deltrittennovels Chapter 195 "I'm Going to Build a Legion of Destruction!"
Chapter 195 "I'm Going to Build a Legion of Destruction!"
Chapter 195 "I'm Going to Build a Legion of Destruction!"
Incredible.
That was the only thought in Reverse-Flash's mind at that moment.
A complete lie, a deception that distorts the truth—just two simple sentences were enough to manipulate the world's fastest man. He repeatedly analyzed the feasibility of this lie in his mind, and was surprised to find that the logical loop was flawless.
If he spends more time erasing some of the physical evidence left at the scene, such as removing the stab wound from the real Dr. Wells' remains that was pierced by the supersonic hand chop, faking the injuries from a car accident, or simply destroying the body to cover up the evidence, then even the legs wrapped in the Speed Force will never be able to catch up with the truth.
Even if he eventually catches up, by then he will have long returned to the era when he fought with the Flash. What can the Flash in this timeline do now that he has discovered the truth?
Damn, the direction Batman provided was so wicked that it even gave Reverse-Flash a chill and made him doubt his own intelligence.
How come I never thought of that?
When Chen Tao saw Reverse-Flash's thoughtful expression, he knew Reverse-Flash would agree. This was indeed the optimal solution for Reverse-Flash under the current circumstances, a fact Reverse-Flash couldn't deny.
But clearly, he himself had never even considered this method, and that wasn't because he was stupid.
No matter who it is, as long as their thoughts are accelerated by the Speed Force, even a gorilla will not be too stupid.
In Chen Tao's view, it's not so much that Reverse-Flash didn't think of it, but rather that he had subconsciously thought of it long ago. However, he instinctively resisted using this method and resisted calling himself a friend of The Flash rather than an enemy.
Many people may think that Reverse-Flash is faster than The Flash, but in fact, Reverse-Flash is one of the most evil and obsessive characters in DC Comics.
The only thing driving him was his desire to become the Flash, his childhood hero.
It was this desire that slowed him down; he couldn't allow himself to surpass the person he wanted to be, which is why Swann always made the wrong move at crucial moments.
This is despair or a mental disorder; he is unable to surpass the person he admires.
After realizing he couldn't become the Flash, he obsessively wanted to be the opposite of the Flash. This mindset is similar to "If I can't live a life of luxury, I'll die a life of luxury," but this is precisely what binds him, preventing him from being faster and from breaking free from the constraints of a certain behavioral pattern.
No matter how fast he ran, Alberd Swan was always haunted by his obsession, so he would always fail and could never outrun that crimson shadow.
But now, Chen Tao has presented him with this perfect solution that he had deliberately ignored, and he can no longer deceive himself.
"What exactly do you want to do... Batman?"
Reverse Lightning gritted her teeth: "You're not going to be so kind as to let me go back to my era. What do you expect me to do for you?"
"I need your help to defeat Darkseid."
"I refuse."
Reverse Flash rejected the other party without hesitation, which strangely relieved him.
"I must not interfere with history. Reverse-Flash has never appeared in the war against Darkseid."
He said, "The fact that he tried to come back and kill Barry Allen's mother in the past has already changed reality so much—"
His peripheral vision swept over the other three villains standing beside him: "If I interfere with your fight against Darkseid again, who knows what unknown consequences it will cause."
Chen Tao just watched quietly as he made excuses.
Keep pretending. You, Reverse Lightning Swann, are the king of time travel. Isn't it a joke that someone like you can't interfere with history?
"Even if you want to tell the Flash everything, so be it. I have my own ways of forcing the Flash to help me. We're enemies, and I know exactly how to coerce the Flash. You can't stop me."
You're just being cheap, aren't you?
You trick the Flash into helping you, but instead of doing so, you insist on fighting him and then force him to help you by pressing his head down.
Chen Tao always felt that Reverse Lightning Swan might be able to derive some kind of twisted sense of accomplishment from it.
What?! S-type attributes exploded!
But do you think that means I can't exploit you anymore?
Reverse-Flash can't participate in the fight against Darkseid, but if I were there, I'd pull out the Flash suit and give it to you to wear...
How should you respond?
The villains should be used to their fullest extent!
But those are things for later.
"Okay, if you won't help me deal with Darkseid, then I won't help you." Chen Tao nodded sincerely, even with a smile on his face, just like a criminal who lures ignorant young people into a pyramid scheme.
Reverse Lightning frowned.
