Chapter 43 Life and Death Decisions

In Anakin's memory, there could never have been a better day for Tatooine than today. Although the warm twin sun was still shining in the sky, it could not burn his skin, and the breeze blew without the uncomfortable dust of the past; He made his way through the crowded streets and alleys of Mos Espa.

Don't be afraid of the vicious interstellar smugglers anymore.

It was only when the fresh morning air hit him in the face that he could confirm that this qiΔ“ was free; He was far away from Wotu and its shop, away from the unbearable past.

It was only when he passed the stack of simple houses in Moses EspaΓ±a that he relaxed and looked there with some sadness; All his friends were there, they were slaves, and sometimes he could only look at them sadly when some fate had to be faced.

Just like a long time ago, the little girl named 'Ami' and her mother.

Soon, Anakin quickened his pace and galloped towards his house; Schmi was waiting outside the house, her hair tied back and silver metal ornaments. This adds some vivid colors to her, and she is usually dressed modestly, but today she has a good smile.

"Anakin, slow down!" She smiled and said, "There is no need to be in such a hurry about moving." ”

"But I'll worry about you if you're here!" Anakin looked at her earnestly, with some indescribable trepidation in his eyes.

Shi Mi's heart was a little astringent, she pressed his head into her arms, and whispered, "It's okay, it's all over." Smith clearly felt his fear, Tatooine's life was not as comfortable as it seemed, and he had a deep fear for Anakin's time since he realized it.

It was the fate of fear of separation, and it was also attachment to her.

This fear reached its peak when he was seven years old, and they nearly lost each other.

"It's alright, Anakin, you have the courage to protect me, don't you?" Shi Mi pondered his face and said softly, "Go buy some fruit!" I heard that your teacher is a guest. ”

"Hmmm! It's two Jedi knights, they have lightsabers around their waists, ......, you know. With an expectant look in her eyes, Anakin leaped out of her arms, "Then I'll go first." ”

He ran on his feet, briskly like a young fawn, and whenever he encountered smugglers and mercenaries looking for trouble, he would show the handle of the light blade at his waist, so that no one would stop him without a long eye.

"I want to protect myself and my mother." Anakin remembers what he said to Aang a few weeks ago, "My power will protect those who cherish and do the right thing." ”

"You're good like that." Chen Ang praised him, and then there was a terrible beating, "But you need real strength to do it, and of course, you also need wisdom, otherwise you won't be stupid, say these things now!" ”

Anakin remembered that he had been knocked to the ground without any resistance, and Chen Ang held a wooden sword and said to him: "How much ability, how much responsibility you bear, and your sense of responsibility is so great, then you must be in desperate need of strength." Now, get up and practice this sword technique three hundred times! ”

These trainings were not useless, at least now Anakin was fierce enough to scare off those trouble-seeking villains, and his light blade was sharp enough.

But Chen Ang said to him, "You lack murderous energy. ”

Anakin asked him for advice on how to have a murderous aura, and Chen Ang replied: "When you have a powerless fear and sadness in your heart, and an anger that makes you swing your sword for love, you naturally have these things, you are not decisive enough, but you still lack some experience." ”

"Experiences that will make you pick up your sword with determination."

Anakin quickly took the sweet fruit from an old woman, and suddenly heard a noisy noise from behind her, and even the sound of a woman crying bitterly.

"What's going on?" Anakin wondered, a faint uneasiness in his heart, as if the scene from three years ago had reappeared.

"Slave Hunt." The old woman who hurriedly put away the stall told him, "Find a place to hide, the damned interstellar pirates are here again, they have guns and suppressors, they can catch whoever they want, many people have been robbed like this, and their families have not been heard from since." ”

Anakin ran as fast as a leopard, as fast as his own home, and along the way, he saw many scenes of suffering, but he had always been helpful, and he did not dare to stop, and an indescribable fear tightened his heart.

Just around the corner from the door, he saw something that made his heart explode, it was a small silver hairpin, which had been sitting on his mother's head just now.

"No !!" Anakin screamed, his eyes began to blur, he rushed to the cozy little home, and looked around in a panic, all of them seemed to be intact, only a warm shadow, his most precious thing, disappeared without a trace.

"Mother......" he couldn't help but shout loudly, angrily lifting the hilt of the light blade, and standing in the doorway and shouting loudly.

"Run, Anakin, your mother has been taken by Jabba's men. Go find someone to save her! His neighbor, Titi Clonella, stood in the doorway and shouted at him.

A tall, hideous-faced creature suddenly grabbed her by the hair and threw her to the ground, "Look! I found something that slipped through the net. Ha ha! ”

With a murderous smile on its face and a hideous alloy knife on its shoulder, it walked towards Anakin.

Anakin's eyes were cold, and the coldness made it a little uneasy, and he trembled and raised the hilt of the sword in his hand, and the irrepressible anger, remorse, surging in his heart, "When you have a powerless fear and sadness in your heart, and an anger that makes you swing your sword for love, you will understand what to do." ”

Chen Ang's instructions made him break the last string in his mind, and the blazing light blade in his hand swung out violently, never more decisive and resolute, he kept Chen Ang's teachings in mind, and the light blade in his hand hit the weakest place on its alloy knife.

With shock and energy, it forced its flaws to shine, and then a stormy attack, the blade of light sliced through an arc, with Anakin's roar, slicing its limbs.

Blazing energy swept across its limbs, and Anakin picked it up and grabbed it in his hand, an alloy claw stopping in front of his eye socket, "Where did you take my mother?" ”

The pirate wailed and did not answer, and then it was treated even more horribly, and the sharp pain made its mind suddenly clear, "They're going to the gate!" It screamed.

Anakin threw its body behind and slashed its head with a flick of his right hand. He glanced apologetically at Titi Clonella, and when he saw her standing up in pain, he hurried to the city gate.

Along the way, tears welled up in her eyes, she may never be seen again, she may be injured and killed, she may be scared now, these fearful thoughts are too much for Anakin to bear, and she can only grasp the light blade in her hand more tightly.

It wasn't until he saw the shadow, the warm, familiar figure, that she huddled in the crowd, and was roughly pushed by the mercenary, that for a moment Anakin saw a clear fear on her face, and the shock made him unable to move for a moment.

He had never seen his mother fearful, and she would always be a symbol of composure to him. For a while, she revealed all the fears of her life to him.

When she saw him, that crazy look immediately disappeared from her eyes, and there was only a deep worry and distress, "Hurry up!" She silently lip-synched him.

But Anakin didn't listen to her this time, he pulled out the light blade in his hand, was enveloped by the crowd, approached this group of pirates, the worry in Shi Mi's eyes became deeper and deeper, her anxiety seemed to overflow her brows, she desperately gave him a look, but she looked at him helplessly, and approached the crowd step by step.

Shi Mi suddenly closed his eyes and resolutely rushed towards the pirates, striking them fiercely in his hands.

"No!" Anakin shouted, he couldn't watch her die like that.

A big hand pressed his shoulder, and a familiar voice came from his ear, "I have taught you how much power and how much responsibility you have, and you don't seem to have taken it to heart!" ”

The stern voice and suppressed anger did not terrify Anakin, he was overjoyed, held the big hand and said anxiously: "Teacher, save her!" ”