Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life

After all, they are all adults, and such temptations are simply too great.

The captain, on the other hand, was simply curious.

Even setting aside the captain, if one day you were presented with something that allowed you to experience another species, I believe that as long as it wasn't a disgusting creature like a mosquito, fly, or cockroach, no one would refuse such a fantastic experience.

On the contrary, Rhode, after hearing Sherlock's words, and because he was in the middle of sailing and did not notice Tony and the captain's eyes, and had not experienced the mustache pill incident before.

Therefore, when Sherlock presented the pill to him, his first reaction after hearing Sherlock's explanation was to open the small box and swallow the pill directly.

As the pill went down his throat, a sharp pain shot through Rhodes' body the next second, causing him to instinctively scream.

From the perspective of others, the moment Rhode swallowed the pill, his entire body 'exploded'—physically exploded—and turned into strips of flesh. Those strips of flesh even transformed into tentacles in less than a breath.

"Ah! Hmm? So fast?"

The transformation was so fast that before Rhode could even finish his scream, he had already turned from a human into a proper tentacle monster.

The moment he transformed into a tentacle monster, Rhode began manipulating his tentacles to stabilize the ship's rudder while simultaneously experiencing the wondrous sensations of his new body.

"Hey Tony, you know what? This thing is way more interesting than being human!"

As Rhode manipulated his tentacles to resemble seaweed on the deck, he excitedly spoke to Tony, but after saying this, Rhode's brows furrowed slightly.

"I don't know why, but I feel so hungry! Guys, does anyone have any food? Give me some, I feel like I'm so hungry I could eat a whole cow!"

Upon hearing Rhodes's words, Sherlock decisively pulled a box from his tentacle mass and threw it at Rhodes's feet. Meanwhile, Rhodes was multitasking, using his tentacles to control the ship's rudder while simultaneously tearing open the tape on the box, marveling at how useful his tentacles were.

Rhodes' tentacles precisely and deftly tore open the plastic strip of the box, revealing neatly arranged objects inside, resembling compressed biscuits.

After casually rolling up a few pieces with his tentacles, Rod tore open the packaging bag, revealing a black solid substance that looked bouncy and resembled hawthorn cake.

After taking a bite, Rod savored it and even had the mind to comment on it.

"It tastes good, sweet and sour. Sherlock, what is this?"

In response to Rhodes's question, Sherlock answered with a smile.

"Energy blocks are a staple food from the lowest levels of the interstellar civilization's Eternal Night City. One energy block can guarantee a person's minimum daily calorie consumption, making it an essential food for the people at the bottom of Night City."

"Interstellar civilization? Aliens? Sherlock, it seems your life has been quite exciting lately! Tell me about aliens sometime!"

While stuffing an energy block into his mouth, Rhode mumbled something to Sherlock. Only Tony, upon hearing the familiar name, stood up without hesitation, rolled his eyes, and walked into the cabin.

As of now, Tony is the only one capable of flying, so he decided to use his armor to scout ahead first.

Shortly after Tony entered the cabin, the Mark 42 took off into the sky. The three people on deck didn't pay any attention to this, or rather, their attention was completely elsewhere than on Tony.

The captain, watching the two tentacle monsters constantly dangling in front of him, was incredibly curious about what it was like to be a tentacle monster.

Especially when watching Rhode stuffing one alien energy block after another into his mouth, the captain began to wonder what it tasted like.

Seeing that the captain's gaze kept shifting between himself and Rhodes, and then between the energy block, Sherlock decisively used his tentacles to pick up a piece and hand it to the captain.

When the captain saw that Sherlock had given him a piece, he didn't stand on ceremony and tore open the packaging before starting to eat it.

"You know what, it's actually quite delicious, sweet and sour. Sherlock, what is this stuff made of? It tastes really good!"

The captain ate while remarking on the subject.

Seeing that the captain had also eaten the energy cube, Sherlock's mischievous side finally came out. With a sly smile, he answered the captain's question with just two words.

"cockroach!"

As Sherlock finished speaking, both the captain and Rhodes stopped chewing instantly, their mouths twitching as they looked at Sherlock's sly, mischievous grin.

Although the taste in the mouth is still quite pleasant, after knowing the raw materials of this thing, chewing it is a complete challenge to the limits of human psychology.

The captain forced himself to swallow the energy block in his mouth, suppressing his nausea. He casually tossed the energy block into the sea, gave Rhodes an awkward smile, and then quietly shrank into a corner, took out his phone, pretended to be busy, and stopped talking.

