Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life

Upon hearing Sherlock's words, both Tony and Pepper looked at Doro standing on the coffee table with strange expressions.

It's no wonder they had that expression; after all, Doro said he would capture Maya alive, but they still hadn't seen her!

Especially for Chili Pepper, who was a witness, she hadn't seen Maya at all since she regained consciousness!

But now Doro is saying she captured Maya alive?

Seeing the strange expressions on the faces of the three people in the room, who seemed to want to believe but dare not, Doro, who was standing on the coffee table gesturing wildly, was almost instantly turned into a little dumpling with anger.

He angrily pulled a small purple-gold gourd from his mini four-dimensional pocket and proudly held it above his head.

When Pepper Potts and Tony saw the little gourd that Doro pulled out, neither of them showed any strange expression. But the moment Sherlock saw the little gourd that Doro pulled out, he almost popped his eyes out!

No, is that right?

Lao Jun, just how much do you like Doro that you even prepared a copy of such a treasure for him?

Looking at Sherlock, whose eyes were wide open and whose jaw was almost dropping to the ground, and Doro, who was standing on the coffee table proudly holding up his purple-gold gourd, a bold conjecture appeared in the mind of Tony, who was completely clueless on the other side.

"Sherlock, don't tell me Maya is inside this little gourd?"

Unfortunately, Sherlock completely ignored Tony on the other side, his eyes gleaming with a captivating light of longing as he looked at the small purple-gold gourd in Doro's hand.

Although Sherlock desperately wanted the Purple Gold Gourd passed down from Laozi in Doro's possession, as Doro's elder, Sherlock still had to maintain some dignity.

Just as Sherlock was pondering how to trick Doro into giving him the purple-gold gourd so he could study it, he suddenly seemed to realize something.

With a look of disbelief and a hint of probing, he cautiously asked Doro.

"Doro, the temperature of the Killian Extremis virus is definitely not low. How did you defeat that bastard? Demonstrate it again!"

Poor little Doro had no idea what Sherlock was thinking about the treasures in Doro's four-dimensional pocket when he said those words. His eyes were shining, and he readily granted Sherlock's wish, just like a child showing off his treasures to his parents.

Ten minutes later, Sherlock looked at Doro, who was standing on the coffee table, riding on auspicious clouds, with three heads and six arms, and the treasures on Doro's six arms. Tears of helplessness streamed down Sherlock's face.

At this moment, Sherlock really wanted to roar at Laozi, "Master, you have never sung such lullabies to your disciple!"

Sherlock could tolerate the three heads and six arms, the seven-colored auspicious clouds and all that.

Sherlock could recognize the purple-gold gourd, the purple-gold bell, and even the Immortal-Binding Rope.

But isn't it a bit excessive of you to give away the Seven Star Sword and the Vajra Bracelet?

Most importantly, if Sherlock wasn't mistaken, the Vajra Bracelet even incorporated the functions of Nezha's Wind and Fire Universe Ring.

No, is this normal?

That Vajra Bracelet is something that can take away the weapons of all the immortals. You even fused it with the Wind and Fire Universe Ring, turning it into something that can fight, defend, and even imprison.

How can other magical artifacts survive?

No, that's not the point!

The point is, Lao Jun, are you serious about stuffing so many treasures into Doro?

Most importantly, if it weren't for Killian's appearance this time, even Sherlock himself wouldn't have known that Doro's four-dimensional pocket contained such a treasure!

Most importantly, Lao Jun prepared so many treasures for Doro without telling me, and Doro, you little pink fluffy dumpling, also kept it from me?

Seeing Sherlock's heartbroken expression, Doro could easily understand what Sherlock was thinking. He could only scratch his head and awkwardly explain to Sherlock.

"It's not that Doro doesn't want to tell you, it's that Grandpa Laozi doesn't want Doro to tell you..."

Doro awkwardly explained the situation to Sherlock, but in reality, it would have been better if he hadn't explained at all. After Doro finished explaining, Sherlock's expression changed from one of existential doubt to one of feeling as if he had been shot in the knee.

