Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life

Cyborg, or rather Sherlock, didn't seem to care about Rhodes stepping forward. They even silently gave Rhodes a thumbs up. Needless to say, despite the lack of communication between them, Cyborg, who is able to get along with Tony, has an incredibly precise grasp of the script.

After Rhodes stepped forward, Cyborg stared at him with his cold electronic eyes for a while before letting out a cold laugh.

"Talk? Talk about what? Look at the guys sitting in this room. To your left is Hannibal, to your right is a pedophile, and across from you is a murderer who killed his own child."

"Is your Avengers just there to protect these guys whose crimes are exposed and who could be sentenced to prison and become nuclear bomb observers? What kind of Avengers are you? Who are you avenging? These criminals here?"

As Steelbone spoke, he took out a brown paper bag from behind his back and threw out a document for each person he called out. In the end, he threw all the documents onto the long table in the conference room.

Seeing Rhodes remain silent, his face turning incredibly dark, Cyborg's voice rang out once more.

"I'm not here to negotiate, I'm here to declare war. From this moment on, every time the clock strikes 12, the Justice League will publish all the crimes of the person present on the internet and in the media, until you completely and flawlessly reject that damn bill and guarantee that nothing like it will ever happen again."

After you have completed all the procedures at the General Assembly and the highest legislative body, I hope to see a press conference within an hour, where these heartless maggots acting as agents will publicly apologize.

Listen carefully: if any step is missing, all the information I have will be released instantly! Don't even think about blocking or controlling anything.

If you guys still have such ulterior motives, I advise you to put them away as soon as possible. To me, the internet is my backyard, and any connected device is essentially defenseless to me.

And if you have any ulterior motives, be careful, I'll release all the information! Now, the timer starts!

After saying this, Cyborg turned around and left, completely ignoring the incredibly pale faces of everyone present, as well as Rhodes, whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot, but whose eyes revealed a sense of satisfaction.

Seriously, this is the most enjoyable experience Rhodes has had since he met Sherlock, bar none!

Chapter 723 Twisted Greed

If you ask how great it is for Rod, it's like being able to drink an ice-cold beer without any worries when you're sweating profusely in the sweltering heat of summer.

The refreshing sensation, comparable to the first sip of ice-cold cola, instantly made all of Rod's pores open up.

However, this exhilarating feeling didn't last long. As Sherlock manipulated Cyborg to leave, the moment the conference room door closed, the previously quiet conference room erupted into chaos the instant Cyborg was gone.

It was the same old story of passing the buck and shirking responsibility. The only difference was that this time, no one felt any psychological pressure. Instead, their eyes gleamed with a bloodthirsty light.

After all, compared to the Avengers, the interests among comrades are readily available, even tangible and visible. Compared to the risks of controlling superhuman groups like the Avengers or the Justice League, absorbing the interests of one's comrades is the safest option.

Indeed, faced with the threat posed by Cyborg, controlled by Sherlock, these heartless maggots did not first think of fulfilling Sherlock's demands, but rather how to tear apart the corpses of their fallen comrades.

Although this chaotic blame-shifting session was still largely the same, with blame-shifting, bickering, and bluffing continuing as usual.

Even though it was the same group of people, the undisguised, absurd greed on their faces and the bloodthirsty look in their eyes made them look completely different from the previous group.

For a moment, Rhodes even felt a little nauseous. At this moment, Rhodes understood why Sherlock had been calling these people black-hearted maggots from beginning to end.

It's very simple. When you see Sherlock tear off the fig leaf of this group, and no one thinks about how to solve the problem, but their first thought is to devour the prey and the corpses of their companions like maggots, then you'll understand why.

Looking at the utterly absurd scene before him, Rhode knew that these people were no longer of any use. Whether they were the Avengers or anything else, at least in the grand drama directed by Sherlock, these fools whose souls had been corrupted by that absurd greed were absolutely useless.

After all, given the current situation, relying on this group of people will only lead to two outcomes: either they drag the Avengers down, then devour each other until the entire United States collapses completely.

Alternatively, they could continue to drag the Avengers down, and after devouring each other to a certain extent, finally feel fear, bow down to the Justice League, and then launch a fierce attack on the Avengers.

In either case, it's a victory for the Justice League, or rather, for Sherlock, which clearly contradicts the original script.

Rod really didn't want to waste time here and pollute his eyes, so he ignored the arguing crowd, picked up his notebook and pen from the table without saying a word, and got up to leave.

Surprisingly, no one cared about Rhodes' departure, just like the thick stack of incriminating evidence that Cyborg threw on the conference table and no one paid any attention to it. In fact, they were happy that Rhodes would leave and lead the Avengers in their battle against the Justice League.

Rhodes, not wanting to make a fool of himself, got up and, just like Cyborg, walked out without a word, not even bothering to glance at these absurd and greedy people.

