northernbook Chapter 204 The Laughing Flash
Chapter 204 The Laughing Flash
Chapter 204 The Laughing Flash (Please continue reading, sob)
"My God, what are you doing, Batman?!"
The Batmobile carried the Flash madly through the completely frozen city, while the Flash sat comfortably in the VIP seat, wrapped in dozens of sturdy seatbelts made of super alloy.
The golden Speed Force coiled around the Flash, continuously transmitting to the Batmobile that Chen Tao had transformed into, thus elevating their speed to the level of a Speed Force user.
"What exactly do you want, Batman?"
Barry's voice was even slightly muffled due to the speed: "What's the point?"
"I studied the cosmic treadmill and made slight modifications to its engine to allow me to pilot your connection with the Speed Force."
Then he heard Chen Tao's reply: "I will plunge into the Speed Force—"
"Steal him from me?" the Flash exclaimed. "No! Are you crazy? You can't get the Speed Force this way!"
"actually……"
Before Chen Tao could speak, he was interrupted by the Flash's scream:
"You can't force it! It will tear us both apart! No! You didn't tell me this was the reason you were asking me!"
Barry shouted:
"Stop right now!"
The Batmobile showed no sign of slowing down.
Barry closed his eyes and let out a desperate, dying scream:
"Aaaaaah, no help! Ahh ...
"..." Chen Tao was completely bewildered by his sudden retort and the ensuing wailing.
"What are you yelling about? This isn't some dark multiverse!"
He declared loudly, "The Speed Force is electrical energy that exists in every dimension, every universe, and every era, connected to every part of a physical entity. I'm simply trying to reclaim my Speed Force!"
The Flash is still yelling:
"Awoooooo! Although I feel the Speed Force passing through my body, woooooooo!"
Lucky passengers experienced the sprint in VIP seats, their voices completely muffled:
"Aaaaaah, I'm going to die! Aaaaaah!"
"Gruud used a lightning rod to sever the connection between everything in the entire Central City and the Speed Force!"
Chen Tao said, "He stole the speed of the entire city, which is why time has stopped outside, just like in many fictional stories!"
As he spoke, he saw strands of golden Speed Force, like earthworms, slowly crawling out of Barry's body and hovering on the windshield of the Batmobile, seemingly confused about something.
"Only by connecting with the Speed Force, or by mastering stillness like the Turtle Man, or by possessing a small amount of the Speed Force like the Gorilla Grodd, can one be unaffected by this speed stripping."
The gorilla Groud's exceptional intelligence and telepathic abilities are due to the Speed Force accelerating his thinking.
A robotic arm extends from the control panel inside the car and pulls out a vial of medicine from under the seat.
"So I don't need to seize the Speed Force. I just need to make the Speed Force think I'm the Flash, and then give me a little bit of the Speed Force that allows me to move freely!"
Part of the Batmobile's window sill turned into flesh, and the robotic arm lifted the serum and inserted it directly.
That was a potion he synthesized using the Flash's blood. Trying to research and synthesize something using that blood in such a short time was undoubtedly a pipe dream. Therefore, the potion's effects were very simple and direct:
They could just disguise the small piece of flesh injected as Barry's to fool the Speed Force.
really.
In the blink of an eye, with the advent of technology, the lightning-like earthworms that had been hesitating on the windshield immediately swarmed into the vehicle's interior—
But they soon realized they had been tricked. What they had excitedly rushed into was not some Crimson Runner, but a bunch of random iron. At this point, they were like college students who had been tricked into a pyramid scheme. Getting in was easy, but getting out was difficult.
Chen Tao shook his head; this level of speed wasn't enough.
"Barry, I'm going to start accelerating again."
Chen Tao said, "I need you to create more gods... Hmph."
But before he could finish speaking, he let out a muffled groan and nearly got into a car accident.
Chen Tao immediately transformed his head into that of the Joker.
The head with purple hair appeared on the windshield of the Batmobile, replacing the original onboard computer, and stood bare next to the steering wheel inside the car.
