stonecrandall Chapter 380 Rocket: Were Set Up by Earthlings
Chapter 380 Rocket: Were Set Up by Earthlings
Chapter 380 Rocket: Were Set Up by Earthlings
While Superman and Captain Marvel were chatting, the vanguard of the Nova Corps arrived to investigate and finally spotted the culprit behind the energy surge within their field of vision.
"Isn't that Captain Marvel?"
The Nova Empire didn't know much about Superman, but Captain Marvel, as a superhuman who frequently mediated between the Nova, Skrull, and Kree Empires, was quite familiar to them.
The other person, though unknown, was able to survive in space with a physical body like Captain Marvel, so he must not be an ordinary person.
Not to mention the Dark Star battleship behind them, which had already been torn to pieces in the aftermath of the battle and was no longer recognizable.
"With guys like them around," one of the scout fighter pilots muttered with some discontent, "what's the point of our existence?"
The Dark Star battleship is surrounded by the wreckage of various Kree carrier-based aircraft, mixed with the former asteroid belt, forming a new space graveyard. It is unknown whether Ronan, the owner of the Dark Star, has also perished with the ship.
The Nova Corps had assembled its forces to intercept Ronan, prepared for months of fighting, with more than a quarter of its troops lost, and was determined to leave this madman behind no matter the cost.
But now, all of this is just a blink of an eye for a superhero like Captain Marvel.
This is no exaggeration. From the time the prison issued the alarm to the time the Nova Corps arrived and found Ronan's battle fleet in pieces, less than an hour had passed. On a cosmic scale, that's just the blink of an eye.
"The universe is extremely vast. We cannot entrust the survival of an entire civilization to a single individual, especially since she is not one of us."
Adora, the Nova Corps commander in the rear, heard this question and had to answer it: "Compared to sheer power, the Nova Corps' unity and discipline are far more valuable."
Even so, Adora's gaze toward Captain Marvel and Superman, even through the optical sensor, remained intensely passionate.
Who wouldn't envy a superhero like Captain Marvel who can fly and destroy warships with her bare hands?
If the Nova Corps had such a super unit active on the battlefield, the war with the Kree wouldn't have dragged on for a thousand years.
Once the Nova Sovereign of Xandar, Queen Adora, had this thought, it would never leave her mind. Interstellar warfare should not forever be a stage for space battleships; there should be a superhero from Xandar to help the Nova Empire overcome its difficulties.
Captain Marvel, who was still relentlessly asking Joey questions, had no idea what the Nova Corps was thinking. Compared to the Nova Corps' opinions, she was more concerned about what was about to happen on Earth.
"I see," Captain Marvel said, getting straight to the heart of the matter: "You don't trust me."
Yes, in Joey's view, no one who is not on Earth at this moment can be trusted.
It's true that Captain Marvel is from Earth, but Joey doesn't want to gamble on whether she'll leak the information.
He's already under enough pressure; the last thing he needs is to cause more trouble.
"If that's what you think," so Joey shrugged nonchalantly, throwing out a standard two-part response: "Then there's nothing I can do about it."
"You're so good with words."
Hearing Superman's evasive answer, Carol couldn't help but facepalm. She felt her blood pressure spike, even higher than during the battle: "That's one of the worst things a man can say to a woman."
Mixed with worry and curiosity, Carol tried to persuade Joey again, but Joey remained unresponsive and simply turned her head away, refusing to look, listen, or speak, which infuriated her.
"Damn it!" Earth was also Carol's home planet, and she had the right to know what was going on. She simply pulled out a communication device that looked like a pager: "I'm not the only source of information I have!"
Long before Carol set off for space, she had worked with Nick Fury and left him a brief communication device so that he could summon her in times of life or death.
There's been no word from Fury, but Carol has taken the initiative to contact him, sending a brief message—
Has anything major happened on Earth recently?
On the other end, just after receiving the pizza from the deliveryman, Fury was startled when the pager that had never left his waist started beeping, almost making him forget to pay.
He looked closely and saw that Captain Marvel, who had drifted away and lost contact on the other side of the universe, had asked him a strange question.
What major events have happened on Earth recently?
Was it that Galactus wanted to eat Earth like a pizza, or was there a civil war going on within S.H.I.E.L.D.?
Or perhaps it's the collision crisis between two universes that Superman mentioned before, which has already been proven—
Yes, that should be it.
Fury, with a bite of pizza in his mouth, was about to type a reply, but his fingers stopped abruptly just as they touched the keyboard.
Telling Captain Marvel about the collision crisis itself isn't a big deal, but the idea that destroying Earth in one universe could temporarily save both universes is...
After a moment's thought, Nick Fury, having figured out the crux of the matter, sent out only four words: "Everything is normal."
When Captain Marvel saw the message, she nearly crushed her pager in anger: "How is this possible? What is that old fox Fury up to now?"
Given that things are already like this, if everything were normal, that would be the biggest abnormality.
"Nick Fury?"
Upon hearing that familiar name, Joey, who had been pretending not to hear, finally felt a slight sense of relief.
Captain Marvel has come to the right person to ask Fury. If Joey can figure it out, how could Fury, this old fox, not understand it?
He even told a little white lie to exonerate Blackie: "You'd better stop asking. He's in the same state as Jon Snow right now—he knows nothing."
As the two drew ever closer to the prison space station during their conversation, they showed no intention of going inside. Star-Lord then flew out on his rocket boots and practically dragged Superman inside.
"Superman!" As soon as they entered, Rocket's face was pressed against Joey's, circling around Captain Marvel and him several times, his eagerness palpable: "Tell me quickly, which one of you won?!"
Captain Marvel, who had expected a grand welcome for Superman, looked indignant at the question: "Does it matter?"
Superman just destroyed Ronan's fleet and saved them all. All they cared about was whether he had won the battle against them.
"Of course it's important!" The Rocket, involved in illegal fundraising and running illegal casinos, suddenly sounded quite self-righteous: "It's about how much money I can make!"
Just a few minutes ago, Superman collided with Captain Marvel in her binary form. The light at that moment briefly blinded everyone on the space station, and no one knew what happened under that light, which was comparable to a supernova explosion.
But the Rockets had previously opened betting on the outcome of the game between the two players, and now they're just waiting for the result.
"yes----"
"Let me explain."
While fighting Captain Marvel, Joey, who had overheard things about himself, stopped Carol from conceding defeat and, suppressing a laugh, chose the outcome that would be most detrimental to Rocket: "I lost!"
"What?! Impossible!" Hearing Superman concede defeat was like a bolt from the blue, leaving Rocket stunned: "This isn't the result I wanted!"
While the Rocket hesitated, the crowd surrounding him started clamoring again: "Pay up!" "A bet's a bet!"
Joey chuckled and patted Rocket's head as he dejectedly settled his bets one by one.
Because the Rockets himself participated in the betting and placed a large bet on Superman to win, even with the bookmaker taking a cut, a careful calculation shows that he still had to lose a considerable amount of money.
"What's that saying again?" Joey said, patting Rockets' head, quoting exactly what Rockets had said five minutes earlier: "If you can't handle losing, don't play!"
Upon hearing this, Rocket looked up fiercely, then saw the equally astonished expression on Captain Marvel's face, and immediately realized that he had been tricked by these two Earthlings!
"Fine, fine! You guys play it this way, huh!"
Rocket, furious after losing a huge sum of money, was practically grinding his teeth in anger. He unleashed his fury on Star-Lord, who was also an Earthling: "Quill, you can't just be my partner when we're winning! Pay me back!"