Steve Chapter 238

After testing the Storm Axe and the Time-Stop Sword, Fang Mo also planned to go back.

With a slight thought in his mind.

He directly used Brown magic to teleport back into the villa.

Testing these weapons took up quite a bit of his time, and it was already completely dark outside. As he had mentioned before, the current year was 1868, and nightlife in Europe at that time was far less rich than it is now. Many people were already resting at this time.

But Fang Mo couldn't sleep at all.

In fact, after his body was digitized, he had lost the ability to dream.

Except for the time he spent with the X-Men.

After all, the ability of the White Queen Emma was quite useful.

"Sigh..."

Bored, he sighed and summoned Ah Xue back.

"Master?"

Ah Xue, dressed in a white kimono, slowly appeared. She quickly noticed Fang Mo's expression and asked with slight confusion, "Master... what's wrong?"

"Do you know the three great miseries of life?"

Fang Mo asked.

"The three great miseries of life?" Ah Xue tilted her head and asked, "What is that?"

"Toothache, constipation, insomnia,"

Fang Mo rubbed his temples and explained, "Of course, there are now new three great miseries, which are working 996, being cyberbullied to social death, and having your gaming skills nerfed... And right now, I am experiencing one of them: insomnia."

"Insomnia? What should we do?"

Upon hearing this, Ah Xue also began to think of solutions. She lowered her head to think for a moment and said, "Then... should I help you warm the bed?"

"Let's not."

Fang Mo with a sad face said, "This really isn't what I had in mind..."

"Sorry, Master."

Ah Xue lowered her head, feeling somewhat guilty.

"It's alright, I'm not blaming you." Fang Mo smiled and then waved his hand at her, "Alright, don't think too much. Go make me a cup of tea."

"Okay, sure."

Ah Xue nodded and then walked toward the kitchen.

She had already been exposed to modern appliances when she was in the world of Bleach, so making a pot of tea wasn't difficult for her.

Very quickly, Ah Xue boiled a pot of spring water.

However, because Tony Stark didn't like tea, he hadn't prepared any tea for the villa. There were only two packs of portable black tea in the cabinet. Ah Xue didn't overthink it and just brewed a pot.

After a moment, she also took some pastries from the refrigerator, put them on a plate, and carried them over.

"Master, is black tea alright?"

Ah Xue said as she placed the tray on the coffee table.

"..."

The corner of Fang Mo's eye twitched slightly, but looking at Ah Xue's hopeful eyes, he didn't refuse. "Well... it's fine. Drinking this will help me sleep well."

After saying that, Fang Mo picked up the teacup and took a sip.

The light aroma of the tea, accompanied by a hint of refreshing astringency, gradually spread throughout his mouth.

Actually, Fang Mo wasn't very good at appreciating tea.

However, having a hot drink late at night felt pretty good.

So he squinted his eyes.

Taking sips of black tea intermittently.

His thoughts gradually dispersed and drifted away.

Since awakening his Stand until now, upon careful thought, it seemed like quite a lot of time had passed.

During this period, Fang Mo was indeed learning and growing. Initially, he was even too lazy to study his workbench, frequently losing his temper. However, at some point, his restless heart began to settle down. He became more patient and even started using exhaustive methods to experiment, creating some machinery and crystal matrix ingots by hand.

Even in terms of his mental state, Fang Mo was constantly trying to change himself.

For this reason, he created his servant Ah Xue, as well as a pet ender dragon he raised like a daughter. With their companionship, Fang Mo found that his mental state had indeed changed somewhat.

But that doesn't mean he no longer misses home.

He still occasionally thinks about the past.

Perhaps it's when he sees a certain scene, or perhaps it's on a quiet night, Fang Mo feels that those long-dead memories are beginning to attack him.

However, Fang Mo doesn't dislike this.

On the contrary, he enjoys recalling those yesterdays that seem like a lifetime ago.

The best times are always particularly short, as if everything should be like that, but he still remembers all those touching moments.

Although Fang Mo is aware that returning to his original world and reuniting with his family would be very difficult, he still wants to try. Collecting wish machines from every world has become his primary motivation; who knows, one might actually work?

"By the way, Ah Xue,"

After taking a sip of tea, Fang Mo suddenly turned to Ah Xue and instructed her, "Go to the Joestar residence tomorrow. They have many maids and butlers; you can learn about this field from them."

"I understand, Master,"

Ah Xue had no objections, nodding her head and saying, "I will work hard to learn, please rest assured."

"I really want to get that Stand arrow soon..."

Fang Mo played with the ender dragon and looked out at the starry sky.

Soon,

The night had passed.

After dawn, Fang Mo briefly washed up, ate breakfast, and then led Ah Xue to the Joestar residence.

