RNP Chapter 197 Conspiracy, Reverse-Flash's Wrath
Chapter 197 Conspiracy, Reverse-Flash's Wrath
Chapter 197 Conspiracy, Reverse-Flash's Wrath
This is the dark, damp dungeon of the Madun family, gloomy and deep.
At that moment, the voice of the Flash's girlfriend, Patty, rang out in the darkness.
"El Alana? That's a strange name."
"It's a nickname, meaning spider."
"Okay, Mr. Spider... do you know what's going on?"
Petty took a deep breath.
"Who are these people? Why did they kidnap me from Midtown? Is it because of the murder case I'm investigating?"
Patty asked the man before her, who called himself Spider and was also bound in this dark dungeon, in a low voice:
"If it's because of that murder, then while I'm grateful they didn't do it, to be frank..."
"Why didn't they kill us?"
The man nicknamed Spider glared at him.
"Fear. Fear that we know too much, so they kidnapped us, afraid we'd tell others, so they spared our lives."
"So, this is related to the Central City murder case I'm investigating?"
"That's right." The spider nodded.
"I'm an assassin working for the Madden family. My daily job is to 'clean up' the boss's messes. I eliminate everyone and everything connected to the Madden family."
"A few years ago, I worked for the Madon family outside the city center. One night I received an urgent telegram from Elsa, the wife of Claudio Madon, the head of the Madon family."
"Claudio Madon... he's the brother of the weather wizard Marco, right?" Petty whispered.
"Yes." The spider nodded.
"When I arrived, the scene was a complete mess, with blood everywhere. I looked closely at the body and realized it was Claudio, the 22-year-old head of the family. The boy had no interest in violence, but he was smart. He secretly went to Central City, reached a truce with the rival gang, united the family, and ended the violence."
"So why did those rival gangs kill him?"
"No, they didn't do it."
"The whole thing is a conspiracy."
The spider shook its head:
"Elsa discovered that Claudio intended to relinquish the Madon family's territory in exchange for peace. She knew that this would weaken the family's power, so..."
Petty gasped.
The spider raised his eyes, half of his face hidden in shadow: "So I guess you guessed it too."
"She eliminated Claudio and framed a rival gang to incite a fight between the two families."
"Damn it," Petty whispered. "I knew Claudio's case was murder, not kidnapping. There was a ransom note, but no body, yet the bloodstains confirmed my suspicions."
"Elsa is a ruthless woman."
The spider said:
"She also knew that doing this would bring Claudio's brother, Marco, back into the family. He was the one with the real extraordinary abilities, who could tip the scales of victory in Elsa's favor."
"So for the sake of his family, he killed his own husband and then sent you to clean up the mess, so that the weather wizard Marco would have no suspicion of him."
Petty concluded:
"And now, Elsa wants to kill me, the police officer who investigated this old case, and you, the 'cleaner' who cleaned up the mess back then, so that her secret will never be known to the weather wizard, and we'll all die."
"No, as long as I keep Claudio's body and that murder weapon, I'll be safe."
The spider said:
"The fake extortion letter I left at the crime scene was a message to the real culprit, whoever he may be."
"When the mercenaries of the Madon family kidnapped me, the murderer officially came to light—Elsa. Now, there is only one piece of solid evidence left to bring her down."
"I'm sorry to have dragged you into this. I originally thought there wasn't enough evidence for the police to investigate."
"I've been ruined by my own curiosity," Petty said.
"As for me, I was too loyal to the Madon family. I shouldn't have meddled, but I still wanted Marco to know what she had done. Unfortunately, she beat me to it."
"At least we have the upper hand, as long as you still have the evidence..."
"They have to be spared. Don't they?"
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This is the residence of Elsa Madun, the de facto head of the Madun family, in Port Gachal.
At that moment, the gorilla Grodd was sitting behind the desk, taking out two bananas from the bottom drawer and eating them.
"Are bananas delicious?"
"Hmm, not bad." Gruud seemed unsurprised by the somewhat abrupt voice.
It slowly finished eating the banana in its hand, then turned around and looked to the side.
A person appeared silently beside it, a person with white hair and beard, wearing armor resembling a tortoise shell on their back.
