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Chapter 601 Cape Canaveral
Combining the two clues of the Last Supper and the news about the astronauts, it's easy to deduce a possibility—that it was the astronauts' last dinner before their mission.

This is most likely not Cletus's target, as Peter said, such targets are too easy to protect—unless they have already been infected by the symbiote.

However, Peter quickly dispelled this concern because after Coulson communicated with S.H.I.E.L.D. agents at NASA, the three astronauts were taken away for protection and underwent comprehensive testing. Blood test results showed that they were not infected.

As for whether other staff members and NASA employees at Cape Canaveral have been infected, that's unknown; there are too many people to screen in time.

“There’s another piece of bad news: the massacre may indeed have taken place in Florida. Among all the new symbiote attacks, the tragedy at a military base in Florida is very Cletus-esque.” Coulson added a piece of bad news: “More than twenty American soldiers inside were all killed. They not only lost their brains, but their scalps were also neatly cut off and placed on their beds, with a fifty-dollar bill next to each person’s scalp.”

Peter paused for a moment, suppressing a laugh with great compassion, and then brought up another matter: "I have another thing I'm worried about... I had previously speculated about why they created the massacre, and from the current perspective, they probably succeeded."

Regardless of whether Hydra was able to control Cletus, Cletus had already created countless symbiotes. Hydra could have made a fortune during S.H.I.E.L.D.'s containment process by using the technology that Doctor Octopus had developed for them to create even more artificial symbiotes.

What worries Peter even more is whether they can create a second or third massacre.

"You'd better ask Commander Fury about this yourself after everything is over."

Coulson spoke without answering the question, when the driver, May, spoke up; they were approaching Cape Canaveral.

Cape Canaveral is the most important spacecraft launch site in the United States, bar none. There are two launch sites here: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Kennedy Space Center. NASA officials were received at Kennedy Space Center—the reason is simple: the US military doesn't have a very high regard for S.H.I.E.L.D.

"Regarding the Avengers' previous proposal to postpone the launch, we recently reached a consensus that we should send an unmanned spacecraft to the target for data collection. If all the data is normal, we will conduct a manned space mission next year."

It seems that the story of a super-powered, psychopathic serial killer spurred NASA to reach a consensus: they should not launch any living people into space this year to avoid any negative consequences.

After all, Spider-Man's information came from a prophecy, and they could easily pretend to be scientists and deny it. But S.H.I.E.L.D.'s information is reality. You can't wait until something goes wrong and then be held accountable for insisting on a manned launch when a superpowered psychopath appears at Cape Canaveral, can you?

Do you expect them to explicitly say that astronauts are not human?

In reality, it might be possible, but this is a novel, and novels are supposed to be logical.

“We’re not here to disrupt your space mission.” Although Coulson was satisfied with the outcome, he still explained his purpose: “Our goal is to apprehend the suspect. Since no serious incidents have occurred at Cape Canaveral recently, it means we’ve arrived in time. However, the suspect is likely nearby, and we need to conduct a centralized investigation and quarantine.” The person in charge readily agreed. After all, it was much safer for S.H.I.E.L.D. to handle the situation, and the responsibility wouldn’t lie with him. If anything went wrong, it would be S.H.I.E.L.D.’s fault, not his.

But Jessica, who had been listening in, suddenly asked a question in return.

"Were you originally planning to launch today?"

"Not only is it as originally planned, but in fact, we've simply removed the astronauts and installed unmanned systems. It's still the same rocket and the same spacecraft." The person in charge looked at the female superhero he didn't recognize at all: "The launch will proceed as scheduled tonight."
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"A bunch of cowardly bastards, they actually managed to evacuate the astronauts just because of a few casual words from that damn Spider-Man!"

The great artist, the host of carnage, Spider-Man's final nemesis, Mr. Cletus, hunched over a sandwich in a warehouse at Cape Canaveral, seething with resentment. His original plan was perfect: infiltrate the rocket, take out the three pilots, and then fight Spider-Man on the rocket's surface during launch.

Spider-Man would definitely come up to save those damn pilots, and then they'd both be trapped in a death trap. Once there, whether through ascent or the powerful friction and gravity of the rocket disintegrating and falling, Spider-Man's fighting ability would be greatly limited, possibly even burned to death—Anti-Venom's regenerative abilities wouldn't be enough to protect him from surviving the rocket launch.

As for the massacre, he was fully confident that he would survive unharmed under such circumstances.

Moreover, if all else fails, he can go to space with Spider-Man. Cletus has even made a contingency plan for this, as he can guarantee that he can return to Earth from the vacuum of space and pass through the atmosphere.

However, because of a comment Spider-Man made early on, NASA was still debating whether or not to launch a manned mission the day before launch, and it was highly likely that the launch would be postponed. Now it's even better; although the launch doesn't need to be postponed, there's simply no one left.

What about me? The trailer has already been released, am I just going to slink away like this?

What should we do?

Having consumed too many human brains over the past few days, Carnage's emotions seemed to have become even more complex. Faced with this situation, it felt an inexplicable panic. A head materialized from Cletus's body and asked in a flustered manner. Cletus's expression suddenly softened, and then it touched Carnage's face.

"Don't worry, my love, I'll think of a way... No! I already have a way! Haha!"

Cletus said excitedly, checking the time; there were only a few hours left!
"Even without astronauts on the rocket, I can still take that damn spider into space!"

(End of this chapter)