"His speed exceeds 200 knots per hour, oh my god, this is really amazing."
Cisco looked at the speed displayed on the monitoring equipment, excited and amazed.
"How is this possible?"
Caitlin was equally amazed.
Dr. Harrison Wells remained calm and silent, but a slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"200 knots per hour translates to 370 kilometers per hour. This speed is a bit slow—"
Samuel calculated in his mind.
Central City and Starling City are over six hundred miles apart, which is about a thousand kilometers. At Barry Allen's current speed, it would take two to three hours to run from Central City to Starling City.
That slow?
It wouldn't take me that long to run back and forth a few times, would it?
Or rather, even without the Speed Force, A-Train's Super Speed alone is much, much faster than him!
But after all, it's the first run. The current speed is just the beginning. He will definitely run faster and faster from now on.
"Bang!"
There was a loud noise from a distance as Barry Allen lost control and crashed into the pre-prepared 'guardrail'.
He was not lightly injured this time, with multiple fractures and cracks throughout his body.
Three hours later.
At Star Labs, Caitlin held a photo of Barry Allen's fracture and said in amazement, "It looks like you fractured your distal radius just now, and now it's healed, in just three hours!"
Barry Allen was a little disbelieving: "How is this possible?"
"We don't know—for now, we don't know."
Caitlin shook her head.
Dr. Harrison Wells came to Barry Allen in his wheelchair and asked meaningfully, "What happened just now? You were running fine, then something suddenly distracted you."
Barry Allen was silent for a moment, then said, "I remembered something. When I was eleven, my mother was killed."
Everyone stopped subconsciously, showing sympathy.
"It was late at night, and I was woken up by a sound. I went downstairs, and then—what I saw looked like a Flash. There was a Shadow inside it, and he killed my mother."
"The Police arrested my father, and he's still in Iron Heights Prison for murder. Everyone, the Police, psychiatrists, they all said what I saw wasn't real."
"But, what if the killer is like me?"
Because of his own speed, because of the characteristics of his running, Barry Allen thought of this possibility!
"Let me tell you clearly, there is only one person like You in this World."
Dr. Harrison Wells said with a smile.
Barry Allen sighed in disappointment, believing it, just like that!
"I'll head back first."
He stood up and nodded to everyone, turning to leave with a somewhat low mood.
About half an hour later, he came back.
As soon as he came in, he said excitedly and indignantly, "I'm not the only one affected by the particle accelerator explosion, am I?"
Dr. Harrison Wells glanced at everyone and said, "That's not certain yet."
"You said this city was safe, that there were no hidden dangers, that was all a lie. What really happened that night!"
Facing the questioning, Dr. Harrison Wells thought for a moment and said, "After the accelerator started, we all thought we were heroes, and then everything went haywire."
"A spatial barrier was breached, releasing unknown energy into our World. Antimatter, dark energy, X-elements—"
Barry Allen interrupted, "These are all theoretical."
"How 'theoretical' are You yourself?"
Dr. Harrison Wells countered.
Barry Allen fell silent.
On the central monitor, as Dr. Harrison Wells operated his wheelchair, a city map centered on the lab appeared.
"We've mapped the scatter pattern throughout the city and surrounding areas, but we can't be sure what—or who—was exposed to the radiation."
"We've been looking for other metahumans like You!"
"Metahumans?"
"That's what we call them."
Barry Allen didn't dwell on this issue and said in a deep voice, "I saw one just now. He was a bank robber, and he could control the weather!"
Cisco couldn't help but say, "This is getting cooler and cooler."
Barry Allen retorted loudly, "It's not cool! Okay? Someone died because of it!"
"Mardon must have gotten his powers the same way I did, from that Storm cloud. He's still at large, and we have to stop him before he hurts more people."
Barry Allen was very excited. Perhaps this is what a hero is, having the sense of responsibility to save everything, regardless of whether it is related to oneself.
"Barry."
Dr. Harrison Wells reminded, "That's the Police's job."
"I work for the Police."
"You're a forensic assistant!"
This jab was a bit harsh. Barry Allen hesitated to speak, then said, "You're responsible for this, for him!"
"The important thing is You!"
Dr. Harrison Wells said with a tone of disappointment, "The important thing is You, not me. I lost everything. I lost my company, I lost my reputation, I lost my freedom!"
He patted his leg and pointed at Barry: "And You broke your arm but healed in three hours. Inside You, there might be a map to a whole new World, gene therapy, vaccines, medicine, treasures buried deep within You!"
"Barry, we can't risk all of this just because You want to go out and play hero!"
"You're not some hero, You're just a young man struck by lightning."
Dr. Harrison Wells's words were very blunt and hurtful, stinging Barry Allen's heart. He glanced at the silent crowd and turned to leave in silence.
Samuel looked at Dr. Harrison Wells with interest, somewhat curious whether he said this to motivate or to discourage Barry.
From the looks of it now, it should be to discourage him, but Samuel knew that Barry Allen would come back.
He would ask Caitlin and Cisco for help, oh, and maybe himself, and then they would deal with Weather Wizard together.
The hero's old routine, first suppressing then elevating. When Barry is not a match for Weather Wizard, Dr. Harrison Wells will jump out and feed him encouragement, motivating him to defeat his opponent in one fell swoop.
From the results, Dr. Harrison Wells's routine of first discouraging and then encouraging was very effective. Barry Allen not only became more confident, but he also very naturally joined the Flash Team and became Barry Allen's spiritual mentor!
I have to say, the older the ginger, the spicier!
However, your target is Barry Allen, and my target, hehe—is Barry Allen's opponents.
"My dear, I'm leaving now. I'll pick You up tonight."
Samuel hugged Caitlin, kissed her cheek, and also left Star Labs.
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