Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life

One of the projectors calmly spoke to the black-haired man standing in the center of the conference room.

"Impossible! I believe in my team! Even if we have to use nuclear weapons, it should be the last resort after my team has failed! Timo Lawrence! Report on the situation on the ground!"

Black Egg roared at the projection relentlessly, while also making sure the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents on site reported the situation to increase his credibility.

What Black Egg never expected was that after the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents reported the situation on the scene, not only Black Egg, but even the projections of the World Security Council and the five permanent members of the Security Council doubted whether they had misheard.

"What do you mean Iron Man turned into a ball? What do you mean Captain America is gradually becoming a monster? What do you mean Black Widow turned into a succubus and Hawkeye turned into an elf? And you better explain to me what the hell means by 'the Empire State Building standing up'!!!"

After listening to the report from the on-site agent, Black Egg was in a bad mood and started yelling at the agent who had given the report.

The agents at the scene were equally aggrieved and actually hung up the communication immediately.

Before Black Egg and the projectors on site could react, a video call request came in. After the call was connected, seeing the situation on site, both Black Egg and the projectors on site fell silent for a moment.

Who would have thought that this scene, which seems to be something you can only see after eating mushrooms, is actually reality?

Most importantly, the Empire State Building actually stood up!!!

Chapter 197 The War Begins 5

The fact that the Empire State Building stood up was so outrageous that it was beyond absurdity to anyone else. It was utterly absurd.

Especially for those who see this scene through a video call, this situation is no less than being tricked into working at a small place, only to be inexplicably placed on the set of an adult film, thinking they could get intimate with their teacher.

I never expected that the script I received would be to play an 'incompetent husband'. I actually managed to sleep through the entire 120-minute movie in bed with my eyes closed.

The culprit behind all this is none other than Sherlock!

The reason the Empire State Building was made to stand up was quite simple: Sherlock discovered that the Chitauri soldiers were showing signs of evolving into a swarm of insects!

If I don't come up with a way to break the deadlock, I'm afraid this battle in New York, which was supposed to be incredibly easy in the movie, will turn into the final battle in Ender's Game!

The solution to the Chitauri's swarm-like attack was simple: rely on the sheer size and power of the Empire State Building transformed into a Gundam to crush those 'insects' whose size was not much different from that of humans!

Of course, this was not an easy task for Sherlock. Alchemy required him to constantly envelop the entire Empire State Building, meaning that the Empire State Building was essentially in a state of superposition of alchemical products and raw materials in order to make the entire Empire State Building move.

Fortunately, Sherlock now has the Seven Deadly Sins as an aid; otherwise, the sheer amount of calculation required to make the Empire State Building stand up would have likely caused Sherlock's brain to overheat and be fried to death by his own alchemy.

However, it was precisely because of Sherlock's actions that, after the Empire State Building stood up, its massive size almost instantly disrupted the Chitauri's swarm-like offensive, while also creating an opening for the Avengers to attack.

With the Hulk's powerful vanguard ability as a muscle-bound thug, Black Widow, following behind him, was the first to arrive at the rooftop of Stark Tower. After waking up the unconscious Dr. Erik, Black Widow almost immediately informed everyone how to close the portal.

Following closely behind Black Widow were the Avengers, whose members had been greatly enhanced by Sherlock's alchemical artifacts.

After hearing Black Widow's report, Thor flew directly into the building and, with his Mjolnir, struck Loki on the head despite Loki's resistant expression, knocking him unconscious. He then took the Mind Control Scepter and handed it to Black Widow.

Just as Black Widow was about to use her scepter to close the portal, Eggsy's voice rang out in the Avengers' communications, just like in the movies.

The nuclear bomb was eventually launched!

The reason for the launch was that when Sherlock piloted the Empire State Building into battle, the aftershocks caused the live video stream to be interrupted!

Driven by fear, the ruthless maggots bypassed the military, the Security Council, and S.H.I.E.L.D., and launched a cruise missile carrying a nuclear warhead directly at Stark Tower!

Upon hearing this news, Sherlock's first reaction was to manipulate the Empire State Building to intercept it.

If the Empire State Building could make contact with the cruise missile, Sherlock could push his computing power to the limit and use the Empire State Building for substitutional alchemy to directly disintegrate the nuclear bomb.

Unfortunately, Sherlock overestimated the Empire State Building's speed and underestimated the speed of a cruise missile, almost watching it slip through his fingers.

