Speedster from the Start
Chapter 15

Father-Son Heart-to-Heart???

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That night, Flash and Green Arrow launched into a fierce battle. Zhang Tianran concealed himself at a street corner and enjoyed the show.

It had to be said, Flash was far too immature right now. He had possessed the Speed Force for several months, yet had made no real attempt to put it to proper use.

Carelessness, recklessness, contempt, blind confidence in his speed, and occasional arrogance made Barry look exactly like a clown.

Under normal circumstances, even at Barry's slowest speed, as long as he did not waste time talking or stop moving, he could easily pick up a stick—or just use his fists—and win without effort.

Zhang Tianran had reminded him of this many times. But Barry had not taken any of it to heart. Every time, he revealed himself in front of his enemies, only to be ambushed before he could enter the Speed Force state.

Cisco said Barry was trying to spread Flash's name. But Zhang Tianran just thought it was idiotic...

The result of this battle could barely be considered a draw?

In truth, Green Arrow had held back. Not only had he avoided attacking Barry's vital points, he had not even used the arrows Zhang Tianran had specially made. He still found an opening to restrain Barry and return him to normal.

After recovering, Barry first apologized to everyone. Then he went straight to capture Pablo. This time, he obediently used Super Speed to tie Pablo up and throw him into STAR Labs' prison.

A serious Speedster was invincible against the vast majority of Metahumans. There was simply no possibility of losing.

After resolving Central City's threat, Felicity invited the people from Central City to Star City to help capture Boomerang...

Cisco and Caitlin were extremely excited, but Zhang Tianran had no interest in it and directly declined.

Thus, only Reverse-Flash, Zhang Tianran, and several Metahuman prisoners captured by Flash remained at STAR Labs.

As for Barry's original plan to use Superluminal Particles to capture Reverse-Flash, Mercury Labs' refusal meant it could only be postponed.

That was also why Barry had decided to head to STAR Labs to clear his mind.

After thinking alone in the laboratory for a long time, Zhang Tianran finally found Wells.

"Wells, give me some technology from the future. The technology of this era has already brought me to a bottleneck."

Originally, Zhang Tianran had not held much hope. But unexpectedly, Wells agreed immediately and even helped him with great care.

"Eventually, the two of us will begin cooperating. Though it is still early, giving these things to you now will save some effort later," Wells said evenly.

Zhang Tianran did not believe him. But the technology Wells possessed was simply too tempting. Time Language in particular was absolutely one of the things Zhang Tianran had to learn.

As he interacted with Wells, Zhang Tianran gradually realized that he really was very similar to Wells, whether in their views of Flash or their desire for the Speed Force.

"Sometimes I wonder why you did not tell me your true identity when I was young," Zhang Tianran asked, voicing his doubt.

"I was worried about changing the timeline. If I had not noticed the look in your eyes when you first looked at Barry, I would never have known when to let you learn everything," Wells answered calmly.

Even Reverse-Flash held a faint fear of the timeline. He did not dare interfere too much, lest he suffer fatal consequences himself.

"How did you confirm that I knew everything? Could it not have simply been shock at discovering Metahumans?" Zhang Tianran continued asking. He wanted to know how much Reverse-Flash understood about him, and whether his identity as a transmigrator had been exposed.

"What I say next contains spoilers. Are you sure you want to know?" Reverse-Flash asked with a serious expression.

For a Speedster, learning about the future was easy. But the price of knowing the future could very likely be extremely painful.

"It is fine. Say it!" Zhang Tianran did not care. As for the future, as long as he controlled the timeline a little, it would be easy to form a closed loop.

If he wanted to avoid every danger, Zhang Tianran would never have kept that date in mind, nor would he have injected the Ultimate Speed Serum.

"It is simple. I actually do not know how much you know. I merely felt that the time was approaching. After all, after a period of time, your whereabouts will become a mystery. You will only appear at a limited number of points in time," Reverse-Flash answered.

Those words indeed contained a great deal of spoilers. From just a few short sentences, Zhang Tianran had already guessed what would happen in the future.

This world actually had fifty-two neighboring parallel worlds. The Speed Force could cross those fifty-two parallel worlds with great ease. Even the current Zhang Tianran could do so easily.

Beyond those fifty-two parallel worlds, there were even more other worlds. Of course, traveling to those other worlds would probably be difficult, but going to the fifty-two parallel worlds would be much simpler.

His future self had probably already left this world. That was why information about him throughout this world's timeline had begun to become uncertain.

"Interesting. Based on the future, it seems there is a high probability that our cooperation succeeded," Zhang Tianran deduced.

When Reverse-Flash heard that, his eyes immediately filled with excitement. Though he quickly calmed down, Zhang Tianran could clearly sense that he was very happy.

From Reverse-Flash, Zhang Tianran obtained a great deal of technology far beyond the current era. Though most of it could not be realized due to limitations in foundational technology, there were still quite a few useful things.

For example, the Superluminal Particle Generator made from Superluminal Particles. It was very useful for Speedsters and basically had no side effects.

But Zhang Tianran did not care about it for now, because his current speed was already very fast. If he wanted to become faster, he would either have to strengthen his connection with the Speed Force again or seize another Speedster's speed.

And facts proved that no Speedster who wanted to seize another Speedster's speed ever came to a good end.

Though Zhang Tianran did not care about that, his true goal was not merely becoming faster. It was an achievement no Speedster had ever accomplished—completely controlling the Speed Force.

Not controlling the dimension of the Speed Force, but obtaining from the Speed Force a true Speed Force that belonged to him.

This was no longer merely difficult. It was nearly impossible to achieve, but Zhang Tianran still set it as his goal.

If there truly was no way... then he could only see whether he could replace his body with that of a Kryptonian.

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