"I am Groot?"
Groot, not the smartest, even turned to Rocket to confirm.
"That's right, get moving! Didn't you see our gear got torn apart?!" Rocket shook the half-gun in his hand.
"I am Groot!"
"That's right, now move it! Can't you see my gear's been ripped apart?!" Rocket shook the half of the gun in his paw.
"Too slow."
Alita merely pushed off the ground with her foot, springing back lightly and dodging Groot's vines.
"Then take a look at mine."
She rubbed her index finger over her thumb and flicked out a tuft of green flame. "Wood should be afraid of fire, right? And mine isn't ordinary fire."
"I am Groot..." Seeing the green flame, Groot immediately backed away two steps in fear.
"You've got to be kidding me... you're this much of a scaredy-cat..."
Seeing his cowering, childlike eyes, Alita lost interest and put her blade away. "Forget it~ I won't stoop to your level."
"Hey! Then what about my gun?"
Rocket, seeing even Groot wasn't a match, got anxious. "You owe me!"
Alita tugged down her lower eyelid and pulled a cheeky face. "I don't have a single cent—I'm flat broke~"
"No money? Impossible! Then pay me with that sword of yours!" Rocket's vicious eye instantly spotted how extraordinary Alita's weapon was.
"Keep pestering me and I'll pluck every last hair off your body!"
Growing a bit impatient, Alita clenched her little fist at Rocket Raccoon and made a fierce face!
"I..." Rocket was about to say more.
Beep~ beep~ beep~!
His scanner started chirping right then.
"Got a job!"
Rocket ignored Alita and quickly picked up the scanner to check———
Through the scanner he spotted a man with naturally curly hair.
It was Star-Lord.
"Forty thousand bounty! I'm rich!"
After seeing Star-Lord's bounty clearly, Rocket Raccoon's beady eyes went green; his mouth split into a grin, showing tiny fangs. "Hahaha! I'm gonna buy myself a mini arsenal!"
"Let's go already..." Feeling the aliens weren't quite normal, Alita tugged Ye Li's sleeve, wanting to go play somewhere else.
"Mm..." Ye Li nodded.
Though he knew Rocket Raccoon and Groot were famous members of the Guardians of the Galaxy, he had no interest in dealing with them.
Coming to Xandar, besides wandering around, Ye Li mainly wanted to survey alien customs and see if there was a chance to spread his divine name.
Of course, he wouldn't force it and would go with the flow.
…..
On the other side.
Star-Lord, swaggering as he tossed the Orb, arrived at the broker who had issued the job..
"The Orb. Mission accomplished."
Bang~
Star-Lord set the Orb on the table in front of the broker.
The older broker with a small tufted goatee asked him, "Where's Yondu?"
"He wanted to come in person, but for now he's only sending his regards."
Star-Lord wasn't the least bit sheepish; he even joked with the broker, "He also told me to tell you your eyebrows are the coolest in the business~"
The goateed broker rolled his eyes, too lazy to argue about his fashionable brows, and picked up the Orb to fiddle with it in some strange way.
Curious, Star-Lord asked, "What are you doing?"
"Customer's request."
The goateed broker glanced up. "And I can't reveal the customers or their requirements."
"I nearly died ten times over to get this thing..."
Star-Lord nodded, a bit annoyed, and said sarcastically, "So I don't even get to know what it's for. That's just great."
"That's the risk in your line of work." The goateed broker had no intention of revealing anything.
"Alright…"
Star-Lord asked again, "There was some metal-headed woman who said she worked for some Ronan and tried to take the Orb from me. Who are they?"
"Ronan?!"
Hearing that, the broker jolted in shock!