Hey, Knox

Charlie’s face was terribly gloomy: “I actually let him run away last time.”

Eugene looked at Charlie's injured leg covered by a white quilt and continued to persuade him, "You should actively cooperate with the treatment. Otherwise, when Saint Anrita comes back and sees you like this, she will be sad."

After hearing this, Charlie fell silent, not knowing how to respond.

He knew in his heart that he might never have the chance to see Anrita again.

Now, he was haunted by nightmares day and night. Whenever he closed his eyes, the image of Anita being carried into the mountains by tentacles would appear in his mind.

In fact, there were several times when he dreamed that Anrita was surrounded by a group of males. They forced medicine into her mouth and forced her to channel her mental power.

In his dreams, Anita kept asking him for help. These nightmares made Charlie so miserable that he even lost the desire to live.

He felt like he was a piece of trash and didn't deserve Anrita's attention at all.

Seeing that no amount of persuasion was of any use, Eugene had no choice but to leave the ward.

He instructed the hospital staff to take good care of Charlie and then returned to the army.

Charlie is depressed, but they cannot give up and must cheer up and continue looking for Anita.

The disappearance of the S-class saint is a major event in the interstellar space, and almost everyone in the interstellar space is looking for her whereabouts.

However, Jacob's secret base was hidden very deeply, and it was not easy to find it.

Besides, Knox, who grew up in a pirate group, is best at avoiding tracking.

Anita followed Knox to his "home" - the secret base of the Star Pirates.

This base is similar to Anthony's previous secret base. Both are located on a backward and desolate planet, and the area suitable for human habitation is very small.

However, Jacob's town was built more luxuriously.

Knox's home is a spacious bungalow in the suburbs with a small garden surrounded by a bamboo fence.

But it was clear that Knox rarely came back and the yard was overgrown with weeds.

The furniture in the house was ordinary, covered with a layer of dust, and you could even see spider webs.

Knox glanced at Anrita a little embarrassedly. Seeing that she looked unhappy, he pretended to be calm and said:

"I haven't been home for a long time, and the house is a little dirty. Wait a moment, I'll go clean it up."

There was no advanced housekeeping robot in the house, not even a vacuum cleaner, so Knox had to clean it alone with a rag.

Anrita's expression was somewhat numb. She didn't care where she lived since she wouldn't stay long anyway.

She was always worried that Jacob would do something bad to her. If he was caught and taken to the institute, the consequences would be disastrous.

But Knox firmly believed that Jacob was a principled man and didn't even know that Jacob had opened a research institute.

It seems that Jacob is very scheming and even Knox is kept in the dark.

Knox scrubbed the small room carefully.

The house has two rooms, a kitchen, a bathroom, a living room, and a small garden at the door.

Although the house is small, it can become a warm home if it is carefully decorated.

Anita walked into the garden, looked at the overgrown weeds, and sighed to herself, "How can I escape?"

She fell into deep thought.

After Knox tidied the room, he began to rummage through the drawers for sheets and quilts, but found nothing after searching for a long time.

Only then did he realize that he never used these things when he slept.

Not only that, there were no daily necessities for women in the house, including tableware, food, and clothes.

Knox rubbed his forehead and for the first time felt that his previous life had been too rough.

He walked out of the room and said to Anrita, "Come on, I'll take you shopping."

Anita gave him a puzzled look. "Buying things? This is a pirate base. There's still a place to buy things? Is there any chance of escaping?"

She hesitantly followed Knox.

Knox asked her, "Anything you want to buy?"

Anita patted her dirty skirt and said, "Of course, I want to buy clothes, shoes, and self-defense items."

Knox frowned slightly and looked at her coldly: "Who are you trying to protect yourself from when buying self-defense supplies?"

You can't be guarding against him, right?

Anita said confidently, "Beware of your leader Jacob. Who knows if that old guy will force me to do anything."

Knox's face darkened. "Don't be rude to the chief. And it's useless even if you buy it. You'll be searched before you see the chief."

Anita frowned and said nothing more.

She noticed that many people around the street were looking at them.

People kept sticking their heads out from the windows and rooftops of nearby houses, staring at them in surprise.

Someone whistled and called out, "Hey, Knox, when did you get back?"

"Wow, Knox, you're amazing! You went out and brought back a female. Is she your partner?"

Someone even walked up to Anrita, stared at her, and asked Knox: "Knox, is she everyone's?"

In the pirate group, as long as the woman is not the leader's female, everyone else can share her.

But this time, they guessed wrong. Knox immediately protected Anita behind him and said coldly to the man in front of him, "Get away."

The news that Knox brought back a female quickly spread throughout the base.

This so-called base is just a small town, with about two to three hundred people living in it, all of whom are the remaining subordinates of Chief Jacob.

Previously, Jacob was forced into a desperate situation by Eugene's army and decided to abandon the fleet, leaving thousands of brothers in dire straits.

Some of them were lucky enough to save their lives in escape pods, but those who did not have time to escape could only disappear into the vast universe as the spaceship activated the self-destruct program.

Jacob's move was not secret; his subordinates were all aware of it. Many of them were now secretly seeking new ways out.

Jacob was not a good leader. He seemed powerful, wealthy and ambitious, but in fact he lacked care for his subordinates.

When faced with danger, he only considered his own safety and never cared about the lives of his subordinates.

They originally wanted to join Anthony, but were also watching Knox's attitude.

If Knox had chosen independence like Anthony, many people would probably have followed him.

Unfortunately, Knox had no such intention.

Knox walked on the street with Anrita and scolded a few people who tried to approach him, and no one dared to come forward.

He took Anrita to a convenience store in the town and bought a lot of daily necessities.

Anita looked at the merchandise in the convenience store. Although the store was shabby and small, it had all kinds of items, from biological toys to daily necessities, but the types of items available were limited.

Knox stood behind Anrita, watching her choose clothes.

Anrita took two short-sleeved T-shirts, a black cotton jacket, and selected two pairs of pants.

There were very few women in this small town, so there were even fewer choices for women's products. The clothes and pants she bought were all men's, and even though she chose the smallest size, they were still much larger.

But it's better to have something than nothing. She didn't have time to pick and choose. She only wanted to find a chance to escape.

At this moment, the shop owner came up to Knox, nudged him gently with his elbow, stared at Anrita greedily, and asked in a low voice, "Knox, is this the female you just captured?"

Knox was silent for a moment, then nodded, his eyes never leaving Anrita.

The shop owner then whispered, "Is this for Chief Jacob?"