Volume 4: The Last Day Chapter 70 Barry Allen is about to murder Barry Allen
"You said Reverse-Flash came here for time?"
The answer from Barry was beyond Mason's imagination. He was stunned. Then he seemed to understand. He looked at Barry and said:
"Can you tell me more about this? What means does he intend to use to 'steal' time?"
"It's hard for me to explain, Mason."
The Flash's wound healed with the help of the potion and his self-healing power. This process was uncomfortable and made him gasp for breath. He tried his best to explain:
“That’s just a metaphor.
I didn't see Reverse Flash attacking anyone with my own eyes, but he kept running in a special space, and I could feel that the speed force network in this world was being distorted by him.
But he was not trying to absorb the speed force, he wanted to get the things protected by the speed force network.
He had to defeat them before he could go any further.
The reason why I say he is 'stealing' time is because I can feel that the time in this world is not flowing normally, and the timeline has been distorted into a very strange shape.
I guess that's the disruption he caused."
"I don't have a Speed Force-enhanced mind to keep up with your leaps and bounds of thought."
Mason paused and said:
"You need to explain more clearly, how does time flow in this world?"
“Time is not linear here.”
Barry twirled his fingers in the air, creating a faint flash of light, and said:
“When I was being chased by Reverse-Flash, I tried to hide in time, which is a very effective strategy when fighting speedsters, but I failed. I can’t go back or forward time in this world.
No matter how fast you run, it won't work.
I wanted to leave here and go back to our world but I couldn't. It was like there was a wall blocking the speed force from penetrating between the two worlds.
I'm pretty sure Reverse-Flash can't leave either.
He was trapped too.
He attacked me before as if he wanted to capture the traces of time and space interference on me so that he could escape from here. This is definitely not a problem with the Speed Force, but a problem with this world itself."
At this point, perhaps to strengthen his persuasiveness, Barry said:
"If my theory is correct, then your world gate should also be unusable. You haven't tried it yet, right?"
"You'll know after you try it."
Mason produced his Star Club ID card.
He swiped the thing on a nearby door, and the wooden door lock was immediately replaced with a brass handle and exquisite world scale lines.
He glanced at Barry, turned the doorknob towards the Gotham world, and then pushed it back gently. The familiar reflection of the stars still appeared in front of his eyes.
But before Mason stepped in, a swift stream of light rushed over from a distance.
With a whoosh, he rushed into the door to the world that Mason had opened, and then...
"Bang"
A muffled sound.
The guy who tried to escape with the help of the World Gate crashed directly into the wall of the utility room next to the garden. The impact was so strong that it even created a large hole in the shape of a dancing human on the opposite wall.
It seems like some nonsensical operation that only an unscientific cartoon character would do.
This embarrassing scene made Mason and Flash freeze in place.
"Reverse Flash!"
Barry screamed and was about to rush forward to catch him, but he staggered and fell to the ground as soon as he stood up. The obviously ashamed and angry Reverse Flash turned around and punched him a few times, knocking him into the air and then falling to the ground.
Merlin reacted extremely quickly and drew his gun and shot, but Reverse Flash made a huge mistake and didn't give him time to aim.
With a whoosh, he disappeared just as he came, leaving only the whirring sound of the dawn wind blowing through the hole in the wall in front of him, representing the "little mistake" just now.
Logically speaking, a speedster can pass through obstacles like walls without leaving a trace through the high-speed resonance of his body's molecules, and this kind of "unable to stop" situation would never occur to him.
But the destroyed wall in front of us must be fake, it seems that Barry Allen's guess is correct.
Not only is Reverse Flash trapped here, but he is also suspected of having his speed force interfered with.
Mason stood in front of the gate of the world with swaying starlight, took a step forward, and then appeared from the other side of the gate. He looked back at the layer of still shining starlight behind him and frowned completely.
"It seems that people are only allowed to enter but not leave. Only the communication is still open. No wonder they sent people here but couldn't send out any useful information."
He put away the World Gate, which had become a decoration, and helped Barry, who was struggling on the ground, to his feet, and whispered to him:
"Don't tell anyone about this in advance, lest the army lose its morale."
"I know."
Barry nodded, and was supported by Mason as he walked deeper into Wayne Manor. He whispered:
"But Reverse Flash told me that this world will be destroyed in five days. If the World Gate cannot take us out, doesn't it mean..."
"Either find a solution before destruction comes, or die with this world."
Mason looked at Barry with a smile and said:
"What? Haven't you ever faced such a difficult choice before? Little Flash, you look terrible. Maybe I should say, welcome to the cruel world of adults."
"I don't understand how you can still laugh in this situation."
The Flash complained:
"Are all the people in the Star Club so heartless?"
"I'm just more optimistic. You see, I've encountered this kind of shit more than once, and I know that it's impossible for any simple task to fall on me.
