5. Eddie's New Job (Part 2)

In the early morning three days later, Eddie Brock stood at the gate of the "Daily Planet" newspaper office.

Wearing his signature black leather jacket and jeans, he has neatly combed hair and carries a briefcase. Today is the day of his interview. If there is no accident, the newspaper in front of him will offer Eddie a new job.

But Eddie was not in a good mood at this time.

On the one hand, he still has lingering fears from the series of things he experienced in the past few days, and the unusual memories that echoed in his mind still make him feel a little dazed.

on the other hand...

"Eddie, there are many of your kind here, and they all exude a tempting aroma, can I eat them?"

The deep and muddy voice of Venom rang in Eddie's mind, almost driving him crazy.

After being taught a lesson by Beowulf, this symbiote from an alien planet finally calmed down a bit, but its endless weird problems always made Eddie exhausted.

"no, you can not."

Eddie put on a stiff face and straightened his collar. He stepped into the office building of "Daily Planet". He greeted the girl at the front desk friendly and followed a graceful lady. Enter the elevator and go to Miss Louise's studio.

Eddie looked at the lady in front of him, lowered his voice, and said to the symbiosis in his body:

"We made an agreement, you can't eat people casually, let alone control my body casually."

"But they're really delicious, uh, you like this female in front of you? Your hormones are going up..."

Venom says:

"You desire to mate with her?"

"enough!"

Eddie said in a low voice with some embarrassment:

"I'm just admiring this beauty, what do you know, you parasite?"

"Parasite?"

The voice of Venom in Eddie's mind echoed frantically:

"You weak bug, you dare to call the powerful venom a parasite? Apologize! Hurry up! Otherwise, I will eat the female in front of me!"

"Uh, fine."

Eddie turned his head to look at the wiped clean elevator, and on the mirror-like elevator baffle, he saw the venom roaring towards him.

He shrugged and said to Venom:

"I'm sorry, my mighty lord."

"Hmph, that's about the same."

Venom snorted and stopped talking.

The lady with her back to Eddie looked back at Eddie with a weird face. This guy has been talking to himself since he entered the elevator...

Is he crazy? Schizophrenic? Or... something else?

Why would Miss Louise recruit such a person into her working group?

Facing the weird eyes of the lady leading the way in front of him, Eddie showed an awkward but polite smile. He couldn't explain his situation to others. Even if he did, he would be regarded as a lunatic with hallucinations.

Speaking of which, Eddie remembered that the mysterious Merlin said that the symbiont itself has no intelligence, and they must rely on the host's brain to produce their own thinking and to think.

In other words, the character of a symbiont depends entirely on the character and thinking of the host itself.

In this way, the reason why the venom in his body is so weird and funny is probably because he is a deeply hidden funny guy?

Eddie rubbed his face subconsciously,

No, that's not the case.

I'm definitely not a funny clown at heart, this must be a problem with the venom guy when he was parasitic, maybe because his brain hit the ground first when he landed on the earth.

Well, it sure is.

"Ding"

The elevator door opened the next moment, and the curvaceous young lady led Eddie into the studio of the famous reporter Louise Lane. Because Miss Lane is the most important employee of the "Daily Planet", the boss of the newspaper is generous. The one-third of the entire floor was allocated to Louise's news team.

"Hi, Louise, see you again."

Eddie looked at Louise Lane, who was sitting behind the desk in front of him, smiling gently at him. He tried his best to look friendly.

This was another reason Eddie was reluctant to take the new job, since he and Louise had been rivals back in the day when he had his own news show.

A few years earlier, Eddie had come close to winning a Pulitzer for exposing drug trafficking networks in North America and Europe, but that year he missed out on journalism's most prestigious prize.

The reason is that Louise found big news in Mexico. That year happened to be the time when the World Security Council promulgated the ban on illegal biological experiments. The news that shocked the world, using mutant children to conduct biological experiments, made Miss Louise It won the Pulitzer Prize for the third time.

