Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life.

After causing trouble for the Continental Hotel, Sherlock returned to his rented room and waited quietly.

As for how the mainland hotels will choose, Sherlock is not worried about that, not to mention his alchemical skills and the title of "Piercing Master" that makes Sherlock feel infuriated.

The unique S.H.I.E.L.D. logo on the information Sherlock provided is enough to give the mainland hotels something to think about.

It's important to understand that, currently, if S.H.I.E.L.D. is determined to target someone, aside from the three permanent members of the UN Security Council, there is probably no country or power that can protect them.

Sherlock's reason for providing this information wasn't entirely without the intention of exaggerating or showing off; after all, if it could be easily resolved, Sherlock really wouldn't bother to do it himself.

Even if we take a step back and assume that the Mainland Hotel really did make the extremely irrational choice to go against him, Sherlock wouldn't mind imitating Zhao Weike and letting those so-called elders experience what it means to be punished!

We'll refine all your petroleum into cooking oil, then let's see if you're still so arrogant!

Sherlock had made all the preparations and was just waiting for the Continental Hotel's reaction.

What Sherlock never expected was that while he was actively preparing to deal with the Continental Hotel, Tony on the other side did something unexpected.

That's right, early the next morning, Stark Industries held a press conference, where a neatly dressed Tony Stark announced to all the media in a firm tone that Stark Industries' weapons manufacturing division was being shut down! The reason given was still the same: Tony had personally witnessed terrorists using their own weapons to commit massacres in the Middle East.

This reason is tantamount to directly stating that he already knows that someone in his company is 'smuggling weapons'.

The plot, which had veered off course, returned to normal in an instant. Sherlock sat in the living room of the rented apartment, watching Tony on TV with a complex expression as Obadiah pulled him away, his smile growing wider.

If nothing unexpected happens, Tony's side should have already investigated and found out that Obadiah is the mastermind behind the smuggling of weapons to the Ten Rings.

They might even be the mastermind behind Tony's kidnapping.

As for Obadiah?

Tony's feigned suspicion left Obadiah unsure whether Tony had actually fallen for him. However, more concerned than whether Tony suspected him, Obadiah was worried about whether his side business could continue.

Tony's decision to shut down the weapons manufacturing division was definitely not a good thing for Obadiah, even though Tony intended it as a warning to Obadiah to stop.

But when Sherlock watched Obadiah struggling to suppress his anger on TV, it was clear that Obadiah wouldn't appreciate it and might even resent Tony.

But thinking about it, it's understandable. After all, the cost of maintaining Obadiah's estate is far greater than that of Tony's small mansion.

Tony's decision to shut down the weapons division and forcibly cut off Obadiah's "side business" was a significant blow to Obadiah.

If nothing unexpected happens, the conflict between Obadiah and Tony will soon escalate, and that will be the time when Obadiah, wearing the Iron Monger he picked up, fights Tony.

After watching the news on TV, Sherlock stopped paying attention to Tony's situation and quietly lay in the living room playing on his phone, occasionally responding to Zhao Weike and indirectly obtaining information about the Mainland Hotel from him.

Indeed, Sherlock never expected that his past actions at the Continental Hotel would cause such a ripple effect throughout the entire Continental Hotel system.

After Laura reported the whole story to the High Table, almost every continental hotel on Earth was inspected by the Arbitrators, with the focus of the inspection being the information leak.

Sherlock didn't know how S.H.I.E.L.D. obtained the Continental Hotel's internal documents; he only knew that he had seemingly unintentionally harmed many people, and he was likely to be blacklisted by the Continental Hotel.

However, Sherlock didn't pay much attention to it. After all, if it weren't for Zhao Weike, Sherlock, as a transmigrator, would probably never have had any interaction with the Mainland Hotel in his life.

A full day has passed, and the outside world has been in complete chaos. Stark Industries' stock price has plummeted, and the entire Stark Industries is in a state of panic, with no one knowing whether they will be the next to be laid off.

Internal strife began to unfold among the top brass, gradually forming a "pacifist" faction led by Tony, who agreed to close the weapons manufacturing division and transform the entire Stark Industries, and a "military faction" led by Obadiah, who resolutely opposed Tony's unilateral actions.

Within just one day, the entire Stark Group began to undergo frequent and significant changes in shareholding.

Tony once again demonstrated his business acumen, which he hadn't shown in years, dominating the entire shareholders' meeting with the example of the reactor in his chest.

So much so that after sunset, Obadiah's gaze toward Tony was filled with resentment.

Of course, the mainland hotels weren't having an easy time either. Apart from the mainland hotels in Los Angeles, the remaining mainland hotels all faced review by the adjudicators, who discovered quite a few problems.

As a result, the entire hotel management system in mainland China is facing a major reshuffle, a process that will likely be fraught with bloodshed.

The same was true for the Continental Hotel in New York, but the good news was that Winston, that old fox, hid very well, and High Table basically didn't find any problems with the Continental Hotel in New York.

Of course, the Continental Hotel in Los Angeles was undoubtedly the one that suffered the most.

Upon the arrival of the adjudicator, the first thing he did was to shut down the entire Continental Hotel system in Los Angeles and conduct a rigorous review.

It's easy to imagine how bloody and brutal this process was.

When night fell again and the Continental Hotel in Los Angeles reopened, apart from Christine, who was the manager, the only other familiar faces in the entire hotel were Laura, who was the general manager.

However, both Christine and Laura looked incredibly pale while on duty, especially Laura, who seemed to have aged decades in a single day, with thick bandages on her hands.

Unlike the commotion outside, Sherlock stayed at home all day without leaving the house, and did not wait for any action from the Continental Hotel. He even slept soundly until dawn, and everything was incredibly peaceful. It was as if the entire Continental Hotel had forgotten about Sherlock.

It wasn't until the next day, when Sherlock had just woken up and was having breakfast, that the doorbell rang at the rented house.

Sherlock seemed to have expected the doorbell to ring today. He quickly finished his sandwich before opening the door to his rented house.

A well-dressed, bald woman wearing a half-mask was standing at the door of Sherlock's rented room.

After seeing Sherlock open the door, the bald woman spoke to Sherlock in a hoarse voice that didn't match the half of her face.

"Good morning, Mr. Sherlock. I am the arbitrator from the High Table who has come down to negotiate with you."