Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life

"Neither refused nor agreed, just said it wasn't the right time! Time doesn't seem to be on my side! Charon, tell the kitchen to prepare something different and send it to the office today. Life always needs some variety, doesn't it?"

"Of course, sir!"

Chapter 127 The Girls' First Mission (Part 1)

While Winston was seeking change, Sherlock drove the two girls straight to the airport. After meeting up with the staff of the Continental Hotel, the three of them followed the hotel staff onto a private jet.

Zhao Weike was already waiting for the three of them on the plane. When he saw Sherlock walk in with two girls carrying travel bags, Zhao Weike didn't say anything. He simply handed the laptop bag in his hand to the two girls behind Sherlock and then pulled Sherlock to sit down in the back of the plane.

What did Winston say to you?

As Zhao Weike watched the two girls in front of him open the information in their laptop bags and spread it on the table to start formulating an action plan, he whispered to Sherlock.

"It's nothing. Winston wants to cooperate with me. I guess he probably wants me to open an alchemical item shop in the Continental Hotel."

Sherlock, also looking at the two girls in front of him, said quietly to Zhao Weike beside him.

"You agreed?"

Upon hearing Sherlock's answer, Zhao Weike turned to look at Sherlock with some surprise, his eyes filled with undisguised worry.

Sherlock rolled his eyes in annoyance before speaking to Zhao Weike.

"How could that be? If my things were to actually appear in a mainland hotel, Winston probably wouldn't even know how he died! I've also hinted to him that it's not the right time yet. As for what the future holds, nobody knows. Maybe there really will be a possibility of cooperation in the future."

Sherlock didn't kill him; he simply spoke calmly to Zhao Weike beside him.

Upon hearing Sherlock's words, Zhao Weike looked at Sherlock with incredibly complex emotions, wanting to know what the future would hold so that Sherlock's alchemical artifacts, which were practically divine, would become commonplace.

But in the end, all the questions vanished with a sigh, and Zhao Weike was ultimately unable to ask any questions.

Seeing Zhao Weike's conflicted expression, Sherlock could easily tell what Zhao Weike was worried about. He smiled and said to Zhao Weike.

"No one can predict the future, but I can tell you that our community is very safe."

After a pause, Sherlock continued speaking to Zhao Weike with a smile.

"Moreover, my collaboration with Winston might not be a bad thing, Lao Zhao. Sometimes I really like some of the rules of the Continental Hotel."

If we compare the world to a coin, ordinary people live on top, while the tentacles of the mainland hotel will never reach the top; at most, they will only touch the vertical side.

For the ordinary people living there, isn't the existence of the Mainland Hotel a form of protection? I wouldn't mind if the fighting in the underworld intensified.

Sherlock smiled mysteriously, patted Zhao Weike on the shoulder, and instead of delving into the topic, he changed the subject and asked Zhao Weike about Anna and Mindy's 'newbie quests'.

Zhao Weike was only worried about Helen's safety. After learning that there was no danger in his community, Zhao Weike was temporarily relieved and briefly explained to Sherlock the first task he had chosen for the two rookies.

As for the affairs of the underworld, to be honest, Zhao Weike can't care too much about them now. He just wants his two apprentices to be safe and sound.

After hearing Zhao Weike's introduction, Sherlock couldn't help but gasp.

Well, the choice of this task is very much in Zhao Weike's style.

The mission was actually quite simple: just rescue the kidnapped heiress. It seemed like a very easy mission. In fact, the intelligence even included the exact location of the heiress's imprisonment and the blueprints for that location, which had already been provided to the newbie.

The fact that it made Sherlock gasp clearly indicates that this task is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface.

Indeed, the place where Qianjin was being held was on the top floor of one of Ermao's entertainment venues. Because it was an entertainment venue, there were basically no windows, which eliminated the possibility of sniper cover.

Therefore, Mindy and Anna were left with only one option: fight their way in and rescue her.

But this entertainment center happens to be the gathering place and headquarters of that gang. Even during the day, there are at least one or two hundred people stationed inside the entertainment center.

Such a task might not be a problem for someone like Zhao Weike, who is at the top of the assassin ranks, but for two rookies, it would be an absolute hellish challenge.

