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

However, the reality is that the moment Scarlett Johansson prepared to resist, the feeling of worship was like a dam releasing water, instantly destroying her rationality with overwhelming force.

That feeling was quite magical. Even though I knew that my current state was not right, I still wanted to risk my life for the captain because of my admiration for him.

Seeing Black Widow's increasingly fervent gaze directed at him, Captain America, sitting behind his desk, was sweating profusely. He kept staring intently at Black Widow while simultaneously trying to distract Sherlock, who was frantically taking notes.

"Sherlock, stop messing around! Natasha's eyes are getting weirder and weirder, you better take care of her!"

Upon hearing the captain's words, Sherlock's attention shifted from his notebook to Black Widow. After seeing Black Widow's condition, Sherlock was also startled.

He hurriedly threw his notebook onto the table, took out the Mustache Pill from his four-dimensional pocket, ate one himself, and then gave one to Black Widow. Only then did Black Widow gradually regain her senses.

Tony, who had witnessed the whole thing, picked up the notebook that Sherlock had thrown on the table out of curiosity and took a look. After just one glance, Tony's face turned pale.

The notebook contained nothing but the usage details of the so-called "Little Mustache Pill."

1. After consuming the elixir, its effect seems to be related to the number of NPCs eliminated (Hydra belongs to the NPC system); the more NPCs eliminated, the higher the official rank.

[To be determined; it may also be related to moral standards. Further verification is needed.]

2. The application scenario of the pill is limited. Once you leave the scenario where the pill takes effect, it will lose its effect. The effective period is about 24 hours.

3. After leaving the scene where the effect takes hold, although it will lose its effect, it can block the effects of other players' pills, preventing them from affecting it.

4. After leaving the effective scene, external personnel entering the scene will not continue to trigger the pill's effect, but external personnel cannot refuse the pill's effect while still in the effective scene.

5.…

Looking at the densely packed notes, Tony broke out in a cold sweat. He glared at Sherlock, who had just finished dealing with Black Widow, and his voice trembled slightly as he pointed at the notebook in his hand and asked Sherlock a question.

"Sherlock, please don't tell me that this damn pill of yours has never undergone clinical trials!"

Upon hearing Tony's words, Sherlock rolled his eyes in annoyance before responding to Tony's question.

"Of course there have been no clinical trials. May I ask, given the effects of my pills, how do you expect me to conduct clinical trials?"

Upon hearing Sherlock's words, the crowd, who had already turned deathly pale upon learning that they had taken untested pills, suddenly adopted a very strange expression.

Indeed, just as Sherlock said, it's hard to imagine what a horrible scene the entire hospital would look like if this thing were to undergo clinical trials.

I'm afraid the experiment won't even be finished before the army drives tanks into the hospital.

Finally, the captain coughed helplessly and steered the conversation back to serious matters, speaking to Black Widow.

“In any case, Natasha, I suggest you take a stroll around the base first, and we’ll have a meeting to discuss serious matters when you come back.”

After hearing the captain's words, Black Widow's face was full of doubt, but she did not refuse. Instead, she walked towards the office door with a face full of doubt.

Nearly half an hour later, Black Widow returned with a dark expression and without saying a word. By then, she understood why the captain had told her to go for a walk.

She saw another Black Widow, just like herself! And there were quite a few Black Widows like her in this base!

Unfortunately, Sherlock's mustache pills can only order these people to carry out tasks; interrogation is completely impossible, especially for a group like the Black Widows, which is simply a pipe dream. All Black Widow can do is return to her office and study the situation of the Black Widows with everyone.

However, when Scarlett Johansson returned to her office, everyone who remained inside had already begun studying all the documents spread out on the table. Seeing this, Johansson didn't say anything and simply joined in.

Unlike Black Widow, who remained expressionless and frowning as she reviewed the documents on the table, the men in the room would glance at their own documents, then look up at Sherlock with a strange expression before continuing to study the documents.

Once or twice was fine, but as time went on, Scarlett Johansson noticed that the group of men in front of her began to move in unison, always glancing up at Sherlock from time to time, and even Sherlock himself would occasionally have an expression like an old man on the subway.

