Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life

Upon hearing Sherlock's words, Doro's gaze fell upon the orange-pomelo hybrid that looked like a giant gourd, and his eyes widened in astonishment. Without hesitation, he nodded to Sherlock.

Seeing Doro so readily admit his mistake and correct it, Sherlock was extremely satisfied and showed a look of admiration, handing the 'big gourd' to Doro so he could share the delicious treat with his new friend.

Watching Doro lift the 'big gourd' with a satisfied look and sway towards the sofa, Sherlock suddenly seemed to remember something and called out to Doro again.

"By the way, Doro, you said you copied Lara's data, right? Show me the data, I'll figure out how to help Lara deal with Hydra."

Sherlock's words only made things worse. Doro, who had been happily carrying the "big gourd," suddenly became conflicted. He even put the gourd down and kept looking at it, then at Sherlock.

That little face was so adorable, but it was obvious that Sherlock had already demystified it. Looking at Doro's conflicted expression, Sherlock understood what Doro was struggling with almost instantly. He gave Doro a light tap on the head in annoyance before helplessly complaining.

"Don't worry, I'm not Hydra. I'm just checking on Lara's situation. I guarantee I won't use this information for anything, and I even guarantee it won't be leaked."

Despite Sherlock's assurance, Doro turned his attention to Lara, who was watching cartoons on the sofa. The two weren't deliberately speaking in hushed tones, so Lara could definitely hear them.

Laura, however, did not give the two any response from beginning to end. She just stared intently at the animation on the TV, as if the animation was far more important than what the two had just said.

Seeing Laura's expression, Doro stopped hesitating, decisively took out his mini armor and placed it in Sherlock's hands, then happily picked up the 'big gourd' again and walked towards the sofa.

Sherlock watched with a mixture of grief and indignation as Doro swayed back as he carried the 'big gourd', his expression a complex mix of emotions.

It's no wonder Sherlock had that expression. The moment he got his hands on Doro's armor, he almost immediately realized how extraordinary this miniature steel armor, unique to Doro, was.

After all, he had also refined armor for Doro, but the aura on it now was clearly beyond his own. There was only one person in the world who could possess such an aura.

At this moment, Doro's swaying figure shone brightly in Sherlock's eyes. For the first time in his life, Sherlock felt empathy for Shen Gongbao, and even had an impulse to kowtow to Doro to see if he could get some reward in return.

Lao Jun, don't you love me anymore? Waaaaah!

Of course, despite his grief and indignation, there were still important things to do. Sherlock randomly found a computer, connected it to Doro's miniature Iron Man suit, and began reading the data that Doro had copied down.

However, the moment Sherlock opened the surgical record, he couldn't help but gasp and exclaim that Hydra was truly wealthy.

The reason is simple: there's no adamantium here, so Hydra opted to replace Laura's skeleton with vibranium instead!

Given the current price of vibranium, it's no exaggeration to say that Lara is essentially a walking, humanoid golden creation—no, to be more precise, she's something even more precious than gold.

Putting everything else aside, just in terms of net worth, it's a lie to say he's on par with Tony, but he's definitely more than capable of being the highest-paid person in a state.

It's no wonder that in Doro's account, Hydra was still considering whether to reclaim Lara. Putting aside everything else, Lara's vibranium skeleton was absolutely priceless before Wakanda was even open to the public.

Even if Hydra is incredibly wealthy, it can't withstand such rampant spending!

Shocked, when Sherlock turned his gaze to Laura on the sofa with an almost strange expression, he saw that Laura had just finished cutting up the 'big gourd' for Doro with her vibranium claws and was about to retract them.

Sherlock couldn't resist rushing over and slapping Laura on the head, speaking to her righteously.

"Go wash your paws clean before putting them back!"

Chapter 276 Hydra's X Project

It has to be said that Lara's head feels different from a normal person's head when you tap it; it feels like tapping on a metal foreskin, and the sound it makes confirms that Lara's head is definitely a good one.

Surprisingly, after being slapped by Sherlock, Laura didn't breathe on him. Instead, she glanced at him and obediently stood up and went to the kitchen to wash her paws.

Seeing how well-behaved Lara was, Sherlock nodded in satisfaction. He even ran to Lara's side and gave her a lesson on just how dirty claws would get if they were retracted into the body without being washed, and especially on whether the person he was attacking might have infectious diseases, among other things.

