Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life

However, this time was different from before. When Sherlock woke up from his dream, his first feeling was why he felt so heavy, as if a mountain was pressing down on him.

After struggling to open his eyes, Sherlock pushed Zhao Weike, whom he had used as a blanket the night before, off him with a speechless expression. After checking himself to make sure he was alright, he calmly took out his clothes and put them on.

Sherlock's awakening was like opening a valve; one by one, everyone who had participated in the revelry the previous night began to sober up.

Then, on Sherlock's advice, a group of hangover drunkards flocked to the factory's bathhouse, intending to get rid of the smell of alcohol on their bodies by taking a bath.

It has to be said that men only have a few hobbies: drinking, taking a bath, playing cards, smoking, and PC gaming. PC gaming is out of the question, but taking a bath, smoking, and playing cards are still possible.

Of course, don't assume that men aren't gossipy; in fact, men can be quite gossipy too.

While taking a bath, everyone let their guard down and started talking about all sorts of gossip.

To Sherlock's surprise, during last night's revelry, quite a few of the single men in the community actually managed to find partners while drunk!

And the people who found love were none other than the Black Widows who ran the factory and tavern!

This once again earned Sherlock, the single guy, the contempt of Tony and Zhao Weike, although Sherlock didn't really care that much.

It wasn't until almost the end of the morning that the group of people returned home in twos and threes, ready to spend the rest of Christmas with their families.

Sherlock, Zhao Weike, and Tony headed towards Zhao Weike's house.

They had already made arrangements beforehand that dinner after the Christmas celebrations would be at Zhao Weike's house, and even Sister Hua and Little Chili were on the invitation list.

Captain America and Black Widow were originally invited, but unfortunately, they left last night after having a few drinks to liven up the atmosphere because of their mission.

When the door to Zhao Weike's house was opened, the women were already busy at home. Seeing the three men return, both Pepper Potts and Helen naturally started directing Tony and Zhao Weike.

The two didn't refuse. After exchanging a glance, they both rolled up their sleeves with smiles and joined the busy team, chatting with Helen and the others about the embarrassing incidents and gossip of so-and-so at last night's party.

Sherlock, standing at the door, smiled as he looked at the heartwarming scene, but a hint of loneliness lingered in his heart.

However, this sense of melancholy quickly dissipated as Doro ran over carrying a large orange, and Hua Jie looked at him tenderly from behind.

After all, isn't this the kind of peaceful life that Sherlock loves most—with friends right across from him and loved ones by his side?

Chapter 485 The Departure Rabbit

The festive Christmas atmosphere in the community lasted for three days before gradually returning to normal. Three days later, Tony was about to embark on his journey to Rabbit's place for surgery.

Unlike before when Sherlock took them on a wild trip around the world using the Space Stone, this was a formal trip, so the group had no choice but to take a plane.

And since this trip was for medical treatment, the itinerary wasn't particularly crowded.

Tony and Pepper, one as a patient and the other as a family member, are indispensable. Sister Flower and Sherlock, as support staff, must also be present. Doro, as the team's mascot and post-operative emotional support counselor, is equally essential.

The five of them boarded the plane to the rabbit's location in a grand procession.

Strictly speaking, excluding the time he was drunk, this was Tony's second official visit to Rabbit's side. Unlike the previous time, Happy, Tony's bodyguard, did not come along this time.

The reason is quite simple: after Happy was taken to Pepper's home and healed, Pepper and Tony gave him a paid long vacation under the pretext of recuperating. In addition, since the New Year comes after Christmas, the two of them did not invite Happy this time.

After flying for about 14 hours, the plane landed at the airport in Beijing, just like before. As before, Da Shi Jiu Yue and others were responsible for receiving them.

However, compared to before, since this trip was mainly for private reasons, the official arrangements were not particularly grand. They simply sent a staff member to greet Tony and his team and coordinate their itinerary, which was considered basic diplomatic courtesy.

Tony and Sherlock's group had no objections to this, especially after Sherlock, upon seeing Apostle, chuckled and quietly handed him a USB drive containing basic interstellar knowledge during a handshake. This made Apostle's impression of Sherlock even better.

Sherlock's social skills paid off the next day when the group left the state guesthouse and entered the hospital's intensive care unit.

Unlike the lengthy pre-operative examinations and chaotic protection at the American hospital, Tony truly experienced what "rabbit speed" meant once he entered the hospital.