As for Rhodes, he really is a ruthless guy. After staring at the captain with a resentful look for a while, Rhodes actually gritted his teeth and put the energy block into his mouth again, chewing mechanically.

While chewing, he was quietly comforting himself.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, Rhodes, you're a soldier! What kind of bizarre things haven't you eaten during wilderness survival training? Besides, cockroaches are insects with extremely medicinal value. It's okay, it's okay, you can eat them..."

Despite repeatedly reassuring himself and mechanically stuffing the energy cube into his mouth while maintaining a tough-guy demeanor, seemingly indifferent, Rhodes was actually at his wit's end.

This thing is disgusting, but just like its name suggests, it's an energy block and it really fills you up. In the current situation, having anything to eat is already a blessing, and I absolutely cannot be picky anymore... Bullshit!

"Fuck you! Sherlock, you little brat, you're going to get yourself killed!!!"

Rhodes, who had been holding back for a long time, finally couldn't hold back anymore. He waved his tentacles and pounced on Sherlock, throwing him into the sea without saying a word.

As the two tentacle monsters fell into the sea, the captain silently put away his phone and obediently sat in the driver's seat to continue ensuring the ship's course.

Chapter 465 Tony: Has Rhodes finally stopped being human?

The captain had absolutely no worries about Sherlock and Rhodes falling into the water. After all, Sherlock had already said that after turning into a tentacle monster, he would gain buffs like underwater breathing, which was like returning to his happy hometown. There was nothing to worry about.

Moreover, even if he was worried, the captain felt that the war between the two tentacle monsters was definitely beyond the reach of a tiny human like himself.

Putting everything else aside, after the speedboat left, the sheer scale of the enormous tentacles churning the sea in the area where the two had fallen was something their speedboat, which was practically nothing in comparison, could not possibly participate in.

Therefore, the captain felt no burden at all as he sailed away, and even wanted to get as far away from the battlefield of the two tentacle monsters as possible.

While Sherlock and Rhodes were engaged in their tentacle monster battle, Tony, piloting the Mark 42 armor, was also fighting a major battle with Killian's henchmen inside Air Force One.

Killian's men's method of kidnapping the president was extremely simple and straightforward.

First, he donned the War Machine suit and infiltrated Air Force One. After the plane took off, he opened the suit, walked out, put the president inside, and then used a bomb to create an opening in the cabin, throwing the suit out.

After that, everything was handled remotely. The armor would automatically take the president to their territory, and he could simply jump out using the parachute provided inside Air Force One.

It should have been a very simple matter, since firearms are not particularly effective against the Extremis virus.

However, by sheer coincidence, Tony arrived at that very moment in Mark 42 to scout ahead.

The moment Tony saw the large hole in the plane, he didn't care whether it was a reconnaissance mission or a battle. He immediately piloted the Mark 42 into the cabin and started fighting the little fireman under Killian's command.

In the end, Tony used the chest reactor cannon on his chest to directly eliminate the little fireman, blasting a basketball-sized hole in its chest cavity, thus completely eliminating this troublesome little fireman.

After confirming with the crew that the plane was still controllable and the pilots were confident they could return and make an emergency landing, Tony jumped through the hole without hesitation, staging a spectacular Iron Man rescue.

Using the property that electric current causes muscle contraction, Tony manipulated his armor to create a human bridge in the air, ultimately safely placing the personnel sucked out of the plane into the seawater.

Although he was definitely in a sorry state, at least he survived.

It's important to understand that falling from that height, even if it's seawater below, without the cushioning provided by Tony's armor, the impact might not be much less than the force of an elbow strike to the ground from the 25th floor.

Tony, amidst the cheers of those he rescued, gradually lost himself. With a smirk even harder to suppress than an AK, he was about to leave when a large truck coming from the nearby bridge shattered his armor.

Fortunately, Tony wasn't inside the armor at that moment. Even so, Tony, who was immersed in feeling the power of the Great Luck, was terrified and broke out in a cold sweat. He ripped off the controller on his head and was panting like a broken bellows, as if he had just been pulled out of the water.

It's no exaggeration to say that the oppressive feeling brought by the power of the Great Luck was so strong that it was only because Tony wasn't in his armor that he was actually inside the armor and had a clash with the power of the Great Luck. With Tony's defensive capabilities, he would probably be able to start an adventure in another world just like Sherlock.

After finally catching his breath, Tony, still somewhat shaken, leaned against the cabin wall and returned to the deck.

