Chapter 224 Loki (Part 1)

In the editor-in-chief's office of Global Times, Eddie put the cup on the table, took off his coat, hung it on the back of the chair, and then sat on the office chair. A young employee knocked on the door and walked in and said, "Editor-in-chief, tomorrow's materials will be late. There is a problem with the printer."

"The printer is broken again? Okay, let Damon call the logistics department and send someone to fix it."

After the employee left, Eddie sighed and picked up a latest magazine from his hand and started reading.

Yes, after this storm, Eddie became the editor-in-chief of the news and current affairs section of Global Times.

Although it is just a short sentence to say that the military wants to find an agent to support the Life Foundation, the process is still a bit complicated.

In any case, this matter did not succeed under Eddie's interference. Putting aside the countless backup plans in the process, the result is that the agent of the Life Foundation got out, and the editor-in-chief of Global Times, Eddie's original boss, also got out.

Before Drake's dark history of using homeless people for human experiments was dug up, Eddie's immediate superior wrote a lot of reports praising Drake.

After the dark history was exposed, Eddie's reputation was completely reversed. He became a heroic reporter who was not afraid of the powerful and spoke for the grassroots people. On the contrary, the editor-in-chief became a rat crossing the street that everyone wanted to beat, and the reputation of Global Times also plummeted.

In order to reverse the reputation, Global Times had to contact Eddie again and invite him to become the editor-in-chief of the news and current affairs page, hoping that Eddie's reputation as a heroic reporter could wash away this stain.

Eddie is actually still very principled, but principled is principled, and they gave too much.

Even with venom, Eddie is still a human being who needs to eat, drink, and rent a house. If he doesn't have a stable job, his car loan that has been overdue for several months and the accompanying late payment fees will make him completely bankrupt. In order to prevent this from happening, Eddie became an editor-in-chief of Global Times.

Venom can be said to be very disappointed.

Eddie sat at his desk and took a sip of coffee, sighing with satisfaction. Venom said in his mind: "You are simply the most undemanding host I have ever seen."

"Although I don't know what your previous host was like, I am already very satisfied with it." Eddie leaned back in the comfortable chair and said: "After experiencing the torture of that shabby apartment in Hell's Kitchen, I now know how comfortable a Midtown apartment is."

"And this office." Eddie looked up and said: "The lighting is suitable, the heating is sufficient, and it is also spacious."

He threw the magazine in his hand on the table and said: "The most important thing is that the salary is quite good."

"Haha." Venom's response was only a sneer. After all, all his previous hosts were either saving the world or on the way to save the world, and now Eddie is either slacking off or on the way to slacking off every day.

In fact, the editor-in-chief's job is not easy. There are many things to watch and the work to be done is also very miscellaneous. However, the Global Times hired Eddie not because they wanted him to be a good editor-in-chief, but just to buy his reputation. Therefore, Eddie's job is not busy, and he even has time to reconcile with his ex-girlfriend Annie.

Just like many days before, he stayed in his office until the end of the get off work day. When he walked out of the office building, Eddie glanced at his watch and said to Venom, "You have to know that I was supposed to date Annie tonight."

"And then you used your stupid words to make her angry again..."

Eddie shook his head helplessly. Hill, who was waiting at the door, shook his hand and said, "Get in the car first."

About half an hour later, the two appeared in the base of S.H.I.E.L.D. Hill said to Venom in Eddie's body, "The remaining power in Riot is more than we thought..."

"But in fact, you are not There is no way to take it out, right? "

The two stopped at the door of the laboratory, Hill looked into Eddie's eyes and said: "I admit that the research process was not smooth. Humans have almost no control over this kind of power that is almost like magic. "

"To be honest, we are indeed borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha, but the price we offer is low enough. Believe me, this is a fair deal. "

Walking into the laboratory, Riot was put in a jar. His body was still gray, but there was some black mist around him, just like the chaotic power that appeared on him that day.

The Phantom said through Hill's mouth: "How do you plan to absorb it? Although you are not a member of the cosmic agent, I still want to tell you that in the mainstream society of symbiotes, we do not advocate cannibalism of the same kind."

"This is not because of any moral code, but because accepting too many genetic choices from the same kind at one time may cause the symbiote to have a disordered mind."

"I have a way to strip this energy out, but I must be separated from my current host to do so." Venom shook his head and said: "I will not put myself in such a dangerous situation, and it is even more impossible to do all this under the surveillance of SHIELD."

"Although I have asked many times..." The Phantom said very puzzledly: "But I still have to say, are you really Venom? Why are you so..."

"Don't talk nonsense... I plan to devour this power in the host's body."

"No, you can't do this." The Phantom controlled Hill to step forward and tried to stop him. "First, your host will never be able to withstand two symbiotes parasitizing in his body at the same time. Second, the process of symbiotes devouring symbiotes will be very violent, and his body will never be able to withstand this impact. Third, the power of chaos will impact people's spirits and make people crazy."

"In short, your current body will never support you to do this, and I will not allow you to hurt your human host. This violates the code of cosmic agents..."

"Who said I want to do this in this host's body?"

