The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

1447: Dark Seed

Anakin-Skywalker returned to the Jedi Temple in a daze, he didn't even know how he got back.

When he walked into the gate of the temple, the former leader of the Jedi Knights, Master Shak-Ti, was waiting for him. Seeing Anakin coming in, Shak-Ti stepped forward, raised his hand and gently brushed Anakin On his forehead, a stream of cool force suddenly blew over, making him look a little more awake.

"You are finally back, Anakin, I am very worried about you." Shak-Ti said, "It seems that you have not been harmed, which is great. Facing a Sith Lord is a very dangerous thing." matter."

"I'm sorry, Master Shak-Tee, I can't..." Anakin Skywalker shook his head in pain.

"It's not your fault, Anakin..." Shaq Ti patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's just that I really want to know about Master Yoda, have you seen him? Even... Even if it's the worst case scenario."

Anakin whispered wearily: "Master Yoda failed...but he is not dead, but I don't know where he is now..."

He paused, then added, "Sidious doesn't know either."

Hearing this, Shak Ti frowned. She wanted to say something, but she hesitated. She just watched Anakin return to his dormitory.

Anakin-Skywalker sat blankly on the bed in his dormitory, looking at the white ceiling, countless images flashed in his mind... At this moment, he seemed to see his kind mother, Shimi-Skywalker, who was helping him Prepare simple meals, standing beside Qui-Gon Jinn who is like an elder, Padmé Amidala who is as beautiful as an angel, and Obi-Wan Kenobi who takes care of him like a brother, And that brilliant Ahsoka Tano...

Not only that, but he also saw his good friend Jax Pawan, Master Sass Ting who often communicated with him about fighter jet modification, and Master Yoda who was full of worries and taught him...even the weird and tricky , the dreamy sisters who often make mischief seem to be wandering around with the melodious laughter like silver bells...

The voices of these people seem to be heard in his ears, some of them are laughing, some are preaching, and some are discussing... He even saw Master Qui-Gon-Jin smiling and reaching out to him, "You have grown up, Anna gold……"

However, when Anakin stretched out his hand, everything around him disappeared...

no one...

Yeah...no one...not by my side...

More than ten years have passed, and I am still alone...

Anakin Skywalker's heart has become extremely heavy now, his relatives, friends, master, and the angel of death, Darth Sidious... Countless things weighed on his heart, almost making him collapse.

"I just... want to protect everyone..." Anakin muttered to himself.

However, he only found out now that he couldn't even protect a single person.

At some point, Anakin Skywalker fell into a deep sleep with endless thoughts.

However, the next day, he was awakened by a very rough knock on the door. Anakin-Skywalker opened the door and went out, but saw more than a dozen Jedi knights standing outside the door. These people all had unfriendly expressions. Anakin recognized that many of them had been publishing on various occasions during this period of time. Those Jedi who speak radically.

Blood Warrior!

"Anakin! You have to explain clearly to us! Why did Sith Lord Darth Sidious call you alone!?" One of them asked sharply.

"And you came back unscathed as a Jedi after confronting a Sith Lord! Tell us, what the hell happened?! What's the deal between you and Darth Sidious ?!"

Anakin Skywalker's face darkened, and endless anger began to fill his heart, "I don't have any agreement with Darth Sidious! Yesterday, he just asked me to report in the name of the Speaker of the Republic !"

"He is a Sith Lord!! An evil existence that enveloped the entire galaxy in darkness! Is the education given to you by the Jedi Knights all empty words? Why can you tolerate the existence of a Sith Lord!" A Said the blood warrior.

"In order to practice the light, you should cut him with a sword!" Another blood warrior was also aggressive, "Not only did you not do this, he didn't do you any harm! How can a Jedi Knight still fight with the Sith Lord?" Is everything safe and sound? You must make this matter clear!"

"I see anger in you, and a little darkness, Anakin. You shouldn't." It was an older blood warrior.

Anakin-Skywalker felt as if something exploded with a buzzing in his head, his eyes were red, he jumped up and roared loudly, "Kill him? You go?! Why don't you go? He Isn’t it right in the parliament building? If you really hate him so much, you go and kill him! Standing here and accusing me is what you call light? He is the speaker! The speaker of the republic!! Kill him, What will happen to the Republic?! What will happen to this war?! What will happen to separatism!? Have you ever thought about it! No! You haven’t thought about it! Your brains have been burned out by the so-called light!"

"How can you say such a thing! Anakin! It seems that Master Windu is right! You were too old when you entered the Jedi Order! You are not suitable to be a Jedi Knight at all!" A blood warrior tit-for-tat to accuse.

"Whether I am suitable to be a Jedi Knight is not up to you! What are you? What are you doing when I am fighting for the Jedi Knights, fighting for the Galactic Republic, and fighting bravely!? Who is involved in the battle?" More than me? Who has lost more than me? I have lost everything for this war! Everything!!!" Anakin Skywalker yelled hysterically.

"Enough! Anakin!" A majestic female voice came from the side.

I only saw Shak Ti walking quickly with Coleman Kekaji and the few remaining committee members of the Jedi Order. She looked at the blood warriors, her expression was a little unsightly, and she snorted coldly Said: "And you! Did Master Yoda teach you to be aggressive towards others like this? Immediately go to the confinement room and be punished! Everyone!"

