Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life

"Sherlock!"

Zhao Weike stood at the cave entrance in a daze for a while before finally mustering up the courage to walk towards Sherlock.

Upon hearing Zhao Weike's voice, Sherlock turned around wearily to look in Zhao Weike's direction. The moment he spoke, Zhao Weike's familiar Sherlock persona returned instantly, as if the hellish scene he had just witnessed was not something he, Sherlock, had created.

"Old Zhao, come over here and help me up, my legs are about to give way!"

Upon hearing Sherlock's words, Zhao Weike rushed forward to support Sherlock. Only then did Sherlock have the mind to observe his surroundings. What he saw surprised not only Zhao Weike, who was supporting Sherlock, but also Ethan, who was trembling as he approached.

"yue~"

Indeed, after seeing the corpses impaled on stone spikes around him, Sherlock immediately vomited, his vomiting so horribly that Zhao Weike was speechless.

"You're the one who did this, and you actually threw up after watching it?"

While patting Sherlock's back, Zhao Weike complained to Sherlock in a bad mood.

Hearing Zhao Weike's complaints, Sherlock retorted while still complaining.

"Yue~ Nonsense! I'm yue~ Blocked by flower petals~ I can't see you at all~ Okay! Yue~"

Chapter 21 Iron Man Ascends to Heaven

Seeing Sherlock bent over, almost vomiting because of the horrific scene and his first murder, Ethan, who had witnessed everything from beginning to end, realized that Sherlock was a human being, not some demon walking among people.

As for the group of terrorists strung together, although Ethan always felt that Sherlock's methods were too cruel, he did not object to killing them.

As a local who came from here, Ethan knew perfectly well that compared to Sherlock's methods, what these terrorists did was truly inhumane.

However, just as the three gathered together, a series of heavy footsteps approached, accompanied by the sound of metal clashing, and a huge metal giant appeared at the cave entrance.

"Sherlock, Ethan, I'm here to help you!"

Before the person even arrived, his voice came out first. Who else could it be but Tony?

But when Tony dragged the heavy Mark I to the cave entrance, he was stunned by what he saw. He seemed to freeze, standing at the entrance for a long time without moving.

The face hidden beneath the steel mask looked at Sherlock, who was being supported by a man named Zhao Weike in the center of the valley, with a complex expression on it.

From the sudden appearance of the round hole in the cave wall and the massive flow of water at the beginning, to the man named Zhao Weike's first reaction after standing up was to curse Sherlock, and now it is obvious that Zhao Weike is supporting Sherlock who is almost vomiting and fainting.

All signs point to one thing: the boy named Sherlock in front of them has abilities that they cannot understand, and he is the mastermind behind the horrific scene that resembles a hellish scroll.

Most importantly, this was completely different from the young man he remembered who was also Sherlock!

Seeing Tony standing motionless at the cave entrance for a long time, Ethan walked over, patted Tony's heavy armor, and then spoke to Tony.

“Wake up, Tony. Believe me, this scene is only deserving compared to those who are impaled on stone spikes, although it is inhumane.”

"Ethan, I'm not..."

Upon hearing Ethan's words, Tony instinctively wanted to say something, but Ethan quickly interrupted him by raising his hand and pointing to the weapon case with the Stark Industries logo on it, before speaking to Tony.

"Compared to those damned people, Tony, you should be more concerned about this place."

Following Ethan's gaze, Tony quickly discovered that the valley was filled with his company's weapon cases, leaving Tony in disbelief.

"This is impossible!"

Almost instinctively, Tony shouted, and immediately manipulated his heavy and massive armor to smash open the two nearest weapon crates. Inside the crates, two rockets he had invented and Stark Industries were revealed to be inside Tony's eyes.

"No, no, no, this isn't right! I've never sold my weapons to anyone outside the military! That's not how it works! It shouldn't be like this!"

As Tony spoke, he manipulated the mech to smash open nearby weapon crates.

But it's obvious that there are real, living examples right here, leaving Tony no choice but to believe it!

