Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life

The captain didn't finish his sentence, but the distorted expression on his face rendered him speechless.

These words should have been ignored, but after they were spoken, not only the captain, but everyone present, except for the clueless Thor, began to have expressions that twisted just like the captain's.

This guy is so stubborn, he's gone from being single-minded to being stubborn in both directions!

If we don't give it to Sherlock, they are very likely to be influenced by the Mind Stone; if we give it to Sherlock, he is very likely to influence their minds!

The worst part is that, in either case, the consequences are quite uncontrollable!

Given Sherlock's abysmal morals and outrageously despicable behavior, handing the Mind Stone over to him might actually have had an even more explosive effect!

On the contrary, Sherlock broke down completely when he saw the Avengers around him, who had gone from being single-minded to being conflicted.

Although no one said a word, the expressions on their faces were incredibly vulgar.

"Aminos! What's with those expressions on your faces? I'm asking you, what's with those expressions on your faces? Damn it! Damn it! I'm going to appeal! I'll appeal to the highest court!"

Sherlock jumped three feet high and raised two middle fingers, pointing them at each of the Avengers who had strange expressions. Doro watched from the side and laughed until his stomach hurt. Even Thor had a smile on his face.

Although he didn't know why he was laughing, he felt a little awkward if he didn't laugh when he saw that little gadget laughing.

In the end, Black Widow, who was holding Doro, stepped in to stop Sherlock from going crazy. After pulling Doro, who was laughing so hard he was almost sliding down, back into her arms, Black Widow sighed helplessly and said to the still-crazy Sherlock.

"In any case, our most important thing now is to stop Ultron, not to discuss our mistakes here, since what's done is done."

Scarlett Johansson didn't finish her sentence, but everyone present understood what she meant.

The emergence of Ultron represents not just a crisis, but also a collapse of trust.

After all, the Earth Defense Force had just seized the Mind Scepter from Hydra's base in front of the Five Good Men, and then the thing ended up in the hands of the Avengers, and even created a madman like Ultron because of the Avengers.

If this matter is not resolved, it will be unacceptable no matter what, and the consequences may be even worse than disbanding.

It's important to understand that while the Five Great Philanthropists aren't a unified entity, and you can offend any of them, there's an ironclad rule: you absolutely cannot offend all five at the same time! The last person to offend all five simultaneously is already in middle school!

To put it bluntly, the entire Earth is essentially nothing more than a playground for the five great philanthropists.

Clearly, Ultron wasn't the only problem facing everyone.

In an instant, everyone's attention was focused on Sherlock, since at the moment, the only person they could think of who could solve this thorny problem was Sherlock.

Furthermore, since the so-called Earth Defense Legion was Sherlock's creation, it's understandable that he would be asked to come up with a solution.

Sherlock was a little stunned, after all, he hadn't expected the boomerang to stick back into his head so quickly!

Chapter 598 The Blame-Shifting Plan

Seeing Sherlock scratching his head in frustration, the Avengers exchanged glances and decided not to bother him, instead starting to discuss Ultron's whereabouts.

Ultron's fighting power isn't actually that strong; in a real fight, he could easily crush either Thor or Sherlock without taking any damage. However, Ultron's real problem lies in his 'soul'.

In other words, Ultron is like a gamer with access privileges in the real world. If you don't kill Ultron, who is hiding in the cyber world, then Ultron's body is practically infinite.

The problem lies here: how exactly should this group of humans completely kill Ultron in the cyber world? That's the key question.

For a time, Tony and Banner, two highly educated individuals, began to brainstorm wildly, from impractical brain-computer interfaces to internet censorship and even the extreme concept of a cyber nuclear bomb, all of which were born from their back-and-forth discussions.

The discussion between the two left the other group of people, who were not highly educated, completely bewildered.

As we all know, English has always been a language that's hard to understand. Tony and Banner's highly technical discussion was basically like gibberish to Captain America and Black Widow.

Although they couldn't understand what technology Tony and Banner were discussing, they still managed to pinpoint the word "nuclear bomb."

The moment they heard those two words, both Captain America and Black Widow's expressions turned extremely ugly. Almost simultaneously, they spoke to Banner and Tony, who were engaged in a frantic discussion.

"Excuse me!" *2

After saying this in unison, the two looked at each other, and then the captain continued to ask Tony and Banner.