After holding back for a long time, Scarlett Johansson finally couldn't hold back anymore. She sighed helplessly and asked the crowd present.

"Why are you all looking at Sherlock with that expression? And Sherlock, why do you have that expression too?"

After hearing Black Widow's question, Tony hesitated for a long time before answering her.

"It just feels a bit absurd that we went all the way from Miami to Siberia just to see who was better, the captain or the tiger."

And right after Tony finished speaking, Hawkeye continued.

"What's even more outrageous is that, in order to escape for their lives, they unintentionally ended up in the Amazon rainforest, the most dangerous place in the world, from Siberia."

The captain sighed before continuing.

"The most outrageous thing is that, not only did we come to this rainforest, but we were also given such a big gift, which allowed us to discover such a secret base hidden in this remote corner of the world."

Zhao Weike then summarized the three people's remarks.

"Especially since everything happened after drinking, it was completely random. How should I put it, I don't know whether to call it good or bad luck."

Hearing the complaints from the people present, Sherlock rolled his eyes so hard they almost reached the sky, and grumbled at them in an annoyed tone.

"I'll buy a lottery ticket as soon as I get back. Seriously, if I had that kind of luck, I probably would have achieved financial freedom through the lottery long ago."

Chapter 228: Something Big is About to Happen?

Hearing the childish remarks of the men in front of her, Scarlett Johansson rolled her eyes so hard they almost reached the sky, and complained to everyone present in an annoyed tone.

"Isn't that outrageous? Zhao Weike, wasn't it outrageous enough that you stormed into a gun shop with a piece of wood? Patton, wasn't it outrageous enough that you illegally entered someone's pet shop? Tony, wasn't it outrageous enough that you defecated in public?"

And Captain, stop laughing! You're the most outrageous one yet—you actually came to fight a tiger! Do you really think you've transformed into some invincible superhero from the comics?

Scarlett Johansson pointed at everyone and complained about them one by one, not letting anyone off the hook. She even glanced at Gong Baiwan, who was lying on the ground with his belly exposed and looking bored.

Upon hearing Black Widow's complaints, everyone's first reaction was to focus their attention on Sherlock, since Sherlock was the only one who had come into contact with Black Widow first.

Sherlock must have violated their agreement not to spread their dark history, otherwise it would be hard to explain why Black Widow would know so much about what they did that night.

But Sherlock had already reached new heights of treachery. Facing the angry stares of the crowd, Sherlock showed no panic as an informer. Instead, he calmly rolled his eyes and looked at everyone glaring at him with annoyance.

"Don't look at me like that. Guess who cleaned up this mess for us?"

As soon as Sherlock finished speaking, an awkward expression appeared on everyone's face. Although they instinctively felt that something was wrong, they couldn't find any loopholes in Sherlock's words for the moment, so they could only give Black Widow an awkward smile.

Black Widow rolled her eyes in annoyance, but didn't expose Sherlock's lie. After all, the matter facing Black Widow was more serious now, and the reappearance of the Black Widow was undoubtedly the most important thing for her to deal with.

After studying all the information in the base, the group quickly came to a conclusion: the Black Widows were buying a neuro-control chemical from the base!

What Black Widow found most unbelievable was that the financial transactions between this base and Black Widow pointed to an account named Antonia.

Most importantly, the account holder's name, Antonia, involves a dark history that Scarlett Johansson was most reluctant to talk about!

The moment they saw the bank account name, both Black Widow and Hawkeye looked incredulous. Black Widow, in particular, had a look of utter disbelief on her face. She was so shocked that she stumbled back a few steps and plopped down on the guest sofa in the office.

Seeing the disbelief on Black Widow's face, everyone was at a loss for words. Finally, Hawkeye sighed helplessly and began to tell everyone about the relationship between Black Widow and this so-called Antonia.

Actually, it's quite simple. Scarlett Johansson was a special agent and assassin trained by the Red Room, and Drake was the former owner of the Red Room.

The reason Black Widow said she destroyed the Red House is because after the collapse of the Soviet Union, when the Red House was in the hands of Drake, Black Widow and Hawkeye killed Drake through his young daughter.

