Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life

Seemingly sensing that the main hall's doors had been pushed open, the pink-haired girl turned her head slightly to look in the direction of the doors. When her gaze swept over Laozi at the front, Sherlock also got a clear look at the pink-haired girl's appearance.

She was a girl so beautiful that even Sherlock felt a little incredulous; even the loose blue Taoist robe she wore couldn't hide her explosive figure.

However, to Sherlock's utter surprise, when the pink-haired girl's gaze shifted from Laozi to herself, her aloof and holy expression melted away like ice and snow.

She seemed to transform from an aloof, ethereal goddess into an ordinary girl who had just seen her beloved. She immediately stood up from the futon and rushed towards Sherlock, even uttering a phrase that Sherlock recognized all too well.

"Doro, I miss you so much!!!"

As soon as that soft, sweet voice came out, Sherlock was absolutely certain that the beautiful girl in front of him, who looked like a fairy descended from heaven, was his child.

What surprised Sherlock even more was that as the beautiful girl version of Doro got up and rushed towards him, her body shape kept changing, from a super beautiful girl with nine heads to a chibi version with two heads, and finally she simply turned into the Doro form that Sherlock was most familiar with.

The whole process was incredibly smooth, leaving Sherlock completely dumbfounded. It wasn't until Doro, who had returned to normal, jumped into his arms that Sherlock finally came to his senses and uttered a question that seemed to question the meaning of life.

"Holy crap?"

Sherlock lifted Doro, who was wriggling in his arms, and examined her closely. After confirming that the Doro in front of him was indeed his Doro, Sherlock became even more bewildered, and even wondered if the beautiful girl he had just seen was a hallucination.

Sherlock even slapped himself. Only after feeling the pain on his face did he realize that what he had just seen was not a hallucination, and then he exclaimed in shock.

Holy crap!

Hearing Sherlock repeat those two words over and over again, Lao Jun impatiently brandished the ruler that had been used to beat Sherlock so badly he was covered in welts. He looked at the still-shocked Sherlock with a threatening gaze and said...

"I suggest you watch your language in front of Doro, or don't blame me for cleaning up your school!"

Unfortunately, Sherlock ignored Lao Jun's threat. Instead, he stared in shock at Doro, who was laughing innocently in his arms, for a long time before looking at Lao Jun with a bewildered expression.

"Master, why did you turn Doro into Himouto! Doro?"

Unfortunately, Lao Jun had no intention of explaining to Sherlock. Instead, he snatched Doro from Sherlock's hands, rolled his eyes, and said to Sherlock.

"You wretched child, if you break my precious darling, I will make sure you, the new stable boy, experience what your predecessors went through, and I'll arrange for you to cultivate in a pill furnace!"

Hearing Laozi address him in various ways—from "mischievous monkey" to "traitorous disciple," and now, in Doro's eyes, "wretch"—Sherlock was utterly speechless.

Chapter 559 Ao Lie Out of Control

Watching Lao Jun completely immersed in the affection between grandparents and grandchildren on the other side, Sherlock's lips twitched non-stop.

It's true that people can laugh when they're speechless. After Lao Jun snatched Doro, he acted like his precious granddaughter was going back to the city for school after winter vacation, frantically pulling all sorts of things out of his sleeves and stuffing them into Doro's mini four-dimensional pocket.

Sherlock was so angry at the absurd scene before him that he laughed.

Doro was already invincible with Laozi's blessing, and now he can not only transform into a beautiful girl, but also receive Laozi's blessing again. He has never even seen Sherlock, the thing that Laozi just put into Doro's mini four-dimensional pocket!

Sherlock, who inexplicably felt like he was about to become a god-like figure, decisively snatched Doro back from Laozi's arms. If he hadn't gotten him back, Sherlock would have even started to doubt whether Doro could take on Thanos single-handedly.

Unsurprisingly, as soon as Sherlock snatched Doro back, the kind and amiable expression on Lao Jun's face instantly turned into utter disgust, especially when he looked at Sherlock, who made no attempt to hide it.