I entered the hospital in the morning, and they were preparing to schedule the surgery in the afternoon. There were no tests done; after the official accompanied me and made some coordination, the surgery time was immediately arranged.

Although it was quite fast, it made Tony and Pepper feel inexplicably uneasy. After all, heart surgery is no small matter, and the fact that Rabbit had arranged the surgery without even conducting any examinations made them feel a little uneasy.

Of course, Sherlock had the same idea, but unlike Tony, Sherlock, who knew the details of the rabbits in this world, was not uneasy despite his doubts.

It's no exaggeration to say that in this land of rabbits, if they don't want you to die, you can't even if you desperately want to die. There are just too many powerful figures here.

At noon, the meeting between the surgeon arranged by the hospital and Tony almost immediately confirmed Sherlock's stereotypes about rabbits in this world.

After the door to the ward opened, a man and a woman, both wearing white coats, walked in. However, the moment they entered, Sherlock jumped up from the sofa in surprise.

"Infinite? Deer Park?"

Everyone in the ward, especially Tony lying in bed, was surprised to see the two 'doctors' in white coats walk in after seeing the surprised expression on Sherlock's face and his sudden jump.

Because of Sherlock's actions, Infinity, who originally intended to examine Tony, had to focus her attention on Sherlock first, nodding at him with a gentle smile.

"Mr. Sherlock, it's been a long time."

Wuxian's voice was gentle and refined, revealing a detached indifference. In stark contrast to Wuxian was Luye, who merely nodded coldly at Sherlock as a greeting.

When everyone in the ward heard Infinite call out Sherlock's name, their attention turned to Sherlock again, as if they were very curious about how Sherlock knew this 'doctor' in front of them.

However, Sherlock ignored what everyone in the ward was thinking. He glanced at Infinity and Luye, who were wearing white coats, for a while, then turned to Tony with an incredulous look. After a while, he turned back to Infinity. After scanning back and forth between the two of them several times, he seemed to have realized something and continued to ask Infinity in Chinese.

"No, you're the surgeon? No way! Don't tell me that the 'unknown method' that the doctors on the American side were talking about, unique to the Chinese, is you guys? Holy crap? This is too explosive!"

Upon hearing Sherlock's words, Infinity simply smiled calmly, nodded at Sherlock, and then spoke.

"The Demon Spirit Guild has always been associated with various industries, including the medical industry. However, usually the part-time staff are people from the healing department. This time, it was partly due to the special circumstances and partly because the Great Master gave the order, which is why I and Lu Ye came here."

"Tsk~!"

As Wuxian's voice faded, Luye's gasp rang out. At the same time, Luye's eyes were filled with contempt as she looked at Sherlock, as if she despised Sherlock for questioning her abilities. This was why Dashi had to intervene and summon Wuxian.

Wuxian didn't say anything about Luye's reaction, but the calm smile on his lips deepened, while Sherlock, standing to the side, felt a little numb.

No, he didn't even know that the 'chief surgeon' originally assigned to Tony's side by the Rabbit was actually Kano! This is a huge misunderstanding!

Sherlock never imagined that his 'social skills' would actually get the Grand Master to directly invite the sect's patriarch. This wasn't just using a cannon to kill a mosquito; it was using the Death Star to kill a mosquito!

For a moment, Sherlock looked at Tony lying on the hospital bed with nothing but disgust.

What makes this unlucky guy think he'd be worthy of having Nezha, the strongest demon spirit in the Infinite Demon Hall, remove a few shrapnel fragments for him? With a difficulty level like this, let alone Lu Ye, even any random person from Jinmen could easily accomplish it, right?

To put it bluntly, if it weren't for the concern that Xiao Hei was too young and might not know his own strength, Xiao Hei could have easily and happily completed Tony's damn surgery!

Tony: ?

Under Sherlock's disgusted expression, a huge question mark appeared above Tony's head.

No, can anyone tell him what happened and why Sherlock looked at him like that?

Chapter 486 Meeting an Acquaintance

Unlike Tony, Pepper wasn't too concerned about Sherlock's reaction; she was more interested in whether the surgery would be successful!

Although she didn't know what Sherlock was saying in Chinese to the two doctors in white coats, for some reason, Chili had a feeling that the two people in front of her shouldn't have anything to do with doctors, since they looked way too young.

Pepper really wanted to confirm the afternoon's surgical procedure, and even wanted to confirm whether the two men were truly capable of performing this extremely difficult surgery. However, seeing how familiar Sherlock was with the two men, Pepper couldn't bring herself to say these words.

