Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life

This is especially true when the Ancient One is also there to support the team.

Moreover, compared to having fun, Sherlock clearly had something more important to deal with—Wanda!

If Sherlock hadn't interfered with Gandalf's damned melee magic teaching Wanda, he could have foreseen the birth of a berserker mage who mastered both chaos magic and Gandalf's illusion magic.

Sherlock will not allow, absolutely will not allow, such a thing to happen.

Putting aside how Captain America and Tony, who always thought Wanda was going to a "magic school," would view him, Quicksilver would probably cross the Pacific Ocean to hunt him down if he found out that he had turned his magical sister into a gorilla.

The worst part is that, given Quicksilver's abilities, Sherlock might have to sleep with one eye open and the other closed, just in case Quicksilver sneaks into his bed in the middle of the night to assassinate him.

So even if it's just so he can sleep peacefully in the future, Sherlock has to change Gandalf's influence on Wanda!

As for what method was used?

Before the three returned, half of Kamar-Taj was destroyed in the battle between Sherlock and Gandalf, but Sherlock repaired it.

So much so that when the three returned to Kamar-Taj, they were particularly puzzled by the strange yet awe-inspiring looks that all the sorcerers of Kamar-Taj were giving Wanda.

The three were especially puzzled when they saw Gandalf with a bruised and swollen face.

Wanda, the little girl, curiously approached Gandalf's panda eyes and studied them repeatedly for a while before asking him with a puzzled look.

"Master, what's wrong with you? Did you get into a fight? Have those corrupted mages invaded Kamar-Taj?"

Faced with Wanda's obvious and purely curious question, Gandalf could only awkwardly laugh and respond while recalling Sherlock's vicious threat to the entire Kamar-Taj community not to reveal the truth when he was repairing Kamar-Taj.

"It's nothing, it's nothing. I just made a small mistake while researching magic. Don't worry about it."

After saying that, he grabbed Wanda and left, leaving Stephen and Mordo rolling their eyes.

Of course, compared to what exactly happened, it's clear that the two of them had more important things to deal with.

The impact of the Ancient One's 'death' will not be limited to Dormammu's side alone. Kamar-Taj needs to be fully prepared for the upcoming 'dimensional war'.

What the two of them didn't know was that, because of the great battle between Sherlock and Gandalf, there wouldn't be any enemies, apart from Dormammu, who would be so foolish as to invade the planet with alchemists.

Meanwhile, the Ancient One, the mastermind behind this grand battle and the Dimensional Live Stream host, quietly put away her complex magic, smiled with satisfaction, and seemed to be looking forward to her quiet and peaceful vacation in the future.

Dormammu, who was blocked in the live stream: ? ? ? ...Isn't this a form of dimensional bullying?

Chapter 708 Sherlock's Long Day

After Sherlock altered Gandalf's teaching plan using 'physics', he briefly greeted the three returning students, arranged a time to pick up Wanda, and then happily slipped away.

Kamar-Taj is currently facing turmoil and crisis due to the 'death' of the Ancient One. Sherlock, as an 'ally,' does not want to waste time here, but he also does not want to take advantage of the situation at this time.

Letting Gandalf and Wanda stay in Kamar-Taj is tantamount to supporting Kamar-Taj. What if Sherlock finds out about the Ancient One's 'fun space' and doesn't keep an eye on her so she can continue to have fun?

Sherlock was well aware that the Ancient One had broadcast his battle with Gandalf live, but he didn't want to point it out or say anything; it was his way of helping Kamar-Taj.

It's just a show of support. They've supported Asgard before, so supporting Kamar-Taj isn't a bad thing, especially since Kamar-Taj is practically Earth's 'own' territory.

After briefly explaining a few things, Sherlock decisively used the Space Stone to escape.

Sherlock originally planned to go straight home, but out of concern for Odin, he hesitated for a long time before deciding to visit Odin's film crew.

This discovery had a significant impact: Sherlock was captured by Odin and made his screen debut as Sherlock.

Good news: Sherlock's screen debut was just a matter of Odin insisting that he play a corpse. All he had to do was lie shirtless on the dissection table, which spared him the embarrassing performance that made him feel like his toes were digging into the ground.

The bad news is that even with this corpse role, Sherlock, at Odin's request, managed to hold his breath until his face turned purple and he almost couldn't recover.

Yes, for some reason, Odin has developed an obsessive desire for control over the details of his work, and even his performances are tinged with a kind of fanaticism.

Not to mention Anya, whom Sherlock shoved in, even Frigga was dragged over by Odin and made a supporting character.

