"I don't know."

In the mystery room, Barry's answers to a series of questions from Merlin are largely unanimous.

He didn't know anything about what was happening to him, about his own anomalies, about the grossly unscientific speed, about the yellow arcs that were beating in the cells of his body, about all these new things, all the new things.

He knew even less than Merlin, even though it was something that happened to him.

This is also normal.

After all, for the first 20 years of his life, Barry lived as an ordinary person.

Although his astonishing powers of observation are definitely not in the category of normal people, for the most part, Barry is just an ordinary, ordinary young man.

Now he has become a member of the mysterious superhuman after an accident.

"How do you feel?"

In the halls of the Mystery, Merlin gave up trying to find answers from Barry, and he looked closely at his nephew, saying:

"How do you feel when you're running, moving at the speed of light? Will it be uncomfortable? ”

"No, uncle."

Barry scratched at the somewhat "lush" hair that had grown from being unconscious for so long, and said:

"In that situation where everyone else is in a state of pause and only I can move normally, I don't feel anything special, it's exactly the same as usual."

The young man touched his chin and said:

"If I had to say it, I might have been a little more relaxed in that situation, like... An instinct, an instinct to be released. ”

He lifted his finger.

Under Merlin's gaze, Barry's fingers began to vibrate.

At first, it was just shaking, but in an instant, the frequency of the hand directing the dance exceeded the limit of what the human eye could tell.

The afterimage pulled out by the rapid movement, just like Merlin did when he released the form of Ekern, left five identical illusions in the air.

And the illusion can do the same based on the bending of Barry's fingers.

This scene made Merlin's eyes narrow.

He suddenly remembered the night of the particle accelerator explosion, the yellow light that tried to assassinate him.

He suddenly realized that the light and shadow were not incomprehensible.

If you think outside the realm of ordinary people, look at the rough ability that Barry is currently showing.

The shadow of that night was probably a "speed clone" left in place because of the faster-than-light movement.

Or "time afterimage".

It may sound unscientific, but it's most likely true.

"Can you distinguish a phantom that can move freely while you're running at a high speed?"

Merlin asked suddenly.

"Huh?"

Barry's mouth opened wide and he said:

"That kind of unbelievable thing, you can't do it just by speed, right?"

"No, it should be possible."

Merlin leaned back on the couch, his legs crossed and stacked together, his left hand carrying the armrest of the couch, and he said to his nephew:

"After speed transcends the rules of physics, it is very likely that something will happen that you can't imagine now, maybe you will intervene in the flow of time in a rapid race, of course this is just a conjecture."

The Raven Lord slowly picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip of tea, and said to his nephew slowly:

"Of course, with your current situation, you will definitely not be able to do it, but if you continue to exercise and continue to explore your potential, it should not be difficult."

"I'm not talking nonsense."

Merlin looked at the ignorant Barry in front of him, and said:

"I have a friend, Lady Diana, who also has a speedster in a similar situation to yours among her elders, Mercury the Runner in Greek mythology, and I heard that the god turns into a light when he runs."

"When I was chatting with Diana, she told me that in some of the records left by her hometown, Mercury crossed the river of time several times at extreme speed."

Raven glanced at a thoughtful Barry, and he saw a hint of apprehension and joy in Barry's eyes.

He put down the teacup, knocked on the table, and said seriously:

"If Mercury can do it, then you should be able to do it too. But Barry, the ugly words are ahead! I won't allow you to run back in time and try to save your mother that night! ”

"Why?"

Barry looked up and asked, somewhat incomprehensibly:

"If I have the ability, if I can go back and stop that light from killing my mother, then why can't I do it?"

"Because you've already been!"

Raven was silent for a few seconds, and then whispered:

"You saw two lights that night, didn't you?"

"Two beams of chasing, fighting lights, one from the villain who assassinated your mother, and the other from whom? Have you thought about it? ”

Merlin patiently explained:

"I've been tracking down your mother all these years, but I've found nothing, and I'm sure you and Henry were not mistaken that night, and around poor Nora were indeed two people running at the speed of light."

"At first, I thought that the assassins involved in this matter were two people, but when I saw the way you were running, I suddenly realized..."

"Barry, you become this... Well, the lightspeed people were actually doomed more than ten years ago. ”

As a mystical spellcaster, Merlin has a much deeper understanding of things related to "fate" than Barry.

He said to the stunned Barry:

"Of those two figures you saw when you were a kid, one of them was you who grew up, maybe you from the future, you've been to that point in time, Barry, probably more than once."

"But that's not the point! The point is, since you're still sitting here today, it means that you've allowed that to happen when you go back to the past. ”

He warned:

"Excluding some small probability factors, the biggest reason why you sit back and watch Nora be assassinated, and sit back and watch your mother die in front of your eyes, is..."

"You know in the future that once you save her, something worse will likely happen than she died."

At this moment, the uncle and nephew sat speechless.

After a few seconds, Merlin whispered:

"Although this is just my guess, my poor nephew, I feel that my guess is most likely not wrong. You can't save your mother, you can't save that kind woman. ”

"That's... This speed, this ability..."

Barry looked up a little dazedly, looked at his almost omnipotent uncle, and said:

"What do I want it for?"

"I can't answer that question, Barry."

Merlin stood up, and he said to his nephew:

"You may have to find the answer yourself."

Barry lowered his head and looked at his ten fingers, and he didn't say anything more.

Merlin looked at his nephew, who was in grief and despair, and he didn't say anything more, but quietly left the hall.

"Is what you just said to Barry true?"

