Speedster from the Start
Chapter 15

Father-Son Heart-to-Heart???

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That night, The Flash and Green Arrow engaged in a fierce battle. Zhang Tianran stayed hidden at a street corner and watched the show unfold.

It had to be said that The Flash was still far too immature. He had possessed the Speed Force for several months, yet had never truly tried to make proper use of it.

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 have casually picked up a stick—or simply used his fists—and won with ease.

Zhang Tianran had reminded him of this more than once. But Barry had not taken any of it to heart. Every time, he would reveal himself before his enemy, only to be ambushed before he could even enter the Speed Force.

Cisco said Barry was trying to promote The Flash's name. Zhang Tianran just thought that behavior was idiotic...

The outcome of the 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 opportunity to restrain Barry and bring him back 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 threw him into the prison at S.T.A.R. Labs.

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

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

Cisco and Caitlin were thrilled, but Zhang Tianran had little interest in it and directly declined.

Thus, only Reverse-Flash, Zhang Tianran, and several Metahuman prisoners captured by The Flash remained at S.T.A.R. Labs.

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

That was also why Barry decided to go to Star City to clear his head.

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

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

Originally, Zhang Tianran had not held much hope. Yet to his surprise, Wells agreed immediately and even helped him with great care.

"The two of us will eventually begin working together. Though it is still early, giving these things to you sooner will save us some effort later," Wells said calmly.

Zhang Tianran did not believe him. But the technology Wells possessed was simply too tempting, especially Time Language. It was definitely one of the things Zhang Tianran had to learn.

And through his interactions with Wells, Zhang Tianran gradually realized that he and Wells truly were alike—whether in their views of The Flash or their desire for the Speed Force.

"Sometimes, I wonder why you didn't tell me your true identity when I was young," Zhang Tianran voiced his question.

"I was worried about changing the timeline. If I hadn't noticed the look in your eyes when you looked at Barry back then, I would never have known when to let you learn the truth," Wells answered evenly.

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? Couldn't I have simply been shocked by discovering Metahumans?" Zhang Tianran continued questioning him. He wanted to know just how much Reverse-Flash understood about him, and whether his identity as a transmigrator had been exposed.

"What I'm about to say contains spoilers. Are you sure you want to know?" Reverse-Flash asked with a solemn expression.

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

"It's fine. Tell me!" 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's simple. I actually don't know how much you know. I merely felt that the time was approaching. After all, sometime from now, your whereabouts will become a mystery. You will only appear at a limited number of points in time," Reverse-Flash replied.

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

This world actually had fifty-two adjacent parallel worlds. The Speed Force could travel through those fifty-two parallel worlds with ease. Even Zhang Tianran, as he was now, could do it 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, across this world's entire timeline, information about him had begun to become uncertain.

"Interesting. Judging by the future, there should be a high chance that our cooperation succeeds," Zhang Tianran deduced.

At those words, Reverse-Flash's 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. Although 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 extremely useful to Speedsters and had virtually no side effects.

But Zhang Tianran did not care much about it for now, because his current speed was already very fast. If he wanted to become even faster, he would either have to strengthen his connection to the Speed Force again or steal the speed of other Speedsters.

And the facts proved that no Speedster who wanted to steal another Speedster's speed ever met a good end.

Although Zhang Tianran did not care about that, his true goal was not merely to become faster. It was to accomplish a feat no Speedster had ever achieved—completely mastering the Speed Force.

Not mastering the dimension of the Speed Force, but obtaining from the Speed Force a true Speed Force of his own.

This was no longer merely difficult. It was almost impossible, yet 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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