The Knights of the DC House

Central City, Gilt Cafe, Ke Wen, who arrived here early, was sitting there, drinking this cafe’s signature themed coffee, Flash Coffee, while reading about Nora Allen on his mobile phone, too

It was the information about Barry Allen's mother that I knew. The memory in my mind was washed away, but the stability taught by Deathstroke and Dick was engraved into DNA. Although it was just a simple answer to questions,

But the strange feeling in the morning also made Ke Wen understand that maybe today would be different.

With this thought in mind, Ke Wen did all the homework he could do, and then stared at this post-it note with his own handwriting, dazed there.

At the same time, at Barry's parents' house, Barry, who had arrived early, also rang the doorbell of his parents' house. Looking at the door and the footsteps coming from behind the door, Barry's expression also felt a little lost. As long as today is over, everything will be over.

Everything will become different. My parents are still my parents, I am no longer the Flash, and my friends will all have a happy life. He really saved everyone, in an instant.

It's just that there was always a voice in his heart telling him that doing this was wrong and wrong. But this voice was too small for Barry, especially when he heard his mother's voice behind the door, the voice behind the door.

The voice that said in his heart that this was all wrong became even more silent. The door opened, and the alien drive was differentiated, replicating Barry's strong longing for his deceased mother. A perfect Nora Allen stood there.

At the door.

"Hey, Barry, what's wrong with coming over so early?"

Looking at the mother in front of him, Barry put back his hesitation just now. For him who has mastered the speed force and sage power, changing his face faster than turning the page of a book is a normal operation.

"Oh, Mom, do you remember that I called you the day before yesterday and told you about a reporter friend I know? He was doing an exclusive interview about the changes in Central City, interviewing young people like me, but he wanted to know what happened last time.

The generation from the most glorious period of Century Central City to the present views the Central City, so I recommended you to him."

"Ah, I remember. You have to wait a moment. I'll go tell your father and then ask your mother to change my clothes."

"Mom, this is just an interview." Barry couldn't help complaining about his mother's seriousness in this matter.

"But your mother and I also want to dress beautifully. Don't underestimate a girl's importance in this aspect. Your mother is a beautiful girl who will always be eighteen~"

"Yes, yes, I'll wait for you in the car."

Barry was helpless at his mother's sudden naughtiness. He could only go back to the car and watch the time pass on his watch. Soon, his parents' door opened again, and his mother, Nora Allen, also changed into

She walked out wearing her favorite clothes, and Barry was also stunned when he noticed his mother's clothes, a light yellow dress, and fluffy hair. This was when he was eleven years old, on Mother's Day.

, what my mother was wearing when she died, now that I think about it, it’s like a dream.

Because Nora Allen is right in front of him now, alive, and no one in the central city remembers the murder that happened eleven years ago. After today, everything will start again, and he can rest without having to worry about it again.

I have that nightmare that wakes me up at midnight.

"How do I look?" Nora Allen asked, twirling in front of her son.

"Honestly, it's great. I knew dad would be fascinated by you back then, but why did you choose this one?"

"Because I'm going to meet my precious son's friend. I have to make my precious son look good no matter what. Besides, I remember you bought this for my birthday with your saved pocket money. I haven't worn it for a long time.

Yes, I saw it when I was changing clothes, so wear it."

"Okay, I lost to you, let's go."

After his mother sat in the passenger seat, Barry started the car and set off towards the place agreed with Ke Wen. Half an hour later, he also arrived at the Gilt Cafe in Central City and saw someone sitting by the window.

, Ke Wen waited patiently. After pointing out Ke Wen to his mother, Barry let his mother pass by herself.

"Huh? Won't you follow here, Barry?"

"Well, I think so too, but I have to go back to the bureau to deal with some things. Once you've finished chatting, I'll pick you up. Have fun chatting, Mom."

"This is my precious son."

After watching his mother, Ms. Nora Allen, enter the Gilt Cafe, Barry drove away from the sight of Ke Wen and Nora Allen. According to what he just told his mother, he did

He drove to the gate of the Central City Police Station, but stopped the car here. Barry did not enter the police station. His body shook violently and disappeared into the air without making a sound.