At that time, Drekoff's young daughter's full name was Antonia Drekoff!

After listening to Hawkeye's explanation, Tony raised an eyebrow and said to Hawkeye with some disbelief.

"You mean, a ghost that was already confirmed dead has regained control of the Red House and has even developed it?"

After hearing Tony's complaints, Hawkeye glanced at Black Widow, who was sitting on the sofa with a terrifyingly pale face, and after thinking for a moment, he spoke to Tony.

"I don't know, it's possible it's just a coincidence, but whatever it may be, I think we should listen to Natasha's opinion, shouldn't we?"

Hearing Hawkeye's words, Black Widow gradually came to her senses. Facing everyone's concerned gazes, she forced a smile back onto her pale face before looking at the crowd and speaking in a seemingly relaxed manner.

“Barton is right. In any case, this is my business, and I want to investigate it on my own first…”

Before Black Widow could finish speaking, a loud thud was heard. Startled by the sound, almost everyone looked in the direction from which it came, but what they saw was somewhat unsettling.

Sherlock had somehow opened the Anywhere Door and was now standing on the other side, holding a baseball bat and dragging a Black Widow who was clearly unconscious.

Judging from Sherlock's actions, it was clear that while everyone was discussing Antonia, Sherlock had secretly taken out the Anywhere Door and knocked a Black Widow unconscious with a single blow.

Well, just looking at this scene is enough to make one's imagination run wild. The captain even twitched his lips as he spoke to Sherlock.

"Sherlock, we have entered civilized society. Morality and law tell us that no matter how much you like a woman, you cannot knock her unconscious with a stick and drag her back to the cave like in ancient times."

Regardless of its moral merits, such behavior is absolutely unacceptable under the law.

Hearing the captain's teasing, everyone on the scene smiled. Everyone knew that the captain was just joking, but they all tacitly chose not to point out his sarcasm.

Even Sherlock didn't choose to point it out, but instead rolled his eyes and retorted in annoyance, following the captain's complaints.

"Captain, if you're alright, I suggest you go see a psychologist to clear your head. Didn't Black Widow just say she wanted to investigate? Shouldn't the first step in an investigation be to grab someone nearby and interrogate them? Don't tell me you Avengers don't understand such a simple principle!"

Upon hearing Sherlock's words, Black Widow instantly understood what he wanted to do. It was clear that neither Sherlock nor the others present agreed with Black Widow's statement about investigating alone.

Therefore, although Scarlett Johansson was very touched, she still did not want her friends present to get involved in this mess.

“Sherlock, you don’t need to do this. Besides, if I’m not mistaken, these poor people all have Drake planted inside them…”

Before Black Widow could finish speaking, Sherlock pulled out the Flesh Shovel and, without a word, shoved the unconscious Black Widow, whom he had dragged back, into the Flesh Shovel's mouth. Then, he picked at his ear and asked Black Widow.

"Black Widow, what did you just say? I didn't quite catch that."

Seeing Sherlock's actions, Black Widow's lips twitched slightly before she awkwardly spoke to him.

"It's alright, as long as you're happy."

Hearing Black Widow's words, Sherlock nodded in satisfaction, stepped forward, patted her on the shoulder, and said to her.

"Alright, Black Widow, I know you're worried about getting us into trouble, but the reality is, we won't get into any trouble at all, right, Captain?"

Upon hearing Sherlock's words, Captain America's brainwaves seemed to be strangely synchronized with Sherlock's for a moment, and he immediately put on a villainous smile as he spoke to Black Widow.

"Of course! We're Hydra! What do we have to do with the Avengers? Long live Hydra!"

Black Widow: "?"

Upon hearing Captain America's words, a huge question mark slowly appeared above Black Widow's head. In contrast, Tony, Hawkeye, and Zhao Weike instantly understood what Captain America and Sherlock meant, and their eyes lit up immediately.

(☆?☆)

The three of them looked at each other and then shouted almost in unison.

"Long live Hydra!"

Seeing the smug, excited expressions on everyone's faces except hers, Scarlett Johansson even felt that it would have been better not to let these damn entertainment-seekers participate in this matter at all, as she felt that they seemed to be planning something big!