Despite rolling her eyes so hard they almost reached the sky at Sherlock's nagging, which sounded like a mother's nagging, Laura surprisingly didn't utter a single word in rebuttal.

For Lara, who grew up in the cold, icy laboratories of Hydra, kindness shown by strangers like Sherlock was incredibly precious when evil and cruelty were the norm.

In addition, the Flerken and Doro's filters further amplified Lara's vigilance, which is what made her lower her guard.

After watching Laura wash her paws and hands clean, Sherlock let her go to share the big orange and grapefruit with Doro and Orange, while he went to continue looking at Laura's information.

The information naturally contains Lara's origin story, and after reading the whole thing, Sherlock can only say that Hydra is truly amazing, managing to touch upon the most basic bio-alchemy, or perhaps a different name would be more familiar to people.

Mendel's hybridization experiments!

The only difference is that Mendel used peas, while Hydra used people!

Lara's origins are actually not complicated. Hydra, backed by S.H.I.E.L.D., selected many physically strong, regenerative, and long-lived individuals, then harvested their DNA for hybridization and activated that DNA using rays or energy.

Finally, these DNA samples were used for surrogacy cloning, and from the resulting clones, those who performed well were selected for another round of extraction and hybridization.

After rounds of elimination and screening, only 25 test subjects remained.

Among these 25 test subjects, Hydra began to conduct various experiments and bone replacement surgeries in an extremely brutal manner, partly to verify their physical characteristics and partly to enable the test subjects to gain greater power.

The entire experiment was known as Project X, and Laura was Project X's 23rd subject, and the only one to survive.

The experimental records also made Sherlock realize just how valuable Lara was. It's no exaggeration to say that if this information were leaked, Lara would likely face the pursuit of every organization in the world.

The reason is simple: Lara may very well be the key to immortality for humanity.

Although immortality seems more like a curse to Sherlock, it is a sweet treat for those in positions of power!

After reviewing all of Lara's data, Sherlock almost without hesitation activated his alchemy, causing the computer in his hand and all the data related to Lara to physically vanish into thin air.

The crimson lightning that Sherlock unleashed when he used alchemy caught Laura's eye, astonishing her greatly. She stared at Sherlock with a look of surprise and confusion.

Sherlock naturally noticed Lara staring at him. After destroying all of Lara's data, Sherlock turned around and looked at Lara with a smile, saying something to her.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Didn't Doro tell you that I'm the target Hydra is planning to assign to you? The alchemist from the Battle of New York?"

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Laura responded to Sherlock's free and intelligent gaze, even though she knew that if she were to become a Hydra warrior after her creation, the enemies Hydra would assign her would be the so-called alchemists.

But in fact, Lara had no idea what alchemy was or what an alchemist meant. She even thought it was a person's name!

Looking at Laura's intelligent eyes, Sherlock's lips twitched. His gaze fell on the wide sofa where Doro and Orange, a cat and a human, were happily eating a large orange on the coffee table.

Sherlock suddenly felt a sense of responsibility and a long road ahead.

I'm an alchemist with an extreme thirst for knowledge, so why are there more and more illiterate people in my family?

While Doro and Orange might be sent to school because of their appearance, Laura doesn't have that problem. Most importantly, Laura seems to be just the right age to start school.

For a moment, Sherlock felt a sense of joy, as if the village had finally produced a college student.

However, before that, Sherlock must resolve Lara's connection to Hydra and understand Lara's personality and physical problems.

After all, vibranium bones don't grow, while Lara's obviously do. So, for now, Sherlock still faces quite a few problems.

After letting out a helpless sigh, Sherlock beckoned to Laura. When Laura came to him, Sherlock tried to explain to her in a gentle and calm tone.

"Next, I will examine your body. You will see that scarlet lightning again. Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you, please trust me?"

When Laura approached him, Sherlock patiently explained the situation to her, looking into her eyes with sincerity throughout.

Laura could feel Sherlock's concern and the sincerity in his eyes. After thinking for a moment, Laura slowly nodded to Sherlock.

With Lara's consent, Sherlock took her hand and activated the All-Knowing Analyzer to check on her condition.

However, upon investigation, Sherlock was surprised to find that Lara was actually not going to survive in her current condition. Fortunately, there was an energy within Lara's body that was slowly repairing her.

However, the problem is the same: the more that energy repairs Lara's body, the more Lara's growth is limited by her vibranium skeleton.

This situation was causing Sherlock a great deal of trouble.

