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Chương 562: Soft Than Hard Threat

"In the next few days, Joe and Barry will be suspended from their job at the station. Joe will be for a pending investigation on an old case, and Barry for the mistreatment of evidence. Iris will be demotivated to a non-writing job for whatever reason. Your credit cards and bank accounts will be either closed or limited.

"The media will focus on this new Speedster that is bent on committing robberies and other crimes," said Edward in a calm tone, ignoring the scared and confused look of the team. He tapped his hands, and a flash of lightning rushed into the room, showing the new Speedster that Barry had been having trouble catching.

Then, to the team's horror, the Speedster removed his mask, and his face was the same as Barry's. They would have thought it was him if the original had not been lying on the floor. Edward looked at him in the eyes:

"If you cooperate with my research, I guarantee you will never see me again afterward, and you can return to your previous life as if nothing had ever happened. However, if you make things difficult, even the slightest?"

Edward paused, "The story in the media is you became disgruntled after being fired and began drinking and gambling. Then, one night after a stay in the hospital, you acquire your powers. In need of money to live and pay your debt, you used your powers for crime. Believable story, isn't it?" asked Edward with a creepy smile. "You should thank me for preserving your legacy as the Flash."

He glanced at Iris, "I know what you're thinking. The Dark Flash appeared a while ago, so it's easy to prove Barry's innocence. Unfortunately, you will discover that all records of his firing are from a few days before the appearance of the Dark Flash. Every individual involved in the situation will have vivid memories of that day and be able to testify that Barry was fired on that specific day."

After saying these words, Edward calmly walked out of the room. To the team's sadness, things proceeded as he said. First was Joe, followed by Barry, then Iris.

"I have checked the Central City Main Hospital," said Iris, her eyes red from tiredness and worry. "There are records of Barry staying in for an alcohol overdose. Apparently, one of the interns made a mistake and injected him with an experimental drug."

"So, that's how his powers will be explained?"

"Yes," sighed Iris. "It's truly scary. I talked to the nurses, the doctor, the receptionist, and even the hospital administrators. They all have memories of talking or treating Barry. And it's not him. Many people have heard of it since the hospital tried to avoid a lawsuit."

The room quieted briefly before Cisco spoke: "It's the same for the casino. Barry has a paper trail of his debt, and guess how much it used to be?"

"5000$," replied Joe. "The same amount the Dark Speedster stole in his first crime."

"Bingo," said Cisco in a dejected voice. "How are things going on your side?"

"I tried talking to the captain, but it was useless," replied Joe.

"So, what do we do?" asked Ralph; he did not know how to feel about being ignored by Edward. Happy? He was since his life was not affected. Dejected? Also, he felt the latter did not value him at all and treated him as if he did not exist.

"Yes, what should you do?"

Everyone turned their head to the voice and immediately expressed anger and hatred.

"What do you want?" asked Barry.

"I never hid my desire," replied Edward. "You help me with my experiment, and everything will return to how it used to be."

"How can I help you with that damn bracelet?"

"You just need to be willing."

Barry looked at his team before sighing, "I'm willing."

"That's the spirit." Edward did not hesitate to link him and Wally to countless machines and collect data.

[Still missing something.]

[You're right. Even if we only created a Tier 10 Speed Force, we are still missing the key point,] nodded Morgana through psychic communication.

[Let's run a test into the Speed Force.]

[Are you sure? That could cause problems.]

[As long as his family's financial and social life is in my hands, he should know what to and not to do.]

Edward ran his test, and as expected, there were complications. The bracelet and all the other tracking marks he secretly left on Barry stopped working.

[What should we do?] asked Morgana.

[Since that thing loved its Speedster, we will blackmail it with the life of one.]

[What do you have in mind?]

[We will put a powerful curse around Barry that is linked to Wally. If the consciousness tries to remove our marks or the curse, it will activate and kill the Kid Flash.]

[This might work. However, for a curse to work on a Tier 11 Entity, it must be unstable or volatile, highly complex, or versatile. But even then, it will only buy us a short amount of time.]

[Not necessarily,] replied Edward. [Although the Speed Force is a Multiversal Entity, it cannot use much of its power in one timeline.]

[Hopefully, you're right.]

