Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life

Before Sherlock could turn and run away, Teacher Wu, who had been following Sherlock the whole time, kicked Sherlock in the backside, sending him flying into the shop. He even locked the shop door behind him before grinning and saying to Sherlock.

"You can't run away, okay? This store has been booked out for the whole day, which means no one will come to rescue Sukuna-chan."

"hehe!"

Faced with Gojo Satoru's words, Sherlock just sneered. However, what almost made Sherlock's jaw drop was that before he could finish his sneer, several figures darted out from the rows of clothes racks toward him.

The captain, Tanjiro, the leader Gon, student Gon and student Satoru, Corazon and the others all had confident smiles on their faces. Each of them was wearing a maid outfit and rushed towards Sherlock with a crazy look on their faces.

Almost everyone present had a history of cross-dressing, so how could Sherlock, that scoundrel, be an exception?

Sherlock is also numb.

How can there be a shop that calls itself a maid cafe but actually lets customers change into maid outfits and sit down to drink coffee?

Is this fucking right?

What's even more infuriating is that, because of that 'labor contract,' Sherlock can't use his 'Su Nuo' abilities outside the training grounds while inside the tower. Although he can use alchemy, if things get out of hand, he'll be exposed in no time.

Left with no other choice, Sherlock could only fight back against the thugs who pounced on him, determined to defend his integrity to the death.

However, as the fight progressed, Sherlock realized something was amiss. Damn it, he was Sukuna! What the hell did Sukuna in drag have to do with Sherlock?

Suddenly realizing something, Sherlock decisively gave up resisting, letting the group of scoundrels rush up and choose a rather shameful maid outfit for him to wear. Then, he calmly sat down in this extremely shameful maid outfit and began to order food.

After the food is served, he can even calmly comment on how the food tastes.

Seeing Sherlock's calm demeanor, the three people who knew Sherlock's true form—Captain, Tanjiro, and Corazon—almost instantly put on masks of anguish.

After the captain explained just how utterly despicable Sherlock was, the three of them could easily see through Sherlock's thoughts.

In an instant, the three guys who were initially excited about getting a lot of embarrassing stories about their companions became listless, especially the captain, who seemed to have lost all color.

The captain originally wanted to take revenge on Sherlock, since both that damned 'adult' transformation device and that extremely shameful magical girl were indelible dark histories.

But no one expected Sherlock to be so shameless, making it hard to tell whether he was wearing a disguise called Su Nuo or simply letting his true nature shine through.

In stark contrast to the listless trio were the four who were cursed back.

Teacher Wu, leader Jie, and their student version of best friends didn't care at all about Sherlock's reaction. After all, for them, whether Sherlock or Sukuna was dressed as a woman, it would be a huge source of amusement.

For them, Sherlock's maid outfit was far less fun than Sukuna's maid outfit.

Sherlock, that bastard, even cooperated by dressing up in a maid outfit version of Miracle Nikki in the shop, wearing whatever Thunder outfit was available.

This is because they're taking advantage of the fact that Master Su Nuo isn't here, allowing Sherlock to relentlessly damage his reputation. If Master Su Nuo knew that Sherlock was so relentlessly damaging his reputation, the first thing he'd probably do after being resurrected would be to drag Brain Flower along and create a Thunderous Curse Spirit capable of spatial exile.

Then he had the cursed spirit exile him to Sakaar and relentlessly hunted down Sherlock.

Unfortunately, the old man was unaware of Sherlock's actions, and Sherlock himself was also unaware that in the not-too-distant future, after resolving the problems on Sakaar, he would casually send the four members of the Cursed Return Group back.

The old men in their respective worlds must have felt incredibly humiliated looking at the huge pile of embarrassing history that had inexplicably appeared in their lives, when they had absolutely no memory of it.

More importantly, the four who returned were all turned into unscrupulous sorcerers under Sherlock's tutelage. During the final battle, they made the old man feel the malice of modern sorcerers, which made him wonder if his title of King of Curses was outdated.

In particular, a certain white-haired guy with an eyepatch had taken advantage of Sherlock before going back. When fighting the old man, he treated the Thousand Years of Death as a basic attack, starting with the same move as Tony's Limitless Armor. After the final battle began, he received extremely high praise from the old man.

Absolutely shameless, hence the depravity, the bottomless sorcerer born from the lack of limits, the existence that makes even the most powerful man lose his temper, the absolutely powerful person in the world of sorcery, Gojo Satoru is here!

Chapter 771 Hostages and Intelligence

As the sun set, darkness once again enveloped the earth, and the laughter and merriment of the day gradually subsided. Sherlock began his first patrol mission in the Clean Realm.

Following teacher Satoru and student Jack, Sherlock once again stepped out of the tower and into the world of ordinary people seven days later. Unlike in the city center before, the area under teacher Satoru and student Jack's jurisdiction was closer to the alley where Sherlock had appeared.

