Chapter 1228: Anakin and Padmé Being Hunted

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The sound of the old engine of the slightly backward dune hoverbike has been lingering in the ears of Anakin and Padmé, and it seems to have become the only theme in this monotonous sand sea world The song is average.

"..."

Anakin has not spoken, and did not dare to stay at the crash point of his spaceship for long.

After he snatched the suspension motorcycle under the two of them from the hands of the group of stupid sand people who wanted to take advantage of the fire, he and Padmé left immediately, and they were already in this endless area. The golden yellow sand sea galloped at an extremely fast speed for about two to three hours.

However……

Even after so long, even though they were running forward in a straight line almost at a super-high speed close to the speed of sound, but looking around now, all that came into view, except for the icy wind and the endless sand sea, were still That endless sea of ​​sand!

If ordinary people dare to drive so fast in a planet with an atmospheric environment without protection, they will definitely be hurt or overturned by the strong airflow! However, Anakin is not an ordinary person, he is a Jedi Knight, even if he is only an apprentice now, he can use his force stronger than the average Jedi to break through and block those who are blowing towards him and Padmé The airflow between the two of them made them feel a little more comfortable.

'Um……'

'Anakin, are we going too fast? '

Yes, from Padmé's point of view, she and Anakin are indeed a little faster, and they are flying, and they are flying too low. She is afraid that the other party will have no time to react and hit him head-on. On a dune!

If that was the case, then she and he would probably die in a ridiculous traffic accident after escaping the dangerous disaster of the plane crash? Of course, she would definitely not say that rashly, because she felt that she should choose to trust Anakin, and she felt that the other party would distinguish between the serious and the serious, and would lead her out of danger.

'All right……'

'Then how long are we going to fly, where is this going? '

Looking around, the only thing that made Padmé feel a little changed was that she and Anakin were not turning in circles, except for the straight road behind them, which was formed by the two whizzing past. Apart from the yellow sand and smoke, there is really no other reference!

There is no green plant at all, no villages or cities, and no passing merchants or spaceships, even the barbaric Sand People who like to steal, murder, kidnap and torture, as Anakin said. Not seen again.

And if it weren't for the atmosphere here that can breathe directly, if it wasn't for knowing that this is Tatooine, if it wasn't for the Tusken Sandman who was easily killed by Anakin and the seized transport vehicle If it is a motorcycle floating on the sand, I am afraid, she will still think that the two of them here are on a dead and wild planet, right?

"..."

"Anakin, I seem to have seen it just now, as if someone is chasing us?"

"Hey! Did you hear what I said?"

finally……

After another hour or so, Padmé, who was suffering from dry wind and thirst, was holding Anakin's thick waist tightly and felt her waist with strong abs. After hesitating for a while, he said in a weak tone with some uncertainty.

Because, several times, she seemed to see something behind the two of them. It seemed that someone was really following her and Anakin, but...she was not sure whether it was a human or an animal, or just Is it her hallucination?

"Ah!"

Anakin was noncommittal,

He continued to gallop forward on the hoverbike, and looked at the fuel gauge on the dashboard with some frowns.

"You just found out?"

"Padmé, you read that right, there is indeed someone chasing us behind, so I must maintain this speed!"

Anakin said lightly.

But listening to his tone, it is not difficult to judge, Padmé realized belatedly that he already knew it in his heart! It's just that he was too lazy to pay attention to those guys who couldn't catch up with the two of them for the time being. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that those guys deliberately followed from a distance, and they are not going to rush up easily before they have a certain number of advantages or form an encirclement circle?

"But……"

"Anakin, how many of them are following us? I seem... I seem to have seen several groups of different guys, and they don't seem to be sand people..."

Yes, Padmé is sure that the dress of the sand people is not that way, and the vehicles those guys ride are a bit too advanced, at least compared to Tatooine, which is wild and backward and only sells second-hand goods That's it.

"snort!"

"Of course they're not sandmen, they're bounty hunters!"

Anakin snorted coldly, and directly revealed the identities of those who came.

"As for their number... The Force told me that there are probably more than a hundred?"

"Anyway, from what I've seen so far, there are almost six different teams of bounty hunters chasing us around. The smallest team has less than ten people, while the largest team has dozens of them!"

"And, they still have a few spaceships going forward..."

Although this might worry Padme, Anakin honestly told all he knew after hesitating for a while.

as expected!

Just after Anakin finished speaking, bloated spaceships vaguely appeared in the distance, and then, together with dozens of vehicles on the ground, they openly appeared in front of Anakin and Padmé. Among the yellow sand raised behind... soon, more teams appeared around, and successfully made the yellow sand billow about a kilometer away behind the two of them, like a sandstorm, and closed towards the two People rushed.

But fortunately, the sandman's hoverbike that Anakin and Padmé sat under seems to have undergone some illegal modifications, and with the blessing of Anakin's force, its speed was a little bit faster. It's not slow, but it can faintly faster than the pursuers behind it, and even those bloated spaceships whose speed is severely restricted and hindered after entering the atmosphere can't catch up at all?

"!!"

"Ah! He, they really have so many!"

"What shall we do now?"

Finally, after seeing that there were indeed so many enemies, and they no longer lurked and followed, but started to hunt openly and wanted to close up and surround them, Padmé became a little anxious.

"What else can I do?"

"Go ahead, and find a place to destroy them!"

Glancing at the tattered rearview mirror, seeing that the enemy seemed to be trying to surround himself and Padmé, Anakin gritted his teeth and said in murderous words.