Rhodes breathed a sigh of relief as the conference room door closed behind him and the view of the corridor came into his view.

Good news: Although Sherlock's Justice League is playing the villains, they are not so ruthless as to target working-class people like security guards. Therefore, most of the security guards in the corridor were simply knocked unconscious by Cyborg using non-lethal methods.

The bad news is that Cyborg's ability to silently knock out so many security guards and enter the most secretive and heavily guarded conference room in the United States as if it were an empty place far exceeds the initial setting given by Sherlock.

After leaving that group of heartless maggots, Rhodey almost immediately took out his phone to contact Tony and the captain and explained the situation, while also vividly describing Sherlock's declaration of war.

Meanwhile, Captain and Tony fell silent after hearing Rhodes's description.

Clearly, Sherlock was far more cunning, ruthless, and knowledgeable about those black-hearted maggots who were practically marinated in greed than they had initially planned.

The worst-case scenario the Avengers had imagined was that those wicked maggots would secretly provide them with some information or other assistance. However, Sherlock's move directly caused those wicked maggots to start a chaotic internal devouring frenzy.

They exploited their absurd greed and completely transformed them into Gu worms.

Even if these heartless maggots later still want to target the Avengers, they will need time to plan. Mutual devouring comes at a price; not only do they need time to heal their own wounds, but they also need time to stabilize the interests they have just acquired.

As for the Avengers, although they no longer have the help or the delay from those wicked maggots, they have effectively limited the time available for the Avengers to fight the Justice League.

It's too early. Those wicked maggots will devour each other without gaining any greater benefit, and even if they defeat the Justice League, it won't have any effect.

It's too late. If Sherlock really can't hold back and detonates all the evidence in his hands, turning it into a media bomb, the United States might cease to exist.

Sherlock's move completely seized control of the game, and it also changed Captain America and Tony's perception of him.

If they previously thought Sherlock was just a scoundrel with a twisted sense of humor, now he's become a scoundrel with a brain and a twisted sense of humor.

Sherlock practically demonstrated what it means to be lazy, but never to be bad at something.

Although both Captain America and Tony were astonished that those heartless maggots could be so short-sighted, they couldn't remain completely unresponsive to Sherlock's attack.

Tony not only recruited Spider-Man as a teammate, but also contacted Ant-Man through Hawkeye and Captain America, and incidentally began to help Spider-Man make that 'baby pajamas' suit.

Meanwhile, Captain America reunited with Black Panther, and together they accelerated their pursuit of Bucky.

Of course, compared to the Avengers, Sherlock's biggest advantage is that he has absolute control over the script, in order to bind Wakanda and the Avengers together.

After a brief moment of thought, Sherlock, being a fun-loving person, decided to put on a grand show.

Just as Cyborg was declaring war, Batman and Wonder Woman had already secretly arrived in Great Russia, found the cabin in the Siberian cold, and obtained the 'key' to control Bucky.

Chapter 724 Sherlock's Frenzied Ranking Up

For Sherlock, who possesses steel bones, finding the hidden Hydra who once served the Winter Soldier was not difficult, and he couldn't be bothered to pay attention to those failed projects of the 'Winter Soldier Project'.

After obtaining the key, Sherlock copied and memorized it through Batman, then destroyed the so-called key. Except for Cyborg, who was required to release a piece of evidence every half hour as planned, all the Justice League members went into hiding once again.

Thus began a global online frenzy orchestrated by Sherlock himself, presented from an absurd yet realistic perspective.

Of course, everything was going according to Sherlock's plan. Just as Sherlock had imagined, those black-hearted maggots were tearing each other apart from the very beginning, completely ignoring the demands Sherlock had made in the conference room.

It's worth mentioning that Sherlock's initial idea was to prioritize exposing Pepper Potts' political enemies.

However, Pepper Potts decisively rejected this idea after taking a few glances at the blood tax Sherlock had brought back, and even considered withdrawing from the race.

There was no other reason than that the greed and lack of principles of those heartless maggots disgusted Little Chili. She couldn't bear to step into such a disgusting circle just by knowing about it.

Both Sherlock and Tony chose to support her, since Pepper Potts' candidacy was initially just a casual move.

However, to everyone's surprise, after Sherlock began to reveal the evidence, the news of Pepper Potts withdrawing from the election even overshadowed the popularity of Sherlock's revelation of the evidence.

The reason is simple: after Sherlock released the first piece of evidence, Pepper Potts' approval rating steadily increased. When the news of Pepper Potts' withdrawal from the race was announced, her approval rating soared even more, and there were even protests where people petitioned for Pepper Potts to continue running for office.

However, both Pepper Potts and Tony have already made up their minds to leave, so it's probably not of much use to them.

Because Chili Pepper was determined to leave, Sherlock chose to cooperate with Rabbit and gradually release dirt on her based on Rabbit's advice.