Now it seems that my fate is tied to that of this world again.”
Mason snorted.
Looking at Damian and his clown grandmother who were walking towards him with the Devil's Head sword in hand.
The terrible scar on Mrs. Martha's face had almost disappeared. She was wearing a black lady's wide-brimmed soft hat and a coat and cloak, just like a lady taking a walk in her own garden.
Of course, it would be more realistic if the loaded and smoking pistol in her hand was replaced with a handbag.
"Smile, Barry. Show your most charming smile. Don't keep that dead look on your face. The lady opposite doesn't like to make people unhappy."
Mason warned quietly.
But Barry had just seen with his own eyes Mrs. Martha command a group of thugs to kill several people with bombs, and he had no good feelings towards such cold-blooded people.
No matter how beautiful or elegant the other person is, she is just a femme fatale.
He therefore complained to Mason:
"What obligation do I have to please her?"
"First of all, her name is Martha Wayne, and she is Bruce Wayne's mother. Secondly, she is the Joker of this world."
Mason explained:
"Of course you can make her angry all you want, but I hope you can be so tough when she kills you with some weird methods. And stay away from me at that time, so that your blood won't splash on my shoes."
Mason's words made Barry's face change slightly. When Madam Martha approached with her grandson's hand, he took the initiative to greet her and said:
"Hello, Mrs. Wayne, I am a good friend of Bruce. He and I are both members of the Justice League, and I actually admire your son very much.
I was a fan of his when I was a kid.”
"Justice League? Is that some weird all-boys dance troupe? Isn't it enough that my Bruce chose to become Batman in another world, but now he has to hang out with a bunch of weird friends?
It seems that his life plan is really problematic.
Alas, poor child, it is not good to be without a mother to look after him since childhood, it is easy for him to go astray. "
Old Aunt Martha looked Little Flash up and down.
She was very dissatisfied with the overly revealing tights on the latter, and immediately pulled Damian away a few steps, and then warned her little grandson:
"Little Bruce, you have to listen to your grandma. These exhibitionists wearing tights and walking around in the streets, covering their faces and not daring to show their true faces, all seem to have dark secrets.
Stay away from them.
Be careful not to be infected by their madness called "justice."
"That's true. I also think that the people in the Justice League are not very normal."
Damian, who had just personally killed two black-clad assassins who broke into the Batcave, nodded in agreement. He looked at Mason, and then nodded in the direction of Mrs. Martha.
He signaled Mason to quickly think of a way to "fish" him out.
But the female clown spoke before him:
"I just saw Thomas rescue Oliver the Black Arrow from your men. This is an opportunity, Mason. If you want to know the secrets that Thomas has hidden, you can't waste time now.
Give."
She took out a pair of headphones and handed them to Mason, saying:
"I have installed a bug on old Thomas. You can eavesdrop on their conversation."
“No need.”
Mason shook his head and said:
"I bugged the old man when we first met, but I think it might be better for us to go directly to him now. He and Oliver are in the Batcave."
He glanced at the Flash and said:
"I just have something to discuss with the old man."
A few minutes later, the group arrived at the Batcave below Wayne Manor.
They saw Bullseye waiting at the entrance.
The latter was leaning against the wall with a sniper rifle on his back, looking unhappy. The red light floating in his modified artificial eyes was filled with a cold murderous intent.
Next to Bullseye was Harley Quinn, who was sitting on a rock, chewing gum and holding a baseball bat as if it were a sword. Her two vicious dogs were squatting at her feet, seemingly monitoring Bullseye.
When he saw Mason coming, the little cutie immediately jumped up and asked for credit:
"I chased this sneaky guy all the way here. He tried to attack the old man but I stopped him. Old Thomas was about to kill Black Arrow inside.
It was like torture, and the scene was horrible."
"When did you raise this psychopath? Boss, she has a unique taste. If she hadn't stopped me, I would have shot the old lunatic and Black Arrow in the head through the wall.
I was aiming at that.”
The secret bodyguard Bullseye bared his teeth, crossed his arms and complained to Mason:
"But this chick reminds me of the Green Goblin. She was arguing with herself just now. It was a fierce argument, and the content of the argument was all about you.
Those discussions were so obscene that I didn't dare to say them in front of my children.
Yo, isn't this the Flash?"
After Bullseye, the psychopathic killer, complained about Harley, he looked meaningfully at Barry Allen, who had just regained the ability to walk beside Mason. He stretched out his hand and said provocatively:
"Would you like to compete again to see who is faster this time?"
"Why? Are little boys nowadays proud of being fast?"
Aunt Clown snorted.
She was very impatient with Bullseye's provocation and shot him. The bullet hit Bullseye's helmet very skillfully and sparks flew. The latter was about to fight back but was stopped by Mason with a look.
He left the others here, told Harley to keep an eye on things, and then walked into the dim bat cave alone.