The only difference is that Frigga enjoys it, and even occasionally takes on the role of Odin's assistant, while for Sherlock it's pure torture.

Sherlock originally thought that it was just a corpse, and that he could finish his role in a few hours at most, or even just a few minutes if things went smoothly.

But reality slapped Sherlock hard in the face. Later on, Sherlock even considered using alchemy to create a corpse prop for Odin, or he could simply pay to buy a real one from the black market.

To Sherlock's bewilderment, Odin refused without hesitation, and the reasons he gave were completely incomprehensible to Sherlock.

What the hell do you mean by 'a real corpse can't create the dramatic tension he wants in a performance'?

Sherlock recognizes every single word of Odin's words, but put them together? Sorry, Sherlock really can't understand them.

So it really is a case of a corpse competing against a living person in a performance, and winning second place? Sherlock doesn't understand, Sherlock is deeply shocked, Sherlock feels that Odin is insane, but Sherlock doesn't say anything!

Sherlock was exhausted after being tormented by Odin for most of the day. The worst part was that when Sherlock finally escaped from Odin's clutches and returned to his home with the Space Stone, the sun hadn't even set yet because of the time difference!

Sherlock inexplicably felt that today had been far too long.

Sherlock, who had just returned home, didn't even have time to absorb some Doro or Orange's energy to restore his sanity before Captain America and Tony, who had discovered Sherlock's return, arrived at Avengers Tower for another meeting. As a result, Sherlock, sitting in his chair, began to lose his composure.

If the art style were changed to anime, Sherlock would probably be completely grayish-white right now, and his soul would probably have already popped out of his mouth and quietly drifted towards his bed.

As for the content of the Avengers' meeting?

Honestly, Sherlock was completely distraught after hearing the reason.

For some unknown reason, the Hydra agents funded by Sherlock have begun to integrate, as if it were a last-ditch effort.

And their chosen target was also deadly: Wakanda!

Whether they set their sights on high-value items like vibranium because they wanted to get rid of Sherlock's funding, or because they knew the real information about Wakanda and wanted to make contact, in any case, judging from the information coming from all sides, the remnants of Hydra really have their eyes on Wakanda.

Most importantly, the captain seems to have also noticed something amiss in Wakanda.

This country, which is assessed by the United Nations as backward, closed, and even in need of aid, does not seem to be at all like the assessment in the documents.

Currently, the situation is a complex five-way power struggle involving Wakanda, Hydra, the five major benefactors, and the Avengers (Justice League). Intelligence suggests that Hydra's attempts to infiltrate Wakanda have all ended in failure.

The captain wanted to use the Avengers or the Justice League to make contact with Wakanda, but the other side's attitude was quite ambiguous, neither refusing nor agreeing.

You might say this has nothing to do with Sherlock, right? Well, the funds for Hydra's integration came from Sherlock. But you might also say it's related to Sherlock, right? Sherlock never issued any missions that had anything to do with Wakanda.

Tired of listening to Captain America and Tony speculate about what was going on, Sherlock wearily recounted most of the information about Wakanda.

Well, after hearing the information Sherlock provided, both Captain America and Tony were speechless.

Can you imagine a country whose technology far surpasses that of all other countries on Earth, yet it still receives aid from the United Nations and presents itself to the outside world in an extremely morbidly poor and backward manner?

What the captain and Tony didn't expect was that this nation full of wicked tastes was actually using the most advanced vibranium technology to fight tribal wars.

Sherlock didn't care what Captain America and Tony thought of Wakanda. In any case, Sherlock really didn't like these black guys. After revealing all the information he knew, Sherlock used the Space Stone to run away without any hesitation.

Meanwhile, the Avengers who remained in the conference room gradually became serious.

The reason is simple: Wakanda's emergence disrupted some of their plans for the future, including their current preparations for a future showdown with the Justice League.

More importantly, Wakanda's vibranium, technology, and even its personnel are all things the Avengers must win over.

To prevent a repeat of the Battle of New York, Wakanda must be incorporated into the Avengers' 'Earth Defense Operations System'.

However, that country is currently in a closed and xenophobic state, which makes Captain America and Tony very worried.

Chapter 709 The Changing International Situation (Part 1)

Leaving aside the fact that Captain America and Tony are practically scratching their heads off for Wakanda, the Justice League is making quite a bit of progress.

Sherlock only learned about the latest developments of the Justice League from Zhao Weike's inner circle the day after he returned home.

