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Mantis's choice
Rocket Raccoon looked at Ancient One in surprise.
"Why can we breathe in the universe?"
"It's just a little magic, don't worry about it."
Hearing what Ancient One said, Rocket Raccoon's eyes showed a glimmer of hope.
"Magic, can I also learn magic?"
"Uh... forget it..."
After saying this, Rocket Raccoon suddenly realized that he was just an experiment.
How could an experiment like him have such a precious opportunity to learn magic?
But Rocket Raccoon's depressed mood did not last too long.
Because he heard an unbelievable answer from Ancient One.
"You do have some talent, but whether you can learn magic depends on yourself."
Ancient One glanced at Lin En.
"Well... but I think you may not want to learn the magic I use too much."
"Magic is not the same as you think."
"Can I learn magic too?"
Rocket Raccoon was shocked by this unexpected answer.
"Do you mean that I can be like you and him in the future?"
Looking at Rocket Raccoon's slightly positive attitude, Ancient One finally did not discourage his enthusiasm.
"That depends on how much you have learned."
"Don't worry, with my intelligence, it will be easy for me."
Not only Rocket Raccoon was very happy, but others also looked at Ancient One with great expectation.
"If you are willing, you can also come to me to learn some magic knowledge."
Hearing such positive words from Ancient One, Lin En was a little surprised.
"You don't look like such a kind person."
Lin En approached Ancient One and whispered.
"I have nothing to do when I am free, so it doesn't hurt to teach them."
Ancient One looked at everyone with a little envy.
Just when Lin En was guessing something, Ancient One directly said what he was thinking.
"A long time ago, I wanted to put down my burden and go out to travel."
"It's a pity..."
"Now I have you and Strange, I think I can be a little lazy."
"You..."
Lin En shook his head and didn't say anything in the end.
"Forget it, as long as you are happy."
When Lin En arrived in the spaceship, he suddenly remembered something.
"Speaking of which, the power of the gods in this bead is still half yours."
The power of the gods in Star-Lord comes entirely from his father, the god of gods.
Normally, Star-Lord inherited his father's god genes, and even after the god of gods died, he should have his own god power.
But Star-Lord's god father is indeed not a good thing.
In order to ensure that he would not be betrayed by his offspring, Ego planted a seed in Star-Lord's body as early as when Star-Lord awakened the power of gods.
This seed can ensure that all the power in Star-Lord's body is under his control.
In short, although Star-Lord can use the god power in his body, if Ego dies, the god power in Star-Lord's body will naturally disappear.
However, since Star-Lord always has half of the god gene in his body, his physical fitness is much stronger than that of normal earthlings.
"So although this power is in my hands temporarily, if you want it, I can still give you half of it."
Looking at the bead in Lin En's hand, Star-Lord had no intention of lingering.
"No, I don't need the power of such a person at all."
Hearing Star-Lord's straightforward refusal, Lin En was not too surprised.
"This is half of the power of the gods. After you have it, although you can't run rampant in the universe, at least you don't need to live a cautious life."
"Are you sure you really don't want it?"
Lin En stared at Star-Lord with interest and said.
"No regrets?"
"No regrets!"
Star-Lord was very straightforward.
"If you miss this village, there will be no such store. Let me make it clear first. If you insist on refusing, you will never be able to ask me for it again in the future."
"I said I don't regret it, and I don't regret it."
Star-Lord was a little impatient.
Lin En smiled with satisfaction and didn't say much.
Although others were also very greedy for this bead, they fully respected Star-Lord's opinion.
No matter what Star-Lord said or what decision he made, they would not intervene.
After all, this was Star-Lord's business.
But after hearing Star-Lord's straightforward refusal, everyone else looked at Star-Lord in surprise.
"That's half the power of God!"
Rocket Raccoon was very emotional.
Even Gamora and Nebula on the side looked at Star-Lord with a wrong look in their eyes.
Facing everyone's surprised eyes, Star-Lord felt that his vanity was full.
"How about it? Wasn't I handsome when I refused just now?"
Rocket Raccoon mercilessly mocked Star-Lord on the side.
"Don't think too much, they just think your brain is a little bit not working well, and you can actually refuse such a good thing."
Star-Lord's smile froze on his face.
Even Nebula, who always had no expression, couldn't help but laughed out loud.
By the way, due to some accidents in the middle, Nebula did not escape and kept following everyone.
Although I don’t know what happened between her and Gamora, looking at the attitudes of the two sisters, it seems that some knots have been untied.
“What a waste!”
Rocket Raccoon patted Star-Lord.
