Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life

However, before long, Dr. Helen Zhao's voice disappeared without a trace, like a rooster being choked, while Scarlett Johansson's voice changed back to her female voice.

Although they didn't witness what happened inside the research institute, the captain and Hawkeye, who were standing at the door, imagined a tragic and heart-wrenching drama based on the sounds they heard.

After exchanging a glance, the two understood the same thing from each other's eyes.

Sherlock is a character!

Chapter 581 The Scepter of the Mind

After the entire research institute quieted down, Captain America and Hawkeye stepped inside. What they saw was Sherlock, whose face was covered in scratches and who even had dark circles under his eyes, yet couldn't hide his smugness, and Black Widow, who had returned to normal, with an angry look in her eyes.

Of course, what truly captivated everyone's attention was Dr. Zhao Hailun. At that moment, the expression on Dr. Zhao Hailun's face was nothing short of classic, a mixture of surprise and grievance, and within that grievance, a broken feeling of being deceived.

She vividly portrayed the absurd scenario of "how did my boyfriend, who's such a big guy, turn into a girl?"

After glaring at the smug Sherlock, Black Widow almost immediately ran to Helen Zhao and began to explain, even though Captain Sherlock and the others considered her explanation to be nothing short of a scumbag's declaration.

After a while, Zhao Hailun finally understood what had happened. She looked at Sherlock with the kind of curious gaze that belongs only to a mad scientist before lowering her head as if she was thinking about something.

Black Widow stood nervously in front of Helen Zhao, as if she were waiting for a verdict.

To everyone's surprise, just a short while later, when Dr. Helen Zhao raised her head again, she had a "I can do this" look on her face and smiled at Black Widow and Sherlock and the others beside her.

"You Avengers are really playing some fancy tricks!"

The voice contained three parts allure, three parts sarcasm, three parts expectation, and one part resoluteness. It completely lacked the sadness she had felt just moments before over losing her boyfriend; all that remained was the anticipation of stepping into this bizarre and wonderful world herself.

???

Seeing Dr. Helen Zhao's reaction, three huge question marks slowly appeared above Sherlock's, Captain America's, and even Hawkeye's heads. However, compared to Sherlock, Captain America and Hawkeye, who had experience with relationships, were undoubtedly the first to realize what would happen next.

Before Sherlock could react, the two men subdued him.

As expected, after seeing Dr. Helen Zhao's reaction, Scarlett Johansson smiled, opened her arms, hugged Dr. Zhao, and said to her.

"Honey, when I have time, I can turn you into a tentacle monster. Trust me, it'll be a truly unique experience!"

"Arminos! Captain! Hawkeye! You two bastards, let me go! I'm going to break these two bastards up right now! One of them I'll send to the South Pole, and the other to the North Pole! I'll @#%#@#%#! You &……&**&*&*!"

Thanks to the foresight of Captain America and Hawkeye, Sherlock, whose defenses had been breached, struggled wildly under their control, but in the end, he could only unleash his impotent rage.

On the contrary, when Helen Zhao and Scarlett Johansson saw Sherlock's breakdown, they exchanged a glance and both saw a hint of smug satisfaction in each other's eyes as if they had successfully pulled off a prank.

At most, Dr. Zhao Hailun's eyes still held a trace of curiosity about this female 'natural enemy' who had transformed into a tentacle monster.

After some playful banter and arguments, the matter was eventually dropped, thanks to Tony having Pepper extend an invitation to Helen Zhao and send a plane to pick her up before Sherlock returned last night.

Even the reasons were readily available, allowing Helen Zhao to come to New York to assist Tony in the development of nanotechnology.

Most importantly, Dr. Helen Zhao really couldn't refuse such a request. You have to understand that Tony's nanotechnology and her nanotechnology are completely unrelated. To say that Dr. Helen Zhao wasn't curious about the technology in Tony's hands would be pure nonsense.

It was precisely because of this compelling reason that, after a quick tidying up, the group boarded the Avengers' private transport plane—which was supposed to carry only Helen Zhao—and headed towards New York, with the still-drunk and unconscious Thor inside.

The entire cabin was quite harmonious, except for Sherlock, who, knowing he had been tricked, sullenly crossed his arms and refused to talk to anyone else.

Although Black Widow and Helen Zhao's pranks also got the others involved, it was clear that the others weren't as narrow-minded as Sherlock. At most, Tony, who had been tormented all night, would only make a few lighthearted remarks.

Of course, while Sherlock may not want to talk to people, he does not dislike things.

For example, their target this time was Loki's scepter, which was left over from the Battle of New York and was inlaid with the Mind Stone.

