mtl008 Chapter 2398: Bats Fight (8)
Chapter 2398: Bats Fight (8)
Chapter 2398: Battle between Bats (VIII)
The red figure ran quickly in the golden space, while a deep voice echoed around him, "Do you think this is fast enough, Barry?"
"This doesn't solve anything, Batman," the younger voice said. "Now you are the creator and controller of the Speed Force, but you are just jumping from one tragedy to another."
"Your tragedy lies in yourself." said Flash Batman.
"But even if you become me, you can't reverse the tragedy of either of us. The tragedy is not about you and me, but about time itself. It will eventually pass and is irreversible."
"I didn't know you were such a pessimist."
The young voice fell silent, but suddenly a more childish voice came from behind Flash Batman.
"Stop! Stop now! Otherwise you will attract him here!!!"
Flash Batman kept running, but when he turned his head, he found that a younger Barry Allen had caught up with him.
This young Barry is still just a teenager, much younger than the Flash that Batman knows, but at this moment there is some anxiety on his face. He said: "You can't run faster, otherwise you will overdraw your life, and the god of death will find you."
"Who are you? Why are you here?"
"I am another Flash. You have to believe me, Batman. There is a price to pay for transcending time. The Speed Force will not allow someone to consume it without replenishing it. Once you consume too much, it will turn you into nutrients."
"You all say that I have transcended time, but I cannot control time, which is what I should be able to do. What on earth are you not telling me?"
There was a hint of anger in the Flash Batman's voice. Barry was slightly startled because he heard a faint and weak voice telling him: "Leave quickly, Batman has gone crazy, he wants to reverse time and go back to the past..."
"Shut up, Barry!"
"You can't do it." Barry said, "No Flash can do it. They have tried countless times, but they all ended in tragedy. Your rash actions will only get you deeper and deeper into trouble."
"Tell me." Flash Batman almost roared, "Tell me the truth about time! As long as I can control time, I can reverse the past..."
"I told you not to!"
"That means I'm not fast enough!"
Barry was a little desperate, but the Flash Batman ran faster and faster, as if he wanted to get rid of him and prove that he was right. Barry had to move faster, which was not difficult for him.
"Why are you so fast?" Flash Batman looked at Barry and said, "You are faster than the Flash in our universe."
"Because I'm not completely the Flash." Barry looked down at the golden light beneath his feet, which was different from most speedsters because it was black and gold.
The most original darkness of this world that once surged into his body has merged with the speed force he can produce. He still possesses the properties of the speed force, but it is different from ordinary speed force.
Because of this, Barry is no longer bound by the fate of the speedster, but he knows very well that every speedster in this universe has the same fate, even if it is Batman who is using the speed force now.
The Flash Batman didn't seem to want to accept all this. The intense anger in his heart made him run faster and faster. He tried his best to get rid of Barry and the words he kept nagging in his ears like "I can't do it".
The golden light of the Speed Force began to grow stronger and stronger, and finally after breaking through a certain critical point, a black figure appeared behind them.
It was a dark monster that appeared almost instantly in the speed force. No matter how fast Flash Batman ran, the dark figure would immediately appear behind him, grab his shoulders and throw him to the ground.
After stopping running, I should have left the speed force, but now the space was no longer blurry and faintly glowing as it was when I was running, but was pitch black.
Flash Batman turned over and looked at the monster in front of him with a little fear. The man had a face like his, but his body was covered with black spikes.
It was as if the opponent didn't see Barry standing next to him, and walked straight towards the Flash Batman. The Flash Batman tried to get up and run away in panic, but collapsed the moment he came into contact with the black power.
He was grabbed by the neck and lifted high up. The oxygen was getting less and less. He was almost dying, but at this moment, he heard Barry's voice again.
"Save him, please, save him, I know you can do it, don't create another tragedy."
"He killed you, didn't he?"
"He was just deceived and blinded. The data of that experiment was not accurate. It just gave him the answer he wanted. We know it was wrong, but it was not his fault."
"He could have completely wiped out my consciousness, but he didn't. He felt anxious, scared and angry, but he didn't completely lose his conscience. He still believed in his friends, and I had to bring him back."
"Now he is no longer the great hero Batman, but just a prisoner of his own desires, a poor lost child. Save him, Barry."
Barry seemed to have made up his mind. He took a deep breath and stretched out a hand. The energy of black and gold surged out from his hand, but it did not attack the black shadow. Instead, it wrapped around the body of the Flash Batman.
