Chapter 117: It's always been like this, right?
In Canterlot, Kewen, who was brainwashed by Barry with the power of sages, is also looking for the truth. At this time, he is still in a stage of doubt, although the post-it notes are his own handwriting, and the colleagues around him are indeed very wrong, but memory does not deceive, his memories from childhood to adulthood are in his mind, not false, Barry used the sage power to make up this memory for Ke Wen, which can be said to be perfect, so that Ke Wen can not find a single suspicious point.
So far, the only thing Kewen can be sure of is that this post-it note written in his own handwriting will tell him a truth, or a prank, and everything will have to be answered by finding Nora Allen, a lady he doesn't know at all. And the day passed quickly, with a sports car to get around, Cowen soon traveled all over Canterlot and visited all the Nora Allen he knew.
There are only four Nora Allen in Canterlot, one is 70 years old, one is only three months old, and the other has already visited herself, just like her colleagues at the newspaper. They all wore masks called happy smiles to chat with themselves, and there was nothing they could understand, and after chatting, Ke Wen only felt that the muscles on his face were about to stiffen with laughter, and it was also a technical job to keep smiling all the time.
At this time, Cowen was sitting in the Chariot of the Setstrong, looking at the residence in front of him, which was the location of the last Nora Allen on his list. That is, Barry Allen's mother, Kewen, who has been brainwashed by Barry to change his memory, did not feel that he would bring any danger if he approached Nora Allen so rashly, and after confirming that this was Nora Allen's residence, he just got out of the car and walked over.
Standing at the door, ringing the doorbell, Kewen waited quietly. It's just that I've been standing at the door for almost fifteen minutes, and Ke Wen still hasn't heard the sound of someone coming to open the door.
"Eh, I pinched the wrong time? I should be at home after work at this point. Looking at the watch on his wrist, Ke Wen was a little puzzled why no one came to open the door, in this case, wouldn't the doubts in his heart have to be deepened?
"Excuse me, what's the matter with you?"
A voice of doubt sounded behind Curwen, and when he turned around, Curvin saw Barry Allen, dressed in casual clothes, standing there, looking at him with puzzled eyes. I have to say that Barry Allen's acting skills are in place, and Barry at this moment shows that he doesn't know Kewen at all, just curious why a young man would appear at the door of his parents' house, even if it is Kewen, he can't see any clues.
He couldn't see it before he was brainwashed, and it was even more impossible for him after brainwashing.
"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm a reporter for the Canterlot Daily, and I'm writing a headline about how Canterlot has changed during this time, and I've been out and about lately, and I want to know what people in this city think of Canterlot. But it seems that the owner of this house is not at home. ”
In a hurry, Ke Wen also said a somewhat lame excuse, but with the voice recorder that Ke Wen was holding at this time and the camera bag he was carrying, the doubtful Barry also dispelled his doubts. Immediately, he also smiled and said: "Then you came to the wrong time, my parents are now taking care of my wife at my house, if you want to know what the citizens of the central city think of this city, I don't know if I am suitable?" ”
"Your parents? So you are? ”
"Barry Allen, Canterlot Crime Scene Forensic Section."
"Kewen, Canterlot Daily reporter."
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Curvin also gave up his plan to visit Nora Allen and instead negotiated with Barry, who appeared here. At this time, he didn't know that it was because of his strange appearance in the Canterlot Daily that Barry was here. Because Barry didn't understand Kewen's situation at this time, according to the level of sage power he mastered, Kewen at this time should be like other central city citizens, enjoying this utopia created by himself.
will smile when chatting with himself, will be satisfied with the life at this time, decent work, good salary, and when his last stage is completed, he can compensate for the identity he wants, and when the time comes, whether it is himself, Kewen, or others in the Justice League, he will be happy. It's just why, Ke Wen, who was supposed to enjoy life under such brainwashing, once again embarked on the road of finding the so-called truth, and those post-it notes, when did he put them up.
Barry couldn't figure it out, even with the speed of God and the power of the Sage, Barry didn't know when Kewen wrote those post-it notes, if he hadn't seen Kewen's abnormal performance in Iron Mountain Prison, things might have changed for the worse.
