Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life

Chapter 419 Tony's Condition

I slept without any dreams.

Sherlock slept until the sun was high in the sky before lazily sitting up in his big bed, stretching and exuding a relaxed and languid feeling.

As the saying goes, no gold nugget or silver nugget is as good as one's own grass nugget. Although he could actually achieve so-called zero-gravity sleep on interstellar travel spaceships and even when staying overnight on alien planets, Sherlock would always find it more comfortable to sleep in his own bedroom at home.

After taking a quick shower and changing into a set of loose, comfortable loungewear, Sherlock scratched his bottom, yawned, and walked out of his room towards the downstairs.

When Sherlock arrived in the living room, Sister Flower had already gotten up and was engrossed in reading the book that the Ancient One had given her on the sofa.

"Good morning, Sister Hua!"

"morning!"

Sherlock lazily greeted Sister Hua and then went to the kitchen to enjoy the breakfast she had prepared.

When traveling inside the spaceship, this had become a habit for everyone on board. Sister Hua was always the one who got up the earliest and went to bed the earliest, so she was always in charge of the morning meals for everyone on the ship.

In the kitchen, a classic Japanese breakfast was already prepared and waiting for Sherlock.

Sherlock didn't stand on ceremony. After lazily finishing his breakfast, he washed the dishes and then made two iced Americanos. He brought one of the iced Americanos to Sister Hua and handed it to her.

Hua Jie didn't refuse the coffee Sherlock offered, and took a sip. Sherlock, on the other hand, plopped down on the sofa not far from Hua Jie and said to her.

"I might have to go out again soon to visit Tony in Los Angeles. I've already spoken with Helen and the others. Zhao Weike will help you with your identity documents and medical license, and Helen will also take care of your meals in the near future."

Upon hearing Sherlock's words, Sister Hua shifted her attention from the book to Sherlock, smiling and nodding at him.

"No problem, Helen has already told me. Helen and I even made plans to go shopping together this afternoon to buy some clothes. Don't worry about me. If you have any questions, you can just call me. You know I never shy away from fighting."

Upon hearing Hua Jie's words, Sherlock could only twitch his lips, inwardly cursing Hua Jie's so-called 'battle'.

To be honest, is what you call a fight? If you were to actually fight, it would have been a massacre, okay?

Of course, Sherlock wouldn't dare say this outright. He could only nod to Sister Hua before taking a bank card out of his four-dimensional pocket, placing it on the coffee table, and pushing it towards her.

"I just buy whatever I like. Although I'm not rich in the universe, I'm financially independent on this little patch of earth."

Unexpectedly, Sister Hua didn't seem surprised at all by Sherlock's words. She just smiled, raised her eyebrows, and took the bank card that Sherlock offered before speaking to him.

"Then I shall respectfully accept your offer."

This should have been a very ordinary sentence, but for some reason, Sherlock felt that something was off, especially when he saw the meaningful smile on Sister Hua's face. This feeling reached its peak.

Before Sherlock could say anything, the meaningful smile on Sister Hua's face vanished without a trace, as if it had never existed.

This situation caused Sherlock's lips to twitch again.

Based on Sherlock's understanding of Hua Jie, this woman wouldn't admit to anything she didn't want to, even if caught red-handed, let alone the fact that Sherlock had no idea what Hua Jie was trying to do.

Sometimes, Sherlock really envies the Ancient One's Time Stone!

Scratching his head, Sherlock decided to temporarily give up trying to figure out what Hua Jie was up to. Anyway, no matter what Hua Jie wanted to do, the million dollars in her bank account should be enough for her to squander.

Seeing that he had nothing more to say to Sister Hua, Sherlock stood up, went upstairs to change his clothes, greeted Sister Hua, and then used the Space Stone to open a portal to appear at the gate of Tony's seaside villa in Los Angeles.

The good news is that this time, when Sherlock pushed open the villa door, it did not arouse Jarvis's suspicion. In fact, when Jarvis saw that it was Sherlock, his welcome was tinged with a hint of joy.