"But you won't help me without a price. Tell me, what exactly do you want me to do?"
Batman's easygoing nature made him somewhat uneasy. Rather than letting Batman make a request of him, he decided to ask first.
At least this can regain some negligible initiative in terms of the momentum of the negotiations.
"I need you to help me capture those members of the Rogues. Of course, I know you want to hone your Flash skills, which is perfectly fine. All I ask for is your cooperation in completing a plan, a plan to completely burn out the Rogues' criminal passion."
"Deplete your criminal passion? What are you talking about?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, just one bad day, and the once vibrant and interesting criminal life will vanish like old, peeling wallpaper on a wall. Even the most wicked criminal will become a normal person. As for the specifics of this plan... you'll find out soon enough, Swan. For now, all you need to do is answer me whether you agree to help."
Reverse-Flash hates Riddlers the most.
Then he suddenly realized a problem.
"Who told you all this, Batman? You shouldn't know so much."
I read it from comics.
Of course, Chen Tao couldn't tell him that. So he used yet another generic reply.
"Because I am Batman."
Reverse Lightning wanted to say something more, but Chen Tao interrupted him first: "So what's your decision?"
Reverse Lightning sighed.
"Okay, I agree."
He said, "If it's just about dealing with the scoundrels."
"There are other enemies. I will require you to capture them all alive and unharmed. I want to fight them..."
That's definitely Batman's style—no killing, no ironclad rule.
Reverse-Flash Swann thought to himself that Batman simply saw him as a useful weapon, which was no big deal.
Anyway, he doesn't kill anyone. Those villains would have been caught by Batman anyway, and they would have escaped from prison sooner or later.
What difference does it make whether you get caught by him or by a bat?
"...I need to talk to them..."
Oh, is Batman going to have a heart-to-heart talk with them? No use.
Reverse Lightning thought.
Does Batman really think he can reform these villains with love? That's utterly foolish.
"Let's talk about getting these villains to team up with me to take down Darkseid."
Reverse Lightning nearly spit his saliva out of his nose.
"What did you say?"
"Darkseid is too strong. I can't defeat him on my own."
Reverse-Flash heard Batman say:
"Therefore, I must gather some dangerous characters in this world who are strong enough and have sufficient combat capabilities, and utilize their combat power. We can no longer rely on second-tier figures like 'living wires'; we need real powerhouses."
Yeah, yeah. That makes sense, that's how the Justice League was formed.
"My initial recruitment targets are Captain Cold and his gang of scoundrels. Black Adam is also on my recruitment list, but to be honest, I don't think he'll agree. In that case, I'll have to kill him, and..."
"Wait, stop, what did you say?"
Reverse Lightning felt a wave of dizziness.
"Oh, I meant kill Black Adam."
Reverse-Flash decided to put aside Batman's statement about breaking the no-kill rule for now.
"You're planning to recruit a gang of scoundrels?" He could no longer maintain his composure. Alberd Swann remembered that just an hour ago he was a ruthless and cold-blooded mastermind, a kind of demon king disguised as a little girl and hiding in the hero's party.
But at that moment, he felt like he'd turned into a fussy, overweight woman with a beer belly: "What's the name of this alliance you're planning to build?"
"Call it the Legion of Destruction," Batman replied immediately.
Reverse Lightning took a deep breath, feeling a rush of blood from the soles of his feet into his brain.
He carefully considered the wording: "Perhaps Justice League is the right name."
"I think the Legion of Destruction is better." Then he heard Batman say, "Destroy the Earth and the enemies of justice."
"..."
Reverse Flash felt like he had lost the ability to speak.
"The Rogue Gang has been gone for over a month." But he quickly added, "Nobody knows where they are now. Even if you wanted to recruit them, you wouldn't know where to start."
But he only received a positive response from Batman.
"It's alright, as long as they're not dead, I'll find them eventually."
"You wouldn't actually do that, would you?" Reverse-Flash said. "After all, your recruitment targets should include Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and others..."
"That's true. Okay, the name is indeed not good. Let's just call it Justice League then. It doesn't matter anyway." Batman shrugged, agreeing as casually as if it were child's play.
"..."
After the agreement was reached, Killer Croc finally emerged from the shadows. He opened the portal, Reverse-Flash took off his yellow uniform, pushed his wheelchair, and became the first to step out of the Crimson Realm.
