Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life

"Come on, with your body that's been partying every night, you're practically a kidney deficiency prince, and you still want to be a father?"

"You're talking nonsense! I don't have kidney deficiency! Besides, even if I did, that damned big fish cured me a long time ago!"

When it comes to a man's dignity, Tony had to put everything else aside for a while. However, Sherlock's next words made Tony slide to his knees.

"Unfortunately, meat-based remedies only treat the symptoms, not the root cause; they only provide a temporary cure. Let me tell you a secret: I got a prescription from a big shot on the Rabbit's side that can cure both the symptoms and the root cause!"

"Dad, I was wrong, please give me the prescription!"

Hearing Tony's lightning-fast sliding kneel on the other end of the phone, Sherlock looked at the newly refined pills in front of him, which he had deliberately preserved with side effects, and the smile on Sherlock's face became even brighter.

"Don't worry, I'll give it to you when we get back. I've already refined it, and I guarantee that one pill will replenish your energy within a month! Alright, my dear son, tell me, what exactly do you want to see your father about?"

After Sherlock had set a trap for Tony, he began to discuss serious matters with him. After all, Sherlock knew Tony quite well, as he was engrossed in his research. Unless something major happened, Tony would never be able to extricate himself from his research.

As for calling himself, that's even more impossible, unless it's something very important.

Upon hearing Sherlock's words, Tony initially wanted to retort, but after remembering the important matter at hand, he forcefully suppressed the urge to argue.

"Remember Ivan Vanko who showed up on the rabbit's side back then? He's the old Russian who cracked his whip on the F1 track."

"Hmm, what's wrong? You've appeared in the US, inside Hammer Corporation, planning to make a move against you?"

Sherlock's answer was perfectly natural, but it made Tony on the other end of the phone quite uncomfortable. Tony looked at the phone in his hand with a surprised expression and asked Sherlock.

"you know?"

"Of course! After you took down that Russian, I saw Justin Hammer sneaking around and following him. It's not hard to understand why that Russian would appear at the Hammer Group."

Sherlock's answer remained calm, but it silenced Tony. Tony wasn't stupid; on the contrary, he was smarter than most people. He could often guess the whole story as long as he knew the general idea.

Although there was no evidence, Tony was somewhat angry about S.H.I.E.L.D.'s two-pronged approach, which left him to clean up the mess. After all, S.H.I.E.L.D. had just boasted to him that they had protected Pepper Potts.

Fortunately, despite his anger, Tony still retained basic rationality.

"Alright, since you already know, I won't explain anymore. Do you have time now? I want you to go protect Pepper. You know, even if S.H.I.E.L.D. is strong, it's still a bit too much for a mech suit."

"no problem!"

Sherlock agreed without hesitation. After all, he had missed out on all the fun before, and he didn't want to miss out on the fun to come.

Tony breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Sherlock's agreement, and then spoke to Sherlock.

"Where are you? I'll send someone to pick you up."

Hearing Tony's words, Sherlock was still a little embarrassed. Remembering how he had been caught stealing a child from Pepper Potts, he could only stammer and say to Tony.

"Never mind, I'll go back by myself. I'm not in the country right now."

After saying that, Sherlock decisively hung up the phone and put away the pills he had just made for Tony during the call. Then he walked towards Lao Jun, preparing to take Doro back to the United States.

After Sherlock explained the situation to Laozi, Sherlock finally saw just how exaggerated the affection between grandparents and grandchildren could be.

After learning that Sherlock was taking Doro back to the United States, Lao Jun held Doro, who was beginning to emit a faint golden light, with great reluctance, just like grandparents who were about to say goodbye to their granddaughter.

That means they stuff all the good stuff into Doro's tiny four-dimensional pocket.

Rare and precious materials, elixirs, magical artifacts—if Laozi possessed it, Doro's tiny four-dimensional pocket would surely contain it all. Some of these items even made Sherlock incredibly envious.

However, it seems that Lao Jun already knew that Sherlock might trick you out of your New Year's money like your parents did when you were a child, under the pretense of "Mom and Dad are saving it for you." To prevent such a thing from happening, after stuffing countless treasures into Doro's four-dimensional pocket, Lao Jun, with great foresight, also refined the four-dimensional pocket again.

A forbidden barrier was forcibly added to Doro's four-dimensional pocket. Apart from Doro himself, even a great immortal would not be able to open Doro's four-dimensional pocket!

And all of this was done in front of Sherlock! It seemed as if it was a demonstration for Sherlock.

