Marvel's Venom, starting with a Hydra undercover agent.

Hearing Venom's question, Holm explained, "That's true, but we can't let them see that something's wrong at a glance. After all, it takes some time to kill someone."

“If they sense something is wrong as soon as they arrive, it will not only be more troublesome to kill them because they will be on guard, but there is also a possibility that other lizardmen will notice and alert the enemy.”

After saying that, Holm took out his phone and checked it, then sent Daisy his current coordinates again.

Daisy has already explained the situation to S.H.I.E.L.D. and requested support from the action team, as per his previous plan, and should be arriving here soon.

So Holm just needs to wait to let the next wave of people go, and then he can hand over the tough nuts to the well-equipped action team, letting them show these lizardmen S.H.I.E.L.D.'s advanced weaponry.

Thick-skinned and tough? Let's go for it!

Sharp teeth and claws? Let's give it a shot!

Immense strength? Let's give it a shot!

Modern and advanced weaponry, capable of defeating any challenge; if one shot isn't enough, fire another!

As Holm continued cleaning up the traces, he soon sensed someone approaching after he finished and hid in a secluded corner.

It was still Eisen and Neil, the two lizardmen, who had just appeared in Holm's perception.

The two of them were pushing a large, cage-like cart, which contained both men and women and was quite a few people.

There were children who were not even as tall as Holm's waist, and elderly people whose hair was already gray and whose faces were full of wrinkles.

If the lizardman who took Gwen and the others away earlier was interested in their gender, then the ones brought back this time are clearly focused on different age groups.

Among these people, a middle-aged man with graying sideburns and a mustache was the most eye-catching.

While everyone around him was dejected and fearful, he was the only one who glared and kept cursing the lizardmen beside him.

"Damn reptilian monsters! I'll make you pay for daring to capture me!..."

"Who in all of New York doesn't know me, J. Jonah James! You've met your match this time! My family will call the police immediately, and you'll be on your way!!!"

"I must expose you vile creatures to the public! And your unrealistic and terrifying ambition to replace humanity!..."

"boom!"

James's loud shouting and cursing angered Neil, who was pushing the cart. Neil stared intently at James with his beast-like eyes, then punched the iron cage, denting it.

The loud noise startled James. He looked at the dented spot above his head and Neil's bloodthirsty gaze that seemed to want to kill him, and finally felt the oppressive feeling and fear from the lizardman.

"Old man, do you think I wouldn't dare kill you?! Do you think we captured you just to feed and treat you well?!"

“If it weren’t for the need for you to continue providing value to our experiments, I would tear you to pieces right now!”

“Your old, disgusting body can’t even withstand one of my fingers!” Neil roared at James inside the large iron cage.

He absolutely loathed this disgusting human. If it weren't for the recent shortage of humans for experiments, he would have killed this damned guy and personally gone out to find a replacement.

Faced with Neil's loud roar, James, who had been full of energy just moments before, instantly fell silent.

Narna's beast-like yellow eyes stared intently at him, its large mouth full of sharp teeth and its thick, sharp claws resting on the large iron cage, no more than 20 centimeters away from him.

Such a distance was enough to dampen his courage and recklessness, turning him from a hot-tempered James into a silent and listless James.

He dared not provoke Neil any further, because the other man seemed genuinely intent on killing him if he dared to utter any more nonsense.

Even so, his pride wouldn't allow him to remain silent under threat, so he began to mutter to himself in a low voice that only he could hear.

Seeing James's self-deceiving actions, Eisen, standing next to Neil, also grinned and sneered.

"You'd better get rid of that despicable and disgusting human pride as soon as possible, or you'll only feel worse and worse in the future."

"You will watch helplessly as we, the lizard people, replace the despicable and disgusting humans."

"The lizardmen can do what you can't, and they possess abilities you don't have."

“We possess both strong bodies and intelligent minds, and we do not have the foolish emotions and ugly souls like you. It is only natural and inevitable that we will replace you.”

