Chapter 163: He Should... Be a Good Person, Right?
Reason is always the first victim when fear arrives.
~ Shadow Slave
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"Uh! Fine, I think it’s best not to give any more spoilers!"
Hillel noticed that both of them looked utterly despairing, so he decided to keep his mouth shut.
"Anyway, that’s what it means. Let’s use Game of Thrones, which you are most familiar with, as an example. From our perspective, that Night’s Watch member who encountered the White Walkers for the first time fled back to the North and was beheaded by Ned. This is already a fixed ending."
"Suppose there was another ending, where the Night’s Watch member made an extra choice midway, taking a different path at a certain fork, thus avoiding being caught by the Northern people and not dying under Ned’s sword!"
"Everything stems from the spontaneous behavior of the character itself, and this future can be changed."
"And we are characters outside the story. If we intervene in the main plot, for example, saving Robb and Catelyn in the Red Wedding, then Bolton wouldn’t be able to ambush Winterfell."
"But this action has seriously disrupted the world line, so there will be the will of the local world to punish those who forcibly intervene, such as R’hllor, the Great Other, the Drowned God, the God of Death..."
Hillel used the simplest example to make Barry and Cisco understand his flip-flopping behavior.
Barry and Cisco suddenly understood.
But Caitlin and Harrison were completely confused.
"So... to you, are we all characters within the story? What kind of existence are you? Could you be a higher-dimensional person?" Barry said in disbelief.
"Uh, not really. In the world of superheroes, there are indeed many higher-dimensional beings, such as Darkseid, Dr. Manhattan... but I don’t belong to one of them yet."
Hillel said, "In other words, just like you, I’m just an ordinary superhero, except that my current ability is stronger and I am way ahead of you."
Barry understood.
If that was the case, it was acceptable.
Otherwise, being gazed upon by higher dimensions would be a very hard feeling to accept.
Imagine this: you are jerking—ehm... exercising wrist control under the covers in bed, while hundreds or thousands of higher-dimensional beings constantly surround your bedside, watching you all at once...
Wouldn’t your turtle head instantly retract into the shell?
"Then... how long can you stay in this world?" Caitlin asked the crucial question.
If they let the boys keep asking, who knows when this conversation would go on.
"Half a year to a year, I suppose."
Hillel said.
"So... you’re going to rent a house and live in our world for such a long time?"
Cisco crossed his arms, wondering what he was thinking.
"Renting a house isn’t really necessary. I can just go to the Moon and take a nap," Hillel said casually.
In the Invincible universe.
Thragg had other Viltrumites integrate into Earth to reproduce greatly, while he himself ran to the dark side of the Moon to count stars.
He could emulate that too.
"The Moon? Well, your power indeed exceeds our understanding, just like Superman from another world!"
Barry said.
Even if he could travel through the Speed Force, he couldn’t imagine someone sleeping on the dark side of the Moon. Just how powerful must one be for that?
"There’s a Superman in your world?" Hillel turned his head 180 degrees. "That’s not right!"
"Uh! There is. But on a parallel Earth, strictly speaking, the one I met is called Supergirl, who is Superman’s older sister. However, the concept of Superman existed long before Superman."
Barry explained.
No wonder!
No wonder the last time he came to this universe, Cisco and the others all thought he was Superman.
He had thought there was also a Clark in the CW Universe.
That would be terrible!
"Let’s end the small talk here. You guys continue fighting Zoom to the death. I’m going to browse the scenery of this world." Hillel changed his outfit in a second.
His speed was currently in a faster-than-light state, and exactly how fast it was could no longer be calculated with numerical values.
But it was definitely faster than Barry.
In later seasons, Barry had entered Flash Time, where one second equaled a day. Calculated according to the speed formula, that was only close to the speed of light, not yet faster than light.
Barry of this universe might not necessarily grow into an existence possessing 130,000 times the speed of light.
"Wait, don’t rush to leave!" Barry stopped Hillel.
"Although you can’t intervene, can you stay here and help us fight crime? In case I am defeated by Zoom, can you take my place to protect this Earth?"
Hillel raised an eyebrow.
"Barry, you won’t fail!" Cisco said.
Barry said, "There are exceptions to everything. We need to leave a few trump cards. Even if Zoom kills me, he won’t get this Earth!"
Hillel thought about it carefully.
If Barry was defeated by Zoom, then the story line of this world would be changed, heading toward a bad ending. At that time, when he came to occupy this Earth, he wouldn’t be targeted.
After all, a bad ending is an incorrect timeline.
It will always be abandoned anyway.
"Very well." Hillel agreed.
"Wait, you agreed so easily? Didn’t you just say you couldn’t easily intervene?" Cisco retorted.
"So you think the Flash will lose?"
Hillel turned the original words back on him.
Cisco was instantly rendered speechless.
Caitlin looked pensive nearby.
"Right, who has some money to lend me? I’ll go rent a house first, and I might live here for a long time in the future." Hillel casually reached out his hand.
"L-Lend money?"
Barry’s mouth twitched wildly.
This was the first time he had ever seen a superhero who needed to borrow money from him.
"You’re powerful to this extent, and you still need to borrow money?"
Caitlin found it somewhat incredible.
"Yeah, I can’t just rob a bank! Oh, right, I can borrow some money from the bank!" Hillel suddenly realized something.
"Wait!!!"
Barry hurriedly stopped Hillel. "The borrowing money you mentioned shouldn’t be ordinary loans, right!"
"Loans?"
"What kind of loan?"
"If I weren’t a superhero, I probably wouldn’t finish paying off those student loans in my lifetime. I’d never take out a loan in this life!"
Hillel said.
No loans?
That meant robbing then!
"I’ll lend it to you! I can even help you look at houses!" Barry said immediately.
"You said it yourself, then let’s go, let’s go look at houses!"
Hillel carried the Flash and instantly arrived at a coffee shop in Central City.
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Three minutes later.
Iris looked at Hillel, who was a head taller than her, with a somewhat blank expression.
"Who is he?"
Barry shook his head. "I don’t know. He should be a good person!"
"What do you mean he should be a good person!" Iris frowned.
Hillel picked his nose, taking time to wipe it on Barry, but Barry dodged too fast.
"I’ll have a word with him!"
Iris glanced at Hillel and pulled Barry directly aside.
"What on Earth are you playing at? This guy doesn’t look like a good guy at all. His arm is thicker than my thigh!" Iris lowered her voice and said.
"Uh! It’s hard to explain anyway. He almost slapped Zoom to death with one palm. He just looks a bit burly. He shouldn’t be a bad person!"
"Shouldn’t be?" Iris remained doubtful.
"He should... be a good person, right?" Barry was a bit uncertain.
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