In this regard, Eddie has been very unconvinced.

He felt that Miss Louise was really just lucky that time. In fact, Eddie's feeling was right. Louise was really lucky that time, because of Clark's relationship, she became the first interviewer of that news.

However, luck is also a part of strength. Who made Miss Louise find a boyfriend who is almost omnipotent in every aspect?

But now, Eddie had to depend on others.

"Hi, Eddie, I was really taken aback when I received your resume."

Louise stood up, she held out her hand gracefully, and said to Eddie:

"While I know you've been wronged over there in San Francisco, it's still hard for me to imagine that a well-known investigative reporter like you would want to be part of my news team. Honestly, it flatters me a little bit."

"Uh, it's nothing, it's just that personal circumstances are different."

Eddie replied against his will:

"It's a sad place for me over there in San Francisco, maybe it's good to start over in another place."

"You're really being humble, Eddie."

Louise picked up a newspaper from the table and said to Eddie:

"Your detailed report on the scandal that broke out at the Life Foundation, as well as those creepy photos and documents, successfully brought down the largest pharmaceutical company on the West Coast, and once again exposed the unknown activities of those companies to the public. illegal activity."

"The report sparked discussions around the world and was praised by a range of celebrities, including Osborne Group CEO Mr Norman."

"This has already made you the hottest reporter this year. I mean, if there are no big news in the second half of the year, I guess this year's Pulitzer Prize will be yours."

"Hehe, I just did what I was supposed to do."

Eddie looked at the newspaper, and there was a hint of pride in his heart. Although his life was completely changed because of the venom incident, at least in the case of the Life Foundation, Eddie perfectly fulfilled his role as a reporter. responsibilities.

It was a little consolation to him.

"Eddie, your hormones have risen again, and you also..."

"Shut up!"

"Clark, you take Eddie to his office, and take him to familiarize himself with the working environment by the way."

Louise called out, and soon, an assistant reporter in a shirt and glasses appeared beside her and brought her freshly brewed tea. Louise introduced Eddie:

"This is Clark Kent, my assistant and a member of the news team."

"Hello, Eddie."

Clark extended his hand to Eddie in a friendly manner. The latter just wanted to shake hands, but the venom in his body suddenly let out a scream, and it howled:

"Get away from him, Eddie!"

Eddie's complexion changed slightly. He lost control of his body at this moment, so he didn't hold Clark's hand. His body turned around and ran backwards. said:

"Sorry, I'm going to the bathroom."

After speaking, he hurried out of the office.

"I'll go see him."

Clark looked at the back of Eddie leaving, he pushed his glasses, and said to Louise:

"Go on with your work."

"OK, all right."

Louise nodded indifferently, sat back in her chair, and continued to search for hot news.

On the other side, in the bathroom on the newspaper floor, Eddie was lying on the sink, looking at himself in the mirror.

In the eyes of others, Eddie's handsome face is reflected in the mirror, but in Eddie's eyes, what appears in the mirror is the venom in a symbiotic state.

He was talking to himself in the mirror.

Like a complete lunatic.

"what happened?"

Eddie asked:

"Didn't I say it? You can't control my body casually, especially in front of other people. And I feel it, just now you planned to appear in front of ordinary people!"

"Venom... Do you want to kill us? Merlin has restraints on us, maybe he is watching us somewhere now! Damn!"

"Stupid Eddie, that man is dangerous!"

The turbid voice of venom sounded in Eddie's mind:

"As dangerous as Merlin! No, more dangerous than Merlin... We can't stay here, we have to escape! He can eat us like meatballs!"

"But I..."

Before Eddie could finish his sentence, another voice sounded behind him.

Clark pushed open the bathroom door and walked in. While moving his fingers, he said:

"Who are you talking to? Mr. Eddie."

"I don't, I'm not, I..."

Eddie's body tensed up as he faced Clark walking towards him, feeling the threatening venom take over Eddie's body again.

