The Terror of the Pirates

My name is Skunkbot, and I am a skunk who was born naturally beautiful and different.

I don't know why I am fragrant.

Nor do I know why I am white.

Nor do I know why I am so smart.

I only know that cuteness is a kind of capital and a weapon.

And I have such capital and a weapon.

That's why mankind is willing to let me live.

Because the living me is more valuable than the dead me.

I know this very well.

Therefore, even after losing my freedom, I didn't panic at all.

Until... I met the man who made it difficult for me to say anything.

Inside the empty weapons store, Mulder and Sunny surrounded the ferret that was limp on the counter.

Sonny regretted, "So this is inedible?"

"It's not so much a question of whether it's edible or not, but it's a waste if you eat it."

Mulder broke open the ferret's legs to examine it and said thoughtfully, "It's a male."

Sonny looked at Alex suspiciously and asked, "Does it matter if it's a male or a female?"

"Not much. I considered the possibility of taking him for breeding, but just thinking about it is troublesome. It's better to just sell him."

Mulder explained, suddenly thinking of something.

"Sonny, do you still have the booklet from the auction?"

"Yes."

"Bring it to me."

Sonny sniffed, opened the cabinet, and rummaged through it, quickly finding the booklet.

Alex took the booklet and flipped through it.

Last time, because Sunny had no interest in exotic animals, she flipped through it quickly.

At that time, Mulder was peeking behind him, and after a few hasty glances, he only saw a brief two-line description.

"Found it."

Alex quickly flipped to the page that registered the introduction of the ferret.

There were no pictures, but a page full of details about the ferret.

Alex immediately read the introduction, skimming line by line, and realized that the ferret was a hybrid animal, so its body structure, as well as the color of its fur, was different from that of a normal skunk.

On the side, Sunny also came over to look at the introduction.

Before long, the two finished reading the description of the ferret.

It was a skunk whose fur color and sweat glands were different from the norm, especially the sweat glands, which could give off a pleasant aroma.

And that was why the ferret had the value of being taken to auction.

Creatures like this, which emit an unusual scent, are often sought after by perfume companies.

However, the ferret was thrown into a group of pirates, and only pirates who wanted to keep a pet on a whim, such as Abel, would pay to buy it.

"Indeed, it's not an ordinary skunk."

Mulder looked at the skunk on the counter as if he were looking at a brand-new fast knife.

"It is indeed a shame to eat it."

Sonny was also looking at the skunk on the counter as if he were looking at a bulging bag of money.

Feeling the gazes of the two, the ferret that had given up struggling lay like a puddle of dead mud, unmoving.

"Sonny, treat this little thing first to save it from being crippled. Besides, does the store have chains or something like that?"

"Yes, I'll go get them now."

Sonny also realized at this point that the ferret was a mobile money bag and was instantly on board.

She went to the basement and took out medical tools and a bundle of knuckle-thick chains.

Returning to the store, she first treated the ferret's injuries, and afterward, as if she was afraid that the ferret would run away, she used the chains to bind the ferret's upper body into a dumpling.

After doing this, half an hour had already passed.

Sunny looked at the results and nodded in satisfaction but also thought of a more important issue.

"Where to put 'Bailey'?"

In a short time, Sonny had come up with a suitable name for the ferret.

Mulder looked at the empty weapons store and said, "How about just leaving it in the store?"

"No way."

Sunny shook her head, vetoing the proposal.

Mulder pondered for a moment and suddenly thought of a suitable place to put it.

"How about just hanging it in the restroom?"

"The toilet?..."

Sonny thought hard.

Considering Bailey's aroma that evaporated from her sweat glands at all times, she instantly felt that the proposal was good.

It's just that when you go to the toilet, you need to take Bailey out and bring it in, which would be slightly troublesome.

But compared to air purification, this trouble was nothing.

"Hmm, then let's put it in the toilet."

She then directly sealed the deal.

On the counter, the ferret that had been mandatorily labeled with the name [Bailey] was already unable to see a bright future.

[Why are you wreaking havoc on me like this?

If there's a hell, then this must be it.]

Three minutes later, Bailey was hung in the toilet as a scenting agent to moderate the air quality.

Mulder went to his room afterward and put the weights on his legs, then returned to the store and worked out while watching the store with Sonny.

It was also at this point that Sonny asked, as an afterthought, where Bailey came from.

How did a strange and exotic beast that was auctioned off fall into the hands of Mulder and get injured?

She was still quite curious.

"It's a long story."

Alex didn't deliberately hide it and told Sonny everything that happened in the afternoon.

This caused Sonny to look at him with a gaze that became a bit strange.

"Bailey is considered an unexpected joy. When I picked him up in passing, I didn't think that he would be a valuable commodity. If I had known that, I wouldn't have thrown him out at that time. It's a good thing that he ended up back in my hands."

Speaking of this, Alex was very emotional.

It really was a near miss of a fortune.

As for the follow-up threat of Abel and Cazette, as long as they returned to the store, they had their own thigh in the form of Saul.

Sonny nodded and said seriously, "Hurray."

Time passed slowly.

In the evening, Saul's Weapon Shop ended another day of business with no income.

Sonny went to the kitchen to prepare tonight's meal.

Alex, on the other hand, closed the store door and cleaned the store.

After cleaning, Alex went to the kitchen to help Sonny.

His cooking skills were not as good as Sonny's, but the food he made was still quite tasty.

"Don't forget to prepare one for Bailey."

Remembering Bailey, who was hanging out in the toilet, Alex couldn't help but remind her.

"Hmm, almost forgot."

Being reminded of this by Alex, Sonny took out two more slices of meat steak from the refrigerator, as well as a handful of vegetables.

Alex glanced at the meals that Sonny had prepared for Bailey.

One could only say that in this aspect of meals, Saul's Arms was never ambiguous.

The two were busy in the kitchen.

On the other hand, Saul, who had just woken up from his nap, walked downstairs.

With tired eyes, he went straight to the restroom.

Dozens of seconds later, a miserable scream came from the toilet.

"Help ah!!!"

That voice sounded as tender as a teenager's, and the voice was filled with panic.

Hearing the unfamiliar cry for help coming from the toilet, Alex and Sonny, who were busy in the kitchen, stopped at the same time and looked at each other. They put down their things and went to the toilet.

The first time the two arrived at the toilet, they saw that Saul was cupping Bailey's head with one hand, seemingly exerting a futile force in the next second.

Bailey's horrified eyes looked toward Sonny, and he mouthed the words with great difficulty.

"Mom, Mom, help me!!!"

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