It's important to understand that a blood tax involves not only the unscrupulous maggots and manipulators, but also many people who are deeply connected to them.

What the rabbits want is the 'collateral value' of those who are tied to them, so although the dirt that Sherlock releases seems chaotic and disorderly, every step is actually calculated.

Regardless of how much the rabbits actually gained, Sherlock and Zhao Weike alone made a killing through financial means, enriching themselves to the point that even the seasoned assassin Zhao Weike couldn't help but exclaim, "This is more profitable than printing money!"

Amidst the global frenzy sparked by Sherlock, the fact that Captain America captured Bucky, the mastermind behind the UN attack, seemed unremarkable, and few people even paid attention to it.

The direct result of this loss of attention is that, compared to the movie, the level of protection for those guarding Pakistan has plummeted.

This allowed Sherlock to easily bypass all the guards using the Flash, directly activate Bucky's Winter Soldier mode with the key, and issue two commands.

First, eliminate the remaining experimental subjects in Hydra's "Winter Soldier Project".

Second, after completing the mission, go to the designated coordinates to gather and join the Justice League in the fight against the Avengers.

It can only be said that the so-called "darkening and strengthening" setting in the movie is definitely not unfounded, even though Sherlock specifically requested the clause of reducing combat casualties when he gave the order.

However, he was still taken aback by Bucky's decisiveness as the Winter Soldier, and he understood exactly where the so-called "darkened" three-pointer was so powerful.

That's the difference between machines and humans.

Bucky, activated by the key, is completely devoid of emotion, possessing only efficiency. Under Sherlock's orders, Bucky, with his iron arms, can basically take down any human guard with a single punch.

There were no unnecessary movements, no unnecessary emotions, no unnecessary worries; everything was for the sake of the task and efficiency, and precision was brought to the extreme.

It can only be said that Hydra is indeed quite capable. Bucky's fighting style in Winter Soldier mode alone is absolutely top-notch. It maximizes its own advantages, minimizes its own weaknesses, maximizes the advantages of the environment, and even removes the body's self-protection to a certain extent.

It's no exaggeration to say that if Captain America or Tony Stark were brought to the exact same level as Bucky and had Bucky's equipment replicated, even the two of them working together might not be able to defeat Bucky in his Winter Soldier form.

Meanwhile, Captain America didn't expect Sherlock to pull off such a stunt. Before he could explain to Black Panther the truth that Bucky had been misunderstood, he received news that Bucky had escaped.

Neither Captain America nor Black Panther could stand by and watch Bucky escape. The two almost teamed up to chase after him again. However, this time, unlike the Bucky who had his own consciousness that they had chased before, neither of them was able to capture Bucky in Winter Soldier mode.

This infuriated Black Panther so much that he took the initiative to request an alliance with Captain America. Even after Captain America explained that Bucky had nothing to do with the old king's death, Black Panther did not give up on forming an alliance with the Avengers.

The reason why T'Challa stood so firmly with the Avengers was simple: on the one hand, Wakanda's technology was not yet able to distinguish whether the evidence altered by Cyborg, who held the title of Virtual God, was true or false.

On the other hand, the person who just rescued Bucky is none other than the Flash from the Justice League!

How did the Justice League know the key to activate Bucky and the Winter Soldier's abilities? And why did they rescue Bucky? What is the Justice League's connection to Hydra? Was the Hydra attack at the UN General Assembly really unrelated to the Justice League?

Almost every question could be considered a way to temporarily put T'Challa on the side of the Avengers.

The captain originally wanted to explain things to T'Challa, and even wanted to reveal a little bit about the Justice League, but for a moment, his thought process inexplicably overlapped with Sherlock's for a brief instant.

As a result, Captain America suddenly understood Sherlock's plan. Not only did he not refuse T'Challa's request for an alliance, he even decisively agreed to T'Challa's request and firmly stated that the Avengers would stand with Wakanda.

When Captain America mentioned this to Tony and the others, everyone—from Black Widow to Tony, and even Falcon, who was closest to Captain America—looked at him with surprise.

After everyone agreed that the Justice League's affairs were top secret for the Avengers, they all patted Captain America on the shoulder with complicated expressions as they left.

The captain understood the complex expression on her face; there was only one meaning behind it.

'Captain, you honest man, you've finally been corrupted by Sherlock.'

The captain cursed inwardly, feeling utterly ashamed that his moral standards had fallen to the same level as Sherlock's.

Chapter 725 The Birth of No Boundaries and the Beginning of High-Definition Dark History

As one of the people who knows Sherlock best, Tony's attitude towards the Corruption Plan became quite complicated after Sherlock took over the Justice League. He was in a quantum superposition state of "I don't want to confront Sherlock at all, but I have to go all out."

Tony knew that although Sherlock talked about playing the villain, in reality, all his actions were essentially the execution of the Corruption Plan, at most a Pro Max version.