The Truth About Future Flash
A dark shadow flew out, crashing through wall after wall, and finally came to a stop in a pile of ruins.
He's the Future Flash.
His body was buried under rubble.
Barry slowly walked to the Future Flash's side, looking at his dying state, feeling no joy of victory.
"It's all over."
"Why? You could have just stayed in that world, with your parents by your side, and you would have had a few relationships, gotten married, and had children. In the world I created, there is no crisis of destruction."
No matter what enemies I face, I will defeat them. What more could you ask for in a world like this?
His words were filled with confusion, as if he were asking Barry, or perhaps asking himself.
"Brother Kino said that world won't last long."
"You keep calling him Brother Kino, you believe everything he says, and because of him, you want to destroy the world I created."
In the Future Flash's arm, hidden beneath the rubble, slowly began to wrap with blue lightning.
"I also helped a mother find her son. She asked me to pass on a message to you: come home for dinner soon."
"..."
Future Flash looked at Barry, the madness and determination in his eyes gradually faded, replaced by a deep sense of helplessness and exhaustion.
"What a useless piece of trash, he can't even be a good son."
It's unclear whether this statement is directed at him or Barry.
"So you'll have to be this son yourself."
A smile appeared on Barry's face as his body slowly disappeared. The Future Flash's lips twitched as he watched Barry reappear from the other side.
"I remember being very naive back then. Are you really Barry Allen?"
"Yes, I learned this trick from you."
Barry crouched down and began digging into his body.
The Future Flash sighed and slowly spoke.
"Be careful of a man named Swann."
Who is that?
"The Flash's dark side: if you're not careful, those around you will die. It's not just his speed; his scheming and plotting will cause you immense suffering."
"... Do you still remember how you cut the world apart and dragged it into the Speed Force space?"
Barry asked as he dug.
The movements slowed down, and when he saw the Future Flash's naked body, his eyes gradually went blank.
"Of course I remember, I used the Speed Force... I forgot?"
At this point, the Future Flash paused, taken aback.
He kept pondering how he had managed to do it. The entire process was completely forgotten; why had he never thought about this before?
"You haven't forgotten, you've been modified."
A hand grabbed the Future Flash's head and pulled him out of the rubble.
Beneath the tattered blue uniform and the blood-smeared skin, there was not flesh and blood, but black, sophisticated machinery.
The Future Flash seemed oblivious to Kino's sudden appearance. He slowly raised his arm, his eyes filled with disbelief as he stared intently at the mechanical arm.
"What's wrong with my body?! Why has it become like this? I can clearly feel the pain!"
The Future Flash was filled with terror and anger.
Barry felt a chill run down his spine. His body had been modified without his knowledge; it was terrifying.
Kino spoke slowly.
"The reason you feel pain is because your brain is intact; everything else has been replaced with machinery."
In his eyes, the body constantly emitted black lightning that stimulated his brain, simulating all sorts of sensations.
"No way, you're lying to me, this must be a hallucination!"
The Future Flash; if it was an illusion, it could be dispelled by accelerating his thoughts.
When he stopped, what appeared in his place was a robot similar to the T800, with only its head intact.
The Future Flash stared at his metallic body, a mixture of anger and fear coursing through him, Blue Lightning surging wildly around him.
"Who did this?!"
He clutched his head and screamed, his voice echoing above the ruins.
Suddenly, images flashed through his mind—memories of lying on the operating table, with a grotesque, twisted black shadow in front of him, and he saw stark white teeth.
"What are you up to?!"
"Hahaha, of course I'm helping you become stronger; you're too slow right now."
The dark figure took out a device containing black lightning.
"Do you know what this is? I collected over a dozen speedsters for experiments and finally fused their Speed Force together. Only with this can you become faster."
"Collect? What did you do?"
The Future Flash looked at the black lightning, as if he were watching countless wronged souls struggling within it.
"Hahaha, Barry is just as stupid. Of course, they drained Speed Force from their bodies to extract this little bit. But don't worry, it's enough for us."
"Wait, ahhhhhh!"
Then came the endless, agonizing stimulation of his body.
When he woke up again, he was wearing a blue uniform.
"I remember now, it's Batman!"
As the name "Batman" was uttered, a deep black appeared on the Future Flash's body, forming a suit of hard metal and eerie black leather, covered with sharp barbs.
He slowly straightened up, his helmet was grotesque, with sharp bat ears piercing the sky, and its metallic surface gleamed with a cold light.
An exaggerated smile was permanently etched onto his skin, his mouth stretched to his ears, revealing a set of gleaming white teeth. There was not a trace of joy in that smile, only endless madness and malice.
Upon witnessing this scene, Barry's body involuntarily tensed, a strong sense of crisis welling up within him.
"Look, isn't this nosy Kino? So, are you satisfied with this the Flash scene?"
His voice was deep and hoarse, carrying a dual quality of madness and mockery, each word seemingly laced with malice.
"The Joker Batman"
"It's an honor that you know my name."
Kino frowned, then snapped his the Snap.
Reality error?
"Smack!"
The Joker Batman also snapped his the Snap.
"What did you just do? Like, find my location? Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you, the person talking to you now is just a pre-programmed sequence of events."
"Program? So what's your plan this time?"
"Kino asked."
"Hahahaha, your men wiped out the entire Court of Owls, and you looted Quintessence Metal. Of course, we have to kill you!"
The Joker Batman roared with arrogance, and as soon as he finished speaking, a head suddenly appeared in his hand.
Kino's head.
His headless corpse remained in its original position.
"Brother Kino!"
The Flash's mind went completely blank.
Brother Kino is dead. Brother Kino, who was omnipotent in his eyes, is dead.
Anger surged within him like a raging tsunami.
The red lightning surrounding him suddenly erupted with unprecedented brightness and intensity, the crackling of the electricity sounding like his angry roar.
"You monster!"
Barry roared, his voice hoarse with extreme anger.
At this moment, he had already disregarded life and death, with only one thought in his mind—to avenge Kino.
He shot towards the Joker Batman like a streak of red lightning, so fast that his figure was almost invisible, leaving only a long red afterimage.