However, when Tony returned to the deck, he only saw the captain and then asked him in confusion.

"Where are Sherlock and Rhodes?"

Tony had barely finished speaking when Sherlock's voice rang out behind him.

"It's here!"

The moment Captain America and Tony turned to look at the source of the sound, both of them—Captain America, a World War II veteran, and Tony, a well-traveled Avenger and a billionaire who had seen the world's finest things—actually reacted with shock.

"Holy crap!" *2

The two let out a strange cry in unison, and then the captain instinctively pulled Tony behind him, while he himself raised his shield and stared intently in the direction from which the sound had come.

It's no wonder these two reacted this way; Sherlock's appearance at this moment was simply too bizarre.

At this moment, Sherlock had a bamboo dragonfly stuck in his head and was hovering speechlessly at the stern of the ship. Although it didn't seem like anything, it should be noted that Sherlock was still a tentacle monster at this time, and his head was covered with tentacles.

It looks like a head covered in tentacles suspended in mid-air; anyone who sees it would be terrified.

Of course, if it were just that, Captain America and Tony wouldn't have reacted so strongly. What really shocked them was that there was another head hanging from below Sherlock's floating head, also suspended by tentacles!

And the owner of that head was none other than Tony's good friend, Rhodes!

Both are tentacle monsters. Although it's understandable that Sherlock is using his tentacles to suspend Rhodes, visually it looks like Sherlock is suspending a lonely head.

Most importantly, the head was still alive, its face covered in blood, and it was devouring a fish.

This scene is so extreme it's practically a horror movie, exceeding the limits of human endurance. It's only because the sun is shining brightly now; if it were nighttime after sunset, Captain America and Tony wouldn't just be reacting to the situation, they would be launching a full-scale attack.

Sherlock, of course, knew what was going on with the captain and Tony. He rolled his eyes at the two of them, casually tossed Rhodes onto the deck, and then landed on the ship, putting away the bamboo dragonfly on his head.

Before Tony and Captain America could say anything, Sherlock threw a bluefin tuna out of his tentacles.

"The unlucky guy who was just caught in the crossfire will be our dinner tonight. By the way, what's the situation with that Air Force One?"

While tidying himself up, Sherlock calmly asked the Captain and Tony, but neither the Captain nor Tony reacted after hearing Sherlock's question. The Captain, in particular, held his shield up the entire time, facing the tentacle monster version of Rhodes, who was covered in blood and still gnawing on a fish.

Finally, Tony mustered up his courage, peeked out from behind the captain, and asked Sherlock.

"Forget about Killian and the president, and forget about dinner. Sherlock, what's wrong with Rhodes? Has he completely lost his humanity or what?"

Upon hearing Tony's words, Rhodey finally lifted his head from the salmon that was almost completely devoured, rolled his eyes at Tony in annoyance, and said with a speechless expression.

"You're not human! Your whole family is inhuman! You're such a scoundrel, you've never been hungry before. If you were really starving, you'd eat anything, even shit, let alone a raw salmon!"

Chapter 466 Before the Final Battle

Faced with Rhodes' passionate accusations, the captain and Tony gradually lowered their guard, giving Rhodes, whose face was covered in blood, a huge eye roll, and looking in Sherlock's direction with questioning eyes.

Sherlock then spread his hands with his tentacles, looking completely innocent, before explaining to Captain America and Tony.

"Don't look at me like that. In the early stages of transforming into a tentacle monster, you do need to consume a lot of food to ensure your body functions, but that's only in the early stages..."

Before Sherlock could finish speaking, Tony stepped forward and waved his hand, pointing at Rhodes, whose face was covered in blood.

"Are we worried about food safety? We're worried about things getting out of control!"

"Oh, then you don't need to worry at all. It won't get out of control. The blood all over this guy's face is his own. It's just the blood from his nose that I pulled out with my tentacles. A newbie who can't even control his tentacles is trying to challenge a real tentacle monster? Getting his face covered in blood is already a light punishment."

After hearing Tony's concerns, Sherlock realized what Tony and the captain were worried about. He looked at Rhodes, who had just finished eating his salmon, with disdain and even used his tentacles to create a towering middle finger.

Rod: #(°□°) I'll fight you to the death!

The good news is that even though Rhodey lost his mind, Tony and the captain did not. The two of them almost risked their lives to stop Rhodey from going crazy.

The bad news is that after this incident, Rhodes' impression of Sherlock is extremely negative, and he is always thinking about revenge. Unfortunately, Sherlock completely ignores Rhodes.