"Guardians Alliance? Why not just call it the Avengers Initiative?"
Inside Stark Mansion, Tony, dressed casually, stared at Dilos with a face full of black lines.
"Are you trying to get me to join some secret Superman bachelor boys' club like Nick Fury? Sorry, but I'm no longer a bachelor, and I'm no longer a boy. After Pepper Potts saw my flawless body and unparalleled charm, she officially got engaged to me."
As he spoke, Tony ignored Dilos's speechless expression, took a swig of vodka, rose from his chair, and prepared to leave.
"Just because I didn't call you to meet the Autobots right away, you've held a grudge this long?" Dilos saw through Tony's real thoughts at a glance.
Tony said nothing. Radiating an aura of I'm willful, I'm tsundere, I need someone to comfort me, he grabbed a bottle of high-proof vodka from a nearby display shelf and began chugging it.
"Don't forget, when I called you back then, you specifically stressed that you and Pepper were busy being lovey-dovey, wrapped up in each other, and that you wouldn't pay attention to anything that got in the way of your romance."
Dilos walked over irritably. Ignoring Tony's darkening expression, he took an even stronger bottle of vodka from the collection shelf, downed it in one gulp, and said, "So you're going to dump all the responsibility on me, a young man not even twenty yet? You thirty-something old man?"
Tony's face darkened further after Dilos mercilessly exposed him. After a long while, he reluctantly spread his hands. "Fine. What do you want to say?"
Seeing that, Dilos smiled.
"Like the Avengers Initiative, the Guardians Alliance is Earth's final line of defense against extraterrestrial threats. However, the Guardians Alliance holds greater authority. Hero organizations like the Avengers Initiative will