The Jedi Master, Qui-Gon Jinn, walked quietly in the small city. He followed the orders of the Jedi Supreme Council to mediate the conflict between the Trade Federation and Planet Naboo. He was the most respected Jedi Master in the Star Wars universe. For the sake of peace between the two sides, he was now the protector of Queen Naboo.
After Naboo was defeated in the war against the Trade Federation, the only hope of the Queen, whose crown was on the verge of collapse, was the Republic's mediation and support. In order to avoid the pursuing Trade Federation army, their ship's engine was unfortunately hit, and they had no choice but to temporarily dock on Tatooine.
The respectable Jedi Master could vaguely feel that an urgent crisis was approaching, and the Force had led him here, as if waiting for something.
Qui-Gon Jinn walked quietly on the streets, followed by his apprentice, Obi-Wan, and a "servant" sent by the Queen. He was very familiar with a remote planet like Tatooine, and he knew that it was easy to cause trouble here. He just wanted to find a suitable engine to replace and quickly leave.
There was not much time left for Naboo. The Trade Federation was killing and plundering every moment on Planet Naboo, and Qui-Gon Jinn's heart was burning with anxiety.
Qui-Gon Jinn led them through the alleys, stopping from time to time to ask some local residents. He quickly understood that to find such an uncommon part, they could only hope to go to Volto's shop.
"Volto's shop has the most complete collection of parts here. If you can't find what you need there, then there's basically no hope!" An old local grinned with yellow teeth as he replied with a smile.
He said meaningfully, "Where is Volto's shop? As long as you're not blind, you can find it. If you ask me, you'd better get there early, or Volto will close up shop and go home! Hahaha! Or get caught by Jabba! "
The group left the crazy local, and Obi-Wan stepped forward and asked, "Teacher, is what he said reliable?"
"The Force tells me that he is not lying or hiding anything." Qui-Gon Jinn said as he quickly walked to the front. The maid next to Obi-Wan frowned, a little unhappy. She complained in her heart, "Even if a crazy person like him isn't lying, his words might not be reliable!"
The few of them turned a corner, and immediately understood what it meant by "you're not blind". Dozens of mercenaries and pirates of different shapes and sizes were huddled together in a messy mess. "Walter!" The name was shouted several times in just a few minutes.
These boorish men were either angry or impatient. A tall lizardman with a rough voice said hoarsely, "Watto! Open the door! You have the courage to lock us out, and you also have the courage to open the door! "
"You're right!" Someone in the crowd echoed, "Walter, you unscrupulous profiteer. Master's works are being monopolized by you at such a high price. This is definitely not the master's intention. Walter, hurry up and open the door. We have money to buy your things!"
The crowd suddenly erupted into an uproar. They shouted Watson's name and even shouted in unison, "If you don't give us a chance to buy the master's work, we'll smash the door!"
"Smash the door!" The crowd clamored. They held large pieces of stone and tiles in their hands as they crazily squeezed towards a broken alloy door. Obi-Wan saw this and wanted to go up, but Qui-Gon Jinn reached out and stopped him.
Suddenly, the alloy door was violently pushed open. A horned man with a ferocious face strode out and shouted at the crowd outside, "What are you doing? What are you mumbling about? Do you want to die? Watto said that he doesn't have it today. Please come early tomorrow. Forget it, all of you! "
A trembling old Moka man stood in front of him. He raised the iron hook in his right hand and pierced through the stone under the horned man's feet. "Kaminma! You stupid customer, get out of the way. We're here to talk to Watto! Do you want to taste the power of my scythe hook? "
The old man waved his steel hook, and a small alloy chain shot out with a high-frequency hook, grabbing through a piece of alloy plate dozens of meters away. A fist-sized plate was grabbed off.
This kind of power caused the people around him to be secretly shocked. As expected of an old mercenary from Tatooine. He was already half a foot in the coffin, but he was still fighting on the battlefield. It was said that this old man could still go to the battlefield to kill enemies and go to the bar to pick up girls. He was indeed a wily old man.
The bull-horned man snorted coldly. The broken horn on his head glowed faintly, and a stream of extremely fast particles blinded everyone's eyes. Looking at the bottomless black hole in front of old man Mocha, the people in the front couldn't help but take a step back, looking at the silver horn on the bull-horned man's head with both expectation and fear.
The horned man looked around and seemed to be satisfied with their fearful expressions. "Beggars! Stay here obediently! The work of a master is not something you can afford, hahaha! "He laughed as he stroked his silver horn and left proudly.
Obi-Wan heard someone whisper, "What's so great about him? Wasn't he just a beggar who picked up trash? He was just lucky to buy a limited edition accessory. Now he's getting cocky. "
"Quiet down. You can't beat him now!"
Obi-Wan looked back at his teacher with a solemn expression. Qui-Gon Jinn gave him a slight nod, then turned around and left. Obi-Wan followed, but he was very confused. The laser device on the bull-horned man was very dangerous and powerful. Such modifications were forbidden in the Republic.
He did not know how someone here could make such a military-grade weapon.
"The Force tells me that the laser on his head is alive. Just like the laser bugs in the spaceport. It's alive. " Qui-Gon Kim said calmly. Under his lead, the group turned here and there and approached Volto's shop from another direction. They arrived in front of the back wall.
Qui-Gon Kim pressed his hand on the wall and nimbly leaped onto it. He jumped into the yard and saw a boy about eight or nine years old standing not far away, looking at him in surprise.
Qui-Gon Kim felt a little uneasy when his Force Detection failed to detect the boy. He waved his hand to test the boy, but to his surprise, he found that the boy had an astonishing affinity with the Force. The unknown feeling from the Force Detection was also telling him that this boy might be the Son of Balance.
"Hello! Little sir! " Qui-Gon Kim indicated that he meant no harm. "I just want to buy something. The front door is blocked."
"Hello, master!" This is Volto's shop. What do you want to buy? " Anakin asked politely. He was a free man now, but the cunning Volto had used some small favors to force him to work for another month, squeezing out his last bit of value.
"What are you guys doing here?" Volto quickly scuttled over from afar. Qui-Gon Kim's pupils shrank slightly when he noticed the electromagnetic wings on his back.
Qui-Gon Kim stepped forward and explained his purpose. Volto's face relaxed when he heard that he was not looking for the master's work. But when he heard that they were here to buy something, Volto's face fell again.
"You're too late. My shop has changed its line of business, and the old goods have all been disposed of. Go! Don't sneak in again! "Volto waved them away.
But Anakin, who was beside him, said curiously, "His things have been mortgaged to my master. Is there something urgent? If time is tight, I can ask my master if he can sell you the things. "
Volto chased them aside in exasperation. He did not dare reprimand Anakin, so he could only glare at them and leave.
"Can you introduce your master to us?" Qui-Gon Kim asked as he bent down.
"My master is very busy. Although he doesn't usually refuse requests, he rarely pokes his nose into other people's business. You guys should wait around here. I'll ask my master and get back to you, "Anakin replied sincerely.
"Do you have any way to contact him now?" The "servant" beside him interrupted. "We really have something urgent!"
"Alright, I'll give it a try. But don't get your hopes up. I haven't seen my master for a few weeks. He's crazy busy, forgetting to sleep and forgetting to eat. "
Anakin turned around and went into the house. After a while, he came back out, puzzled.
"That's strange. My master agreed to see you!" He scratched his head and said to them.
"Come with me!"
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