Eddie was in the news, so when he heard the name Hannibal, he was scared to death. This man is undoubtedly a murderer. As for cannibalism... Eddie knows that this is completely nonsense, because Eddie also investigated in private and found that there were no human beings on the corpses at the scene. The bite marks are very obvious, but the bite marks of wild animals are very obvious. Although he didn't quite understand why Hannibal did this, Eddie still believed that Hannibal himself did not have cannibalism.
Of course, Eddie never thought of writing an article to clarify anything for Hannibal. After all, the people like it. In fact, the rumor of Hannibal cannibalizing people was simply made up by the media based on market demand. The media itself caters to public opinion. sound.
The people like to hear about it, so they will naturally report it.
Of course, whether or not he can eat people is of no comfort to Eddie's current situation. After all, even if Hannibal cannibals, by the time Hannibal actually eats him, he will have already burped, and there is no need to care at all. What is really serious Yes, he is now facing a super murderer.
Of course Eddie panicked.
Venom was confused and asked through Eddie's mouth: "What do you do?"
Eddie played all superhero scenes, but the problem is that Hannibal has never been a superhero, but has been classified as a super criminal.
"Do some necessary clean-up work. In the past, most of it was targeted at scum, but the world has been a little uneasy recently, and many monsters and monsters have escaped. I have no choice but to change my interest and clean up human threats like you."
Hear Hannibal say that. Eddie also thought about it. Indeed, Hannibal's appearance frequency in the past year or two has been very low. Many people thought that Hannibal was hiding. But with this guy's high-profile style, he doesn't seem like the kind of person who can endure loneliness.
"What's that for?" Venom asked Eddie.
Eddie suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. The most powerful reporter is Lenovo. Based on Hannibal's words, he felt that the truth of the matter may be that Hannibal is an atypical superhero, even an anti-hero. Although he is cruel , but he will not target good people and ordinary people, he will only target bad guys and those threats to humanity...
If that's really the case... Eddie thinks it's not too bad. At least you don't have to worry about being killed inexplicably.
"You...have been secretly fighting evil to protect mankind?"
Antihero is a concept corresponding to "hero" and has a completely different style from mainstream superheroes. This type of people "falsifies" traditional values, marking the promotion of individualistic ideas, the decline of traditional moral value systems, and people's questioning of ideals and beliefs.
The characteristics of superheroes can be summarized as handsome appearance, powerful abilities and correct behavior. For example, Batman, this gangster's style of acting is very popular among the mainstream, especially those on the left. Although he fights against evil, he sticks to the bottom line. The criminals will eventually be handed over to the police and punished by law. At the same time, he will never kill. This is even more pleasing to those leftist saints, of course those on the far left, who spare no effort when criticizing Batman for ignoring the human rights of criminals.
But generally speaking, in terms of mainstream values, people still very much recognize Batman. This is why Batman is so popular.
Anti-heroes, on the other hand, have undesirable characteristics that are usually not heroic, such as being ugly, clumsy in action, mentally retarded, passive in character, pitiful in their situation, deviating from the norm, etc. They are shortcomings or failures in some basic aspects. It's not even acceptable.
Such as Hannibal. This guy is so cruel. But if you apply what he did to an anti-hero, it makes sense. This boss has really never killed ordinary people. During the Chicago Massacre, this boss killed an entire Mexican gang and the young lady who was invited by the gang to join in the fun, but Hannibal was very polite. Please enter a room. This guy even chatted and ate with the ladies in a very gentlemanly manner without any offense. Later, in the tabloids, these ladies gave Hannibal very high praise.
The same was true for several subsequent sorties.
Thinking about it this way, he is no different from the Punisher who was a big hit in New York last year.
Eddie himself is not very resistant to anti-heroes, although there are indeed many people who don't like such anti-heroes who are too decisive. But Eddie has a wild heart and likes superheroes who don't take the usual path. Of course Batman is his eternal god and that won't change.
Well, Eddie is a Batman guy.