Edward immediately began concocting this curse, in which he mixed into all his learned or mastered Rules. Over the past five hundred years studying the Soul Limit, he made many accomplishments in mastering rules or Rules.

As such, he now wielded all elemental Rules except Light and Darkness, Soul Rule, Destruction Rule, Death Rule, Space-Time Rule, and Curse Rule. The final product of this curse was a black bracelet, and after taking some of Wally's blood, it was finally completed.

Edward's plan worked as the Speed Force did not remove his marks, thus allowing him to gather more data. Things were proceeding smoothly for a whole month until….

Edward calmly watched Barry finish today's test as he walked out of a portal.

"This should be enough for today, right?"

"Do you think I didn't detect your little movement?"

"Excuse me?" asked Barry, not showing any hint that something was wrong.

"The Time Remnants you send out: do you think I wouldn't find out?"

"I have no idea what you're talking about."

In fact, Edward did not see or detect when Barry created a Time Remnant since the Speed Force blocked his view or senses. However, the remnant —who is something like a clone—tried to traverse the Multiverse, mostly trying to get help from other Earths. Sadly for this team, Edward had already used Rick Sanchez's technology to block this timeline.

"It seems that soft threats won't work, so let's do this the hard way."

The team's heart skipped a beat. Then, before they could react, they discovered they were inside some kind of shield in space.

"Is this Earth?" asked Caitlin as she looked at the blue planet underneath her feet. They could not believe how fast they teleported outside of the planet's atmosphere.

"Beautiful planet, isn't it?" said Edward, his tone eerily calm. "It would be a shame if it was gone." He pointed his finger to shoot a small purple energy orb.

Boom! The entire planet exploded, and no one—including Harrison Wells, who is the usual calm and composed one—knew how to react.

"A beautiful yet cruel sight," uttered Edward calmly. "7.9 billion people died just like that."

"Im…Impossible," stuttered Barry.

"You're…a… monster."

"Calm down: there is no need to be so dramatic," he said, still eerily calm. He snapped his finger, and a large clock appeared. Its handle moved backward, and the team watched as the destroyed planet returned to its former state. Before the team could process what had happened, they were already back in the lab.

"Next time you pull another stunt like this, it will be permanent," said Edward as he gazed directly into Barry's eyes. He then slowly walked out, leaving them alone to process everything.


Chương 563: True Hero

"Tell me it's not true. Tell what we saw and experienced was a lie — it was some kind of illusion," said Barry, walking back and forth.

"I'm afraid…it was true," uttered Cisco.

"No?"

"My equipment is detecting high levels of residual energy," explained Cisco. "Plus, I just checked the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), and all the atomic clocks have detected anomalies."

"Which would occur due to reverting time," finished Barry, who immediately became pale. The room entered an eerie quiet before Ralph spoke:

"I'm done." He immediately headed to the exit.

"Oh, calm down. What do you mean by that?"

"Like I said, I'm done."

"You can't just leave," said Iris.

"Yes, I can. I reluctantly signed up to fight normal crime in this city and a few meta-humans. But someone who can blow the world with a finger and revert it back as if nothing ever happened? That's beyond my pay grade."

"Come on, Ralph," persuaded Barry. "I know things looked bleak, but we still have hope."

"Oh, what kind of hope?"

"Well… we are alive, aren't we? That's something."

"Yes, because of his mercy. But if you continue with this kind of thinking, we won't be for long." No matter what the others said, Ralph walked out and did not stop. His departure dealt a great blow to the team's morale.

"I can't believe he just bails like that," complained Wally.

"You can't blame him considering the situation," said Wells.

"You're on his side?"

"No, but I understand his choice."

So, would you do —"

"Enough, Wally," said Joe with a raised voice. "Now is not the time to be fighting amongst ourselves. We must think of what to do." Unfortunately, no one could provide him with any decent idea.

Edward showed up the next day as usual. He was indifferent to everybody and immediately forced Barry and Wally to undergo his tests. He was more severe this time around, as he would push them to the limit for three straight days before leaving. He would give them a potion to replenish their fatigue whenever they were tired. Then, he would disappear for one day before doing the same thing.

By the second week, Wally became useless as his connection to the Speed Force was not deep enough for this level of research, so he no longer participated.

"We are still missing the last piece," said Morgana. "However, we now have enough data to calculate the missing link."

