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

As for Ao Lie, Sherlock gave him a prop called a 'mini ranch'.

It's somewhat like a combination of Gleev's tunnel and a hyper-realistic miniature landscape; in any case, it's something that allows Ao Lie to let loose and be himself at home.

On the contrary, the final act of giving the Great Master gave Sherlock a bit of a headache, after all, the Great Master was a big shot. After thinking it over, he finally gave the Great Master a fully automated housework solution.

What pleased the Bodhisattva the most were the fully automatic clothes cleaning system and the fully automatic dishwashing machine. Of course, Sherlock also took this opportunity to see Red Boy and Dragon Girl.

As for the rest of the people, most of them received some small gifts from Sherlock, including local specialties brought from the United States and some trinkets made by Sherlock himself.

Similarly, Sherlock received many return gifts, but most of them were food, especially the special mooncakes that Yu Zong gave Sherlock, which amazed Sherlock.

In Sherlock's words, this was the first time in both of his lives that he had ever tasted such delicious mooncakes!

However, the price for saying this was that Doro's little four-dimensional pocket was filled with mooncakes of various flavors given to him by Yu Zong.

Once Tony and Pepper finalized the details of their collaboration with the rabbit, Sherlock's blissful days of not returning to the hotel came to an end.

Pepper was extremely angry about Sherlock's behavior of never coming home, especially since Sherlock was playing with Doro, which made her even angrier.

Therefore, after finishing his business, Sherlock was unsurprisingly 'confined' by Pepper Potts, who grabbed his ear.

He could only reluctantly follow Pepper Potts, Tony Stark, and Scarlett Johansson, who was secretly laughing the whole time, to the F1 race track to watch the competition.

To be honest, Sherlock was initially very interested in this competition, which represented the pinnacle of human ground speed. However, after learning about the complicated situation on the rabbit's side, Sherlock's evaluation of the competition was reduced to just two words.

uninteresting.

Fortunately, although the competition was somewhat boring, the people who came to watch it were still very entertaining.

Sherlock, following behind Tony, unexpectedly spotted Elon Musk, and what's more, this guy actually knew Tony!

This made Sherlock feel as if the dimensional barrier had been broken. Wow, when it comes to playing games, Marvel really knows how to do it!

What Sherlock didn't expect was that in the VIP lounge before the match, he saw someone whose jaw almost dropped.

Know-it-all!

It was obvious that Trump and Tony didn't get along, so much so that they started sarcastically insulting each other as soon as they met. Their little squabbles were so awkward that Sherlock was speechless.

Well, if Tony knew that the old man he was arguing with so fiercely would lead his Muggle army to the throne of the Grand Commander in the real world a few years later, I wonder what his expression would be.

Anyway, Sherlock's jaw hasn't closed since he entered this rest area.

Chapter 143 Encouraging People to Study Medicine...

Watching Tony and Trump engage in a heated debate, Sherlock was utterly speechless. Their current behavior clearly demonstrated that humans are not a species with a strong capacity for empathy.

Take Tony, for example; he can't even empathize with his past self!

In Sherlock's eyes, the "King of Knowledge" and the former Tony Stark were practically synonymous—both were equally arrogant and deeply in love with blonde beauties with big, wavy hair.

If we had to say something, aside from physical appearance, the only difference between the two might be that Tony truly understands, while the "King of Knowledge" might not necessarily do.

Oh, by the way, it seems that even Tony can't compare to Trump when it comes to winning strategies.

After listening for a while, Sherlock gradually lost interest. He turned around and stuffed Doro into Black Widow's arms, who was eagerly waiting. Then, Sherlock went to the VIP section that Pepper had reserved and took out the nameless ancient book given to him by Laozi to study.

Ten minutes later, Sherlock closed the nameless ancient book in his hand, put it back into his four-dimensional pocket, and then took out his alchemy tome, flipped to the section on alchemy, and began to study it.

Half an hour later, Sherlock closed his alchemy book, waved it away, and looked at the azure sky with a speechless expression.

Well, Sherlock now understands why some people keep saying that advising someone to study medicine is a recipe for disaster.

This was the first time in Sherlock's life that he knew every single word in the book, but had no idea what it meant when put together.

After thinking for a moment, Sherlock took out his phone, opened WeChat, and started talking in a group chat called "Troublemaking Squad" that was pinned to the top of his chat list.

Kick the lame man's good leg hard: September, September, can you buy me some books? @Full Mountain Fox, I'm the most flirtatious.

"Among all the foxes in the mountain, I'm the most flamboyant": Oh my god, who gave me this damn name?

System message: The most seductive fox in the whole mountain has changed the group name to Sexy Cockroach Leg Hair.

He kicked the cripple's good leg hard: ...

Innate Ox and Horse Sacred Body: September, if you can't even change your group name, fine, but Sherlock, your group name is quite fitting too.

System message: The person who kicked the cripple's good leg has changed the group name to the Trouble-Making Squad.

He kicked the cripple's good leg hard: Stop talking nonsense, Ao Lie, you can buy it for me.

Innate Ox and Horse Sacred Body: Alright, what book do you want?