This is the bug of the Speed ​​Force. The violent shaking is because Barry is using the Speed ​​Force to make his body resonate. Then he finds the frequency of the air and adjusts the shaking frequency of his body to be consistent with the air. In this way, he can achieve

The invisibility effect, after all, you have blended into the air, how can others see you? Barry, who blended himself into the air, looked in the direction of Gilt Cafe, and in a flash, he appeared in front of Ke Wen and himself

Mother Nora Allen talks to her side.

At this time, he will not allow any flaw in his plan, even if he has determined that Ke Wen is just out of curiosity at this time and has no doubts about the new memories and new identities he created for him. And his mother,

It is even more impossible. The cleansing of the sage power will definitely prevent his mother from having the memory of Ke Wen attacking them that day. This is a simple matter. He is here just in case.

At this time, Ke Wen, who finally saw Nora Allen written on the post-it note, also introduced himself in front of this intellectual and elegant lady. Neither of them could notice that they merged into the air at this time and stood there.

Next to them, Barry was watching all this silently, just chatting about what each other wanted to know. Ke Wen did fulfill his new identity assigned by Barry at this time, as an exclusive reporter, asking questions there

Nora Allen on the changes in Central City over the past half century.

As for Nora Allen, in essence, she is a part of the mechanical life form differentiated from the alien drive, a new life born by replicating Barry's deep longing for his deceased mother. But in Kamen Rider

In the work "Drive", the weirdos named Evil Equation all have a characteristic. They will use their own cognitive methods to take away what they think is the most important thing from human beings, and then allow themselves to complete the so-called final evolution.

This final evolution can make them have the same appearance, richer emotions and strength like the human being they copied. They were created by Dr. Manhattan's intervention in the experiment and plundered the drive power of other knight universes.

The alien drive naturally has the same heavy acceleration force field as Ke Wen's drive, and also has the ability to differentiate the evil road equation. The alien drive itself can be understood as a collection of evil road equations.

Nora Allen was born under such circumstances. With the help of Barry's longing for her mother, everything about her, including her memory, was perfectly copied. Coupled with the sage power that Barry had mastered, she was naturally a living being with the ability to think independently.

Of course, Nora Allen was able to answer Kirwin's series of questions about Central City's past fluently.

And she also has her own understanding and discussion of these issues. Nora Allen is a scholar, and her knowledge reserve in the humanities is naturally top-notch. Many times, it is Ke Wen who is the one being questioned.

Barry, who was watching all this in the air, also partially let go of his worries. But only partially. He would not take it lightly until the chat was over.

"Well, Ms. Nora Allen, thank you very much for taking the time to cooperate with my interview. However, I have a few questions that are not related to the topic of this interview. You can choose to answer or not answer."

After the questions and answers of the exclusive interview were recorded, Ke Wen also began to get down to the topic, and Barry, who was standing aside and blending into the air, also focused his attention because of Ke Wen's words, and began to have blue sages in himself.

Power is surging.

As long as there is something slightly wrong in the next conversation between Ke Wen and his mother, he will use his sage power to brainwash Ke Wen again.

"Huh? I'm a little interested in questions other than the topic. You can ask them."

"Then please forgive me for being presumptuous, Ms. Nora Allen, do you ever feel that the Central City you live in is fake?"

"Huh? I don't understand your question. If it's false, then where do you think we are now? The Matrix?"

Listening to the question raised by Ke Wen, there is no problem with Nora Allen's performance in Barry's eyes. Indeed, when most people hear such questions, they will naturally show confusion, or they may think that the other party is joking and ask back.

Go back. His mother has no problem in this regard. The question is why Ke Wen would ask this. Thinking like this, Barry melted into the air, and his hand that could not be seen with the naked eye, surging with sage power, approached the back of Ke Wen's head.

"No, it's not the Matrix. If that's the case, there should be a red pill and a blue pill in front of me. I don't know what to say. I think elders like you who have lived in Central City from its most glorious period to the present should be able to give

I have some opinions. Don’t you think Central City is too happy now? It is true that there is no crime and no disorder in Central City, which is a great thing. But as a city, it can be said that there are few crime incidents, but really

Is it possible to be completely crime-free?

Even in the most glorious period of your life, I think the citizens of Central City were not as happy as they are now. I have lived here for three years, and I should have adapted to it long ago. But now, when I look at

When I saw the smiles of every citizen on the street and the orderly streets, I felt scared because I thought this was an impossible thing."