After exchanging a few pleasantries,

George Joestar readily agreed to Fang Mo's request.

It's just about learning how to be a butler; that's simple, just let my old butler teach you.

So, for the following period, Ah Xue activated learning mode. She spent her days at the Joestar residence learning how to be a butler and gaining some real-world common sense, gradually improving her personality. In the evening, she returned to the mountain villa, took care of the household chores, and then rested.

During this period, Fang Mo also performed a baptism for George's son, Jonathan.

He took this matter quite seriously; even the water used for the baptism is from a real holy spring. He even changed into a priest's outfit, not intending to create a scene or anything.

After baptizing Jonathan,

Fang Mo spent a few days redecorating his villa.

He planted a cherry blossom tree from the MC world in his yard and placed some decorative items from the Bamboo and Cherry Blossom mod. He also repaired the large hole created by the cosmic meatball.

However, while Fang Mo was decorating the villa,

He suddenly found a Geochest in his storage space.

The Geochest contained a Dusk Time Tree that he had planted using a Time Seedling while he was in the Bleach world. It had the magical power to influence the speed of time.

"Hmm?"

Thinking about this, a bizarre idea popped into Fang Mo's mind.

"Time Tree, tree?"

Fang Mo pondered, stroking his chin, and started considering this outrageous question: "Trees... plants, these plants are also a form of life, right? Can the Time Tree be sealed by the sword?"

Thinking of this, Fang Mo was a bit tempted.

In theory, the Tailed Beasts are also a part of the Ten-Tails' Divine Tree. Since he had sealed the Nine-Tails, does this mean that resonating End Power... can actually seal plants? Once decided, he acted immediately.

Fang Mo immediately took out the Geochest.

He placed the box on the ground, and in the blink of an eye, the magnificent Time Tree stood before him.

Fang Mo drew an End Sword from within himself and thrust the blade into the trunk of the Time Tree.

Just as Fang Mo had expected, the "Gentleman" trait on the End Sword activated. The Time Tree started to visibly distort at a rapid speed, as if forming a vortex. All its branches, leaves, root systems, and trunk were absorbed by the End Sword in a spiral pattern.

"Yes!!!"

Seeing that the End Sword successfully absorbed the Time Tree, Fang Mo excitedly snapped his fingers.

In the MC world, whether it's the Gentleman or other mod capture balls, they can only capture entities like skeletons, villagers, or cows and horses, not trees.

But this is not the MC world; this is the real world.

Fang Mo guessed that due to world rules or some logical reason, trees have been considered as life entities and can thus be captured by the End Sword.

Unfortunately, Fang Mo's Time-Stop Sword is just an experimental item.

When making it, Fang Mo casually used some bronze and iron, and randomly embedded a Magatama for enhancement.

To create a truly meaningful Time Sword, Fang Mo still needs to return to the MC world.

"Emmm..."  

After briefly pondering, Fang Mo quickly made up his mind.

This time he had indeed come a bit early. Rather than waiting here like a fool for the plot to unfold, he might as well take this opportunity to go back to the Minecraft world, just like he had done during his first battle in X-Men, to bring out some 18-year-old shit.

Time to start speeding up!

With that thought, Fang Mo specifically called Ah Xue back.

He didn't plan to bring the Snow Queen along this time. After all, her understanding of 'human' common sense was still too lacking, so it would be better to leave her here to slowly learn some human knowledge.

She could also help him clean the villa and look after the little Ender Dragon, etc.

After instructing Ah Xue, Fang Mo immediately returned to the Minecraft world and started crafting a real Time-Stop Sword.

Actually, Fang Mo originally wanted to make the Staff of Time.

The mod "Tinker' Construct" added a weapon called the staff to the game.

However, after weighing the meanings of the words "staff crafting" and "sword selling", Fang Mo decisively chose the latter. He used crystal matrices, black meteorite iron, and Urus to create a huge sword. Engraving ender metal, strengthening, and enchanting were all old routines; there was no need to elaborate further.

Afterwards, Fang Mo specifically farmed a round of Villager Avengers.

And re-obtained a Time-Stop Gem.

Upon embedding the gem in the weapon, Fang Mo quickly returned to the JoJo world.

Accompanying the endless dispersing black mist.

Fang Mo opened his eyes and began observing the surrounding environment.

This place looked like a coal mine. Looking around, it was pitch-black coal everywhere. Sporadic oil lamps and wooden frames. Besides, there were many people with similar colors to coal, half-naked, holding burlap bags and tattered baskets, looking at him in astonishment as if they had seen a ghost.

Not far behind them was a fat white man holding a whip.

"What the hell?"

Seeing the scene before him, Fang Mo was instantly dumbfounded.

