Star-Lord had forgotten to warn his teammates that this was a professional move. Kids should not imitate it. While eating anything this way looked cool as hell, it also made it very easy for foreign objects to get stuck in the windpipe.
Just as he had said, after a clap, the Sugar Bean shot into the air. Star-Lord, completely focused, watched its trajectory as it fell and entered a mysterious state, as though time around him had slowed.
The Spider-Men seated at several nearby tables had naturally noticed the Guardians of the Galaxy fooling around. They were quite interested in this man who was also named Peter.
They realized that the toss had clearly been a little too forceful. The Sugar Bean's trajectory seemed likely to pass over Star-Lord's head and land about two meters behind him.
But that was no problem for a Dancer. His body coordination had not been trained for nothing.
Seeing the candy's trajectory, Star-Lord immediately performed a backbend, a move known as the "Iron Bridge" in Eastern martial arts.
His lower legs remained planted on the ground, while his upper body and thighs leaned backward until parallel to the floor, with his hands stretched over his head to support him.
The position was slightly off, so his four fingers rapidly adjusted their angle like a little man walking, and then he opened his mouth.
"Plop."
For some reason, the candy made a sound like poop dropping into a toilet when it entered his mouth. Maybe Star-Lord had already drooled so much that it had pooled in his mouth?
However, the very next second after he straightened up with a smile and crunched down on the candy, his smile froze. It was as if he had been struck by lightning—or kicked in the head by a