“I said that your brain is not suitable for being a captain, let me do it.”
Star-Lord was furious and said angrily: “Get out!”
Everyone laughed.
Looking at this scene, Lin En also smiled lightly.
That being said, everyone could see that Rocket Raccoon did not really mean to blame Star-Lord.
They were just using this way to ease the sadness in Star-Lord’s heart.
While talking, Lin En accidentally found Mantis standing aside.
Mantis, also known as Mantis.
When she found that Lin En was looking at her, Mantis couldn’t help but get nervous.
“Interesting…”
Hearing Lin En say this, Mantis’ heart suddenly lifted up.
There is a reason why she can mix with Star-Lord and his group.
The Guardians of the Galaxy have lost a lot.
Or there is one thing in common, they are all poor little people that no one wants.
Gamora betrayed her father, the Destroyer's planet was completely destroyed by Thanos, and Rocket Raccoon was even more of an experiment...
So the reason why this group of people can come together is entirely because they have common characteristics.
As a tool of the gods, Mantis is also a poor little person that no one wants, and she naturally wants to join this big family.
But Mantis knows what her identity is, so she is very worried that her identity will make it impossible for her to integrate into this family.
If no one mentions it, maybe she can pretend that she knows nothing and act with these people without any obstacles.
But now...
When she thinks of the possibility of her identity being exposed, Mantis doesn't know what to do.
She can only look at Lin En with pleading eyes, begging Lin En not to tell this matter.
Rocket Raccoon, who started the spaceship with a curse, noticed Mantis on the side.
"Speaking of which..."
Rocket Raccoon looked at Mantis strangely.
"Who are you? How can you be with the gods?"
Lin En had no intention of exposing Mantis's identity, but he didn't expect Rocket Raccoon to ask.
Seeing this, he kept silent and left the matter to them.
Lin En's plan was quite good.
If these people were unwilling to accept Mantis, Lin En could bring Mantis back to Earth and train her well.
Of course, don't get me wrong, Lin En had no interest in Mantis, he just wanted Mantis's unique ability.
If he could get Mantis's ability to control the mind, Lin En thought it would be very useful.
"I...I..."
Mantis hesitated, tangled and dared not say a word.
"I don't think she's a bad person, why not..."
Although the time they spent together was not long, Star-Lord still had a good impression of this weak little woman.
And Star-Lord could feel that Mantis was not a particularly bad creature.
Not only that, Star-Lord could also feel an inexplicable sense of closeness from Mantis.
This was also the reason why he spoke for Mantis.
However, Rocket Raccoon had never been with Mantis, so he was still very wary of Mantis.
Without waiting for Star-Lord to continue speaking for him, Mantis decided to confess himself.
"Peter... can I call you that?"
Hearing Mantis say this, Gamora's eyes suddenly became sharp.
What's going on? Someone wants to steal my house?
Gamora looked at Mantis's expression and suddenly became nervous.
Although she had experienced many things with Star-Lord a long time ago, and had already developed feelings for him, the subtle film between the two sides had not been broken until now.
Gamora didn't know, if Mantis really showed his affection for Star-Lord, how would Star-Lord, a fool, react?
Gamora had no doubt that Star-Lord's barren brain would not have any plans for such things.
This damn fool would definitely be moved by Mantis.
However, before Gamora could continue to think wildly, Mantis's next words really shocked everyone present.
"Peter... I mean it's possible, maybe it's possible... I'm also your father's child."
"My father's child?"
Star-Lord's slightly anthropomorphic wisdom turned for a moment at this moment.
"What... what do you mean?"
"Wait?"
"You mean... you are also Ego's child?"
"Doesn't this mean that you are my sister?"
Mantis nodded with difficulty.
Then she began to tell her own story.
Since Mantis had memories, she had never seen her mother.
Perhaps because Ego discovered the unique talent in Mantis, he brought Mantis with him since he was a child, using Mantis's ability to help him relieve the pain of insomnia.
But apart from this, Mantis was never taught anything else.
To Ego, Mantis was just a useful tool.
So Ego doesn't care what Mantis thinks or cares about.
Unless he needs Mantis, Ego doesn't even look at her.
This is why Mantis acted so ignorant when she first met Star-Lord and the others.
Because from childhood to adulthood, Ego never taught Mantis anything except asking her to help him relieve the pain of insomnia.
"I know he did a lot of bad things to you..."
Although he has been with Ego for a long time, Ego did not interfere too much with Mantis's growth.
This also led to the fact that Mantis, who has been following Ego, has rarely grown up.
And after a long time of dealing with people, Mantis also has a certain perception of the world.