Chapter 229 'Villains' Assemble

As it turned out, Scarlett Johansson's hunch was absolutely right. The men at the scene were indeed planning something big, and they went to great lengths to do so.

The first thing Sherlock did was send Miyazuri back to Siberia using the Anywhere Door, since Miyazuri's size was really not suitable for being recruited.

Of course, it's more likely that if they had Gong Baiwan with them, it wouldn't have been as convenient for them to cause trouble later on as it is now.

As for the effects of Momotaro dumplings, there's no need to worry. After 24 hours, the effects will wear off, and Miyabi will return to his majestic state as the Forest King, whose roar alone can terrify small animals.

After seeing Gong Baiwan off, Sherlock took out his transformation camera in front of Black Widow and started tinkering with it. In just a short while, the captain who was sitting behind his desk in a mustache military uniform was transformed into the Hydra captain.

The Hydra captain's uniform is not much different in style from the original captain's uniform; the only difference is in the color and pattern.

The original Captain America's outfit consisted of the three colors from the American flag: white, red, and blue. However, the Hydra Captain America's outfit was entirely black, with only red patterns and the Hydra skull octopus hand symbol on the chest.

Of course, this does not include the helmet, since Sherlock's camera for changing clothes has limitations, and the Captain's outfit is just clothing with no protective function.

In order to distinguish the Hydra-transformed Captain's face from the real Captain, Sherlock even gave the Captain a mustache similar to the original one. In any case, this at least made it easier for people to tell the two identities apart.

If all else fails, we can simply announce that the Hydra Captain is a clone created by Hydra using the Captain's DNA, and that's how we deal with the weapon!

As for the problem of the current Captain having no weapon, it is easy to solve. Although the iconic round shield was confiscated in Miami, Sherlock actually took out Stormbreaker and put it in the Captain's hand so that the Captain could truly transform into the Hydra Captain and be different from the original skin.

In order to prevent the captain's power from being too excessive, Sherlock secretly restricted many of the Storm Axe's functions. At least in the captain's hands, this thing was just a weapon that could be summoned back at any time, was extremely sharp, and had a long cooldown.

After resolving the captain's attire issue, Sherlock turned his attention to Tony. His first step was to use the costume change camera to "make up" Tony's appearance. Soon, a brand-new Doctor Doom, who had not yet appeared in this timeline, appeared before everyone's eyes.

After confirming Tony's attire, Sherlock tossed a belt to Tony from his pocket without hesitation.

"A multi-tool belt! You can pull out any tool you want from here, whether it's high-end or ordinary, as long as you know the shape and function of the tool, you can take it out from here."

After explaining the function of the gadget to Tony, Sherlock gave Tony a picture of Doctor Doom. Although Tony was very dissatisfied with Sherlock's design, he did not refuse in order to cause trouble and separate himself from his Iron Man identity.

Despite grumbling and criticizing Sherlock's aesthetic sense, his body betrayed him as he walked toward the base's laboratory, belt in hand.

The captain followed suit, planning to ask Tony to get him a helmet or something while he was at it.

As for Hawkeye, that was even easier to solve. Sherlock simply brought out his ronin look from the five years before Thanos's destruction, and even replaced his iconic katana with Ryujin Jakka.

Of course, in order to fully utilize Hawkeye's marksmanship, Sherlock also equipped Hawkeye with a crossbow, which, combined with the unreleased Ryujin Jakka, makes him capable of both close and long-range combat.

Hawkeye's reaction was the complete opposite of Tony's. He didn't refuse at all, but instead excitedly turned and left, wearing his new vest, under the pretext of needing to familiarize himself with the equipment.

As for Zhao Weike, Sherlock wasn't idle either. Considering Zhao Weike's proficiency with firearms and the special circumstance of not being able to reveal his identity, Sherlock actually copied the outfit of the Death Shooter from the neighboring DC Suicide Squad and made a suit for Zhao Weike.

Being fully covered up ensures that Zhao Weike won't reveal any weaknesses during the battle, thus preventing anyone from knowing his identity. This is one of the necessary sacrifices to allow Zhao Weike to participate in this fun.