But in the same way, when Barry is full of doubts about Cowen's behavior, Cowen is also curious about the son of Nora Allen who appears in front of him and is looking for Nora Allen. Because Barry Allen, who was talking to him at this time, made Curvin feel real, yes, real, not like those colleagues he got along with at the newspaper, when each of them smiled at Curwen, Curvin only felt that they were all wearing masks.
The two of them are like a drama at this time, and Barry Allen, who is the initiator, shows that he has just met Kewen, and constantly tests Kewen with words to confirm whether he has been brainwashed by his sage power. And Kewen, who has been brainwashed and replaced his memory, is acting in his true colors, and he has indeed integrated into the new identity that Barry has created for himself, this new life in Canterlot.
But the post-it notes that reminded him also made Kewen's strong curiosity agitated, and he had to find out the truth about why he wrote these post-it notes, why he felt that the city he lived in was a little fake, and the colleagues around him, why they laughed, and why he could show more emotions, why he only laughed.
The two people who were negotiating on the street also chatted from six o'clock to the beginning of the lights, and when night fell, the calm and peaceful Central City also entered the nightlife.
"Ah, we're talking so late, I'm really sorry to disturb you so much." Kewen, who noticed that it was getting late, also said sorry to Barry there.
"No, I think it's okay, I didn't expect you to have only been in Canterlot for three years, and you feel more than me, who grew up in Canterlot, it seems that you enjoy your life in Canterlot."
After an hour of testing Kewen, Barry finally determined that the Curvin in front of him was indeed brainwashed by himself, but the curiosity rooted in his heart, as well as these post-it notes that he didn't know when they appeared, made Ke Wen curious and wanted to find out why these post-it notes appeared next to him. There is nothing wrong with such curiosity, and what I have to do is to make Kewen's curiosity disappear, and the best way is to follow Kewen.
"But then again, I seemed to answer the question about what I thought of Canterlot instead of my parents. But I think my parents may be more sensitive to the changes in Canterlot, they are older than me, and they have gone through two eras, how about the day after tomorrow, I will help you make an appointment with my parents, and you will interview them again? ”
"Is that so? Seems like a good reference, you're a nice guy, Barry. ”
Kewen didn't expect that the Barry Allen he knew was so enthusiastic that he planned to help him complete this investigation, after all, this matter is not very glorious, but Barry gave himself a reason to get in touch with Nora Allen, and Kewen had no reason to let it go. After getting Barry's affirmation, he also agreed, confirming that he would contact the last Nora Allen the day after tomorrow.
"I'm just providing an information outlet for someone who loves Canterlot, and it's a pleasure to talk to you, Cowen."
"Me too, Barry, you're so much more real than my colleagues."
Barry, who was about to say goodbye to Kewen, also heard this, and he froze when he was about to turn around, turned around again, looked at Kewen, maintained a curious facial expression, and asked there, "Real?" You're not trying to say that your colleagues are fake. ”
"No, they're naturally real, it's just that their response to life makes me very unaccustomed and makes me feel a little uncomfortable, but in fact, I'm doing it too, just like them, but I can't act, they can. So, Barry, I think it's great to know you today and talk to you for so long, and it makes me feel like this is the normal way to get along with people. ”
Kewen's words brought up Barry's newly relieved heart again, looking at the young man in front of him who had been brainwashed by himself, he couldn't understand why he still questioned the city he lived in, the life he had long adapted to, when he had lost all his memories and only the new memories and new identities he had wove weaved. This is very unreasonable, why don't other citizens of the central city who have been brainwashed by themselves with the power of sages feel this way.
"Normal? Then I'm curious, why don't your colleagues get along normally? "In my heart I have doubts,
"It's not abnormal, I just don't think they need to. You know Barry, before I met you, I had a pretty bad day, I almost had a car accident on my way to work, I didn't sleep well all night, but when I got to the newspaper, everyone I saw told me to laugh, and laughing to show that we were happy, and the problem was, I really didn't have the heart to laugh at that time, but in their eyes, I had to laugh, I couldn't have the right to mourn.
