Chapter 561: Capture and Harvest

Venom watched the performance of the three individuals with astonishment, realizing that Earth might not be safe after all. His gaze then fell on Yūhi Kurenai, the leader of the ninja squad and an adult whose strength was undoubtedly terrifying.

Meanwhile, Riot, who was under siege, had already sensed Venom's presence. He looked towards Venom and shouted, "Venom, come and help!"

Venom emerged from behind cover, carrying a camera on his shoulder. He shook his head and replied, "No, I'm with them."

Upon hearing Venom's response, Riot was bewildered and immediately roared, "What nonsense are you talking about? Everything here is our food. How could you possibly be with them?"

Venom shook his head and said, "I like it here!"

Confused by Venom's response, Riot turned and ran towards the rocket launch pad.

With only two minutes left until the rocket launch, Riot's sprint was fast, but the members of the ninja squad were faster. By the time Riot reached the rocket, Aburame Shino was already standing on it.

"Secret Technique: Bug Typhoon!"

A multitude of insects appeared around Aburame Shino, and the next moment, these insects appeared under Riot's feet, forming a powerful tornado of insects that lifted Riot into the air.

Under the ravages of the insect tornado, Drake's Riot persona was gradually stripped away, and the Life No. 2 spacecraft began to fragment and disintegrate under the onslaught of the tornado.

"Boom!"

As the typhoon subsided, a portion of the insects exploded, instantly eliminating most of Riot's presence on Drake's body. Drake himself was also instantly obliterated.

The damaged Life No. 2 spacecraft, due to the destruction of the rocket, triggered a catastrophic explosion.

"Boom!"

A huge fireball illuminated the figures of the three people.

Seeing Drake's death and Riot's near-elimination, Kiba shouted, "Shino, we wanted to capture Riot, not destroy it."

At this moment, Shino glanced at Kiba, then turned to Hinata and said, "Prepare to capture Riot."

In the next moment, a large number of insects converged in the middle of the three people. Riot's body tissues, bit by bit, were vomited by the insects, then gathered together, forming a Riot that was reduced in size but still alive.

The combined Riot regained a hint of vitality, and his body began to wriggle, heading towards Kiba. He wanted to enter Kiba's body.

Seeing the emerging Riot, Hinata took out a sealing scroll and pulled out a trap from it, which was the magical prison Charles had mastered from Merlin's magic.

Hinata immediately covered Riot with the trap, and the next moment, Riot was sucked into it. A picture of the symbiote Riot immediately appeared on the trap.

Then, Hinata picked up the trap and resealed it into the sealing scroll.

At this moment, Yūhi Kurenai nodded, flashed to Venom's side, and said, "Eddie, why don't you go to the Life Foundation and record some evidence? There must be more comprehensive evidence there."

Venom's mask was removed, revealing Eddie's head underneath. Eddie nodded and said, "Yes, the evidence there is more comprehensive."

At the same time, Anne also arrived at the Life Foundation, coincidentally meeting Eddie who had also come there. After a brief exchange, the two entered together to collect evidence.

…

One week later-

Negative news about the Life Foundation flooded the media, and their stocks plummeted to historic lows. Numerous claims and lawsuits emerged.

With the explosion of the Life No. 2 spacecraft and Drake's actions exposed, the government summoned the Life Foundation.

It was on the verge of dissolution, but Ginny appeared at the critical moment with a loan contract, taking over everything as the controlling shareholder of the Life Foundation.

With $2 billion, she acquired a giant corporation worth $22 billion in just a month. With Ginny's takeover, negative news subsided, compensation policies were enacted, and the Life Foundation changed its name, reemerging in the public eye.

Eddie reconciled with his former girlfriend Anne. Anne was transferred to the legal department of the new corporation, while Eddie continued his work as a journalist, occasionally transforming into Venom to punish evildoers and do good deeds.

…

In the Charles Base, within Orochimaru's laboratory-

Riot was confined in a sealed container, and Orochimaru was studying how to erase his consciousness and turn him into a versatile armor.

To Orochimaru, weapons should not have their own consciousness; only a weapon without consciousness is a good weapon.

It was clear that Orochimaru did not consider Riot as a living being.

…

S.H.I.E.L.D.-

Information about Venom, Eddie and the Life Foundation appeared on Nick Fury's desk.

Looking at the information in front of him, Nick Fury frowned.

"Darn it, another extraordinary individual has been recruited by Charles and he even devoured such a large corporation."

"Konoha's power is expanding again."

…

Meanwhile, in the Arctic Glacier-

Coulson, along with a search team from S.H.I.E.L.D. and Kabuto, was searching for Captain America's body.

However, despite digging for some time, they found nothing. Coulson turned to Kabuto and asked, "Do you have any ideas?"

Kabuto shook his head, "Captain America has been frozen for too long, 70 years have passed. All clues have been lost. We can only dig slowly based on the location of the crashed plane and the position where the shield was dropped."

"Or we can hand it over to Konoha through a mission commission. They have some abilities that I cannot access."

Hearing Kabuto's words, Coulson shook his head, "Let's continue digging for now."

Apparently, neither the upper nor the lower ranks of S.H.I.E.L.D. wanted the involvement of Konoha's influence in this matter.

…

System upgrade has been going on over two months.

Charles entered the system space as usual. Glancing at the progress of the update, he saw that it had reached 99%.

After waiting for an hour, the progress finally reached 100%. The screen in front of him changed, and the system prompt sounded in his ears:

"Ding! System update successful!"