Lorna stared at the sudden appearance of the blonde little girl and was slightly taken aback. She loosened her tense hands and tried to speak in a soothing tone, "Little one, it's dangerous to be outside so late. Where are your family?"
"Hey, big sister, can you take me home?" The blonde little girl wore a stiff smile on her face, joyfully kicking her little boots as she approached Lorna from the sidewalk to the road.
"I don't have time for that," Lorna cursed inwardly, maintaining a gentle and friendly expression.
If it were half a year ago, she wouldn't even bother with such matters, directly suppressing and intimidating everyone with her mutated abilities, regardless of age or gender.
But in the past six months, serving as Kyle's secretary, her temperament and approach to dealing with enemies and ordinary people had gradually diverged. After all, Boss didn't like a one-track-minded violent maniac.
Thinking about this, Lorna's face, initially weary and cold, showed a faint blush. Her vigilant mindset plummeted a few notches, allowing the blonde little girl to approach her side with bouncy steps.
"Um-Hum."
At this moment, Eddie groaned before opening his eyes from unconsciousness. He struggled violently from the daze, but with his limbs, along with his neck, locked by thick metal chains, breaking free with mere human strength was impossible.
"You still haven't given up," Lorna said while crossing her arms. She was surprised by Eddie's tenacious mindset.
"The Symbiote called 'Venom' is in a dormant state. It's just me with a bit of energy left. I'm no match for you, Beautiful Lady," Eddie gasped helplessly as he looked at Lorna. "I'm truly a law-abiding citizen. Ending up like this is all because of that Symbiote in my body. By the way, it seems to be a good Symbiote. At least, it's opposed to those extraterrestrial Symbiotes."
He paused, pleading, "This position is really uncomfortable. Can you let me go first? I'll come down slowly and explain everything to you."
"No, we'll wait until Card Holders arrives. I remember that you're quite good at running," Lorna refused coldly, taking out her communicator to make a call.
"Okay," Eddie could only nod in agreement. As he looked up, he happened to see something that made his pupils shrink in shock. He subconsciously issued an urgent warning, "Miss, be careful behind you!"
"What?" Lorna, surprised while holding the communicator, suddenly sensed an anomaly from behind and the subtle sound of breaking wind.
'Pū! Tittered!'
A black spike thrust into Lorna's back, piercing through her slender and graceful body. It protruded from below her ample chest, carrying warm blood that splattered on the highway several meters in front of her.
Incredulity filled Lorna's beautiful eyes. Even with her abilities and stamina almost depleted, her mental alertness and combat instincts, honed under Kyle's professional experience, would never allow her to be attacked from behind without realizing it.
She wanted to speak, but accompanying a cough, as her mouth opened, she spat out the foul-tasting and sticky blood.
'Hiss!'
The merciless spike was forcefully pulled out, causing Lorna to fall backward. Finally, her gaze caught the attacker.
It was the seemingly harmless blonde little girl.
At this moment, the blonde little girl's fair face was stained with blood. Her left arm was already wrapped in black muscle symbiotic tissue, transforming into a large, elongated spike. Blood dripped along the spike, staining her cute gothic dress and white stockings.
"Human, your weaknesses are too obvious."
Staring at Lorna lying in a pool of blood, the blonde little girl laughed coldly, her hoarse voice echoing in the quiet night, sending chills down her spine.
Stepping on the still-wet blood, the blood-stained blonde little girl took a step forward and stopped in front of Eddie, who was bound by metal.
"The traitor and sinner from our tribe, are you afraid to show up?" The blonde little girl lifted her left arm, pressing the ice-cold spike against Eddie's chest just above the heart.
Eddie raised his eyebrows slightly, unsure of what to say. His pupils gradually turned a dark color as the awakened Venom took control of his body.
In a cold, human-like tone, Venom said, "Your modus operandi is truly disgusting. You chose to attack a weak human child rather than selecting a strong human host. Let me correct you; I am not the same as you. I was born on the exiled Planet Sakaar."
"Planet Sakaar, that interstellar junkyard? You truly are a wild and peculiar kind, trash among trash!" The blonde little girl sneered.
"Trash? Heh heh." Venom chuckled.
In the eyes of extraterrestrial civilizations, Planet Sakaar was indeed a colossal junkyard in the universe. However, only those who entered it would know that its inclusiveness was incredibly strong. In terms of both technology and racial evolution, it far exceeded other civilized star systems.
Only the strong deserved to break free from there.
"If you were on Planet Sakaar, in the Interstellar Arena, you'd probably last only half a day," Venom said indifferently.
The blonde little girl didn't understand the significance of duels on Planet Sakaar, but from Eddie's eyes, possessed by Venom, she saw disdain, disgust, and indifference.
"Congratulations, you've successfully irritated me—So I 'll just end your life here."
Saying this, the blonde little girl raised the spike, preparing to deliver a fatal blow to Eddie and Venom.
"Unfortunately, you won't have that chance," Eddie said calmly.
"?" The blonde little girl suddenly had a foreboding feeling but didn't hesitate. She immediately thrust the spike towards Eddie's heart.
"Now!" Eddie shouted anxiously as the spike approached.
"No need to shout."
Behind the blonde little girl, Lorna's weak yet powerful voice echoed. The metallic chains trembled slightly, simultaneously unlocking the shackles on Eddie's limbs.
Eddie's body fell downward, narrowly avoiding the spike that whizzed past over his head.
At the same time, four or five iron chains extended along the spike, entangling and binding the petite body of the blonde little girl.
"What's going on?" The blonde little girl was a bit dumbfounded. Before she could react to this reversal, she looked at Eddie, who had freed himself on the ground, and finally turned her gaze to a spot not far behind her.
Ten meters away on the ground.
Lorna's exquisite and cold face was pale, lying curled up in a pool of blood. Her left hand covered the massive wound in her chest, and the other hand remained lifted in a tight grip, surrounded by a faint green mist.
"Pathetic human, with such severe injuries... and you're still not dead?" The blonde little girl said with bitterness.
"Thanks for your warning just now," Lorna replied while ignoring the blonde little girl. Instead, she expressed gratitude to Eddie lying on the ground.
In that moment of attack, she had avoided a fatal wound thanks to the warning, not only avoiding imminent death but also maintaining some combat capability.
"Well done," Eddie laboriously raised his thumb as he spoke with a smile on his face. "I told you; we're on the same side."
(End of this chapter)
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