Chapter 12: Tony Stark's Dark History
After sending off his cheap uncle, Tony, Sherlock only had a headache for a short while before returning to his initial state of idleness.
Sherlock had come to a realization: what was there for him, a dignified wizard, to worry about regarding a muggle? Even if his parents were indeed killed by the Winter Soldier, just like Tony's parents.
Sherlock also stated that he wasn't afraid at all. If the Winter Soldier, Captain America's future buddy James Buchanan Barnes, dared to appear before him, Sherlock wouldn't mind collecting Mr. Barnes' original metal arm.
With that understanding, Sherlock naturally lost all his worries and became leisurely again. For an entire day, Sherlock would only occasionally get up to settle accounts, spending most of the remaining time lazily reading his magic notes on his lounge chair.
It wasn't until evening, after Sherlock had sent off his group of cosplay-loving uncles and pulled down the gun store's rolling shutter, that a piercing phone ring echoed in Sherlock's ear.
Looking at the caller ID, Virginia Pepper Potts, or Pepper, Sherlock slowly picked up the phone.
Over the phone, Pepper's tone was amiable yet strange as she asked Sherlock to come to Tony's Villa as soon as possible. It felt to Sherlock as if she was trying very hard to hold back her laughter.
And in the background, there seemed to be a female voice constantly cursing. Sherlock couldn't hear it very clearly, but words starting with 'f' definitely had a very high content.
Sherlock, not knowing what had happened, naturally didn't delay. He silently gave up his idea of watching his newly discovered U.S. variety show, 'Tonight's Find-a-Dad Show,' for entertainment that evening, grabbed his car keys, and left.
An hour later, with the powerful horsepower of his raptor, Sherlock appeared at the entrance of Tony's impressive seaside Villa.
After greeting Jarvis, Sherlock pushed open the Villa door, but the scene inside the Villa made Sherlock stop in his tracks.
The reason was simple: as soon as Sherlock opened the door, he saw Pepper helping a stunningly beautiful woman with an explosive figure fasten her bra.
And on the face of that stunningly beautiful woman, besides awkwardness, there was a complex expression of anger, shame, and regret all mixed together.
After Sherlock walked into the Villa, all three of them were clearly stunned. Sherlock didn't understand what had happened, while the woman had a surprised expression.
Just as the woman lightly coughed and was about to put on airs and say something to Sherlock, Sherlock quickly pulled out his phone and started taking a series of rapid-fire photos of the beautiful woman.
He kept laughing heartily while taking photos, as if he had discovered something particularly amusing.
The reason Sherlock laughed so much was that he noticed the caption above the woman's head at that moment.
"Debuff: Gender-Swapped Body (Under World's curse, effect is mandatory and cannot be removed.)
Effect: Regardless of gender, during the debuff's active period, their gender will be perfectly transformed.
Duration: 18:03:26"
Let us rewind the time a little. The moment Tony drank this potion, the small wounds on his body healed at an illogical speed.
Feeling light and free, Tony even ignored what Sherlock said about side effects and happily returned to his seat, wanting to continue his Mark II armor design work, completely oblivious to the changes in himself.
As for Jarvis, he had originally wanted to remind Tony of what had happened, but there was no doubt that the side effect of this potion was too shocking.
It was so shocking that Jarvis's CPU was overheating, and he couldn't find any theory to support the current situation, only running wildly towards a crash.
Tony, sitting in his chair, quickly noticed Jarvis becoming increasingly sluggish and seemed a bit confused about what was wrong with Jarvis, asking in bewilderment.
"Jarvis, what happened…?"
The words had barely left his mouth when Tony immediately felt something was off, because the voice he emitted was definitely not his original voice, but rather an exceptionally pleasant female voice.
It was only at this point that Tony felt something was amiss and began to observe himself. It was fine before he observed, but a major issue arose after he did.
His engineer's hands had now become incredibly slender, and the skin on them was so delicate that it seemed it could be broken by a mere touch. Tony was even certain that despite his countless experiences with women, he had never seen hands more beautiful than these.
Feeling that something was wrong, Tony lowered his head, but what met his eyes was not his own body, but two exceptionally prominent and soft peaks.
At this moment, even if Tony were any dumber, he would have realized what had happened.
With a greatly changed expression, Tony frantically reached down to touch, and it was completely flat.
It was gone, the family heirloom his father had left him.
At this instant, let alone Jarvis's CPU almost burning out, even Tony's knowledge-cursed brain began to tremble.
After a long while, a sharp roar echoed throughout the entire seaside Villa.
When Pepper finished her day's work and returned to Tony's seaside Villa, she saw an exceptionally beautiful woman lying on the Villa's sofa with a look of utter despair, wearing Tony's clothes.
Pepper instinctively assumed this poor lady was another victim of Tony's playboy reputation and was about to step forward to clean up after her good boss.
But gradually, Pepper also began to notice something was amiss. This beautiful woman seemed completely unfamiliar with female products, and there were no women's clothes found discarded anywhere in the Villa.
Most importantly, some of this impossibly beautiful woman's small habits were exactly the same as her boss, Tony.
With a hint of suspicion, Pepper called out Tony's name, but to Pepper's surprise, the beautiful woman who claimed she was just there to find Tony instinctively responded to her.
Even if Pepper were any dumber, she would have known that this woman was Tony Stark himself.
Pepper even asked Jarvis to perform a series of scans on this woman, all of which confirmed that she was a hundred percent pure lady.
Although this matter was absurd, after Pepper's repeated questioning, Tony finally told the truth, which led to Pepper calling Sherlock.
As for Tony's cursing after his breakdown, to be honest, Pepper didn't care, and Sherlock didn't care either. After all, it was all gone, and if he wasn't allowed to curse, it would be too heartless.