After returning to his bedroom, Merlin heard Xuanlan's inquiry.

The housekeeper whispered:

"That child obviously has the possibility of traveling through time, but he still has to witness the tragedy of his mother's death in front of his eyes again and again."

"I'm not sure."

Merlin sighed, and he said:

"But there's a good chance that Ciri has told me more than once about the taboos of traveling through time, and if Barry can travel through time in the future, then he will naturally understand these taboos as well."

"That could well be a decision he made in the future, even... In the future, Barry will probably have to make sure that Nora's death happens..."

A flash of pity flashed in Merlin's eyes, and he whispered:

"Such a heavy fate, on him, my poor Barry."

"It's cruel!"

Xuanlan Says:

"This kind of thing, even if it's just thinking about..."

"My concern now is that even though I've told Barry about the risks, he's going to try it."

A hint of worry flashed in Merlin's blue eyes.

He said to Xuanlan:

"Nora's affair has always been a thorn in Barry's heart, and he can't let go of that tragedy, and I can understand his stubbornness, but I still want to avoid him doing something irrational."

Merlin turned his head to look at Xuanlan, and he said:

"Barry can't save his mother, but if I consider the possibility of traveling back in time, I have a way to bring Nora back to this era."

"Huh?"

The housekeeper jerked her head up, and she said:

"You mean, like Icarus?"

"Hmm."

Merlin nodded, and he explained:

"Nora's fate was interrupted the moment she died, her timeline was permanently stuck in the moment of death, and she could not affect the changes in the world after her death."

"Barry's mother was a sincere Catholic, and according to the trajectory of her life, after death, she was likely to be taken to heaven."

"You also know that in the reincarnation pool of heaven, the soul will wash away all the memories of the world and become a new individual, which has nothing to do with the human world."

Raven Lord raised his finger, and a black, irregular soul stone hovered in his fingertips.

He looked at the spinning soul stone on his fingertips, and he whispered:

"It's a critical juncture."

"If I can bring Nora back to this age before the angels take her soul, then I can resurrect her in the form of a sapient machine, or a body of flesh and blood."

"In this case, she is equivalent to being reborn in this era, but according to Healy, Nora after being reborn was born against the laws of time, and she can't participate in any important events, and she can't contact too many people."

"It's equivalent to us artificially creating a closed 'ring' for her on the timeline, and she can only live in this ring."

"Sounds like a lot of risk."

Xuanlan understood what Merlin meant, and she said:

"Is it worth it?"

"It wasn't worth it before, and although I regret Nora's death, I can't break the rules and order of time because of her."

Merlin Says:

"But after Barry became a speedster, it became meaningful."

"Rather than let my nephew weave through the timeline and mess everything up like a stunned kid, I'd rather take this risk and let him stay in this era in peace..."

"Is this going to be left to Barry?"

Xuanlan asked:

"He seems to be the best fit."

"Nope."

Raven shook his head, and he said:

"Anyone can do this, but it can't be Barry, who can already intervene in everything in the past."

"Time is no longer mysterious in front of his eyes, and being able to travel through time means that he is connected to almost everything that has happened, has not yet happened, and is about to happen."

"His presence becomes a destabilizing factor in the timeline, and outside of all the events, there is a ghost shadow watching."

"Any effort he makes could become a bomb that could explode at any moment."

"Not to mention, our universe is incomplete, and most of the timelines it has are false and deranged, and it is extremely risky to rush into it."

"I have to reduce Barry's influence on the fate of the world, and I personally don't like this kind of 'surprise'."

He said:

"He can't intervene in Nora's life, he can't intervene and change anyone's life. So, this had to be done by someone else who could planeswalk. ”

"Let Ciri go."

Merlin looked at Xuanlan and said:

"Don't let Barry know until this is done, you help me watch him during this time, and don't let him leave the mystery house until he has mastered that haste ability."

Merlin breathed a sigh of relief, and he said:

"I'm going to go out."

"His ability is too tricky, he can easily become a god of justice and protect this world."

"Or he allowed himself to be swallowed up by the malice and darkness of fate, and in the midst of extreme loss and despair, he fashioned himself as a dangerous and terrible god of darkness."

Merlin looked at the soul stone in his hand and said:

"Therefore, my Barry needs a good teacher, a good group of friends, and some peers who can lead him to the right future."

"Can't you just let him follow you?"

Xuanlan Says:

"I'm sure you'll teach him well, just like you did."

"I don't have time, Ran."

With a helpless smile on Merlin's face, he said:

"I'm preparing something dangerous and complicated, and I need to devote most of my energy and time to manipulating, and I'm hiding behind the scenes, in the shadows, in order to prevent something more terrible from happening."

"Compared to the future of this star, Barry's personal future needs to be in his own hands. If he fails, I might still be able to rescue him, but if I fail..."

"It's all over."

Xuanlan was silent.

After a few seconds, she looked up, smiled, and comforted:

"You don't need to be so pessimistic, little Barry is a gentle and righteous child who never gives up hope, and I don't think it was for nothing that lightning chose him."

"He's going to be a real hero, he's going to be your best help."

"That's what I'm worried about."

Merlin waved open the door of a light curtain, and said to his butler:

"The kinder a person is, the more terrible it is after being maliciously polluted and blackened. I don't want to see an evil version of Barry one day. Alan appeared in front of me and let out a lot of nonsense. ”

The Raven Lord pursed his lips and said:

"He is my nephew, he is my relative, I will protect him and love him, but that doesn't mean I won't beat him!"

"In short, in order to avoid that embarrassing situation, let's find him a suitable mentor first."