Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life

"Sherlock, what's wrong with you? Why are you cursing at me?"

"You still say you're not an animal? How old are those two siblings? And you're still thinking about it? What the hell are you thinking about! When the hell did you start being a playboy? How the hell can you even make sense of that?"

Faced with Sherlock's relentless questioning, Tony actually remained silent!

That bastard Tony didn't say a word!

He actually fell silent!

Seeing that Tony had fallen silent without saying a word, both Sherlock and Captain America began to look at him differently.

It just goes to show how extravagant rich people are. If you think about it, at my age I probably still thought kissing could get me pregnant, but they've already done it!

Sherlock & Captain: "Beast!"

Faced with Sherlock and Captain America's unanimous condemnation, Tony gave them both a firm middle finger before speaking in an annoyed tone.

"I called it youthful arrogance, but you two, did you never have a rebellious phase or something? Damn it! Stop prying into my privacy and get down to business! Sherlock, you're well-informed, give me a straight answer on whether these two are my kids or not!"

Chapter 606 The Captain's Change

Under the scorn of Captain America and Sherlock, Tony was somewhat resigned to his fate. After all, he was quite uneasy about this issue; it was truly unpredictable! Who knew what outrageous things he had done during his dissolute past!

Seeing Tony's defiant and reckless attitude, as if he were waiting for his judgment, Sherlock almost couldn't resist smashing his spear into Tony's head.

"I'm your Armstrong Spiral Sky-Rising Cannon! You dare ask me about this? Tony, you're a real beast! I'm going to tell Pepper this!"

Sherlock pointed his spear at Tony and started cursing. Tony, on the other hand, actually breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Sherlock's reaction.

After all, he knew Sherlock too well. If those siblings really had some kind of relationship with him, Sherlock would definitely not have reacted this way.

Seeing Tony's shameless behavior, Captain America and Sherlock both inwardly despised him again before Sherlock told them about the Maximov siblings.

He also took the opportunity to express his disdain for the two men, who had only brought back Loki's scepter and hadn't even looked at Hydra's research report.

However, after hearing Sherlock's explanation, Captain America and Tony had completely different reactions.

Captain: "While I can understand that these two have turned their hatred for Tony into an obsession with survival, I really don't understand how they could resent the person who made the knife."

Even if they were to truly hate someone, shouldn't the two siblings hate Obadiah or that group of heartless maggots? After all, the fact that Tony's weapon was in Sokovia was most likely because of them.

The captain sighed helplessly, rubbing his head with a headache. As a former World War II veteran, this was the first time he had ever seen such a situation.

Tony, on the other hand, fell silent when he heard that the siblings' family had been killed by Stark Industries' weapons.

Since returning from that cave in the Middle East, this situation has been no different for Tony than killing someone himself.

Sherlock patted Tony on the shoulder as a gesture of comfort. This guy had always had a tendency to be a little too responsible, which was a good thing for a hero, but not so good for an ordinary person.

Seeing that Tony had managed to regain his composure, Sherlock then began to recount the details of the plan to shift the blame.

The good news is that, thanks to Sherlock's shifting of blame, the responsibility for the Hulk rampage in South Africa, which should have been borne by the Avengers, has instead been pinned on the so-called 'Earth Defense Force'.

The bad news is that now the Chinese have leverage over the Avengers, meaning the Avengers, who can stand up for themselves in the US, can't stand up for themselves in front of the Chinese.

Most importantly, after this incident is over, the Avengers must go to Rabbit's place to thank him for his help.

The two pieces of news have both good and bad aspects, but overall they are good.

Now the 'Earth Defense Legion' guise is completely ruined. Sherlock believes that even if they get rid of the guise, they still have to deal with the consequences they caused.

Tony's side had no objection to this. Back during the Battle of New York, Tony's side had already established a post-war insurance company specifically to compensate for the losses caused by the Avengers.

Before coming to Hawkeye's house, Tony had already sent someone to South Africa to assess the damage.

With most of the problems resolved, only one major issue remained for them.

