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"You look troubled, my apprentice."

An old and familiar voice rang in Asajj Ventres's ears, which froze her for a moment, until she slowly turned around and saw her former master in front of her.

In an instant, the flames of anger and revenge burned in her heart, like a flood breaking through a dam, unstoppable.

“Dooku!” Ventress roared, ready to pounce on the man who had betrayed her.

"How did you find me?" she demanded.

"We are still connected," Dooku replied calmly, "I used the Force to search and found you."

"Why did you betray me?!"

Dooku shook his head. "It's not what you think."

Asajj wanted to rush at the old man, to fight him with everything she had, to use the emotions she was feeling right now to push herself through.

However, just as she took a step forward, an invisible force bound her body like an iron hoop. Dooku used the force to make her unable to move.

"My apprentice, I am deeply sorry for this." He raised his hand slightly and said seriously, "But I hope you will not act rashly before you witness the truth with your own eyes."

She tried her best to break free from the Force restraints Dooku had placed on her. "What truth? Am I your abandoned child? A tool you use, and will be abandoned once the situation is not in your favor?"

Dooku did not answer, he just placed a holographic transceiver on the ground in front of her and turned it on. The images and sounds quickly appeared in front of Ventress, everything was so familiar.

"Master, I need your help. I am surrounded, and—"

"The battle is already lost. You need to reassess the situation, and—"

"No, I almost destroyed the Jedi."

"You must stop. You will fail again, my apprentice. You cannot die here..."

Asajj Ventress stared at the end of the holographic projection, then looked back at Dooku.

"I didn't abandon you, Asajj," he said. "I wanted you to come back."

Such conversations and situations made Asajj begin to re-examine the relationship between herself and her master, and also made her start to think about her future path.

Dooku said to her sternly: "No matter what you hear on the battlefield, you must remain calm."

However, Ventres asked viciously, "Then why do I feel betrayed?"

Count Dooku was silent for a moment, then slowly replied, "The betrayal you feel comes not from me, but from someone else."

At this time, Count Dooku's communicator rang again, and the conversation between Dooku and his master Darth Sidious was heard. "Tyrannus..."

"My master……"

"There is... interference with the Force."

"How could this be?"

"Many things. But the one you should be most concerned about right now is your assassin."

"Ventress? What happened to her?"

“She’s become very powerful.”

"Yes, my Lord. She is very important to me."

“But she’s so important.”

Just like Dooku at that time, Asajj could also understand the meaning of Sidious' words.

The conversation between Dooku and Sidious continued to play.

"Master?"

"Quiet! She has surpassed our expectations, and I hate to think you are training your apprentice to destroy me."

"No. I am loyal to you and only you."

"Then you must prove it. Get rid of her."

"But, Asajj..."

Darth Sidious' voice revealed an unquestionable determination: "While we are focusing on more important tasks, we must not tolerate any sudden changes. You must understand, my apprentice."

"As you wish, my lord."

Asajj's eyes flashed with fear at these words, and she saw Dooku struggle with the order before acquiescing to Sidious's request.

"Asajj, you must understand that, as you now hear and see, I have no choice." Dooku's voice revealed fatigue. "Either obey his orders, or risk angering him and eventually causing him to turn his attention to you himself."

At this critical moment, Asajj felt confused and painful. If it were her, she wouldn't know how to deal with this problem.

The betrayal came not from her master, but from his master, Darth Sidious.

She didn't know how to deal with such a situation, how to choose between loyalty and emotion.

In the end, all that could be said was a childish retort: ​​"You could have fought back! We could have fought back!"

Dooku responded calmly: "We can, but not as we are now. Neither of us is strong enough to fight Sidious. You and I both know this."

Hearing this, Asajj became quiet, as she understood that this was the truth.

When she first faced Sidious, Ventress's will was almost broken by his dark side. But now, she is no longer so easily shaken. She will find a way out, for herself and for her master.

"What about the waiters?" she inquired, wondering where their loyalties lay.

"Some follow me, and some follow Sidious." Dooku answered vaguely, "It is difficult to say who they are completely loyal to."

Then she turned to a more personal question: "What about me?"

Dooku raised an eyebrow slightly, seeming a little surprised by the question.

Silently questioning if she had actually asked the question.

She sneered and turned away from him.

However, she heard Dooku say, "The lightsabers in your hands, do you know their origins?"

The question surprised her. She stopped and looked at him. "Excuse me, what did you say?"

"The lightsabers you hold," he explained, "are no ordinary objects. They once belonged to another with skills similar to yours."

Dooku revealed more: "Before you, I had two apprentices. One of them was very outstanding. He not only shaped his own life, but also influenced me. I often miss Qui-Gon Jinn. There is not a day that I don't miss him."

"As for the other apprentice," he continued, "her name was Komari Vosa. She had a similar passion for learning and determination to become better than you. However, she was also easily swayed by emotions and sometimes lost herself in the whirlpool of emotions. I have always tried to help her with this problem. However, I was ultimately unable to do so, even though she is no longer my Padawan. I had high hopes for her, hoping that she would become an ally rather than a burden. However, she fell because of her own pride and arrogance, which saddened me deeply."

Asajj was struck by these words. Her lightsaber had once belonged to someone so remarkable. As Ventress listened to Dooku continue, she fell silent.

"I gave you her lightsaber to guide you down a different path from Komari. I lost one apprentice because of her righteousness and bravery, and another because I failed to free her from the bondage of arrogance. As for you, I do not want to be ruthlessly abandoned like the tool that Sidious said you were."

After hearing this, Asajj raised a sarcastic smile and questioned, "Tools?"

Dooku gently placed a hand on her shoulder, trying to calm her, "We are both tools of Sidious. Unfortunately for him, you and I have our own wills."