"Furthermore, Grandpa Laojun specifically instructed Doro that if anyone discovers Doro's treasure, they should not even think about studying it..."

Sherlock's knee was hit by an arrow again...

Chapter 473 Epilogue (Part 1)

Seven days later...

Sherlock stood by the window of his studio, holding an iced Americano, looking down at the 'monsters and demons' in his neighborhood with a melancholy expression.

This isn't just an adjective; it's reality. After all, looking at the whole world, it's the first time that tentacle monsters like those in Sherlock Holmes have coexisted peacefully with humans.

Those who know the story can probably guess that this 'grand occasion' is inseparable from the alchemist Sherlock Holmes, while those who don't might easily think that aliens have invaded Earth when they see this scene.

The reason why things have turned out this way dates back to seven days ago.

Although Sherlock was troubled for a long time in Los Angeles because of Lao Jun's differential treatment, he eventually gave up on pursuing the matter further when he saw Doro's cautious little appearance.

After confirming that Pepper Potts was alright, he left Maya to Tony to handle and took Doro back to New York.

The facts also proved one thing: Tony is extremely good at handling such troublesome matters. Of course, you could also say that Pepper is good at it.

For Maya, there were only two paths before her: either accept Pepper Potts' offer of service and join Stark Industries' biotechnology company to work with Black Widow's mother on how to benefit humanity and find ways to eliminate the aftereffects of the Extremis virus.

Or he could just go to prison with Mandarin and the others to spend the rest of his life, and there's even a chance he might end up committing suicide with seven bullets in his back, since Pioneer Technology is now on the list of those heartless maggots.

In the United States, a country that is more like a company than a nation, the dirty, arduous, and even shady work of dealing with corrupt officials has almost become an industry chain.

Even being shot seven times in the back and committing suicide would be considered a good ending. A more tragic ending might be being forced to work illegally at gunpoint.

So although it appears that the Maya were given two paths, in reality, the Maya could only choose the first path.

After acquiring Maya, Stark Industries smoothly took over the mess left by Vanguard Technologies, cleaning up the mess left by those unfortunate souls injected with the Extremis virus, and making a small profit in the process.

Of course, compared to the Avengers, Stark Industries earned relatively little.

Indeed, the day after Sherlock returned, various media outlets began to report extensively on the 'Iron Patriot' and Rhodes's 'heroic deeds'.

Sherlock also took a look, and it completely portrayed Rhodes as a Hollywood-style lone hero who infiltrated the docks with just a pistol, and after outsmarting and outmaneuvering others, retrieved his armor, eliminated Killian, and incidentally rescued the president.

Of course, these are just superficial things; after all, they are just a facade to maintain the image of those black-hearted maggots.

The real credit goes to the Avengers, who remain hidden in the shadows, reaping all the benefits, big and small.

At least those heartless maggots no longer monitor each of the Avengers. Even though there are no official documents, the Avengers are no longer wary of those heartless maggots. In fact, those heartless maggots even intend to cooperate with the Avengers.

As for the content of the cooperation, it's very simple: the global eradication of Hydra.

After all, those ruthless maggots would never let go of Hydra, a piece of fat meat that originated from S.H.I.E.L.D. So, relaxing the supervision of the Avengers and treating them as 'mercenaries' is also a way of dealing with them.

Of course, these are still in the planning stage and it will take some time before they can be realized.

After all, internal stability must come before external resistance. The defeat of Killian meant that a major purge was imminent for that group of black-hearted maggots.

Captain America and Black Widow were undoubtedly the best candidates and security personnel for this purge. Thanks to the help of that deputy minister, although the two of them were definitely not going to be back for Christmas, they would not encounter any problems with their mission, and at least their compensation would not be small.

Of course, even with the mission timeline tight, it didn't stop Captain America and Black Widow from calling Rhodes and teasing him like Sherlock and Tony did.

After all, Rhodes' current situation is similar to that of the captain back then. He has become a 'touring' figure with symbols all over the world, and he has experienced the treatment of a star, even though Rhodes himself is not interested in these things.

