Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life

Chapter 330 The Birth of a Quality Captain (Part 5)

The captain was naturally aware of the scoundrels' desire to have some fun, but even he was somewhat taken aback by the dramatic situation.

After taking a deep breath, the captain released the seal on his honeyed lips, and the moment the seal was released, words like hellish verses poured out from his honeyed lips.

"Okay, no problem. I'll let this bespectacled die-hard fan see who really is a man's dream. That weak-willed Tony doesn't even dare to compare himself to me. Nobody stop me. I'll let him experience what it means to be a man!"

Oh right, is that all? If not, I'm off to save these beasts who have no sense of aesthetics, and let them learn who the real boss is!

"Damn it, a bunch of idiots who can't even tell the difference between king and queen!"

As the captain spoke, he put his helmet on his head, tightened the straps of his shield, and walked towards the rear drop zone. One of the team members, who understood what the captain was going to do, quickly shouted to him.

"Captain, you haven't brought a parachute yet!"

The captain ignored the teammate's shouts, opened the rear cabin door of the plane, and with a wicked smile like that of a dragon king on his face, started rapping as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Parachute? What the hell does that sissy thing have to do with me? Watch closely, I'll demonstrate once: real men never use parachutes!"

After saying that, the captain jumped down, completely ignoring the stunned looks on the faces of the people in the cabin.

On the contrary, Black Widow smiled and looked at her teammates, then spoke with an elegant smile to the teammate with Crossbones next to her.

"Excuse me, I'm not a man. Could you give me a parachute?"

After receiving the parachute from the seemingly still-unresponsive Crossbones henchman, Black Widow quickly donned the parachute and headed towards the rear cabin.

However, before Black Widow could jump, Captain America's rap began playing over everyone's comms, accompanied by screams and sounds of fighting.

The rap was extremely beautiful; in comparison, the leader had already held back when they were inside the cabin.

As the captain's regional poem, which used profanity as punctuation, began to play, even Black Widow's lips twitched slightly as she prepared to parachute, let alone Crossbones and the others.

Seeing Black Widow already standing at the airplane cabin door, Crossbones subconsciously asked her a question.

"Um, has the captain always been like this?"

Upon hearing Crossbones' question, Black Widow's lips twitched even more. How to put it? Now, Black Widow completely understood why Captain America nodded and then shook his head back then.

However, it was obvious that Black Widow had no intention of telling Crossbones this news, and could only say it to Crossbones with an awkward smile.

"Maybe the captain is just a bit excited today."

After saying that, Black Widow also jumped off the plane without stopping, leaving Crossbones' team looking at each other in confusion inside the cabin.

Well, judging from the Captain's regional epic rap performance that's still playing over the communications, Crossbones even feels that the Captain is more suited to the Hydra identity than he is.

That was a really hurtful insult!

What no one noticed was that from the moment the captain began performing the prologue of the regional epic in the cabin, a girl with twin ponytails from Guangdong was constantly watching everyone from a corner. She was even monitoring the conversations on the communication channel.

Unbeknownst to everyone present, in a house in a high-end neighborhood in faraway New York, a young man named Sherlock was laughing so hard he was doubled over as he watched the live feed transmitted back to his computer screen.

After laughing, Sherlock opened an editing software almost without hesitation, found the history, dragged the video into the software, and began working on the file that was already more than half finished.

The name of a project file is clearly marked at the top of the software.

The Birth of a Quality Captain - Part Two - The Honey-Smoothed Afro

As for whether this feature-length documentary, "The Birth of a Quality Captain," will ever be released, well, who can say for sure what the future holds?

After Sherlock edited the video sent back by the twin ponytails, he got bored and then activated his alchemy to make the editing run automatically. At Zhao Weike's invitation, he went to the club next door for a drink.

Well, over this period of time, the club called PAB and the PAB motorcycle gang have actually been successfully established under Sherlock's management.

Most importantly, the scum in the club actually gave them face. After all, there are many professions, and it's normal for there to be a few directors and actors among them, plus Sherlock's penchant for creating drama.

What was originally just a local alcoholism group has now become a minor internet celebrity.

The "Eight Drinks of Wine" series, which was filmed, has been very popular.