The moment Clark stretched out his hand, wanting to touch Eddie, black mucus burst out from Eddie's body, and the stringy mucus quickly wrapped around Eddie's body, completing the venom in a second. avatar.

That horrible, hideous, twisted guy, with white tattoos all over his body, making it look like a dangerous poisonous spider, it grins its mouth full of sharp teeth and mucus, and spreads its claws like was threatening to bite Clark's head off in one bite.

But in fact, it just sensed the danger and prepared to protect itself.

"Ah, it's exactly what Merlin said..."

Clark looked at the venom in front of him, and said:

"Ugly and unstable, I now know why Merlin made me stare at you."

"Don't come here! Don't come near!"

The double mixed voice of Eddie and Venom sounded in the bathroom, but Clark didn't pay attention to the warning, he continued to take a step forward, and under the extreme premonition of danger, Venom roared and clenched its claws, fists carrying terrifying power It hit Clark,

Facing the oncoming giant black punch, Clark in his shirt still had time to push his glasses.

He stretched out his hand generously, and easily blocked Venom's huge fist in front of his eyes. His arm shook quickly to disperse the force on Venom's fist, so as not to damage the bathroom floor during the power transmission.

"Don't be afraid, Eddie."

Clark's wrist moved, and under Eddie's dumbfounded gaze, Clark easily moved Venom's fist aside with just one hand.

When this guy's five fingers were closed, the layer of cuticle covered by the venom on Eddie's arm was easily crushed. The venom seemed unable to withstand the force from the finger, and the covered cuticle flowed from Eddie's arm as quickly as liquid. Peel off.

"The monster inside you can't hurt anyone, so relax."

Clark's gentle voice reached Eddie's ears, which made Eddie feel unreal, as if he was experiencing a dream.

This guy...

Merlin was also relying on mysterious magic to restrain the venom back then, but the guy in front of him used only pure strength to force the venom back...

Nima, when did there be so many scary guys in this world?

"Your world is... so scary."

Venom uttered something in Eddie's mind, and then quickly exited the symbiosis state.

Eddie half-kneeled on the ground in a distressed posture. He looked at Clark who was arranging some messy shirt sleeves in front of him. He said in despair:

"Who are you?"

"Me? I'm Clark, Clark Kent."

Clark turned, held out his hand to Eddie, and said:

"A guy from Kansas who wants to do something good."

"Welcome to the Daily Planet, Eddie Brock. From today onwards, we are colleagues."

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"Why do you let Eddie Brock move freely in the outside world?"

In the office of the Trident Building, Merlin was smoking by the window and admiring the afternoon scenery by the way, Icarus said:

"You should know that once the venom gets out of control, relying on its growing strength and brutal predatory nature, it will cause a disaster in just a few minutes. It is difficult to stop it from raging the city by relying on the street heroes of New York."

"I know, so I ask Clark to watch him."

Merlin let out a puff of smoke, and he said softly:

"Eddie is a weak host, so we can easily restrain the venom if it gets out of control."

"But once the other symbiotes are handed over to the Avengers in the future, they will have more destructive power due to the powerful host... Before I hand over the symbiote suit to my companions, I must Determine what effect it will have on the host."

Merlin held out his hand, and Beowulf crawled into his hand, dangling as if dancing. Merlin looked at his symbiote, he said:

"This is an experiment, Icarus, the symbiotic relationship between me and Beowulf is rather special and cannot be used as a regular reference, so the symbiotic relationship between Venom and Eddie is a sample that needs to be observed. Eddie is not a bad guy, So the nature of venom born from his mind is not bad..."

"I wanted to see what the symbiotic relationship between Eddie and Venom, the odd duo, would turn out to be."

"The symbiote, although it was born from Innar, was born from the power of darkness, but it can also serve the light... I think Eddie probably won't let us down."

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Tomorrow will be updated, the practice is 3+8~ah, the manuscript is almost used up again... Hurry up and save the manuscript before the Chinese New Year~