Tony was safe and sound, and he had awakened a very powerful superpower. Naturally, he was in a very good mood!
With his Iron Man armor and his ability to control metal, who knows what kind of spark he would make in the future!
But the future is in the future. The serum experiment could be considered a success. Apart from Thor, whose special physique had caused a failure, the other three subjects had successfully accepted the serum!
"Well, what about you guys, would you try using the serum as well?"
Tony's tone was relaxed, his eyes scanning Banner and the others who haven't used the serum!
"Forget about it, Stark. Hulk was already enough of a headache! I'm not even sure that the serum would work, so I'm not going to chance it!"
"That's true, Bruce, you really can't use it! What about the rest of you? Do you want to try? Think about it carefully; we only have three vials left, and we can't make more!"
Tony had expected Banner's answer, and he didn't want Banner to use the serum either. Tony had no way to determine what would happen if Banner used the serum. He had no idea if Banner's condition would be better or worse!
Tony turned his attention to other three, Annie, T'Challa, and Danny. He asked if they wanted the serum!
"Thank you for the offer, Mr. Stark, but I already awakened my superpower, so the serum should be useless to me! I wouldn't want to waste it!"
"I don't need it either, thank you!"
Danny directly refused. As the current Iron Fist, Danny had already inherited the power of the divine dragon from Shou-Lao. He was still unable to perfectly control that power, but he no longer needed to awaken other abilities!
After going through three rejection, Tony turned to the last candidate: T'Challa.
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T'Challa was extremely conflicted. He had seen the superpower that Tony and the Captain awakened, and it would be a lie to say that he was not jealous. After all, the Heart-shaped Herb he had taken only amplified physical fitness.
His current combat strength roughly only measure up to Captain America before the Captain used the serum, but the current Captain America had exceeded him due to the serum. It made him feel uneasy!
He really wanted to agree for the serum injection, but he wasn't really free to do so!
After all, he would eventually have to ascend to the Wakandan Throne, which involves a ritual to temporarily remove his superpower given by the Heart-shaped Herb. With only the constitution of an ordinary person, he would have to face the various tribe and convince them that he was worthy of the throne!
However, if he accepted the serum now, he would risk the elders discovering it and making a scandal out of it. T'Challa cannot predict what would happen!
Moreover, he didn't even know whether the serum would conflict with the Heart-shaped Herb!
T'Challa cherished Wakanda dearly, as a home that he must protect at all cost! He couldn't risk any accident.
"Mr. Stark, I don't need it either!"
In the end, T'Challa made up his mind and refused to use the drug!
"Oh? I didn't expect all of you to refuse! Although I don't know what you are thinking, I respect your choice. If anyone changes their mind later, you can come to me. There won;t be any problem if I just keep the serum around!"
Tony was a little surprised that T'Challa refused, but he didn't think too much about it!
"Tony, I think I'd need you to give me another dose!"
Li Yue suddenly broke his silence!
"Hmm? What do you—oh, I get it, wait a moment, I'll be right back!"
Tony was a little confused by the sudden request, but he immediately understood what Li Yue meant. He left the room to fetch the dose that Li Yue needed!
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"This is a syringe made of special materials. You do not have to worry about it being damaged even if it fell from the sky! Of course, only if you don't try to destroy it yourself!
"But, Li Yue, are you sure she will use this?"
Tony returned not long later with a tube made of silver metal! He then handed it to Li Yue, along with a curious question!
"I don't know either, but I think it's better for her to decide on her own!"
Li Yue's expression did not change much. Trying was all he can do anyway. Regardless of whether she used it or not, Li Yue would respect her choice!
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"Now, our Justice League's special operation has come to a perfect end. Should we have a party to celebrate?"
The main objective of the meeting had been achieved, and the brightly smiling Stark suggested what he does best to relax!
"I think that's a good suggestion!"
Captain America, Steve, was the first to respond to Tony's proposal—and in agreement, no less!
Everyone in the room turned at him in surprise! They didn't expect that the ever-so-serious Captain America would be the first to agree!
"Could it be that the Human Torch superpower also changed his personality to match that character?"
Li Yue speculated in his heart, puzzled by Captain America's change!
"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that? I haven't attended a ball in 70 years! And my new superpower is something worth celebrating!"
Captain America also noticed that everyone was looking at him with a strange gaze and couldn't help but explain!
"Cough cough, alright then. Since you're in such a good mood today, I'll get everything prepared immediately! Everyone, let us relax for the rest of the day!"
Tony's proposal was almost symbolic at this point: he thought that everyone would definitely reject his proposal!
He absolutely didn't expect that the strict and old-fashioned Steve would be the first to support him.
As for the others, they voiced no agreement, but no objections either, so the party was more or less confirmed!
It had been a year since Tony had locked himself in the laboratory. Without any time for pleasure or relaxation, Tony yearned for his freedom.
Moreover, confirming his relationship with Pepper had reduced his opportunities to break free as well. But he felt that the current opportunity would be impossible to refuse even for Pepper!
"Haha, I really am a genius!"
Tony took out his phone and praised his own intelligence in his heart!
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"Director, I just received news that Stark is holding a banquet in his private villa tonight. He had also invited high-profile targets! What should we do?"
"Oh? They have some balls to be partying around! Send some personnel to sneak into the banquet and find out their real objective today! But be careful, tell them not to mess with the mood!"
Nick Fury's face brightened when he heard Hill's report!
He wouldn't have been so invested to this banquet if there wasn't the report about the dark clouds and lightning above the villa earlier!