356. Fateful encounter
Outer Rim of the galaxy, Tatooine, Mos Espa Port.
Qui-Gon-Jin left Obi-Wan-Kenobi to guard the spaceship, and then he took the maid next to Queen who called herself Padmé, and they were in Naboo Gungan rescued on and Jar Jar Binks walked together on the narrow street. People around them glanced at them with malicious eyes, especially Padmé. She was young and beautiful and attracted many fierce glances.
Qui-Gon-Jin had to constantly use the Force to influence those around him and get them to take their attention away from themselves and think about something else.
"This city is almost being demolished. If it were me, I would rather live in a puddle." Jar Jar Binks looked at the surrounding ruins very curiously. "Oh, it's so hot here, I feel like my tongue is going to melt."
"This city was destroyed because of the war between two Hutt, Hutt Jabba and Hutt Gaddula, and finally Jabba destroyed Gaddula is in Mos Espa Port's palace, so he has won, but he has not been able to catch Gaddula yet," said the maid Padmé.
"As a maid, you know this information very well." Qui-Gon-Jin glanced at the maid.
"Tatooine is not far from Naboo, so it's not surprising that I know these things." Padmé replied with a smile.
"I saw many people here selling the wreckage of spaceships. Let's try our luck. Maybe we can find the hyperspace engine we want in the garbage dump." Qui-Gon-Jin came to a local resident, raised his hand and said, "Tell me where the biggest market is?"
The resident originally had a fierce look on his face, but after being shaken by Qui-Gon-Jin's hand, he immediately fell into a trance under the influence of the Force. He pointed in one direction and said, "Over there, many things picked up by people are sold there, and there are also many garbage merchants who buy garbage."
Qui-Gon-Jin nodded and they walked towards the junk market.
In that garbage market, there are ragged scavengers everywhere, and there are many children among them. These children have been scavenging for a living since they were 8 or 9 years old. And because they are smaller, they can get into nooks and crannies to pick up garbage, so they can also play a lot of roles.
Many garbage merchants have also opened shops here. In order to ensure safety, most of them have hired a few mercenaries. Although it is unintentional, the existence of these mercenaries has indeed maintained the minimum order here.
But they asked many junk dealers, but none of them had the type of hyperspace engine they wanted.
In fact, this matter still has to be said to be the pit dug by Naboo's former king Als-Veruna. He asked Nubia Star Drives to cooperate, and Nubia company was originally a manufacturer of high-end spacecraft, so the chance of finding Nubia company's hyperspace drive in such a junkyard is indeed too low.
Just as they were asking around, a little boy with a ferocious humanoid robot suddenly felt something. He turned around and glanced here. His eyes first fell on Qui-Gon-Jin, and then looked at the maid Padmé. He took the initiative to come over and asked, "Are you from outside?"
Qui-Gon-Jin smiled kindly, knelt down and asked the little boy, "How do you know we are from outside? What is your name?"
"My name is Anakin, and I live in a garbage dump outside the city. Is this sister an angel? The retired pilot told me that only angels can be so beautiful, so you must be from outside." The little boy said seriously.
The maid Padmé smiled happily when she heard the little boy's innocent words. He said to Anakin, "We are indeed from the outside, but I am not an angel. Our spacecraft has broken down and we need to find parts to repair it, otherwise we will be trapped here."
"What parts do you need?" Anakin asked.
"Nubia T-14 hyperspace engine." Qui-Gon-Jin answered.
Anakin thought for a while and said, "This model cannot be found here, but I should be able to think of a way. Why don't you follow me and go to my house. Oh, by the way, this is my partner, the robot Rock-Johnson! It has been protecting me."
"I suggest not to bring outsiders into our home casually, it is not safe." T-850 robot Johnson said.
Qui-Gon-Jin nodded and said, "Don't worry, we are not here to cause trouble. As long as our spacecraft can fly again, we will leave immediately. We will also pay."
"How much money do you have?" Johnson asked.
"There are about 20,000 Republic credits." Qui-Gon-Jin replied.
"Republic credits is not recognized by Tatooine. You need to use Upiupi coin issued by Hutt." Johnson said.
"Okay Johnson, they need help, and we can indeed help them. They are not bad people, I know that." Anakin said.
Johnson didn't say much, just turned around and walked out of the city.
Qui-Gon-Jin looked at Johnson's back and murmured to himself, "Although it has undergone many transformations, it can still be seen that it is Fourth Group's bodyguard robot... What does this portend?"
"Master Qui-Gon, that little boy just now, I think he is not a bad person. He is very cute and I quite like him." The maid Padmé came over and said to Qui-Gon-Jin.
"The Force has told me his kind heart, let's go. Be careful." Qui-Gon-Jin pulled up his hood again to cover his face, and followed Johnson and Anakin out of the city.
The group of people came to Anakin's home and saw Johnson lifting open the huge stone door panel weighing one or two tons. Qui-Gon-Jin couldn't help but take a second look at him.
"I live with my mother, and there is also the etiquette robot C-3PO that I am repairing here. However, my mother has difficulty with her legs and feet, so she has been resting in bed. I want to change her to an anti-gravity wheelchair, but the garbage dealer Chiruchi has not been here these days." Anakin warmly introduced his family to everyone, and then Then he pointed to his room and said, "There is indeed no Nubia T-14 hyperspace engine here, but I picked up a Nubia T-12 hyperspace engine from a crashed spacecraft before, which can be used on your spacecraft. But this engine is broken, and I have never had the parts to repair it."
The maid Padmé looked around with interest. She found two sets of engine-like machinery at the foot of the wall and asked, "What are these?"
"This is a pod racer! When everything was good in the past, my mother often took me to see Bonta Night Speeder Race. My dream was to become a racing driver, but then the war broke out and the competition was ruined." Anakin stroked the dusty pod racer lonelyly, his eyes full of expectation.
The maid Padmé looked at the little boy's pure eyes, and her heart seemed to be touched. She held Anakin's rough little hand and said seriously, "You will definitely be able to drive this podracer and gallop on the field, you will definitely be able to!"
"Thank you, miss. You are really kind and beautiful, just like the legendary angel." Anakin showed an innocent smile, but his eyes were also filled with determination.
On the other side, Qui-Gon-Jin kept staring at Anakin with a serious expression.