Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life...

After waiting for a short while at the theater entrance, Eve appeared before Sherlock and Zhao Weike carrying a tattered bundle.

Seeing Eve's worn-out clothes and the tattoo on her back that matched Zhao Weike's, Sherlock's lips twitched slightly before he led the girl and Zhao Weike out of the theater.

This time, however, Sherlock did not take the two back to New York immediately. Instead, he led them on a shopping spree at Big Mao's house.

Some of the gifts were for Helen, some were for Doro, a small portion were for himself and Zhao Weike, and the majority of the rest were for the girl named Eve.

After all, Eve, who had lived in the theater since childhood, was dressed in such worn-out clothes that even Sherlock couldn't bear to look at them.

Of course, there was a price to pay for the many gifts Sherlock gave.

The biggest cost was that Eve temporarily lost her own name and received a new name approved by Sherlock.

Ana de Armas.

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Chapter 91 Returning Home and News

Although Eve didn't know why Sherlock was so concerned about changing her name, it wasn't a big deal for Eve.

Eve or Anna, it's just a code name. As long as you know your own name and where you come from, that's enough.

But it was a different story for Zhao Weike. Based on Zhao Weike's understanding of Sherlock, he figured that the scoundrel was probably doing this for some kind of perverse pleasure.

After all, Sherlock has a history of misconduct. In the beginning, he called himself Keanu Reeves, Constantine, and even Neo. Even now, he still calls himself Zhao Weike, Old Zhao, and so on.

Looking at his little apprentice who had been following him around, Zhao Weike could only pray that his little apprentice could withstand Sherlock's wrath.

After a full day of shopping in St. Petersburg, the three of them checked into the Continental Hotel in St. Petersburg, laden with bags and suitcases.

The next day, the three, now completely transformed, returned to New York through the mainland hotel's channels.

After the plane landed, Winston, Helen, and Doro were already waiting at the airport for Sherlock's return.

The moment the three of them got off the plane, Doro rushed into Sherlock's arms, and Helen rushed into Zhao Weike's arms, while the girl who had been forced to change her name to Anna stood there at a loss.

However, when she saw Winston, Winston smiled and opened his arms to Anna.

Anna didn't forget Winston either. She went up and gave him a light hug. Then, in response to Winston's questioning, Anna briefly explained the current situation.

Upon hearing that Anna had actually become Zhao Weike's apprentice, Winston was overwhelmed with mixed feelings.

He stared at the three and a half people embracing each other for a while before speaking to Zhao Weike.

"John, Eve, oh, she should be called Anna now, I'll leave her in your care from now on."

Upon hearing Winston's words, Zhao Weike nodded without saying anything more or asking about the relationship between Anna and Winston. However, Sherlock, who was holding Doro, kept glancing back and forth between Winston and Anna.

Similarly, Anna's gaze was fixed on Sherlock the moment she stepped out of Winston's arms, or more precisely, on Doro in Sherlock's arms.

Given Doro's looks, almost no girl could resist his doll-like appearance.

Sherlock didn't waste any time. After introducing Anna and Doro to each other, he put Doro in Anna's arms, and Helen took the initiative to take care of the girl.

Sherlock, Zhao Weike, and Winston, on the other hand, got together.

"Thank you for your help, Winston. I know you've been communicating with the Continental Hotel behind the scenes regarding this 'war'."

Sherlock spoke to Winston, and upon hearing this, Winston gracefully bowed slightly and replied to Sherlock.

"It's my pleasure, Mr. Sherlock. As I always say, a friend of a friend is still a friend."

Sherlock did not refuse Winston's words. He stretched out his hand, and a business card appeared in Sherlock's hand with a flash of scarlet lightning.

Sherlock placed the business card in Winston's hand before speaking to him.

“That’s right, a friend of a friend is a friend. If you need anything, Winston, you can contact me.”

After saying that, Sherlock ignored the two and turned to walk towards the group of women. Helen and Anna had become very close, and with Doro as a lubricant, Helen had almost thoroughly investigated Anna's life story.

Helen felt an overwhelming sense of sympathy for Anna's life, and given Anna's age, she even felt like she was a mother without experiencing pain herself. When Sherlock walked over, Helen was holding Anna, overflowing with maternal love.