In the end, just like in the movie, Tony, as Iron Man, stepped forward, carried the nuclear bomb, and flew into the portal. At the last moment, he ran out of energy, deactivated his transformation, and fell down, watching as the nuclear warhead destroyed the Chitauri mothership.

At the moment of the explosion, Black Widow inserted the Mind Control Scepter into the machine that activated the portal, and everything went smoothly, just like in the movie.

After Tony ran out of energy, Hulk caught him and placed him on the top floor of Stark Tower. The Avengers, who had also deactivated their transformations, surrounded him. The Chitauri soldiers who had invaded Earth collapsed to the ground like puppets without power after the mothership was destroyed.

Seeing Tony fall into a coma due to energy depletion, Thor almost immediately took out the Mjolnir and placed it on Tony's chest. Accompanied by a powerful flash of lightning, the Arc Reactor on Tony's chest, which had been extinguished, lit up again, even brighter than before.

As for Tony, he suddenly regained consciousness the instant the Arc Reactor lit up.

Looking at the "forced growth hammer" placed on his chest, Tony's already not-so-good complexion instantly turned even worse.

"Hey! Breaking news! Take that damn thing off my chest!"

Upon hearing Tony's words, Thor's smile, which had appeared after seeing Tony regain consciousness, froze instantly, and he said to Tony somewhat angrily.

"Hey, Tin Can, you know this hammer saved your life, so you should at least be a little more polite to my hammer!"

However, to Thor's surprise, when he finished speaking, everyone present looked at him with extremely strange eyes, especially Black Widow. After holding back for a long time, Black Widow pointed at the hammer in Thor's hand and asked him a question.

"You call this thing a hammer?"

"Of course! What else could this be but a hammer? In the era of cold weapons, this hammer was used to break through armor on the battlefield! And if you'd like, in the far east, this hammer also has a nice name: mace!"

Thor answered Black Widow's question as a matter of course, but this only earned him increasingly strange looks from everyone. Finally, Tony, who had sat up again, patted Thor on the shoulder helplessly before speaking to him.

"After this is all over, I'll send you a video so you can really understand the difference between the so-called 'budding bone' and the thing you have in your hand, Jarvis. Add this to my daily schedule."

"Yes, sir. The target video has been found for you. Downloading has begun. The estimated download time is one day and nineteen minutes. You can upgrade to a membership to speed up the download. Would you like to upgrade?"

"no!"

Jarvis's voice rang out from inside Tony's armor, yet miraculously, everyone around Tony could hear it clearly. So much so that the next second, everyone's strange gaze shifted from Thor to Tony.

Seeing the strange looks everyone was giving him, Tony shrugged and complained irritably.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Save what you should save, spend what you should spend! There's no rush!"

Captain: "No, Tony, we're just curious, are those instructional videos you downloaded for Thor legitimate?"

Chapter 198 The War Begins (The End)

Upon hearing the captain's words, Tony rolled his eyes in annoyance, clearly not wanting to respond to the captain's question, and the captain did not pursue the matter further.

After rolling his eyes at the captain, Tony looked around and then asked the many Avengers present with some surprise.

"Wait a minute, where's that little rascal Sherlock?"

Upon hearing Tony's words, the entire Avengers felt a sense of shared indignation. After all, Sherlock's alchemical tools were indeed useful, but so was the shameful thing.

Moreover, anyone could see that Sherlock's alchemical artifacts' transformation was completely unnecessary. They simply did not believe that Sherlock could not retain the functionality of the alchemical artifacts while removing the transformation effect!

If the previous use of Sherlock's alchemical tools was out of necessity due to the circumstances, now that everything is over, everyone present probably wants to have a good discussion with Sherlock about his damned perverse sense of humor!

Oh, except maybe Hawkeye and Hulk!

Of course, although the two of them really liked their transformed appearance, they wouldn't dare to provoke anyone at this moment, especially Hawkeye, that old fox, who betrayed Sherlock the moment Black Widow looked at him.

"I did see Sherlock. He said he'd come back after he got the Empire State Building back in place..."

As soon as Hawkeye said this, almost all eyes immediately turned to the Empire State Building not far away.

At this moment, the Empire State Building remained quietly in its original position, and the entire building was so clean and new that if you didn't look closely, you might even think that the building in front of you was newly built instead of the old building completed in 1931!

