Hero Alliance International Company's underground training room.
Hawking removed the armor from his body and placed the terrified Eddie on a chair.
"Eddie, tell me, what exactly happened?"
"It's like this, Bo-Boss?"
Eddie, who had just recovered a bit, was about to tell the whole story to his most admired and grateful idol when he suddenly saw Hawking's true face after removing his armor, and froze on the spot.
He never expected that the famous Superhero, God of War, Armor Hero, and Golden Flash, who had once saved him from a predicament, was actually Hawking, his boss's boss, who had always controlled the news content of the Daily Bugle.
"Don't be surprised, it's me. Hurry up and tell me what happened."
Hawking prompted him.
If Eddie were just an ordinary newspaper reporter, he naturally wouldn't be qualified to know his true identity.
But now Eddie was parasitized by Venom, and there was a high probability he would be recruited into his company in the future, so that was another matter entirely.
"Yes, Boss, a few days ago I..."
After regaining his composure, Eddie immediately told Hawking everything that had happened at the Life Foundation.
Hawking's eyes lit up after listening.
"So it was that company."
When he watched the independent Venom movie, he knew that a company had discovered a symbiote in outer space, brought it to Earth for research, hoping to cure various incurable diseases by combining symbiotes with humans.
For this, they secretly lured homeless people unnoticed on the streets into the laboratory for cruel human experiments, but all ended in failure.
Because symbiotes cannot perfectly combine with any organism; if the conditions are not met, the parasitized organism will not last more than a few hours.
He only paid attention to the plot when watching the movie and didn't really notice the name of that company.
However, what truly made him happy was not the possibility of gaining some Justice Value by dealing with the inhumane Life Foundation.
Rather, it was that the current development of this event's plot was very similar to the independent Venom movie.
If that were true, it would mean that there was another symbiote called "Riot" still alive on Earth, and Riot intended to summon countless similar symbiotes to invade Earth.
What did this mean?
This meant that if he could stop Riot's actions, even if it wasn't helping Earth repel countless symbiotes, it would definitely count as saving many lives on future Earth, and a large amount of Justice Value would surely be credited.
He felt it was possible that with this batch of Justice Value, combined with the Justice Value he had painstakingly accumulated before, he could unlock a new protagonist template in one go.
"Still, I should confirm with the main body first."
Coming back to his senses, Hawking immediately smiled and instructed Eddie:
"Let that alien inside you called Venom come out for a moment."
Perhaps these were just his wishful thoughts, and there was no such thing as a symbiote army invading Earth, just like Venom in the third Spider-Man movie came to Earth alone.
Many things in this Universe developed chaotically, and he couldn't rely solely on his own imagination.
So it was more appropriate to call out the Venom main body and ask.
"Um... Boss, he doesn't want to come out. He says you always yell at him."
A moment later, Eddie looked up at Hawking somewhat awkwardly.
Venom had been trying to come out the whole way, but Hawking had directly used his amplified voice from the Amplification Spell to shock him back. Venom was now traumatized and dared not come out.
Hawking was stunned by the words, then said in a very gentle and benevolent voice:
"Mr. Venom, that was a special situation just now. Although we humans have some scum like the one you just ate, there are also many good people, like me. What I value most are friendliness and peace.
So as long as you don't attack indiscriminately after coming out, I promise not to yell at you."
He recalled that this Venom seemed to be a rather unsuccessful existence on his own Planet. Compared to the ferocity of his kind, Venom's personality was much more timid.
And he also seemed a bit chuunibyou, a bit naive, and a bit goofy.
Of course, if it were the one from the Spider-Man series, it would be purely evil.
"First, let me make it clear, I'm not afraid of you. It's just that we symbiotes are very sensitive to sound and Fire. If it's too strong, it will kill us."
Hearing Hawking's words, a human head made of black slime grew out from Eddie's shoulder.
It seemed he leaned more towards the former; he revealed his two fatal weaknesses as soon as he opened his mouth, which was something else.
Hawking's smile became even more benevolent upon hearing this.
"I know, I know, Mr. Venom is clearly not a timid person. He must be a well-known existence among his kin, with a majestic appearance and an extremely kind heart, loved by everyone.
I just don't know, Mr. Venom, what is your purpose in suddenly visiting our Earth?"
"You're absolutely right, Eddie, I like this guy.
Actually, not all symbiotes are as kind as I am. This time we came to Earth..."
Hearing Hawking praise him so much, Venom's vanity immediately exploded, and he began to introduce his race and their purpose for coming to Earth in an endless stream.
It turned out that the symbiote race lived on a Planet an unknown number of light-years away from Earth. After leaving their own Planet, they needed to parasitize other organisms to exert their power.
As for why they came to Earth, it was because they needed food, food like Earthlings.
So it wasn't the Life Foundation's exploration spaceship that found them, but rather their symbiote team, which was out searching for food for their Planet, that found Earth, this large granary.
"But you don't have to worry. I like you two very much. When my kin arrive, I will protect you two and won't let you become food."
At the end, Venom guaranteed with a proud expression.
Hearing Venom's words, Eddie was completely stunned. He didn't expect that such terrifying alien creatures were not just one, but an entire Planet of them. If they really invaded Earth, then humanity would be finished.
He immediately turned to look at Hawking, but found that Hawking's face showed no concern at all; instead, it was full of... happiness?
"Very good, it seems it is indeed the setting from the Venom movie. That makes things easier."
In Hawking's view, even if symbiotes really invaded Earth, it wasn't actually that scary. Not to mention how deep Water on Earth ran, with an unknown number of powerful beings hidden. Even if it were just humans, with preparation, they could put up a fight.
The symbiotes' weakness to sound and Fire was simply too easy to target with technology.
"Mr. Venom, have you ever considered that if your kin invade here, the beautiful Earth will become a ruin, and you actually won't gain anything.
But if you give up transmitting news of Earth to your kin, then you can become a Superhero loved by humans, just like me, worshipped by many, many people.
They will also give you a resounding title, such as Venom - the Lethal Guardian!"
Hawking, targeting Venom's personality, initiated his great art of deception.
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