"You're really something! You immediately increased the intensity for your apprentice!"

Sherlock admired Zhao Weike for remaining so calm while sitting with him, and gave him a thumbs up. Zhao Weike, on the other hand, calmly accepted Sherlock's praise, turned his gaze back to the two girls in front of him, and then spoke to Sherlock in a calm tone.

"This mission is merely to test their combat skills. I didn't specify any weapons for them, and I even had Charon give them bulletproof suits. If they can't even complete such a simple task with such equipment, I think they're not suited for this line of work anymore."

Zhao Weike's answer was so calm that even Sherlock found it somewhat unbelievable.

However, Sherlock couldn't say much, since this was a mission from the Continental Hotel, and Anna and Mindy were Zhao Weike's apprentices. Sherlock, who could only be considered Zhao Weike's uncle, had no right to interfere with Zhao Weike's decision.

And indeed, just as Zhao Weike said, during the flight, Zhao Weike and Sherlock did not say a single word to Anna and Mindy, not even making eye contact.

After getting off the plane, Zhao Weike simply pulled Sherlock away, offering Anna and Mindy no help whatsoever, acting like a cold-hearted bystander.

Mindy and Anna had already anticipated this situation, and they didn't object to the disappearance of the two men. They simply went about finding a place to stay and preparing for the rescue.

As for Sherlock and Zhao Weike, according to the plan, they should have been hiding in the shadows, silently watching Anna and Mindy.

However, Sherlock couldn't stand the dog's sneaky behavior, so he bought two knitted hats from the roadside and used alchemy combined with his knowledge of magical technology from Asgard to temporarily create two hats that functioned similarly to the stone hat from Doraemon.

However, this thing can't compare to a real stone hat. At best, it can only make the user less noticeable. It can't achieve the same level of presence as a stone hat, where you can wave it around in front of others or even touch it and still be ignored.

Of course, based on Zhao Weike's understanding of Sherlock, while Sherlock's main purpose in creating this thing was likely to stop the dogs from sneaking around, it was more likely that he wanted to watch the excitement up close.

In fact, Zhao Weike's guess was not wrong at all. Sherlock created this thing on the spur of the moment so that he could better see how Anna and Mindy were planning to act.

However, to Sherlock's utter surprise, Mindy and Anna's actions far exceeded his expectations, even though he had anticipated many of their possible behaviors from the beginning.

Chapter 128 The Girls' First Mission (Part 2)

In Sherlock's mind, the optimal solution to this task should be to break in during the day, when there are fewer people inside, and then escape as quickly as possible.

To Sherlock's great surprise, Anna and Mindy did not choose to attack the entertainment center during the day. Instead, they went to observe the area on the first night, but did not go inside.

Out of curiosity, Sherlock did take Zhao Weike inside for a look that night.

As it turned out, the two were right not to come in to scout the place, because the entire entertainment complex was almost full of gang members, and Sherlock roughly estimated that there were three or four hundred people.

Considering that the two men had come to scout the location at night, a terrifying thought crossed Sherlock's mind.

These two rookies probably wouldn't choose to attack here at night, right?

Keep in mind that the number of people at night is more than double that during the day!

Unlike Sherlock, Zhao Weike quite agreed with the two men's choices, even nodding in satisfaction.

When Sherlock asked for the reason, Zhao Weike explained it to Sherlock.

"It's very simple. At night, almost all the gang members are inside, so there's absolutely no chance of eliminating the members inside and then being besieged by gang members outside."

Moreover, gangs that have managed to develop locally are bound to be deeply entrenched, and daytime is not a good time; it might even lead to official intervention.

Hearing Zhao Weike's words, Sherlock sometimes had to admit that in some professional matters, things often go against intuition, and this assassination was the best example.

This inevitably made Sherlock worry about their safety.

After all, this is an enemy of four or five hundred people. With such a number, even if the enemy is a group of untrained thugs, they are definitely not an ordinary person who can deal with them when each of them has a gun.

However, when Sherlock saw Anna and Mindy's equipment the next day, his worries vanished instantly, and he even started to look at Zhao Weike with a strange expression.

The reason is simple: their equipment was simply too 'exaggerated'.