Anna was somewhat reserved when faced with Helen's selfless love and kindness, which was completely out of place in the world of assassins, but she did not reject Helen's goodwill.

He could only stand stiffly as Helen hugged him, her eyes brimming with tears, while he kept kneading Doro's soft, jelly-like body to ease his tension.

Doro didn't seem to mind Anna's rubbing. Although her body was like jelly, looking like it could break at the slightest touch, the force was actually not much different from a massage to Doro.

Watching Doro kick his little legs in Anna's arms, trying to find a comfortable position, Sherlock was amused by the heartwarming scene before him.

Sherlock wasn't the only one witnessing this heartwarming scene; Zhao Weike, who was still standing with Winston, was also there.

Seeing the scene before him, Winston kept rubbing the business card Sherlock had given him, a hint of struggle in his expression. Finally, when Zhao Weike's gaze fell on him again, it turned into a sigh.

“John, this ‘war’ is not so simple. The High Table’s reaction is far too intense. There is someone behind this war, someone who wants the Rom Gang to withdraw from the city of New York.”

“I know. Sherlock and I found out about it halfway through the battle.”

Zhao Weike nodded to Winston before speaking to him.

Upon hearing Zhao Weike's words, Winston's face remained expressionless, and he continued speaking to Zhao Weike with a solemn expression.

"But you may not know the rest."

Seeing the puzzled look on Zhao Weike's face, Winston continued speaking to him.

"As you know, my hotel was 'closed' before your war with Sherlock began, and it was thanks to this 'closure' that my hotel escaped this 'disaster'."

While you and Sherlock are waging war against the Tarasov family, the war in New York is not just about your family; many families have been drawn into this massive 'war'.

Based on my observation, there were no winners in this war.

But there was one person who reaped enormous benefits: Kingpin!

This man is no ordinary person! John, if you don't want everything you've achieved to vanish, I advise you to stay away from Kingpin!

After Winston finished speaking to Zhao Weike in a deep voice, he turned around and left the scene without any hesitation, getting into his own car from the Continental Hotel and leaving the airport.

Watching Winston leave with unwavering resolve, Zhao Weike didn't say much, simply watching him until he was gone.

As the manager of the neutral Continental Hotel, this information should have been internal to the hotel and should never have been leaked to outsiders, yet Winston still told him.

Thinking of the business card Sherlock had just given him, and the conflicted look on Winston's face before he said those words, Zhao Weike could only sigh helplessly once again.

To be honest, Zhao Weike really felt like he was getting old. The world was changing so fast that he, a retired assassin, was starting to fall behind.

Chapter 92 gives Anna some unusual shock.

As Winston completely disappeared from his sight, Zhao Weike turned and walked towards the group who had begun to discuss the 'gift' they had brought back from Da Mao.

After getting closer to Sherlock, Zhao Weike briefly exchanged words with Sherlock about what Winston had just said.

After listening to Winston's words, Sherlock gave Zhao Weike some instructions, telling him to stay away from the Continental Hotel and the assassins as much as possible, and to focus solely on training Anna.

Sherlock himself was completely indifferent, after all, Kingpin was just a powerful ordinary person to Sherlock, as could be seen from the heroes he faced.

If this hero were even slightly overpowered, he would completely dominate Kingpin. Even Tony Stark, with his advanced technology, could crush Kingpin as easily as crushing an ant.

Kingpin might be a difficult problem for Zhao Weike, but for Sherlock, Kingpin is just a minor character who can become his Philosopher's Stone soul reserve at any time.

Sherlock didn't say much to Zhao Weike, just gave him some more instructions, and then prepared to drive home.

For Zhao Weike, Helen, and Doro, Sherlock's abilities were no secret, and they were already used to it.

But this was not the case for Anna.

Anna's knowledge of Sherlock was limited to rumors about his performance in the theater; she knew neither his abilities nor what he was capable of.

Therefore, when Sherlock took out a capsule, pressed the button on the capsule in front of Anna, and threw the capsule on the ground, a huge 6x6 Baja Raptor appeared in front of Anna after a puff of smoke.

Anna's jaw nearly dropped to the ground. Pointing at the suddenly appearing raptor, she was even slurring her words, looking as if her worldview had been completely reshaped.

