To be honest, floating up in the sky, Sherlock felt so flushed that his face looked like it could drip blood. Right now, the thing Sherlock regretted the most was why on earth he had felt the mischievous urge to slap a sound-effect buff on this Fourth-Dimensional Pocket when pulling out props.
At this moment, although Sherlock was flying mid-air with the help of the Bamboo Copter, he had a strong sense of social death. The only driving force supporting Sherlock to continue this humiliating performance was simply the price Tony had offered.
Although Sherlock, floating mid-air, felt like his sense of shame was about to explode, it was obvious that Pepper, standing on the ground, didn't care about Sherlock's so-called shame, and stared with an unbelievable expression at the Fourth-Dimensional Pocket on Sherlock's belly and the Bamboo Copter on Sherlock's head.
After all, the existence of these two gadgets somewhat subverted the worldview Pepper had built up over so many years.
After Sherlock landed and showed off a bit, Pepper almost instinctively walked right up to Sherlock, snatched the Bamboo Copter off Sherlock's head in one grab, and began to study it.
Yet no matter how Pepper looked at it, this was just an ordinary-to-the-extreme aluminum-alloy Bamboo Copter, with at most a base at the root that looked somewhat like a suction cup.
Even if Pepper wrung her brain, she couldn't understand why such a tiny propeller was able to carry a person as big as Sherlock into flight.
More crucially, the moment Sherlock was just flying, Pepper hadn't felt the slightest bit of airflow disturbance!
Seeing Pepper looking as curious as could be, Sherlock finally recovered from his embarrassment and said to Pepper with quite a bit of sheepishness.
"Would Sister Pepper like to try?"
Hearing Sherlock's words, the look Pepper directed at Sherlock instantly burst forth with a radiance that even made Tony feel surprised. This was the first time Tony had ever seen Pepper so excited.
Pepper's excitement also made Tony feel slightly jealous as he looked toward Sherlock's direction. Yet over on Sherlock's side, he completely ignored Tony. After simply explaining the usage of this so-called Bamboo Copter to Pepper, Pepper excitedly installed the Bamboo Copter on her head.
Moreover, she began "test-flying" right inside this underground parking garage like a little kid.
This sight made Tony grow increasingly jealous, and the look he cast at Sherlock was filled with resentment. Others might not know, but Tony—who had been hanging out with Sherlock for a month—was crystal clear about just how severe that brat's mischievousness really was.
Take that Bamboo Copter on top of Pepper's head right now, for instance.
Clearly, with Sherlock's skills, he could have made this thing into any shape. It could have been wings, or buttons, and even if Sherlock wanted, making it into a ring or a necklace wouldn't have been out of the question. But of all things, Sherlock just had to make it a Bamboo Copter!
And not only that, those alchemy creations he didn't understand—even that extremely powerful Japanese sword—were named by Sherlock as some sort of Zanpakuto, and there was even some exclusive title called Zanka no Tachi.
Tony could even sense Sherlock's dense mischievousness from every single one of Sherlock's creations, as if these things had already had concepts long ago.
Of course, Pepper didn't know about these things. After flying around in a huge circle, Pepper came back and waited with an excited expression for Sherlock to show off more alchemy creations.
Seeing Pepper be so supportive, Sherlock temporarily forgot the embarrassment of his ACG-fan secrets being discovered, and started generously showing off his achievements to Pepper.
The Reflecting Cloak, the Enlarging Flashlight, the Air Cannon, the Sleep Gun, and even the final and climactic Anywhere Door were all hauled out by Sherlock.
Looking at all the gadgets unique to Doraemon spread out before her, Pepper felt as though her dream had come true. She picked up one after another, unable to put any of them down.
This scene made both Sherlock and Tony cast repeated sideways glances. It wasn't until this moment that Tony remembered Pepper seemingly always had a Doraemon doll hanging from her keys!
In other words, Pepper was actually a hidden Doraemon fan?
This discovery made the look Tony cast at Pepper become incomparably strange, while the look he cast at Sherlock grew incomparably resentful.
Dammit, that punk Sherlock had stumbled upon a lucky hit by blind chance!
Of course Sherlock didn't know about Tony's rich inner monologue. At this moment, Sherlock was simply glad he didn't have to clean up, so naturally he wanted to serve Pepper well, who was currently the "strongest person" on the scene.
And Pepper, after playing with almost every prop, pointed at the Anywhere Door and asked Sherlock.
"Can this Anywhere Door really be used?"
Regarding Pepper's question, Sherlock actually didn't have much of a bottom line in his heart either. After all, the principle of this thing was actually a prop manufactured based on the principle of Kamar-Taj's portals.
And one bug with Kamar-Taj's portals was that they could only lead to places one had already been to or seen before. If one had never been to that place, the more detailed the description of that place in one's mind, the higher the probability of opening the portal.
Therefore, regarding Pepper's question, Sherlock pondered for a good while before choosing the safest answer.
"Theoretically you can go anywhere, but practically the most convenient is still going places you've already been to yourself."
Hearing Sherlock's words, Pepper grabbed the doorknob of the Anywhere Door almost without a moment's hesitation. As the door swung open, Pepper's office was clearly visible on the other side of the door, and Pepper let out a cry of pleasant surprise.
Seeing this, Sherlock decisively struck while the iron was hot and, acting extremely green-tea-like, stated that since Sister liked it, he would just give all of them to her.
At this, Pepper was exceptionally joyful, yet she only picked out three props—the Sleep Gun, the Anywhere Door, and the Bamboo Copter—as merchandise, and returned the rest to Sherlock.
And under this kind of green-tea performance by Sherlock, he successfully traded for the privilege of being exempt from cleaning up chores at Pepper's place, and was told by her to go take a shower and clean himself up properly.
Hearing Pepper's words, Sherlock could be described as both startled and delighted. He hurriedly stated that Pepper was the most generous sister he had ever seen, and then generously yanked off his prosthetic arm directly. Under Tony's resentful gaze, he smugly bypassed Tony—who was currently cleaning with his butt stuck out—and ran straight upstairs to clean himself up.
After Sherlock left the scene, the look Tony directed at Pepper was brimming with sulky expressions.
At this moment, Tony really wanted to tell Pepper that what Sherlock had made this past month wasn't just these seemingly harmless props, but also quite a few messy, annoying gadgets.
Yet every single time Tony wanted to speak, he was ruthlessly glared back by Pepper, who was currently teasing Doro with the props.
At this, Tony wanted to cry without tears, and secretly swore in his heart that he would build a robot capable of automatically cleaning up right away!
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