Martin Variety in American Comics.

Chapter 312: Turning against the machine (please subscribe, read, vote and comment)

A person’s name is like a tree’s shadow!
Gotham has a notorious reputation. Let alone ordinary people, even superhuman criminals like Mirror Master, when they hear that they are being taken to Gotham to serve their sentences, their faces instantly turn sad, as if their parents have died.

Caitlin has also seen many superhuman criminals. They all have their own personalities and are very difficult and hard to deal with.

She originally thought that Martin would use some cruel means to force these people to reveal their secrets under punishment.

As it turned out, she was totally overthinking it.

"You surrendered so easily, is there some conspiracy? You dealt with the Flash in this way before."

Mirror Master rolled his eyes and said bluntly: "We fought so hard with Scud because that guy could only put us in Iron Mountain Prison. But for those of us who grew up on the streets, such punishment is almost nothing. But it's different in Gotham."

At this point, Mirror Master and Peak Man shuddered.

"I became a criminal to live a better life, not to suffer. If I have to choose between going to Gotham and surrendering, the latter is the smart choice."

Martin knew that Caitlin had some prejudices against him.

Although he himself didn't care about such insignificant opinions, in order to prevent Barry from being caught in the middle, he still wanted to remove Caitlin's prejudice against him.

There was no point in him saying this. Even if Caitlin didn't say it out loud, she would think it was just an excuse for herself and had no credibility.

But once such words are heard by bystanders or even enemies, Caitlin will change her mind.

She is a doctor of medicine. Although she may be a bit stubborn, she will reflect on her own prejudices when she sees the facts.

"What I want to know is very simple. Who hired you to help the weather wizard avenge? What is your relationship with the organization that traffics in superhumans?"

Martin gets straight to the point, he still has a Reverse-Flash to deal with.

Barry was left alone with Harrison, defenseless, and would definitely tell everything.

Once Harrison finds out that the timeline has changed, he will immediately fall out with everyone without regard for any feelings.

Mirror Master and Peak Man looked at each other, as if they had made up their minds: "Since the explosion of the particle accelerator, there have been more and more superhumans in Central City. Among them is a guy named 'Blacksmith'. He spent a year and almost dominated the network of Central City's black industry."

"and many more!"

Martin just started to interrupt their story.

Mirror Master and Peak Man looked at each other in panic, not knowing how they had offended this strange lamb.

But Martin was not targeting them, but Caitlin: "How come I have never heard Barry tell me such important news?"

“Because we didn’t know that before.”

Caitlin didn't understand why Martin suddenly asked this, so she answered truthfully.

"You have to understand that the Central City Laboratory is still a scientific research institution after all. We cannot step in and infringe on the power of the police."

Ugh!
Martin sighed speechlessly. He was really impressed by the way these scientists thought. It was so stupid.

As the Flash, Barry has handled dozens of superhuman crimes, big and small, and countless ordinary criminal and administrative cases.

His situation in Central City can be described as being surrounded by wolves. Even with the protection of the Speed Force, if something goes wrong, Barry himself may be able to escape, but the people around him may not be so lucky.

In this situation, Caitlin and Cisco were still talking about police and scientists.

Do criminals care about these identities?

Martin is now speechless and angry, but he still controls his emotions. There is still a difference between the members of Team Flash and the Justice League.

He can instruct, teach, or even reprimand members of the Justice League at will, because the people in the league recognize and are familiar with him, and no misunderstandings will arise.

But Caitlin is different.

Simply put, they are outsiders, and you should be polite to outsiders, even if they do something completely stupid.

"Then you should talk to Joe more. He's a policeman, so this isn't illegal, right?"

Martin couldn't help but add some sarcasm when he spoke.

Caitlin didn't understand what he meant and wanted to ask him for clarification, but Martin had no intention of explaining and asked the Master of Scenes and the Peak Man to continue.

"The blacksmith is a woman. Her name is Amunette Black. Before the particle accelerator exploded, she traveled between Central City and the nearby Keystone City. She was the head of the underground black market between the two cities, providing drugs, weapons, and information to various criminals."

"After the explosion, she gained the ability to metalize her body and manipulate special metals, which expanded her capabilities even more than before. Her business grew bigger and bigger, and she started selling those superhumans who had just awakened their abilities."

"Human trafficking. You are not living in the 16th or 17th century. How can you do such a thing?"

Caitlin is a doctor. After hearing the specific scene described by the Mirror Master, she even forgot to ask Martin why he behaved like that.

Mirror Master and Peak Man didn't react.

They have grown up like this since childhood. If they want to survive and climb higher, they have to eat others and step on others' heads.

Martin did not react. Human trafficking happens all the time, and prostitution is an alternative way of selling one's body in modern cities.

"This is the end of the introduction to the customs and people of Central City. Who of you two knows? Who is the blacksmith's partner outside of Central City?"

In fact, this is the core of the problem.

Mirror Master and Peak Man shook their heads together and quickly explained themselves: "We two know a lot about what's happening in Central City. But if we leave Central City, we'll be nobody and have nowhere to get the news."

It was the first time that both of them were so frank with the person who caught them. They were so excited that they even clenched their fists and smashed the glass.

But Martin did not answer the two people immediately. Instead, he stared into their eyes for a long time before he looked away from them.

"Okay, I'll believe you for now. If your blacksmith is real, I'll transfer you to the prison in Metropolis and reduce your sentence."

Martin used a little psychological trick to make sure that their reactions were not fake, and then he gave a result, or a promise.

"Really?"

This condition was so generous that the Mirror Master and the Peak Man began to suspect that the little sheep in front of them was actually plotting something.

"Don't try to use your dirty hearts to judge my magnanimous heart! You two are no longer worth being used."

