm on the surface, she was also somewhat surprised. It had been Ann's idea for the Inquisition to stay on Tatooine. According to her, conservative factions generally found it difficult to appear in public. Places like slums and black markets were where their informants and eyes were most likely to be found. Since Duanmu Huai and the others had just arrived in the Galactic Republic and were unfamiliar with the place, they could only use the Galactic Republic's network to select Tatooine as their temporary base.
After all, Tatooine was a place where fugitives gathered and roamed, and it was also beyond the Galactic