Chapter 229: Loki (Part 1)

In the editor-in-chief's office of the Global Times, Eddie placed his cup on the table, took off his coat, hung it on the back of the chair, and then sat in the office chair. A young employee knocked on the door and walked in, saying: "Editor-in-chief, tomorrow's materials will be a bit late. The printer has some problems."

"The printer is broken again? Alright, 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 side to read.

That's right, after this storm, Eddie became the new editor-in-chief of the news and current affairs section of the Global Times.

The matter of the military wanting to find an agent to foster the Life Foundation, although it sounds like just one sentence, the process was still a bit complicated.

Regardless, under Eddie's interference, this matter did not succeed. Setting aside the unknown number of backup plans in the process, the result was that the agent of the Life Foundation was kicked out, and at the same time, the editor-in-chief of the Global Times, Eddie's original direct supervisor, was also kicked out.

Before those dark histories of Drake using homeless people for human experiments were dug out, Eddie's direct supervisor had written quite a few reports singing praises for Drake.

And after the dark history was exposed, Eddie's reputation was completely reversed. He became a hero reporter who was not afraid of the powerful and spoke for the bottom-level people. Conversely, the editor-in-chief became a street rat that everyone shouted to beat, and the Global Times also suffered a sharp decline in reputation.

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

Eddie actually still had a backbone, but backbone is backbone, they gave too much.

Even with Venom, Eddie was still a human who needed to eat and drink, needed to rent a house. If he didn't have a stable job, his car loan, which had been overdue for several months, and the accompanying late fees would make him completely bankrupt. To prevent this from happening, Eddie became an editor-in-chief of the Global Times.

Venom could be said to be "hating iron for not becoming steel."

Eddie sat at the desk and drank a sip of coffee, sighing contentedly. Venom said in his mind: "You are simply the host with the least pursuit I have ever seen."

"Although I don't know what your previous hosts were like, I am already very satisfied with this." Eddie leaned on the comfortable chair and said: "Having experienced the torture of that broken apartment in Hell's Kitchen, I now know how comfortable the apartments in Midtown are."

"And this office." Eddie looked up and sized it up: "The lighting is appropriate, the heating is sufficient, and it's also very spacious."

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

"Hehe." Venom's response was only a cold laugh. After all, all his previous hosts were either saving the world or on the way to save the world, while Eddie now was either slacking off or on the way to slack off every day.

Actually, the work of an editor-in-chief was not easy, with many things to watch and many chores to do. But the Global Times hired Eddie not because they wanted him to be a good editor-in-chief, but just to spend money to buy a reputation. Therefore, Eddie's work was not busy, and he even had time to rekindle old feelings with his ex-girlfriend Anne.

Just like many days before, he slacked off in his office until he got off work. When walking out of the office building, Eddie looked at his watch and said to Venom: "You have to know, I was originally going to go on a date with Anne tonight."

"And then use another pile of stupid words that don't go through your brain to make her angry again..."

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

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

"But actually, you have no way to take it out, right?"

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

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

Walking into the laboratory, Riot was packed in a jar. His main body was still gray, only surrounded by some black mist, just like the chaotic power that appeared on him that day.

Phantom said through Hill's mouth: "How do you plan to absorb it? Although you are not a member of the Cosmic Agents, I still want to tell you that in the current mainstream society of symbiotes, we do not advocate devouring our own kind."

"This is not because of any moral code, but because accepting too many gene choices from one's own kind at once might cause the symbiote to have mental confusion."

"I have a way to strip this energy out, but I must detach from my current host to do so." Venom shook his head: "I won't put myself in this dangerous situation, and I won't do all this under S. H. I. E. L. D.'s surveillance."

"Although I have asked many times..." Phantom said very suspiciously: "But I still want to say, are you really Venom? How are you so..."

"Don't say silly things... I plan to devour this power inside the host."

"No, you can't do that." Phantom controlled Hill to walk forward, wanting to stop him, "First, your host absolutely cannot bear two symbiotes parasitizing in his body at the same time. Second, the process of a symbiote devouring a symbiote will be very violent, and his physical body absolutely cannot bear this impact. Third, chaotic power will impact a person's spirit, making them go crazy."

"In short, your current body absolutely cannot support you doing this, and I won't allow you to harm your human host. This violates the guidelines of the Cosmic Agents..."

"Who said I plan to do this inside this host?"

Phantom still shook her head and said: "Even if you change to another host, the result is the same. The body of an ordinary human absolutely cannot bear this impact."

"I know you parasitized a child named Peter before. Although he possesses powerful physical fitness, the impact of chaotic power on the spirit is magical in nature. He still cannot resist it. This has a great risk."

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

Phantom was stunned. She looked at Venom and said: "The Aesir? Are you crazy? Their Lei Shen almost struck us all to death!"

"Look at your gene bank. It clearly recorded the power of that thunder. The vast majority of symbiotes are allergic to the Aesir..."