A brutal kick to the lame man's good leg: A complete set of 25 TCM textbooks, including the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, Treatise on Febrile Diseases, Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber, Differentiation of Febrile Diseases, Classic of Difficult Issues, and Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica...

System message: The most seductive fox in the whole mountain has changed the group name to Sexy Cockroach Leg Hair.

System message: The person who kicked the cripple's good leg has changed the group name to the Trouble-Making Squad.

System message: "The good leg that kicked the cripple has already slew all the foxes in the mountain. I'm the most flirtatious. I've been renamed the sexy cockroach's leg hair."

Kick the cripple's good leg hard: September, I've changed it for you. Please stop worrying about the group name. I'm begging you.

Sexy cockroach leg hair :(/ω＼)

Sexy Cockroach's Leg Hair: Wait, Lao Xia, why do you have so many TCM books? What, are you going to study medicine?

He kicked the cripple's good leg hard: "I have no choice. If I don't study, I won't be able to understand the nameless ancient book that Laozi gave me at all!"

Seven-Colored Calabash Brothers' Dad: Hey! Little one, what kind of treasure did this old man give you?

Seven-Colored Calabash Brothers' Dad: No, what kind of name is this?

Lotus Root Spirit: Hahahaha, monkey, your name is really wild! I knew the netizens were right, you must have done something when you froze the seven fairies in the Peach Garden!

The Seven-Colored Calabash Brothers' father: Nezha! You're talking nonsense! If you keep spouting this, I, Old Sun, will come and beat you up right now!

Seven-Colored Calabash Brothers' Dad: Stop talking nonsense, @Kick the Cripple's Good Leg, hurry up and tell us, what treasure did that old man give you? Every time I, Old Sun, want to go to that old man to ask for some treasure, that old man avoids me.

He kicked the cripple's good leg hard: Great Sage, it's really nothing, just an ancient book about alchemy, plus a recipe for sour plum drink made by Laozi himself. If you don't believe me, ask Ao Lie, he, Jiu Yue, and I brewed and drank it together.

Innate Ox and Horse Sacred Body: Senior Brother, it's really nothing, just some plum juice recipes.

Lotus Root Vegetable Essence: Where's the recipe? Send me a copy.

Seven-Colored Calabash Brothers' Dad: +1

Guanjiangkou leader: +1

Male mother who loves exotic animals: +1

Seven-Colored Calabash Brothers' Dad: Oh, Guanyin, you're in the group too?

……

Sherlock watched as the group chat in his hand began to veer off course, unsure of what to say. He could only silently lurk in and watch the group chattering away, hoping that Ao Lie and Jiu Yue wouldn't forget to buy him the book.

Just as Sherlock was engrossed in the group chat, a gasp rang out beside him, drawing his attention elsewhere.

Looking up, Sherlock saw Pepper Potts covering her mouth in surprise as she looked towards the center of the arena. Somewhat puzzled, Sherlock looked up and saw Tony smiling and waving to the stands amidst the attention of everyone, before getting into an F1 car.

Sherlock didn't react much to this, after all, it was he who advised Tony to relax. However, what Sherlock didn't expect was that Tony would still secretly go off to drive an F1 car, just like in the movies.

However, seeing the worry on Pepper's face in the stands, Sherlock knew that if Tony hadn't kept it from Pepper, he might not have even been able to come to watch the race, let alone get into the car and participate in the competition.

Sherlock originally thought this was the limit of Tony's self-indulgence. After all, this was Rabbit Town, not some Mexico or other place like in the movies, and someone like Ivan Vanko would never appear here.

To Sherlock's utter surprise, Ivan Vanko still showed up at the match.

However, compared to his dashing entrance in the movie, Ivan Vanko was undoubtedly much more disheveled at this moment.

In the movie, at least the guy's upper body had some metal connections, but on the rabbit's side, Ivan Vanko only had the whip in his hand.

It's clear that due to some restrictions imposed by the rabbits, Ivan Vanko could only integrate an arc reactor into the whip on his right hand, and even the power displayed by this whip was far less than what was shown in the movie.

It's worth noting that in the movie, Ivan Vanko's electric whip could even melt the asphalt on the ground, while the whip he's holding now can only cut through the carbon fiber of an F1 car.

Of course, Ivan Vanko's appearance here was not the most surprising thing for Sherlock. What surprised Sherlock the most was actually Tony's Iron Man armor later on.

That portable battle suit called Mark 5!

Chapter 144 A Different Mark V!

The Mark 5 is the briefcase-shaped suit of armor from the movie Iron Man 2. Its transformation and deployment process is an absolute highlight of the entire Iron Man 2 movie.

Even so, this suit of armor is still considered the most useless among Tony's many suits of armor.

Its deployment flexibility is inferior to the Mark 42 Prodigal Armor, which is known as the "anti-Tony armor". Its weaponry and defense are arguably the worst among the armors designed by Tony.

It's no exaggeration to say that Tony sacrificed a great deal for the portability of this suit of armor.

Of course, this is the situation in the movies, but when Sherlock appeared in the Marvel universe, everything seemed to become completely different from what was presented in the movies.

