Eddie Brock returned to his job as a reporter because of the God of Ninjas. Today, after work, he plans to go to his ex-girlfriend Anne's place again, hoping to gain her forgiveness and win her back.
However, on the way home, I kept feeling like someone was following me, and I looked back several times.
After thinking for a moment, Eddie went into a convenience store he frequented, pretending to select items. He then went to the shelf, while his follower went to the other side of the shelf to choose something.
At this moment, Eddie stood in front of the shelf and muttered to himself, "I'm a journalist, and a pretty successful one at that. My job often requires me to follow people, investigate their secrets, and hide myself."
"The key to this kind of tracking is to leave no trace, and that's what I'm best at."
Eddie walked to the end of the shelf and said to the woman in front of him who was picking out items with a shopping basket:
"But your tracking skills are really terrible."
The person following Eddie was none other than Dora from the Life Foundation. Realizing she'd been discovered, she simply pulled out her Business Card and said, "Okay, my name is Dora Skirth."
"Please help me, I work at the Life Foundation."
Eddie asked in surprise, "Really?"
"Yes."
Upon hearing that it was the Life Foundation that had put him out of work, Eddie immediately turned and left.
"That's hilarious, goodbye."
No~
Seeing this, Dora immediately followed and called out from behind, "Mr. Brock, please listen to me."
"The bad things you suspect Drake did are all true."
Eddie walked towards his apartment and said, "Didn't you all reach an out-of-court settlement?"
It's clear that Eddie wasn't ignoring the Life Foundation after resuming his work, and he had heard about the out-of-court settlements between the victims' families and the Life Foundation.
"Mr. Brock, Drake's Laboratory has recruited a lot more homeless people again, and this time there are more and they are more dangerous than before. Moreover, they have all signed agreements that they can't understand at all."
"They're dying like lab rats."
To emphasize the gravity of the situation, Dora repeated, "They will all die."
Eddie stopped and looked at Dora, asking, "Did you see all of this with your own eyes?"
Yes, that's right.
Eddie grabbed Dora and pulled her to a corner of a shop, looking at her and saying, "How can I trust you?"
Dora looked at Eddie, her expression sorrowful, and said, "Because it's true, and I believed him so much back then..."
"I told myself it was worth it to cure cancer, but this experiment was different; it was extremely dangerous."
However, during her human experiments with the Symbiote, seeing her fellow symbiotes die rapidly and in large numbers, Dora felt compassion and no longer approved of Drake's actions, considering them dangerous and illegal.
Eddie looked at the other person and said, "Then go call the police."
Dora shook her head and said, "I can't call the police, otherwise my family will be in danger."
"He is really very dangerous and has a lot of power."
Hearing Dora say that, Eddie nodded and said, "I know he's very dangerous. Just because of one interview I did, I lost my job the next day."
"My career was ruined, my girlfriend broke up with me, and I almost lost my house. If it weren't for my good luck in meeting a kind and influential person, I would have become a homeless person."
"If you really have detailed evidence, you should be afraid, very, very afraid."
Dora nodded and said, "Yes, I'm very scared."
Eddie looked Dora up and down, but his mind was filled with the embarrassment of being driven to desperation by the Life Foundation, and how they had caused him and Anne to lose their jobs.
However, thinking about his mission for the day, Eddie paused for a moment before saying, "Dora, I admit I'm very interested in what you're saying, since I did have the idea of interviewing and reporting on the events from the beginning."
"But I have something to take care of right now, you'll need to wait for my contact."
Seeing that Eddie had agreed, Dora nodded, "Okay, I'll wait for your news."
Dora sought out Eddie because she had witnessed his courage as a journalist in exposing the dark side of the world, and he was also the only person she knew who could still live a normal life and not lose his job after being retaliated against by Drake.
After saying goodbye to Dr. Dora, Eddie arrived at the apartment building of his ex-girlfriend Anne. The room was dimly lit, with only his pet cat Beaufort perched on the windowsill.
Just as Eddie was thinking, Anne's voice came from behind him.
Eddie?
Just then, Anne Weying got out of the taxi and greeted Eddie with some confusion.
Seeing his ex-girlfriend, Eddie seemed a little nervous and said, "Anne, you're back."
"Yes, I'm back."
Is there something you need?
Eddie glanced down at his shoes, then looked at Anne and asked, "So, how have you been lately?"
Anne crossed her arms and looked at Eddie, saying, "How I'm doing lately has absolutely nothing to do with you, right?"
Eddie looked at Anne and said earnestly, "I'm very sorry about what happened last time. I'm sorry I caused you to lose your job."
"I am extremely annoyed by my rash behavior."
Anne looked at Eddie and exclaimed in surprise, "My God, you stubborn and inflexible person, you actually apologized!"
Eddie said affectionately, "Because I miss you so much, so very much."
"We were about to get married not long ago, but now I can't believe we've broken up."
"Can we... can we start over?"
Anne shook her head and said, "No, that's impossible."
"It's all your fault, Eddie."
"This isn't Drake's fault, nor is it your company's fault; it's your fault."
After saying that, Anne turned around and walked straight to her house, opened the Room Door and went inside.
Eddie stood in the doorway, watching Anne enter the room, and remained silent for a long time.
Inside the room, Anne was squatting on the floor, tears streaming down her face. Eddie's apology made her feel a lot better, but she wasn't ready to forgive him so easily.
On the rooftop, unnoticed by Eddie, Shino Aburame, Shino Kiba Inuzuka, members Hinata Hyuga Team 8, were observing Eddie Brock from three different directions.