It looked exactly like a residential area; the streets were deserted, and the quiet was almost unsettling.

Even more bizarrely, from the moment he stepped out of the tower, Sherlock discovered that none of the superhumans inside the tower had left the ground; almost everyone had traveled to their respective territories in a vehicle that looked no different from a car.

Sherlock was no exception. He followed Teacher Satoru and student Jack to the jurisdiction. After getting off the vehicle and walking a distance away from the transportation provided by the tower, Sherlock was about to ask Teacher Satoru about other information about the tower when Teacher Satoru stopped him.

Under Sherlock's incredulous gaze, Teacher Wu raised one hand and swiftly severed his own wrist. Expressionless, he removed the bracelet from his arm and tossed it to his student, Jay, before using a reversal spell to repair his severed wrist.

Student Jie seemed to be used to this situation. He calmly accepted the bracelet that Teacher Wu threw to him and casually put it in his pocket. Only then did the two of them look in Sherlock's direction.

It's obvious that this bracelet also seems to have listening and location functions. If you want to have a private conversation with the teacher in front of you about the tower, the bracelet is something you absolutely cannot keep on your body.

The two men's gazes at Sherlock were quite clear; they seemed to be waiting for Sherlock to demonstrate his abilities.

Sherlock's lips twitched at this, but he didn't refuse the two's expectations. However, the way Sherlock demonstrated it was somewhat terrifying to both the teacher, Wu, and the student, Jie.

The arm that Sherlock had separated and was wearing a bracelet on suddenly fell to the ground with a crisp 'thud', without any extra movement, just like a prosthetic hand on a doll.

Then, the hand with the bracelet seemed to come alive; its five fingers turned into feet and quickly crawled towards the student, Jie.

Under the gaze of student Gena, whose 'sanity' was gradually decreasing and whose eyes were widening to the size of Gojo Satoru's, the arm that had detached from Sherlock's body suddenly jumped up as it approached Gena, its five fingers working together with force.

The base of his arm struck student Jay's shoulder precisely, securing himself to it. After securing himself, he even moved nimbly around on Jay's shoulder before giving Sherlock a thumbs up.

Teacher Wu was quite taken aback by what he saw. His mouth was agape as he looked at the student, Jie, who had transformed into a three-armed man, then at Sherlock standing to the side with only three arms. Finally, he looked down at his own two remaining arms and a pitiful expression appeared on his face.

It was obvious that although the teacher hadn't said a word, the expression on his face clearly conveyed what he was thinking.

Student Jie rolled his eyes at Teacher Wu without saying a word, then summoned a creature that looked like a giant wolf, mounted it, and rode away, leaving Teacher Wu and Sherlock standing there.

Only after the student, Jay, left did Sherlock pat Teacher Satoru on the shoulder, look in the direction Jay had gone, and ask Teacher Satoru a question.

"Will it be alright if he's alone?"

"Don't worry, trust his abilities. Besides, some of the plans that Master Jie and I have are not suitable for them, who are still students, to be exposed to too much. After all, we still need to leave some seeds of revolution behind."

Faced with Sherlock's question, Teacher Wu unusually appeared serious and smiled as he spoke to Sherlock. However, Teacher Wu's words made Sherlock sense something unusual, and he looked in Teacher Wu's direction with some confusion.

"What do you mean?"

"It's very simple. When dealing with the upper echelons of the tower, the leader and I have a consensus: don't let us young people get too involved. Just let them know the intelligence we've gathered, and we'll only play a supporting role in the operation."

Only in this way can they distance themselves from us if something happens to us, and then plan their next rebellion. They also know that if we fail, it will be their turn next.

The teacher's tone was quite relaxed, but the content he said was unusually heavy, which surprised Sherlock even more.

"You mean, this kind of resistance seems to have happened more than once, and I'm also curious about what makes you so able to pass on the torch of resisting the higher-ups."

“That’s right. More than once, our predecessors did the same thing as us, except that they failed, while we just happened to have Steve as a variable, and learned about your existence from Steve.”

The teacher smiled as he answered Sherlock's question, then paused slightly, his expression becoming more serious, before continuing to speak to Sherlock.

"As for why the four of us can stand firmly together, and even now dare not make any rash moves, the reason is very simple: there is a hostage at the higher-ups, a hostage that none of the four of us can ignore, Shoko."

? ? ? ?

Faced with the reasons given by the teacher, Sherlock was filled with a series of question marks. Shoko? Ieiri Shoko? That nanny who was born with the ability to project her Reversal Techniques?

Putting aside why she would appear here, if she really did appear here, she should be from a different world or not the 'Ieiri Shoko' they know, right?

How could it be that all four of them became so cautious and even their resistance became extremely subtle because of a girl named Ieiri Shoko who appeared out of nowhere?

This seems completely different from the character designs of Gojo Satoru and Natsuyu Suguru.

