Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life

For a moment, Little Chili looked at Sister Hua with a hint of admiration in her eyes.

After briefly examining Happy's condition on the hospital bed, Sister Hua frowned slightly. She used her knowledge of the Dao to temporarily control Happy's injuries before straightening up and speaking.

"The patient's condition has been temporarily controlled using the return channel, ensuring it will not continue to deteriorate. Let's stop here for today; using ordinary treatment methods is simply too slow."

If you're willing to trust me, we can discharge the patient tomorrow and arrange a clean, safe place. I should be able to get him fully recovered in about a week.

As she spoke, Sister Hua took out an alcohol wipe from her pocket, cleaned her hands, and told Little Chili and the others her diagnosis.

However, to Sister Hua's surprise, after waiting for a while, she did not receive a reply from the 'patient's family.' Turning her head with a hint of doubt, she was met with Little Chili's extremely admiring gaze.

The moment Sister Hua met Little Chili's adoring gaze, she was stunned for a moment. However, her experience as a senior colleague quickly made her understand why Little Chili was looking at her with such eyes.

With a knowing glance, Sister Hua gave Sherlock and Tony, who were still 'reflecting on their mistakes,' a wicked smile crept across her lips as she spoke to Pepper in the gentlest tone she had ever used.

"Want to learn? It's very simple, just kill them a thousand or eight hundred times."

Little Chili: ? ? ?

Tony: !!!

Sherlock: ?! ?! ?!

"Do not……"

Tony was about to object to Pepper's suggestion when Sherlock's tentacles covered his mouth tightly, completely ignoring his struggles. Sherlock said to Pepper with a sly smile.

“Sister Pepper, you can trust Sister Hua’s judgment. If Sister Hua can’t cure someone in this world, no one else can either! I’ll take Tony back first, and we’ll come back tomorrow to complete Happy’s discharge procedures!”

After saying this, Sherlock decisively used the Space Stone's power to teleport Tony back to Tony's mansion.

Chapter 448 Understanding the Octopus, Becoming the Octopus, Transcending the Octopus

Tony was naturally very unhappy that Sherlock had taken it upon himself to let Sister Fluttershy and Pepper Potts interact. Who knew what kind of monster his Pepper Potts would become after Sister Fluttershy's "teaching by example"?

It's true that he likes Pepper because she's a little pepper, but only if this 'pepper' doesn't turn into the legendary devil pepper! So, unsurprisingly, the brawl that hadn't quite gotten going in the hospital started again in Tony's mansion garage.

Unlike before in the hospital when they had to consider the consequences, the two in the garage were truly going all out. Sherlock frantically tried to control Tony with his tentacles and attempted every strangulation technique he knew. Every now and then, when he remembered he had a spare tentacle, he would curl it into a fist and punch Tony in the face.

Tony was in a similar state, struggling to break free from Sherlock's damn tentacles while seizing every opportunity to punch Sherlock's remaining head.

The two engaged in a passionate brawl (a fight between two noobs) that lasted for nearly half an hour before both of them lay on the ground, panting heavily with bruises and swelling on their faces.

After a while, Sherlock seemed to have recovered somewhat, using his tentacles to prop himself up and looking at Tony, who was still lying on the ground panting like a dead dog.

What are you planning to do next?

Upon hearing Sherlock's question, Tony rolled his eyes at Sherlock in an annoyed tone before speaking to him in a somewhat serious manner.

“Research the armor, and then try to find the culprit! Sherlock, I don’t have many relatives left, Happy is one of them. Although Sister Hua said she can cure Happy as soon as possible, I can’t pretend that nothing happened!”

Hearing Tony's statement, Sherlock didn't say anything. He had originally thought that Tony would just take care of Killian, the mastermind, and that would be the end of it. However, Tony's next words made Sherlock swallow the information that was on the tip of his tongue.

"Besides, instead of worrying about me, you should worry about yourself first! You look like a monster, you'd be easy to get shot if you went out on the street!"

Sherlock: #(°Д°）/(.□.)

"Prepare to die, Tony! I'll be lucky if I don't beat the shit out of you today!"

With his blood pressure soaring, Sherlock is once again locked in combat with Tony!

……

Although Sherlock and Tony seem to be completely incompatible, both of them know perfectly well that Sherlock's behavior, aside from being genuinely angry, is mostly just him helping Tony vent his frustrations.

