Man in Marvel, Host of Venom

Chapter 80, The Kidnapping of Doctor Octopus

When Chen Lin'an went to the dessert table to feed the venom, James also walked into the venue with Peter Parker and Robbie.

This was the first time Peter Parker came to such a banquet, so he seemed a little reserved.

"Listen up, Parker. The people who are coming to the party today are all famous people. You have to take good photos. I don't want the photos on the front page tomorrow to be a pile of rubbish." James picked up the champagne served by the waiter next to him. exhorted Peter Parker.

"Maybe you can change the style of your Spider-Man photos. The style of today's party is different from that of the wall-crawler."

Peter is completely immune to James' words like wall crawlers. After all, if he really cares so much, he will have a hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage within two days.

He raised the camera in his hand and said confidently: "No problem, sir, I am an all-rounder. I can take good photos of people and landscapes."

Robbie next to him patted him on the shoulder and said to James: "Peter is the best photographer in our newspaper office, James must have confidence in him."

James snorted and turned his head when he heard this, and then walked inside and said, "I hope so. I'll go say hello to them first, and you can wander around as you like."

Looking at James's back, Robbie also smiled at Peter and said, "I'm going to the bathroom. You can stroll around and have something to eat or a drink."

"No problem." After Peter said that, he started walking around the venue, and James would ask him to come over and take photos when needed.

"Say eggplant~ very good, finished shooting." Peter put down the camera and nodded to James.

Originally, he was going to eat something, but before he took two steps, James called him over to take a photo.

After taking the photo, he looked around and wanted to eat something.

Just as he was still looking for where the buffet table was, a loud noise suddenly interrupted his train of thought.

I saw that a big hole was blown out of one side of the wall and window of the banquet hall.

At the damaged hole, several mechanical tentacles climbed up, leading a middle-aged man wearing sunglasses to the hall.

Doctor Octopus stood on the ground, looking at the frightened people in the hall, with a sarcastic smile on his face.

"Good evening, you bright bastards."

While he was talking to him, Fenicia and Robbie, as well as several people who were using the bathroom, came out of the passage next to them.

There was such a big commotion, of course they had to come and see what was going on.

Doctor Octopus also saw Felicia beside him, with an evil smile on his face and walked straight towards her.

"I really didn't expect you to deliver it to my door yourself. It saves me the trouble of looking for it again."

One of his mechanical arms directly grabbed Felicia who was trying to escape, and wrapped her up in midair.

Robbie, who was not far from Felicia, hurried forward to stop him, but Doctor Octopus subdued him unceremoniously, and entangled him and lifted him up by the way.

After arresting these two people, Dr. Octopus also threw two bombs while laughing wildly: "I wish you good luck, stupid bastards, tell the families of these two unlucky people, the great Doctor Octopus will contact you." They, hopefully, will have a ransom ready by then."

"Bang!" The two bombs made a violent sound, shattering the things nearby, and some people who couldn't dodge were also blown away by the powerful air wave.

When the smoke cleared, Doctor Octopus, who was standing here just now, had left with two hostages.

From the time this strange guy stood on the floor of the living room to the time he left with the two hostages, the total time was less than 1 minute. Except for the surrounding guests, no one else realized what happened.

"What happened?" James rushed here and asked the person next to him.

Standing next to him was a woman who also had blond hair and looked very capable and shrewd. This was Felicia's mother, Anastasia, also known as Mrs. Hardy.

Just now she had been greeting the guests, and then discussed the future cooperation with an important partner. She didn't rush over until she heard a loud noise and ran into James halfway.

"A strange man just broke in here. He has four robotic arms and said he was Doctor Octopus. He took Felicia and Robbie away."

A nearby guest who saw the whole process explained to James and Mrs. Hardy.

Another middle-aged man next to him groped his chin and continued: "The man with the mechanical arm should be Dr. Otto. I have seen him before, but for some reason, he suddenly became like this."

"He also said he would contact you and ask you to prepare a ransom."

"Otto! That damned guy actually took my daughter!" Mrs. Hardy was also shocked when she heard the name Otto.

She had funded Dr. Otto's laboratory before, but she finally cut off the funding because she couldn't see any results. She didn't expect that this damn guy would retaliate against her and kidnap her daughter.