Thanks to Pepper Potts' candidacy and Tony's massive financial support, the group of ruthless scoundrels who sensed the crisis could no longer sit still. Despite their fear of possibly encountering Superman, they began to contact the Justice League.

However, those wicked maggots were clearly not very lucky. The first person they came into contact with was Cyborg, a cyborg. And to make matters worse, when those wicked maggots came into contact with Cyborg, the person controlling him was Doro.

Doro is inherently extremely sensitive to malice, and when those heartless maggots actually tried to threaten Cyborg, the result was predictable: those unfortunate souls who obeyed the heartless maggots experienced firepower far exceeding that of an army.

Although the massive barrage of firepower didn't actually cause any real harm thanks to Doro's kindness, it left a permanent psychological scar on the team that did the dirty work, and it was only a matter of time before they were abandoned.

But counterintuitively, this act of slapping someone in the face is actually a good thing.

On the one hand, those heartless maggots are not actually united. The forces they control are just private armies. Although they nominally share common interests, the unlucky guy who lost a squad at least helped them find out something.

Their old carrot-and-stick approach is no longer effective against the Justice League.

After their scheme of threatening first and then offering benefits was rejected, those scoundrels cleverly changed their approach and successfully made contact with Batman, who was being manipulated by Tony, once again.

Having learned from the experience with Doro, these scoundrels were undoubtedly much more cautious this time, and after offering numerous conditions, 'Batman' Tony agreed to cooperate with them.

It's worth mentioning that one of the conditions Tony agreed to cooperate with those wicked maggots was that everyone in their Justice League would be managed by a 'company,' an absolutely private company with no hiccups in the licensing process. Most importantly, those wicked maggots would have no jurisdiction over the company.

If any unscrupulous individuals are found to be interfering in or infiltrating the company's operations, the cooperation between the two parties will be immediately terminated and they will become adversaries.

Under pressure from the Avengers, those wicked maggots actually agreed to this outrageous condition, and Tony's side even came up with the extremely wicked name of the company, Vought International.

That's right, the entire Justice League now belongs to the company that developed Compound 5 within The Boys.

To be honest, aside from the absence of Homelander, it does resemble that superhero organization that's rotten to the core.

What's even more amazing is that, although those scoundrels knew that the name "Wotter Corporation" was meant to disgust them, not one of them objected. In fact, they even seemed to be looking forward to it.

The Justice League's appearance was rather abrupt, and more importantly, their style of doing things from beginning to end has always been somewhat ambiguous between good and evil, coupled with the well-known Vought International meme.

Nobody knows whether the group that looks exactly like the Justice League from DC comics is actually the Justice League or the Super Seven.

Some of these wicked maggots actually wish the Justice League members were truly the Seven, because only then could they better seize profits and fight against the Avengers.

After all, Pepper Potts puts more pressure on them than the Avengers.

Thanks to the 'advanced' legal system in the United States, although it usually appears to be a two-party election between the Democratic and Republican parties, it is not actually like that.

The election in the United States is essentially a game of exchanging votes for benefits. So theoretically, even if you are not affiliated with either the Donald or the Elephant, as long as you have enough votes, you can still enter the White House.

So-called independent candidates emerge almost every year, but in reality, very few independent candidates succeed in winning the election.

Leaving aside the suppression from both parties, the source of campaign funds is a headache for independent candidates, and most of them end up being co-opted by members of both the Democratic and Republican parties.

However, the appearance of Little Chili broke this unspoken rule that is rarely mentioned.

Votes? Women, independent candidates, the public's long-standing grievances against both parties, and close ties with the Avengers—any one of these factors could be considered a decisive advantage.

Funding? Does Pepper Potts, or rather Tony behind her, lack money? Don't be ridiculous. Being richer than a country is no exaggeration. Even excluding Tony, that rich bastard, Sherlock alone could cover Pepper Potts' campaign funding needs.

The result of all the buffs stacking together is that those heartless maggots are being surrounded from both sides by the Avengers and Pepper Potts, turning their single-mindedness into a double trap.

If it weren't for this, these guys wouldn't have bothered to contact the Justice League, or at least wouldn't be in such a hurry to do so now. What they don't know is that the so-called Justice League is nothing more than a disguise for the Avengers.

As expected, not long after those scoundrels made contact with the Justice League, while Sherlock was still busy with Kamar-Taj, they began to relentlessly corrupt the Justice League.

Selfish motives were one aspect, but another was that these guys needed the Justice League to help them fight the Avengers, or rather, they needed the Justice League's 'hero' title to fight against the Avengers and Pepper Potts.