"What? You want to join the team too?"
Inside S.T.A.R. Labs, Dilos looked at the fair-skinned, sunshine-smiling pretty boy before him—Barry Allen—and could not help shooting him a doubtful look.
It was not just him. Even Cisco Ramon and Caitlin Snow, who were still working nearby, wore skeptical expressions.
"I remember you still can't use your abilities proficiently."
Though he did not say it outright, the rejection in Dilos's words could not have been clearer.
"Come on, Dilos. You know I'm completely ready."
Seeing Dilos's unwilling expression, Barry Allen could not help growing anxious.
"Don't your team members still need training? While they're training, I can help handle things they don't currently have time to deal with."
Barry Allen worked at the Central City Police Department, where his main position was as a crime scene forensic technician. The reason he knew Dilos had formed a hero team was mainly because Barry had learned from colleagues returning to the station about Clyde Mardon's superpowered crimes.
Furthermore, during that incident, quite a few officers had said that these suddenly appearing "special individuals" had instantly vanished after being enveloped in a flash of green light. Once Barry connected that with what had happened more than half a month earlier, he guessed that Dilos was behind it.
At the same time, what Dilos and the others had done awakened an idea that had long lain dormant in Barry's heart.
He wanted to become a hero, fight crime, and help those in need.
The old Barry had been a weakling with utterly average physical abilities, but Barry was different now. He possessed an incredibly powerful superpower, one that made both his movement speed and reaction speed extraordinarily fast. With such power, he could become the hero he had always envisioned.
However, Barry still had some