His sudden appearance there was as if he had taken a segment from reality, like a video clip, and then pieced himself onto it.
"Humans." The gorilla Grud narrowed his eyes. Ugly things, disgusting to look at.
"Ape." The turtle-man squinted. Ugly thing, disgusting to look at.
The two villains stared at each other, each secretly despising the other's race, before simultaneously putting on a fake smile.
"friend!"
"friend!"
"Once I've accomplished my plan, I'll kill this stupid gorilla," the turtle-man thought to himself, a friendly smile spreading across his wrinkled old face.
"Once I've accomplished my plan, Gerud will eat the turtle-man's head." Gerud thought to himself as he smiled a friendly smile at his hairy black ape face.
The gorilla Grud recalled the information about his collaborator in his mind.
This guy called Turtle Man possesses a power called "Still Force," which is the complete opposite of the lightning (i.e., the Speed Force) that has been worshipped since ancient times in Gorilla City, the hometown of Gerudo. It is a cosmic force based on entropy and inertia, capable of counteracting motion and having the ability to induce and accelerate entropy.
In a language that a gorilla could understand, the Speed Force can accelerate the user's speed, making them run as fast as the Flash. The Stasis Force, on the other hand, can slow down others. So the nickname "Turtle Man" doesn't refer to his slowness, but rather to his ability to make others run like turtles.
As a user of stasis, the Turtle Man is the natural opposite of the Flash. His desire for the Speed Force is beyond that of ordinary people. Just think about it.
If he could simultaneously slow down the time of everyone around him while speeding up his own...
Gerudo gave a mocking sneer. The turtle-man had a good plan, but he was facing King Gerudo.
In the end, both the Speed Force and the Stasis Force will fall under the control of King Gerudo. The Turtle Man? Stupid and ugly humans, only fit to be King Gerudo's lunch.
The turtle-man was also quietly pondering.
According to the gorillas he interrogated under Grodd's command, the gorilla before him was born in an ancient gorilla city. Millions of years ago, a group of gorillas were favored by the Speed Force, which accelerated their thinking, granting them extraordinary intelligence and advanced technology, leading to the development of a brilliant civilization.
For many years, the gorillas of Gorilla City lived a peaceful life. However, even among a peaceful species, there are more radical individuals. When the Speed Force gained a new patron: The Flash, Barry Allen, the group of adopted sons picked up from the trash cans in Gorilla City suddenly lost the love of their Speed Force mother.
Upon discovering that he was not chosen by the Speed Force, the gorilla Groud flew into a rage. He killed the old king, who had stated that "we can only accept whoever the Speed Force mommy likes," and staged a coup to become the new king.
In order to reclaim the Speed Force and become the prophesied Son of Lightning, the gorilla Grodd came to the human world, plotting to kill the Flash, Barry Allen, steal his Speed Force, and then rule the human world.
It possesses a small amount of the Speed Force and extremely powerful telepathic abilities, and its physical body has also been enhanced by the Speed Force. If it were to gain the Flash's speed, the combination of incredible speed, telepathic abilities, and its ambition to rule the world might truly...
The turtle-man gave a mocking sneer. Groud had a good plan, but he was facing his supervillain, the turtle-man.
In the end, both the Speed Force and the Stasis Force will fall under the control of the Turtle Man. Groud? A stupid and ugly uncivilized gorilla, only fit to be the Turtle Man's stepping stone.
The two villains were laughing at each other when suddenly the turtle-man's expression changed, and time around him seemed to freeze: "Don't even think about using your mind to read my brain again—Grud!"
His voice, transmitted over an extended period of time, seemed to be slowed down countless times.
Gruud deliberately stopped outputting his mental abilities, a fake smile appearing on his hairy face: "Don't be angry, my ally. I'm just more used to checking your work progress by reading your memories directly. That's what we all do in Gorilla City."
"But I'm not your gorilla, I warned you, Grud. Don't even think about reading me again."
The turtle-man deactivated his powers. The first time he met Gerudo, he had inadvertently fallen for the latter's telepathic abilities. Caught off guard, he managed to retaliate, but Gerudo still managed to expose his entire past.
