Reborn with Steve Stand

Chapter 278: Steve

The system notification sounded unexpectedly, causing Fang Mo to be momentarily startled.

"Huh?"

As if sensing something, Fang Mo looked up at the tree person not far away. The tree person, unaware of Fang Mo's gaze, continued to drink from the fountain.

As Fang Mo pondered how to approach, a creature resembling a small raccoon beside the tree person couldn't hold back any longer.

It slapped its forehead with its little paw and said helplessly, "Groot, can you stop this nonsense? Fountains aren't for drinking. Who knows if it's eco-water filtered from urine... Doesn't that disgust you?"

"..."

The tall tree person quickly wiped his mouth and shook his head innocently.

"You drank it, I saw you," the raccoon rolled its eyes. "Do you think lying can fool me? I am..."

Before it could finish, the raccoon's bounty detector suddenly beeped.

"It seems we have a target."

The raccoon lifted the detector, scanning the surroundings. When it passed a human, the device marked a red circle, "Ah, a foolish human. Let's see how much you're worth... What? Forty thousand! Haha... Groot, we're rich!"

However, when the raccoon turned to its companion.

A strange man had appeared next to tree person Groot, happily 'spitting water' into the fountain, while Groot continued to drink as if nothing had happened.

"Fuck! Dude, what the hell are you doing!?"

The raccoon was furious, pulling out its modified gun, "Do you think it's easy to bully my brother? I'll blow your head off!"

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Groot was also startled, not understanding why his friend was angry. He wiped his mouth, stood up, and looked at the two in confusion.

The atmosphere was quite tense.

No one expected the furry little creature to have such a fiery temper.

But what the raccoon didn't expect was the man opposite it looked at him, slowly turned around, his pants still properly on, but the water stream was coming from one of his fingers.

In the next second, the man pulled out a cup, caught some water from his finger, and then drank it all.

"???"

The little raccoon was also baffled when it saw this scene.

"I saw your friend constantly drinking water from the fountain. I was afraid that the fountain would run dry, which would be quite embarrassing, so I helped him by refilling it with pure drinking water. There's not even a single atom of impurity in it apart from water molecules," Fang Mo smiled and looked at the rocket raccoon in front of him: "So, what's the problem, do you think my approach is wrong?"

"This"

The rocket raccoon seemed a bit lost for words too, awkwardly scratching its head with its little paws: "Okay, sorry mate, I thought you were one of those stupid humans, you know, they... uh, often make a fool of themselves."

"Humans?"

Fang Mo stroked his chin: "Sorry, I am a block person"

"Block person?"

The rocket raccoon was also stunned upon hearing this: "Wait, are there such strange races in the galaxy? The Block race?"

"My homeland is not in your Milky Way."

Fang Mo spread his hands.

"Well, the universe is really big." The rocket raccoon shrugged: "Welcome to Xandar, friend, it seems it was all a misunderstanding before. So, goodbye."

After saying this, the rocket raccoon called out to Groot, intending to leave: "Let's go, Groot."

"Wait, are you bounty hunters?"

Before the rocket raccoon could leave, Fang Mo suddenly asked.

"Yeah, we've got work to do." The rocket raccoon was a bit impatient: "What's up?"

"I'm actually a bounty hunter too."

Fang Mo said with a smile: "Didn't expect to meet a colleague here, that's really coincidental. How about we all have a drink together after I finish my mission? My treat, how does that sound?"

"Haha, you're really generous."

The rocket raccoon also started laughing, as it's not in its nature to pass up a good deal: "I have a very good capacity for alcohol, you're going to regret it."

"Are you sure?" Fang Mo also laughed: "I drink by the cubic meter, gulp three times and I've downed a cubic meter, do you still dare to compete with me?"

"Do your block race stomachs also connect to other dimensions like the Devouring Beasts?"

After hearing this, the rocket raccoon rolled its eyes: "Forget it mate, let's just finish our missions first."

"That makes sense, then wait for me for a second."

Fang Mo touched his chin and said, "You mean one second?" Rocket Raccoon couldn't help but laugh: "Please, is there something wrong with your race's concept of time? What can you accomplish in one second? Spit on the ground?"

"Then... how about we make a bet?"

Fang Mo also laughed after hearing this: "My mission is to capture someone, and I bet I can do it in one second."

After saying that, Fang Mo took out a piece of gold from his pocket: "This is the stake."

"Hahaha, if you want to give me something, just say it."

Seeing this, Rocket Raccoon also laughed: "Okay, I'll bet with you..."

"This is your own word."

Fang Mo also became amused, and then he raised his hands and shouted loudly, "The world! (Za Warudo!)"

With Fang Mo's action, the Time Sword in the storage space was suddenly activated. The static time field rapidly expanded outwards in a spherical shape. In the blink of an eye, everything lost its color, followed by utter silence, as all things fell into an eternal pause.

Fang Mo looked at Star-Lord in the distance.

That is, Peter Quill, the protagonist of the movie Guardians of the Galaxy.

At this moment, he had no idea of the impending crisis, still flirting with an alien girl.

Yes, in the original story, it was he who found the Orb and then tried to sell it to a middleman on Xandar. Accidentally, he revealed information about Ronan, scaring the middleman, who refused to trade with him. The moment he walked out of the store, he was targeted by Rocket Raccoon and Gamora.

The former wanted to capture him for a bounty.

The latter wanted to take the Orb from him.

However, because of Fang Mo, Gamora is still in jail on Earth, so currently, only Rocket Raccoon and his team should be targeting Star-Lord.

Thinking is one thing, but Fang Mo's actions didn't stop.

He casually walked over, carried Star-Lord on his shoulder, and then slowly returned to his original position.

"The next second, time begins to flow."

Along with Fang Mo's words, the Time Sword vibrated again, and the previously static time returned to normal. Pedestrians continued to walk on the streets, and the fountain started spraying water again.

"What are you shouting about? One second is about to pass... Fuck!?"

Rocket Raccoon had just opened his mouth to mock, but in the next second, he saw Fang Mo already holding his prey, and this bizarre scene almost scared him out of his fur: "What the heck! How did you do that?"

"Huh?"

The lifted Star-Lord was also stunned: "Wait, where am I?"