âYouâre saying Iâm going to die?â
If this were a game, a big golden question mark would surely pop up above Harleyâs head.
âTo be precise, youâll be killed by Carnage JokerâŠâ
Barry Allen was interrupted by Harley before he could finish.
âHold on, let me ask you a question firstâŠâ
âSince youâre a time traveler, then Carnage and Joker⊠did you bring them here?â
Upon hearing Harleyâs guess, Barry didnât hesitate and nodded.
âThatâs right, it was me⊠Doctor Quinzell! Please remain calm!â
Harley swung her Adamantium bat at Barryâs head.
âMotherfucker! Do you really think Iâm easy to bully? Since you brought them here, itâs no problem for you to die with them, right?â
But the man in front of her was an Extreme Speedster from the future, and Harley and Venom posed no threat to him whatsoever.
After easily dodging dozens of swings from Harley, Barry saw that she was still indignant, but finally stopped swinging her bat.
âDoctor Quinzell, if I wanted to harm you, you wouldnât have any chance to resist.â Barry shook his head. âDoesnât that show my sincerity?â
Harley also noticed this.
But she still couldnât fully trust the man in front of her.
Donât let her craziness fool you, her high intelligence, unleashed by her madness, gave her an unusually keen insight amidst her wild thoughts.
âThen tell me, why would you tell me Iâll be killed, and at the same time bring the killer who will kill me to this present time?â
Harley rested her bat on her shoulder, staring directly at Barry.
âOkay, Iâm glad youâre willing to listen to my explanation.â
Barry sighed in relief and began to explain slowly.
âIn the history I know, although you were killed by Carnage and Joker, it wasnât now, but exactly one year from today.â
âAnd although the killer was Carnage, it wasnât the Carnage who returned from the future, but the original Carnage born on this timeline.â
âIt possessed Joker, who had escaped Batmanâs imprisonment, but was completely controlled by Joker, and ambushed and killed you when you were on a solo mission.â
âThen⊠a series of events were triggered.â
âRagnarok in Asgard, leading to the fall of Hela, Goddess of Death.â
âAn invasion from an outer Universe, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a large portion of its senior Agents were erased from reality, including Agent Ada.â
âThen⊠Dante completely⊠collapsed.â
âAfter that, too many things happened. He, along with Superman, Batman, Iron Man, and Queen Elsa, who had also lost everything, completely destroyed the entire World⊠no, the order of the entire Universe.â
âThey conquered and armed the entire Universe, then used it as a Base to declare war on the entire Multiverse!â
âUltimately⊠the Multiverse was destroyed in an instant.â Barry said a lot in one breath, and couldnât help but pause here. âNow, I am the last remaining Universe remnant from that destroyed future, and soon, I too will be completely erased due to the Multiverseâs destruction.â
âBefore that! I must leave hope! Leave a hope that might rewrite the future! So I disrupted the timelines of Carnage, Joker, you, and myself! By disrupting everything, thereâs a possibility of avoiding that desperate future!â
âBut having witnessed that completely insane Dante, I can no longer trust him! I only trust you, Doctor Quinzell!â
Harley said nothing.
She was the craziest, but also the most excellent, psychiatrist in the entire Federal Bureau of Investigation.
From all of Barryâs words and actions, she saw only sincerity, without a hint of pretense.
Moreover, as the Team Baseâs exclusive psychiatrist, Barry would subconsciously touch his nose and ears when lying.
This small gesture never appeared.
Rather than saying she trusted Barry, it was more accurate to say she trusted her own professional expertise.
âAlright, youâve successfully convinced me.â Harley sighed. âWhat do we do next?â
âThe futures of Carnage, Joker, and you have all been successfully rewritten, next is⊠myself.â Seeing this, Barry immediately climbed into the tall, silver-black armor.
A blue-white Speed Force flashed past.
Barry and Harley disappeared from their original spot.
The next moment, they appeared in an abandoned air-raid shelter north of Washington.
âWoah, this feeling is a bit⊠strange.â
âDoctor Quinzell, time is short, I canât explain the principles of the Speed Force to you now.â
Harley shook her head, finding it hard to imagine that in an instant she had traveled from a sewer in Los Angeles to northern Washington.
Then she saw the familiar Barry lying on a mattress.
After emerging from the armor again, Barry immediately began to act.
Through continuous assembly, a treadmill appeared in front of Harley.
âUh, at a time like this, do you still have time to work out?â
ââŠDoctor Quinzell, your wild statements are truly something I havenât heard in a long time.â Barry gave a wry smile, then stepped onto the treadmill. âThis is the Cosmic Treadmill. It can absorb the energy of the Speed Force and convert it into other forms of energy for human use. Of course, directly sending the Speed Force into another personâs body is also possible.â
âSend it into another personâs body? What do you mean by that?â Harley frowned.
She saw the words âseeking deathâ in the manâs eyes.
âThis is the last step in disrupting my own timeline.â Barry said with a smile, âI activated the Speed Force energy with a lightning bolt after the Federal Bureau of Investigation erasure event.â
âAnd what I need to do now is to move that time forward, directly injecting the Speed Force into my current self.â
âDoctor Quinzell, believe me, if the Federal Bureau of Investigation of this era has an Extreme Speedster, it will certainly be able to avoid those bad endings that shouldnât occur.â
âThen what will happen to⊠you?â Harley asked the crucial question. âYou said you donât have much time left.â
âThatâs right, so I will transfer the Speed Force, along with my life, entirely into his body.â
âThat armor was forged using Uru metal and Dagon stone through the Speed Force, and it wonât be erased. Consider it a gift from me to myself⊠though I couldnât meet him.â
Harley sighed deeply.
She knew it was time to say goodbye.
âSo, how should I explain your identity to Barry and my Pudding?â
âJust say⊠I am Savitar, the God of Speed from the future.â
âCome to find a perfect ending.â
With that said, as the Speed Force on his body lit up, his speed suddenly increased to its limit.
A few minutes later, accompanied by a roar of pain and liberation, all the Speed Force was transferred into Barryâs body through the Cosmic Treadmill.
And âSavitarâ completely dissipated into the Universe.
Not even a single cell remained.
Only that armor, glowing with a faint blue light, indicated that a scarred Extreme SpeedsterâŠ
Had once existed.
(To be continued.)
ShadowKnight
2025-10-21 03:09:21 +0000 UTC