While I don't know if the Flash of this universe is working with the likes of Sisko Raymond and Caitlin Snow at Stellar Labs, it's never a bad idea to have Hancock investigate.

What's more, like the citizens of Canterlot, Roy is also curious about why the Flash didn't show up today.

"Yes, sir!"

Hancock replied immediately.

As the top laboratory in Canterlot, it is not easy to hack into the database of Stellar Labs.

Of course, for Hancock, who is an artificial intelligence, it is not much more difficult.

Sisko was a good scientist, but that didn't mean he had put a firewall in place to stop Hancock.

In other respects, Hancock may not be as good as Sisko.

But when it comes to cyber intrusions, Hancock is definitely better than Sisko.

Starlab.

Sisko and Caitlin looked at the report of the bank robbery with a sad face.

When the first bank was hacked, Sisko's early warning system sent a warning.

The warning was received, but he couldn't do anything.

It's not that he doesn't want to inform Barry the Flash, it's that he can't contact Barry at all right now.

To be precise, he doesn't even know if Barry is still in this world.

Just half an hour before the robbery, Barry was doing his daily training on the super treadmill that Sisko had built called the "Space Treadmill".

Although the speed force gives Barry far more speed than ordinary people, it doesn't mean that Barry doesn't need training.

In order to better deal with the endless number of transhuman crimes, Barry and Sisko have teamed up to develop a series of training programs, intending to further increase their speed through training.

This isn't the first time Barry has trained on a space treadmill.

But they never thought of it.

It's such a proven daily training that no one can expect to happen.

At the beginning, the training went smoothly and exactly as planned.

However, when Barry began to squeeze himself even further, increasing his already astonishing speed, the unexpected happened.

Barry, who ran wildly, is gone!

To be precise, it was under the gaze of Sisko and Caitlyn that he vanished into thin air.

This sudden accident completely disrupted the training plan that had been made.

To make matters worse, Sisko had not yet figured out what was going on, when the early warning system sounded the alarm that the bank had been robbed.

Because Barry had disappeared inexplicably, Sisko and Caitlyn could only watch as the robbers drove away with the looted cash.

After seeing the guests and commentators on the news start to denounce the Flash, Sisko had only two thoughts in his mind.

One is chagrin.

The other is unwilling.

Annoyed because he felt that Barry's disappearance was his mistake.

The training plan was developed by him and Barry, and the cosmic treadmill was also built by him.

In his opinion, if he could seriously check the space treadmill and Barry's physical condition before the start of training, Barry would not have disappeared inexplicably during training.

As for the unwillingness, it is because he feels a strong sense of powerlessness.

If he also has superpowers, then even if Barry is not there, he can stop those robbers without having to watch them go away.

In the past, Sisko always felt that even if he didn't have superpowers, he could solve crisis events with his intelligence.

But now, he found that the wisdom he was proud of could not help in the face of a sudden crisis.

Although Caitlyn also had a sad face now, unlike Sisko, she was not annoyed or unwilling.

There's only one thing she cares about right now, and that's if Barry is safe now.

Neither Sisko nor Caitlyn spoke, and the only sound of news reports was in the huge lab.

Little by little, time passed.

Just as Caitlyn pondered whether to comfort Sisko and encourage him to pick himself up again, an alarm suddenly sounded in the lab.

The sudden sound of the alarm immediately drew Sisko's attention back to the real world.

Without any hesitation, Sisko quickly walked over to the console.

"Damn it!"

Seeing what was displayed on the screen, Sisko immediately cursed.

"What's wrong?"

Caitlyn asked.

"There's a hacking lab!"

While answering Caitlin, Sisko's hands frantically tapped on the keyboard, trying to stop the hackers.

Although his IT skills are better than most people, and even no weaker than some cybersecurity experts, the expression on his face is still becoming more and more ugly.

Can't stop it!

Sisko tried his best, but he still couldn't stop the hackers.

The firewall he laid out, in front of unknown hackers, was as easy as if it didn't exist, and it was easily breached by hackers.

To make matters worse, this unknown hacker not only forcibly broke into the lab's internal network, but also hacked the lab's core database at an astonishing rate.

At today's rate, the lab's core database can be completely breached in less than a minute.

When the time comes, all the confidential information stored in the laboratory can be browsed and copied by the other party at will.

Realizing that the hacker was several levels higher than his own, Sisko gave up on stopping the other party's intrusion on the network and ran to the main power gate of the laboratory.

Although he didn't know who the hacker was who was hacking into the lab now, he was sure that they could only breach the lab's firewall on the network.

Since you can't stop the other party on the network, it's better to use physical interception.

After running to the main switch, Sisko did not hesitate, and immediately pulled down the switch, cutting off the power supply to the laboratory.

With the closing of the power switch, the brightly lit laboratory suddenly became dimmed, and all networks were forcibly cut off.

After confirming that the entire lab was powered off, Sisko finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Hotel.

Presidential Suite.

Living room.

"Sir, the people from the Star Lab forcibly cut off the power supply and didn't have time to hack into the core database."

Hancock's voice rang out immediately.

Power-off hacker-proof?

Hearing Hancock's words, Roy shook his head with a smile.

Then, he said slowly:

"Since the other party has used the power cut to stop you from invading the laboratory, then you should also give the other party a small gift."

"Hack into the city's main power grid and cut off the power supply to the Star Lab at the source."

"As for database intrusions, they should actively cut off the external network to prevent you from continuing to hack."

"Just disconnect them from the city grid, and find an opportunity to hack the database later."

Although he couldn't actually hack into the Stellar Lab's database, Roy didn't pay much attention to it.

Letting Hancock hack into the database of the Star Lab was just a temporary idea, not a particularly important matter.

