On Planet Groot, there were countless tree-like beings who looked exactly like Groot. They possessed the same immense strength and regenerative abilities, yet they were violent by nature, fond of invasion, oppression, and fighting violence with violence...
Unlike the others of his race, Groot was pure and kind-hearted, longing for peace. Because of that, his own kind had regarded him as a freak.
Rocket Raccoon knew that Groot possessed a special ability: sensing good and evil. If Groot particularly liked someone, that person was probably not bad.
Therefore—
Rocket Raccoon's attitude toward Hayato improved considerably. He had the worst temper in the Guardians of the Galaxy.
Of the five of them, two had changed their attitude toward Hayato, while Drax was a simple-minded fool. After Hayato occasionally revealed bits of information about Earth, Star-Lord could no longer be bothered to stay on guard against him. In his eyes, even if Hayato had some scheme, so what? There were five of them.
That left only Gamora, who maintained outward politeness toward Hayato while remaining wary of him inside.
Hayato did not care in the slightest.
Space travel was actually incredibly boring, much like sailing across the ocean. Grand waves, sea and sky merging into one, blazing sunrises—if you saw them every day, you would eventually get sick of them.
It was like abalone, sea cucumber, shark fin, and fish maw. Eat them three meals a day, three hundred and sixty-five days a year, and see whether you would throw up.
Hayato wanted to learn how to pilot a spaceship.
Star-Lord and Rocket Raccoon both tactfully refused. The two of them had started out as thieves, so even after acknowledging Hayato's character, they still held something back. A Hayato who could not fly a spaceship was a good Hayato. At least he