"You're still using your wheelchair, huh?" Killer Croc walked beside Reverse-Flash, completely unconcerned that the other was a ruthless man who could slice half of his body open with a supersonic chop at any moment.
"Nightwing will be responsible for taking the other three back. He'll signal me when they get there, and I'll open the door. So, here I am now."
The crocodile rambled on, "My name is Wellen Jones, nice to meet you."
Reverse Lightning didn't want to talk to him.
His mind was in turmoil, his thoughts racing as he plotted how to trick the Flash, as nervous as a girl about to confess her feelings.
Killer Croc Batman and Reverse-Flash returned to Star Labs, but Barry Allen was nowhere to be found in the room. Only Cisco and Catherine sat nervously in front of the computer.
"What happened? I was only out for a short while," Chen Tao asked the two of them, stepping forward first.
"Barry's girlfriend, Patty, has been kidnapped, and they still don't know who kidnapped her. Barry is going crazy, searching the whole city at his super speed."
Chen Tao and Reverse Lightning exchanged a glance.
Cisco looked up: "I'm sorry, Mr. Wayne, this time..."
Then he saw Chen Tao dressed in a Batman costume and Dr. Wells standing next to his wheelchair, staring at him blankly.
"What the hell?!"
He almost fell off the chair.
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Petty Spiwert rolled over and sat up from a huge pile of garbage.
She is a member of the Midtown Police Department and Barry Allen's girlfriend.
She shook her head, feeling her hands cuffed behind her back.
At this moment, she was being held in the basement of the "Madden Family," the most famous and oldest underground society group in Midtown.
If the name "Matun family" isn't familiar enough or widely known, then mentioning one member of this family will certainly leave a lasting impression:
Marco Madonna, the infamous weather wizard and a member of the Rogues.
However, the Weather Wizard has never been involved in his family's underworld business, as he despises it. The violent acts of the Madon family also violated the gang's rule of "only robbing, not killing the innocent."
Even so, the Madon family still benefited greatly from the weather wizard's reputation.
Even so, the Madonna family’s actions today were still a bit too outrageous: they kidnapped a Midtown police officer who was investigating them in the street.
It should be noted that, generally speaking, there is always a reason for the Black Flag to kill the Stars and Stripes. Petty believed that his investigation had not yet reached the point of threatening the entire criminal organization, and was not even scratching the surface.
If the Madon family couldn't even tolerate such a minor investigation, they would have wiped out the Midtown Police Department long ago!
But that's the reality now. Patty was kidnapped on her way home from get off work and taken directly out of Midtown to this mud house in the countryside.
The Madun family has gone mad for some unknown reason, and the whole situation is in a very strange state.
Petty struggled to move her body, and when she turned her head, she saw another prisoner tied up beside her.
"Hey, what's your name?"
She asked, "Do you know what exactly happened?"
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This is Elsa Marton's office.
As the wife of the late Claudio Madon, the former head of the Madon family, and the sister-in-law of the current weather wizard Marco Madon, Elsa, even though she is a young woman in her thirties, still holds sway over the Madon family, a behemoth in the dark world.
Normally, the people who would appear in the office of a female underworld boss like her are either corrupt officials who have already been dragged into the mire, or other demons and monsters from the dark world. At the very least, it would be quite normal for federal agents to be here.
But what appeared in her office at that moment was... a gorilla wearing a crown.
The gorilla sat in the seat that originally belonged to Elsa, while Elsa Madon knelt on the ground with a blank look in her eyes, her hourglass-shaped figure bulging out.
This might be a rather erotic scene for humans, but it's a different story for chimpanzees.
The gorilla was clearly more interested in Elsa's words than her figure.
"Grud, my master. As you commanded, I have captured Petty Spiwert."
In the New 52 Flash comics, the Rogues' civil war and the Gorilla Grodd invasion are two completely separate events, but I've combined them, then stitched in the Reverse-Flash storyline from the TV series, and then added some other things that haven't appeared yet. Hehe, I'm a super Frankenstein's monster, yay!
Waaah, I received a generous donation from a guild leader yesterday, thank you so much! I didn't manage to write the extra chapter today, but I promise I will, I won't skip it!!! I'm writing a little bit more each day, a few hundred words at a time, accumulating chapters... Waaah.
Besides the three chapters I owed for taking leave, I also owe bonus chapters to the previous patron, and now with the new patron, sob sob, I owe five chapters now.
(despair)
(End of this chapter)