"How can you guarantee that Ultron won't directly invade global nuclear arsenals and then launch nuclear missiles worldwide to destroy humanity?"

Upon hearing the captain's question, both Tony and Banner's expressions changed, and the two practically sprinted to the computer to start operating it.

After a long while, the two stopped what they were doing with strange expressions. After exchanging a glance, Tony then spoke to the captain.

"The bad news is that Ultron's attack on the nuclear arsenal has already begun! But the good news is that a mysterious entity has been blocking Ultron's attack, and judging from the situation, it is completely overwhelming him."

Hearing Tony's words, Captain America and Black Widow breathed a sigh of relief. However, after seeing the strange expressions on Tony and Banner's faces, Black Widow asked Tony, somewhat puzzled.

"What's wrong? Why do you and Banner still have that look on your faces? Is the nuclear arsenal safe?"

"Tony and I just can't understand how this suddenly appearing expert managed to crush a digital life in the online world."

Dr. Banner took over the conversation and answered Black Widow's question. Just as Black Widow was about to say something, Sherlock's voice rang out.

"It's not necessarily that person can crush Ultron. Ultron still doesn't have a physical body. I think most of Ultron's energy is currently focused on how to create one or more bodies for himself. This multi-threaded approach is why the pressure of attacking the nuclear arsenal isn't too great."

Regardless, we must find Ultron now. Only by constantly causing trouble for Ultron can we prevent him from launching a full-scale attack on the nuclear arsenal!

Furthermore, we must guard against Ultron's backup plan. Dr. Zola's cunning strategy only needed to be tested once; Ultron absolutely cannot be allowed to split and leave any possibility of resurrection!

Sherlock paused here with a strange expression before continuing.

"Also, regarding the Five Great Philanthropists, the best solution I can think of is to have the Earth Defense Legion take the blame for the Avengers. However, if we do that, the Earth Defense Legion will definitely be blacklisted by the Five Great Philanthropists."

In other words, no matter who it is, they must never reveal even a trace of information about this identity, or the Avengers will face their wrath!

When Sherlock finished speaking, he turned to look at everyone present, and the captain and the others understood that Sherlock was not lying, and that his statement was somewhat evasive.

After everyone nodded solemnly, Thor spoke loudly to Sherlock while turning the handle of his hammer.

"Mentor, just tell me how to do it, that's all!"

Sherlock glanced at Thor, who was completely oblivious to the situation and hadn't understood his implied meaning at all, and sighed helplessly before addressing the others.

"The plan is simple, Tony. You start looking for Ultron now. We need to find out about Ultron's plans as early as possible. It would be best to take a good look at the documents that Ultron has browsed to find out the reason for Ultron's corruption and to make it easier to analyze Ultron's personality."

"Dr. Banner, please conduct a deep scan of the entire network. We mustn't let Dr. Zola's situation repeat itself; no one can tolerate that."

Upon hearing Sherlock's words, Tony and Dr. Banner nodded without objection, and everyone else remained silent, waiting for Sherlock's next move.

After taking a deep breath, Sherlock continued.

"As for the rest, I think we need to put on another show and shift all the blame for Ultron's creation onto that 'Gundam' of the Earth Defense Force. In other words, let that Gundam replace Tony as the creator of Ultron."

At this point, Sherlock paused slightly, his expression somewhat strange, before continuing.

"The only flaw in this plan is not on our side, but on Ultron's side. In other words, if we decide to carry out this plan, we absolutely cannot let up on our pursuit of Ultron. Only by keeping Ultron from paying attention to this side can we perfectly shift the blame!"

So, barring any unforeseen circumstances, we'll likely have to split up this time!

At this point, Sherlock paused slightly, his expression becoming increasingly strange as he continued.

"Let's put Rhodes and Falcon's vacation on hold. I'll need a lot of actors on my side, and those two can't escape. Tell them not to worry about the equipment, I'll take care of it. Let's choose Japan as the location."

Upon hearing Sherlock's words, Captain America, Black Widow, and Hawkeye all subconsciously twitched their lips. After hesitating for a while, Captain America finally asked Sherlock.

"How about we go somewhere else? You can't just keep staring at the foot basin making a mess, can you?"

Faced with the captain's concern, Sherlock shrugged and retorted irritably.

"Since we've already messed it up more than once, let's just mess it up this one more time!"

In response to Sherlock's words, Hawkeye whistled and addressed everyone with a hint of schadenfreude.

