Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life

The director wasn't protecting Yosef; he was simply unhappy about the loss of his interests.

Sherlock, of course, had countless ways to deal with this, and said with a smile to the chief, who was sitting in the chair with a stern face.

"Believe me, given Joseph's personality, even without us, New York will become a monster that devours the Tarasov family! Or rather, it might not be a bad thing for the Roma people to stay away from New York now."

Hearing Sherlock's words, the chief did not speak, but leaned back in his chair and took puffs of his cigar. After a while, he finally spoke to Sherlock.

"evidence."

Sherlock remained calm, his smile widening as he addressed the bureau chief.

“You can check our entry records.”

As Sherlock spoke, his smile was almost too bright to be contained, and he pointed to himself and Zhao Weike.

Seeing Sherlock's confident smile, the chief couldn't tell what was going on and could only press a button on the table to let the black woman in.

"Check their entry records."

The chief gave the black woman an order, and she nodded before turning and leaving again.

At this moment, the bureau chief stood up and addressed Zhao Weike and Sherlock.

"John, you've finally come home, why don't you take your friends for a tour!"

Although Zhao Weike was somewhat puzzled by the exchange between Sherlock and the director from beginning to end, when the director said those words, Zhao Weike could only nod and then stand up to give Sherlock a look.

Sherlock didn't mind, shrugged at Zhao Weike, and followed Zhao Weike out again.

After leaving the director's office, Sherlock noticed that the black woman hadn't left but was waiting at the door. After seeing Zhao Weike and Sherlock come out of the office, she nodded to them and then ignored them.

Zhao Weike didn't say anything, and only after leading Sherlock to an empty corridor did he ask Sherlock a question.

"What exactly is the relationship between you and the bureau chief?"

Hearing Zhao Weike's answer, Sherlock's smile widened, and he said to Zhao Weike.

"It's nothing, I just used a powerful figure that your bureau chief wouldn't dare to ignore to prove something."

"what's up?"

"A loss may turn out to be a blessing in disguise!"

Chapter 87 A Convoluted Scheme

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Upon hearing Sherlock's words, three question marks slowly appeared above Zhao Weike's head, completely unaware of what Sherlock meant.

In Sherlock's view, the whole matter was not complicated at all; in fact, it could be said to be overly simple.

Leaving aside Yosef's breathtaking actions, his demise was sealed the moment he ran to Russia seeking the director's protection.

The director did indeed shelter Yosef, but the real reason he sheltered Yosef was to bring Zhao Weike here. The driving force behind this was his anger at the infighting between Zhao Weike and Vig's Tarasov family.

As mentioned before, regardless of what Vig is like, he is a branch of the Rom Gang, meaning he is a sub-gang of the Rom Gang.

Due to the conflict between Zhao Weike and Viggo, the Rom gang's control over New York has been reduced to its lowest level in history.

This is why, after Zhao Weike arrived, the bureau chief subtly hinted that he wanted to target Zhao Weike.

Essentially, the director's meaning was either to remove Zhao Weike from the Rom Gang starting today, or to bring Zhao Weike back to continue creating value for the Rom Gang.

As for Sherlock's involvement in this matter, it wasn't actually that complicated. Sherlock was simply telling the Commissioner that the future of New York would not be something that the Rom Gang or even the Continental Hotel could control.

The Rom gang's withdrawal from New York is only beneficial to the gang, and the proof is nothing more than the so-called entry record.

It's important to know that while the assassin's entry records are top secret, they are open and transparent to the High Table and the Continental Hotel.

However, there will be absolutely no record of Sherlock and Zhao Weike entering the country, whether through mainland hotels or official channels, because they were transported by S.H.I.E.L.D.!

This meant that the bureau chief would not be able to find any useful information, and Zhao Weike and Sherlock seemed to have suddenly appeared on the Russian side.

This situation can only represent two possibilities for the bureau chief and his colleagues.

Either the two of them used some extraordinary means to get to Russia, or they came through a channel far superior to the High Table, the Mainland Hotel, or even the official channels.

Either way, it would be considered 'evidence' for the director to prove the credibility of Sherlock's words.

This is why Sherlock is so fearless.

Zhao Weike was quite perplexed by all the intricacies involved. He could understand things a little better if it involved killing someone or dealing with the rules of the mainland hotel, but he had no idea about these complicated matters.

Sherlock didn't want to explain things too clearly to Zhao Weike, so he patted Zhao Weike on the shoulder before speaking to him.

"If you can't figure it out, then don't think about it. I may not know as much as you do about those so-called rules and unspoken rules, but when it comes to these intricate matters, I'm your ancestor!"

All you need to know is that Yosef is dead; that's a done deal. There's absolutely nothing else you need to worry about.

Hearing Sherlock's words, Zhao Weike rolled his eyes in annoyance. For him, knowing the result was enough.

After hearing Sherlock's words, Zhao Weike breathed a slight sigh of relief and began to relax. He even started to show Sherlock around the assassin training school disguised as a theater.

The two wandered from the shooting range to the combat range, and even unintentionally took a look at the so-called academy dormitory.