Ke Wen, who had no idea that he could be brainwashed at any time, was talking about how he felt after seeing the post-it note. The feeling that everything around him was illusion and only he was real was so terrifying. But what was in his mind

But my memory told me that all this was true. I had been here for three years and I shouldn't feel this way. This feeling of contradiction made Ke Wen have to find an answer, so he wrote it on a sticky note in his own handwriting.

Nora Allen is the reason why she found the answer herself.

Behind Ke Wen's head, Barry merged into the air, and the sage power in his right hand was ready to go. In front of Ke Wen, Nora Allen was also drinking the Flash-themed coffee. Looking at the lightning logo in the cup

Latte art, Nora Allen also smiled.

"I think you need to relax more, Mr. Kewen."

As soon as Nora Allen's calm words came out, Barry, who was about to brainwash Ke Wen, stopped what he was doing. And Ke Wen, who was in desperate need of an answer, was stunned by Nora Allen's rhetorical question.

"Yes, it is normal for you to have such thoughts. People 30 years ago would not have thought that they would live in a world of aliens and superpowers. At that time, people's biggest understanding of the so-called doomsday was

When the Third World War breaks out and a nuclear war breaks out, one would never have thought that the end of the world would be an alien invasion or the resurrection of the dead, something beyond cognition. More importantly, this is not just a once-in-a-lifetime event. According to the monthly

occurs with frequency."

An official complaint from Nora Allen also made Barry, who was standing behind Ke Wen, embarrassed. Because his mother was right, when he obtained the Speed ​​Force, he always felt that he had seen everything in his life.

After that, there was nothing to be afraid of. But later, the Apokolips invasion war, the Blackest Night, and the time travel he had played, plus what he was doing now, Barry could only say, I'm sorry, I

I really haven’t seen many of them.

While Barry was still feeling embarrassed by his mother's sharp remarks, Nora Allen continued: "Central City has changed a lot. In the past, we didn't have so much trouble when we went out for dinner.

Come down, with a cup of coffee, a sandwich, and three or five friends, we can chat all afternoon. Now, with a cup of coffee, a mobile phone, we can sit there all afternoon and say nothing.

The changes of the times are always so unexpected. Even as a person who lives in it, I will feel unprepared after experiencing it for the first time. The new tricks that keep coming out every day are enough for me to learn for a long time. In fact, Central City has always been there.

It is changing in this direction, because here is the guardian of the fastest man in the world, The Flash, who can change many tragedies and reverse many endings, so Central City is what it is today, you are just slow to react."

These words made Ke Wen freeze there, and Barry, who was behind Ke Wen, was also waiting for Ke Wen's final answer.

"You mean, I'm actually slow to react. These changes have always been around me. I didn't feel it at first, but I just haven't gotten used to these rapid changes. Then, after I understood the changes, I

With me like this?!"

"Well, you can understand it that way. I think the reason why you feel this way is probably because of the past few days. Suddenly you feel unfamiliar with the environment you have lived in for a long time, and then you fall into self-doubt, and even create a goal for yourself.

Provide your own motivation, am I right, including your conversation with me today?"

While drinking coffee, Nora Allen also guessed the purpose of Ke Wen's meeting with her this time. After some words, Ke Wen didn't know how to answer for a while. And behind Ke Wen, she blended into the air.

Barry also put down the hand that was about to touch the back of Ke Wen's head. He didn't expect that his mother would be so good at deceiving him. She was indeed a scholar in the humanities.

"Yes, just the day before yesterday, I woke up and found that my desk was covered with sticky notes in my own handwriting. Finally, I found this in a document, which said "Find you, all of this"

It made me fall into self-doubt. But according to you, this may be a self-protection behavior of my subconscious, not even sleepwalking?"

"Well, how should I put it? This is indeed not even sleepwalking, because sleepwalking is a bit far behind him. I suggest you take a rest for a month and then see a psychiatrist. You might be suffering from schizophrenia.

.”

"Ah? Then can this still be cured?"

"Then it depends on how hard you can let it go. But if you have schizophrenia, don't be too repellent. Try to accept another personality and have a good talk with him. He is also you. All you can do is believe in him.

.”

"That's right, then I probably understand. Thank you, Ms. Nora Allen."

"You're welcome, you are my son's friend."

Ke Wen, who was drinking coffee and getting an accurate answer, had no intention of staying here. He checked out in advance and apologized to Nora Allen before leaving the cafe. Only Nora Allen was left.