It is best to be able to successfully invade.

Failure, it's not a big deal.

"Yes, sir."

Hancock replied immediately.

……

The next day.

Roy and Hallie, who slept until noon, came to the hotel's restaurant for lunch.

Because The Flash didn't show up, they didn't plan to go out last night to experience the customs of Canterlot, but stayed in the hotel to discuss their dreams and the origin of the universe.

Roy was savoring the Canterlot food in front of him while chatting with Harley without a word.

Today's Hallie is rarely dressed in a serious outfit, wearing an expensive light blue ladies' suit.

Although women's suits are not as sexy and hot as shorts and black silk crop tops, they also have a special charm.

While they were discussing where to go after lunch, an urgent news story came on the TV in the restaurant.

Or a bank robbery.

The only difference is that this time the person who did it was not an unknown ordinary robber, but a well-known scoundrel gang.

What's more, this time, the scoundrels did not rob an ordinary bank, nor did they rob cash, but a large pile of gold.

After seeing this urgent news, Roy frowned slightly.

Although the rogue gang in the comics also robbed banks, the rogue gang will run out to rob gold at this time, which is not quite right no matter how you look at it.

The timing was a bit too coincidental.

There was an anomalous group robbery just yesterday, and the Rogue Gang ran out to rob the gold today.

While this is indeed what the Rogue Gang does, Roy's instincts tell him that it is not that simple.

But what exactly is wrong, he can't say now.

"The security here doesn't look like it's as safe as Gotham."

After seeing the urgent news that was being broadcast, Harley complained directly.

"Compared to Gotham, the security here is still okay."

"At least the gangsters here didn't come out to fish in troubled waters last night."

Roy replied.

If it's in Gotham, when the police's attention is diverted elsewhere, the gang will definitely take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and do things that are not usually convenient.

And the gangsters in Canterlot not only didn't fish in troubled waters last night, but they also behaved very well.

"It's only temporary."

Harley said with a look of certainty.

Roy didn't contradict Harry, nodding approvingly.

After lunch, Roy and Hallie returned to the presidential suite to rest for a while.

Subsequently, the car drove out of the hotel.

In order to find out exactly where the Flash went as soon as possible, Roy decided to go to the Star Lab to find out for himself.

He had already asked Hancock to investigate yesterday, and Barry Allen didn't go to work yesterday.

In addition, judging from the surveillance cameras near the Star Laboratory, he can basically conclude that The Flash is working with Sisko and Caitlin in the Star Laboratory, just like in the TV series.

In addition to this, he asked Hancock to investigate Harrison Welles, the director of Stellar Labs, in detail.

After Hancock's investigation, Harrison Wells is clean.

In the TV series, Harrison is the reverse lightning.

But judging from the data from Hancock's investigation, the Harrison of this universe is not a reverse lightning.

Or rather, Albert Swann didn't disguise himself as Harrison.

Roy was so sure.

The reason is simple.

On the day of the accident at Star Labs' particle accelerator, Harrison was killed.

A few days after Harrison's death, his family came to Canterlot, cremated his body, and left Canterlot with his ashes.

Since then, the position of director of Stellar Labs has been vacant.

With the exception of Sisko and Caitlin, who remained at Stellar Labs, the rest of the researchers either quit their jobs and moved to Mercury Labs or left Canterlot.

In addition, due to the accident of the particle accelerator and the death of Harrison, the financiers of Star Labs also canceled their sponsorship.

Although the name of the laboratory is still hung on the Star Laboratory, the current laboratory does not conduct any scientific research.

In other words, Sisko and Caitlin now have only one research object, and that is Barry Allen, the Flash.

Of course, assisting the Flash in fighting criminals is now also the main business of Star Labs.

The Star Laboratory, which was originally bustling with people and was regarded as the hope of Canterlot's future, was transformed into an abandoned building with a rare inhabited population after the accident of the particle accelerator.

Although there are still a lot of experimental equipment in it, and there are still a lot of funds in the account to keep the laboratory going, now that there is no director and other researchers, the Star Lab has become a studio for Sisko and Caitlin.

With their ability, they could have moved to other labs, but they didn't do so, but stayed in the form of "wasting their time".

After parking the car in the parking lot in front of the lab building, which didn't have any vehicles, Roy walked into the lab with Hallie.

Most of the facilities inside the building were shut down, and everything except for the core lab and a few supply warehouses was locked.

Not only that, because there is no cleaning staff responsible for daily cleaning, the traces of accidents can still be seen inside the building.

Fallen tables and chairs, broken walls and windows, papers strewn all over the place, and so on.

Maybe it's because Sisko hasn't digested the "little gift" that Hancock left yesterday, or maybe Sisko doesn't plan to reconnect to the city grid at all, and most of the building is still in a state of power outage.

Although it was the first time to come here, Roy easily locked down Sisko and Caitlyn's location, and took Harley to the building's core laboratory.

"Stop, I'll shoot if you move again."

No sooner had he entered the core lab, Sisko popped up from around the corner and pointed a strange pistol at Roy and Hallie.

Unlike Sisko, Caitlyn didn't point a gun at them, but she had a wary look on her face.

"Take it easy, we're not bad people."

Roy said calmly.

"Who are you and why are you coming to the lab?"

"Don't say I didn't warn you, this gun in my hand is powerful enough to easily pierce through a wall, so you'd better not act rashly."

Sisko exclaimed.

"Really?"

"Then I'd like to see if this gun is really as powerful as you say."

As soon as he finished speaking, Roy flashed in front of Sisko and took the strangely shaped black pistol in his hand.

Without waiting for Sisko to speak, he aimed his gun at the wall next to him and pulled the trigger decisively.

(End of chapter)