Anxiety, worry, regret, and anger were all intertwined in Mrs. Hardy's heart. For a moment, he felt dizzy and unsteady.

Fortunately, James next to her caught her in time and brought her to sit on the chair next to her.

James was also very angry at the moment, that damn stinky octopus actually took away his right-hand man, his friend.

Outside the surrounding crowd, Chen Lin'an had already heard the story of what happened here, and he never expected that such a thing would happen in less than a minute.

"When did another doctor octopus appear in New York? Why don't these people stop?" Chen Lin'an looked serious.

Now they can only wait for the weird man named Doctor Octopus to call as soon as possible, otherwise they will have no clues at all.

Chen Lin'an thought as he exited the crowd and walked towards the door. What he needed now was the identity of Venom.

Peter in the crowd did not expect such an accident to happen, and he was also thinking carefully about how to deal with this matter.

Thinking about it, he also gradually withdrew from the crowd, preparing to become Spider-Man to intervene in this matter.

"Lyon? Why is he here too?" He had just squeezed out of the crowd when he saw Chen Lin'an walking out of the hall.

Peter scratched his head and turned around to the window sill without having time to think about it. If Chen Lin'an was outside the hall, he had to avoid being seen.

The attention of all the people present was concentrated in the middle, and no one noticed that the two of them left quietly.

"Don't worry too much, Anastasia. Otto's main intention should be money. He will definitely not hurt Felicia and Robbie now. It will not be good for both parties." James also sat on the chair, watching Mrs. Hardy next to him said.

At this time, the anger in his heart gradually subsided, but Mrs. Hardy next to him was still very worried.

For Mrs. Hardy, the most important thing is Felicia's safety, and the ransom paid is not an important thing.

Mrs. Hardy was about to respond after hearing what James said, but at this moment the phone on the table rang suddenly.

Seeing the phone ringing, everyone's eyes were focused there. Mrs. Hardy also clasped her hands and prayed secretly in her heart.

After James' phone rang, he was ready to answer the phone and start negotiating. A friend standing next to him pressed his shoulder and said, "Jonah, if it is really him who called, please do whatever it takes." Calm down."

Everyone knows that James has a hot temper, and they are afraid that he will say something in a fit of anger that will irritate the kidnappers.

"Of course, I have always been calm and composed." James said confidently.

The friend wanted to say something after hearing the words, but James had already picked up the phone, and he said in a serious and calm tone: "Hello, I am J. Jonah James."

At this moment, a middle-aged man's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hi, I'm Dr. Otto. Of course, you can also call me by my current name, Dr. Octopus."

"I want you to prepare 1000 million US dollars in cash to complete the transaction between us. In addition, I want you to report about me on the news."

"I want everyone to know what they did to me!" Dr. Otto's tone became more and more intense, as if his bad memories were brought back.

James paused after hearing this, and then continued in a deep voice: "We agree to your conditions. Likewise, you must ensure the safety of Miss Hardy and Robbie. I need to have a phone call with them."

Dr. Otto also sneered and said, "You are not qualified to negotiate terms with the great Doctor Octopus."

James was a little annoyed when he heard Dr. Otto's words. He raised his voice and shouted into the phone: "If anything happens to the two of them, I will definitely not let you go!"

"What would you do? You are not qualified to do anything?!" Dr. Otto mocked James' words.

James stood up from the stool when he heard the words, and then shouted loudly: "You better not think so! You stupid octopus!"

The faces of the people next to him had already collapsed, and Mrs. Hardy's heart was getting colder and colder. She felt that she was a little out of breath.

"You monster! Short-lived blackmailer! You will definitely be imprisoned in a prison that will never see the light of day for the rest of your life to repent!" James was not aware of his problem, and he was still madly outputting to Dr. Otto on the opposite side of the microphone, venting his anger.

Doctor Octopus on the other side of the phone also turned pale. He gritted his teeth and said in a cold tone: "Very good! How dare you talk to a great scientist in such a tone!"

"Scientist? What kind of scientist are you! You coward who only knows how to kidnap and blackmail!" Before Dr. Otto could finish speaking, James began to mock again.

(End of this chapter)