He had just suffered some kind of mental shock from the gorilla Grodd. He originally tried to use the Joker's mind to fight back, but the gorilla Grodd seemed to know his abilities and immediately fled before fully entering his mind, without engaging Chen Tao in a one-on-one battle.
Chen Tao's car headlights flashed.
But compared to this, another fact he noticed attracted his attention.
"You're getting slower and slower, Barry," he said in a low voice.
"What? I don't feel anything... what the hell!"
The Flash, who was strapped to the front and driving at high speed, heard Chen Tao calling him and quickly turned around. He was so frightened that he almost broke free of his chains and jumped out of the car.
Even more chillingly, the head spoke: "Don't be afraid, Barry, it's me!"
He heard Chen Tao say, "Never mind the fact that you've slowed down a bit, Gerud could launch a mental attack on you at any time. Quickly stick your head out here, and I'll give you an anti-mental attack buff."
"Okay, okay." Barry obediently stretched out his head, allowing Chen Tao to extend two metal tubes that were directly connected to the back of his head.
Then, in the next moment, a strange smile involuntarily appeared on his face.
"very good."
Chen Tao said, "Then we'll deal with your slowing down problem. I bet your uniform was provided by Professor Wells, and right now there's some 25th-century technology on it absorbing your speed. It absorbs a little bit every time you run."
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"Batman must have done something; we have to find them."
The turtle-man appeared on the rooftop, and not far away, the gorilla Gerd stood in front of a lightning rod. Countless golden bolts of lightning shot out from the lightning rod and were then absorbed by Gerd.
The turtle-man's eyes nearly popped out as he stared intently at the Speed Force gushing forth like a spring. Finally, just a second before Grud turned around, he suppressed his greedy expression.
He exchanged a glance with Reverse-Flash, who was standing next to Grud.
"The tricks I did to the Flash won't work forever," Reverse-Flash said in a deep voice. "Stop being so cautious, use your superpowers to find them!"
He said, "The Speed Force accelerates your thinking and makes your mental abilities even stronger. Even if Batman used the Joker's mind, he couldn't harm you. Once those things enter your brain, your thinking immediately accelerates. If you can't digest a mental shock in a minute, surely you can digest it in 10 minutes, 20 minutes, or even several hours?"
"I trained The Flash myself, and no one knows him better than me," Reverse-Flash said. "I know everything about him! No one understands how powerful he is better than me."
He said, "I wouldn't be surprised by anything he can do, but that's precisely why I know his limits very well. With the Speed Force you've absorbed, you're more than capable of controlling him, Gerud!"
"That's enough, Swan."
Before Reverse-Flash could finish speaking, he turned around and saw Chen Tao, still sporting the Joker's head, and the Flash reappearing on the rooftop of the tallest building.
Reverse Lightning's face darkened: "It seems our warrior and his mentor have already devised a plan to confront the Demon King."
Reverse Flash ignored the gorilla Grodd and, somewhat out of control, walked straight up to him, speaking on behalf of the entire group without Grodd's consent.
This was originally an unwise move. No matter how much Reverse-Flash had schemes against Grodd, he shouldn't have directly shown his contempt for Grodd at this moment. But Grodd, oblivious, seemed completely oblivious.
This was originally an act that challenged the leadership of the gorilla Grud, but Grud rolled his eyes and surprisingly didn't take it seriously.
"Give me back the Speed Force you stole from me!" The Flash immediately lunged at Groud, trying to reclaim the power that had been stolen from him.
"I stole from you—hahaha, Flash, stop messing around..." The gorilla retreated with a speed clearly beyond that of a normal gorilla: "Are you out of your mind?"
He retorted sarcastically without any restraint, "You think I could tamper with your uniform? Who do you take me for? Someone who would truly betray you..."
Before Barry could even get close, he was attacked by both the Turtle Man and Reverse-Flash. Gerud watched leisurely as he was beaten to his knees by the two men.
"The one who betrayed you... was your mentor... no, wait, what did you do?"
Halfway through his sentence, the gorilla Grodd suddenly turned around and belatedly realized that another Barry had grabbed his lightning rod.
"Good job, time remnants. You've learned that trick, Flash!"
