Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life.

Early the next morning, Sherlock dragged Zhao Weike to the top of the mountain.

After concealing himself, Sherlock planted the Spear of Longinus in the ground, then closed his eyes and grinned in a lewd manner.

Zhao Weike originally thought that Sherlock planned to take him in to infiltrate the area, find Tony, and then rescue him directly. He was even prepared to get injured.

To everyone's surprise, Sherlock led him to the top of the mountain and then stopped moving.

Throughout the morning, Zhao Weike urged Sherlock to start the operation several times, but Sherlock refused each time, saying it wasn't the right time. Completely baffled by what Sherlock was up to, Zhao Weike eventually gave up urging him and obediently stayed by Sherlock's side as a sentry.

As for Sherlock, it has to be said that Sherlock has once again discovered another use for alchemy today: watching movies!

Indeed, for the entire morning, Sherlock used the material analysis technique from alchemy to connect with the earth beneath his feet, as if he were watching an immersive movie, watching with excitement as the Mark I, or rather the Iron Monger, gradually took shape under the combined efforts of Tony and Ethan.

Moreover, Sherlock even felt that this immersive movie was more immersive than watching it in a movie theater, because Sherlock could not only sense Tony's movements inside the cave, but also the movements of the terrorists running around inside the cave.

Sherlock saw almost clearly that while Tony and Ethan were assembling the Mark I armor, the terrorists monitoring them were bragging to someone.

When the two were almost finished assembling, the terrorist looked at the monitor and searched around for almost a minute before realizing something was wrong. He quickly called his companion to check.

Unfortunately, Ethan ambushed and knocked him unconscious.

Seeing that Ethan's knocking out the two men had attracted the attention of others, the terrorists throughout the valley began to gather towards the cave. Sherlock knew it was time to take action.

Sherlock, who had been watching an immersive movie all morning, opened his eyes, looked at Zhao Weike standing beside him, and blurted out something out of the blue.

"Old Zhao, are you ready for battle?"

Upon hearing Sherlock's words, Zhao Weike was too lazy to even bother with the issue of how to address Sherlock. He gave Sherlock a look that said he was an idiot, and just as he was about to say something, he felt his feet slip and fall.

Clearly, when Sherlock saw the look in Zhao Weike's eyes, he knew Zhao Weike was up to no good and immediately activated his alchemy.

The next second, the ground beneath their feet turned into water, and under the influence of gravity, the two suddenly plummeted downwards.

The sudden feeling of weightlessness, combined with the suffocating sensation of the water, made Zhao Weike feel quite unwell. He wanted to launch a verbal attack on Sherlock, but all that came to Sherlock's ears was a series of gurgling bubbles.

On the other side, Tony was extremely anxious because Ethan had already picked up his gun, said his final goodbye, and rushed out, but his armor had failed to start due to processor and system issues.

All Tony could do was keep calling out Ethan's name.

Unfortunately, Ethan was clearly determined to leave and completely ignored Tony. Just when Tony was in despair, a perfectly round hole suddenly appeared in the wall of the cave in front of him.

Before Tony could even understand what was happening, a massive jet of water began to erupt from the round hole. The immense water pressure even caused Tony, who was hanging on the rack waiting for his armor to activate, to sway from side to side.

"What happened? What the hell is going on?"

Completely bewildered by the scene before him, Tony instinctively started cursing. After all, he was now so weak that even moving his arm was incredibly difficult; he was practically a "useless person."

However, Tony quickly calmed down when a male voice called out a name that Tony recognized very well.

"Sherlock Flamel!!!"

After Zhao Weike appeared in the cave, he didn't care about anything else. After wiping the water off his face, the first thing he did was to settle accounts with Sherlock.

Clearly, Sherlock didn't want to have much of a conversation with Zhao Weike at this moment. After wiping the water off his face with a smile, Sherlock's smile quickly froze on his face.

"Holy crap, is this some kind of cesspool?! Zhao Weike, quick, a doctor has already rushed out, go help!"

Upon entering the cave, Sherlock nearly vomited on his very first breath. He could only pinch his nose and control his churning stomach as he spoke to Zhao Weike.

Although Zhao Weike was furious at Sherlock's reckless behavior, he knew that the current situation was not the right time to teach Sherlock a lesson. He pulled out a pistol from his pocket, glared at Sherlock, and then turned and rushed out the door.

As for Sherlock, he slowly began to tour the cave where Tony had lived for nearly a month, holding the Spear of Longinus. Only when he arrived in front of Tony and saw him trapped inside the iron frame did Sherlock reveal a playful smile.

"Hello, Tony Stark!"

Tony's activation program had long since failed due to Sherlock's flood, leaving him only able to stare blankly at the smiling Sherlock standing before him. Underneath the armor, Sherlock couldn't see Tony's face at all.

However, Sherlock didn't care what Tony was thinking. Seeing that Tony didn't speak, Sherlock was too lazy to pay attention to Tony. He lightly touched Tony's armor with his spear, and the power of alchemy spread to the entire armor.

While Tony was still thinking about what to say, Sherlock had already turned and left the cave, leaving behind only one sentence.

"I'll get back to work once you're out!"

It wasn't until Sherlock left that Tony realized his armor had been activated at some point!

Using the self-test button built into his hand, Tony started the mech's self-test almost without hesitation, even preparing to take Sherlock and that guy named Zhao Weike out to fight.

Although Tony didn't know why Sherlock was here, if the Sherlock in front of him was the Sherlock he knew.

Meanwhile, Tony, anxiously waiting for the mech's self-check to complete, was also praying in his heart that Ethan would be safe and sound.

Despite the sounds of gunfire and bullets hitting the rock walls filling the cave, Tony could only hide inside the metal shell, heartbroken, hoping that the man named Zhao Weike could truly protect Ethan, this good man.