Boom!!
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"!!"
"Quick! Stop them!"
"Over here!"
"Oh no!!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh~!
Boom! Boom!!
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"Ugh~!"
"!!"
"Damn it! Everyone, retreat!!"
"Retreat..."
Inside the Chancellor's residence and the office building shared by some of the senators, the deafening explosions, gunfire, and screams grew louder and louder. Clearly, the fighting on Coruscant had already spread into this crucial hub of the Galactic Republic.
Someone inside had heard the commotion long ago, but seemed not to care. He remained seated in his chair?
"..."
In an office on the top floor, Sheev Palpatine, Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic—or, more accurately, Darth Sidious, the Dark Lord of the Sith—sat silently in his office. With his back to the door, he gazed down at the fierce battle raging on Coruscant, in its skies, and in orbit. He paid no heed to the commotion inside the building.
Events had taken an unexpected turn, but for now, everything was still under his control.
Although his apprentice, Count Dooku—Darth Tyranus—seemed to have grasped the ways of the Sith, and had even dared to rally the Separatist Alliance and the Trade Federation to attack him, Palpatine was in no hurry. He firmly believed that the final victory would be his!
He had already issued orders to the clone army in the nearby systems. That vast military force would soon return to Coruscant, where it would surely wipe out the rebel fleet currently trading fire with his own forces on even terms!
As for the rebels and the troublemakers causing chaos all over Coruscant, they were no great threat. At most, they could take advantage of the turmoil. They were never going to amount to much.
He was very confident about that. For the moment, everything was still under his control.
However...
That didn't mean he was