While everyone else was discussing the aftermath of the Sokovia siege, Sherlock walked up to the box containing the scepter and opened it.

The Scepter of the Mind lay quietly inside the box.

After thinking for a moment, Sherlock grabbed the scepter, intending to use alchemy to analyze the properties of the scepter inlaid with the Mind Stone.

However, to Sherlock's utter surprise, before he could even begin his alchemy, the part of the scepter he was holding began to heat up. In less than a breath, the temperature at which the scepter touched his hand was so high that Sherlock had to pull his hand back.

This made Sherlock look at the Mind Stone in front of him with great surprise, and in an instant he realized the difference between the Mind Stone and the Space Stone and Reality Stone in his hand.

To put it simply, the Mind Stone is actually sentient; it's rejecting Sherlock's alchemical attempts to contact it!

This discovery greatly surprised and intrigued Sherlock. It wasn't hard for Sherlock to guess that the Mind Stone possessed consciousness, since compared to the other stones, the Mind Stone had always been in Thanos's hands, or rather, in the hands of Thanos's people.

Over time, it's not surprising that one might develop consciousness under the influence of certain groups of people, since this thing is inherently related to the mind, even if this consciousness isn't outwardly obvious, and is even less noticeable than the feeling of a meow-meow hammer.

However, it is an undeniable fact that this thing refuses to make contact with him. After all, in this thing's view, he was just lost on Earth and would one day return to his master on his side.

The reason for rejecting Sherlock is simple: Sherlock's alchemy can truly disregard the will of the gems and forcibly use them, even erasing the faint will generated by the gems themselves.

That alone was enough for the Mind Stone to reject Sherlock, since no one would willingly want to become another person's slave.

Just as Sherlock was staring intently at the scepter inlaid with the Mind Stone, even pondering how to ignore the stone's will and study this magical gem properly, Tony's voice rang out.

"Sherlock, what's wrong? Why are you staring at that damn scepter?"

As Tony's voice rang out, everyone's eyes, except for the bewildered Dr. Helen Zhao, immediately turned to Sherlock with extreme vigilance.

Especially the captain, after Tony reminded him, when he saw Sherlock staring at the scepter in the box, he actually walked over and closed the lid of the box without saying a word, and handed the box containing the scepter to Black Widow behind him, without saying a word the whole time.

Chapter 582 Sherlock's Breakthrough and Transfer

"..."

After the captain took away the box containing the Mind Scepter, everyone in the cabin breathed a sigh of relief. Sherlock was speechless.

No, damn it, why is she being so wary of me?

That's why Sherlock didn't ask. If he had, a resounding "As for it?" would have echoed throughout the cabin.

The Avengers might not be so nervous if it were anyone else, but Sherlock? Don't be ridiculous, that scepter can control people's minds. If that thing really falls into Sherlock's hands, who knows what kind of despicable things he might do.

After all, Sherlock's actions were already quite despicable before this thing existed; how much more so now that he has it?

That's why, although the rule of 'not letting Sherlock touch the Mind Stone' was never explicitly stated, it was an unspoken rule among all the Avengers except Sherlock.

As for Sherlock?

Sherlock may not have known this unspoken rule before, but now that he's become so close to these scoundrels that they're practically brothers, how could he not understand what they're thinking?

After giving the group of bastards who were staring at him with extremely wary eyes two middle fingers, he still seemed not to be satisfied. He kicked Thor, who was lying on the ground in a "T" shape, in the butt, and then disappeared into the cabin in a flash of blue light.

Only after Sherlock disappeared did everyone relax their guard.

Dr. Helen Zhao, who witnessed the whole thing, was a little confused. After seeing that everyone had relaxed, she frowned slightly and looked at Tony and the others.

"Isn't it a bit excessive for you to be so wary of your companions? I think Mr. Sherlock might be a little angry..."

Before Zhao Hailun could finish speaking, everyone's eyes turned to Dr. Zhao Hailun, and almost everyone's eyes widened in surprise.

Tony: "You pity him? God! He's a little jerk!"

Black Widow: "That guy doesn't even want to be human. He's always talking about tentacles or slimes. How can you expect him to be a person?"

Captain: "He made Natasha and me wear matching outfits during the Battle of New York! That damn outfit is even at the top of the charts on Pornhub! Just this mission, I couldn't even keep my gender secret! I was wearing a short skirt! A short skirt!"

Hawkeye: "This thing in Loki's hands can control people's minds. I don't even want to think about the consequences if he gets his hands on it! The next time we appear in public, we'll be fucking naked! You understand? Fuck! I'd rather die in battle than die in a brothel!"