However, Tony was absolutely right when he said that if Sherlock went out in his current tentacle monster form, he would indeed be an easy target for being shot.

So, after a rather 'friendly' exchange, the two of them went about their own business in Tony's garage.

Tony was studying the alien technology Sherlock had given him, while Sherlock was figuring out how to turn himself back to normal, or at the very least, how to control his tentacles.

With so many of them, Sherlock really couldn't control them, and he even felt like his brain wasn't working properly.

After several failed attempts to regain his human form, Sherlock suddenly remembered that he seemed to have the Seven Deadly Sins as a support soul.

Now that I've turned into a tentacle monster, where did my prosthetic limbs, which were inlaid with the Space Stone and the Seven Deadly Sins, go?

As soon as this thought crossed Sherlock's mind, a metal tentacle appeared in his line of sight the next second.

The moment Sherlock saw the metal tentacles, he was completely dumbfounded.

No? This works too?

Good news, nothing was lost. In fact, with the help of the Seven Deadly Sins, I was able to completely control my tentacles by simulating the multiple brains of an octopus. No matter how many there were, I wouldn't feel as overwhelmed as when I was fighting with Tony before.

The bad news was that the moment Sherlock saw the metal tentacle inlaid with the Space Stone, he knew that turning back would be no easy task.

Of course, that wasn't the worst part. The worst thing was that when Sister Hua and Little Chili returned, while the group was having dinner, the TV signal was suddenly hijacked, and a guy named Mandarin jumped out and threatened the president.

After the television signal was restored, both Tony and Sherlock's cell phones rang immediately, as if they had agreed beforehand.

Tony and Sherlock exchanged a glance before each finding a quiet place to answer their calls. After a while, they returned to the dining table with dark expressions.

“Rhodes just called me. Those heartless maggots pushed him out as a benchmark against that Mandarin, repainted his armor, and gave him the title of Iron Patriot to appease the public.”

Tony finished his phone call with a dark expression, while Sherlock, after hearing Tony's words, smiled slightly and said to Tony.

"Compared to your useless information, I have some gains. Zhao Weike just told me that those black-hearted maggots mobilized Captain America and Black Widow to investigate the so-called Mandarin."

The CIA, FBI, and even the Continental Hotel have begun frantically gathering information about the so-called Mandarin in the underworld; the entire intelligence community has been mobilized.

Upon hearing Sherlock's words, Tony's expression became slightly unnatural for a moment, as if he relaxed for a moment but then tensed up again. He raised an eyebrow at Sherlock, seemingly certain that Sherlock's words would continue.

As Tony expected, Sherlock took a sip of his drink before continuing to speak to Tony.

According to Zhao Weike, the so-called Mandarin appeared out of nowhere, and there was no information to connect him to. However, it is certain that Happy's injury is related to that damned Mandarin.

As for Captain America and Black Widow, according to Zhao Weike, don't expect them to find anything useful. Those heartless maggots have imposed more restrictions on them than John Bull's recipe book; they're more likely to be assigned to protect important figures.

At this point, Sherlock's lips curled into a mocking smile as he continued speaking to Tony.

"Do you know what's most ironic? The most ironic thing is that, although they're using the guise of 'investigation' to carry out 'protection,' the amazing thing is that the person these two are protecting isn't the president who was threatened by the Mandarin!"

???

Upon hearing Sherlock's words, Tony's head was filled with three huge question marks. He looked in Sherlock's direction, somewhat confused, and asked him.

"These heartless maggots went to such lengths to mobilize Captain America and Black Widow, two Avengers, only to find that they weren't protecting the most important person who was threatened? Who else could they be protecting?"

"It's simple, that Steel Patriot who was just pushed out, your good buddy Rhodes!"

Upon hearing Sherlock's answer, Tony paused for a moment, then immediately began to hurl insults.

"Fuck! Don't eat the pickled radishes! These damn maggots deserve to go to hell! Fuck you!"

Chapter 449 Unexpected Situation

Tony was so angry simply because he understood what those heartless maggots were up to, and he was genuinely disgusted by them.

There are only two main reasons why this group of heartless maggots hired Captain and Black Widow under the guise of investigation to carry out protection work.

First, control the development of the situation so that it does not exceed the limits of one's ability to manage it.