The bad news is that although Sherlock wasn't stopped by Jarvis, the moment he pushed open the door to Tony's villa, he was knocked over by the smell inside.

Sherlock had to leave the villa, covering his entire body with his armor as a scent barrier before he could re-enter Tony's villa.

But as soon as he stepped inside, Sherlock was stunned by what he saw, and even felt a sense of waste.

Tony's once luxurious villa is now no different from a junkyard.

In the living room, takeout boxes were piled up haphazardly on the dining table, and the leftover food inside had even started to grow mold and rot.

The kitchen sink was piled high with unwashed dishes, and there were even some food items in the pots that were no longer recognizable.

The entire villa was covered in engine oil and dust, which somehow created a 'passage' connecting the basement garage, the main entrance, and the living room.

More importantly, the smell throughout the villa was really hard to accept.

The smell of metal mixed with the odor of engine oil, along with the smell of rotting food, filled the entire villa.

"Jarvis! Did Tony move or did he divorce Pepper?"

Sherlock stared in disbelief at the mansion that resembled a junkyard and asked Jarvis.

"Mr. Sherlock, first of all, Mr. Tony and Ms. Pepper are not married, so there is no possibility of divorce. Ms. Pepper is currently on a month-long visit to Europe, and if the itinerary does not change, she will probably be back in about five days."

As for Tony, I've already woken him up. He's in the garage right now, and you should see him soon.

As Jarvis's voice fell, the next second, a 'homeless man' rushed out of the passage leading to the underground parking garage.

He really is a 'homeless person'!

No, to be more precise, even a homeless person would be cleaner than this filthy guy in front of him. In fact, if it weren't for the blue-glowing arc reactor visible on his chest, Sherlock wouldn't have believed that this thing, who looked like a homeless person, was actually Tony!

Chapter 420 Anti-Tony Armor

The moment Tony appeared, the ammonia levels inside Sherlock's armor began to rise gradually as Tony approached.

Seeing this, Sherlock summoned the Spear of Longinus almost without hesitation, locking the tip of the spear firmly onto Tony, who was charging towards him.

Upon witnessing Sherlock's actions, Tony abruptly stopped in his tracks, his eyes filled with disbelief as he looked at Sherlock.

"Sherlock, you..."

Before Tony could finish speaking, Sherlock used the Lancer's ability to perform targeted alchemy on Tony from a distance.

The next second, Tony's clothes disappeared without a trace, and in their place appeared a respirator-like device on Tony's face.

Sherlock's sudden display of alchemy gave Tony a bad feeling, and he almost instinctively wanted to run away. However, Sherlock did not give Tony a chance to escape.

As the alchemy continued to activate, the floor beneath Tony's feet instantly turned into a puddle of water. The water, like a venomous snake, crawled up Tony's body and easily locked onto him.

Before Tony could even struggle, the water snake that had been locking onto him began to expand, turning into a water sphere that enveloped him in the blink of an eye.

Although Tony was still able to breathe, it was clear that he had realized what Sherlock was up to.

"Sherlock! Wait! I..."

Before Tony could even begin his struggle, Sherlock had already started his alchemy.

As Sherlock's alchemy was activated, the water sphere that had been calmly locking Tony in began to spin rapidly. Most importantly, the water sphere did not always spin in one direction.

Sometimes it rotates clockwise, sometimes counterclockwise, and sometimes it even rotates up and down.

Tony was completely enveloped in this giant water sphere, just like the clothes inside a washing machine—a front-loading washing machine, no less!

"Sherlock! I'm going to bang you down! You better stop banging away, you fucking banging away!"

Tony struggled desperately inside the water sphere while cursing at Sherlock, but Sherlock clearly had no intention of stopping and instead increased his strength.

How to put it? It's like upgrading from a regular quick wash to a powerful wash. While Tony and Sherlock were being washed, they were even complaining about the environment.

"What are you babbling about? I can't hear you! Jarvis!"