Of course, compared to his headache, Sherlock was more envious, because he could clearly sense what exactly that energy that was repairing Laura's body was.

Lao Jun, just how many good things have you given Doro behind my back?!

After Sherlock finished examining Laura, he looked at Doro, who was sitting on the sofa eating an orange, and his mouth was practically watering.

As for Lara's physical problems, Sherlock didn't have any good solutions. He could only think of two solutions at the moment. One was to adjust Lara's vibranium skeleton with alchemy to match her growth, fusing more vibranium to simulate Lara's growth.

The other option is to find a bald man and have him use the Time Stone to temporarily maintain Lara's current state.

The former is time-consuming and laborious, but it can solve the root cause, while the latter, although simple and convenient, only treats the symptoms and not the root cause.

Most importantly, regardless of whether he chooses to treat the symptoms or the root cause, the first problem facing Sherlock is how to get Hydra to temporarily abandon its focus on Lara.

Chapter 277 Laura's Arrangements

After examining Lara's body with alchemy, Sherlock sent her off to play with Doro and the others, while he sat there watching the three little ones sharing an orange, pondering how to get Hydra to give up on Lara.

But after much thought, Sherlock realized that the only way to get Hydra to temporarily abandon its focus on Lara was to create something that would attract Hydra's attention even more than Lara herself.

If we were to say what could make Hydra overlook Lara and focus all her attention on one thing, it would probably be just one thing: being discovered by S.H.I.E.L.D.

Or to put it more bluntly, he's been targeted by the Avengers.

After going around in circles, the story eventually came back to her, which made Sherlock feel extremely frustrated. He couldn't help but sigh, "What a life of toil!"

You should know that when Sherlock first transmigrated, he was determined to be a lazy bum and enjoy a peaceful life.

However, ever since Tony was kidnapped, the so-called peaceful life has become increasingly distant from Sherlock's reality. It can only be said that seeking a peaceful life in the Marvel world is somewhat delusional.

Sherlock sighed helplessly before standing up to prepare lunch for the three little ones. After all, the afternoon had been peaceful, and Sherlock was determined not to let that peace pass him by.

The peaceful days continued until the next morning, when Sherlock, along with his three little ones, knocked on the door of Zhao Weike's house next door early in the morning.

After having breakfast at Zhao Weike's house with the three little ones, Doro stood up and began to apologize to Helen, Anna, and Mindy, explaining that he had sneaked out to play, including how he had rescued Laura.

Helen was just an ordinary woman who didn't know what Hydra was. But after hearing about Laura's ordeal, she immediately took on the role of a mother, tearfully embracing Laura and crying, while constantly trying to comfort her.

Laura, who was completely unfamiliar with emotions, was overwhelmed by Helen's overwhelming emotions, but she didn't dislike them. With prompting from Anna and Mindy, she gently gave Helen a hug.

Seeing the peaceful atmosphere around Helen's house, Sherlock said nothing. After finishing his meal, he gave Zhao Weike, who had also heard Laura's story, a look before heading towards the living room alone.

Thanks to his long-term interaction with Sherlock, Zhao Weike knew Sherlock so well that he could tell what kind of shit the bastard was going to take just by the way Sherlock bent over.

Hmm... the only thing you might not be able to guess is where this jerk will poop.

Therefore, even though Sherlock didn't say anything, he only gave Zhao Weike a look, and Zhao Weike understood Sherlock's meaning almost immediately. He glanced at Helen, who was hugging Laura, and silently took two bottles of beer from the refrigerator and walked towards the living room.

After arriving in the living room, Zhao Weike casually tossed one of the beer bottles toward Sherlock. Sherlock caught it steadily, used his left arm as a bottle opener, and took a sip.

Zhao Weike took this opportunity to sit down and drink a bottle of beer before asking Sherlock a question.

"You intend for Helen to become the child's mother?"

Sherlock didn't hide anything from Zhao Weike's question and nodded frankly.

"Yes, you should be able to see that the child is emotionally empty. Only a 'sun' like Helen can warm her. And compared to my family, I think Laura deserves a 'normal' family with both parents, doesn't she?"

Sherlock looked at Zhao Weike beside him and spoke calmly, but Zhao Weike's brows did not relax. He only had a slight smile on his face, but he was still able to grasp the key points and continue to ask Sherlock questions.

"What should we do about Hydra's attention?"

Upon hearing Zhao Weike's question, Sherlock did not speak this time, but instead fell into an eerie silence, calmly taking a sip of beer.