Among them, the eight drinks—Mountain Drink, Star Valley Drink, Sky Drink, Full Moon Drink, Whale Drink, Snow Dream Drink, Sunset Drink, and Dark Cave Drink—have been dubbed the "God of Wine Challenge" by netizens and have even sparked a huge trend of imitation online.

Of course, none of the many imitators could match the magnificent yet passionate feeling captured by PAB.

Among all the videos released by the PAB community, the most criticized aspect of almost every video, aside from the scenery, is the heavy use of pixelation.

The mosaic, so thick that only human figures are visible, combined with the PAB members' joyful laughter as they drink and the clinking of glasses, along with the magnificent scenery around them, almost makes you want to tear off the mosaic and join in.

After all, no one can resist the joy and intense sense of freedom emanating from the videos, which is so strong that it seems to burst out of the screen. As a result, the most common comment under each video is this.

'Is there anything my esteemed VIP status can't watch? If not, upload it to Pixiv, and I'll pay to watch it!'

Of course, both Sherlock and the scumbags who like to relax in the alcoholic club completely ignore such suggestions.

Well, as you know, the video website review standards and PAB's drinking rules are contradictory in any place, except for P-site.

Of course, no one would actually watch drinking videos posted by the PAB group on a website like Pixiv, right?

Furthermore, since the gang itself is a gathering of prominent figures in the community, the use of mosaics is necessary to ensure that their identities are not leaked.

Nevertheless, any fan who follows the PAB group knows the rules of the PAB group. After all, under the heavy mosaic, the PAB group rules shouted together before they started drinking, as well as the clothes thrown around, have become watermarks in the video.

Unfortunately, Sherlock's days as an internet celebrity didn't last long before he was interrupted.

And the one who interrupted Sherlock was none other than Tony, whose character and PAB group were the perfect match!

Chapter 331 Bull and Horse Tony

Although Sherlock was the one who initially proposed transforming the floating base of the Red House into the Avengers' Space Watch Tower, it was actually Tony who paid the most for this idea.

Yes, in addition to funding the floating tower renovation project, Tony also incorporated most of his technical expertise into the renovation process of the watchtower base.

It is precisely because of this that Tony's style in the entire floating tower has become increasingly distinctive, and the part that Tony has invested the most in is the AI ​​butler of the entire floating tower.

Tony actually had more than just Jarvis and Friday as AI programs, but when it came to the floating tower, he didn't choose the existing AI programs. Instead, he chose to have Jarvis replicate itself and then import the replicated AI program into the floating tower.

Jarvis's self-replication is not as simple as copying and pasting, but rather a new AI program copied based on its own underlying code.

Although this process seems complicated, it can be simply understood as Jarvis transforming into a mother and giving birth to a child, and Tony placing the child on a floating tower.

Tony named this newly born AI the White Queen.

Of course, the reason for this complicated process, rather than simply replacing it with the existing AI, is quite simple: Tony's plan for the entire floating tower is not just about creating a base for the Avengers.

In Tony's plan, the floating tower should be an early warning station for the Avengers to avoid alien invasion and to prevent various forces on Earth from wanting to destroy or rule the world.

This requires the AI ​​inside the floating tower to not only assist the management personnel inside the tower in operating it, but also to conduct comprehensive monitoring of the universe and Earth.

Of course, whether it's external or internal surveillance, only Tony knows about it so far, since such surveillance is neither legal nor enjoyable.

This is especially true for the targets being monitored.

Yes, aside from focusing on those wicked maggots, Tony's internal surveillance was mostly concentrated on S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers.

For S.H.I.E.L.D., Tony believed that S.H.I.E.L.D. should not be a monopoly without any oversight, so S.H.I.E.L.D. was almost always Tony's top priority for surveillance.

For the Avengers, Tony's surveillance was mainly to prevent any bad things from happening. For example, with the uncontrollable Hulk under Tony's supervision, if the Hulk went berserk, Tony could react in time to gather the Avengers to clean up the mess.

All of this was done without attracting anyone's attention, but precisely because of this, Tony's ability to receive warnings was not as timely or accurate as he himself imagined.