The Phantom still shook his head and said, "Even if you change a host, the result will be the same. The body of an ordinary human can never withstand this impact."

"I know you have parasitized a child named Peter before. Although he has a strong physical fitness, the impact of the power of chaos on the spirit is magical in nature, and he still cannot resist it. This will be very risky."

"If If humans can't do it, what about the Aesir?"

The Phantom was stunned. He looked at Venom and said, "Aesir? Are you crazy? Their Thunder God almost killed us all!"

"Look at your gene bank. It clearly records the power of that thunder. Most of the symbiotes are allergic to the Aesir..."

"I am not allergic to any creature except the mentally retarded."

"But where are you going to find it... You don't want to parasitize the prince of Asgard, do you? ? ? "The Phantom said in disbelief: "Are you really is crazy! Odin will not allow this to happen. "

"Odin is asleep."

"But...even if Odin doesn't care, they won't agree to you parasitizing them, right? Their senses are much more sensitive than humans, and it's impossible to parasitize secretly without being discovered."

"So I didn't plan to parasitize secretly, I planned to negotiate with him."

As the sun gradually set, the larger and taller the building, the longer the shadows would spread. These shadows were like fences passing through the river, and the setting sun flowed through them and was combed into fine golden lines.

Manhattan's off-get off work time was very lively. Most of the elites in suits and leather shoes hurriedly walked on the street with their briefcases. The coffee shops and restaurants on the roadside were crowded. Loki took a look at the surrounding environment and found no place to teleport away from the crowd. Finally, he decided to take a taxi.

The taxi stopped outside an apartment house on West Street of Grand Central Station. When Loki walked into the apartment building, it was almost dark.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw Thor sitting on the sofa, drinking beer and eating fried chicken. Loki didn't have time to scold him. He walked quickly to the entrance, opened his briefcase, took out his computer, and dialed his phone and said, "Sorry, Mr. Hall, I'm home. I'll tell you about our plan for this quarter..."

Loki was operating the computer and talking to the other end of the phone, listening to the "crackling" and "ton ton ton" sounds from Thor.

Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore. After hanging up the customer's call, he turned to Thor and said, "Why didn't the father of the gods see you like this now??? I really should..."

"I paid the rent, so you can't control what I do in this house." Thor took another bite of fried chicken and said, "And unlike you who sits in an office, repairing cars is a physical job. If I don't eat more, how can I have the strength to work the night shift?"

"I..."

Loki covered his forehead. He deeply regretted his previous action of failing to control the fire and blowing up the house.

After the mess in the previous apartment, they had to move. Although Odin paid the foster care fee, SHIELD refused to let them live separately. Nick's reason was that SHIELD was short of manpower and could not divide them into two groups to protect them, but Loki knew that Nick simply thought Odin's payment was too little.

So the two of them had to live together.

Loki was determined to make a name for himself on Wall Street, so he worked very hard and achieved remarkable results. He had many big clients, and other retail investors were willing to find him, so he was very busy now and had to work more than 18 hours a day.

As for Thor, he still worked in the repair shop, but he changed from a small worker to a formal worker who could do independent repairs.

In fact, it is impossible to compare which of the two jobs is harder. In the few weeks since Loki joined Wall Street, he has seen the diversity of human biological populations. During these days, he would think every night, why is he not Thor, who can kill some difficult customers with a thunderbolt.

Thor also faced the same problem. Because he often communicated physically with car owners, his salary was often deducted. If the owner of the repair shop had not seen that he was burly and could control the situation, he would have fired him long ago.

These two people have their own ways of being busy and tired, but strangely, this kind of busyness and tiredness has improved their relationship a little bit. After all, the resonance between office workers is very subtle, but very solid.

After dealing with a bunch of troublesome clients, Loki walked to the sofa and sat down. He took a can of beer from the beer pile next to Thor, opened the can and poured it into his mouth. Thor took a bite of fried chicken and said, "I used to look down on you for looking for a glass to drink. You don't look like an Asgardian warrior at all. Now you are much better."

Loki didn't want to pay attention to him. He was just thinking about why humans could ask questions beyond his understanding. Even when he stood on the branches of the world tree and looked at the endless and vast starry sky of the nine realms, he had never thought about the truth and origin of the universe as deeply as today.

After taking another sip of beer, Loki thought, Wall Street is really a good place for magicians to practice. As long as you work here for two months, the depth of your thinking about the universe will reach a new level.

There was no light in the living room of the apartment, only the light from the TV kept flickering. Thor's eyes moved away from the variety show on TV. He hesitated and said, "How is Asgard recently?"

Loki put down the can, wiped his lips, and then looked at his shirt dripping with beer. He said, "What's going on in Asgard has nothing to do with you. You can't go back anyway."

Thor squeezed the can in his hand hard, and beer gushed out from the spout, spilled on his hands, and then dripped onto the floor. Loki glanced at the floor and said, "You mop the floor tomorrow."

Thor was about to continue talking when a ring rang in the empty living room. Loki took out his mobile phone from his side and said, "Hello, I'm Odinson..."

Hearing his self-proclaimed name, Thor squeezed the can again, poured the remaining beer into his mouth, and said nothing.