"No...this...you...I..."

Faced with this scene that shattered any scientific 'bottom line', Anna was completely incredulous and couldn't even utter a complete sentence.

But Sherlock and Zhao Weike were already used to this kind of thing. After Sherlock threw out the capsule containing his pickup truck, he picked up Doro again and opened a can of beer in front of Zhao Weike with a smug look on his face, taking a sip.

Then, amidst Zhao Weike's grumbling, he leisurely sat down in the passenger seat.

Looking at the scene before her, whether it was Helen's helpless yet doting smile or Zhao Weike's grumbling, Anna inexplicably felt a sense of alienation after her values ​​were shattered.

The sudden appearance of the luxury car, or Zhao Weike, who was supposed to be aloof but was now grumbling like a nagging old man, made Anna feel a sense of unreality.

The way these people interacted exuded a sense of human beauty and harmony that made Anna, who had witnessed her father die in her arms since childhood and whose mind had been consumed by thoughts of revenge, feel a sense of inferiority.

A feeling of inferiority, as if she didn't deserve to live here, was like a rat that should have been hiding in the sewers suddenly seeing the sunlight. Anna even inexplicably wanted to escape from this life.

Fortunately, just as Anna was feeling lost, a warm hand took her small hand as she stood there, unsure of what to do.

The hand was so warm and soft that it evoked an instinctive longing in Anna, who hadn't experienced a normal life since her father's death.

When Anna looked up, Helen's kind smile appeared before her.

"Let's go, Anna, don't bother with those childish boys!"

As Helen said this, she took Anna's hand and led her to the back seat of the pickup truck.

Looking at Helen leading the way, Anna even had the illusion that the woman in front of her was an angel, making it impossible for Anna to refuse any of Helen's requests.

Even now, Anna still believes she is unworthy to board the vehicle before her, which gleams in the sunlight.

But when the angel in front of her was holding her hand, warmly and gently lifting Anna up from the shadows towards the vehicle that represented joy and redemption, Anna almost instantly understood why Sherlock and Zhao Weike had started a war over some photos.

Although Zhao Weike and Sherlock were in the car, they had been watching Anna and Helen the whole time. When they saw what was happening in front of them, both Sherlock and Zhao Weike had the same relieved smile on their faces.

Zhao Weike, who was shrouded in darkness, was dragged out of the swamp-like world of assassins by Helen with those same hands.

When Sherlock first arrived in the world and was constantly running into obstacles due to the different national conditions, it was Helen who, with a smile and some cookies, knocked on Sherlock's door and, like a mother, taught him how to survive there.

Today, Helen is still Helen, only the object of her redemption has changed from Zhao Weike at the beginning to Sherlock, and then from Sherlock to Anna now.

The two men exchanged a glance, and both Zhao Weike and Sherlock saw the same emotion in each other's eyes.

Glad.

In layman's terms...

Helen is awesome! Helen is the best!!!

Helen's presence also meant that the two no longer had to worry about Anna's mental health. After all, a gentle woman like Helen could almost be said to be able to redeem everyone!

However, when Anna followed Helen into the back seat of the pickup truck, the sense of redemption she felt for Helen was instantly replaced by the astonishment she felt at the sight before her.

Anna, dumbfounded, went in and out of the car several times to make sure she wasn't hallucinating.

After confirming that what she was seeing was not a hallucination, Anna's newly established worldview shattered once again in an instant.

At that moment, only one sentence remained in Anna's mind.

Damn it, can anyone tell me whose car's back seat isn't a seat but a three-bedroom, two-living-room house?

Seeing Anna's expression as if physics didn't exist, Helen's smile didn't fade. She took Anna's hand and led her to sit on the sofa in the living room. After making Anna a cup of hot cocoa, she said to Anna in a slightly mischievous way.

"Sherlock is an alchemist, so don't be surprised if anything magical happens to him. There's a long road ahead, and you'll gradually get used to Sherlock's strange and wonderful abilities."

Hearing Helen's gentle tone and seeing the radiance emanating from her, Anna instantly banished all her emotions from her mind, even abandoning her values ​​along the way.

He just stared at Helen with some fascination, without saying a word.