However, those heartless maggots were simply too greedy, so even if they didn't want to, they had to cooperate.

These things have little to do with Sherlock; what really matters is Tony and Pepper's situation.

After settling things off with Maya, Tony and Pepper made a surprising decision: they decided to move to New York!

That's right, just like in the movie, Tony plans to officially open the Stark Tower in New York as the headquarters of the Stark Group.

Unlike in the movies, this time, the top floor of Stark Tower is used only as Tony's studio and the Avengers' base, instead of becoming Tony's home as in the movies.

As for where Tony actually lives?

It's very simple, it's in Sherlock's neighborhood!

After those heartless maggots lifted their surveillance on the Avengers, two adjoining houses mysteriously became vacant in Sherlock's neighborhood!

Tony bought it outright without saying a word and even demolished the original site to build a new two-in-one mansion!

Logically, such a situation would absolutely not be approved by the community, but Tony was rich, and most of the people in the community were from the PAB organization, so Tony completed all the procedures easily with almost no resistance.

Even with the backing of his financial power, Tony's new mansion was promised to be completed before Christmas!

As for Sherlock, after returning home, he locked himself in his workshop for nearly 48 hours, painstakingly deciphering the damned rune and finally managing to return himself to his original form.

Of course, hard work always pays off. For example, although Sherlock is now in human form, he can conjure tentacles from various parts of his body at any time, and he can even perform alchemy without activating his powers, just by having a thought.

To be honest, this situation is even more convenient than the previous tentacle monster form.

To celebrate his upgrade and welcome Tony to his community, Sherlock organized a PAB club party that very night.

The spectacular scene in the Sherlock community today is also inextricably linked to this carnival.

Chapter 474 Epilogue (Part 2)

As everyone knows, the only rules of PAB, besides requiring members to take off their clothes when drinking, are that members must drink too much.

What Sherlock never expected was that while he was dealing with the mess Killian had made, Zhao Weike was unusually active in the community in the form of a tentacle monster.

Especially after learning that the tentacle monster's form was just a seven-day trial card created by Sherlock, the entire PAB community, or rather, the entire community, became extremely curious about this tentacle monster's form.

Well, humans all have a natural curiosity, and no one can resist such a novel and exciting experience.

So much so that on the night of the revelry, Sherlock, after drinking too much, gave out countless seven-day trial cards for the tentacle monsters.

With Zhao Weike's explanation, when Sherlock woke up the next morning and saw a large number of tentacle monsters mixed with normal people outside the window, he almost thought he had drunk too much and time-traveled again.

And this was just the beginning. From the next morning onwards, the doorbell at Sherlock's house rang incessantly.

Most of them came seeking medicine, wanting to experience the tentacle monster's existence.

After all, it's the Christmas holiday season, and Sherlock's community is an upscale neighborhood. The wealthy and leisurely neighbors are naturally quite interested in such a novel experience, and there are even many family members of PAB members among them.

Even Helen brought Anna, Mindy, and Laura to ask for medicine.

What could Sherlock say about this? After hastily producing a batch of trial pills, he casually handed the task over to Sister Hua, who had been promoted to community doctor, and then went into hiding.

For no other reason than that, whenever Sherlock goes out, he always encounters some strange neighbors who have transformed into tentacle monsters. They forcibly drag Sherlock to a deserted corner with their tentacles and ask him if they can experience other species as well.

This was the first time Sherlock had ever felt that he had so many Fury fans around him since he transmigrated!

Most importantly, forget about Fu Rui's obsession, why the hell do all these weird fantasies have to pop up at this time?

Cats and dogs are common, and even mosquitoes are understandable for Sherlock Holmes who has watched One-Punch Man. But aren't flies a bit too much?

Haji, you don't happen to have some kind of pica or some other unusual hobby, do you?

Okay, even if someone really has this kind of fetish, Sherlock can understand it. After all, we should respect the diversity of human preferences. At worst, we can recommend stinky tofu as a substitute.

After all, it was their private matter, and Sherlock couldn't say much. In any case, they were, after all, living beings.