"And how long would that take?"

"50 years. Do you want the exact number down to the second?"

"No need," replied Edward. In hindsight, 50 years was not long, especially since they could use time dilation and not worry about time back home.

"So, what do you want to do? Do you want to use more drastic measures?" asked Morgana.

"No need. We can push Barry further and gather more data; this should reduce the time needed for the final calculations."

"As you wish."

As soon as Edward walked into the room, he knew something was wrong — he could no longer read the other people's minds, not just Barry and Wally.

"What have you done?" he asked the Speedster.

"You're too strong and must be stopped. Otherwise, this world could come to an end because of your whim."

"We were so close, Barry. My research was so close to finishing that you would never see me again. Why do something stupid?"

"How do we know what you say is true? Are we supposed to believe YOUR words?" added Caitlin.

"There is no need to talk with him," said Cisco, and the team immediately acted. An armor similar to Savitar materialized around Barry and Wally. But they were not the only ones. Every team member had similar armor.

Cisco shot a few blasts in the air to open portals, allowing countless people to walk in. Edward first saw Oliver Queen or the Green Arrow, and all his team members walked into the room. Everyone had unique armor.

The next to enter was Supergirl (Kara}, who walked out, followed by her cousin (Superman, Clark Kent) and a group of superpower individuals from Earth-38. Following them was the Legend of Tomorrow, a group of individuals with a mission to preserve the space-time continuum. All the members had one connection to Flash or Oliver in some capacity.

The last group to arrive was composed of Speedsters. Edward immediately recognized the first person as Jay Garrick, usually known in the comics as the first Speedster. He had to take a moment to recognize the other two.

He did not watch all of The Flash but remembered specific videos online by accident or by choice of later seasons. So, he recognized the two of them: one was someone called Godspeed and should have been a villain unless he remembered correctly. The other one was Barry's daughter from the future.

Edward calmly looked at the team, focusing on their armor.

"An armor powered by energy from the Speedforce itself? This must be one of Wells' works," he commented.

"His calmness unnerved me," said Diggle through their communication system."

"It's just a bluffing tactic, " Oliver responded, not hiding his voice. However, Edward paid no attention to him but glanced at Barry. "I'm curious how you put this team together."

"Does it matter?"

"The unknown is eating me alive." Sadly, no one would answer him, so he had to cast a Divination Spell to get some answers. Over the years, he had made great strides in this field of magic that always eluded him. Plus, he's learned he can achieve way more if he lets Morgana do the divination instead of him.

'So, it was a time remnant,' he thought. He believed he had captured all of them, but the Speed Force hid one and even sneaked it out of this blocked timeline. The remnant was the one who put up this time, and Edward even believed the Speed Force allowed it to access Barry's memories.

He looked at Barry in the eyes, "I respect you, Barry. Despite the despair you faced when confronting my power, you never gave up simply because you were a hero. Sadly, your foolish actions will cause you the death of everyone that you care about. But don't worry, I'm not as cruel as you would like to think — I won't lay hands on this planet."

"Attack!" roared Barry and Oliver simultaneously. Sadly, their attempt was useless. A shield appeared around Edward to block all their attacks. Moreover, everyone soon noticed their bodies were rapidly disintegrating into tiny particles.

"What have you done?" roared Barry, but Edward calmly looked at him with no words. He had used all the power of Netheril to use one of his most powerful laws — Destruction. As such, despite all members of the team wearing Speed Force Armor equivalent to Tier 7, meaning they could survive the sun's destruction, no one survived this attack.

The Speedsters, Krytonians, and Martian Man Hunter were the last survivors. Their power or physiology allowed them to siphon more power from the force and delay their inevitable death. Alas, the pain of watching their loved ones die had almost broken them down mentally.

"You could have avoided this," said Edward with a cold and callous indifference. He pointed his finger at the Speedster and forcefully drew out their Soul Flame; he did not care for their last look of regret, anger, and resentment.

"What are you going to do?" asked Morgana.

"Experience what it's like to be a Speedster with the highest affinity with the Speed Force."

"It should hate us right now, so do you think it's a good idea?"

"I only need to draw its consciousness into a battle with my Willpower; this should buy us enough time."

"Since you've thought of everything, let's proceed."


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