After taking a deep breath, Tony seemed to have made up his mind and said to Ethan beside him.

"Ethan, take those two and leave first!"

Upon hearing Tony's words, Ethan paused for a moment, then looked in Tony's direction with disbelief and asked with some confusion.

"What about you, Tony? With the state of things here, those terrorists won't let you off the hook when they get back! You should leave with us, not stay here!"

Hearing Ethan's words, Tony's tone became even more resolute. He patted his armor before speaking to Ethan.

"Don't worry, Ethan, I will leave with you, but before we leave, I must destroy all the weapons in front of us! This place has become like this because of me, so I also have the responsibility to restore it to its original state."

Hearing Tony's words, Ethan wanted to say something, but Tony interrupted him again.

"Believe me, Ethan! I'm a genius, and there's so much more for me in this world. I won't leave my life here! Besides, the thing on me was created by you and me together. You should know what kind of abilities it has. I'll be fine."

Upon hearing Tony's words, Ethan, who had originally intended to persuade Tony, gave up the idea and turned to walk towards Sherlock and Zhao Weike.

After a brief conversation, Sherlock agreed to Tony's request almost without hesitation. However, before leaving, Sherlock handed Tony a ring through a gap in the Mark I visor and told him that it was a tracking device to help them find him.

After the kidnapping incident, Tony had learned his lesson and knew that Sherlock and Zhao Weike had come to rescue him. He did not refuse the so-called 'locator device', but given his current condition, Tony could only keep it in his mouth.

Seeing that Tony had accepted the tracking device, Sherlock left the valley with Zhao Weike and Ethan without any hesitation. Under Sherlock's guidance, the two helped him head towards the underground base.

When they were halfway there, Sherlock suddenly stopped, took out three stools from his ring, along with plenty of food and water, and sat down facing the valley without saying what he was going to do.

Perhaps out of some inexplicable morbid sense of humor, Sherlock even gave Zhao Weike and Ethan a pair of binoculars, but he never explained what they were for. He just kept eating his food and occasionally looked towards the valley through the binoculars.

After a while, when even Ethan was starting to get annoyed, a violent explosion suddenly occurred in the once peaceful valley. A huge fireball shot into the air and actually formed a mushroom cloud in mid-air.

Within this mushroom cloud, a small black dot, trailing thick black smoke, flew towards Sherlock and his companions, quickly passing over Sherlock's head and disappearing into the depths of the desert.

It wasn't until this point that Zhao Weike and Ethan realized why Sherlock had stopped and why he had given each of them a telescope.

It's simple, I just want to see Tony make a fool of himself!

After all, the way Tony flew over their heads just now was quite comical.

Chapter 22 Tony's Bewilderment and Breakdown

This was Tony's first time designing a suit of armor. Although he had considered the need for flight for the final escape, he did not expect that controlling the attitude during flight would be far more difficult than he had imagined.

Tony, who was in mid-air, was most grateful that Sherlock came to his rescue and took Ethan away.

After all, if things really went according to the original plan, whether Ethan ended up riding on the back of his armor or he carried Ethan, given the current flight conditions of the armor, Ethan's fate would only be one thing.

He fell from a great height and died!

However, Tony's relief didn't last long before turning into panic. It was actually quite simple; although his posture was a bit awkward, at least the thrusters under his feet were still pushing him forward.

But after a few loud bangs, the thrusters beneath his feet suddenly stopped firing!

The moment he lost power, Tony truly panicked. The heavy steel giant thrashed about in mid-air like a drowning fish, but it couldn't resist the immense force of gravity and crashed heavily to the ground.

The poorly made armor, by a twist of fate, became Tony's greatest lifesaver, as its crude construction allowed it to absorb almost all the impact of the fall.

Although the weapon still managed to throw Tony away after it was torn to pieces, compared to the normal outcome of being smashed to pieces, Tony was fortunate enough to only sprain his arm.

If there's anything amiss, it's probably that the 'locator ring' Tony had been keeping in his mouth was accidentally swallowed by him in the chaos.

