Chapter 704

Shriek looked at the familiar red fluid in Su Quan's hand and asked murmuringly: "W-what do you mean? Didn't I, didn't I kill him?"

Su Quan shook his head. Although he hadn't appeared, he knew the whole process clearly.

Let's sort it out: Carnage was overjoyed and then saddened, trapped by the bronze bell knocked down by Venom, and had no choice but to endure the intense sonic waves produced by the bell.

So the first culprit is Venom.

Then, Shriek, eager to save her love, unleashed a powerful output against the bronze bell. This damage was far greater than the total damage caused by Venom before, and it could be said to be the truly fatal blow.

So the second culprit is Shriek.

But the one who truly killed Cletus Kasady was not the first culprit, Venom, nor the second culprit, Shriek, but the third culprit—and the real culprit—Carnage!

Carnage is very strong, but its strength did not overcome its weakness. Enduring sonic waves of this intensity inside the bronze bell, Carnage simply couldn't hold on!

It would die!

Carnage didn't want to die, so it devoured the host's energy without hesitation, holding on until the deadly bronze bell flew away.

Originally, it wanted to feign death and hide in Cletus Kasady's body, waiting to secretly possess Shriek or someone else when they got close.

But it was suddenly dragged out by biological fluid that appeared from nowhere.

It thought it was Venom, but it didn't expect it to be Cletus Kasady's benefactor, Su Quan.

"Although a symbiote's host will also be affected by the symbiote's weaknesses, it is not fatal. Your actions would at most make him deaf or seriously injured, but not kill him."

"His true cause of death is that the symbiote Carnage wanted to survive and devoured his energy, or rather, his vitality!"

"The result is that Cletus Kasady is dead, but it is still alive!"

Shriek, who originally thought she had killed her sweetheart, stared angrily at the Carnage in Su Quan's hand and begged: "Let me kill it to avenge Cletus."

"No!"

Su Quan refused flatly.

Are you kidding? He was preparing to devour Carnage to strengthen his own source of darkness. If he let Shriek kill it, why would he have gone through the trouble of dragging Carnage out of Cletus Kasady's body?

"It will die, but it cannot be killed by you!" Su Quan said while devouring Carnage.

Carnage couldn't beg for mercy, nor did it have a chance to say any last words. It could only surge and roll in Su Quan's palm, and finally, in its struggle, it was hopelessly devoured by Su Quan.

Although Shriek couldn't personally avenge Cletus Kasady, no matter what, Carnage was dead, so the revenge could be considered fulfilled.

"Do you remember our condition?" Su Quan asked Shriek.

Shriek was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "I remember. If Cletus dies, the rest of my life will be spent working for you, risking my life for you."

"You..."

"It was you who let him come to save me, and it was you who teleported us here to let us take revenge, right?"

"So you know everything? You... you knew he would die?"

Su Quan raised his hand noncommittally and dragged Patrick Mulligan from the ground to his front through the air.

"Cough... cough cough... what are you doing?" Patrick Mulligan asked nervously and weakly.

"Don't be afraid, I just want to take something from your body."

Su Quan formed a claw with his left hand and grabbed Patrick Mulligan's neck.

The sound of battle drop rewards rang out instantly.

"Ding!"

"Battle detected, drop reward: Source of Darkness (Toxin)"

Listening to the pleasant reward sound, Su Quan raised the corners of his mouth in a smile, and then, under Patrick Mulligan's terrified gaze, he placed his hand on his chest and dragged out the newly born symbiote, Toxin.

The symbiote Toxin was not a solid color like Venom and Carnage, but inherited the characteristics of its two elders. The upper part was somewhat similar to Carnage, blood-red all over, and the lower part was similar to Venom, pitch-black all over.

Su Quan let go of Patrick Mulligan and devoured Toxin at the same time.

How should I put it? Although Toxin was devoured and became a part of Su Quan's source of darkness, theoretically, it had completely disappeared.

But if Su Quan needed it, he could create a new Toxin that was exactly the same, inheriting all the characteristics of Toxin, just like he created Lasher.

But then again, although Toxin's basic strength was stronger than Venom, Riot, and most symbiotes, the characteristics it was famous for were no longer anything special to Su Quan.

Not fearing sonic waves, not fearing fire—these are abilities that all Su Quan-series symbiotes possess.

Not just Toxin, but Riot, Carnage, and other devoured symbiotes could all be reborn as Su Quan-series symbiotes...

As for when they can be reborn, it depends on when Su Quan encounters a suitable host for them.

In short, the symbiote plot in this world can come to an end. Next, just a little bit of wrapping up, and he can return to the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man world.

"You really knew everything all along."

Shriek glanced at Patrick Mulligan. She didn't even know when Patrick Mulligan had acquired a symbiote, or what kind of symbiote he had.

Let alone Shriek, even Venom and Eddie Brock didn't know.

Uh, Patrick Mulligan didn't know either. After being possessed by Toxin, he just felt something strange, but that was all.

"Let's go."

Su Quan didn't respond to Shriek, just said it lightly. Immediately after, he, Shriek, and Cletus Kasady's corpse disappeared into thin air before the eyes of Patrick Mulligan, Venom, and Eddie Brock.

Shriek buried Cletus Kasady in the cemetery and stayed there for one night. The next morning, according to the address Su Quan left, she came to Su Quan's house to report.

Shriek did not resist working for Su Quan. Although Su Quan knew everything and knew Cletus Kasady would die, he had avenged Cletus Kasady, and previously, Cletus Kasady and she had owed him a favor.

Most importantly, Cletus Kasady was dead, and Shriek had lost her goal and motivation, and had nothing to do and nowhere to go.

When Shriek arrived, Su Quan and Anne Weying had just finished packing. After a brief introduction, Su Quan teleported them directly to the Plaza Hotel in New York.

When they arrived in this world, Spider-Girl and Silk had opened a suite at the Plaza Hotel. Although they hadn't lived there long before Su Quan sent them to San Francisco and moved to live at Martine Bancroft's house, this suite had been kept and not returned.

Anne Weying and Shriek were getting familiar with the suite's environment, while Su Quan contacted the three Spider-Women of the Spider-Woman Alliance, Black Cat, Martine Bancroft, and the Osborn father and son, asking them to come over and report on their respective situations.

Then, take away what should be taken, and leave what should be left.

— Author's Notes —

PS: The image shows Toxin.