Although they eventually made peace after the battle and are even cooperating now, he has always consciously used static force to prevent Gerud's telepathy: that is, to use static force to infinitely slow down Gerud's thinking, thereby preventing the other party from using telepathic abilities.
"Didn't you later interrogate my gorillas to find out my origins? Friend, we're even now," said the gorilla Grud. "You humans are such a hassle. You have convenient telepathic abilities but insist on using language for inefficient communication."
He said, "So, did you bring the rest of the scoundrels here?"
"That's right."
The turtle man said:
"Heatwave, Mirror Master, Golden Glider..."
"I've already prepared a trap for the speedsters, and then..."
"...And Batman...I discovered...so I..."
"You just need to make sure Elsa Madon is there at the crucial moment..."
Five or six minutes later, the two villains ended their conversation. The turtle man left the room, while the gorilla Grud sat in the main seat belonging to Elsa Madon, the weather wizard's sister-in-law, with a playful look in his eyes and a pursed lower lip.
It tapped its metal wristband, which looked like it was made of pure copper, and the wristband deformed with a mechanical sound, eventually projecting a three-dimensional image.
The projection was half-hidden in shadow, with only the "S" on its chest shining brightly.
"Sir, the turtle man is proceeding exactly as planned."
"Hmm. Very good. Gerud, I've prepared 'it' for you. Go ahead and cause trouble... as long as you can kill the Flash."
Gruud heard the voice say, "Darkseid will give you everything you want!"
“Of course, Your Excellency,” Gerud said. “You are my true collaborators.”
A few minutes later, Gerud shut down the communication.
Bah! Humans are such ugly creatures, each one uglier than the last.
The gorilla touched his shiny, smooth, and handsome black face, his eyes flashing with a cruel, bestial light.
The Flash, The Flash!
Oh, right, and that Batman thing. Pshaw, humans without even a fraction of the Speed Force are completely unimportant…
And he was also very ugly.
In any case, he should start preparing his plans to deal with the Flash.
The gorilla Grodd stood up, got on all fours, and left the room, leaving the large room quiet.
After the gorilla Grodd had been gone for a long time.
A loud "Gela!"
Suddenly, an invisible door appeared in the air. Then, Killer Croc pushed open the spatial portal, and Chen Tao and Reverse Lightning followed the giant crocodile as they walked out of the Crimson of All Beings.
Killer Croc was also carrying a portable display device, an invention of Lucius. Killer Croc was able to use his abilities and this device to see the corresponding location in the material plane, even when he was in the Red of All Beings.
Tsk, that's the main reason he brought the Killer Croc.
"You understand the situation now?"
As Chen Tao spoke, he walked to the spot where the turtle-man had just leaned against, took out some instruments, and carefully examined them. He had never encountered the force of static force before.
As he inspected the items, he kept thinking about everything he had just seen.
"I see it all now," Reverse-Flash said, his face dark.
"That ugly gorilla and that turtle-man bastard," Swann said, his eyes glowing red, his body trembling from the flowing speed force, radiating an unparalleled killing intent, a deep malice that almost seemed to condense into droplets.
"They actually tried to kill my Flash?!"
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My name is Barry Allen, and I am the fastest man in the world.
Lately, my life has been like a tornado, in every sense of the word.
Boom!
The Flash was tumbled twice in mid-air by the hurricane.
My girlfriend, Pettis Piwert, has been kidnapped and taken hostage, and the culprit is none other than my old nemesis, Mark Marton, known as the Weather Wizard. I'm currently in Port Charles, desperately searching for her.
I love Patty with all my heart, and if I hadn't confessed my feelings before something bad happened to her...
I... I was truly at a loss.
My true feelings are... I need her more than she needs me.
Alright, God help me, I need to beat my old friend the Weather Wizard first. Focus, Barry, the people need you.
Barry thought to himself.
Batman and Professor Wells are not here.
He looked at his old friend, the weather wizard, who could summon wind and rain, and the flood he had conjured, as well as the small villages downstream that were about to be submerged.
"Only I can do it, only I can save these villagers from being swallowed by the flood."
"I am the Flash, and I'm on the move."
(End of this chapter)