Paladins of Asgard

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California, San Francisco.

Under the lights of the night, a disheveled man walked silently on the street. His clothes were disheveled, his beard was unshaven, his hands were in his pockets, and he always walked with his head down, with a bitter face.

He looks quite out of tune with the bright pedestrians around him, and seems to be in the process of evolving into a homeless person.

Eddie Bullock doesn't feel like a tramp.

He thought he might be a stray dog.

No wonder Eddie thought so, after all, he had just reached the lowest point in his life.

He lost his job, lost his girlfriend because of his recent attempt to cover the Life Foundation scandal, and went from being a decent reporter to a destitute, down-and-out Luther.

He now has to endure cramped dwellings and noisy neighbors every day, face overdue credit card bills every day, and sometimes even worry about eating.

Eddie Bullock, who fell to the bottom of his life, felt that he was definitely the most miserable person in the world, and that even the homeless lived more comfortably than himself.

At least one tramp he knew was better off than he was, a "girl tramp" to be exact, Maria.

Although Maria slept on the street, she always seemed to be in a happy mood, which made Eddie envious.

But today Maria disappeared for some reason, her bed and many trivial items are still on the street, but the person has disappeared.

Eddie looked at the messy floor coverings on the street, and seemed a little surprised, but after all, he didn't think too much about it. He thought that maybe Maria had something urgent to leave for a while.

He passed by Maria's messy shop, came to a small supermarket, and after a few words with the owner, he began to choose the rations for the next few days.

"Mr. Bullock." A hesitant female voice sounded.

Eddie looked up and saw a thin and delicate woman with glasses in front of him: "Who are you?"

The woman looked left and right, then pulled him nervously and carefully into the corner, and said in a low voice, "I'm Dora Scholes, a scientist at the Life Foundation, I'm here to find you..."

Hearing that the other party was from the Life Foundation, Eddie suddenly turned his head and was about to leave.

"Wait, Mr. Bullock, listen to me!" Dora quickly grabbed him, and then said, "The rumors about the Life Foundation conducting human experiments are true, Drake is indeed conducting illegal human experiments, and someone Die for it!"

"The Foundation brought in some poor people who couldn't resist, made them sign agreements that they didn't even know what it meant, and then used them as guinea pigs to combine with the symbiote!"

"...What is a symbiote?"

Dora hesitated for a moment, but still explained: "The symbiote is a special alien creature that must be combined with the host to survive normally, but after the combination, the host and the symbiote can show some amazing physical strength, far exceeding ordinary people. And, of course, there are more horrific side effects.”

Eddie was silent for half a second, then asked again, "Why are you telling me this, and why should I believe you?"

Dora breathed slightly: "Drake is killing people, I can't just sit back and ignore it... But I don't have the ability, and I don't have enough courage. I still have children, so I think I can only ask you."

"Please? What can I do? I've lost everything, and if you come to me in three months, I'll definitely be sleeping there!" Eddie pointed to Maria's floor, a little emotional.

Dora motioned for him to be quiet, then said, "I'll find a suitable time to sneak you into the Foundation's lab, where you take pictures and leave... You're a good reporter, and you know what to do next. How to do it."

When Eddie heard the words, he couldn't help being silent for a long time.

"Please, Mr. Bullock," Dora said earnestly.

...

A few days later.

Another night, Eddie Bullock sneaked into the laboratory of the Life Foundation under the leadership of Dora with a camera that he had never abandoned no matter how poor he was.

"This is it, take a picture quickly, I'll watch it outside." Dora urged, and then hurriedly left the laboratory to follow Eddie outside.

Eddie didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly took the camera and took pictures everywhere in the laboratory.

Just like what Dora said, Drake, the boss of the Life Foundation, is indeed doing inhumane human experiments, and several corpses with tragic deaths are the best evidence.

As long as this evidence can be exposed, Drake will definitely suffer a major blow, and may even be thrown into prison.

Thinking that he would be able to take revenge on the Life Foundation soon, Eddie couldn't help but feel a little happy, and the frequency of taking pictures was getting faster and faster, one after another.

"Eddie!" However, at this moment, a cry that was almost completely cut off by the glass came from behind.

Eddie was startled, turned his head to look, and found that it was his old friend Maria who was locked in a small glass compartment.

"Maria!" Eddie couldn't believe it, and ran over quickly, "What about you?"

"Save me, Eddie, get me out!" Maria slammed the glass wall like crazy, shouting hoarsely, her messy hair tossing.

Eddie didn't expect his friend to be here. In a panic, he hurriedly pressed the device on the door.

As a result, this move not only failed to open the door, but triggered the alarm in the laboratory.

"Alert! Intrusion Alert!"

Dangerous sounds sounded everywhere, and multiple red lights flashed.

"Fake!" Eddie was devastated, and he wanted to rescue Maria again.

So he quickly reached out and grabbed a fire extinguisher and smashed it against the glass with all his strength.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Under his slam, cracks appeared in the glass. What he didn't expect was that Maria took advantage of this to break through the glass barrier and came over like a hungry wolf!

"What are you doing!" Eddie was shocked, but Maria's power became extremely powerful for some reason, and he couldn't resist, and he fell to the ground.

Then something horrified Eddie happened.

In Maria's painful roar, many golden sticky objects rushed out of her body, and then quickly melted into Eddie's body like a sponge into water.

As soon as the golden goo left her body, Maria fell to the ground and did not move again.

"Don't move!" At this moment, two teams of men in black with guns rushed into the laboratory from various entrances, and they were about to surround Eddie in uniform.

Eddie, however, seemed to be possessed by a god, and without hesitation, he broke through the blockade of the man in black.

Then he shot out like a cheetah sprinting with all his strength, smashed the glass window in a blink of an eye, and fell directly from the roof!

Seeing the height of the dozens of floors of the building, Eddie cried instantly.

What the fuck am I doing?

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a deep voice suddenly sounded: "Counselor, your name is Eddie too?"

"Who are you?" Eddie, who was in free fall, was startled and couldn't find the source of the sound, which made him wonder if he had reached heaven.

But...why are the angel's tone and voice so rough?

The rough voice didn't answer him. .

In the next moment, Eddie's arms were suddenly wrapped in a golden sticky object with a texture like asphalt, becoming powerful and golden, and then directly inserted into the building wall without his control!

"Wow—"