What exactly is Ultron doing? Why is Ultron buying so much vibranium?

Just as the three of them were scratching their heads, Hawkeye's wife came out of the house and came to Tony's side, saying to him somewhat apologetically.

“Mr. Stark, there’s something I need your help with. Patton said you’re very skilled with mechanics, and the tractor at home has been broken for a long time. Could you please take a look at it?”

Upon hearing Hawkeye's words, Tony didn't think much of it. He casually chopped the axe into the wooden stump, wiped his hands, and prepared to follow Hawkeye to check on the broken tractor.

However, this guy, completely oblivious to his surroundings, said something to Sherlock and the captain before leaving.

"Don't touch the wood I've already chopped!"

The captain glanced at the mountain of timber behind him, and Sherlock looked at the neat wooden wall behind him. The two of them gave Tony a huge middle finger in perfect unison.

After Tony left, the captain looked in Sherlock's direction and asked him a question.

"Sherlock, do you really think Tony's Earth defense plan is a good thing?"

Seeing the incomprehension and seriousness on the captain's face, Sherlock sighed helplessly, put down his spear, and asked the captain.

"Captain, when people are exhausted, even Thor and I cannot guarantee that we can deal with all the threats in the universe. This universe is so vast that it contains too many 'miracles' that we cannot understand or even that science cannot explain."

At the same time, this universe is also very small. Everything that is happening to humans on Earth today is equally inevitable in the universe. Struggle is absolutely unavoidable as long as intelligent beings exist.

The Avengers should only do their best to protect Earth, which, in the grand scheme of the universe, is at best a toddler just learning to walk, making as many friends as possible and as few enemies as possible.

At this point, Sherlock paused slightly, then continued speaking to the captain as if he had thought of something.

"It's definitely not a bad thing for Tony to be prepared, but he absolutely cannot prepare without restraint. This requires internal communication, just like with the Ultron incident this time."

The fact that we were able to find the Earth Defense Force's undercover agents to take the blame this time can also be attributed to the influence of the Mind Stone within Loki's scepter, which caused Tony to act so impulsively.

But what about next time? And the time after that? What we need in the face of power is effective regulation, not rejection.

After saying this, Sherlock patted the captain on the shoulder before turning and leaving, leaving the captain standing there, staring blankly at Sherlock's departing figure.

After a while, the captain asked in a low voice, as if asking a question or talking to himself.

"Sherlock, what exactly did you see in the universe? And what kind of future did you foresee?"

To the captain's utter surprise, just as he finished speaking and Sherlock reached the doorway, Sherlock suddenly waved at him, as if answering a question, and loudly addressed the captain.

"Captain, read more books and newspapers in your spare time. If you don't have a good education, you can make up for it with intelligence; if you don't have a good intelligence, you can make up for it with hard work!"

"Fuck! Sherlock! I've graduated from college!"

Community college! And it's a distance learning program!

"..."

The captain felt like he had "mmp" on the tip of his tongue.

Chapter 607 A Moment of Leisure in the Busy Daily Life

Sherlock ignored the captain who was in a defensive position and instead went inside to look at the food Hawkeye and the others had prepared.

To be fair, Hawkeye's status as a rancher is absolutely genuine. His skill in marinating meat truly impressed Sherlock, especially after seeing Hawkeye crush a few kiwis and put them into the meat marinade. Sherlock was even more certain that Hawkeye's skills were top-notch.

Fun fact: Kiwifruit is rich in an enzyme that can break down the coarse fibers in meat, making the meat exceptionally tender—it's a natural meat tenderizer.

Just as Sherlock was praising Eyes' cooking skills, Tony walked in with an expression as if he had eaten bee droppings, his smile even harder to suppress than AK's.

Of course, although Sherlock noticed the strange smile on Tony's face, his attention was not on Tony at all, because Sherlock had found a great treasure in Hawkeye's cold storage!

A bull scorpion that's about to be packed up by Hawkeye and fed to the dogs!

A complete beef scorpion, complete with bits of meat still on it!