At this moment, Kiba Inuzuka, wearing a wireless Bluetooth Headset, complained, "I really don't understand why Lord Charlotte asked us to observe this guy."
"Is he just an ordinary reporter? Is he worth sending our entire Team 3?"
"I think any Werewolf in the base could easily take care of this guy."
Shino Aburame stood on the rooftop with his hands in his pockets, his body blending into the darkness. He didn't utter a word to Kiba Inuzuka's complaints. One of his Kikaichū silently landed on Eddie's back, accurately locating the guy.
Hinata Hyuga usually shy and reserved, spoke up, "Kiba, you're not allowed to disrespect Lord Charlotte. There must be a special reason why she arranged for us to do this."
"Perhaps, perhaps we haven't yet discovered what's special about this guy."
Kiba shook his head and said, "No, Hinata, don't talk nonsense."
"I don't mean any disrespect to Lord Charlotte. I just don't understand. Eddie Block is just an ordinary reporter. We've been following him for a long time and haven't found anything unusual."
"Our superiors instructed us to identify the target, discover any anomalies, report the findings, and then deploy the second phase of the mission."
"But the other side hasn't shown any unusual behavior. When can we proceed to the second phase of the mission? This mission is so unchallenging."
"Unlike Naruto and Naruto, who can travel the world searching for treasure, it's been over two months and they still haven't returned. It seems that treasure isn't so easy to find after all."
At that moment, Kurenai Yuhi, the team Captain was listening to the three little ones talking, pressed her earpiece and said, "The target has moved. Follow the target."
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Leaving Eddie downstairs from Anne, we soon arrived at the Golden Gate Bridge.
Standing by the bridge, Eddie looked down at the ring Anne had returned to him, feeling incredibly sad. His heart was filled with regret for this relationship, and he didn't want to give up.
Looking up, Eddie seemed to see the Life Foundation across the strait through the darkness.
Eddie frowned, his expression turned serious, and he pulled a Business Card from his pocket.
The Business Card read (Dora Skirth, PhD in Interstellar Microbial Ecology), contact number 4150161977.
Eddie took out his phone and dialed the number listed. The call was answered quickly.
"Hello, I am Skirth. Skoles."
"I'm Eddie Brock. Let's talk about what you just said in detail."
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After the two met, Dora began, "Before that, I need to tell you something, and this is the reason for all this: 'Earth's overpopulation and climate change are two things that even Drake cannot control.'"
Eddie nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. Continue."
"In fact, just one more generation away, Earth will no longer be suitable for human habitation. Drake is using his private Rocket to find a new, habitable home for humanity."
Eddie chuckled, "That's quite an interesting story, but what we need to hear is the part about how he killed people, not his dream of luring people into investing."
Dora glanced at Eddie and said, "That's not a lie."
"The Life Foundation launched a probe that discovered a comet on its return journey."
Eddie asked in surprise, "A comet?"
"Yes, a comet. The ship's onboard computer indicates that there is life on the comet, millions of organisms."
"Wait, what do you mean by millions of organisms?"
Dora looked at Eddie and said seriously, "We brought back samples of alien life."
Hearing this, Eddie Ichiraku: "You mean aliens? Like E. T."
"The E. T. in the movies, the kind who has to call home..."
"That's right, but they're not ET."
"We call them Symbiote. They can't survive independently in Earth's oxygen-rich environment, and Drake has always believed that combining humans with Symbiote is the key to human survival, but not on Earth, but on that comet."
Upon hearing Dora's words, Eddie's mouth dropped open, and he gestured with his hands, saying, "Drake wants to use technology to graft humans and aliens together?"
"Just for living in outer space?"
Dora looked at Eddie and said, "Drake calls this kind of person a host."
Eddie exclaimed in surprise, "He's really crazy."
"Yes, he's gone mad."
"Moreover, he doesn't have any experimental plan at all; he just forcibly connects to the Symbiote. If the matching fails, the host will die on the spot. Countless experiments have already been conducted."
"My God, how could this be!"
After a conversation, Eddie understood that this was far more dangerous and uncontrollable than testing any new drug.
However, Eddie was smarter this time and spoke directly:
"Dora, if you really want me to help you, expose Drake's hypocrisy and bring him down."
"I need some evidence, real evidence, something I can actually produce."
"Whether it's video or photos, I need these things as evidence; only in this way can I possibly bring them down."
"Besides, without any videos or evidence, if we were to say that Drake was experimenting on humans and aliens and disregarding human life, no one would believe us."
"There are far too many fake reports about aliens. Without solid evidence, the public simply won't believe them, and such information doesn't even make a ripple."
After thinking for a moment, Dora agreed.
"I don't have anything on me, but I can sneak you into the Laboratory. You can take your own evidence photos and see those alien life forms with your own eyes. Then you'll understand that I'm not lying."
"Okay, we'll do it your way."
However, outside Dora's Villa, Kiba Inuzuka stood on the roof of the other's house and overheard their entire conversation.
Kiba Inuzuka thought to himself, "Aliens?"
"I didn't expect to be able to gather such intelligence. Was this also within Lord Charlotte's expectations?"
"Speaking of which, to you, we ninjas should be considered aliens, right..."
After achieving their goal Dora took Eddie and drove to the Life Foundation's Laboratory.
The members of Team 8 followed again. They were all quite interested in the information Kiba Inuzuka shared, especially Red, who was most interested in this alien creature.
Soon, under Dora's arrangement, she and Eddie infiltrated the Life Foundation. During their infiltration, they encountered patrolling security guards, so Eddie went into the test subject area first, while she made an excuse to send the security personnel away.
Before Eddie went into the Laboratory, Dora specifically told Eddie not to touch anything.
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