"Actually," Barry pondered for a moment and said to Cisco, "I tried it at the test site yesterday, and my speed can reach 900 kilometers per hour. But I couldn't control that speed, and the result was…" He raised his bandaged, broken left arm and said helplessly to Cisco, "The result was that I hit a water barrel, and my arm broke!"
"That's still an amazing discovery!" Cisco's eyes lit up as he said to Barry, "No one in this world has ever been able to reach 900 kilometers per hour like you. You are the first and only speedster in this world!"
"Really?" Barry didn't agree with his friend's statement. "I can't be the only speedster!"
"Are you talking about Homelander and Superman?" Cisco nodded, thinking Barry made a good point.
"Those two aliens' speed must be super insane, but aliens don't count!"
"I'm not talking about aliens…" Barry wanted to say that the two lights surrounding his mother, his childhood nightmare, might also be speedsters.
Ever since he experienced that feeling, he had become increasingly suspicious that those two light figures were caused by speedsters.
But after thinking about it, he ultimately didn't voice it.
As the two were chatting, a sudden shock occurred below the stage!
Bang! A gunshot suddenly rang out!
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen! We are the special program prepared by the organizers for this event!" A wild voice echoed through the venue, and the Remington shotgun, often seen in police and gangster movies, roared.
The people present, who had been quietly discussing topics, were suddenly silenced as if someone had brutally choked them.
From the initial soft, somewhat noisy chatter, it shifted to a very abrupt, sudden silence.
Six masked thugs burst into the top floor of the building. They swaggered out of the elevator, holding the security guards from downstairs by their collars.
The one leading them fired a warning shot without a word.
"Greetings, wealthy bigshots! We are the criminals of this city, but since we don't appear often, we might seem a bit unfamiliar to you… While Central City isn't like Gotham, a city of sin, a villain's paradise! But today, we still want to put on a spectacular opening show on this stage!"
The leader, wearing a Black Mask, raised his shotgun, pointed it at the guests seated in the auditorium, spun it around, and then pulled the trigger, aiming at the crystal chandelier above.
The enormous sound again made all the listeners tremble, fearing that the cold muzzle would point at them.
"Don't worry, even if someone calls the police now, it will take at least twenty minutes for Central City Police Department to deploy and arrive here to surround us. Those useless police will have to cross the old town from Sunset Park, pass through the diamond district of the boutique commercial street, and then David Sculpture Park and Miller Bay… And the nearest patrolling police force will probably also need ten minutes."
These robbers were clearly well-prepared, having calculated the route and time for the Central City Police Department to deploy their forces in advance.
"Before that—" The robber leader casually turned the gun, pressing it against the security guard's chest.
Bang!
The bullet struck the body, splattering a mist of blood!
"Before that, killing all of you is still not a problem." The cruel methods of the Black Mask leader shocked everyone in the venue.
Those well-dressed celebrities and wealthy individuals, or entrepreneurs with considerable assets, or investors in the tech field, all huddled together, trembling.
The dead security guard collapsed powerlessly onto the marble floor, and the gushing blood quickly formed a winding stream.
"We need ten million in cash, so ladies and gentlemen of Central City's elite and investors, you high and mighty bigshots, you have five minutes to pull out your checkbooks and sign your names." The leader in the black hood said loudly.
He paced around the venue, showing no sign of the tension of a robber, even having the leisure to pick up a glass of champagne from a table.
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