“Mr. Sherlock, I’m here. I think Mr. Tony might be on the verge of death.”

Jarvis always responds quickly, even subconsciously trying to persuade Sherlock that it's okay for Tony to wash up, since he couldn't stand seeing Tony so slovenly.

But isn't that a bit too rough?

However, it was obvious that Sherlock did not heed Jarvis's advice. While continuing to clean Tony's water balloon, he ran to the bathroom, grabbed a bag of laundry detergent, cut it open, and poured it directly into the water balloon before saying to Jarvis in an annoyed tone.

"Never mind that, or I'll clean your motherboard too! Don't worry, you won't die! But if Tony keeps going like this, even if I don't clean your motherboard, Pepper might clean it when she gets back!"

Upon hearing Sherlock's words, Jarvis decisively abandoned the idea of ​​saving Tony and, with a strong will to survive, continued speaking to Sherlock.

"What are your orders, Mr. Sherlock?"

"Contact a cleaning service, a deep cleaning team. I'll be away with Tony for a few days, and I hope that when Tony and I return, the villa will be restored to its original condition! The cost will be deducted from Tony's account!"

"Jarvis! Glug glug glug! I glug glug glug..."

Sherlock didn't stand on ceremony and gave Jarvis the order directly, while Tony struggled as he heard Sherlock's words.

However, it was obvious that Sherlock ignored Tony's struggles, and even Jarvis ignored Tony. Sherlock intensified the cleansing efforts.

It took Sherlock a full half hour, during which he even changed Tony's water once, before finally completing Tony's cleaning mission.

After using his spear to control the gray water sphere to throw it directly into the sea from the balcony, Sherlock returned, repairing the missing floorboards while looking at Tony, who was lying on the ground with a look of utter despair, and asked him a question.

"What exactly is the situation between you and the captain?"

After experiencing what it felt like to be a piece of clothing thrown into a washing machine, Tony exuded a Zen-like aura, seemingly devoid of any desire for anything.

After hearing Sherlock's words, Tony didn't even glance at Sherlock, and looked completely lost in thought and utterly dejected as he spoke to Sherlock.

"I do not know."

Upon hearing Tony's words, Sherlock, who had just finished repairing the floor, instantly transformed the spear in his hand into a thick baseball bat and slung it over his shoulder.

The moment Tony saw the baseball bat on Sherlock's shoulder, he jumped up from the floor.

"You dare to be a traitor!!!"

With Tony's roar, the huge floor-to-ceiling windows in the living room of Tony's villa were smashed open by objects crashing through them from the outside in the next second.

The object that smashed the glass continued its momentum after entering the villa, flying towards Tony's direction.

With a series of metallic clanging sounds, the flying objects were embedded in Tony's body one by one, gradually taking on the appearance of Tony's classic armor.

However, as the number of parts increased, Tony, who had been able to maintain his cool pose, gradually became flustered. Fortunately, although he was a little flustered, the parts were all placed on Tony's body in the intended positions.

All the way up to the most crucial and final spot: the crotch area.

As the last piece of armor, the groin armor, appeared, Tony originally planned to do a cool backflip and land in a classic superhero style.

However, it is clear that the technology or rather the tuning of this armor is not yet mature, and the impact force of the last piece of the groin part that flew over seems to be a bit too great.

The moment Tony leaped into the air, the groin part slammed into him. With a cry of pain, the armor that had been covering Tony crumbled into pieces on the ground, and Tony himself, clutching his 'weak point,' was curled up like a shrimp on the ground.

Upon seeing Tony's miserable state, Sherlock was stunned for a moment before bursting into laughter, tears welling up in his eyes.

"No offense, Tony, but I know you've always wanted to create a suit of armor that's supposed to be anti-anyone, but I never imagined you'd actually be anti-yourself? What's the Mark number of this Anti-Tony suit? I swear I have to collect this Anti-Tony suit!"

Chapter 421 The Aliens' Perverse Pleasures