They told me that if you laugh, everything will be fine. I know everything is going to be okay, but that shouldn't be the reason why I have to laugh, right? So, I'm really not used to this way of getting along, people, cry when they should cry, be unhappy if they are unhappy, blindly smile, in the end, they won't even be unhappy, and the meaning of that smile will be gone. ”
At this time, Ke Wen didn't know that the person in front of him was the initiator, just like a citizen of the central city who found what he thought was as normal as himself, and poured out his feelings about this day. He should have been accustomed to everything, but after knowing Barry, a normal person who is almost as normal as himself, he said this, but every word Kewen said was a big shock to Barry's heart.
He couldn't have imagined that even in such a situation, Cowen would still be able to perceive the anomaly of Canterlot, and discover it with the new identity he had woven for him, rather than the preconceived notions at the beginning. This situation is easy to solve, but it is also difficult to solve, as long as his mother passes the level, slowly, Ke Wen will adapt to the atmosphere of Central City, and he will also become those colleagues in his words, facing everything with a smile.
"Well, in a way, I agree with you, after all, life is often unsatisfactory, and you can't guarantee that you can laugh at everything. But that's what Canterlot is all about, isn't it, everyone who comes here will be infected by the happiness of Canterlot, here, there will be no common bad luck, no crime, no violation of order, so everyone can smile and say good morning, good afternoon, good night, always, Kewen, Canterlot is worth facing him with a smile, then, see you the day after tomorrow. ”
"See you the day after tomorrow."
After saying goodbye to Barry, Kewen also returned to his Zetron sports car, looking at Barry, who had disappeared into the crowd and could not be seen, the smile that Curvin had just shown to Barry slowly retracted. At this time, the central city has also entered the nightlife, the traffic is busy, the bustling crowd, and the colorful neon lights hit Ke Wen's face leaning against the car window from time to time, making him a little tired of every smiling central city citizen on the street at this time.
"It's always been that way, right? If this is the characteristic of Canterlot, then outside Canterlot, what about those who live in other cities, other countries, can they face everything with a smile every day, speaking of which, how long has it been since I left Canterlot..."
While whispering, Kewen didn't notice that on the Drive drive, which had been hanging on the steering wheel and was used as a dashboard, a white light appeared, like a pair of eyes, when Kewen was still looking at the scenery outside the window. The eyes of the white light showed that they were bent into crescents, as if to express his recognition of Kewen's daring to question the city he lived in and all the natural things that happened around him at this time.
When Ke Wen came back to his senses from his thoughts, the white light on the Drive was also hidden, and Ke Wen did not find the clues.
"Forget it, what is the truth, you will know when you see that Nora Allen the day after tomorrow, and then, let's have a good time these days~"
Ke Wen, who adjusted his emotions, did not continue to stay on the street, and these central city residents who still had smiles on their faces could not affect Ke Wen at this moment. As soon as the accelerator was stepped on, this Batman black technology, Lex black technology, Krypton black technology, and the Zetron chariot that combined the Injustice universe and was also equipped with AI Batman entered the traffic flow, ending the day of ordinary citizen Kewen in Canterlot.
As night fell, Barry Allen's figure also appeared in the Iron Mountain Prison, at this time, inside the Iron Mountain Prison, there was Wally, a god speed force tool man, and a villain who was brainwashed by Barry with the power of the sage, and the base station transmission tower that was only in rudimentary form was built at this time. The alien Drive, that is, the Turtle Man, who had been staying here, did not take off his disguise, but just stood there with the new god mantis of the Apocalypse, admiring the base station tower.
After Barry appears at Iron Mountain Prison, the outlier Drive also turns around and looks at the old rival. At this time, Barry was silent, and his eyes were also looking at the base station tower that had been built. But the information revealed in his eyes was doubtful, and Barry, who had already reached the last step, looked at the base station transmission tower, and also wondered if this could complete the beautiful new world in his heart.
"Rest assured, the power of stillness, the power of speed, the power of sages, although there is no power power, it is enough. The new world you want will come, but before that, you haven't told me about the Kamen Rider you've brainwashed. I remember that you gave him a good identity, why did he still behave like that, how was the conversation just now. ”
"He doesn't have any problems, and he doesn't have any doubts about the new identity I've wove into. He was just curious, and the guidance of the sticky notes made him curious about where the sticky notes came from, but I took care of it all, and I arranged for my mother to have a conversation with him to dispel his doubts. As for those post-it notes, I've checked them, but no, but you, can you really guarantee me. ”
Answering the question of the alien Drive, Barry also asked rhetorically, the reason why he has come to this point, the reason why he still wants to do this when he understands that the world he is in has been modified, is his mother. Having experienced the flashpoint event, he understands that no matter how much he changes the past, as long as he modifies the historical reality of his mother's death, the chain reaction of the timeline caused by it is enough to destroy the universe and then restart it.