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

"But where are you going to find... You wouldn't be planning to parasitize the Prince of Asgard, would you???" Phantom said incredulously: "You are truly crazy! Odin won't allow all this to happen."

"Odin is asleep."

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

"So I didn't plan to parasitize secretly. I plan to negotiate a condition with him."

When the sun gradually set, the larger the high-rise buildings, the longer the shadows they spread. These shadows were like fences crossing a river. The sunset flowed through them and was combed into fine golden threads.

Manhattan's off-work time was very lively. Most of the elites in suits and leather shoes carried their briefcases and walked hurriedly on the street. The coffee shops and restaurants by the road were crowded. Loki took a look at the surrounding environment and didn't find a place to transmit away from the crowd, so he finally decided to take a taxi.

The taxi stopped outside an apartment residential building on West Street of Grand Central Terminal. When Loki walked into the apartment building, it was already dark.

Just after opening the door, he saw Lei Shen sitting on the sofa, drinking beer and eating fried chicken. Loki didn't even have time to scold him. He walked quickly to the side of the entrance, opened his briefcase, took out his computer, and then dialed his phone: "Sorry, Mr. Hall, I've arrived home. Let me continue to tell you about the plan for this quarter..."

Loki manipulated the computer while talking to the phone, while listening to the "crunch, crunch, crunch" and "gulp, gulp, gulp" sounds coming from Lei Shen's side.

Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore. After hanging up the client's phone, he turned to Lei Shen and said: "How come the All-Father didn't see you in this state right now??? I really should..."

"I paid the rent, so you can't control what I do in this house." Lei Shen took another bite of fried chicken and said: "And unlike you who sit in an office, repairing cars is physical work. If I don't eat more, where would I get the strength to work the night shift?"

"Town Demon Museum"

"I..."

Loki covered his forehead. He deeply regretted his previous attempt to control fire that ended in blowing up the house.

After the trouble in the previous apartment, they had to move. Although Odin had paid the foster fee, S. H. I. E. L. D. refused to let them live separately. Nick's reason was that S. H. I. E. L. D. was short of manpower and couldn't send two batches of people to protect them. But Loki knew that it was purely because Nick thought Odin paid too little.

So the two of them still had to live together.

Loki was determined to make a name for himself on Huaerjie, so he worked very hard, and the results were also very significant. He had many big clients in his hands, and other retail investors were also willing to find him, so he was very busy now, working more than 18 hours a day.

And Lei Shen, he was still working at that auto repair shop, but he went from a small worker who helped out to a formal worker who could repair independently.

As for which of these two jobs was harder, it was actually impossible to compare. In the short few weeks since Loki joined Huaerjie, he witnessed the diversity of the human species. In these days, he thought every night about why he wasn't the God of Thunder, who could strike down a bolt of lightning to kill certain difficult clients.

And Lei Shen faced the same problem. Because he often communicated physically with car owners, he was often deducted wages. If it weren't for the auto repair shop boss seeing that he had a burly figure and could hold the scene, he would have been fired long ago.

These two had their own busy ways and their own tired ways, but very strangely, this kind of busyness and tiredness made them improve their relationship a little bit in terms of harmony. After all, the resonance between a "corporate slave" and a "corporate slave" is very subtle but very solid.

After dealing with a large pile of troublesome clients, Loki walked to the sofa and sat down. He took a can of beer from the pile of beer beside Lei Shen. After opening the can, he poured it into his mouth. Lei Shen took a bite of fried chicken and said: "I used to look down on you for needing a wine glass to drink. You didn't look like an Asgardian warrior at all. It's much better now."

Loki didn't really want to pay attention to him. He was thinking about why humans could ask one question after another that was beyond his thinking and understanding. Even when he stood on the branches of the World Tree and looked at the endless vast starry sky of the Nine Realms, he had never thought so deeply about the truth and origin of the universe as he did today.

After taking another fierce gulp of beer, Loki thought, Huaerjie is really a great place for a mage to practice. As long as you work here for two months, the depth of your thinking about the universe will climb to a brand new level.

The apartment living room was not lit, only the light in the TV kept flickering. Lei Shen's gaze moved away from the variety show on the TV, and he opened his mouth with some hesitation: "How is Asgard recently?"

Loki put down the can, wiped his lips, and then glanced at the beer dripping on his shirt. He said: "How Asgard is has nothing to do with you. Anyway, you can't go back."

Lei Shen squeezed the can in his hand forcefully. The beer sprayed out from the mouth of the can, splashed onto his hand, and then dripped onto the floor. Loki glanced at the floor and said: "You mop the floor tomorrow."

Lei Shen just wanted to continue speaking, when a ringtone resounded in the empty living room. Loki took out his phone from his side and said: "Hello, I am Odinson..."

Hearing his self-introduction, Lei Shen squeezed the can again and poured the remaining beer into his mouth. He said nothing. ===== CHAPTER 230 =====