Looking at the Flash-themed coffee in his hand, and then looking at the window, Ke Wen left in the Cetron, an ordinary tank, and next to Nora Allen, who was always listening.

Barry finally felt relieved.

There was no problem with the new identity he made up for Ke Wen, and his mother also successfully fooled Ke Wen, so there would be no more worries. Barry, who didn’t need to worry about anything anymore, also disappeared behind Nora Allen and returned to

The Central City Police Department, as he told his mother before, was waiting for his mother's call. But what Barry didn't expect was that when he disappeared from behind Nora Allen, he was looking at the scenery outside the window with a smile.

Nora Allen, the smile on her face gradually disappeared.

After taking out her mobile phone from her pocket and dialing Barry's phone number, Nora Allen also said: "Barry, mom is done here, come pick me up..."

The meeting between Ke Wen and Nora Allen also became the last episode for Barry to prepare to complete the brave new world in his heart on this last day. The doubts in Ke Wen's heart were dispelled, and Nora Allen did not do anything.

Something out of the ordinary happened. During dinner, Barry just sat there, looking at his wife Iris, who was two months pregnant, his mother whispering to his father, and his adoptive father Joe West who was smiling.

.

There are more smiles on my face, because after tonight, this will last!

After dinner, Barry also drove his parents back to their home.

"Hey, Barry, you don't actually need to send us back. Your father and I are not old yet." Helping his father, Henry Allen, to enter, the university professor who was still in his prime also joked to his son.

.

"I know, but I am a son. I am really happy to see you so happy, dad."

Looking at his father, Barry also gave his father a big hug. Barry, who had normal memory, knew how much his father had suffered. His beloved wife died unexpectedly, and he became his wife's murderer.

Suffering from external criticism and inner torture, he failed to protect the person he loved most. But now, his father, with the modification of his sage power memory, is with the person he loves again, and there is another person who grew up with him.

My son, this is enough.

"Okay, Barry, you scared me." Henry was suddenly hugged by his son, and Henry was a little confused, but as a father, he could also feel the weight of his son's hug, and he also said: "But

For us, it is our greatest happiness that you can have a life of your own. You already have a life that belongs to you. Nora and I just need to look at you, that's enough, son."

"I know, then I'll go first, Dad, Mom."

After saying goodbye to his father, with a smile, Barry also waved goodbye to his parents. Henry, who was standing by the window and watched his son leave, also sighed at this moment. Thinking back to the hug his son gave him just now,

He didn't even have to resist. It seemed that he was really old. The son who followed him around asking questions had become an upright man.

"Oh, Barry has really grown up, Nora." After sighing, Henry was about to wash up, but at this moment, Nora Allen, who was sitting there, spoke up.

"Well, Henry, come with me for a walk."

"Huh? Didn't we just come over from Barry? By the way, I forgot to ask why you changed into the clothes that Barry bought for you today."

Regarding his wife's doubts, Henry asked back, but he, who was about to wash up, squatted down, put on his shoes again, opened the door, and walked to his wife's side.

Nora Allen also consciously held her husband's arm, and the couple began their night walk.

"Henry, thank you."

"Speaking of this, in all these years, have I ever refused any request you have made?"

"Well, I know..."

On the other side, after meeting Nora Allen, Ke Wen did not return home. Instead, he drove the Cetron and wandered around the streets of Central City. He looked at the smiling Central City citizens on the street.

, Ke Wen was thinking about what Nora Allen had said before, every word and every sentence, and then corresponding to the scene he saw in front of him, he still couldn't adapt.

[Try to accept another personality in your heart and talk to him. The only thing you can do is believe in him. 】

These were the last words Nora Allen said to herself. Ke Wen, who was still irritable, looked at himself in the mirror and murmured: "The only thing I can do is to believe in the other self in my heart, so tell me,

Is all this true?"

Ke Wen looked at himself in the mirror and asked back. After a long time, a smile appeared on his face.

"In that case, why not verify it?"

Ke Wen, who seemed to have gotten some answer, also said there, and at this moment, Ke Wen's cell phone rang, a strange call came. Although he was confused, Ke Wen still pressed the answer button.

"Hey, this is Ke Wen."

"I am Nora Allen, Ke Wen, help me, help me save my son and fix everything!"

When Ke Wen heard what Nora Allen said on the phone, he didn't hesitate at all, stepped on the accelerator, and the Cetron disappeared into the street.