Venom's host, Eddie Brock, had been fired from the newspaper over the Life Foundation incident and fallen on hard times in Hell's Kitchen. But later, because of events related to the Immortality Factor, he returned to the paper and even became editor-in-chief.
However, because of Venom's presence, Eddie did not choose to move back into a luxury apartment. Instead, he settled down in Hell's Kitchen.
Eddie and Matt had worked together during the Life Foundation incident, and they both had a fairly good impression of each other.
After all, Matt was not the type to charge in blindly. He thought up a strategy before acting, while Eddie, possessed by Venom, was also obsessed with planning. The two often discussed strategy together and quickly became good friends.
Eddie rented a place on the edge of Hell's Kitchen. Its location was much better than Matt's previous hideout, so Matt often went over to crash there. Eventually, it developed into the two of them sharing the apartment.
Eddie and Matt were both the ruthless, quiet type now, so they got along fairly well. But don't forget that there was a third party in their home: Venom, who lived inside Eddie's body.
"You have no idea how annoying he is!" Matt, who had come to visit Schiller in the hospital, set his briefcase aside, straightened his suit collar, and began pouring out his grievances.
"That pile of sludge often fights Eddie for the magazine while Eddie is using the bathroom. The two of them argue in my bathroom for a full twenty minutes!"
"Eddie's an editor-in-chief. He starts work at ten every morning and has his own transportation. I'm just an ordinary lawyer. I start at eight-thirty and have to cross almost the entire Brooklyn District. Every morning, I have no choice but to