Although she does not have the most basic concept of good and evil, she can keenly perceive what is good and what is bad.
This is inseparable from Mantis's outstanding talent.
But now, she is very worried that everyone will be unwilling to accept her for this reason.
"If you think I have dirty blood, then I... I can leave."
Mantis lowered her head.
She felt helpless all over.
If possible, she didn't want to play the victim in front of these people, but the fact is that if the Guardians of the Galaxy are unwilling to accept her, Mantis will have nowhere to go.
"Ahem..."
Lin En coughed lightly and said slowly.
"If you have nowhere to go in the future, maybe you can consider going back to Earth with me."
"Although your appearance is a little conspicuous on Earth, don't worry, there are still many people like you on Earth."
"I believe that you will find your own family there."
"Instead of a god father who is full of lies and only treats you as a tool."
Mantis still had tears in her eyes.
She raised her head in confusion and looked at Lin En expectantly.
"Really...really?"
Lin En gave Mantis an affirmative reply without hesitation.
【Mantis Favorability: 6! I】
Lin En raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect there would be such a surprise.
"Hehehe, even if you want to poach someone, you should at least get my consent!"
Star Lord said very dissatisfiedly.
"After all, in theory, I am his closest relative."
Star Lord stood in front of Mantis.
"With me as your biological brother, you must not think of hitting on my sister!"
"Sister...sister?"
Mantis looked up in a daze.
"So, you are willing to accept me?"
Star Lord turned around very unhappily and stared at Mantis's dark eyes seriously.
"No, it's not that I am willing to accept you, but we are originally brother and sister."
"Although you and I both have the blood of that man, isn't that man dead? Look, I have lost the power of the gods."
"If you really want to say that I inherited his dirty genes, it should be me, after all, you don't even have the qualifications to be born."
Star Lord said self-deprecatingly.
"So come with me. I am your real family. I promise that I will make up for the love from your family that you have been missing for so many years."
Lin En looked at Star-Lord and shook his head slightly.
Although Star-Lord said so, in fact, the person who most desires love from his family is himself.
Rather than saying that he wants to give Mantis a home, it is better to say that he wants to give himself a home.
But there is no difference between the two.
Lin En looked at Mantis.
"I respect your choice, but no matter what choice you make, the door of the earth will always be open to you."
"If you really have nowhere to go, you can come to me on Earth."
Lin En made his promise.
Whether it is from the subsequent plot performance, Mantis has extremely strong growth potential.
Or simply from the perspective of sympathy for Mantis, Lin En has reasons for wanting to bring Mantis under his command.
However, Lin En still respects Mantis's own opinion and gives the right to choose to Mantis himself.
"I... I still want to go with my brother."
Compared to the strange and powerful Lin En, Mantis still believes more in this brother who has only been together for less than three days.
Especially, the two are also connected by blood.
Seeing this, Star-Lord finally smiled with satisfaction.
"Welcome to our big family!"
Star-Lord said seriously.
"Hey, don't say it so corny, I'm not your family, I'm your captain! Captain, do you understand?"
Hearing Rocket Raccoon say this, Star-Lord couldn't help but retort: "I'm the captain!"
The two quarreled for a while.
Looking at this scene, Lin En's mouth curled up a barely perceptible smile.
Strictly speaking, there is no normal person on this spaceship.
Needless to say, Star-Lord left his mother when he was young, and his father was also a bastard.
Adoptive father Yondu is not to say that he is the best of the best, but he is also quite outrageous, a principled interstellar pirate!
Ha, these words combined together, there is an inexplicable sense of humor.
Although Drax is married and has children, he has experienced the most tragic thing in the world and is alone.
Not to mention that his brain is not working well, he is really a stupid big guy.
Rocket Raccoon and Groot are similar, one lost all the experimental subjects, and the other is a tree man.
Sorry, it is not discrimination against the tree man race, but this plant-like life and animal-like life have the most fundamental genetic difference.
Gamora and Nebula, the sisters who love and hate each other, are even more of a blessing in disguise.
Looking at the happy people, Lin En couldn't help but think of a hell joke.
There are seven people on this boat, but they can't even get a pair of parents!
"Ahem."
Lin En choked on his own thoughts.
But from this point of view, Mantis, who has never experienced any normal interpersonal relationships since childhood, is very suitable for this group of people who lack love.
"In that case, forget it."
Lin En didn't care.
Anyway, as long as the favorability is enough and can give himself experience and skills, Lin En will be satisfied.
Except for Mantis's telepathic ability, which Lin En was slightly interested in, the abilities of other people were dispensable to Lin En.