A Crazy Idea

"Dead... dead...?"

Despite the biting wind, Barry Allen's heart was burning with passion.

The headless male corpse named Darkseid lay quietly about ten meters away from him.

His chest was caved in, and his limbs were completely destroyed.

These were all Beckett's masterpieces, but Barry Allen, who has always loved peace, not only felt no aversion, but also felt a sense of satisfaction and wanted to applaud.

Darkseid, the Lord of Apokolips who brought nightmares to Earth, the terrifying emperor who single-handedly caused the near annihilation of the Justice League, has finally died.

Still in such a cathartic way.

He was beaten to death by Beckett, punch after punch, literally beaten to death.

If it weren't for his crippled legs making movement difficult, Barry Allen would also want to walk up to Darkseid's corpse and whip it with his Lightning Dagger.

"Woz, shut down the self-test system and power on."

With a blank expression, Beckett bent down and picked up the bracelet he had previously discarded, putting it back on his wrist.

"Woz is starting up, please wait..."

The blue cat pattern on the deep blue panel softened Beckett's expression. Then, Beckett's gaze fell upon the bronze gates above Gotham.

Three Mother Box, each containing immense energy, were spinning rapidly in front of the door.

Beckett remained silent, and under Barry Allen's gaze, flew to the top of the bronze gate.

With a sudden burst of strength from his arms, the bronze door was snapped in two!

Clang!

The old, heavy door panel crashed to the ground, and Beckett, holding three Mother Box in his hands, emerged from the flying dust.

Woz, whose eyes had been shut down, opened them again, looking around at everything that was both familiar and strange.

"Beckett ... His Highness Beckett?!"

Beckett's subconscious data scan, which caused Woz's data panel to explode, startled the robot cat.

What exactly happened during the period when its data was in disarray?

Darkseid is dead?

Where is Ms. Mera?

The environmental scan revealed Darkseid's body to Woz, but Mera had vanished without a trace.

"Dead."

Beckett's eyes flickered, his eyelids drooped, and he seemed to hear Mera's confession before she disappeared again.

Beckett, I like you.

The golden light in his eyes gradually faded, and the immense power dissipated with Beckett's will.

Bare-chested Beckett sat atop Darkseid's corpse, his calm gaze fixed on the Golden Trident in the distance.

Mera's weapons.

"Die—" Woz opened his mouth, but the words of comfort were on the tip of his tongue, and he didn't know how to say them.

It was so anxious that it scratched its ears and cheeks.

It felt it had probably figured out how Darkseid had ended up dead in the wilderness.

But that's precisely why Woz found it difficult.

Hela is gone, Beckett couldn't save her;

Mera is gone, and Beckett couldn't be saved either...

This was undoubtedly another huge blow to the proud and arrogant Beckett.

"Although I know it's inappropriate and tactless to say this, but..."

"Mera will be very pleased."

"You avenged her."

Barry Allen, whose legs were crippled and who could only crawl on the ground by stretching his arms, leaned against the irregular stones in the ruins, comforting the expressionless Beckett.

"Shut up." Beckett gave him a cold glance.

"Actually, I have something to give you, which Mera gave to me. She said that if the war ended and she died, she would ask me to give this to you."

Barry Allen shrugged, opened the Flash symbol on his uniform, and handed a chip to Woz.

Woz glanced suspiciously at Barry Allen, who was breathing heavily, and deciphered the contents of the chip.

"Don't look at me like that. She knows I'm a speedster and not easy to die."

Barry Allen looked somewhat somber.

He felt that his abilities were still too weak, and that he had no other strengths besides speed.

But with the speed he once took pride in, he was no match for an enemy like Darkseid.

"Your His Highness Beckett, this is a message from Lady Mera."

Woz scratched his head after deciphering the contents of the chip, momentarily unsure whether he should show it to Beckett.

"Put."

Beckett looked up, and the image on the azure screen in front of him suddenly changed.

Mera, dressed in casual home clothes, waved to Beckett in front of the camera, saying, "Hi Beckett, are you surprised?"

"Now, you must have defeated Darkseid, right?"

"I believe in you, you can definitely beat him."

"I..."

In front of the camera Mera fiddled with her alluring red curly hair, rambling on for half an hour about everyday things.

She focused on how the plan to revive Beckett was formulated and some of her inner thoughts.

"I like you, Beckett."

"I don't know, I don't know if I will say these things to you before I die, so... you know, life sharing is a secret technique of Atlantis, and I don't know if I will ever have to use it."

"So I recorded this video in advance."

"Consider it a small effort I'm making to defeat Hela." Mera bit her lip and winked playfully in front of the camera.

"Queen Atlanna once told me that if you are sure you like someone, then you must go for it, no matter what the outcome."

"I know you like Hela. Don't rush to deny it. Woz has told me your story many times."

"But Hela is already dead."

"So, I'm wondering, what should I do to make you remember me?"

"I--"

The image on the monitor suddenly disappeared, Beckett immediately turned off the video playback.

"Woz."

"Woz cannot detect Ms. Mera's life force; the power of the Mother Box cannot revive her," Woz replied respectfully, having already guessed what Beckett wanted to ask.

There's really nothing we can do about this.

"Is there anything in this world similar to the Time Stone?" Beckett was clearly still unwilling to give up.

In his original world, the Time Stone, which could reverse time, was in the hands of the Sorcerer Supreme Agamotto, and he could not take it from him.

What about the world?

His power has now increased to an extremely terrifying level. Even if he encountered someone equivalent to Agamotto, Beckett was confident that he would not lose.

"... The Time Stone? Your His Highness Beckett, you want to reverse the timeline???" Woz, who had been dumbfounded for a long time, finally caught up with Beckett's words.

Fight Darkseid again?

It doesn't seem like it's impossible.

Woz glanced at the corpse sitting beneath Beckett and began to ponder the consequences of Beckett's actions.

Lost in thought, Woz frantically scanned the system data...

After a long while, Woz turned his gaze to Barry Allen.

The latter was clearly somewhat at a loss.