For example, regarding S.H.I.E.L.D.'s surveillance, Tony can only see S.H.I.E.L.D.'s public information and classified intelligence below Level 4, but in terms of early warning alone, this should be sufficient.

Of course, Tony wasn't entirely without his own motives. For example, in the Avengers, aside from the Hulk, who was an unstable factor, Tony's second most important person to care about was Sherlock.

However, compared to the Hulk, the main reason for focusing on Sherlock was not because they were worried that Sherlock might do something drastic to destroy the world, but because they wanted to see how much dirt Sherlock still had on them, and whether they could obtain copies of the dirt Sherlock had stored up.

Well, Tony isn't exactly a saint either. It would be a lie to say he wasn't interested in this kind of entertainment, especially the scandalous revelation of Black Widow's changing clothes that Sherlock had brought up—that's something Tony can't forget.

Although this might feel a bit unfair to Black Widow and Pepper Potts, Tony swears that he was absolutely looking at it with a critical eye!

Unfortunately, Tony didn't find what he was looking for in Sherlock's computer and phone, but it wasn't a complete loss.

Aside from the documentary series Sherlock was editing, titled "The Birth of a Quality Captain," Tony also happily acquired a considerable amount of uncensored footage from Sherlock's PAB group.

Well, if Captain America's documentary made Tony laugh out loud and was a relaxing experience, then PAB's videos made Tony feel a little jealous.

Why should I be working like a slave here while you're out there having a good time?

Most importantly, since Tony gave up those supermodel parties, this was the first time he had discovered that even without the fancy tricks that Rabbit would call a den of wolves, just drinking could be so enjoyable.

This discovery greatly intrigued Tony, who even considered taking a few days off to attend a PAB group gathering.

However, just as Tony was really determined to go to PAB's drinking party, a piercing alarm suddenly sounded in his laboratory in the floating tower.

The alarm interrupted Tony's plan to go have a drink with Sherlock. He turned off the alarm with a serious expression and began to investigate what had happened.

However, this inspection left Tony feeling quite uneasy.

The main reason the alarm went off was because Captain America and Black Widow were on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s wanted list!

Most importantly, the list clearly states "regardless of life or death!"

Upon witnessing this scene, Tony gasped and immediately pulled out his phone to call Eggman, but no matter how many times Tony called, Eggman did not answer.

Seemingly sensing the seriousness of the situation, Tony had the White Queen retrieve a lot of previous information about the Captain, while trying to contact Sherlock, the Captain, and Black Widow.

Unfortunately, Tony couldn't contact his three teammates at all, and he had no way of getting any information. All Tony knew was that Captain America and Blackie had apparently had a fight, and that Blackie had been attacked and was in critical condition.

Meanwhile, S.H.I.E.L.D. shifted all the blame for the attack on Blackie onto Captain America.

Even Tony, after seeing the AI's rudimentary conclusion, knew something bad was about to happen.

Without further hesitation, Tony donned his armor and left the floating tower, flying towards Sherlock's house in New York.

It's obvious that Tony, who has been monitoring Sherlock for so long, has figured out where Sherlock is right now. If nothing unexpected happens, Sherlock should be in the bar next door drinking with those scumbags from the alcohol club!

And indeed, Tony's guess was correct.

When he pushed open the door to the strangely named neighborhood bar, he saw Sherlock, reeking of alcohol and wearing only his underwear, wrestling with one of the drunkards at a large round table.

Most importantly, the guys around them carrying bottles of liquor not only didn't try to stop them, but were even waving their drinks and banknotes and betting like crazy!

Chapter 332 Zhao Weike: Spreading a Rumor Casually

After witnessing this scene, Tony's fascination with Sherlock's alcoholic society vanished instantly. Tony simply couldn't imagine what would happen if he were the one at the table.

If any of these guys had any ulterior motives, I'd probably be on the front page the next day, right? Little Chili would probably just kill me!

Tony's lips twitched non-stop as he watched this absurd scene unfold before him.

Fortunately, Tony still had some sense and managed to control his urge to record. With a dark expression, he hid inside his armor and rushed forward, using the armor's strength to lift Sherlock off the table. Without saying a word, he dragged Sherlock outside.