Asui didn't know Carlos was muttering to him. After practicing sword, he went into the bathroom to take a shower. After coming out, he sat on the floor as usual to prepare for breakfast. Because he had deliberately asked for it in the morning, the fat cook sent two identical breakfasts today.
"Captain, this is today's breakfast. I've opened the can of syrup for you. Be careful not to scratch your hands."
The pirate team is stationed in the wild. It is not easy to purchase supplies on a regular basis, and there is not much dry wood nearby for making fire. In most cases, they rely on canned food and compressed food to fill their stomachs.
Although Asui likes to eat sweet food, he is not picky about food. He nodded and said, "I understand. You can go out now."
The fat cook responded with a smile. Before leaving, he glanced into the cabin and saw a female insect with blonde hair and blue eyes standing inside. He didn't dare to look at it any longer, so he quickly looked away and left.
Asui saw the fat cook leave and said to Brande, "Come and have dinner."
Brand slowly approached after hearing the sound, and then he found two identical meals on the ground. He sat cross-legged on the ground, picked up one of the cans of sugar water and looked at it, wondering what he was thinking: "Are all your prisoners treated so well?"
Probably not. After all, Brand has witnessed Carlos's cruel methods, so he can't understand why the male insect in front of him is so nice to him.
Unprovoked kindness is always more disturbing to the insect than unprovoked malice.
Are you going to let the other party go
After dinner, Brand sat alone in the starship in a daze, but his hands never stopped moving. He rolled up the tin sheet he had secretly hidden into a pointed wire head, then inserted it into the keyhole of the wrist shackles, patiently exploring the structure inside.
The fat cook slapped his thigh in anxiety, "Of course it's not the army! The Black Hawk Alliance is the mortal enemy of the Clet Alliance, and they are all space pirates like us. They must be coming here to attack us in the chaos. We haven't recovered from the beating by the army yet, so we should run!"
Asui retracted his gaze and asked, "What is the Black Hawk Alliance? An army?"
Asui suffered from the lack of subordinates. Now every bug was in a hurry to escape, and no one cared about him at all. And Brand suddenly remembered something and pulled Asui back: "No need to go to the next door, I can drive a starship."
Asui found a secluded snow slope and sat alone, supporting his chin with one hand, and his back looked a little sad. Just as he was poking the ground with his long sword in boredom, he suddenly heard a roar of air flow not far away, which sounded like the sound of an airplane flying across the sky, and he subconsciously stood up from the ground.
This old-fashioned lock was eliminated by the military long ago because it was too easy to pry open. Now electronic locks are used. However, the chip implanted in the electronic lock is connected to the military network, so it is useless even if the space pirates steal it.
The sound became louder and stronger, and in the end not only Asui, but even the fat cook who was cooking near the camp noticed something was wrong. They all looked up at the sky, only to see a group of dense black spots flying towards them.
Asui said: "Of course I'll go hide in the starship next door. Brother Cen Feng can fly a starship, but I can't!"
"Snapped!"
One of his subordinates said anxiously, "Second Chief, the Black Hawk Alliance has too many starships. Ten ships may not be enough..."
Then both of them would be prisoners.
Brand replied in his mind, but did not speak out. While controlling the starship to take off, he was thinking about whether he should take advantage of the chaos to escape, but he soon found that he was worrying too much. Because the Black Hawk Alliance had a strong firepower, Carlos and Black Fang took their fleet and flew away to escape, leaving only a group of old, weak and sick people who were used to attract firepower, and there was no way to escape.
Only if you are hungry all the time will you not have the energy to escape.
"boom!"
Asui just remembered that Brand was a major general in the military: "Then hurry up, or the pirates will attack us!"
At this time, Asui had struggled to climb back to his starship amid the gunfire. Seeing Brand standing inside, he quickly pulled him out and said anxiously, "Follow me! The pirates are coming!"
What else to do
Carlos had already climbed onto the starship. Seeing this, he shouted at the top of his lungs, "Send out a small team and drive ten starships to resist. We will provide cover from the rear. Quick!!"
Now he just needs to wait for a suitable opportunity to escape. The male insect is not very alert, so it should be easy for him to escape.