This is why Eddie wants Batman to help fight against the symbiote, not only to protect the world, but also to get close to his idol! Win-win!
"In terms of results, yes. But in terms of motivation, no."
"Eh?!" Eddie felt something was wrong.
"I'm just hunting. Protecting humans is incidental. I'm not interested in ordinary people. Of course, there are still basic bottom lines for being a human being. So protecting the world... well, it can't be said that there is none. But subjectively, my The motives are not that simple."
"Hunting?" Eddie swallowed and asked carefully.
It must not be what he thinks!
"Yes, hunting!" Hannibal showed a bright smile, but there seemed to be deep malice hidden in his smile. Then countless eyes opened in the shadows behind him, looking at Eddie and Venom with salivation! "The kind that eats its prey!"
Gulu!
Eddie swallowed the saliva directly into his stomach.
Ruined!
"You...you...you want to kill us and eat us?!!!"
Venom also reacted at this time, it was a fucking predator! What's even worse is that those eyes give the venom a very bad feeling... He will really be eaten! ! !
Venom is definitely the best among symbionts in this kind of consciousness!
To put it bluntly, he is cowardly!
"No, no, no." Kai shook his head. "I don't have that hobby. It's all made up by you reporters and media."
Eddie just breathed a sigh of relief.
But the next second.
"But my pet does."
Then the Hound of Tindalos poked its head out of the shadows and drooled its vicious, corrosive saliva at Eddie and Venom! ! !
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!"
It has to be said that since the last time the hounds of Tindalos evolved after eating the power of Hell Lord Mephitus, they have become more ferocious and terrifying, the kind that would make ordinary people lose their SAN value when they see them.
So Eddie was scared shitless.
"One of you is an alien and the other is a rapist. So... I'm honored that you are on the menu of these two babies. So accept the reality!"
Perhaps out of desire for survival, Eddie yelled: "Wait a minute! I have something to say! I have something to say! I didn't betray the earth! I was saving the earth! I incited Venom to rebel. He is willing to become a spy and cooperate with us to stop the Communist Party." Biological invasion! I have contributed to the earth! I want to see Batman!!!"
Venom actually had some objections to Eddie's words, but the problem was that he didn't dare to say it. It's important to save your life right now.
Damn it, the earth is too dangerous!
Who wanted to come over in the first place?
It killed people!
Hannibal was unmoved: "Do you know what Batman's first reaction would be if he saw you?"
"What?"
"Send you to Kay Wayne. You know, the police chief is looking for you everywhere now."
"Find me?"
"Yes, this police chief, who has always abided by the law, is now thinking about how to shoot you."
"Why..." Eddie was speechless for a moment.
Although he deliberately avoided it, what happened happened. He couldn't really pretend it hadn't happened.
"I……"
"Haha, forget it, I won't tease you anymore. I heard all your previous conversations. However, you don't have to worry too much about the invasion of symbiotes. Except for one of the previous symbiotes, all the others are not in New York. He was caught by Director Kai. Now there is probably only ashes left."
Hannibal said with a smile.
The problem is that Eddie is not happy. He felt like he was going to die.
That disaster... would lead to his immediate social death.
After Hannibal finished speaking, he turned around and prepared to leave.
Hannibal came here really intending to get rid of the venom. But after hearing the conversation between Eddie and Venom, Kai changed his mind.
Although in Kai's mind, Eddie was indeed responsible, and he even really wanted to shoot this guy at first. But after he calmed down, he no longer had the previous murderous intention. To be honest, Eddie is really innocent in this matter.
That being the case, Kai's interest in him plummeted.
Seeing Hannibal about to leave, Eddie suddenly stopped him: "Hannibal...Professor...you just left like this?"
"if not?"
Hannibal turned to Eddie.
"I..." Eddie didn't know what he was going to say. He only knew that he had no way out. He wanted to ask for help, but he didn't know how to ask. After all, Hannibal didn't seem to like to help others.
