It was already the next morning when Merlin received the news.

After learning that all four symbionts had been sent to the ghost base, he took Sharon to Kansas.

"Sharon, I heard you have had a little unpleasant relationship with Steve recently?"

Merlin walked to the lab and said to his assistant:

"What the hell is going on? Can you tell me about it?"

"nothing."

Sharon replied to Merlin with a cold face:

"That person has a problem."

"?"

Merlin looked at Sharon in surprise and said:

"Have Steve provoked you?"

"No, but he's getting sandbags in the basement every night. It's really annoying. He doesn't need a rest, I need it!"

Sharon said dissatisfiedly:

"It's useless to say it many times. I know he feels uncomfortable. Anyone who has experienced that way will be uncomfortable and finds it difficult to adapt to it."

"I still want to help him, but he doesn't want to tell me those things...it's like he can only survive by relying on those memories. He's like a stubborn, hopeless bastard."

“…”

Merlin looked at her chattering subordinates silently. After several minutes, Sharon kept venting her inner depression, and then she noticed her boss's strange gaze.

She touched her face and asked:

"Is there anything on my face?"

"No."

Merlin said:

"But you have a secret in your heart... have you fallen in love with Steve?"

"No! How could it be! Sir, don't talk nonsense!"

Sharon took a sudden step back, and she said to Merlin in a fierce tone:

"Who would like an old man in his 90s? It's normal for me to explain."

"Oh, I really like it."

Merlin shook his head and continued to walk forward. Sharon followed him. The two of them said nothing. It was not until they came to the front of the biological laboratory of the ghost base that Merlin turned around and said to Sharon earnestly:

"It's nothing wrong with liking someone. You have lived together for the past few years. Some relationships are normal, not to mention that you are facing a man like Steve."

"Although I'm reluctant to admit it, Steve is really masculine. I personally like to see some development between you. As a friend, I hope you can find a good man."

"Sharon, I want to remind you."

Merlin whispered:

"Steve has never been able to let go of his feelings for Ms. Carter. That feeling was so deep that he had to hold it tightly to continue living in this era that did not belong to him, but... but remember, Sharon, Ms. Carter has let go."

"I can't tell you more, but I can tell you that Steve is just unrequited now, and he actually understands this, so you have a great chance."

A strange smile appeared on the face of the deputy director of SHIELD. He looked at Sharon's face that was very similar to Ms. Carter. He reached out and patted Sharon on the shoulder and whispered:

"Try harder and take that old man under your skirt. I believe you can do it, and you should do it too. If Steve can't let it go, it will be difficult for him to truly adapt to this era and become the Captain America we need..."

"A warrior who always wants to go back to the past is just a deserter."

"So it's for his own good."

Merlin thought about it and he said to Sharon:

"Let me do this, I'll give you a weekly vacation, go out and relax and think about this matter."

"This is not a special agent mission, and I am not interested in letting my subordinates complete their mission with beauty. This is a matter between you and Steve, and I won't interfere."

"Okay, you can go back to the Trident Building to hand over to work."

Merlin waved to the silent Sharon, and said:

"And don't have any burden. Believe me, your aunt will be happy to see you with Steve... After all, she has won in the past. From the moment Steve wakes up, he is already a freshman, and has nothing to do with Ms. Carter."

After saying that, Merlin turned around and pushed open the door of the biology laboratory and walked into it.

Agent Sharon was stunned. The secret hidden in her heart was broken by Merlin, which made Sharon a little panicked and embarrassed, but as an agent and a demon hunter, her mood quickly recovered.

She tidied up her clothes, glanced at Merlin in the lab, and curled her lips.

"Sir, sometimes you are... so annoying!"

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"It's dying, right?"

In Moira's laboratory, Merlin looked at the red symbiosis contained in a cylindrical biological compartment with his hands on his back.

The thing rolled around in the living room like a strange ball of mucus. It seemed in pain, trembling constantly, and there were traces of burns on its body.

When facing Merlin's problem, Moira, who was standing beside him, said:

“It’s not that easy to die.”

The doctor of biology snorted, and she said excitedly:

"This time you really found me a real good thing. This is a surprise! I like this surprise. The life forms of these alien creatures are really strange. This is really a creature that transcends the poor imagination of humans."

"They are called symbionts."

Merlin pushed his glasses and said:

“They are dangerous.”

"Anything powerful will appear dangerous, Merlin."

Dr. Moira reached out to open the valve connected in parallel to the storage compartment in front of her, and soon a little mouse was sent into the storage compartment.

Under Merlin's gaze, the trembling red mucus quickly seemed to have found a target. It moved quickly, and after approaching the mouse, it extended its tentacles like a snake, as if observing the creature.

The next second, it pounced on it, wrapped the mouse, and then melted into the mouse's narrow body like a magic trick.

"look!"

Moira pointed to the computer at the edge of the storage compartment, and on the computer screen, the life signal representing the existence of the mouse was rapidly becoming weak.

"It is swallowing it... to repair its own damage, like an efficient digestion process, which can convert almost any flesh and blood into the nutrients it needs, and this conversion efficiency is extremely efficient."

On that computer screen, there was also a scene of the battle between the demon hunting agents and Carlton Drake who was covered by symbiosis. Merlin looked at the shining scene and said:

“It’s so ugly.”

"What?"

Moira didn't hear Merlin clearly. She looked at Merlin in confusion. The latter shrugged and pointed to the screen. He said:

"I mean, the form of this symbiotic war suit is really ugly..."

