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Chapter 434 Double Flash in the Same Frame
While Nora Allen inside the room was questioning her existence due to the differences between the two universes, the two Flashes and Ma Zhaodi outside were staring at each other blankly.

"Stop dawdling." Seeing the two Barries standing there looking at each other like idiots, Ma Zhaodi couldn't help but break the deadlock: "We don't have much time, can we finish our conversation quickly? Nora will only start to doubt her life if she stays inside."

So both Barries nodded at the same time.

"I--"

"I--"

The two spoke at the same time, perfectly synchronized, then interrupted each other, paused for a moment, and then spoke again.

"you--"

"you--"

"Damn it, are you guys ever going to stop?"

Ma Zhaodi couldn't hold back any longer. He only knew that the Flash was a chatterbox, and he did feel that Barry was a bit talkative when they were smuggling into space, but the feeling of the two of them talking together now made him feel particularly annoyed.

There were few words exchanged, and both sides were somewhat cautious, making communication inefficient.

“One at a time, whoever speaks first—never mind, Barry, you go first.”

"me?"

"me?"

“You!” Ma Zhaodi couldn’t help but punch Barry from the other universe: “You are the source of all evil. Explain what exactly is going on first.”

"Ah I?"

Another Barry replied, “I don’t know anything. I was just running a little fast when I was training with Shauna and Ronnie, and I ended up running into the wormhole again. I ended up here after connecting with the Speed ​​Force. Speaking of which, I’m so glad to see you again, Old Mar. I should have guessed you were from another universe.”

“No, you are the root of all evil, at least in the future you will be the root of all evil, it’s just that the time hasn’t come yet,” Ma Zhaodi replied. “You should be able to guess where you are now, right?”

“Um, I think I can guess,” Barry replied. “It shouldn’t be my universe, right? Parallel universe theory, right? Otherwise, Dr. Wells wouldn’t be missing from the Central City news I checked—even Star Labs was founded by Garrison Slater, and I’ve never even heard of him.”

“Good, at least you got into the zone quickly.” Ma Zhaodi nodded: “Now I have two things to say, so hold on for now.”

"What?"

"First, you saw Henry Allen just now, didn't you?"

“Oh, I see,” Barry replied. “He really looks almost exactly like my father. My version of me in this universe is amazing; I even managed to get him out of prison without breaking the law. I can’t even imagine how I would have defeated Reverse-Flash without your help.”

It was at this moment that Barry of this universe captured the key words.

"Reverse-Flash? Did I in that universe just defeat Reverse-Flash?" he thought to himself, which meant that the other party had only recently debuted.

"Stop babbling." Ma Zhaodi interrupted the rambling of the alien Barry: "There's a second point—did you hear me say 'Nora is in there' just now?"

Barry from the other universe nodded subconsciously: "I heard you, so what?"

He suddenly fell silent again.

Because he considered a possibility. "Is it my mother?"

Barry's voice trembled slightly at this moment—when he traveled through time in the particle accelerator, everyone knew that he had returned to the past, but no one knew how excited he was when he ran into the time wormhole, nor did anyone know how heartbroken he was when he tried to save his mother but was stopped.

To date, two things have haunted Barry's entire life: his father's imprisonment and his mother's tragic death.

The first thing can still be salvaged, but the second thing can only become a source of eternal pain for him.

"There's no Reverse-Flash in this universe? Or did another version of myself save my mother?!" Barry looked at his other self across from him, grabbing his shoulders urgently and repeatedly asking, "You saved her? You saved her?"

At that moment, a faint tear glistened in his eyes.

He didn't even ask whether he had the Speed ​​Force or was the Flash in this universe; instead, he subconsciously projected everything about himself onto the other person.

"No, I couldn't save her before today, I couldn't save her."

A somber expression appeared on Barry's face in this universe: "Barry, we all know the consequences of timelines. I bet you've altered the timeline at least once before, haven't you?"

“A change in just one day has already had a tremendous impact. My mother’s death happened more than a decade ago. We can’t just rush over and bring her back to life. That would affect the timeline of more than a decade. The friends we’ve made, the life we’ve built, and all the efforts we’ve made over the past decade would collapse in an instant.”

Upon hearing this answer, Barry from the other universe clutched his head in anguish.

"Then why is there a Nora Allen in the house now?" he asked. "If you didn't save her, then who is this Nora Allen?"

While asking the questions, he also used his super speed to open the door and quickly peek inside. The familiar face made his nose tingle; it was the face of his mother that he had seen more than ten years ago.

“She was definitely rescued by time travel,” Barry instantly concluded.

“This Nora Allen is your mother.”

Ma Zhaodi answered directly.

Both Barries looked at him with surprise. The Barry in this universe couldn't be sure which universe Nora came from, nor was he sure if the other Barry in front of him and Nora came from the same universe. Seeing Ma Zhaodi so certain, he couldn't help but feel doubtful.

"My mother?" Barry from the alternate universe asked. "Mine?"

“That’s right, your future self came up with a way to deceive the timeline,” Ma Zhaodi replied. “He took me back to that night, replaced Nora’s body with another cloned body, and then I took the surviving Nora back to my own universe.”

“You see, in your timeline, Nora Allen still died and never appeared again, and Barry Allen’s life for the next ten years or so will not have changed at all, but my universe has indeed gained a refugee from another world.”

“Barry, you can come and visit this universe whenever you have time. Your mother can officially live here; she no longer has to die.”

When Ma Zhaodi finished speaking, Barry from the other universe was stunned.

Long-held grievances, pain, and longing surged within him, leaving him momentarily unsure whether to cry or laugh.

He had been waiting for this day for a long time.

But Barry from this universe asked another question.

"Then, won't Black Lightning come after us?"

(End of this chapter)