He immediately thought of his first trip to the X-Men's first battle, the same startling beginning, and the same crowd of pitiable people looking at him in astonishment.

"What is this ominous premonition about..."

Fang Mo couldn't help but touch his forehead, for some reason a bad feeling suddenly appeared in his heart.

Without thinking too much, Fang Mo immediately activated the effect of Brown Magic. A flash of white light, and he was back in his villa.

"Phew, that's much better."

After returning to his own villa, Fang Mo finally took a deep breath.

After calming down a bit, Fang Mo stood up directly from the sofa and began observing the surrounding furniture and environment.

The villa that Stark had built for him was brand new.

However, at this moment, although the place is usually well-maintained, Fang Mo could still see a faint trace of the passage of time here.

"Hmm."

Fang Mo glanced at the wear and tear of the furniture and had a general idea in his mind: "I see, it seems like my time-skip has fast-forwarded another ten years. I am willing to call myself a benevolent 'Shit God'…"

He mumbled to himself.

Fang Mo then slowly opened the door and walked out.

In the courtyard, the cherry blossom tree had already grown large enough to be embraced by several people. As for the lounge chairs and doghouse that were previously placed in the yard, they had all disappeared. Perhaps they were damaged from being too old.

Fang Mo walked out of the courtyard and stood on the cliff at the mountain top, looking down.

In the distance, the Joestar estate was still standing there.

"Hmm... The Joestar mansion is still there." Seeing this, Fang Mo was somewhat relieved.

In the original story, Dio Brando had quickly burned down this mansion after becoming a vampire. Since the mansion is still intact, it means the plot hasn't progressed too far.

He didn't rush to study the Sword of Time.

Fang Mo thought for a moment and decided to go directly to the Joestar mansion at the foot of the mountain.

It was probably morning now. The servants in the Joestar estate were busy working. Gardeners were tending to the lawn, maids were washing and drying clothes, and some were helping the chef transport ingredients. Overall, it looked pretty busy.

In the midst of this,

Fang Mo also found a familiar figure.

It was the Snow Queen Ah Xue he had summoned. At this moment, she was dressed in a traditional maid outfit, standing near a fountain, and was sternly criticizing a burly blue-haired young man.

Not wanting to waste words, Fang Mo teleported over.

"JoJo! How many times have I told you to keep your handkerchief properly in your pocket? I can't even remember how many times I've found it in a mud puddle. Do you have a grudge against it? If I find out you've lost it again next time, you'll be washing your mouth with muddy water…"

However, Ah Xue had only gotten halfway through her sentence when she suddenly saw Fang Mo appear.

She was stunned on the spot, as if struck by lightning.

Unlike Ah Xue, the blue-haired young man beside her showed an incredulous expression upon seeing this. His eyes widened as he said, "How... how did this person suddenly appear here?!"

"Don't panic, kid."

Fang Mo gave the blue-haired young man a smile, "This is called teleportation. Your Joestar family has this ability too, but you can only use it once in a lifetime."

"What?"

The blue-haired young man was even more confused after hearing this, "Teleportation? Our family? What... what are you talking about?"

"Ah, the naive child of the landlord's family."

Fang Mo looked at the blue-haired young man, Jojo, Jonathan Joestar, and couldn't help but sigh, "Ah, what a straightforward and lovely gentleman's spirit. Too bad it went astray starting from the second Joestar..."

Just as he finished speaking, a figure suddenly rushed into his arms, tightly hugging Fang Mo.

"Hm?"

Fang Mo looked down and found that it was Ah Xue who was hugging him.

"Master..."

Ah Xue buried her head deep in Fang Mo's chest, her shoulders seemed to be slightly trembling. However, she soon took a deep breath, lifted her head, and her eyes, slightly red, smiled and curved up, forcing out a somewhat heartbreaking smile, "Ah Xue has learned everything now, next time... take Ah Xue with you?"

"You've worked hard."

Fang Mo patted Ah Xue's head and smiled, "Yes, I will next time."

Ah Xue has changed a lot, not just in temperament and knowledge, but even some of her inner qualities have changed. Fang Mo couldn't quite put his finger on what it was, but clearly, compared to the emotionless Snow Queen she was at the start, the Ah Xue now seemed more human.

In Fang Mo's view, it was just a moment, but Ah Xue had already grown for twelve years here.

To be honest, this strange sense of disjunction made Fang Mo a bit uncomfortable. It seemed that he should indeed take her with him next time.

However, before Fang Mo and Ah Xue could say much more,

Jonathan Joestar suddenly reacted. He looked at Fang Mo incredulously and exclaimed, "Wait! You are Ah Xue's master? Then... Could you be the mage that my father mentioned? Are you the Mr. Steve who performed the baptism in my childhood?!"

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