Being an otaku in the world of American comics

#888 - Pillow Style...

"A hundred for each family, that's the bottom line, and don't try to persuade me anymore. This is a one-time deal, never again."

Finally, after being bombarded for over half a month by Elizabeth and Betty with persuasion, convincing, and pillow talk, Liang Yue finally relented.

However, as he said, the reason why the two women's countries, England and America, could get these spots from him was essentially because they were pulling strings.

The existence of this pathway was an extra benefit generated by Liang Yue's personal affection and emotions.

It could only be done this once, unlike the normal process of selection and admission based on the rules he had previously established, which could not be treated equally.

After hearing his reply, Elizabeth and Betty were clearly not satisfied with the hard-earned gains of the past half-month.

Unfortunately, before they could try to say anything further, Liang Yue directly sent them back to the stronghold world.

Correspondingly, the two women could naturally come out again, but Liang Yue had already made his attitude very clear on the matter, obviously not intending to budge any further, so they didn't bother to come again.

Of course, this didn't prevent Elizabeth and Betty from appearing, after all, Elizabeth's mother and Betty's father were still here. Even if they weren't trying to persuade or use their charms on Liang Yue, they had plenty of reason to stay and accompany them~

However, as the saying goes, there are no walls without cracks, and besides, neither family had any intention of keeping it a secret.

In short, it quickly spread among the current traveling group that the British and American families had obtained extra enrollment places from Liang Yue through irregular means.

In the last few days of this interstellar journey, after Liang Yue brought his group to his own Immortal Forest Star, some representative teams eager to expand their own quotas in the Extraordinary Academy came looking for him.

However, Liang Yue was not so easily fooled.

For the British and American families, who had Betty, Elizabeth, and others as their excuse and reason, they could at least naturally claim to be countries related by marriage and appeal to him with emotions and reason.

But for the remaining countries, things wouldn't be so simple~

Whether from the perspective of intimacy, association, or interests, there were almost no countries on Earth that could evoke Liang Yue's compassion or satisfy certain desires, or very few!

In this process, only Princess Shuri, representing the mysterious country of Wakanda hidden in the African savanna, exchanged vibranium for ten places from Liang Yue at a price of two tons per person.

Apart from this, no other country's delegation was able to obtain any places from him through back channels.

Even with Yamamoto Naiko, Liang Yue's former classmate and now a member of his close-knit group, standing up for Japan, he didn't budge.

In short, at Liang Yue's current level, possessing a large number of surreal black technology achievements, a large number of super-armed forces, and having reached the pinnacle of the human realm, he naturally had the qualifications to set rules for his territory.

He also had the qualifications to say no to some forces that were trying to take advantage of him in every possible way.

Even if the rules he set didn't seem so fair, others could only follow his rules.

They even had to painstakingly cater to some of his personal quirks.

For example, in the process of Elizabeth and Betty persuading him, they had pointed out more than once that the British and American countries behind them were willing to sacrifice some other interests, or make transactions in exchange for places.

The bargaining chips included cultural relics, documents, and even objects with mysterious powers that had fallen into the hands of the two families in various ways over the past century or several centuries.

Unfortunately, Liang Yue now no longer cared about those things that were considered priceless in the eyes of the world.

Those heavyweight figures from the British royal family who came along with Elizabeth's mother to hitch a ride had originally regarded these as heavyweight bargaining chips, but little did they know that Liang Yue, who traveled through various realms, had long ceased to care about such cultural relics and documents.

It was those mysterious side objects, existing in various civilizations and schools of thought on Earth, and even remnants of alien civilizations, containing various abnormal powers, that aroused his curiosity.

But it was only curiosity~

If the twenty tons of high-purity vibranium offered by Wakanda could be used as a good material for refining weapons in the hands of Liang Yue and his disciples, and consumed.

Then those various unique mysterious side items placed in the secret vaults of many organizations were only good for satisfying his curiosity.

The Time Stone is in the Magic Temple, and through this top treasure of the Marvel world, the successive Supreme Mages have been able to deal with powerful enemies from different dimensions of the multiverse.

Similarly, S.H.I.E.L.D. would not offer the Mind Stone as a bargaining chip to negotiate with Liang Yue.

By the way, perhaps due to the inertia of the plot, although there had been similar twists and turns before, the Mind Stone was no longer in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s possession~

When Liang Yue was still on Earth, during an occasional display of his divine sense, he discovered its traces in an underground laboratory in a small country in Eastern Europe...

But even so, Nick Fury, as the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., still seemed confident and calm, with a look of wisdom in his grasp, and did not show any unusual emotions throughout the entire journey~

Even when he came to him trying to achieve his strategic intentions through behind-the-scenes transactions, the egghead still looked calm, composed, full of majesty and seriousness, and proper.

......

At this moment, a corner of the deep blue sky had already reflected the brilliant sunset glow, echoing the setting sun remaining on the horizon, appearing particularly vast and magnificent.

On one side of the sunset glow was a towering and majestic giant tree rising from the ground, with a thick, tall, and wide canopy reaching into the clouds, as if one could not see the edge at a glance!

Even just around the main body of the tree, the sprawling root system emerging from under the ground covered an area far beyond the reach of ordinary people!

Around the thick trunk of the giant tree, there was also a magic halo shimmering with deep colorful halos.

As the halo slowly moved, countless light spots were gradually spreading outward, like countless fireflies of various colors, gently flying and fluttering!

As night approached and the sky became increasingly dim, these light spots were able to emit a softer and more gorgeous halo, illuminating everything around them into a secret realm that seemed to exist only in legends!