Sherlock's lips twitched uncontrollably as he watched this scene, his face filled with utter speechlessness.

Well, looking at Doro, who was already radiating a faint golden light and whose mini four-dimensional pocket was full of treasures, Sherlock really felt that one day he would put Doro on the altar, offer him three sticks of incense, and then devoutly pray that Doro would bestow some treasures upon him.

Chapter 155 Giving Little Chili a Little Eastern Shock

After saying goodbye to Lao Jun, Sherlock greeted Doro, Da Sheng Jiu Yue, and the others, then prepared to return to the US using the Anywhere Door. Thanks to Tony's request, Sherlock didn't want to go through the trouble and simply opened the Anywhere Door in Pepper Potts' office.

Chili wasn't surprised by the pink door that suddenly appeared in her office, since she and Sherlock were the only two people in the world who owned such a thing.

The appearance of the Anywhere Door now naturally signifies that Sherlock has returned from the rabbit's side.

Pepper Potts was overjoyed at Sherlock's return, and even a little bit expectant.

The reason is simple: Sherlock's return has solved the most troubling problem for Pepper Potts during this period: Justin Hammer!

Ever since Stark Industries started preparing for the so-called Stark Industries Show, Pepper Potts has been incredibly busy, and even Black Widow, who is nominally there to protect her, has been extremely busy.

But in this situation, Chili Pepper still had to take time to deal with Justin Hammer, this brilliant strategist, which really annoyed her.

If Justin Hammer, this brilliant strategist, were merely a stupid client who revised the plan countless times but ultimately insisted on using the first version, that would be one thing. The most crucial point is that Justin Hammer, this brilliant strategist, even had other ideas about Pepper Potts.

During their interactions, setting aside the repeated hints in his words that Pepper should abandon Tony and join Hammer Industries, the lecherous look in his eyes, coupled with his greasy actions and behavior, was enough to make Pepper feel physically uncomfortable.

If it weren't for the pride of her high position and the modesty of being a woman, Little Pepper would probably have already rushed up and given Justin Hammer, that brilliant strategist, a set of Northeastern specialties from China.

Including but not limited to, tough local specialties such as Jiamusi Big Kick, Harbin Big Jump, Qiqihar Electric Cannon, Shuangyashan Whip Kick, Hegang Back Throw, Shenyang Flying Kick, Changchun KTV, Dalian Side Kick, Siping Heart Kick, and Northeast Big Neck Slippery Strike on the Back of the Head.

Now that Sherlock is back, Pepper Potts can easily pass the task of dealing with Justin Hammer to Sherlock. After all, it might be a bit of a hassle for Pepper Potts to deliver the Northeastern specialties from the rabbits' side to that clever Justin Hammer, but it would be no problem for Sherlock to do it.

After all, Pepper Potts clearly saw Sherlock use those specialties to take down Tony and Happy in a one-on-two fight.

Most importantly, Sherlock doesn't have any issues with his identity or status yet!

That's why, when Pepper Potts saw Sherlock walk out of that pink Anywhere Door, her smile was absolutely radiant.

"Sherlock! You've finally... come back?"

Before Chili Pepper could finish speaking, she saw Doro following behind Sherlock. She froze on the spot, and even the joyful tone in her first sentence became stiff.

Just like a cassette tape, he stared wide-eyed at Doro behind Sherlock with an incredulous expression.

It's no wonder Pepper had that expression. Or rather, even when Sherlock took Doro to say goodbye to September and the others, those people weren't much better off than Pepper when they saw Doro's current state.

At this moment, Doro was wearing an expensive-looking dark blue Taoist robe, sitting cross-legged on his little cloud, assuming a posture with his five hearts facing the sky, holding a miniature duster in his arms, with a large halo behind his head, and his whole body radiating a faint golden light.

With such a solemn and dignified appearance, Doro somehow manages to give people a sense of holiness and nobility.

Putting everything else aside, just the way she exudes such a lofty and awe-inspiring aura is something Little Chili has only ever seen in the statues of deities in Taoist temples and monasteries on Rabbit's side.

But now, Doro, who is so cute and even has an art style like a two-dimensional body pillow, also has this art style? Little Chili felt her brain was starting to shrink a little. It was hard to imagine what Sherlock had gone through with Doro on the rabbit's side.

Especially for those familiar with Doro, the sight of the once adorable Doro now appearing so solemn and dignified is as impactful as seeing Anya, the queen of memes, transformed into Buddha.

Given Doro's current state, let alone holding him in her arms like before, Pepper felt that even getting too close to Doro would be a kind of blasphemy.