What made Sherlock even more uneasy was that Lao Jun not only looked at him with disgust, but after thinking for a while, he also stuffed the ruler that had given Sherlock so many bumps on the head into Doro's mini four-dimensional pocket.

This really broke Sherlock's defenses!

No, double standards shouldn't be so blatant!

Unfortunately, Lao Jun completely ignored the distraught Sherlock and, after stuffing the ruler into Doro's four-dimensional pocket, decisively turned away.

As if possessed by a drama queen, he forcefully portrayed a feeling of life and death separation, and flicked his sleeve at Sherlock, who was holding Doro.

"You go!"

He looked as if he was about to be abandoned by his team, understood his fate, and had a wronged expression that suggested he was about to die a heroic death, which made Sherlock's eyebrows twitch.

"No, Master..."

Just as Sherlock was about to interrupt this Laozi who was acting like a drama queen, Laozi once again flung his hand away as if wiping away tears.

Most importantly, along with Laozi's flick of his hand, a ray of light appeared at the same time, instantly enveloping Sherlock and Doro.

The moment Laozi wiped away his tears, Sherlock and Doro vanished from the empty main hall, giving Sherlock no time to react.

When the scene before Sherlock's eyes became clear again, he found himself carrying Doro in a place that looked very modern, yet which immediately triggered Sherlock's reaction.

It was a place that looked like an office, with each cubicle exuding a strong classroom atmosphere.

Most importantly, Sherlock knew all the people in these cubicles, and they even looked very familiar to him.

Anyone who has watched "Non-Human Beings" will be quite familiar with this office, and even the "cattle and horses" inside who seem to have had their life force drained will be quite familiar with it. Most importantly, Sherlock has even had close contact with one of them.

September!

The good news is that the special effect of the glowing light when Sherlock appeared was so dazzling that all the office workers immediately focused their attention on Sherlock.

This includes, but is not limited to, September, Xiaotian, Xingtian, Jingwei, and the wealthy and powerful Yu Zong.

The bad news is that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, this should be the office of the relevant ministry of the Heavenly Court and the Rabbit government!

Damn it, Laozi actually sent me straight here? What's the difference between this and sending a foreigner like me straight to the military camp?

Sherlock awkwardly raised his hand and greeted September.

"Hi September, would you believe me if I said I wasn't here voluntarily?"

As Sherlock finished speaking, before September could even reply, her expression suddenly changed drastically, and she frantically sent signals to Sherlock with her features all over her face.

Unfortunately, Sherlock and September hadn't reached the point where they could tune in anytime to receive what signals September was sending them, so he could only look on in bewilderment with a question mark slowly rising above his head.

It wasn't until the sound of a file falling came from behind Sherlock that September's wildly flailing features finally transformed into a helpless expression of 'I knew it'.

Sherlock looked in the direction the sound came from and saw Ao Lie standing not far behind him, his head down and his body trembling.

"Sherlock! I've finally seen you..."

Ao Lie's voice wasn't very loud, but it carried a strange sense of excitement that inexplicably sent a chill down Sherlock's spine.

After racking his brains for a while, Sherlock was absolutely certain that he hadn't done anything to offend Ao Lie, and was about to raise his hand to greet him.

But then he saw Ao Lie pull two lively tuna out of his mouth in an instant, grab the tails and use them as sledgehammers, and raise his head to roar at Sherlock with a look of grief and indignation.

"It's all your fault for that damned script! Now the entire dragon clan suspects that Nezha and I are dating!"

As Ao Lie roared, he swung his 'Tuna Hammer' and charged toward Sherlock, clearly determined to fight to the death, which terrified Sherlock.

Sherlock had never seen anything like this in both of his lifetimes combined!

Back then, Gao Qisheng at least used frozen fish, but Ao Lie just charged at us with two lively, wriggling tuna.

Sherlock decisively turned tail and ran. The two chased each other, and the office, which was originally full of classroom atmosphere, instantly became chaotic. Even Xiaotian happily joined in, although he had no idea what was going on.

Upon seeing this scene, September collapsed into her chair, looking utterly dejected, as if her soul were about to leave her mouth.

"I don't want to have to clean the office after working overtime for half a month straight!!!"