Those blood warriors were obviously very unconvinced, and they still had a rebellious look on their faces, but they still followed the instructions of the current leader of the Jedi Knights, Shak Ti, and turned around and walked towards the confinement room.

Shak Ti took a deep breath, shook her head, and said to Anakin Skywalker: "Come with me, Anakin. I do have a lot to say to you."

Anakin nodded, and followed Shak-Ti to a reading room.

Shak Ti sat on one of the seats and motioned for Anakin to sit down as well. She cut to the chase very seriously: "Master Windu's departure and the appearance of the blood warrior have already heralded the split of the Jedi Order, which is inevitable. ...In fact, in all the wars experienced by the Jedi Knights, there were divisions between the radical faction and the peaceful faction. For example, the Jedi Covenant that appeared four thousand years ago is such an example...but..."

She stared into Anakin's eyes, and then said: "This is not the way of light. Such extremes are destined not to last long. And the more difficult we are, the more we must stick to our hearts, Persist in the light in our hearts. Master Yoda taught us more than once that persistence is the most difficult thing in this universe... Indulgence is only in a moment."

Anakin Skywalker nodded, sighed and said, "It was my fault just now, Master Shak-Ti. At that moment, I succumbed to the anger in my heart."

"It's good that you are aware of this, Anakin." Shak-Ti said, "And, to face a Sith Lord, and be able to suppress your impulse and anger, to do this A little, more difficult."

Anakin lowered his head.

Shak-Ti went on to ask her own question, "Although it may be difficult for you, the current situation is indeed imminent. Can you tell me what happened?"

Anakin-Skywalker said: "Palpatine admitted that he is Darth Sidious, but... I can't do anything to him. Because he is also the speaker of the Galactic Republic...and, in addition A Sith Lord's mortal angel, perhaps a more dangerous figure."

Then, he briefly talked about the conversation between himself and Palpatine. Of course, there are also some things that he doesn't want Shak-ti to know, and he didn't say them, for example, about his mother.

Shak-Ti pondered for a long time before saying: "It is impossible for us to tolerate a Sith Lord continuing to sit on the speaker's seat and lead the Galactic Republic. This matter is absolutely impossible, because not only will he The galaxy brings harm, and at the same time it will bring harm to us. What I have seen is that Palpatine continues to push the war to the depths, and keeps the Galactic Republic on the road to militarization and centralization. It's not allowed to walk away."

Anakin-Skywalker's tone became a little colder, "But if we don't do this, we can't defeat separatism, and the division of the outer ring star region will continue?"

"So, you agree with him? A Sith Lord?" Shak-Ti frowned, something she hadn't expected.

"This war is already contradictory enough, Master Shak-Ti." Anakin said, "I don't hate the blood warriors who questioned me just now, because only when fighting on the front line can I feel this contradiction."

He raised his hand and clenched his fist, "If the war continues, more people will suffer the damage and pain of the war... But in order to win the war, we have to do more things that go against our creed... ..."

Anakin raised his head and said, "I have killed many people, Master Shak-Tee... many people. But in order to end this war, maybe I will kill more people... and Darth Sidious The same is true for Sith. He is the Lord of Sith and also the Speaker of the Republic. How should we choose? As the Speaker, he has made countless efforts to win the war. If not for his persistence, maybe the Galactic Republic has not even officially At that time, what did we rely on to resist the separatist attack?"

He said, sighing, "I really wanted to kill him, really, Master Shak-Ti. He was seriously wounded, and I could really have pierced his chest with a sword. But...but if I Really kill him? The administrative core of the Galactic Republic will fall into chaos, and his previous policies that were effective in winning the war will not be implemented. Perhaps, our counter-offensive operations that have just begun to be effective will also be forced to stop. And that At that time, have we hurt countless people who are in dire straits because of the continuation of the war?"

Shak-Ti suddenly asked back: "What if he is no longer the speaker? Will you kill him?"

Anakin frowned thoughtfully, but did not answer the question.

Shak-Ti squeezed out a forced smile and said, "I see, you can go back and rest, Anakin."

...

Zhang Jiarui is currently in a very advanced laboratory. This laboratory covers a very large area. It is even hard to imagine that such a luxurious laboratory is actually an industrial star of Kuat Planet, where every inch of space is precious. Ring!

The wreckage of the Thor mech he once drove is now placed in a nearby laboratory, and some engineering robots are repairing the outer armor of the mech.

Zhang Jiarui was lazily operating in front of a terminal. This terminal actually still uses the style of the Fourth Civilization, and even the operating system is unique to the Fourth Civilization. From this alone, it can be seen that the Kuat Power Shipyard has great powers.

Because the fourth civilization's own intelligence and counterintelligence work is very good, the Galactic Republic has always wanted to obtain some technological items of the fourth civilization, but there are not many that can really get it.

However, Kuat Power Shipyard still got such a complete terminal and operating system, even if it is not the latest model, it is enough.

Now Zhang Jiarui had no choice but to start providing Little Kuat with what they wanted—technical information on Thor's mecha.

However, he still kept an eye on it. Now what he writes like this is not the technology of the extractor cannon currently used on Thor's mecha, but the technology of the original version of the extractor.

In other words, this is the technology sample of the extractor that Severance Tann obtained from the Wookiee research base on the Alaris satellite at that time. This thing is originally a thing of the Galactic Republic, and it is not a problem to write it out. Anyway, the research on extractors of the Fourth Civilization is now far ahead.