Sherlock felt increasingly out of character as he thought about it, and his gaze toward Gojo Satoru beside him began to become more and more strange, even to the point of wondering if the teacher Satoru in front of him was actually an undercover agent.

Teacher Wu could naturally see through Sherlock's suspicious gaze. Somewhat annoyed, he reached out and poked Sherlock's shoulder, where he only had one arm left, and complained to Sherlock in a bad mood.

"Hey, hey, hey, what kind of look is that? We're not out of character!"

After a slight pause, Teacher Wu sighed helplessly and explained to Sherlock.

"You can think of it as the guilt we feel for Shoko after we've seen all of our own storylines. After all, it's really pitiful that she's the only one left."

However, he also owes a debt of gratitude to Shoko for being a hostage while simultaneously completing research tasks for the higher-ups, which allowed us to also obtain some intelligence from them.

Chapter 772 The hope of the whole village

Sherlock did not answer Gojo Satoru's question immediately, but waited for Gojo Satoru to continue. Gojo Satoru did not care about Sherlock's reaction and spoke to Sherlock on his own.

"You should understand the hints the captain gave you inside the tower, right? I won't repeat them. Let me tell you something you don't know."

According to information left by their predecessors, the tower does not actually have an 'upper level'. The highest point of the tower is the top floor of the residential area, and anything above that is just a reflection of the tower.

It was a completely sealed, controllable "domain" created by that so-called "Lord Tianyuan" using his own abilities, and this was the main reason why the predecessors' resistance failed.

At this point, Sherlock glanced at Teacher Satoru with some surprise, astonished by the information he had provided.

It's no easy feat to maintain such a vast, mirror-like space stably for an extended period. Among the people Sherlock knows, only that heartless boiled egg could accomplish such an operation. It's unbelievable that someone could achieve such a feat in a remote and impoverished place like Sakaar.

Seeing Sherlock's shocked expression, Teacher Wu smiled, waved to Sherlock, and then continued speaking to him.

"Don't be so surprised. That 'Tianyuan' was able to accomplish such a thing not through his own power, but through stolen power. This is the main reason why we didn't act rashly."

"What do you mean?"

Hearing Teacher Wu's words, Sherlock became even more puzzled, looking curiously in Teacher Wu's direction, waiting for his answer. Teacher Wu, however, chuckled and threw a bombshell at Sherlock.

"Let me tell you a little secret. If you consider that comic book that depicts our world as the 'main story' world, then the DK era that you see of me and Jay are characters in the main story. They probably existed before the so-called Huaiyu chapter."

As for Jay and me, to put it in a way you can understand, we come from the same fanfiction world. In my world, Jay didn't become the cult leader, but was a teacher at a vocational college, just like me.

And that cult leader, Jay, wasn't some kind of monkey-exterminating cult leader. In his world, he was cooperating with me in that world to target the higher-ups in the sorcery world from the outside.

Of course, this is just a memory in Jay's and my heads. We don't know whether it's real or fake. The only thing we're sure of is that the duo from the current high school era are definitely from the main storyline.

The teacher's words seemed like an irrelevant answer, but they allowed Sherlock to grasp something that looked chilling in an instant.

There weren't just two Gojo Satoru inside the tower. The moment Sherlock arrived at the tower, he saw the Gojo Satoru next to him go out for dessert with a gender-swapped version of himself.

However, if we consider the information given by Gojo Satoru beside him, combined with Sherlock's previous deductions, if that 'Tengen' is not a dimensional lord, but rather, according to Teacher Satoru, an ability thief, then where did these so-called counterparts come from?

Seeing that Sherlock seemed to have realized something, Teacher Wu smiled, pulled out a lollipop from somewhere, popped it into his mouth, and said to Sherlock with a grin.

"That's right, just as you guessed. Apart from the two of us from my student days, Jay and I, most of the remaining 'isotopes,' including myself, are not sure if we are actually clones."

The reason I am so uncertain is actually quite simple: I have personally witnessed the gradual growth of the so-called 'isotope', from initially possessing only curse power, to having six eyes, and finally possessing spells.

The gender changes, from male to Nan Niang and finally to female, gradually appeared before my eyes, and they all had similar memories.

It wasn't until the most perfect gender-swapped version of me appeared that there was no further increase in isotopes.

The reason why neither Jay nor I are sure if we are clones like them is simple: the universe is just too vast, so vast that no one can guarantee whether there are other planets that are completely different yet experiencing the same story.

"If you're not sure if you're the real person, why are you so determined to rebel?"

Sherlock looked at the teacher beside him with some doubt and asked the question that had been bothering him. But the teacher just smiled and said to Sherlock.

"Well, even if we don't know if it's true or not, she was the strongest in the past after all. Besides, wouldn't it be a waste of the information that Shoko risked her life to send out if we didn't resist?"