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

After all, the animated emoticon "Hulk gives a wicked smile, Black Widow has a bad feeling" had been quietly lying in Sherlock's emoticon list until before he traveled through time, and it was even one of Sherlock's most frequently used flirtatious emoticons.

Now, seeing that sinister smile, which was originally just an emoji, appear in front of him, anyone would run away!

Before Sherlock could even process what was happening, his body had already carried him away, and even as they ran, Sherlock's hands were still tightly covering his buttocks.

As for the Hulk, well, the Hulk is somewhat intimidated by that eerie little guy behind him.

It's not that they can't beat each other. After all, considering the physical strength of Doro and Hulk, one punch from Hulk would probably send Doro sprawling.

However, Doro's speed was simply too fast, as slippery as an eel, and with the added boost of those strange gadgets, Hulk was completely crushed by the numbers this time.

It made the Hulk feel a frustrating sense of being unable to hit or catch it.

The reason why he chose to abandon Doro behind him and chase after Sherlock is simple: Hulk is just simple-minded, but definitely not stupid. The little guy behind him is not easy to deal with, and he can't even handle that little guy himself.

Moreover, judging from what that little guy just said, it's obvious that he cares a lot about the little guy named Sherlock. Once he catches that little guy, that wicked little guy will definitely be hesitant to act against him.

Guided by this philosophy, a painting that can be considered a world-famous work in the Marvel universe was born.

Unfortunately, not a single audience member came to see this iconic scene.

However, even Sherlock himself did not expect that something even more dramatic was yet to come.

Tony's relaxed mood was gripped again the moment Sherlock called out, "Dad, save me!" after the call connected.

Completely disregarding what was happening on Sherlock's side, Tony steered his armor towards the cabin.

It can only be said that sometimes, many things happen by coincidence, and that's just how coincidental they are.

Just as Tony was about to run to the corner leading into the cabin, Sherlock suddenly burst out from around the corner and rushed straight into Tony's arms.

With his mind filled with memes, Sherlock didn't care about anything else and instinctively covered his entire body with his armor.

With the armor's enhancement, Sherlock, completely unconsciously, used Tony in front of him as a projectile and launched it at the Hulk behind him.

Driven by the fear of being stuffed into a puff pastry by the Hulk, Sherlock's process of using Tony as a projectile was incredibly smooth, so smooth that not only Sherlock himself, but even Tony, who was used as a projectile, was somewhat caught off guard.

Meanwhile, Green Fat watched as a reddish-brown thing flew towards him. Normally, he would have slapped it away, but at this moment, Green Fat's hands were tightly bound to his chest by the Immortal Binding Rope.

Left with no other choice, Hulk almost instinctively tried to swing his hammer to knock the 'thing' flying towards him away.

Tony, who was in mid-air, had no time to react. It was Jarvis inside the suit who, after noticing that the suit had taken off, activated the thrusters and forcibly adjusted Tony's posture in mid-air to ensure that Tony could land safely.

With all these factors combined, an uncanny coincidence occurred.

Just then, Hulk swung a headbutt at Tony as he flew towards him, but Tony's armor automatically activated its sometimes-unreliable propulsion system, allowing him to somersault in mid-air and dodge Hulk's headbutt.

If that were all, it wouldn't be surprising, but the problem lies in the fact that Tony's armor's thrusters are intermittent.

Tony had just completed a somersault and miraculously dodged the Hulk's headbutt when, by sheer coincidence, the thrusters malfunctioned again in mid-air. Jarvis, being part of the armor's built-in programming, had to adjust his posture to ensure Tony wouldn't fall to the ground.

But in the process of adjusting his posture, Tony's armor kicked the Hulk squarely in the head as he was launching a headbutt.

Thanks to Tony's unintentional kick, Hulk, who was originally able to maintain his balance, immediately lost his balance and fell to the ground with a thud, looking like a dog falling flat on its face.

It's not a big deal that Hulk fell down; the problem is that he fell in the wrong place. His huge weight caused inertia, which combined with the already slippery metal surface.

The end result was that Hulk, like a curling stone, slid a long way in a dejected, forward-leaning posture.

Unfortunately, not far away was the large hole left by Hawkeye when he invaded the space carrier.

The green fat man's fall and slide were quite remarkable; he actually slid straight towards the huge crack.

The good news is that Hulk didn't actually fall, even though his knees were already at the edge of the broken floor and his entire upper body was sticking out.

But thankfully, Hulk stopped a second before falling.

It's true what they say, when bad luck strikes, even drinking cold water can cause problems. Just as Hulk managed to stop, a bottomless abyss lay before him, and he didn't even have time to catch his breath.

Doro, who had just arrived, immediately withdrew his Binding Rope the moment he saw Tony.

As we all know, the moment a human's limbs are untied, they usually stretch their bound limbs unconsciously, and the Hulk is no exception.

However, it was precisely this subconscious action that caused Hulk to lose his balance. After struggling for a while, Hulk actually fell off the Helicarrier in such a comical way.

