"See? Li Yue, he doesn't have it in him to join our alliance. You're still ignorant about human hearts!"
Tony was a little speechless when he heard Danny's direct refusal. Li Yue had brought this person in, yet the person himself didn't want to join the alliance!
However, having experienced Danny's strength first hand, Tony wanted Danny to join the alliance as well!
But if the person himself didn't want to join, there's no way that Tony could force him! The Justice League would lose face if they had to beg or force someone to join!
"Cough cough, let's not be hasty! I believe that you will come to understand later, Danny. Joining our alliance would make your life a lot more exciting! On top of that, after obtaining that power of yours, do you not need a place where you can use it to its fullest?
"Now, Tony, why don't you tell us about what you've learned about the serum? Show us why you so urgently called us over!"
Li Yue was already prepared for the possibility that Danny Rand would refuse to join the Justice League. Perhaps Danny was simply not used to strangers after years of seclusion and training in Kunlun!
"Don't worry, Li Yue, I'll explain it when everyone gets here—I don't want to waste my breaths explaining it over and over again!"
"Come here, why don't you just sit down and wait for the others. I just called all of them so they should be here soon!"
Instead of explaining what was going on to Li Yue, Tony instead sat back down on the sofa and beckoned the others to join him!
"Well, I have a lot of time anyway!" Li Yue said indifferently before sitting on the sofa opposite of Tony.
Banner was already on friendly terms with Tony, so he didn't waste any breath on being polite and sat on the sofa as well!
Danny, on the other hand, was unfamiliar with everyone, so he kept standing for a while, as if embarrassed to sit down!
"Mr. Rand, I believe that you will agree to join our alliance sooner or later. The people present here will become your good friends in the future, so you don't have to be too restrained!"
Li Yue helplessly tried to ease Danny's awkwardness!
"Thank you!"
Sure enough, Li Yue's words carried a certain authority. Although Danny still hesitated for a while, he ultimately listened to Li Yue and thanked everyone before slowly sitting on the sofa.
However, his posture was still a little stiff, like a primary school student listening to a teacher's lecture. He respectfully sat straight on the sofa, gathering strange looks from around him!
"Damn, Li Yue, are all the people from Kunlun as weird as him? This is a sofa, what is he doing sitting all weird like that?"
Tony felt that Danny's attitude was a little silly. Who would sit on a sofa like that?
...
Time slowly passed, and it was almost half an hour later. Li Yue felt a little speechless. If he had known that the others would be so slow, he would've teleported to pick them up one by one!
But it would be awkward to do that now; they already told Tony that they were on their way when Tony called them again. He could only wait in silence!
A while later, the people that Tony called began coming one after another. Naturally, Thor was the first to arrive. He could fly freely, after all. If you can fly, you can basically do whatever you want!
The second to arrive were T'Challa and Annie. That's right, the two of them had actually appeared together.
Li Yue couldn't help his imagination running wild. Could it be that something was going on between the two of them? However, Li Yue was too embarrassed to ask directly, so he could only mutter in his heart!
Of course, this was purely a misunderstanding. The two of them simply operated in adjacent cities, and Annie, who had only recently arrived to this world, still had no assets or income. Thus, she didn't have a car or driver's license.
T'Challa, on the other hand, was a prince of the richest country in the world, Wakanda. His car was obviously made with Vibranium, and it was very luxurious.
So he just picked up Annie along the way and came to Tony Villa together!
Li Yue introduced the newcomer Danny Rand to everyone, and they all greeted Danny!
When Captain America, Steve, arrived, the crew was finally complete!
"Say, Steve, did you run all the way here? Why are you so slow?"
Tony immediately complained as soon as Steve entered the villa with his round shield behind his back.
"Sorry to keep everyone waiting!"
When Steve heard Tony's complaint, he smiled in embarrassment and apologized to everyone.
"Sigh, I think it would be better for me to pick each of you one by one the next time we have a meeting! You're all too slow!"
Li Yue issued his own complaint after waiting for such a long time for everyone.
"Now hold on, we're not to slow, you're just too fast, Li Yue! You can cross thousands of miles with a single thought, while I have to actually cross the distance! Not to mention the others!"
Thor protested immediately! In the face of Li Yue's teleportation skill, even someone that can fly like him had no choice but to admit defeat!
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"Yeah, yeah, just wait for me to pick you up next time!
"Anyway, Tony, we're all here now. Can you tell us about the result of you and Banner's research?"
Now that everyone was here, Li Yue turned to Tony. He had already waited for more than an hour, so it was time to talk about proper business!
"Cough, cough, alright, I'll get right to it. Everyone here is a member of the Justice League, so there's no need to keep it secret!"
Seeing that it was the time to talk business, Tony stood up from the sofa and pretended to pat dust from his clothes! He then coughed twice before bringing out his stage persona!
"Oh, I almost forgot, one of you hasn't officially joined the Justice League, but Li Yue said that he will join us sooner or later, so it should be fine!
"The reason that I summoned all of you was because of the superpower serum that Li Yue brought back last time. Thanks to my and Bruce's tireless research, we have made great progress in understanding it!"
"Superpower serum? What's that?" It was the first time T'Challa had heard the term, so he asked curiously!
"Cough cough, T'Challa, don't interrupt me! You will understand when I finish speaking!"
Tony unhappily scolded T'Challa.
"Let's focus on the main topic. Our initial test showed that the success rate of the serum was incredibly low! It was less than one percent! That small percentage wasn't even worth gambling on!
"But with my hard work, and with Bruce's help of course, we have finally able to greatly improve the success rate of the serum! The current version has reached more than 74% success rate!
"However! There's still one problem. The composition of this serum includes an element that isn't known to exist in our world. Of course, it could be that we just haven't discovered it yet!
"Nevertheless, I must regretfully say that the only serum we have working were the samples that Li Yue brought us, and we cannot reproduce it in large quantity! At the very least, for now!
"Oh, and I almost forgot. Li Yue brought eight vials of the serum, and my and Bruce's experiment had consumed more than half of one vial! So we only have seven vials remaining!"