“I do agree with Sherlock’s opinion, but I’m sure that Rhodes and Falcon, those two guys on vacation in Japan, will definitely not like Sherlock’s plan.”

Chapter 599 Chocolate-Flavored Shit and Shit-Flavored Chocolate

In fact, Hawkeye was absolutely right.

When the Avengers were forced to follow Sherlock's plan, the expressions on Rhodes and Falcon's faces were incredibly distorted when they relayed the news to them in Japan.

Especially after Sherlock used the Space Stone to bring Zhao Weike, Hua Jie, and Doro to Falcon and Rhodes due to the emergency, the miserable feeling of being called back to work overtime during their vacation became even more pronounced on the faces of the two.

The look in his eyes as he looked at Sherlock carried a mixture of resentment, fear of the person about to cause trouble, hatred for Tony's meddling, and a sense of powerlessness in the face of fate.

On the contrary, Sherlock, despite understanding what the strange expressions on Rhodes and Falcon's faces meant, chose to simply ignore them—their resentment was enough to feed dozens of evil sword immortals.

Upon arrival, they immediately began arranging their identities.

There's not much to say about Zhao Weike. Sherlock fully utilized Zhao Weike's strengths, directly assigning him the role of Constantine. To make the character more realistic, he not only equipped Zhao Weike with a brass cross shotgun, but also provided him with brass knuckles and a lighter.

With the alchemical tools I temporarily created for Zhao Weike, it shouldn't be a problem for Zhao Weike to cosplay as Constantine, since there aren't any real enemies.

As for Hana, it was even simpler. Sherlock simply adjusted Hana's face slightly and had her wear a Shinigami outfit to cosplay as himself. Of course, it couldn't be Unohana Retsu from the Fourth Division, but rather Unohana Yachiru from the Eleventh Division.

As for himself, in order to completely shift the blame and facilitate his actions, Sherlock decisively chose a character with long-distance movement.

That's right, it's the same Gojo Satoru who was cut down to 2.5 times the size of the character he cosplayed in Sokovia.

As for Doro, he was dressed as Mini Thor, a complete recreation of his original outfit from New Mexico. The purpose of this was to accurately identify the people involved in the battle, making it easier to shift the blame.

Of course, whether it was Doro, Hua Jie, or Zhao Weike, they had all gotten used to Sherlock's outrageous actions after being messed with so many times, so they didn't have any intention of resisting Sherlock's arrangements.

However, this does not mean that Falcon and Rhodes can accept Sherlock's arrangements.

The reason is simple: Sherlock assigned them roles as Tony Stark in a Gundam version and Ultron in a Ultron version!

Furthermore, Sherlock's reasoning was quite sound: only the two of them had aerial combat experience on site, while the rest either couldn't fly or had never flown before, so expecting them to quickly adapt to the armor was pure nonsense.

Sherlock did not interfere with the allocation of these two core characters, leaving Falcon and Rhodes to choose for themselves.

But regardless of the role, it was a torment for both of them.

After hesitating for a long time, Rhodes finally asked Sherlock a profound question.

"Sherlock, is there really no other choice?"

Sherlock's answer is a classic example of a capitalist's empty promises.

"Of course, I can use alchemy to turn you into Tony right now, then you can go back and switch back to Tony. You can go and stop Ultron, fight the whole game, and then Tony and I can relax and take a vacation here in Japan. It's your choice."

On one hand, there's a real, high-risk battle with uncertain working hours, but the advantage is that you can stay away from Sherlock; on the other hand, there's an exhibition match with no danger whatsoever, and you might even get a vacation afterward, but the downside is that you have to spend a lot of time with Sherlock.

Faced with this ultimate choice—a choice between chocolate-flavored poop and poop-flavored chocolate—Rhodes and Falcon hesitated for a long time before finally having to reluctantly choose the latter.

However, what neither of them could have imagined was that the boomerang of their choice would fly back at them so quickly after they made their decision!

To ensure they wouldn't give themselves away while working with him, that little rascal Sherlock actually contacted a production company beforehand, claiming he was going to film a blockbuster.

Furthermore, Tony paid for it, directly assembling a lineup of top-tier villains to protect him.

The female protagonists are A-chan, Kimishima-chan, Fukada-chan, loli Kudo, Mikami-chan, Ayaka-chan, Amami-chan, Ogura-chan, Uehara-chan, and Honjo-chan, a total of ten people.