Chapter 31, Head and Body Separated in a Second, James's Foul Mouth

After Eisen finished speaking, the already terrified crowd became even more depressed. They couldn't understand how they had suddenly been drawn into such an evil plan and become the stepping stone for the rise of the lizardmen.

Neil and Eisen didn't give them another chance to speak and continued pushing them inside.

After reaching the first circular cell, Neil, who was pushing the large iron cage, waved to Eisen behind him and said, "You watch these people, I'll put them in."

As Neil spoke, he opened the door of the large iron cage, preparing to begin his operation. However, Eisen, who was supposed to come up and help, neither made a move nor gave a reply.

When he turned around, he saw that Eisen, who had just been following behind him, was now decapitated. The hideous lizard head rolled on the ground, covered in blood, and the heavy body made a thud on the ground. Then, a large amount of blood gushed out from the neck, like a beautiful flower blooming wildly.

Such a sudden and tragic situation caused Neil's yellow eyes to narrow instantly, and his entire body tensed up immediately.

At this moment, he finally realized that something was wrong with this area. There were still a few cells where people were imprisoned before, but now they had all disappeared.

"Someone infiltrated here and released these test subjects!" Neil realized instantly.

Before he could react further, a large, dark hand forcefully pinched his mouth shut.

At the same time, a sharp blade pierced his skin, piercing through his neck.

As the blade spun, his neck was severed instantly, and his head, now lifted, finally turned to face Holm's cold, blood-stained face.

"Damn humans!" Neil cursed Holm with the last of his time.

Despite his intense emotions and wide-open eyes, now split in two, he could only manage to open his mouth briefly, but no sound came out. His consciousness began to fade and blur, eventually fading into darkness.

Holm casually tossed Neil's head to the ground. At the same time, the venom wrapped around his arm quickly seeped into his body, and his right hand, which had transformed into a black blade, returned to its original state.

"Hahaha! These ugly lizardmen aren't so tough after all!" Venom shouted smugly as he saw the two lizardmen being dealt with so easily. "Later, I'll definitely cut that Lizard Doctor into pieces too!"

Having witnessed Venom's smugness before, Holm simply smiled, then ripped off the iron cage door, pulled out his FBI badge, and reassured the person inside.

He did what everyone else had said before: he told them how to get out and reassured them not to be nervous, that everything was alright.

"FBI? Why are you so slow? That monster almost killed us!"

With the lizardman dead and Holm appearing, James, who had been slumped over, began to tremble again.

Although he couldn't beat the Lizardmen and dared not mess with them, he still dared to say a few words to the FBI.

“Mr. James, right? I’ve seen you on TV. If you have any complaints about the FBI’s work, you can file a complaint. I don’t want to hear you barking like a dog here,” Holm said, looking at James with a cold and uncompromising gaze.

Faced with his response, James instantly became enraged, his face turning bright red: "You dare to insult me?! I will definitely file a complaint against you!!! I will also expose your disrespect for taxpayers on television...!"

"Ugh, what an annoying guy. I really want to cut his head off and see what's inside." James's expression made Venom's heart race.

"If you allow it, I can bite his head off right now, and I won't spare the rest of his body either, making sure there's not a single trace left."

Perhaps fearing that Holm would find leaving clues too troublesome, Venom thoughtfully added...

"It's okay, ignore this guy. If you really want to eat his head, I'll find a chance to satisfy you later," Holm replied to Venom in his mind.

Meanwhile, Holm remained expressionless in the face of James's furious threats, then shrugged and said nonchalantly, "Do whatever you want. My name is Nick Fury. Go ahead and complain, but it probably won't do any good."

"By the way, I have no objection if you like to stay here, but I have other tasks to attend to later. If any more lizardmen come, I hope you can confront them as you are now."

"Perhaps they will respect you as a taxpayer, and maybe even grant you the privilege of being experimented on alone."

After Holm finished speaking, he ignored James and began cleaning up the scene.