Martin directly exposed their little thoughts.

"What about the weather wizard? Is that guy going to be transferred to Metropolis with us?"

Mirror Master and Peak Man have already accepted the conditions offered by Martin. If they can get their sentences reduced, they can be transferred to the prison in the Metropolis. It is a good deal no matter how you look at it.

They are not aspiring criminals who do dirty work purely to live a good life, and they certainly cannot let go of the opportunity to cleanse themselves.

"The weather wizard has been taken to Gotham. If you two want to accompany him, I can change the plans now."

Martin said, raising his hand. He didn't really intend to do anything, just to scare them. "No, no, no, don't. We don't know him well."

Mirror Master and Peak Man immediately became obedient.

People in gangs are willing to sell out even their loyalty.

What's more, there is no loyalty between them and the Weather Warrior. There was a conflict between the two sides in the hospital before.

Martin nodded and turned directly toward the elevator to go back to the ground.

Caitlin looked around and found that there was nothing she could do, so she quickly followed Martin and returned to the ground with him.

……

Time Dome!

Harrison pushed his wheelchair into the secret room he had carefully built. He no longer cared about disguise and rushed directly to the lonely platform in the middle.

"Gideon, report to me!"

Reverse Flash already has a bad premonition, and although he is a scientist, he does not reject this feeling.

The next moment, reality unfortunately came true as he had predicted.

"Information dispatching..."

"Error, authentication error..."

"Visitor identification is being confirmed, insufficient access rights, access denied."

Reverse Flash clenched his fists immediately. He had already guessed what had happened to this super artificial intelligence, but he was unwilling to lose this helper just like that.

Although the super artificial intelligence named "Gideon" was developed by the Flash in the future and Reverse Flash is only the user, he unceremoniously and shamelessly regards himself as the master of artificial intelligence.

The reason why he placed Gideon specifically in the time dome was, on the one hand, to better monitor events that could have a major impact on the timeline, and on the other hand, he was worried that if Gideon met Barry, it would trigger the underlying logic in the system and change the system's dominant priority.

He has been doing very well until today.

"What a formidable opponent!"

Reverse Flash quickly linked all of this to Martin.

Although he didn't have any evidence in his hands, he was not a policeman. He didn't need evidence to identify a person, just the feeling was enough.

More importantly, Barry is incapable of doing such a thing.

Neither Barry after being influenced by the Reverse-Flash nor the previous Flash would do such a thing.

Because Barry is too kind, he rarely uses tricks, let alone planning a conspiracy like this that leaves no trace.

Reverse Flash regarded this as a conspiracy against himself, and the entire Team Flash became his enemy, and began to plan measures against these "enemies".

But before that, he gave the last command to the artificial intelligence Gideon: "Activate the self-destruct system!"

Since this system can no longer help him, he would rather destroy it than let it help the Flash.

He installed this system into Gideon's system later in order to prevent Gideon from betraying and to quickly resolve this problem.

"Thank you for your help, old friend, but since you have forgotten what happened between us, I have no choice but to send you on your way."

Gideon's intelligence is not low, but it is never revealed in front of outsiders, and these outsiders include Reverse Flash.

"Logical error, start canceling the self-destruction decision!"

Reverse Flash looked at Gideon's underlying system which kept jumping and shook his head slightly. His system was not so easy to be broken through. Even if Gideon was very capable, he could not change this fact.

"Goodbye. If you're lucky enough, you'll be found by the Flash before the lab is destroyed, leaving behind some not-so-important data."

Reverse Flash turned his back on people and had no feelings for the artificial intelligence that had helped him so much. It seemed like he just wanted to throw away a worn-out tool.

Oh!

Reverse Flash was wrapped in red lightning and instantly put on his deliberately yellow battle suit. He looked at the time dome that began to absorb energy from the entire laboratory and said slowly:
“I’m going to miss this place!”

"That's weird!"

He said this sentimentally, and then his expression changed instantly: "I hate this primitive age, and I am tired of playing tricks with those damn primitive people. Heaven above, if there really is a God, I beg you to have mercy and let me successfully leave this ignorant age!"

After Reverse Flash finished talking to himself, he exerted his strength instantly, and the resonance passed through the wall of the laboratory, and he disappeared without a trace in an instant.

In the center of the laboratory, Martin had just walked out of the elevator and suddenly stopped.

Caitlin followed him, her head down, thinking about something, and didn't react, so she bumped into him.

Martin was fine, his body didn't even shake, but Caitlin took several steps back before she could steady herself.

"Why did you stop so suddenly?"

Caitlin rubbed her forehead;

Martin's wool is very soft, and Lazy Sheep often pesters him, wanting to borrow his wool to use as a bed.

"I felt a wave of hatred, jealousy and anger suddenly emerged from the lab. The feeling was so strong that it made me uneasy."

Martin frowned. The feeling was so strong that he couldn't help but stop.

Caitlin was full of questions: "What's going on? You're not a Jedi Master today, how come you still have such a strong sense? Also, does our world also have the Force?"

"Of course there is the Force, but there are already a lot of messy forces in this world, so having one more force is nothing new."

Martin said nonchalantly: "Although I have left my identity as a Jedi Knight, the knowledge has not flown away from my mind."

"Something bad is bound to happen."

He whispered, and the next moment the lights above and on both sides began to flicker, and those sophisticated instruments also stopped working one after another.

Martin knew in his heart that the so-called bad things must be related to Reverse Flash, that guy must have done something.

"It's not good, it's not good!"

Psyker rushed over and shouted, "Something unidentified suddenly appeared in the laboratory and is absorbing the energy of the entire laboratory."

"Pleasant Goat is looking for that thing with Barry, I came to find you and Dr. Harrison!"

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