Chapter 4351: Justice League: Assembly (Part 6)

"Hello. Is this Mr. Barry Allen?" A voice came from the phone. Barry, who answered the phone, widened his eyes and said: "You know my name?"

"Yes. We also know that you are the Flash."

"What?! You? Who are you???"

"A. R. G. U. S.," the other party said, "We are an organization dedicated to monitoring super-powered individuals. Please put aside your random guesses. We must emphasize to you that you live in ordinary human society, so you need to be responsible for this society and for the safety of ordinary people. We need to ensure that you will not harm this society."

"Of course I won't!" Barry sounded very angry, "You are invading my privacy!"

"When you use your ability, you are also partially infringing on the safety of ordinary people's lives."

"What?!" Barry felt it was absurd.

"Okay, if you can answer the next question, I will admit that we were wrong," the voice on the phone said, "What is your ability?"

Barry didn't speak, and the voice on the phone answered itself: "I know, you run very fast, even faster than time, so almost no one has seen your true face. Do you know the principle of your ability?"

"I..." Barry actually had a lot to say, because he had done a lot of research on his ability, but it was precisely because he had done research that he didn't dare to talk nonsense. From a scientific level, this ability is indeed inexplicable. Just the point of exceeding the speed of light is enough to cause many paradoxes and can completely overturn the existing scientific system. But with his ability, he is not enough to build a new theoretical system, so he actually has no way to explain it.

"You don't know, right? Of course, things you don't know the principle of can also be used. However, once something goes wrong, can you guarantee that it won't cause any harm?"

"I... I can." Barry took a hard breath and then said, "I saved a lot of people."

"Of course, I saw it. You are a good person and have done a lot of good things with your ability. But this doesn't mean you don't need our help."

"I just don't need it!" Barry said, "And who would call monitoring help?"

"Then what's the matter with the pile of monitoring equipment in your base?"

"You even know this?"

"Of course. The A. R. G. U. S. is affiliated with the US National Security Agency, and wiretapping is our old business. Don't challenge our rice bowl with your hobbies."

Barry immediately became nervous, and he said: "I didn't break the law, I just..."

"I didn't say you broke the law either. I can fully understand that a good person like you is eager to use your super-powers to do something helpful to society. Doing good things is not easy, and having super-powers is not enough, so you will use your knowledge and learning to assist yourself. This society has become better because of people like you, and I didn't call to criticize you."

Barry became stuttering again; he didn't expect the other party to praise him like this. After holding back for a long time, he only said: "I just... I didn't do anything..."

"I called this time, actually for another thing. You should have heard of Superman, right?"

Barry didn't answer; he just nodded at the phone, and then felt that his action was a bit stupid. But he didn't expect the other party to say as if he saw it: "He made a big mess in Metropolis. Now it is the eve of the general election, but he moved the congressmen who count and audit votes to Metropolis, which will lead to procedural injustice. We need manpower to move Capitol Hill back. Are you willing to participate?"

Barry opened his mouth. He actually wanted to agree, but after thinking about it carefully, he said: "I am willing to solve the trouble, but this matter is too significant, and I don't want to deal with the government. So you may have to let me consider it."

"No problem. Of course, in return, we will help you cover up the fact that you are monitoring privately. If you have any trouble in the future, we will also try our best to help you. Don't worry too much, Mr. Allen."

"Okay, thank you." Barry hung up the phone.

He sat on the bed, feeling a bit uneasy. He stood up for a while and lay down for a while. After being restless for a long time, he finally came to the underground base and sat in front of the computer to start searching.

Actually, he originally wanted to agree just now, because he also felt that this matter was very outrageous. Why must the government office be moved to another city suddenly? Isn't this purely creating chaos?

However, Barry had a good impression of Superman. He had heard of Superman's heroic deeds and also liked the speech he gave on TV. More importantly, he hoped that one day he could stand in front of the public so generously and talk freely. In this regard, Superman was his idol.

He didn't think Superman was the kind of person who deliberately caused trouble, let alone do such a shocking thing for no reason. There must be an unknown reason behind it.

Barry opened the computer and started a wide-area search. He was not the kind of person who only used Wikipedia; in fact, his computer skills were quite good. Except for some extremely confidential departments, he could come and go freely in the electronic systems of other ordinary government departments.

To check the matter of Capitol Hill being moved away, one must check Superman's recent movements. If you check Superman's recent movements, you will definitely be able to check the relationship between Superman and Lois; after all, they were very popular before. And if you check Lois, it is hard to avoid checking that report on the number of homeless people in Los Angeles.

Soon, the focus of Barry's investigation had shifted from Superman to Los Angeles. And it had been some time since Capitol Hill and that secret research base were moved to the center of Metropolis together. The new reports from the news media had been released, and Barry saw arguments like "the relationship between the sharp decrease in the number of homeless people in Los Angeles and the large number of unidentified corpses in secret research bases."