As the black and gold intertwined energy gradually covered the body of Flash Batman, the black shadow's movements revealed a hint of confusion. He slowly loosened his hand and looked left and right, as if looking for a target.
This space seemed to be extremely unstable. After the black shadow could no longer sense the existence of the strong speed force, the space began to collapse and the black shadow's figure began to gradually disappear.
Flash Batman fell heavily to the ground. He quickly regained consciousness, but did not get up from the ground. He just lay there and muttered to himself: "I feel death. It has never been so close to me. If it could take me away earlier, I wouldn't have to pursue the answer to all this."
"It's not the rigged experiment that gave you the wrong answer." The Flash's voice appeared again, "It's you, the you who has been stuck in the past. You know that the result of the experiment is incorrect, but you hope it is correct so much."
"But you also told me that the black and white of this world cannot be reversed because of personal views, nor can they be confused because of anyone's greed. Right is right and wrong is wrong."
"You're right, Barry." Batman's voice began to become disembodied, "Then let this all end."
"Wait!" Barry, who was standing aside, said, "Batman, do you know how big a mess you just made? You don't want to leave the two of us here to clean up the mess you made, do you?!"
Flash Batman paused, Barry spread his hands, and explained helplessly: "I warned you that if you run too fast it will bring disaster. Now the disaster has come, and it has not only come to you. You have brought the disaster of the speedsters to another universe, and you are responsible for solving it!"
"What the hell is that?" asked the Flash.
"Haven't you encountered it?" Barry sighed helplessly and said, "It seems that you are not running fast enough, but I and other Flashes who run fast enough have encountered it. That guy is the god of death, the god of death for speedsters."
"We all know that the Speed Force is very useful. Yes, we are also the creators of the Speed Force, but the Speed Force has its own operating rules that are not completely under our control."
"While we are creating the Speed Force, we are also consuming it. The faster we run, the more it is consumed. Once we reach a critical point, in order to maintain its own balance, the Speed Force will let the God of Death come to find us, kill us, and use our power to replenish the Speed Force. This is the cycle of life and death for speedsters."
"You mean the Speed Force is a conscious being?"
"No, it doesn't. It's just an existence that follows the laws of nature. The God of Death doesn't have any consciousness either. It will just keep chasing after the nodes with a stronger speed force, catch up with them, and kill them. That's why I said you can't run too fast."
"Why were you able to avoid it?" Batman was more concerned about this.
"I...I didn't just use the Speed Force. As you can see, there are other powers involved."
"But this is impossible. I can't master any power other than the Speed Force, let alone combine them into one."
"Because it is a very special power, more fundamental and essential than any other power in this world. To be exact, it comes from you, Batman. It is your darkness."
The two voices in the figure lying on the ground fell silent. After a while, he slowly stood up, looked at Barry and said, "You still have too many secrets."
"Yes, but now is not the time to talk about this." Barry sighed again and said, "Originally, the God of Death only exists in our universe. When I am active in this universe, I am very careful not to run too fast, because once I attract the other party's attention, he can cross the universe and come here. There are also speedsters in this universe. They may not use the speed force, but their speed is just as fast."
"At the same time, there is also the concept of time and death. No one knows whether this guy will appear behind every speedster and time controller after he arrives..."
Spider-Man and his friends finally entered the National Library, where there were a vast number of books distributed in two buildings. The interior of the library was decorated luxuriously and retro, with bright lights and an extremely prosperous atmosphere.
Finally, they met the Time Manipulator in the central round hall. His expression was still dull, but he showed some fluctuations when he saw Spider-Man Noir.
"Are you from the past?" He looked at Spider-Man Noir and asked.
"War in our universe is not in the past, but now." Shadow Spider-Man tilted his head and said, "Germany and the Soviet Union are fighting each other, and winter is coming soon."
"And you stand here and do nothing." The time manipulator's tone finally took on a hint of anger, "You have the power to stop it."
"I'm trying to stop it." Shadow Spider-Man's tone was calm. He said, "In fact, due to the changes I brought, the situation has improved a lot. Thanks to the addition of some special young people who are flexible, powerful, and always well-intentioned, the Soviet Union has gained an overwhelming advantage. The war may end early."
"You and your companions?"
"Don't talk nonsense. They are just some members of a space tour group who came to help others when they saw injustice."
The anger on the Time Manipulator's face disappeared, replaced by a complicated expression. He said, "Perhaps you have noticed that each personality and their abilities here did not appear randomly, and my appearance was due to a war that David had never experienced and should not have experienced. It came from his mother, Ms. Harrell."
(End of this chapter)