Seeing that Hulk seemed to have fallen, Sherlock breathed a sigh of relief and sat down heavily on the ground, panting heavily.

Tony, however, remained completely dazed, maintaining a superhero-like landing posture.

The reason is simple: Tony clearly saw the look in Hulk's eyes before he fell off the Helicarrier.

To sum up that look in one sentence: You're done for, I'll remember you!

Watching the head-mounted display under the visor repeatedly replay the Hulk's expression before he fell, and then looking at Sherlock sitting not far away, panting heavily.

Tony was stunned for a while before he suddenly shouted as if he had broken down.

"This is outrageous!!!!"

Chapter 190 Coulson the Flask

Tony had considered countless ways Sherlock might be in danger, but he never imagined that the danger Sherlock would face would be that big guy he couldn't handle.

What Tony never expected was that Sherlock actually used his position to pull off a risk transfer, successfully shifting the Hulk's hatred from Sherlock to himself!

This made Tony feel like dying for a moment! Although Sherlock's actions were all subconscious throughout.

It can only be said that it was all a coincidence. If Tony had flown to find Sherlock, if Tony's propulsion system hadn't been so unreliable, if Jarvis inside Tony's armor hadn't been so intelligent, none of this would have happened.

The good news is that Tony hasn't seen the "Hulk gives a wicked smile, Black Widow knows something's wrong" meme, so he doesn't have any physical fear of the Hulk.

The bad news is that, as of now, Tony really has no way to deal with the Hulk!

Fortunately, after the Hulk fell, neither Sherlock nor Tony had to think about how to deal with the Hulk situation anymore.

After Sherlock used alchemy to make some simple repairs to the damaged parts of the cabin, he followed Tony toward the conference room, as they needed to assess the damage.

However, when Sherlock carried Doro and Tony into the conference room, Tony, Sherlock, and even Doro were all taken aback by what they saw.

The three of them immediately went into battle without any hesitation.

The reason is simple: anyone would be startled to see a figure about the height of a person in the conference room, resembling the flask-shaped figure from Fullmetal Alchemist.

Especially when the little figure in the flask isn't even inside the flask, but can walk freely outside, with one big eye staring blankly at you.

Seeing that Tony, Sherlock, and even Doro had all assumed fighting stances, the captain, who was sitting to the side, tensed up and grabbed his shield, standing in front of the flask figure.

"Calm down! Calm down! This isn't the enemy!"

Before the captain could finish speaking, Sherlock was already a little nervous and immediately interrupted the captain, speaking to Tony and Doro beside him.

"Don't listen to the captain. He's definitely been bewitched by the Flask Man. That guy never tells the truth and he likes human transmutation. Listen to me, Tony, just go and take care of that Flask Man. This guy is even more of a threat to Earth than Loki!"

As Sherlock finished speaking, the palm cannon in Tony's hand lit up with the light of charging energy, and Sherlock's body was also crackled with the scarlet lightning unique to alchemy. Even Doro was fully armed and looked like he was facing a great enemy.

Although Tony didn't quite understand why the captain would stand in front of that monster that looked so terrifying, he was convinced that Sherlock was right, given that the monster looked like that and the captain was still protecting him.

Just as the three were about to launch their attack, a plaintive voice slowly drifted out from behind the captain.

"Mr. Sherlock, could you please tell me what exactly this so-called 'Flame Man' is?"

The voice was incredibly mournful, almost as if it were being spoken through gritted teeth, yet it was a voice that both Sherlock and Tony found extremely familiar.

"Cole... Coulson?" *2

The two recognized the voice almost simultaneously, and stared blankly at the captain, who then reluctantly stepped aside to block the 'flask figure' he was blocking.

Under the utterly bewildered gazes of Tony, Sherlock, and Doro, two hairy arms suddenly emerged from the side of the 'Flame-Bottle Man' and began to frantically scratch at its 'eye' for quite some time.

Sherlock, Tony, and Doro were surprised to discover that what they called 'eyes' were not actually her mother's eyes, but a nose with a tuft of black hair!

Damn it, Coulson's eyes were hidden behind thick black hair and were practically invisible.

"No, Coulson, what happened to you? What happened to you?"

After confirming that the thing in front of him was not the Flask Man, Sherlock immediately put away his 'armor' and looked at Coulson, who was cosplaying as the Flask Man, with some doubt.

Sherlock's words only made things worse; after he finished speaking, Coulson's teeth-grinding could be heard clearly throughout the entire conference room.

"How was I supposed to know? Loki escaped from the prison. I went to stop him, and he stabbed me in the heart! Before I lost consciousness, I saw the soft light emanating from the cross you gave me on my chest. When I woke up, I was like this!"

Sherlock, you actually dare to ask me why I became like this? I'd like to ask you why I became like this too!

Coulson answered Sherlock's question through gritted teeth. Although it was supposed to be a very serious topic, after Coulson finished speaking, everyone in the conference room subconsciously covered their mouths and snickered.