Tony, Black Widow, Captain America, and Hawkeye: "I'd rather give this thing back to Hydra than let that little bastard touch it!!!"

Seeing the Avenger's expression, a mixture of fear and regret, Dr. Helen Zhao's lips twitched slightly.

Well, she now somewhat understood the love-hate relationship these people had with Sherlock. However, just as she was about to say something, a voice interrupted her.

"What? Hydra? Bring me some wine! I'll drink them to death!"

It's unclear whether it was the kick Sherlock gave him in the butt that really hurt, or because Thor's liver had already broken down some of the alcohol he drank at the research institute, or perhaps it was the words 'Hydra' that triggered his reaction.

Thor, who had been lying unconscious on the ground with his head in the shape of the character "太", suddenly raised his upper body and roared at everyone in the cabin with great bravado.

Upon hearing Thor's words, everyone in the cabin fell silent for a moment. After a while, Tony, lying on the hospital bed, finally spoke.

"Captain, if I remember correctly, there should be a few bottles of disinfectant alcohol in the first-aid kit over there for emergency use. Why don't you go and give this silly guy some more alcohol?"

Upon hearing Tony's words, the captain rolled his eyes in annoyance before speaking to Tony.

"Tony, have some decency! Don't follow that little bastard Sherlock's example. Don't think I don't know that you were the one who tricked Thor into drinking alcohol in Dr. Helen Zhao's lab!"

"That's not my fault. It's just that this guy is really noisy, and he kept yelling that there's no hard liquor on Earth..."

Tony's rebuttal was barely audible, but no one in the cabin was an ordinary person. After hearing Tony's rebuttal, everyone instinctively gave him a huge eye roll.

Meanwhile, Sherlock, seething with anger, used the Space Stone to return to his bedroom. After thinking for a moment, he decisively took out his phone and sent a message to Chi Nian.

After waiting for about ten minutes, an unknown number called Sherlock's phone. Sherlock answered the phone decisively and immediately held it far away without any hesitation.

"Sherlock! What kind of lousy idea did you give Tumen this time, you bastard? Explain to me what the hell this 'Tumen Secret Technique: House Price Crash' is all about?"

Damn it, that bastard Chi Nian just threatened to move my river-view penthouse to the Loess Plateau if I didn't film properly! This incredibly immoral earth-gate technique is something only you could come up with!

I @#%……&……%#@#%……&！ You @#%……&*&……%#@#%……&！ I'll just @#%……&……%#@#%……&*！

Hearing Nezha's broken voice coming through the receiver, Sherlock, extremely satisfied, adopted a "why don't you kneel before me?" posture, muted the entire world, and quietly listened to Nezha's broken voice.

This is just like the legendary defense-breaking and teleportation technique!

Satisfied, Sherlock didn't even reply before hanging up on Nezha, turning off his phone and removing the SIM card in one smooth motion. Then, he happily imagined Nezha jumping up and down on the rabbit's side, helpless against him, and whistled as he walked downstairs with his hands in his pockets.

However, to Sherlock's utter surprise, when he went downstairs, he saw a beautiful white woman sitting on the sofa in his living room.

What Sherlock didn't expect was that after seeing Sherlock coming down from upstairs and even whistling, the white girl's face turned bright red almost instantly. She stood up angrily, went straight to Sherlock, and without saying a word, shoved him in the buttocks.

That wasn't the end of it. Seeing Sherlock's bewildered expression after being hit in the face, the girl's anger flared even more, and she actually spat at Sherlock.

"Bah! Scumbag!"

After saying that, the girl ran out of Sherlock's house crying, leaving Sherlock standing there dumbfounded with a head full of question marks.

Sherlock: ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Chapter 583 Sister Hua's Hardcore Pressure to Get Married (Part 1)

Standing at the top of the stairs, Sherlock covered his face, completely dumbfounded as he watched the girl who had given him a hard time and then run away crying. Sherlock was even willing to swear on his family heirloom that he absolutely did not know this girl!

This was the first time Sherlock, who had been a bum for two lifetimes and felt perfectly justified in his slump, had been called a scumbag. The most crucial point was that Sherlock had no idea how he had become the scumbag in the girl's eyes.

Feeling increasingly aggrieved, Sherlock stood at the top of the stairs, unable to come to his senses for a long time.

Just as Sherlock was bewildered, the door was pushed open again, and Sister Hua, with a long braid and a gentle and elegant demeanor, walked in gracefully in a white dress. Upon seeing Sherlock, she covered her mouth in slight surprise.

"Oh, Sherlock, you're back! It seems you've already seen Catherine. Has that silly girl left?"