Leaving aside the drastically weakened Ivan Vanko, Tony's current Mark 5 is completely different from the original Mark 5.

Upon realizing that Ivan Vanko was targeting Tony, Black Widow, Pepper Potts' assistant, rushed onto the court with a briefcase almost without hesitation.

Tony's reaction was also very quick. Thanks to his long hours of superhero activities, coupled with the training he was forced to undergo by Sherlock's flesh-penetrating attacks, Tony's reaction speed has improved dramatically.

After confirming that Ivan Vanko's target was him, Tony almost immediately used the race car he had specially built for him, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, as a weapon.

He immediately jumped off the car onto the grass beside the track and rushed toward the stands.

As Black Widow threw her briefcase, Tony began his transformation.

However, unlike in the movie, this time when Tony kicked the box open, instead of the Mark V's portable suit mode, several mechanical arms appeared the instant the box opened.

The components of the suit attached to the mechanical arm allowed Tony to transform into Iron Man and stand in the center of the arena in just ten seconds.

And this was just the beginning. The moment the mechanical arms assembled the Iron Man suit on Tony's body, they connected directly to Tony's entire body, turning into something similar to an exoskeleton.

The box was transformed into a backpack, secured to Tony's back by a mechanical lock on a metal shell, becoming one with Tony's Mark 5 armor, which did not appear in the movie at all.

Compared to the Mark 5 in the movie, this new version of the Mark 5 has undoubtedly greatly enhanced its defense, strength, and close-range combat capabilities. The exposed hydraulic muscles and the sci-fi martial arts-style exoskeleton are the best proof of this.

However, it is obvious that because of the box on its back, the Mark 5 lost its ability to fly long distances, but it can still fly short distances, make sudden advances, and even hover using the thrusters under its feet and in its hands.

Furthermore, Sherlock strongly suspected that the complete form of the Mark V before him was far more than just this; on the briefcase Tony used to transform, Sherlock detected traces of his own alchemy.

At least this brand-new Mark V is definitely not just the current, somewhat cumbersome thing that can only be used as a soldier in a game.

And indeed, Sherlock's prediction was proven correct. When Ivan Vanko's electric cable struck Tony's new armor, it only left a small scratch.

Tony's counterattack nearly made Sherlock's eyes pop out of their sockets.

Tony easily controlled the electric cable that was being swung at him with one hand.

With his other hand reaching behind his back, a mechanical arm quickly handed Tony a rod-shaped object as a crack appeared in the box he was carrying.

Sherlock recognized what that thing was.

This is the lightsaber I gave Tony for Christmas!

As expected, with the appearance of the lightsaber, Tony seemed to transform into a battle-hardened warrior, easily turning Ivan Vanko's Cables into a pile of parts with a set of gorgeous swordsmanship controlled by his armor.

In the process, he even deftly knocked away the Arc Reactor on the back of Ivan Vanko's hand, which was used to power the Cables, and then sliced ​​it in half in mid-air with his lightsaber.

Then, the armored suit kicked Ivan Vanko, and by the time Ivan Vanko got up from the ground, the scorching hot tip of Tony's lightsaber was already pointed at Ivan Vanko's throat.

From the moment Tony began his transformation until Ivan Vanko was knocked to the ground by Tony, the entire process took less than a minute.

On the other hand, Sherlock's side, from the very beginning when Ivan Vanko appeared, Sherlock wanted to throw Doro out like a Pokémon, to let Ivan Vanko, this old Russian, experience what it means to be outmatched.

Pepper noticed something was amiss, then punched Sherlock on the head and snatched the eager Doro from Sherlock's hands. The whole process took less than a minute.

For a moment, it was hard to tell whether Ivan Vanko or Sherlock was more tragic, even Doro, the little pink-haired dumpling, looked incredibly disappointed when Pepper Potts snatched him away from Sherlock.

In Doro's own words, she had already come up with the look, and she could use the illusion magic to simulate the clothes and hairstyle, then step on her little cloud, hold her mini Eternal Spear, and cosplay the Nezha look that she had just seen not long ago with the Great Light.

Now, all of that has vanished under Little Chili's sanctions.

Unsurprisingly, Ivan Vanko, the culprit who caused all of this, was taken away by the people on the rabbit's side.

Although Sherlock had a big bump on his head from Pepper Potts's knock, it didn't stop him from observing the greed in Justin Hammer's eyes when he saw the Arc Reactor in Ivan Vanko's hands.

After Ivan Vanko was taken away by the Rabbits, Justin Hammer turned around and left with them almost without hesitation.

Seeing this, Sherlock's eyes darted around before he picked up his phone and sent a message to Da Shi and the others.

After all, Ivan Vanko caused the commotion on the Chinese side. If Justin Hammer wants to exchange Ivan Vanko, whom he considers a 'genius' comparable to Tony, he will inevitably have to negotiate with the Chinese side.

The message Sherlock just sent to Assassin was to tell them to really screw over Justin Hammer, since it would be a waste not to take advantage of such a freebie.

Even Sherlock himself is planning to take advantage of the future Hammer Corporation.