After all, Coulson looks even funnier than Nick Fury with his pink eye patch and the words "pink hard-boiled egg" printed on his back! On the way to this conference room, many colleagues even reached out to pet the furry Coulson out of curiosity.

Sherlock was also dumbfounded; this shouldn't be happening.

I did give Coulson a cross that fixed the Human Transmutation-Repair technique, so this shouldn't have happened.

Sherlock stepped forward, somewhat surprised, and spoke to Coulson.

"Just stand here and don't move. Let me check you out."

Hearing Sherlock's words, Coulson's 'eyes' started to twitch, and he said to Sherlock in an annoyed tone.

"Thank you, I've read the article about back views on Rabbit's site!"

Sherlock didn't care at all and decisively activated the Analysis of Everything to check Coulson's condition. Soon, under the Analysis of Everything, Sherlock had a certain understanding of Coulson's condition.

Well, the world is full of wonders. The direct reason that led Coulson to become like this is actually very simple: Coulson wore the cross under his shirt, outside his sweater!

So much so that when the cross was being repaired, it was assumed that Coulson's clothes were also part of Coulson. As a result, during the repair, the alchemy was activated and directly turned Coulson's clothes into the most primitive material, which was then allowed to grow onto Coulson's body, leading to this farcical incident.

After hearing Sherlock's analysis, Tony, with an unusually wild imagination, asked Sherlock a question.

"So, theoretically speaking, Coulson is running around naked right now, right?"

After hearing Tony's words, Sherlock thought for a moment and then nodded seriously.

"Theoretically speaking, that's how it is, or you can understand it as this big fur ball being Coulson's clothes! And according to my examination, Coulson is still not out of danger, so I suggest you stay in the hospital for observation for a while."

Human transformation requires a vast amount of energy. The energy originally sealed within that cross should have been sufficient to support the repair process, but because you've become a furball, your body fat percentage is now almost zero.

Upon hearing Sherlock's words, a suppressed laugh rippled through the conference room.

Only Coulson, hidden beneath his long black fur, was flushed. If Sherlock hadn't pointed it out, Coulson, now a large fur ball, wouldn't have realized he wasn't wearing any clothes.

However, it was clear that Sherlock had no intention of letting Coulson off the hook. His next words broke down the defenses of this veteran agent, and suppressed laughter filled the conference room.

"As for the hair on your body, you don't need to worry too much. Hair removal technology is quite advanced now. However, if you want to solve the problem once and for all, I still recommend that you use waxing. Of course, it will hurt a little."

"fxxk!"

Upon hearing Sherlock's words, Coulson was furious. He cursed and turned to leave the conference room, followed by a chorus of jeers from the crowd eager to see him get his hair removed.

Chapter 191 The Show Begins (Part 1)

As Coulson left, the relaxed atmosphere in the conference room gradually dissipated, leaving only endless silence. After all, the current situation was not good news for anyone present.

They not only lost Loki, but also Thor and Banner!

The only good news is that Hawkeye has broken free from Loki's control and returned to the team, bringing with him a piece of good news that is hardly good news.

Loki seems to have Dr. Erik creating something, and the reason he chose to be captured was merely to buy time for Erik and his team.

Unfortunately, while Hawkeye knew what Loki was creating, he didn't know what that thing actually was.

Seeing that the operation against Loki had once again stalled, Blackie had no choice but to produce all of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s research reports on the Tesseract. When the remaining people saw the research reports, almost none of them gave Blackie a friendly look.

This includes Captain America, Black Widow, and Hawkeye, who are closest to Egg.

Everyone present knew that S.H.I.E.L.D.'s research on the Tesseract was the Avengers' Plan B, Earth's last line of defense after the Avengers' failure. Although neither Tony nor Captain America liked the plan, its strategic significance could not be denied.

What was truly unacceptable to everyone was that while S.H.I.E.L.D. was researching how to use the immense energy within the Tesseract to create weapons, they also noticed the Tesseract's ability to influence space.

Furthermore, since Red Skull's remains were not found when Captain America was awakened, it is clear that S.H.I.E.L.D. was actually trying to awaken the Tesseract while simultaneously researching weapons using the Tesseract.

Loki's invasion was essentially caused by S.H.I.E.L.D. successfully activating the Tesseract!

Everyone present could accept the responsibility of protecting the Earth, and even accept the existence of a Plan B after themselves, but they absolutely could not accept having to clean up S.H.I.E.L.D.'s messes at any time.

Despite his anger, the information also gave Tony a new perspective.

"Judging from the contents of the document, activating the Cosmic Cube requires a lot of energy, and no matter what our little Bambi wants to do, there are only a few places in New York that can provide the Cosmic Cube with the necessary energy."

And the most suitable place is..."

At this point, Tony paused for a moment, his expression instantly becoming incredibly interesting. He sprang up from his chair like a spring and immediately rushed towards the room where he kept his armor, saying as he ran.

"F*** you! My building!!!"