"I...I...caused such a big disaster...I" Eddie thought of his situation and finally bowed ninety degrees: "Please, help me! I don't know...where to go back ……How to do……"
Hannibal looked at Eddie and suddenly felt that this kid was quite pitiful.
So in a moment of weakness, Hannibal decided to give this little guy some advice.
"You have three paths."
Eddie looked at Hannibal in surprise, not expecting that asking for help was really possible!
"The first one is to surrender. From what I know about Kai, he won't kill you, probably. Of course, in the best case scenario, you will be sent to the military. Originally, the military planned to arrest you. Kai happens to be a soldier He has a good relationship with the military due to his background. As for what the consequences will be if you fall into the hands of the military... I don't know."
"What?! I absolutely don't want it!" Eddie's first reaction was to refuse, not to mention the various Frankenstein plots flashing through his mind. He didn't want to become experimental material and then be sliced into pieces. In addition, he regarded the group of people chasing him as members of the military. He became like this, and those people had an unshirkable responsibility.
He would never agree to it even if he died.
Hannibal shrugged: "The other one is S.H.I.E.L.D."
"SHIELD?" Eddie didn't know what it was.
So Hannibal explained S.H.I.E.L.D. to him.
After Eddie heard it, he was immediately moved. To be honest, a super organization that secretly maintains world peace sounds very high-spirited at first glance, and it is in line with his aesthetics. But Hannibal's next words shattered his longing.
"Oh, by the way, the ones who chased you and shot you before, causing disaster, were the people from SHIELD! In addition, SHIELD's style is much more ruthless than that of the military, and your end will definitely be much worse than if you defected to the military. ." Although Kai didn't lie, it wasn't necessarily true. Anyway, in Kai's impression, SHIELD's image was indeed terrible.
"What?!" Eddie exploded when he heard this: "Those bastards are from SHIELD?! Falk! Falk! Falk! I'm going to kill those guys!"
"Well, it looks like you're not happy about it." Hannibal smiled, not angry at Eddie's fuss. Instead, he continued: "The last way, do you still want to listen?"
Eddie gritted his teeth and nodded with red eyes. This is a look of despair.
"That means being like me, always hiding in the darkness, with no friends, no family, no love, no career. You will always watch in the darkness but never be able to walk into the light. You will become a shadow, silent and silent. No one pays attention to you, and no one recognizes you. You protect others, but no one knows your name. You protect others, but no one can understand you. You will be misunderstood, you will be hostile, and people will regard you as a monster. A murderer, a lunatic, until one day you die in a dark place that no one knows, as if you never existed, no one remembers you. Are you willing to take such a path?"
Eddie opened his mouth.
Abandon everything about yourself...hide forever. His life has just reached its peak. He wants to abandon his high salary and rapidly rising career, abandon his girlfriend, abandon his family... Oh, he is not married anymore. That's okay. There are also friends, he can never see them, he can only remain unknown, like Hannibal, hunting those malicious people or monsters in the dark.
If this was a book, a movie, or a game, Eddie would think it was cool, but... this is reality. Is he really willing? Is it really bearable?
"I……"
At this moment, Eddie suddenly... felt a little sorry for Hannibal.
Because in his opinion, isn't this the kind of person Hannibal is?
Can you really do it yourself?
Little did he know, it was all nonsense!
Hannibal's real body is currently in the director's office, drinking coffee and smoking a cigar, and talking nonsense on the phone with a bunch of senior executives in New York.
"I..." But thinking about his own experience, the official would not be full of malice towards him, and the same is true for superheroes. And the mysterious culprit SHIELD... is watching eagerly from the side. He seemed to have no other choice.
"I...will!" At least this way, he can atone for his sins.
Kai looked at Eddie in surprise. He really didn't expect Eddie to make such a choice. He was purely trying to scare this kid. Of course, he really has no choice at the moment. He thought he would at least choose one side to surrender.
After all, he didn't look like a courageous person just now.
"Haha, remember your choice, if you violate it, you will be my prey."
Then Eddie passed out.
