Chapter 150: The Trap
Casillas's events have come to an end for the time being, and his plan to steal the machine built by Doom to open the dark dimension and summon the evil god Dormammu to come has finally failed. With the help of private investigator Jessica Jones, the machine was recovered unharmed, and in order to prevent Casillas from attacking it again, this time it was directly transferred to the Celestial Sword Mothership outside Earth, and placed in the armory of the highest level of dangerous goods.
After that, Jessica Jones didn't have to say much to agree. According to Michael's memories of the original work and some background checks done on the detective lady, he knew that Jessica had wanted to be a superhero for a while in the past and try to use her superpowers to help people, but that attempt did not go well, and she was even left with severe post-traumatic stress disorder in an entanglement with a supercriminal, which made her irritable, irritable, alcoholic, confused, and unmotivated.
She didn't realize it until now, but what she needed was a goal, something that would get her back up and fighting for it. Deep down, Jessica Jones is still a superhero, and she just needs someone to push her in the right direction.
However, the windfall of this time is that the swarthy monster "Venom", who is found to be an unemployed journalist Eddie Bullock after being beaten back to his original form by Wanda, also expresses his willingness to join the team.
Similar to Jessica, Eddie is also at a low point in his life. He lost his job as a journalist, lost his house, abandoned his fiancΓ©e, and, even more unfortunately, he was entangled in this black alien symbiote. The guy called himself "Venom", and it said it was from an alien planet, but it had to be possessed by humans in order to survive in Earth's atmosphere. The hapless Eddie Bullock is its chosen mount, and they are in a delicate symbiotic relationship, where Venom can possess Eddie in the form of an exoskeleton suit, the same black monster he fought against Jessica, if necessary.
However, Eddie does not deny that when he was first entangled in Venom, he thought that it must be an extreme explosion of his bad luck, but after spending time with Venom in this form of "symbiosis", he suddenly felt as if it was time to work. After spending some time with this slimy alien symbiote, he was surprised to find that they seemed to get along?
Eddie and Venom spent their days doing nothing, occasionally fighting crime and eating a few bad guys to feed Venom, until the duo fell into the Divine Possession again and bumped into Casillas and his minions. The dark mages divided the venom by two. But Casillas felt that he had never seen such a strange creature, and that he might be useful, so he used a spell to stir up Venom's bestiality and restrain it to work for himself, acting as a thug.
Until Wanda knocked Venom back to the prototype, Eddie hadn't untransformed for more than a week.
However, when the two new members first came to the headquarters to prepare for joining the team, there was a little bit of a situation.
"What?" Jessica Jones pointed at the unemployed young reporter Eddie Bullock, "This guy is coming too?" Then I'll quit! I don't want to work with this slimy monster. β
"Ma'am, it's hurtful for you to say that." Eddie said innocently, "I believe the one you're referring to is Venom and not me." My guy was scary at times, but it wasn't as bad as it looked. β
"Are you kidding? It almost gnawed my head off," Jessica snapped into a rage, stuck out two fingers, and added, "Twice!" One of them ended up kicking me into the water. β
"Well, I don't remember some of the details very clearly, but that time I remember it was supposed to use a claw," Eddie muttered, shutting his mouth knowingly after being glared at by Jessica.
"This woman is so annoying, I don't like her." Venom's gruff voice rang in Eddie's head, "I said we might as well bite off her head." β
"What? No! Eddie jumped back in fright, "We've talked about this, Venom, we can't eat whoever we want." We don't eat good guys, we can only eat some bad guys in very, very specific situations. β
Jessica frowned, "Sounds like your buddy wants another round?" β
"No, no, no," Eddie said with a smile on his face, "Venom is joking." You can't imagine how much humor it has as an alien creature. β
"What? I'm not kidding, Eddie. Venom yelled in his head, "Let me out and let her know who's the boss." β
Before the situation escalated and the scene became ugly, Wanda Maximov appeared just in time. She walked down the escalator from the corridor on the second floor: "Hey, I just went to apply for a room for you, you will be able to do it in a while" She stopped between the two, realized that the atmosphere was not right, and looked left and right suspiciously, "Do you have any problems?" β
Jessica clasped her arms, "As long as my room isn't next to this nasty ghost." β
"I think we should listen to her." Venom was the first to speak before Eddie could speak. Eddie noticed that his body was being controlled by the venom and moved away from Wanda in small steps, intentionally or unintentionally.
Well, thinking that Venom was beaten by this unattractive little witch Hai before, it seems that it is not difficult to understand why it is so easy to admit it
Casillas slipped away for the time being, and Michael's side was trying to track the location, but he didn't have much hope for it. The defector mage must have had a knack for concealing his whereabouts, and the Supreme Mage hadn't been able to find his place for so many years, and Michael didn't think he was more lucky on his side.
But it didn't end there.
Late at night, Heavenly Sword Headquarters.
The electronic lock made a "drop" sound of successful identification, and the heavy automatic door slowly slid up. The black figure walked out of the room and down the dimly lit metal hallway.
He had a white card in his hand, a white card that allowed him to walk almost unimpeded. He swiped open every door along the way, and made it straight to the door of the armory. He stood still in front of the door, inserted his card into the slot, and a small cipher disk popped up next to the door. He quickly typed in a string of numbers, and the lock plate also made a certified sound, and the door slowly moved open.
The dark shadow walked into the room, and the sensor-like lights came on automatically. This room is filled with all kinds of magical or powerful devices confiscated by the Heavenly Sword, and the level of secrecy is extremely high, and only agents with very high clearance can enter and access it.
But the shadow was dismissive of most of the things in the room. Without squinting, he walked through the rows of goods and walked to the black cube box. The box was stamped with the code AXCR-3920, and it contained the dimension machine that had just been confiscated, developed by Doom.
Or rather, it was supposed to be the machine inside.
Shadow quickly typed in the code to unlock the door, and he reached out to pull it open, only to find it empty.
It's a trap.
"What are you looking for here at this late hour?" At some point, Michael leaned against the door, crossed his arms and looked this way. He narrowed his eyes and said in an aggravated tone, "Victor." β
The figure turned its head slowly.
It was Victor von Doom himself.