Pepper Potts, who was initially overjoyed at Sherlock's return and was even thinking of taking a Doro to relieve her recent fatigue, froze in place, unsure whether to move forward or not.

Finally, with her face flushed red from holding it in, Little Chili could only manage a very classic exclamation.

Oh my god!

Then, in a pleading manner, he turned his attention to Sherlock.

Sherlock could naturally see the confusion and plea for help in Pepper's eyes, but did Sherlock have any ideas? Sherlock had absolutely no ideas. Even Sherlock himself would want to offer incense and pray to Doro in that outfit. What could Sherlock possibly do?

Finally, under Pepper's watchful gaze, Sherlock could only silently pull a box from his four-dimensional pocket and take out three incense sticks from the box, handing them to Pepper.

???

Chili Pepper was completely bewildered. She took the incense stick that Sherlock handed her from his hand, and stared blankly at him, utterly confused about what he meant by this action.

Seeing that Pepper still looked confused, Sherlock's lips twitched as he explained to her.

"Why don't you offer incense to Doro whenever you feel like it? I can't speak for other places, but at least in the Rabbit region, if you sincerely pray to Doro, the effect will definitely be much better than that god you keep talking about."

Even here, Doro is more useful than the god you mentioned; at least Doro is still on Earth.

Little Chili: "???"

Sherlock's words successfully increased the number of question marks on Pepper's forehead, and even made her look at Sherlock with a hint of eeriness.

Is this a matter of her mother's faith? Are these even the same thing?

This was the first time Pepper had ever felt the same kind of madness Tony had when facing Sherlock.

Seeing that Pepper looked like she was about to go crazy, Sherlock decided to skip the topic of Doro and continue talking to Pepper.

“Sister Pepper, Tony knows you’ve been very busy lately. He’s been busy with his reactor, so he had to ask me to help out.”

Hearing Sherlock's words, Pepper finally snapped out of her daze. After taking a deep breath, she quietly placed the three incense sticks on her desk and asked Sherlock.

"Put the help aside for now. I just want to ask you, why did Doro end up like this?"

Chapter 156 The Grand Show Begins

Faced with Chili's questioning, Sherlock was at a loss for words. After all, the existence of September and the others should be kept secret, and Sherlock would not speak carelessly.

Sherlock could tell this from their first meeting. Even though Ao Lie was wearing a dragon head to greet everyone, neither Tony, Pepper, nor Black Widow showed any impropriety. Only Sherlock and Doro could see the true nature of September and Ao Lie.

In the end, Sherlock could only stammer that Doro had been raised by a powerful figure in the rabbit's world for a while, and that the powerful figure had taught Doro some things, which led to Doro becoming like this.

As for when Doro will be able to turn back, Sherlock really didn't know, but he told Pepper that she should be able to recover after a while.

Pepper looked at Sherlock with suspicion and once again snatched Doro's custody from him.

So much so that when Sherlock returned, the entire Stark Industries workforce was somewhat dazed.

After all these years of working, no one has ever seen their CEO always accompanied by an adorable deity statue, no matter where the CEO goes, the statue sitting on the clouds follows behind him, even during company meetings.

It was precisely because of this situation that Stark Industries employees once believed that Pepper Potts was some kind of chosen one, and there was even a strange trend of her developing in a religious direction.

Chili Pepper was both embarrassed and annoyed by this, to the point that Scarlett Johansson couldn't help but laugh every time she heard her employees plotting to set up an altar or something.

Faced with this bizarre situation, Chili Pepper was at a loss. After all, given Doro's current state, Chili Pepper really didn't dare to carry Doro around like before. She could only let Doro sit on her little cloud and follow behind her.

As for returning it to Sherlock? Don't even think about it!

Last time, Doro was turned into a 'tyrant' by that bastard Sherlock. This time, Sherlock took him to the rabbit's side, and in less than a month, he came back already 'ascended to the ranks of immortals'.

If this were handed over to Sherlock, it's hard to imagine what other strange states Doro would unlock.

As for Sherlock, just as Pepper Potts had originally planned, she directly handed over the brilliant Justin Hammer to Sherlock.

When faced with Justin Hammer's slight anger at not seeing Chili Pepper, Sherlock didn't indulge him and immediately gave the clever man a whole set of Northeastern specialties.

However, this "big smart guy" was clearly a weakling. Sherlock had only just gone through the process once, barely completing the last step of "a big neck punch to the back of the head," when the "big smart guy" scrambled away and ran away.