Carlos was only thinking about how to save his life and escape. How could he bear to throw his own starship out as cannon fodder? On the one hand, he urged his subordinates to transfer supplies, and on the other hand, he sent out the old subordinates he had received from the previous leader to attract firepower, revealing his selfish nature.
Asui thought, what's there to be afraid of? He pulled Brand and walked quickly to the control room, urging him, "Let's go quickly. Those pirates are very powerful. What if we get caught by them by accident?"
Hearing this, Brand tore open the can of sugar water in front of him, turned his palm, and quietly hid the iron cover behind him. At the same time, he spoke absentmindedly to the other party to divert his attention: "What about me? How many meals a day can I eat?"
Black Fang was injured by Asui yesterday and was recuperating in the starship. Carlos happened to be training the team outside. Seeing this, he snatched the telescope from the sentry and looked into the distance to observe the situation. He didn't know what he saw, but his face suddenly changed: "Oh no! The Black Hawk Alliance is attacking! Retreat quickly!"
If the pirates attacked, they should have driven their starship into the sky. Why were they pulling him away instead
Although Asui had not been in the Clete Alliance for a long time, he was familiar with the rules of the space pirates. After all, he had been a hostage before. He shook his head when he heard this: "The rest of the prisoners can only eat one meal a day."
He was really too "kind". He was so "kind" that if Brand really escaped one day and brought the army to wipe out these pirates, he would even feel guilty when arresting Asui.
The shackles on Brand's wrists opened.
But Brandt didn't expect the so-called "opportunity" to come so quickly.
Ah Sui was very generous: "No reason, just eat if you want."
Brand paused: "Why?"
He lowered his head to check the integrity of the keyhole, making sure that he could still open the handcuffs next time. Then he locked the handcuffs again with a "click" to prevent the pirates outside from discovering his actions.
Brand raised his hand and cut a small hole under the collar, then hid the key made of rolled iron into the inner compartment, hiding it carefully to make sure there was no trace, and then turned the collar back up.
Upon hearing this, Carlos slapped him hard with his backhand and said with a grim look, "I said ten ships, so that's ten ships! Go and execute the order!"
In the afternoon, Asui was bored and went out for a stroll. He seemed to be inspecting the territory, but in fact he was inconspicuously inquiring about the property of those pirate leaders. Finally, he came to a conclusion: he was indeed the poorest.
Asui looked at Brande's figure and thought that this beautiful woman probably didn't have a big appetite. He thought for a moment and then held up three fingers: "Three meals. If it's not enough, you can eat mine."
“Click!”
Brand asked in confusion: "Where are you going?"
Brande gave him a deep look and said, "Do you dare to let me drive?"
Since the fat cook said so, Asui had no choice but to run away with the main force. Just when the camp was in chaos, several large light energy bombs were suddenly dropped from the sky. They exploded one after another when they hit the ground, and directly blew countless deep pits on the ground. The soldiers' ears were buzzing and many soldiers who were collecting supplies were injured.
He has no guns or starships, and does not look like a big leader at all.
As soon as he said this, the other soldiers in the camp panicked and packed up their supplies and ran to the starship to prepare for retreat. The fat cook saw Ah Sui still standing on the snow slope in a daze, and hurriedly stepped forward to pull him down, sweating profusely, "Chief! Retreat quickly! If you stay any longer, your life will be in danger!"
There was another violent explosion, and this time the attack range directly affected their starship, and the entire cabin shook for a moment. Brand controlled the starship flexibly to avoid the fire attack from behind, and at the same time found through the display screen that there were still many soldiers below the ground who had not had time to escape, including the fat cook.
He must love his job, otherwise he wouldn't have desperately chased the fleet and begged Carlos to take him with him, while also dragging his own pots and pans. With artillery fire all around, he and other soldiers fled in a panic with pot lids on their heads. How pitiful it could be.
There were so many bullets flying overhead that they couldn't spread their wings to escape. The wide wings would only increase their chances of being shot.
In order to save ammunition, the Black Hawk Alliance sent several starships to slowly descend from the air. After they stopped, a large group of star pirates with guns and hats rushed out of the hatch and fired desperately at the battlefield.
Brand frowned unconsciously upon seeing this. In the eyes of the female soldiers, they would rather die than abandon their comrades, but in the eyes of the pirates, only the strong can survive.
