Chapter 211
The phone screen showed a newly taken photo of himself running with all his might, with Su Quan right next to him, slightly ahead of him.
In other words, Su Quan, despite starting later, actually caught up with him.
Moreover, Su Quan is holding his own glasses in the photo, which further confirms Su Quan statement.
He did run two laps!
His speed was indeed twice as fast as mine!
No, it should be more than double!
Because Dr. Harrison Wells had no idea when Su Quan passed by him or when the photos were taken.
He's a speedster, a speedster on par with the future the Flash. Just how fast must Su Quan be for him to not even notice him when he's running at full speed?
Shock?
Frustrated?
Incredible?
A flood of emotions overwhelmed him, causing the previously somewhat arrogant Dr. Harrison Wells to become withdrawn!
He believed in the supremacy of speed. As long as he was fast enough, he didn't care about any enemy or opponent and could handle them all.
Yes, Su Quan possesses the Speed Force, the Negative Speed Force, and a whole host of other miscellaneous abilities, but Dr. Harrison Wells doesn't believe he can truly stop him or disrupt his plans.
He's never lost when it comes to speed!
But now, he's devastated; he's become withdrawn.
Su Quan was much faster than him, a full lap ahead, yet he couldn't even see Su Quan's Flash tail.
"You, you win." Dr. Harrison Wells seemed to have aged decades in an instant, as he reluctantly admitted his defeat.
"You don't need to be so discouraged. You should have expected this outcome, shouldn't you?"
Su Quan smiled and helped him put on his glasses, then took back his phone.
Dr. Harrison Wells shook his head. "I expected you to be fast, but I didn't expect you to be this fast! Is this your limit?"
Su Quan shook his head noncommittally. Maximum speed? That's far from it.
To put it simply, Barry Allen's current top speed is probably around 700 to 800 kilometers per hour.
Dr. Harrison Wells was traveling at approximately 1,000 kilometers per hour, just shy of the speed of sound.
The speed of sound is 1,224 kilometers per hour!
Su Quan's speed just now was more than 2,400 kilometers per hour, which is twice the speed of sound, or Mach 2.
The data for these three individuals does not represent their ultimate speed limit. Barry Allen is a novice and has a great deal of room for improvement; Dr. Harrison Wells' speed has not yet reached its peak because the Speed Force is not yet stable.
As for Su Quan —he deliberately didn't run that fast!
"How about another round? Or, best two out of three?" Su Quan suggested again with a smile.
Dr. Harrison Wells shook his head. "I don't think it's necessary. I—I just want to go home!"
"And you can help me!"
Although the speed challenge made him feel depressed, Su Quan's speed gave him hope of going home.
At least, he no longer has to place all his hopes on Barry Allen.
Su Quan shrugged. "I can help a lot of people, the question is—why should I help them!"
"What are your conditions?" Dr. Harrison Wells wanted to ask, but Su Quan had already disappeared.
This speed is even faster than during the race!
With such ease and skill, just how fast is his maximum speed?
The next day, at noon.
Su Quan received a call from Plunderer and arrived at the Secret House Villa.
In the villa's living room, Plunderer and Lisa Snart sat at opposite ends of the sofa, the atmosphere appearing slightly somber.
Opposite the two, a woman wearing jeans, a purple T-shirt, and a black leather jacket stood with her arms crossed, her expression serious and wary.
"It's very efficient."
Su Quan ignored the 'battleground' atmosphere emanating from Plunderer and Lisa Snart and praised the two of them without reservation.
Lisa Snart searches for targets from scratch, while also having to guard against and compete with the military.
Needless to say, Plunderer was invited to join just last night.
"Do you know what happened to me?" The woman in the leather jacket lowered her arms from her shoulders and looked sharply at Su Quan.
"Yes I know."
Su Quan smiled and extended his hand to her, "My name is Su Quan."
"I—" She instinctively reached for a handshake, but then suddenly realized her situation and quickly pulled back as if she'd been electrocuted. "I'm Betty Sansusi!"
Su Quan didn't pull his hand back, but smiled and encouraged him, "It's okay, trust me."
"Are you sure?" Betty Sansusi's eyes widened. "You know me, anything I touch will explode! I can't guarantee what will happen if we shake hands."
"I knew, so I let them find you."
"Trust me, it'll be alright."
Su Quan stretched his hand forward, a slight smile playing on his lips, his voice possessing a magnetic quality that commanded trust and confidence.
Betty Sansusi looked at the two women who seemed hesitant and nervous, took a deep breath, and grasped Su Quan's hand.
The moment he grasped it, a purple energy flashed across Su Quan's hand.
"Oh no, your hand will explode!" Betty Sansusi hurriedly tried to let go of Su Quan's hand upon seeing this.
Plunderer and Lisa Snart also stood up with worried expressions.
"Don't be afraid."
"Believe me!"
Su Quan held Betty Sansusi's hand firmly, smiled brightly at her calmly, and then, as if absorbed by something, the purple energy light disappeared instantly.
One second, five seconds, ten seconds—
Everyone watched nervously as Su Quan and Betty Sansusi clasped hands tightly.
No explosion!
"How... how could this be?" Betty Sansusi looked at Su Quan in disbelief and asked excitedly, "How did you do that?"
Su Quan released his grip and shrugged.
Betty Sansusi looked around, picked up an ornament at random, and instantly transformed it into a bomb with purple energy light, which she then threw out the window.
"Bang!"
An explosion followed.
"It's not a matter of ability, it's you! Can you be immune to my abilities?" Betty Sansusi turned around, staring intently at Su Quan.
Plunderer and Lisa Snart stared at Su Quan in shock. They knew how terrifying Betty Sansusi's abilities were, Su Quan — Su Quan was just an ordinary person, how did he manage not to be turned into a bomb?
"Immunity? You can understand it that way too!"
"Your ability comes from Particle Accelerator explosion. The dark matter produced by the explosion fused the bomb fragments in your body with your own, altering your DNA and giving you the ability to turn anything you touch into an explosive."
Su Quan paused for a moment, then continued, "So, it wasn't General Eiling or the doctor who operated on you that made you like this."
In the original storyline, Betty Sansusi believed that General Eiling and the doctor had turned her into a monster with superpowers, and she was determined to find out the truth and take revenge.
Later, the Flash and his Team Flash wanted to help her, but General Eiling relentlessly pursued her, considering her his asset, in order to prevent Barry Allen's identity from being exposed and to protect the Flash's safety.
Dr. Harrison Wells encouraged Betty Sansusi to kill General Eiling in order to protect her fellow humans, namely those with Metahuman.
Then, Betty Sansusi died.
Because of her abilities, after her death, her body transformed into an explosion containing immense energy, forcing the Flash to throw her into the sea to prevent damage to the city.
At last--
Thud! He died a horrible death!
Incidentally, she's also called Bombshell in the comics, but she's not a bomb disposal expert in the United States; she's a Canadian terrorist who was later recruited into the Suicide Squad.
Initially, she was the villain of Firestorm, and she joined forces with Killer Frost to seek revenge on Firestorm. Later, she became the villain of the Atom, and then she married the Atom in a melodramatic way, and then divorced him.
Oh, she also participated in the battle against Black Adam and the mission to capture the magician and the Pied Piper.
Later, she also joined Crime Syndicate and Secret Society of Super Villains.
Betty Sansusi looked at Su Quan with hopeful eyes. Since he was immune to her abilities, could he also restore her to normal?
As for whether she became like this because of the Particle Accelerator explosion or because of General Eiling and the doctor, she honestly didn't care right now.
Gaining superpowers and becoming Metahuman is not something she is happy about.