Mindy was actually smaller than Anna, but at this moment she looked like a berserker, wearing a full set of Russian heavy bulletproof vest, and even a bulletproof suit underneath.

He was holding a modified pink MG3 general-purpose machine gun in his hand, and had an extremely exaggerated ammunition box feeding system on his back!

That alone wouldn't have surprised Sherlock. What surprised him was that almost every single 7.62 caliber bullet on the long ammunition belt had a color marking on its tip.

According to NATO's General Armaments Regulations, it is clear that almost every one of these bullets is a steel-core armor-piercing bullet!

And that's coupled with its maximum rate of fire of 1200 rounds per minute...

No, what is Mindy trying to do? She's an assassin, not her mother's mercenary! Even mercenaries aren't as ruthless as Mindy!

However, when Sherlock saw Anna's equipment, he realized he had surprised her a little too soon.

Compared to Mindy's modern-day 'berserker' outfit, Anna is, without exaggeration, dressed as a modern-day 'magician'.

Compared to Mindina's high attack and high defense Berserker, Ana focuses more on area-of-effect damage.

At this moment, Anna wore a vest over her bulletproof suit, and on the vest were Russian-made firecrackers with pull rings threaded through them!

It wasn't just her vest; Anna's waist was also covered with all sorts of grenades with safety rings threaded through them. However, compared to the large number of grenades on her vest, the various grenades on Anna's waist were undoubtedly less impressive.

This device ensures that Anna can simply pull the cannon off her vest and throw it out, completely eliminating the need to pull the safety pin.

As for Anna's weapons, well, aside from a pink FN57, she only has three magazines.

Behind Anna was a small bag. The bag wasn't very big, but it was obviously quite heavy. Most importantly, Sherlock could clearly see that Anna had hung two MG3 gun barrels on the sides of the bag!

The moment Sherlock saw their outfits, he felt a little uneasy.

No, is that right?

No wonder Charon looked so helpless when he checked out of the hotel with the two girls. Sherlock originally thought that the two huge travel bags were to take advantage of their master Zhao Weike, but it turned out that they were equipment that the two of them actually needed!

Sherlock turned his head in bewilderment to Zhao Weike, who was also wearing a hat and squatting in the car. The almost distorted expression on his face was clearly a merciless sarcastic remark to Zhao Weike.

"No, you taught him?"

Sherlock, who had been holding back for a long time, finally couldn't hold back any longer and asked Zhao Weike a soul-searching question.

Hearing Sherlock's question, Zhao Weike covered his face with his hands in embarrassment and said to Sherlock.

“Mindy led her. I had long noticed that Mindy was quite irritable in battle, but I never expected that Mindy would lead Anna astray as well.”

Upon hearing Zhao Weike's words, Sherlock turned his head in disbelief to look at the two girls who had quietly boarded the car and were about to go on a killing spree. He was speechless for a moment.

No, I haven't even made a move yet, and the Jade-Faced Thunder King has already become me?

Not only did the Jade-Faced Grenade King become a hero, but he also gained a high-attack, high-defense, and irritable loli.

No, that's not the point. The point is, how did you, Zhao Weike, such an old assassin, manage to train two such irritable warriors who even seem to suffer from a fear of insufficient firepower?

This doesn't look like a disciple trained by Zhao Weike; this looks like a disciple trained by Zhao Weike himself!

Sherlock's urge to complain about the two girls reached its peak, but after Zhao Weike drove Sherlock to the mission location with the two girls, Sherlock became even more certain of one thing.

These two girls have definitely secretly taken on other masters and are definitely not disciples taught by Zhao Weike. In fact, there's a high probability that the master they secretly took on is a rabbit!

After all, the way the two of them acted was incredibly despicable!

This is clearly not the kind of disciple that Zhao Weike, a killer who can be described as a gentleman, could have taught! After all, the sinister aura he exudes is far too strong.

Chapter 129 Zhao Weike Breaks Through the Great Defense

You might not believe it, but after arriving at the mission location, Anna and Mindy didn't immediately launch a full-scale assault. Instead, under the somewhat incredulous gazes of Sherlock and Zhao Weike, they drove directly to the back entrance of the entertainment complex.