The ten starships left behind by Carlos have been trapped in the encirclement of the Black Hawk Alliance. They are still fighting desperately, trying to fight for a chance of survival.
Brand suddenly asked Asui: "Do you want to escape?"
If the other party wants to escape, it would not be difficult for him to control the starship to escape from here.
Asui had been lying by the porthole, staring in a daze at the ground that was riddled with holes from the artillery fire. He came to his senses a little late after hearing what was said, and suddenly turned around, walked to the cabin door, and directly pressed the red open button.
The starship hatch slowly opened, and countless wind and snow poured in instantly, chilling every part of my body.
Seeing this, Brand stood up subconsciously: "What are you doing?"
Asui half-crouched by the hatch, his hair flying in the wind. He held his precious sword and waved to Brande, a gesture of farewell:
"I'll go down there. They're still down there and haven't come up yet."
Xu Cenfeng still has a starship, he can take the fat cook and the others to the starship next door. He still needs to eat in the future, what if the fat cook is killed in the explosion.
Brand didn't expect that he was actually going to go down, his expression changed slightly for a moment: "Aren't you afraid of death?"
Asui shook his head: "I am very strong. I will not die."
The wind and snow outside rushed in, ruffling Brand's hair. His light blue eyes stared at Asui, not understanding why this male insect would gamble his life for a few insignificant old, weak and sick creatures.
The other party is a space pirate, isn't he
Brand frowned: "Aren't you afraid that I will run away?"
Unexpectedly, Asui glanced at him and said, "Take this opportunity to escape quickly. When Carlos and the others come back, you won't be able to escape even if you want to."
He tapped the ground with the hilt of his sword and said generously: "This starship is for you."
In order to avoid the artillery fire, the starship did not fly very high. Asui looked at the sky dozens of feet below, put on the emergency vest and jumped directly. The parachute behind him opened with a whoosh, carrying him slowly down to the ground.
When Asui was only a few meters away from the ground, he drew out his sword and cut the rope umbrella behind him with his backhand. He fell into the snow pile and rolled on the spot to relieve the force, then ran towards the fat chef and the others.
At the same time, the starship driven by Xu Cenfeng also turned back, lowered an emergency rope ladder in the air, and opened the hatch. Heim and the others were leaning against the door and waving desperately at Asui:
"A Sui! Danger! Come up quickly!" Asui could not hear their voices, and he jumped up and down and immediately rushed into the encirclement. He drew his sword from its sheath, and the sword shadows flew as he harvested the lives of the pirates of the Black Hawk Alliance at the fastest speed, and rescued the fat chef and others one by one.
Brand gripped the joystick, tightening and loosening it, but in the end he couldn't bear to leave. He adjusted the joystick, turned around and rushed into the encirclement in the sky.
never mind…
Brand thought, there was no guarantee that he could escape from the Black Hawk Alliance, so he might as well give it a try.
He found a thin iron wire from under his collar and undid the shackles on his wrists as quickly as possible. At the same time, he used the control terminal to send connection requests to the other ten starships. The pirates mistakenly thought they were their companions and agreed to the main control connection.
Brand soon gained control of the other ten starships. He was a command officer and had once wiped out the Black Hawk Alliance, so he was most familiar with their combat methods.
Brand readjusted the starship formation, found the weakest point of the pirates' battle formation and launched a fierce attack, finally breaking through the encirclement. He looked at the battlefield below, accurately dropped a few light energy bombs into the pirates, and then controlled the remaining starships to fly away to attract firepower, so as to buy time for Asui to escape.
However, the number difference between the enemy and us is huge, and any delay is just a desperate struggle.
Just when Brand had run out of ammunition and could only evade on one side, he heard a sudden sound of airflow in the distance. It turned out that most of the pirates of the Clet Alliance had returned and flew back.
Just half an hour ago, Carlos and Black Fang led the remaining starships to retreat. The subordinates did not expect Carlos to ignore the lives of his companions. Their faces were extremely ugly: "Third leader, don't we need to cover their retreat?!"
Carlos glared at him coldly. "What nonsense are you talking about! We lost nearly half of our troops when we fought the Imperial Army. Wouldn't it be courting death if we charge forward now? The Black Hawk Alliance and we are fighting in the suburbs, which will soon attract the attention of the military. If we don't flee now, we will all end up in jail!"