Looking at the Empire State Building, which was so perfect it looked brand new, it was obvious that Sherlock should have made the Empire State Building sit back down long ago.

So here's the question: Sherlock, that little rascal, isn't here, nor is he over at the Empire State Building, so where could he be?

"Mentor! Mentor! Have mercy! That's my brother!"

Without a doubt, Thor, who usually seems very simple-minded, reacted incredibly quickly at this moment. He decisively abandoned Tony, who had just sat up, and leaped towards the location of Loki, who had just been knocked unconscious.

Upon hearing Thor's shout, everyone present disregarded everything else and frantically jumped down to the top floor of Stark Tower.

When everyone arrived at the room Tony had prepared for the future Avengers, everyone present was stunned.

The room, which should have been filled with modern decor, had somehow been transformed into a pure white space resembling a laboratory. Sherlock stood in the middle of the room, his clothes now resembling a white lab coat, his mechanical arm disintegrated into several gleaming tentacles. He was dragging the unconscious Loki into a glass jar filled with an unknown liquid.

Upon seeing this, Thor turned pale and immediately grabbed Sherlock's leg, bursting into tears and sobbing as he began to plead his case.

"Master, Master, please spare my brother! He doesn't deserve to die! I beg you, for my father's sake, please don't harm my brother!"

Startled by Thor's crying and fussing, Captain America reacted at that moment, rushing forward to stand between Sherlock and the glass jar that was about to release Loki, and said to Sherlock with a very serious expression.

“Sherlock, even if Loki is a criminal, he should be judged by law, not used for human experimentation! This is inhumane…”

Before the captain could finish speaking, he saw the look on Sherlock's face as if he were an idiot, and almost all of his subsequent advice was swallowed back.

The only sound in the room was Thor's wailing.

"Alright, Thor, stop fucking howling. I don't want to do anything to Loki, I'm just going to play a funny prank on him!"

"Gah?"

Upon hearing Sherlock's words, Thor, who had been wailing and crying, was caught off guard and suddenly gasped, then stared at Sherlock with a bewildered expression.

Not just Thor, but everyone present stared at Sherlock in astonishment, seemingly wanting to see what he was going to do next.

As for why Sherlock did this, that question has long been forgotten thanks to Sherlock's curiosity about what he was trying to achieve.

The reason Sherlock didn't appear before the Avengers but instead came to prepare a prank on Loki is quite simple: Sherlock needs to transfer all the Avengers' resentment towards him onto Loki.

Do you really think Sherlock is an idiot who can't see the Avengers' resentment towards their own perverse tastes when using their gadgets?

Of course I can see it clearly!

To avoid getting beaten up, Sherlock naturally needed to find a scapegoat to take the blame for him, and in the Battle of New York, was there anyone more suitable to take the blame than Loki?

Just as Sherlock had predicted, the Avengers, whose curiosity had been piqued by Sherlock, gradually forgot their resentment towards him, or rather, under Sherlock's guidance, transferred their resentment towards Sherlock to the unfortunate Loki.

When they heard that Sherlock wanted to play a prank on Loki, almost everyone's ears perked up immediately. Sherlock didn't hide anything and began to tell the Avengers around him about his plan with a wicked grin.

"Let's do it like this first, then like this, and finally I have a prop that can keep Loki like this for about a month. That should be enough to leave a deep impression on Loki!"

Of course, this is not just a prank. If handled properly, it might even reform Loki. I call it a personality correction surgery!

Okay, I've finished explaining my plan. Now you can share your thoughts. If you don't want to participate, I certainly won't force you!

Upon hearing Sherlock's complete plan, the crowd exchanged bewildered glances, feeling as if they had learned something new. They had initially thought that damned, wickedly humorous transformation device was Sherlock's limit, but it turned out to be his bottom line!

Sherlock's plan to prank Loki was incredibly insidious! It even gave the Avengers goosebumps.

"I thought you were already pretty much a scoundrel, but I never expected you could be even more of a scoundrel, Sherlock!"

After everyone hesitated for a while, Tony finally stepped forward and gave Sherlock a thumbs-up in praise.

Hearing Tony's complaints, Sherlock rolled his eyes in annoyance before addressing the crowd.

"Stop with all that nonsense, just tell me if you're participating or not, that's all!"

"Of course!"

When Sherlock asked him, Thor was the first to respond. He had been through countless Loki pranks since he was a child, and now that Loki had managed to get back at him all at once, Thor felt obligated to help!