Just by looking at the old man's vehicle, you can tell that the Knight of Vengeance does not take the high-tech route, so there is no cool batplane in his Batcave. It is just an ordinary cave with a large number of bats nesting overhead.
In several nearby caves, lights illuminated the various "trophies" that the old man had collected over the years of fighting crime, most of which were stained with blood.
In the center of the cave is an operating table and a rusty shadowless lamp.
At this time, lying on the operating table was the leader of the League of Assassins, Oliver Queen. He was breathing his last breath, and all ten of his fingers were forcibly cut off by the old man with surgical forceps.
There was blood all over the ground, and the scene was very creepy.
Harry was right, a horrible torture had just taken place here.
Thomas Wayne was standing in front of his own data wall. He turned his back to Mason and let the serrated cloak cover his body. He looked up at the collected data on the wall.
As Mason approached, the old man said to him in a hoarse voice:
"I heard the voice over a month ago, announcing to me the coming of 'invaders' and directing me to the Philadelphia area where I witnessed the likes of you passing through the strange door into our world.
It told me that the arrival of these people interfered with the direction of this world, and you must be eliminated to ensure that this world continues to survive.
In the past thirty days, I have carried out three assassinations and killed eleven people.
Oliver Queen, who was lying there, heard the voice earlier than me. According to what he had just said, he and his killers had killed nearly a hundred people around the world so far.
Their common feature is that they all have devil-like tattoos on their arms.
Your every move will be observed by that mysterious voice, Mason, and it will provide us with accurate information in advance about your landing point, number of people, and time of your appearance in this world.
Accurate to the second!
This is why your people are buried as soon as they enter here, but our killing does not seem to prevent the situation from sliding towards the brink of destruction.
The world is getting worse by the day.”
"Were you helping me to torture him just now? Old Master, you don't have to do this. I have a way to get the truth without bloodshed."
Mason took out a bottle of healing potion and gave it to Oliver Queen, who was in a bad condition lying on the operating table. He also gave him a bottle of bone-growing spirit to heal his completely broken hand bones.
He said to the old man:
"What else did Oliver confess?"
"The identity and name of that voice."
The old man turned around.
Under a mask that was darker and gloomier than Batman's, the pair of bloodshot eyes stared at Mason and said:
"Oliver is obviously a stubborn guy, but fortunately I was a doctor for a while, so I know how to better create pain to break through his defenses.
As for that voice...
Black Arrow said it had introduced itself as 'Barry Allen' during a conversation that went awry."
"impossible!"
The Flash, who was eavesdropping outside the cave, stood up instantly.
Then, under everyone's strange gaze, he weakly shouted:
“I went to look for the Barry Allen of this world, but he’s dead. He died in the earthquake seventeen years ago, and he was an ordinary person until his death.
There is no legend of the Flash in this world."
"But you said yourself that there are traces of the Speed Force in this world, Barry."
Mason glanced at the excited Flash and said:
"So is it possible that the Flash doesn't exist in this world, but someone has somehow 'erased' his life?
As for Barry Allen who died seventeen years ago...
It would be easy for the speedster to fake this kind of death.
Now think about it, apart from Barry Allen, who has been in love and hatred with Reverse Flash for countless years, who else can easily trap a villain speedster for a period of time? "
"No, no, no, your guesses are too superficial, not profound at all!"
In the silence, Mrs. Martha shook her head with a strange smile and said in a creepy voice:
"Is it possible that the world we live in has nothing to do with reality?
Just like after that terrible night in Crime Alley, I often wonder if this was just a bad joke that fate was playing on me?
Thomas said I was crazy.
But I think I may be too close to the cruel truth, and I may be too awake. "
"No, you are simply crazy, Martha, don't try to justify your cold-blooded violence. "
The old man said quietly:
"I'm a pretty good doctor. I can tell whether you are mentally sound or not."
"There's only one way to confirm your terrible thoughts."
Barry shook his head and said seriously:
"I must use the Speed Force again to enter the special space where the Reverse Flash is. He must know more. Or I can take the risk of crossing the distorted Speed Force network and see what is hidden behind the time of this world.
Without further ado, Mason, give me the medicine!
I have to get better immediately."
"No! I'm the captain, listen to me! We should now..."
Mason rejected the suggestion.
He was just about to express his thoughts, but then a noisy voice rang out from the communicator in his ear. He signaled everyone to be quiet and listened to the dual reports from Selina from Paradise Island and Bane from Atlantis City.
After a few seconds, Mason looked at everyone around him with a subtle expression.
He said:
"The Amazons and Atlanteans have officially gone to war! Just a few minutes ago, the good news is that in order to avoid the destruction of the world by war, both sides are preparing to find a place to have a fair and open decisive battle.
The bad news is, you might as well guess where they chose to fight the final battle?"