The subordinate's eyes were red with anger, and he couldn't help but roared: "Second Chief, my brother is still on the battlefield! Are you going to let me watch him die?!"
Carlos has no relatives or friends, and what he cares about most is the wealth he has accumulated over the years. However, this may not be the case for other pirates, as they have many brothers on the battlefield who have been through life and death with them.
The other leaders were not willing to desert the battlefield, so they turned the starships around and went back to rescue, leaving Carlos to get angry on the intercom.
The arrival of reinforcements relieved a considerable amount of pressure.
At that time, Asui had already safely escorted the fat chef and the others onto the starship. He was standing at the bottom, preparing to climb up the elevator, but he saw another starship suddenly fly over his head and drop an elevator.
Brand stood at the door of the cabin, the corners of his clothes rustling in the cold wind. He frowned and looked at Asui with a complicated look, and urged in a low voice: "Come up quickly!"
Asui hesitated for a moment between the ladder of the beauty and the ladder of Brother Cen Feng, and finally chose the ladder of the beauty. He flew up with the help of the force, climbed the ladder and returned to the cabin of the starship, and finally evacuated this dangerous battlefield with the large army.
The Black Hawk Alliance had been chasing them relentlessly. It was not until dark that Asui and his men finally shook off their pursuit and chose a valley that was easy to defend but difficult to attack to temporarily set up camp and rest.
After a chaotic battle, more than half of the members of the Clet Alliance were injured, and even Asui was injured in the leg by a stray bullet. At night, the camp was filled with wailing, which was really miserable.
Brand sat in the starship, wondering whether to escape at this moment.
Ah Sui sat on the ground, lowered his head to identify the medicines in the medicine box one by one, and then treated his own wounds. His calf was accidentally injured by a stray bullet, and an area the size of a palm was bloody and looked horrible.
Brande always felt that Asui would cry, for no other reason than that the boy looked like a ball of white cotton candy, simple and ignorant, and such a bug could not withstand any harm.
Asui was unexpectedly calm. He neither cried nor shouted. He just lowered his head to study the strange words on the medicine bottle. In the end, he found that he didn't recognize any of them.
Brand had no intention of intervening. He was regretting that he had missed a good opportunity to escape today. Suddenly, he saw Asui pouring a can of gel on his leg. Before his brain could react, his body rushed forward and grabbed his wrist: "This is applied to gauze to make it waterproof!"
Is this male insect stupid? !
Ah Sui was startled when he heard this, and quickly took back the medicine jar, lowering his head and muttering, "I thought it was for swelling."
Brand stared at him quietly, a hint of doubt flashing across his light blue eyes: "Can't you read?"
Asui: “…”
Although Asui didn't say anything, his evasive gaze said it all.
Brand lowered his eyes to look at Asui's bloody calf, not knowing what he was thinking. Finally, he leaned over and squatted, cleaning the wound for him without saying a word. His movements were skillful and neat, and it was obvious that he was a military man.
Asui fell silent for some reason. He saw a lock of golden hair slipping down from Brande's ear. After hesitating for a moment, he raised his hand and put it up for the other person.
Brand noticed Asui's action and paused. He instinctively wanted to turn his head to avoid it, but his face felt numb and itchy, and even his neck became stiff.
Brande glanced at Asui and saw that there were still traces of dust on his face. He couldn't help but ask, "What's your name?"
Asui stretched out his hand and wrote three words on the ground: "Wen Suizhi, my name is Wen Suizhi, you can call me Asui."
Brand chewed on the name silently, only to find it very strange. "Why do you want to be a space pirate? Aren't you afraid that your female and male fathers will be upset?"
Or is it that the other party's family has a tradition of being space pirates
Ah Sui said: "I am an orphan, I don't have..."
He hesitated for a moment before uttering those two slightly strange words: "There is no female father and male father."
Brande fell silent after hearing this. He wondered if he had touched upon the other party's sorrow. But Asui hugged the sword in his arms and added: "I have a grandfather. When I find my third grandfather, I will no longer be a space pirate."