Secondly, and most importantly, they're scapegoats!

In other words, when that heavily restrictive 'code of conduct' was placed in front of Captain America and Black Widow, it meant that behind the so-called Mandarin, there was actually a group of heartless maggots involved.

But that's not the most disgusting thing. The most disgusting thing is the conspiracy behind those black-hearted maggots.

This incident appears to be a setup targeting Captain America and Black Widow, but in reality, it's a setup aimed at the Avengers organization as a whole!

To put it simply, these heartless maggots want to negate the Avengers organization by targeting Captain America and Black Widow! More importantly, they are negating the Avengers organization as a whole, not the Avengers heroes!

To put it simply, it's the same old color revolution tactics used by the US: negate the general trend, win over individuals, and ultimately split the entire organization.

Most importantly, after the buffer of S.H.I.E.L.D. disappeared, Captain America and Black Widow still couldn't refuse such a mission. So even though they knew it was a huge pit, Captain America and Black Widow still had to jump in!

What? You're saying those heartless maggots didn't target Tony and Sherlock, but instead targeted Captain America and Black Widow.

It's simple, because they don't dare!

No matter what, Tony is currently the strongest energy and technology giant in the United States, and was even once a member of the military-industrial complex. This background alone is enough to make those black-hearted maggots think twice.

As for Sherlock, the reason why we don't dare to target him is simple: Sherlock's bottom line is much lower than that of people like Captain America and Black Widow.

In layman's terms, Captain America and Black Widow can be treated with respect, but if it were a player like Sherlock Holmes with extremely flexible bottom lines, he might just smear your ancestral graves if you dare to lay a hand on him!

After ranting for a while, Tony stormed into his studio. Pepper Potts looked at the furious Tony with a helpless expression. Tony's anxiety had just shown signs of improvement thanks to Sherlock's guidance, but Happy's attack caused the anxiety that Sherlock had suppressed to resurface.

Watching Tony leave, Sherlock gave Pepper a reassuring look before following Tony into the studio.

After all, Sherlock also needs to figure out his own condition and even think of a way to get out of the house temporarily.

The good news is that Sherlock can still use alchemy in his tentacle form. The bad news is that, because of the tentacles, Sherlock has to devote a lot of computing power to controlling them.

The result was that Sherlock's physical attack power received an epic boost, but alchemy suffered its biggest nerf in history.

After spending the entire night, the only way Sherlock and Tony could think of to get Sherlock out of the house was to put him inside a specially made Iron Man suit.

Sherlock got to experience what it's like to be Shredder, the main villain from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

While Shrek was inside the armor, Sherlock's head was sticking out.

The next morning, Sherlock and Tony, who had stayed up all night, were woken up by their alarm clocks and headed with Flora and Pepper towards Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, which Sherlock had referred to as 'Los Angeles First People's Hospital'.

To everyone's surprise, when the group arrived at the hospital, the main entrance was already blocked by a large number of reporters.

It's unclear who leaked the news that Tony's driver and bodyguard, Happy, was caught in the Mandarin's terrorist attack and was currently hospitalized here, so much so that most of the West Coast media gathered at the hospital entrance, waiting for Tony.

The moment Sherlock saw the reporters, he had a bad feeling.

Unlike the Chinese, the journalists on the American side can be said to have no professional ethics whatsoever, and are even willing to deliberately provoke trouble for the sake of so-called hot topics and traffic.

Despite Pepper Potts and Sherlock repeatedly reminding Tony before he got out of the car, Tony unsurprisingly flew into a rage and revealed his home address under the provocation of the reporters.

He even bluntly told the so-called Mandarin not to keep an eye on the people around him, and to come and challenge him to a one-on-one fight if he had the guts!

Sherlock and Pepper Potts couldn't stop Tony even though they tried!

As a result, the original plan to pick up Happy and go straight back to Tony's mansion was ruined, and Sherlock had to use the power of the Space Stone to send Happy and Flame to his own home.

Sherlock originally wanted Pepper to go to his house with Flora and Happy, since with Flora there, plus Wick Zhao and many Black Widows, Sherlock's neighborhood was undoubtedly the safest place.

However, Pepper Potts was worried about Tony's safety and mental state, so she firmly refused Sherlock, even after Sherlock pleaded with her until his lips were almost worn out.