Chapter 005: Awo! Hunger!
Anyway! Venom is the priority, the rest is food! If possible, get Riot; if not, leave it for another day!
'Now, how do I do this?' Countless scenarios appeared in Adrian's head, and in less than 3 seconds, he found the way.
"Eye of the Gods is the solution. I have to finish before I run out of energy."
Even with his genius intellect, Adrian knows what he's doing is foolish, but! Fortune favors the bold, and realistically Venom will help him immensely in the long run. After all, what better species to deal with genes than the Symbiote itself?
"It's time to farm aura, baby!" Adrian put a completely white mask on his face and approached the building.
When he reached the perimeter, his eyes shone intensely.
The first thing that happened was that Adrian took control of the digital world around the building. Then, the guards fainted from "seeing" too much.
By sharing his vision with the guards, but without filtering all the "truth" of the world, the minds of those primitives couldn't comprehend what they were seeing and fainted as a safety measure.
'Umu, perfect. Let's keep it this way!' Adrian immediately approached the guards and grabbed a pistol with 10 magazines. He took the guard's SMG and a knife.
Now fully armed, he immediately began running toward the building.
Before coming to this place, Adrian studied weapons, knives, and self-defense on YouTube! A one-hour self-defense tutorial! He was already a specialist!
And so, with great recklessness, a half-baked plan, and a lot of confidence, he invaded a multi-billion-dollar company!
…
And somehow everything worked. In fact, it was incredibly easy. He didn't even use the weapons he collected.
'Well, if Eddie managed it, it makes no sense that I can't.' For some reason, he felt strange. Should it really be this easy to invade a multi-billion-dollar company?
In front of a glass cage—the same cage where Eddie got Venom—Adrian placed his hand on the glass.
"My friend, do you want to come with me?"
The woman on the other side stared lifelessly at him, then nodded.
"Gooooooood." He smiled. Using his eyes, he opened the door and stepped in. Immediately, the woman jumped on him and grabbed his shoulder. Soon, black goo entered Adrian's body.
[Homeee! We are perfect… Ugh, my head! What is this!? Why are your thoughts so fast!?]
'My dear friend, don't try to enter my head. Even you would go insane if you went in there.'
Inside Adrian's body, Venom cautiously looked at his brain. Instead of feeling hunger like he normally would, he felt an instinctive fear of that place. All his instincts told him to ignore that area of his host's body.
[We are perfect, but your brain is even more perfect. I can't touch it! Irritating!]
'Don't think too much, my friend Venom. Now… Are you hungry?'
[… Yes.]
'Let's eat your companions!'
[Yes!!]
Going from cell to cell, Venom began eating the other Symbiotes, consequently increasing Adrian's own strength.
[Delicious… But one is still missing.]
'Do you know where he is?'
[I can feel him. He is far… Very far.]
'Then let's ignore him for now.'
[Alright.] Venom didn't complain. After all, he was satisfied. This host was perfect, and for the first time in a long while he was satisfied. [I will sleep. Wake me if you need anything.]
'Okay~'
Adrian's eyes glowed faintly. 'All the important data has been downloaded into my brain… But what is this?'
Walking toward an even more heavily guarded cell, he subdued the guards nearby and then stopped in front of it.
"… This is unexpected… This place is really a mess, huh." Looking at the small creature with a smile behind his mask, he asked:
"Do you want to come with me, Friend?"
"Awo…"
"Just don't bite me, okay?"
…
Through the same place he entered, Adrian left—this time with a full Symbiote and a shark in his hands… A shark with legs… This world is strange.
"Awoo."
"Yeah, Jeff, I hate this place too."
"Awoo!"
"We can do that later. We're too weak to draw attention right now."
"Awoo…?"
"Yes, I promise, my friend." Adrian patted the shark's head.
Walking toward the sunset, Adrian and his two new companions disappeared into the horizon…
…
"I must say, that was anticlimactic. I expected more action, but everything went according to plan in some weird way." In a new cheap hotel, Adrian spoke while stretching.
A head came out of his shoulder.
"HUNGER!"
"No need to shout, friend. Your food is on the table."
"Hmm?" Venom looked at a pile of chocolate bars.
"Humpf, I want heads! We should—" Adrian grabbed some chocolates and threw them at Venom's head. "Tasty!"
"Awoo!" Jeff shouted while eating several fish Adrian bought with money from the employees he left unconscious.
Adrian looked at Jeff, who had the same appearance as in the Marvel Rivals game from his past life, and gave a small smile. "You're a lethal and cute boy, aren't you?"
"Awo!" He smiled while wagging his fin.
Jeff dove into the floor and, like a shark hunting, approached Adrian and jumped into his arms.
Adrian laughed while petting the shark. Despite the appearance, Adrian knew very well that Jeff was quite old. He was around when humans were still cavemen.
"Now, what's your story, young man? Do you know a woman named Gwenpool?"