Reverse-Flash, standing to the side, blurted out, watching his disciple with admiration as his disciple performed an interesting illusion, bathing in the ocean of the Speed Force.
The energy flowing from the lightning rod was stolen Speed Force. Unlike ordinary Speed Force, it wasn't difficult to absorb; instead, it was like harvested fruit, neatly placed in a basket. This was originally a feast prepared by the gorilla Groud for himself, but it was so easily taken back by the Flash—well, what?
Reverse-Flash saw the golden Speed Force coursing, surging, and roaring across Barry's body. Lightning crackled in Barry's eyes.
At that moment, the gorilla Grud also began to slowly clap his hands.
"Well done, Flash. I'm by your side now, and you're exactly what I wanted—alone. You've regained more of the Speed Force; you've gotten what you needed."
Gruud grinned maliciously.
Me too.
"The gift you brought me will become your most arrogant nightmare, The Flash."
The Flash in front of him screamed and half-knelt on the ground. He clutched his head tightly, his eyes glowing red.
That was a sign that Grodd was invading his brain.
"Foolish, Flash, you're trying to steal the Speed Force from my devices to enhance yourself?!"
"That suits me perfectly!" Gerud roared.
"You risked your life because you thought only you could protect your city and your family. Your arrogance will only ruin you."
"The lightning rod has strengthened my mental connection with the Speed Force Field. I no longer need it to control the Speed Force Storm. I am... the Speed Force Storm!"
"And without a doubt—"
Grodd said, "No matter what defenses Batman puts in your mind, it's no longer possible for him to stop me."
He looked at the Flash, who was lying on the ground clutching his head, and Batman, who was locked in a fierce battle with the Turtle Man in the distance.
He could feel his mind breaking through the Flash's hard shell, tearing even the chaotic circus apart, reaching the deepest part of his heart.
"Nothing you want to say to me, Barry?"
But Reverse-Flash once again overstepped his authority as team leader. Gorilla Grodd watched as Reverse-Flash blocked his path and strode towards the Flash, saying nothing.
A deep malice flashed in his beastly eyes.
Reverse-Flash walked up to The Flash, who was lying on the ground in great pain.
He was waiting, waiting for Barry to ask him why he betrayed him.
He was quite pleased that Batman didn't have time to talk to Barry about his past with The Flash.
Ever since he saw that future and decided to rebel against his alliance with Batman, he had been looking forward to this moment.
Tell The Flash their story in person.
He told the Flash himself that the stories he had told him about them being friends were just lies, and then saw the look of despair on the Flash's face.
Just thinking about it made him tremble with excitement.
Unfortunately, Barry didn't ask him a single question.
Reverse Flash could no longer hold back.
Batman was engaged in a fierce battle with the Turtle Man on the sidelines. The Turtle Man lacked attack methods like the Supersonic Hand Chop, making it difficult for him to break through Batman's Kryptonian body. However, Reverse-Flash knew that Batman's transformation was not indefinite.
"Do you know how I felt when I killed your mother? I will always cherish the tenderness of my hand piercing through fresh flesh."
Reverse-Flash said, "I am..."
"whee!"
?
Reverse Lightning paused for a moment.
He heard the Flash in front of him seem to chuckle softly, a sound so chilling that it made the hairs on his body stand on end.
"Guess who I am?"
Reverse Lightning suddenly turned his head: "Grud, focus..."
Then he saw the same smile appear on Grodd's face: "Hehe!"
"This doesn't make sense..." Reverse Flash took two steps back: "I've gathered information on Batman's mental defenses. Given Grodd's current mental strength, plus the stacking of so many Speed Forces, and the fact that you actively absorbed the Speed Force provided by Grodd, Batman's mental defenses are that strong?"
He said, "That doesn't make sense, unless you are a bat..."
Reverse-Flash suddenly realized something. He saw the "Flash" wipe his face, and sure enough, it turned back into a pale smile.
Batman.
He said in a low voice.
He turned his head and immediately saw the real Flash break through the Turtle Man's obstruction, with the same twisted smile as when Batman was impersonating him, blocking his retreat from behind.
(End of this chapter)