Maybe it was because of the mention of his background, but the young man in front of him looked serious for the first time. He lowered his eyes to look at the marks on Brand's wrists from the shackles, then reached out to touch them and whispered, "Don't worry, I've already made an agreement with Brother Cen Feng, I'll let you go when I find a chance."
Brand suddenly asked, "Don't you want my wings?"
Ah Sui was stunned when he heard this. He thought, yes, it seems that all humans in this world have wings. However, he had only seen Hei Ya's wings, which were gray and not pretty at all. "Are your wings beautiful?"
Brand was silent.
Asui asked curiously: "What do your wings look like? Can you show them to me?"
Brand remained silent.
Asui had already stepped on two of Brande's minefields, but he was still unaware of it, and successfully stepped on the third and biggest minefield: "I like shiny things. Are your wings shiny too?"
Brand had no intention of showing Asui his wings, and hearing that made it even more impossible. He closed the medicine box expressionlessly, making a light "click" sound, and went straight to the bathroom to take a shower, leaving Asui sitting on the floor in a daze.
Did I say something wrong
Asui was a little confused. He cleaned up the mess on the ground and was about to throw away the garbage when he suddenly found a silver chain under the seat. He pulled it out and found that it was the shackles that had locked Brand.
Asui was stunned for a moment: "..."
When did the other party open it
When Brand came out of the shower, he saw the male insect sitting on the ground, looking at him with a hesitant look as if he wanted to say something, with a pair of shackles in his hands.
Brand paused when he saw this, then walked forward and took the shackles out of Asui's hands, saying calmly, "It accidentally exploded on the battlefield today."
After he finished speaking, he put the shackles back on his wrists with two clicks, and even pulled them hard in front of Asui to prove that the chains were very strong.
Ah Sui had no choice but to pretend to believe his lame excuse and went to the bathroom to take a shower. Brand noticed the long sword in Ah Sui's hand and suddenly asked, "Can you lend me your sword?"
Ah Sui paused when he heard this: "What do you want the sword for?"
Brande lowered his eyes and said without any emotion: "Cut your hair."
Female insects in the south love beauty by nature and have a habit of growing long hair. Brand had short hair when he was in the army, but he had been pampered on the main planet for too long and it had grown to this length without him noticing. Such long hair was not convenient for combat, so he wanted to cut it off.
Ah Sui felt it was a pity. He squatted down and touched Brande's long golden hair: "Your hair is so beautiful, why do you want to cut it?"
Beautiful things should be protected.
But Brandt did not like this kind of beauty that brought disaster. He even hated when insects praised his wings, his appearance, and everything about him, because behind those praises lay dirty desires and plunder.
Brand said lightly: "It's too long and troublesome."
Ah Sui looked around and said, "Can't we tie it up with a rope?"
Brand raised his eyes and glanced at him. His handsome face glowed like white jade under the light. The interweaving of light and shadow was breathtakingly beautiful. "There is only hemp rope here to tie up prisoners."
Asui thought so too. How could there be something to tie hair in the star pirates' den? He suddenly remembered something and took up the long sword in his hand, untied the tassel at the end, and slowly untied it into a black tassel rope with gold thread: "I'll use this to tie it up for you."
This sword tassel was woven by Asui's aunt, who was the most skilled daughter-in-law in Folang Village. Asui liked this sword tassel very much and carried it with him for many years.
Without waiting for Brandt's reaction, he gently reached out and lifted up the long golden hair on her shoulders, combed it into a ponytail, and then tied it up with a rope, which looked quite beautiful.
Ah Sui touched it reluctantly and said, "This rope was given to me by my aunt. I'll give it to you. Don't cut your hair. Keep it well."
Brand was startled when he heard this, and subconsciously turned around to look at Asui, only to see that the boy was also looking at him. The other party, perhaps out of curiosity, suddenly reached out and touched the back of his neck, and asked hesitantly, "Is this your insect pattern?"
There was a silver intricate totem on the back of Brand's neck, and because the puberty period was approaching, the color would occasionally change. Asui remembered that Xu Cenfeng had told him that this was a pattern only female insects had. But Xu Cenfeng had obviously forgotten to tell Asui one thing, the insect pattern of female insects was a more private part than the body, and no one except the future male master could touch it.
"… "
Brand's breath was choked for a moment, and his light blue eyes suddenly turned scarlet.
(End of this chapter)