'ah? '

'But, Anakin, can we beat them with just the two of us? Also, do you have any extra weapons on you? '

"No!"

"We Jedi Knights always carry only one lightsaber!"

'! ! '

'then what do I do? ! '

"..."

"Don't worry, Padmé, I will protect you, I promise!"

'But I always feel a little uneasy...'

'How about, Anakin, let's divert to Mos Eisley now, is it far from here? '

"Why are you going there?"

Anakin felt a little curious, wondering why the other party would suddenly say such a thing.

'Because there are many people there, and it is the largest space port, they should not dare to mess around! '

'What do you think? '

"No……"

"You're wrong, Padmé, Mos Eisley is not only the biggest space port, it's also a pirate city! Let those guys know you're more dangerous in Mos Eisley than out here , because everyone inside might want your life!!"

‘What about going to Mos Espa? '

"no!"

"It's too far, they won't let us go there, and we don't have enough fuel."

The ones that Anakin was talking about were obviously the bounty hunters who were chasing them, ambushing them in the universe and shooting them down!

"Where do we go now?"

Neither this nor that, Padmé was a little anxious.

"Padmé, will you trust me?"

'certainly! '

"Then stop asking!"

"I can only tell you this: In a sandman village on the planet Tatooine, I met a group of friends... I think, after so many days, they should be able to help us."

"And that place is not far away, just ahead..."

After hesitating for a while, Anakin said somewhat evasively.

"friend?"

"Is it those sand people?"

Padmé asked loudly against the wind, because she had just seen that Anakin killed several sand people and robbed each other's motorcycles neatly, and said that none of the sand people was a good person, but Why do you now say that you have friends in a Shamin village?

"no!"

"But don't ask, as long as you know, I will protect you with all my strength, and that's fine!"

Anakin doesn't intend to explain, and it's not the time to explain now, because those bounty hunters started to catch up with speed, he must go all out to deal with it, and try to reach the place he just said before the opponent's encirclement closed. The destination, otherwise, he and Padmé would be really in danger.

Once caught up by those bounty hunters, in this desert without shelter, he is not sure to guarantee Padmé's safety, not even his own life!

"..."

"Okay, Anakin, I trust you!"

No way, seeing that the other party didn't want to say anything, Padmé didn't force it, but just hugged the other party tightly, and then pressed her cheek tightly against the other party's back, listening to Anakin's strong voice. The steady heartbeat of the body and enjoying the unknown and inexplicable sense of security brought about by the other party's guarantee as a Jedi knight.

"Um!"

"Don't worry, it's not far away, it's just ahead, we should be able to get there before dark!"

He looked at the sky, and then at the enemy who was madly chasing behind him. Anakin, who had lived in this Tatooine since he was a child and was very familiar with the duration and environment here, counted the time of nightfall and stopped. He continued to talk to Padmé, but squinted his eyes, concentrated on controlling the suspended sand bike, turned the steering wheel slightly, and turned towards a certain place in his force perception.

The current situation between him and Padmé is indeed very dangerous, because he is really not sure against so many bounty hunters, even if it is Obi-Wan or the teacher Qui-Gon King here!

But fortunately, when Anakin came to Tatooine before, due to some coincidence, he had already arranged some interesting little things on this planet. Although the time was not very long, he believed that, There are so many days that are enough for them to provide him with the necessary assistance and eliminate those bounty hunters who try to siege or capture them alive!

Even though he has never really tested their power, even if it will be his first time to test them, his force has told him more than once that his 'friends' are very powerful, very powerful !

...

At night, although the sky full of stars can be clearly seen in the sky of the Tatooine Desert, the ground is extremely dark. Looking up, there is silence between the sky and the earth, without the sound of any animals, insects or birds. , and there are no fires or lights belonging to civilization, as if this place is really a barren planet without any life.

And at this time...

A group of bounty hunters with various eyepieces on their faces and heads quietly surrounded a similarly quiet place, which was composed of many domed sand buildings and tents, but strangely, there was no sign at all. Abandoned village where Sand People live.

'...'

‘Those two targets, are you sure they went in? '

'Yes! Boss, we chased and saw them go in! You see, the current positioning device also shows that the bitch with a very valuable head is inside, this time we are rich! '

'Well, good...'

'But what did the others say? '

‘They have already negotiated that whichever team catches the bitch can get half of it directly, and the one who kills the Jedi can get 10% more, and everyone else can share the rest equally! '

'very good! Very reasonable! '

'So……'

‘At all costs, capture or get that woman’s head for me! ! '

'yes! ! '

‘Others stay on the outside, but don’t let them get away! '

'Don't worry, we have set up the anti-aircraft guns, they will never escape! ! '

'snort! '

'attack! Watch out for that Jedi! '

'yes! '

'As you order, Boss Harding...'

Soon, this group of bounty hunters who surrounded the village and seemed to have reached some kind of agreement, under the command of a certain tacit understanding, began to grope in the dark, carrying various advanced night vision instruments and weapons, towards the village. Not far away, the deserted village of the sand people hidden in the sand, boulder piles, and ravines and crevices came over.

'Well? ! '

'What's the matter, Mr Harding? '

'No! '

'Nothing, I seem to see something in the distance...'

The bounty hunter known as Boss Harding activated the life detection instrument on his eyepiece and scanned towards the distance with some doubts, but found nothing.

Then, he turned his head again and swept towards the village, and found that the life signals of the target woman and a certain ridiculous Jedi were still clearly displayed in his eyepiece, he nodded in satisfaction, and never Forget that little sound that sounded like the rustling of the wind over the dunes coming from behind their enclosure just now.

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