Then you, Superman, Batman, or someone else you know, will repeat this tragic process, which is an unsolvable question, and no matter how you answer it, you will be wrong, and you have no choice but to skip it. Until, when he was tracking down the escape of the tortoise man in Iron Mountain Prison, he ran into this alien Drive, and the battle that should have happened stopped with the person who was divided from the alien Drive.
Because Barry saw a robot that had diverged from the alien Drive turn into his own mother in front of him, this was the first time Barry had seen this situation, and when the alien Drive used this trick to conjure his mother, he should have used the lightning of God Speed to teach this bastard a lesson. But when he saw the bionic robot that had been split from the alien Drive, transformed into his mother's appearance, and looked at him, Barry gave up.
Because the eyes can't deceive people, he misses his mother, and every year on Mother's Day, he travels back in time and space to contact his mother eleven years ago on the day she was killed, so that he couldn't be more familiar with his mother. So when this Nora Allen, who Barry thought was a fake, looked at herself, Barry understood that she was her mother, the mother who loved her.
Barry couldn't do anything to his mother, and he knew that he couldn't fight the alien Drive, and he couldn't bear the pain of losing his mother because he couldn't do anything, and he watched his mother die because he couldn't change the past. But now, the moment he saw Nora Allen appear in front of him, a thought also rose in Barry's heart, if he can't change the past, then why not change the present?
At the moment when Barry had this idea, the Sage Force chose him, or rather, in response to Barry's wishes, the Divine Speed Force brought the Sage Power with infinite wisdom to Barry. With the mastery of the speed force, Barry quickly mastered the power of the sage, which contained infinite wisdom and was able to grasp the minds of others, and at the same time, the thoughts in his heart became concrete.
Since the reality in which he lives has been artificially modified, why don't he modify this memory more thoroughly, so that the citizens of Canterlot can completely forget the memory of his mother's death eleven years ago and his father's unjust imprisonment, and then use the speed of power to destroy all the materials of that year. In this way, no one will doubt the identity of the Nora Allen in front of him, and then cooperate with the alien Drive in front of him.
With the help of the static force, the sage power, and the speed force to modify the memory of the whole world, the stationary force stabilizes everything, and the speed force is responsible for providing infinite power to assist the sage force to connect the thinking of people all over the world, and finally, it is by the sage force to carry out a comprehensive memory modification according to the connected thinking, and create a beautiful new world without sadness and only happiness by oneself.
In that new world, he is no longer the Flash, but Barry Allen, and his friends, even the darkest of Batman, can have a perfect family life. As for Cowen, the victim who was modified by Dr. Manhattan at the beginning can also have a new identity in the new world, and to some extent, he helped Cowen, and all of this is pinned on the base station transmission tower of Iron Mountain Prison at this time.
This tower will be the hope of ending his nightmare, so that all the tragedies in the world will disappear, and only the beginning of happiness will remain.
"Don't worry, I can't think of the possibility of failure, you are the fastest person in the world, the greatest Flash, as long as you are still thinking about your family, I think, this plan will not fail, or do you think it is good to just watch your mother die, when you have the ability to change, and do not cause harm to people, or even bring happiness."
The words of the alien Drive whispered in Barry's ear, and Barry's eyes, which were still a little struggling, became firm, yes, they have all come to this point, if you give up like this, then what's the point of doing so much by yourself, soon, everything will be over, the mother can be truly resurrected, and everyone can be happy. Just like himself before, he can save everyone, in an instant.
"I understand, you don't need to worry about Kamen Rider, as soon as the day after tomorrow passes, everything will be a new beginning."
"Really? I'm looking forward to it. ”
After receiving Barry's assurance, the alien Drive also walked to the base station transmission tower, and the three of them looked at the tower like this, waiting for the day after tomorrow.