Honestly, Sherlock was even more excited to see this thing than to smell the aroma of Eye Brother's signature marinade. He immediately asked Eye Brother for the beef scorpion.

Eye-Eye was extremely puzzled as to why Sherlock wanted this thing, since it was considered 'kitchen waste' by Eye-Eye, and had absolutely no use value except for feeding the dogs.

That's why, even though he didn't understand what Sherlock was going to do, Brother Eye generously said that Sherlock could be taken away.

After obtaining Eyes' permission, Sherlock wore the same bee-poop-like grin as Tony Stark, and immediately found a large basin, using his spear as a cleaver to begin dissecting the beef scorpion.

Lang Qiang probably never imagined that, in addition to his primary role as a weapon, he would also be playing the roles of shovel, baseball bat, spiked club, machete, and now, damn it, he even has to cosplay as a kitchen knife!

Watching Sherlock's actions, not to mention Eyes, even Tony, who always had a smile on his face, couldn't help but have a question mark on his face.

"Sherlock, that thing is just bones now. We have meat, there's no need to be so frugal."

Seeing Sherlock's enthusiastic preparations for cooking, Tony, after holding back for a while, finally couldn't help but urge Sherlock to stop.

Even Tony's words reflected the thoughts of everyone present. In their view, Sherlock's enthusiastic attack on those bones with little meat was a complete waste of time; they could have eaten so much delicious roast meat that they'd throw up.

Sherlock simply rolled his eyes at these unsophisticated foreigners.

Considering that these foreigners hadn't eaten anything particularly good, Sherlock didn't bother to argue. He started working on the beef scorpion while rolling his eyes at Tony, who had just been complaining.

"Just because of what you said, Tony, you won't get any of my bones once they're cooked!"

Tony remained unfazed by Sherlock's threats, arms crossed and a 'I'll just watch you show off' smile on his face as he casually watched Sherlock busy himself.

Sherlock ignored Tony and, after using alchemy to make a large pot and earthen stove, and after washing the ox scorpion, he decisively started to stir-fry the ingredients and stew the bones.

When the large pot containing what they considered 'kitchen waste' began to emit white steam, a peculiar aroma began to fill the air.

The aroma was unlike any food they had ever eaten before; it was numbing, spicy, fresh, and fragrant, making their mouths water just by smelling it.

Even Dr. Banner, who had been isolating himself in his second-floor bedroom, was drawn out of his own world by the faint fragrance and stared blankly at Sherlock's large cauldron.

The moment Sherlock opened the pot lid, a huge plume of steam rose up, and the enticing aroma instantly overpowered the smell of Brother Eye's roasted meat.

Not to mention the Avengers, even Eyes's children and wife focused their attention on Sherlock's cauldron.

Sherlock didn't actually refuse to give Tony any food, just as he had said.

The moment Brother Yan'er's barbecue and Sherlock's huge pot of beef spine were placed on the long table at the same time, the originally juicy and tender barbecue instantly became a side dish for Sherlock's huge pot of beef spine.

However, when everyone picked up the cow bone and started gnawing on the bits of meat, cracking open the bone and sucking out the marrow inside...

The instincts from when we were still small, skinny monkeys easily took over the minds of everyone present.

You have to understand that in that era, the skinny little monkeys living in the trees couldn't even afford to eat meat. Even eating the remains of a large predator or just some bone marrow would have been considered an unparalleled delicacy.

This pot of beef spine hot pot, without exaggeration, allowed everyone to experience the joy of skinny little monkeys in ancient times.

As a result, Brother Yan'er's barbecue, which started as a main dish, became a side dish, and then a main dish.

The most outrageous of all are Yan'er's three children.

Aside from the youngest who could only drink milk, the other two ate with incredible abandon, even putting Brother Yan'er's roasted meat into the pot of beef spine soup, hoping to give the roasted meat a bit more of the beef spine flavor.

As for the results?

All I can say is that after everyone finished eating that huge bowl of beef scorpion, the bones left behind were so bad that even a dog would shake its head at them.