Well, looking at the 'dormitory' in front of him, Sherlock could only say that even the so-called worst college dorms in his past life were much better than this.

This so-called dormitory is nothing more than a large area of ​​empty rooms with single beds placed at certain intervals, with boys on the left and girls on the right.

Aside from that, there's nothing to cover it; it's simply a place to sleep.

As for the assassin girl played by Anna that Sherlock had been looking forward to, he never saw her. To be honest, Anna was already 37 years old when Sherlock watched The Ballet of Versailles.

It was a bit of a stretch for her to portray her appearance at 20 years old back then.

But this place is different. Anna here is incredibly young, and Sherlock is already looking forward to seeing Anna at the peak of her beauty in her youth.

While Sherlock was looking forward to his own 'meet and greet with a star', in the office on the other side, as Sherlock and Zhao Weike left, the black woman who had been waiting at the door walked into the office once again.

Upon seeing the Black woman walk in, the chief did not look up, but continued writing and drawing on the paper in front of him, asking the Black woman without raising his head.

"Nogi, have you checked how those two people entered the country?"

Upon hearing the chief's words, the Black woman named Nogi nodded to him before speaking.

"We've already sent people to investigate, but judging from the behavior of these two, the man named Sherlock wasn't lying."

Upon hearing Nogi's words, the director didn't say anything, but his brows furrowed even more.

Seeing that the chief remained silent, Nogi thought for a moment before continuing to ask the chief.

"Mom, can we really bring Baba Yaga back?"

Faced with Nogi's question, the chief put down his pen, sighed helplessly, and then spoke to the black woman.

"It's impossible. That little guy named Sherlock has built a bottomless moat for Baba Yaga. As long as that little guy is alive, the moat will not disappear."

Moreover, it's not a matter of us wanting Babayaga to return and him simply doing so; rather, Babayaga willingly donned the collar woven by that woman named Helen, transforming from a lone wolf running through the Siberian cold winds into an obedient dog hiding in the moat.

Upon hearing the director's words, Nogi's face showed a hint of resentment.

As a world-renowned money pit, it would be hard to accept that the Rhom gang would give up New York. However, given the current situation, they have no choice but to do so.

"Are we just going to let them kill that idiot Yosef?"

Hearing Nogi's somewhat unwilling words, the director smiled and said to Nogi with a cheerful smile.

“No, Baba Yaga is still a member of the Rom family, and as long as he is in the Rom family, he will have to make compensation if he damages the interests of the Rom family.”

At this point, the bureau chief paused slightly, took a puff of his cigar, and as he exhaled the smoke, his smile became increasingly cunning.

"How about we ask Babayaga to give us back a Chichimora?"

Chapter 88 The Difference Between Babayaga and Chichimora

Sherlock and Zhao Weike had no idea that the director and Nogi had begun plotting against Zhao Weike, and that Sherlock was even implicated as well.

At this moment, Sherlock was still on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land with Zhao Weike.

"Old Zhao, tell me the truth, do you actually know ballet?"

As Sherlock toured the theater—which was actually a killer training camp—with Zhao Weike, he asked Zhao Weike some questions out of curiosity.

After all, for Sherlock, this was Zhao Weike's home, a fact Zhao Weike himself had stated. And here, apart from those behind-the-scenes personnel who were no different from ordinary people and never participated in any training, almost everyone was a killer and ballet dancer.

Therefore, Sherlock's suspicions are not entirely unfounded.

But when these words reached Zhao Weike's ears, his blood pressure instantly spiked. Given how familiar Zhao Weike was with Sherlock, he was even certain that Sherlock was currently imagining himself dancing ballet in a ballet tutu!

In fact, Zhao Weike's guess was completely correct. Just imagining the scene makes Sherlock's smile as wide as an AK.

After repeatedly telling himself that Sherlock was completely ignorant of the Rom gang and that ignorance is no excuse, Zhao Weike barely managed to suppress his urge to beat Sherlock before explaining the situation to him.

"No, this is where Chichimora is trained, but I've always been aiming for Babayaga."

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Upon hearing Zhao Weike's words, three huge question marks appeared above Sherlock's head. Without saying a word, he took out his phone and began searching for what Chichimora was.

However, the search results only made Sherlock more and more puzzled.

"A bird-faced, bird-footed house sprite who can help her family with chores, but for lazy housewives, she'll give their children nightmares at night? So, is this place for training babysitters like house-elves?"

Sherlock asked Zhao Weike with some confusion.

"They're bodyguards!"

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After hearing Zhao Weike's answer, Sherlock's question mark became even bigger.

Well, Sherlock is now a little afraid to look at the code names these gangsters have given him. Good grief, they're either some old witch named Baba Yaga or some house-elf named Chichimora.

For some inexplicable reason, it always gives people a sense of beauty that is both uneducated and mysteriously enigmatic.

However, strictly speaking, these so-called bodyguards are not much different from house-elves.

What Sherlock couldn't understand was that in the movie, Anna's character, Chichimora, seemed to have turned into an assassin once again, right?

This thing even has a conversion function?

No, that's not the point. The point is, damn it, mainland hotels actually offer bodyguard services?

For a moment, Sherlock felt that his worldview had been turned upside down.