Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life.

Sherlock didn't take Helen's teasing to heart. After all, building houses was just a basic application of alchemy for Sherlock.

After driving the car into the garage and waking Zhao Weike, Sherlock left a lot of food and water, and then they each chose a room and fell into a deep sleep again.

Sherlock was awakened by the aroma of food when it got dark again.

After a quick wash, Sherlock went to the dining room. Zhao Weike and Doro had obviously been sitting at the table enjoying their meal for a while. Seeing this, Sherlock almost cursed.

"You bastard Zhao Weike! You didn't even invite me to dinner!"

As Sherlock complained, before Zhao Weike could say anything, Doro swallowed the food in his mouth and waved to Sherlock with his greasy little hands.

"Come quick, everyone! There's lots of delicious food here!"

Seeing Doro's adorable appearance, Sherlock was at a loss for words. He could only glare at Zhao Weike before joining the food-grabbing frenzy.

After several rounds of drinks and several dishes, the three people at the table finally patted their full bellies and slumped back in their chairs, satisfied.

It was only then that Sherlock remembered that someone seemed to be missing from the dining table.

"Where is Helen?"

Faced with Sherlock's question, Zhao Weike rolled his eyes so hard they almost reached the sky. "When you were fighting with me for the chicken leg earlier, why didn't you think of Helen? Now that you're full, you finally remember Helen."

Despite his complaints, Zhao Weike did answer Sherlock's question.

"She's going to take a shower. Don't worry, Helen has already eaten."

Hearing Zhao Weike's explanation, Sherlock was finally relieved. After Helen reappeared in front of Sherlock and took Doro away, Sherlock then discussed his thoughts and plans with Zhao Weike.

Sherlock wasn't actually in a great hurry to rescue Tony, after all, Tony needed time to perfect the Iron Monger, right?

Otherwise, given Badya Stanislav's intelligence level, how could there have been such a spectacular Ironman battle later on?

Although Sherlock cherished his peaceful life, to be honest, he couldn't find any reason to refuse something that was obviously entertaining!

More importantly, this kidnapping is Tony's transformative journey into Iron Man, and Sherlock doesn't want to cause the future Iron Man to lose anything and thus change the future because of his actions.

So, after discussing it, the two quickly came up with a plan that was less of a rescue and more of an outing.

Early the next morning, after everyone had packed up and boarded the vehicle, Sherlock waved his hand and turned the house back into yellow sand. Then, led by Zhao Weike, the group began to head deeper into the desert.

The reason why Tony has remained completely out of the public eye for so long is partly because the Ten Rings were meticulous and decisive when they kidnapped him.

Another reason is that the valley where Tony was imprisoned was actually located in the heart of the desolate desert.

After Sherlock used alchemy to give his vehicle a desert camouflage, the group enjoyed themselves immensely, traveling and playing in the desert.

During the day, Zhao Weike and Sherlock, two grown men, really made the most of their raptors, playing in the sand with great enthusiasm.

Even Helen, a woman, after being persuaded by Sherlock's traditional Chinese medicine advice on dispelling dampness, would quietly lie in the sand for sand therapy whenever Sherlock and Zhao Weike started to compete in driving skills.

So much so that after a few days, Helen's skin really did improve a lot, and she even unintentionally lost a lot of weight. This made Helen extremely happy, and she planned to go back and study traditional Chinese medicine.

As for Doro, although he has a uniquely drawn human head and can talk, he still has puppy-like characteristics in his personality.

In addition, Doro had never seen so much sand before, so he went crazy playing with it. Even when playing by himself, Doro was incredibly excited every day.

In the desert, a vast and deserted place, Doro's speed advantage was fully unleashed. Zhao Weike was even surprised to find that if Doro went all out, its speed was almost the same as his own when driving.

Of course, while Doro is fast, his stamina is terrible. In just a short while, he will be lying on the ground, panting heavily.

After sunset, Sherlock would use his alchemy to build a comfortable house in the vast desert, where a few people would hide and eat, drink, and bathe, enjoying the good life.

The process was incredibly pleasant and carefree, with Sherlock and Helen even occasionally having a cooking competition, although Doro and Zhao Weike always benefited from it.

Unlike Sherlock's relaxed and carefree situation, Tony, now trapped in the cave, is in a much more miserable state.

Because of the attack, in order to keep Tony alive during treatment, Ethan had to attach an electromagnet to Tony's chest, forcing Tony to carry a car battery with him.

Later, Tony built a miniaturized Arc Reactor to replace the electromagnet in his chest, finally freeing him from that damn car battery.

However, this behavior thoroughly angered the leader of the Ten Rings, since he had asked Tony to manufacture weapons and missiles, not to build an Arc Reactor!

Even though Tony had a perfectly valid excuse—that he had no choice but to do it in order to get the job done better—the leader of the Ten Rings didn't let Tony off the hook and gave Ethan a severe beating.

Ultimately, Tony threatened suicide and bluntly stated that he couldn't build it on his own, which saved Ethan, the high-achieving student, from death.

Meanwhile, Tony began to work on his escape plan.

After all, if rescue were truly possible, the rescue team would have arrived while he was building the Arc Reactor, instead of the fact that his chest has transformed from an electromagnet into an Arc Reactor yet he remains without any news, and there is no sign of any battle taking place in the base.

What Tony didn't know was that after the door to the cave where he was being held closed once again, the leader of the Ten Rings received a phone call after returning to his room—a call from someone Tony knew very well.

Obadiah Stanislav!

"Lazar Hamidemi, I saw in the military report that they didn't find Tony's body. Are you sure you killed him?"

Faced with Obadiah's question, the Ten Commandments leader, named Lazar Hamidmi, grinned even more menacingly, but his words were filled with unbridled joy.

"Of course, my dear Obadiah. We've taken Tony's body. Rest assured, at the appropriate time, I will bring Tony Stark's body back, all for the greater good."

Upon hearing this, it was clear that Obadiah on the other end did not believe it, and instead spoke coldly on the phone.

"You'd better really kill Tony. The military and all the major powers are frantically searching for him. If anything goes wrong, my dear Lazar Hamidmi, believe me, you won't get your hands on a single bullet from Stark Industries!"

After he finished speaking, the phone was hung up. Kholaz Hamidmi looked at the disconnected phone with an extremely cold expression on his face and a cold smile on his lips.

"Bullets? Ha, you foolish Americans, we have much more than just bullets!"