Lying on the scorching sand, Tony hoped that even if the ring was still inside his stomach, it would still work. Having not eaten or drunk anything for a long time, Tony really didn't want to move anymore, so he just lay there idly, waiting for Sherlock and the others to come looking for him.

Under the sun's rays, Tony soon closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep, as the past month had been incredibly tiring for him.

However, just as Tony was drifting off to sleep, the aroma of a cheeseburger, like a robber, kicked open Tony's nostrils and brazenly barged into his brain, making Tony almost instinctively open his mouth to take a bite, but unfortunately, he bit into nothing.

Just as Tony was getting angry, he heard a strangely familiar yet gloating voice in his ear.

"See? I told you this trick works!"

Tony struggled to open his eyes, and the scene before him even made him wonder if he was hallucinating.

In front of him stood a Raptor pickup truck, its elaborate patterns and gleaming paint clearly not something one would expect in this desert.

Inside the car, Sherlock was dressed in clean beach clothes, wearing sunglasses, and holding a fishing rod with a cheeseburger tied to the fishing line, dangling in front of him.

His young face was full of mischievous grins, like a little fox who had successfully pulled off a prank.

Meanwhile, in the driver's seat, the man named Zhao Weike was also dressed in beach clothes, wearing sunglasses, with his hands on the steering wheel, laughing so hard he was slapping his thigh as he watched Sherlock hook up with Tony.

Meanwhile, in the back of the raptor, Ethan, who had been neatly and cleaned up, was also riding in the back of the vehicle, looking at him with a smile.

Compared to the Ethan she knew, this Ethan was incredibly clean, and the smile on his face was much purer, as if he had regained his respectable identity as a doctor before he was arrested.

What truly made Tony believe he was hallucinating was that, in the back seat of the Raptor, he vaguely saw a woman watching the children's childish antics with a helpless expression.

On the car window closest to him, a distinctly different anime-style creature was peeking out, looking at him with a curious expression.

"A hallucination? It's not so bad."

In a daze, Tony mumbled something to himself and was about to close his eyes again when his lips touched something. The strong aroma of oil and the intense taste of cheese made Tony instinctively open his mouth and bite into it.

The instant Tony bit down, he felt his head being lifted up by a force, while the so-called 'hallucination' burst into even louder laughter!

"I caught it! I caught it! I'm the first man in the world to catch a fish called Tony Stark in the desert!"

As the familiar voice appeared, the laughter reached a new level. Both the force transmitted through the fishing line and the unique taste of the cheeseburger in his mouth clearly told Tony that this was not an illusion!

Tony suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the Raptor in front of him in disbelief. Almost instinctively, he sat up, pulled the cheeseburger off the fishing line, and ate it while watching the scene in front of him that he couldn't describe.

"Sherlock, stop playing around. Let Tony clean up properly, and then we need to get out of this godforsaken place as soon as possible. I'm already starting to miss the civilization of human society."

The woman sitting in the back seat said somewhat helplessly to the three men who were laughing very happily.

"Doro wants to go home too!"

The anime-like creature chimed in, which made Sherlock stop his playful antics, open the car door, get out, and walk up to Tony, saying something to him.

"Come on, our womanizer, get in the car so I can take you back and explain!"

Hearing Sherlock's words, Tony, who had just finished eating a cheeseburger, finally came to his senses. He smiled and looked in Sherlock's direction, saying to him.

"I'm going to stay in the back room with Ethan. Damn it, I've never missed the damn sun as much as I do now!"

Sherlock pursed his lips at Tony's request, rolled his eyes, and complained irritably.

"Well, another one who's gone insane from being locked up!"

Just as Sherlock was about to move Tony to the back compartment, Ethan's voice rang out.

"Sherlock, I think you should make Tony take a good shower and clean himself up. My god, this smell is really unbearable!"

Ethan practically covered his nose as he complained to Sherlock.

Before Ethan could have spoken, Sherlock also sensed the intoxicating scent emanating from Tony. He immediately distanced himself from Tony and gave Ethan a thumbs up.

"You're right!"