"It is obvious that this crazy rich man did not truly reach a symbiosis with the symbiosis. He was just controlled by this group of things, just like the relationship between a rider and a mount. Even if he escaped last night, he would be finally digested by the symbiosis."

"You seem to know a lot about symbiosis, Merlin."

Dr. Moira took off her protective eyes for research, and she looked at Merlin in confusion, and said:

“Where did you learn this from?”

"I'm a wizard, Moira."

Merlin turned her head and gave Moira a mysterious smile, saying:

"There are always many ways for wizards to get the knowledge they need, and of course, if you are interested, I can tell you everything about the symbiosis now..."

"No, I'm not interested!"

Moira raised her hands and crossed her hands to make a rejection move, she said:

"The process of solving problems is half the fun, so I won't let you deprive me of the fun of research. Merlin, why don't you go anywhere else? After I have studied the secrets of the symbiosis, I will hand over the information to you."

"Okay, that's what we're going to drive away."

Merlin said:

"You are really a ruthless person, Moira, George was transferred back from Nubani just now. I think you should have a meal with him... After all, you are lovers, even if it's just nominal."

"No time!"

Moira said while typing characters on the keyboard:

"It doesn't matter to me when he goes on a date with any big ass chick. As long as I need it, he's around me. I'm very open-minded in this regard."

"And what is love? It's nothing more than some hormones secreted from the pituitary gland, but we are not wild beasts controlled by instinct... Why are you still here?"

Seeing Moira enter a feverish working state, Merlin shrugged. He stopped disturbing the crazy woman, but walked along the pathway at the edge of the laboratory to a large storage compartment.

He looked at the unconscious person in the shelter.

Eddie Brock.

He had interviewed him several times before, but his memory was washed away. He was quite impressed by this reporter because in order to pursue the truth, this guy was even willing to accept Merlin's forgetting curse.

There are many journalists who claim that their job is to find the truth, but there is no one in a million who can do what Eddie is like.

Well, that stubborn Miss Louise might be like this too.

But Eddie's situation is not good now, in fact, it's very bad.

In Merlin's spiritual vision, he could see that Eddie's vitality was shrinking, and his heart had shrunk two fists than normal, just like the size of a fist, looking particularly strange.

His endocrine condition seemed to be very abnormal, and his liver disappeared even more. Under Icarus' observation, Eddie in this form should have died long ago, but he is still alive.

There is something in his body, something maintains his life.

That's another symbiosis...

A very strange guy, he didn't wipe away Eddie's flesh and blood, and even used his own strength to help Eddie "heal her body".

The reporter's physical muscles are now comparable to those of a fitness coach.

Well, it seems to be planning to live for a long time, so I cleaned up my "room" to make it more comfortable to live in.

"Open it."

Merlin rubbed her chin, as if thinking about what to do with Eddie. After a moment, he pushed his glasses and said to Icarus:

"I want to talk to Mr. Eddie."

“It’s dangerous, Merlin.”

Icarus warned:

"According to the battle between the demon hunting agents and it last night, this guy's punch in the form of a symbiosis is at least 10 tons."

"Is it only 10 tons?"

Merlin said in surprise:

"No, in my understanding of symbiosis, in a completely symbiosis form, its power should be no less than 50 tons, so it is really weak, right?"

"Click"

The door of the large biological compartment was opened at this moment and Merlin walked into it.

Eddie Brock was lying on the ground in front of him. The moment Merlin walked into the creature compartment, Eddie's eyes suddenly opened, but there were no pupils and eyeballs in it, and replaced by a strange, compound eye-like substance.

Under Merlin's gaze, the guy jumped up from the ground in a strange posture. The black mucus quickly rolled out of Eddie's body, constantly stretching, pulling out strange threads, like some kind of weird candy sticking together, and like a disgusting mucus with hair.

In short, the indescribable scene is a bit disgusting and very terrifying.

The black liquid almost instantly formed a concave and uneven skin on Eddie's body surface, which was as uneven as the dark cuticle layer. Under the light, it felt smooth.

It wrapped around Eddie's body, giving him a sense of muscle tension on his arms, legs and torso.

In addition to the strange horny skin, there were white, tattoo-like patches. On his head, the symbiosis formed a fully covered battle helmet, and his eyes also turned into a gray compound eye structure, with strange markings around his eyes.

This guy it.

It stood upright in front of Merlin, like a black giant, spreading its hands, its ten fingers full of hideous claws, its mouth was extremely large, covered with strange and sharp teeth, which looked like a shark's teeth.

There is also a tongue that is constantly shaking, which seems to be able to stretch freely, and is covered with disgusting mucus.

Heavy, crazy, twisted, and hideous, this is the first impression this creature in front of me left on Merlin.

It can also talk...

"The liver, spleen, and stomach are all delicious, but unfortunately, we don't have much time..."

It twitched its nose, as if it was smelling the smell of Merlin, intimidating Merlin with a strange and turbid sound, and its twisted tongue seemed to want to lick Merlin's face.

Merlin stood there, as if she was scared to death.

But that's not the case.

"Ahem."

Meilin coughed twice, and he said to the symbiosis in front of him:

"You are so ugly...a alien gangster."

"Come and say hello to your beautiful companion."

Gurgle.

Under Merlin's indulgence, Beowulf, who had been silent, quickly covered Merlin's body, and a terrifying and hideous back slowly stood up in the large biological cabin.

The momentum pressed the black symbiosis that had just spoken and kept retreating.

Beowulf, an ancient alien that was created by the symbiotic god Nal, could not wait to "talk" to the arrogance in front of him who dared to threaten his host and did not understand the rules at all.

Um...
Chapter completed!