"Awoo?" Jeff tilted his head in confusion.
"A blonde who can't stop talking?"
"Awoo?"
'Sorry, friend, but I'm not a hardcore Marvel fan. What I know is that it was Gwenpool who found you.' Adrian thought, but didn't say it. He just kept petting him.
"Awooo!"
'Well, who cares about your origin story! He's cute, that's what matters!' Adrian's genius mind considered a possibility.
'Don't tell me he fell out of the Galactica games… That's impossible, right?'
"Do you know a woman named Emma Frost?"
"Awo." Jeff shook his head.
"Deadpool."
Negative again.
"Do you remember anything?"
Negative again.
"My God, I adopted a shark with amnesia!" Adrian sighed.
"Awo!!" Jeff nodded with crossed arms.
Adrian looked at Jeff and then remembered the experiments he went through. "It's okay, friend. You have me now. I'm your big brother!" With the experiments he suffered, it wasn't unexpected that he lost his memories.
"If someone messes with you, you can call me!"
"Awo!!"
Adrian laughed while hugging him.
"I WANT MORE!!"
"You're going to get fat, Venom!"
"Impossible! Chocolate doesn't make me fat!"
"We'll see. I'll buy a truck of chocolate later. Let's see the limit of your hunger!"
"Can't wait!"
"Before that, explain your abilities to me. After all, I need to know your capabilities to plan the next steps!"
"Hmm." A symbiote hand came out of his neck and stroked its own chin.
"This will take a while."
"Just summarize it. I know your species well."
"Oh? How is that possible?"
"The answer is here." He pointed to his own eyes. "I can see quite far. I've seen many things. It's because of these eyes that you can't enter my brain either. My brain is like a supercomputer. Weak minds simply shatter before it."
"Are you special, or are all humans like this?"
"I think there are more special humans out there. Like a bastard who has the power of a million exploding suns. You two should stay away from him!"
"Okay."
"Awo!"
"The uncultured and primitive call me a mutant. We are few, and each of us has different powers." Adrian spoke about the supernatural world to the two of them. Although Venom had general knowledge from his other hosts, he didn't have knowledge about the heroes, etc.
…
Two hours later, their discussion ended.
Adrian finally understood Venom's abilities, which were basically the same as in the comics. He can also take someone's "gene factor" and transfer it to himself.
I remember a comic where Venom gained the powers of all the heroes he had ever hosted, and that was only possible because of this specific ability.
The name of that ability is Genetic Mimicry. The Venom from the comics can store that factor within himself. Because of that, all hosts after Spider-Man can use Peter's spider abilities.
Jeff's powers are the same as in the Marvel Rivals game, which further increases the probability that he fell from the Galactica games and got lost. After all, it wouldn't be the first time that happened.
"Breaking news, Spider-Man is currently fighting 6 dangerous villains! AHHHHHHHHHH Sorry guys, but you need to get out of here."
Adrian narrowed his eyes. The image changed again and two more villains appeared: "the Sinister Six, Goblin, and Lizard."
"Wow, today is a terrible day to be Peter Parker." He laughed.
'Goddess of luck, I don't know if you love me, but I love you! You practically threw all the genes Oscorp was researching into one place! I love you!'
"Venom, it's time to hunt! You must follow all my orders if you want that truck of chocolate!!"
"Aye, aye, Sir!"
"And you, my friend, don't leave this building, okay? You need to rest. I'll be back today."
"Awoo…?" Small tears formed on the shark's face.
"I promise, my friend, I won't leave you alone." Adrian crouched down and made a fist gesture toward Jeff. "Fist bump."
Still confused, Jeff brought his paw closer and touched Adrian's fist.
"Now it's a promise. I may have few virtues, but one of them is that I never break my promises." He displayed a bright smile showing all his teeth.
"Awoo!"
"Don't make too much of a mess and don't leave this place unless you feel in danger, okay?"
"Awooo!!"
"Good!" Adrian nodded. Then his eyes glowed faintly and magical circles in his eyes rotated. He was already looking in the direction of the conflict, and as expected, it was happening at Oscorp Tower.
"Venom, imitate this outfit. We can't appear in your muscular form, or we'll be attacked from all sides. We need to look like that skinny guy's ally."
"His outfit is ugly… But fine." He grumbled. He still preferred his giant form!
Venom left Adrian's body, and then his clothes changed into the black Spider-Man suit from the Insomniac Spider-Man 2 game.
But unlike Peter's height, Adrian was taller at 195 cm and had a more muscular appearance. These changes occurred when Venom fused with him. He gained the Son Goku package without needing to train! What a good life!
"Hehehe, the classic is always good." He soon noticed his voice was the same.
"Control my vocal cords. Make my voice deeper and heavier."
"Ah, ah, ah… AH… Better." His voice went from that of a normal human to the demon voices from the Diablo game.
"Let's have fun, Brother."
[Yes! Fun! Heads! Food!!]
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