As September's wails echoed, the mood of everyone in the office darkened. At that moment, Boss Yu, who was sitting next to September, glided to her side like a ghost and reached out with a resentful look to press the wisp of smoke that was floating out of September's mouth back down.

"Looking on the bright side, at least we can have some tuna sashimi for lunch today."

After saying that, Yu Zong turned to look at the battlefield where Ao Lie and Sherlock were, and then continued.

"Hmm, and there's also a serving of salmon, plus a dozen or so sea urchins. Hmm? September, I have a question!"

"what?"

Upon hearing Yu Zong ask a question after reciting half of the menu, September mustered her strength and looked in Yu Zong's direction.

"Do you think sailfish can be eaten as sashimi?"

September:"?"

Chapter 560 Oh no! Yellow Hair!

The farce ended with Ao Lie pulling the Dragon Girl out of his mouth, and Sherlock escaping by activating the Space Stone while the Dragon Girl was furiously retaliating against Ao Lie.

After Ao Lie's outburst, Sherlock dared not wander around anymore and decisively returned home with Doro in his arms.

After returning home, Doro transformed into her beautiful girl form and ran to Helen's place to show off to her friend Laura. As for Sherlock, he felt like he had forgotten something, but he couldn't remember it no matter what he did.

Left with no other choice, Sherlock took out the tea leaves he had stolen from the Ancient One, brewed himself a cup of tea, lay down on the sofa, picked up his tablet, and opened The Venetian Macao, ready to watch the movie about Ao Lie breaking through his defenses.

Ne Zha, the Demon Child Reborn!

After watching the entire 110-minute movie, Sherlock had only one feeling: damn, the special effects in this live-action film are absolutely amazing!

Of course, Nezha's performance was also excellent. He perfectly captured the unruly nature of the Demon Orb. If there's anything Sherlock would want to criticize, it's this.

Why the hell is it that the grown-up version of Nezha at the end of the movie has Infinity as his face?

You're really Nezha, the strongest enforcer of the True Guild Hall, right?

Besides, I have to say that what September said was absolutely right. Ao Lie's human face is incredibly handsome. Ling Zhu's acting is so good that he doesn't even need makeup!

To be fair, the director's skills were really lacking. They managed to turn a perfectly good friendship into something full of bromance, no wonder Ao Lie was upset.

However, when the huge words "Chi Nian" appeared in the director's credits at the end, Sherlock finally couldn't hold back and spat a mouthful of tea onto the tablet in front of him.

Well, I originally thought you, Big Bear Tiger, were a grumpy but honest person. I never expected you to be such a Big Bear Tiger!

Sherlock decisively used alchemy to generate a script for Nezha 2: The Demon Child Conquers the Dragon King, scanned it into an electronic document, and sent it to the executive producer Yu Di, Da Xiong Lao Hu Chi Nian, and Nezha, who was the protagonist.

Once the network transmission progress bar was full, Nezha called in less than a minute later.

Sherlock was quite adept at hanging up, blocking, hanging up again, and blocking again.

After blocking about three or four unknown numbers, Sherlock's phone finally stopped ringing, and his WeChat started ringing instead.

Seeing Nezha send more than ten 60-second voice messages in a row, Sherlock, with a wicked grin, decisively added Nezha to WeChat's blacklist before Nezha realized that WeChat could also make calls.

Then came Infinity, then Deerfield, and then Wild Eyes and Hulk.

After all the people Sherlock was familiar with from the guild were quietly added to Sherlock's blacklist, Sherlock's phone finally went silent. Sherlock, like an emperor, relaxed at home with his arms outstretched, as if he could hear Nezha's voice breaking through his defenses.

However, Sherlock's joy didn't last long, because although he blocked all the channels through which Nezha could contact (insult) him via the guild hall, he forgot about the Heavenly Court.

Just as Sherlock was enjoying the fruits of his wicked humor, Ao Lie silently sent himself a voice message that lasted less than ten seconds.

When Sherlock finished listening to Ao Lie's voice message, the one who broke down was Sherlock instead of Nezha.

The reason is quite simple: Ao Lie's voice line only consists of one sentence.