James, enraged, swung his fist at the air. Holm's taunt was so powerful that it broke his defenses.

He really wanted to teach Holm a lesson, but just as he was deliberately picking a fight, everyone else had already left following the route Holm had given him, leaving him the only one still there.

He himself was of course righteous and fearless of evil, but he was worried that the lizard people would turn back, and he was also worried that the FBI was unreasonable.

After all, Holm had just slaughtered the two lizardmen like dogs before they even had a chance to react, and now he was the only one left. He was worried that Holm might kill him too and then pin the blame on the lizardmen.

James thought about it more and more and felt that this was possible, so he quickly walked to the opened passage and went inside without looking back.

Before he could climb any further, a figure emerged from the passage and pushed him out.

Gwen glanced at James, who had been kicked out of the tunnel and was now tumbling on the floor, and then at Holm, who had turned around at the sound of her voice. She stood awkwardly on the carpet, unsure of what to say.

She came in after seeing that almost everyone had left and no one had come out for a long time, but she didn't expect to run into James, who was dawdling around.

"Ah! You wall-climbing bug! Wanted criminal! You disgusting guy! So you're in cahoots!..." James cursed at Spider-Woman as he stood up from the ground.

He acted as if he had discovered the truth about their secret plotting and scheming.

But looking at him, Holm felt that he was simply venting his anger at not being able to get his way with him earlier.

That old guy is such a nuisance; he's troublesome and has a terrible temper.

Holm suddenly understood how those people who were verbally abused by James felt.

Chapter 32, A Different Spider-Man

"Enough, you old codger! What do you know that you're spouting nonsense?!"

"I'm already annoyed enough watching you spew nonsense on TV every day. If you dare say another word, I guarantee I'll make your jaw swell up so much you won't be able to speak for two weeks!"

Just as Holm was about to stop James and tell him to get lost, Spider-Woman, who was being berated by James, suddenly spoke up.

This barrage of angry words, no less intense than James's, immediately made Holm swallow back what he was about to say.

"You... how dare you! I... I will expose your ugly face on TV! I will call the NYPD and have them arrest you, this wanted criminal!" James didn't expect that before he could finish venting his anger, Spider-Woman had already sprayed him in the face.

How come he didn't know before that this damned wall-climbing bug was also so sharp-tongued?

Speaking of which, it seems he really hasn't had any contact with Spider-Woman.

Faced with James's threat, Spider-Woman sighed and rubbed her forehead, then said sarcastically, "Oh my god! Are you really going to expose me on TV? I'm so scared!"

"You're going to call the NYPD? I'm so scared! They're not going to handcuff me, are they? Are they one of those cold, hard handcuffs? I'm terrified of cold things! What should I do? What should I do?...

After her sarcastic remarks, Spider-Woman changed her tone and pointed at James's nose, cursing, "I don't care what you say on TV, you can call whoever you want. If I really cared about these things, you wouldn't have had the chance to stand in front of me!"

"Now! All you have to do, you stupid old man, is crawl out of that tunnel! Then go to the TV station if you want, go to the police station if you want, go wherever you want!"

"You'd better hope you don't get caught by the lizardmen or other criminals again, or they won't forgive your foul mouth like I have. They might even make you lose the chance to speak forever!"

"You...you...!" James's face flushed red as he raised his hand, pointing tremblingly at Spider-Woman in front of him, but he couldn't utter a single complete sentence.

Spider-Woman didn't give him a chance to say anything more, and simply grabbed him by the collar and shoved him into the tunnel.

After James climbed out of the tunnel, she taunted the entrance again, "Hurry up and leave, old man, or you won't have a chance to leave once the lizardmen come out."

Holm could vaguely hear James cursing again, but at the same time, his footsteps were getting farther and farther away. It seemed that although this foul-mouthed Mr. James was tough on the outside, his legs were honest on the inside.

After watching this whole scene, Holm's biggest impression was that the Spider-Woman in front of him was very different from the Spider-Woman in the movies he remembered.