Barry could simply be described as terrified.

Although Central City is not a small town, it shares a common point with Smallville, where Superman grew up, which is that they both belong to the central states. The economy is not very developed, and it is relatively closed.

Although such states also have various shortcomings, because most of them are based on real industries and there are few immigrants, there are not as many homeless people as in big cities. Even if there are some, they are basically drug-addicted.

And the better thing about Central City is that the security here is among the best in the Federation, and it is even a strong candidate for the first place in competition. Many foreign tourists say that this place does not look like an American city at all, quiet and peaceful beyond expectation.

Barry, who grew up here, although he has been to big cities several times, most of them are to scenic spots. Although he has also seen some people sitting there on the street, he thought they were tired from shopping and resting.

As a result, just the pictures of the homeless in these news reports made Barry feel serious discomfort. It turned out that the people he saw before had no home to return to.

What's more outrageous is that even so, they still have to be caught and used for human experimentation. The more Barry looked, the more disgusted he felt, and he even couldn't help but retch in front of the computer.

However, willpower and a sense of responsibility overcame the instinctive reaction. He decided to check what the so-called secret research base was about. It didn't matter if he didn't check; after checking, he really vomited.

Barry vomited wildly while holding the trash can, vomiting out all the sandwiches he had for lunch. Then he went to the toilet to vomit again, and when he stood up again, he was as weak as a noodle. Lying on the washbasin, he eased for a long time before getting up to wash his face.

The reason is that he is not just able to see the things reported by the media. Most government departments' electronic defense systems are non-existent to him, and he can see some internal documents. And related to medical research, human experimentation, organ transplantation, and other keywords, what can be found out is self-evident.

Sitting back in front of the computer screen, Barry felt dizzy. He really couldn't take it anymore; he couldn't accept that these things were true. He urgently needed someone to tell him that all this was fake and fabricated.

Barry couldn't care about the physical discomfort and ran to Metropolis at the fastest speed, and then started looking for Superman all over the street—Superman was not found, but many homeless people were found.

He didn't even go to places like the tent area; he just saw two cardboard houses, four pools of vomit, a team of corpse collectors, and a drug addict lying on the side of the road on a very normal street.

Barry didn't dare to run anymore. He vaguely felt that if this continued, he would definitely crash into some incredible world. Since he didn't find Superman, he went to find the other protagonist in this story, which was Lois Lane.

The hospital where Lois Lane was located was guarded by police, and there were a lot of reporters, so ordinary people didn't dare to come here. But this couldn't stop the Flash. When no one noticed, he ran directly into Lois's ward.

Lois was drinking coffee, and when she turned her head, she saw a pale young man standing in front of her.

Barry thought Lois was going to scream, so he quickly reached out and said: "I'm not a bad person, I have no malice. I just..."

When he said this, Barry stopped. He didn't know what he was doing, breaking into someone's ward so recklessly. The other party was still sick; wouldn't this scare the hell out of her?

"Your face is very ugly," Lois said, "Do you want a cup of coffee?"

Barry was stunned; he didn't understand why Lois was so friendly. And Lois just stood there drinking a cup of coffee and then said: "I am a reporter. I can't be considered very famous, but at least I am professional. If when a person appears in front of me, I cannot quickly distinguish whether he is a good person or a bad person, and whether he is useful to me, this job cannot be done."

Barry breathed a sigh of relief; fortunately, Lois was willing to believe him. But immediately after, his social phobia recurred, pulling the corner of his clothes, unable to say a word for a long time. He felt like a mental patient himself.

But Lois was full of patience. She poured a cup of hot coffee for Barry and let him sit by the hospital bed and talk slowly. Barry really couldn't speak, so he took out his mobile phone and put the information he had just seen in front of Lois.

Lois leaned over to take a look and instantly understood a bit, she said: "You want to ask me, is this true, right?"

Barry nodded hard, looking at her with expectant eyes.

Lois shook her head gently and said: "Not all true."

Barry was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard her say: "To be precise, these things are not comprehensive. If you can stand it, I can show you what I took."

Most of the things Barry found in the official system were medical images; academic photography was very straightforward, and the purpose was to convey information accurately. What Lois took was different; she was a reporter. Reporters' photos need to render the atmosphere as much as possible. The photos she took, Mephisto would hang in the bedroom, and he would be scared when he got up in the morning.

Ten minutes later, Barry had vomited and couldn't stand up.

?? Sure enough, the audience of the movie is wider. Once I write about the movie, the follow-up reading will be much more. Of course, it may also be that DCEU is too regrettable. ===== CHAPTER 4352 =====