After all, this team included big names from different clans, even the headmaster's granddaughter. Yet it was still William's team, and that was worth more than all their names and reputations combined in the eyes of the Long clan's younger generation.
"Easy there," William waved with his hands to calm down the anxious kids in front of him, "I'm just asking you to make this offer to those you truly trust. Even if we ended up getting five more, even if we ended up getting none at all, I'm cool with any of that."
He was indeed telling the truth. In their eyes, they cared about numbers, and in his, he cared about the quality and calibre of those he'd train.
After all, what he was going to do was something ground shaking and like a once in lifetime chance to change one's future.
And he wouldn't do such a major favour just to anyone.
"This…"
"You don't want us to just speak with all we know?"