After much hesitation, he finally asked Sherlock a question.

"Sherlock, do you know these two doctors?"

Although Pepper didn't say anything explicitly, her facial expression revealed everything she was thinking. Sherlock naturally understood what Pepper was worried about and switched back to English to speak to her.

"Don't worry, with the skills of these two, let alone the shrapnel in Tony's body, they could even extract all the metal-related elements from Tony's body if they wanted to."

"If Tony wanted, these two could easily perform the surgery right here, with the help of Sister Hua and me."

Tony's expression was quite strange in response to Sherlock's words, especially when Sherlock said he could perform the surgery right there on the spot; his expression even became somewhat distorted.

However, before Tony could even refute Sherlock, Infinity, standing on the other side, spoke up in English.

"Mr. Sherlock, stop talking nonsense. Having surgery here? Humans have bodies as fragile as kittens. Having surgery here would only lead to infection. My suggestion is to have the surgery done in a sterile operating room this afternoon. Do what you're supposed to do."

As Infinity gave this explanation in English, Sherlock turned back to look at Infinity, his eyes filled with terror.

Wait, this guy can actually speak English?

And it's one thing that Wuxian can speak English, after all, this guy's learning ability is extraordinary, but what's with this damn Northeastern accent? Did he learn it from that Siberian tiger?

Seeing Sherlock staring at Infinity with an expression that could only be described as terrified, Lu Ye turned his head away and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

For no other reason than that Wuxian's English with a Northeastern accent is just too interesting.

Wuxian could naturally see the meaning of the fear in Sherlock's eyes, and somewhat embarrassedly scratched his cheek before switching back to Chinese to explain to Sherlock.

"Xiao Hei needs to learn English to go to school. I started learning online to help Xiao Hei with his homework, but the teacher I found might not be very professional and has a bit of an accent."

Hearing Wuxian's explanation, Sherlock's lips twitched, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

However, just as the atmosphere in the ward was beginning to become inexplicably awkward, the ward door was once again forced open from the outside.

A figure carrying two little children rushed in with great fanfare.

"Sherlock! I heard from the Great Master that you've come here again?"

Before the person arrived, the voice preceded the person who rushed in—nezha!

Unlike Wuxian and Luye, Doro was clearly more familiar with Nezha, so the moment Nezha rushed in, Doro happily jumped into Nezha's arms.

Similarly, Nezha also adored the little pink-haired ball of fur who had learned to have three heads and six arms. After hugging and stroking Doro, he seemed to remember something and pulled Sherlock out of the ward, leaving Infinite and Tony's group staring at each other.

After a while, Tony looked in Infinity's direction with a twitching smile and asked Infinity.

"Doctors, you seem to know Sherlock quite well?"

"Of course, Mr. Sherlock is a very interesting person."

Wuxian answered Tony's question in a calm tone, but in return, everyone in the ward looked at Wuxian with extremely strange eyes, including Luye.

No, Sherlock? Interesting?

Honestly, if it weren't for the fact that this was my 'chief surgeon' that afternoon, Tony, whom I really didn't dare to offend, I would have jumped out of bed and pointed at Infinity, asking him, "Don't you feel guilty saying that?"

It wasn't just Tony; even Luye thought the same way. You see, the guild hadn't dared to tell Elder Ximuzi and Elder Jingyi that Sherlock had come to the Rabbit's side.

Otherwise, it wouldn't just be the fiery Nezha who came looking for Sherlock; it would probably also include two elders from the guild who were venting their anger by cursing Sherlock every day because they had led their good apprentice astray.

Even putting all that aside, Infinite himself has been deeply influenced by Sherlock. To this day, Infinite still uses the title of City Lord in the guild hall, and he has even been affected and become a 'Princess'. How can Infinite still lie and say it's interesting?

Kano didn't understand, and Kano was deeply shocked.

Of course, this is also because Lu Ye doesn't know enough about his master. If he knew that Wuxian had a dark history of having a "reign title" before the "city lord", he wouldn't be surprised that Wuxian could say something interesting about Sherlock.

Compared to the legendary "Reign Title Lord", "City Lord" really sounds much better, at least it's not as abstract as "Reign Title".

While everyone in the ward was stunned by Wuxian's speech, Sherlock, who had been pulled out of the ward by Nezha, was also stunned.