Little Flash quickly began to analyze. Barry's appearance seemed very much like he had been powerfully hypnotized by the other party's superpower.
It couldn't be blamed for not noticing earlier. Little Flash was, after all, just an artificial intelligence. While it wouldn't fall victim, it couldn't know the opponent's abilities beforehand through foresight.
Moreover, while Observer's ability was completely ineffective against it, it also rendered all of its detection methods equally useless.
Little Flash could only control the suit to create a loud noise near Barry's ear, attempting to wake him up this way.
Barry briefly regained consciousness for a moment. He reacted to the situation just now and couldn't help but complain, "How is this like a Jedi mind trick?"
But before he could fully wake up, Observer had already wrapped her arms around Barry's neck and whispered into his ear, "This isn't a mind trick."
"This isn't a mind trick..." Barry began repeating himself again.
Seeing Barry about to fall under control again, Little Flash could only use its trump card. It overrode protocol and made a phone call.
After a few "beep-boops," the other end connected. It was a very pleasant female voice.
"Hello, this is Iris West."
Barry instantly woke up in fright!
"What?"
"Barry? Is that you?" Iris recognized Barry's voice.
Barry was almost dumbfounded. He was doing serious business right now!
Observer, seeing Flash break free from her control again, continued to use her seductive voice in his ear, "What's wrong, darling? Look at me!"
This voice was heard not only by Barry but also by Iris.
Little Flash thought silently to itself, "I'm sorry, Dude..."
Iris seemed to pause for a moment on her end, then a cold voice came through, "Who is that woman? Barry!"
"She... she is..." Barry stammered for a long time, unable to explain himself, sweating profusely in anxiety.
Miraculously, in this situation, no matter what Observer said, Barry couldn't hear it. He was only focused on explaining to Iris that he wasn't fooling around; he was really doing something important!
But no matter how Iris asked, Barry just couldn't say where he was or what he was doing.
Of course, he had always upheld the hero's secrecy principle, right?
Iris angrily said from her end, "Then don't ever come back to me!"
"Beep—!"
Barry heard the busy signal and felt like the sky had fallen, as if someone's heart had stopped beating.
Seeing Flash standing still, Observer was also confused. Had she succeeded or not?
She had never encountered such a situation before.
Little Flash suggested from inside the suit, "This unit recommends that you'd best deal with the current situation first, then go back and explain clearly. If you're late, it might be too late..."
"Right! You're right!" Barry, hearing this, awoke as if from a dream.
He stared at Observer, his eyes instantly becoming sharp!
Observer felt something was wrong and immediately tried to speak, but the next second, a piece of tape was stuck over her mouth, she didn't know when.
She was about to raise her hand to tear it off when she found herself covered in tape. She thought she had misread it and blinked again, but for some reason, she was now in a prison.
And she was in a prison cell, with the Police outside staring at her in bewilderment.
They didn't know why there was a living person here!
But what Observer didn't know was that on the concrete wall behind her, there was a line of large painted letters: [Syndicate Supervillain, handed over to you. Flash left!]
There was also a big thumb drawn after the exclamation mark... And Flash?
He slid with sparks and lightning, arriving at Iris's door, his two feet leaving two dark streaks, almost tearing up the pavement. This was less than five seconds after Iris hung up the phone!
Little Flash was dumbfounded, if it had those organs.
It couldn't help but complain, "Today is the fastest you've ever been!"
During training, he would complain about running a little faster, but this time he broke the record with ease?
Little Flash seriously suspected that Barry was faking it during training.
Just as Barry was feeling a bit uneasy, unsure how to phrase his words later, Iris's front door suddenly opened.
Iris almost jumped when she opened the door. When she saw it was Barry, she was a bit surprised, considering she had just hung up the phone!
But she tilted her head slightly and saw the two fresh dark shoe marks on the ground behind Barry, her eyes glinting, thinking of something.
"Iris, I..." Barry was so anxious!
He hadn't thought of an excuse yet!
But Iris suddenly said, "So you were just kidding with me?"
Barry was stunned, with an expression of 'What are you talking about?'
But Little Flash reacted quickly, immediately telling Barry via bone conduction, "Say, Yes!"
Barry instinctively said, "Yes!" Then, realizing it belatedly, he thought, 'That was close,' and secretly gave his good partner a thumbs up.
Iris looked at Barry's expression, a half-smile on her face. A superhero's excuse had to be found by someone else for him. You're incredible, you know that, Barry!
You ask how Iris found out?
She really wanted to ask, how could she not find out?
Even Dane overlooked this problem. The confusion charm from the other World had actually expired here and needed to be re-cast.
And with the spell ineffective, given Iris's intelligence, it was easy for her to guess Barry's true identity, or rather, Flash's true identity.
She had been suspicious since the first day Flash appeared.
After all, their car accident at the coffee shop was Flash's first appearance. Flash only frequently appeared all over Central City after that.
Barry clearly wasn't good at time management. Despite being the fastest man in the World, he was always late for their dates.
Iris discovered several times that when Barry said he was going to the restroom, no one was inside.
At the same time, news broadcasts always showed Flash appearing somewhere. Iris wasn't stupid; she naturally connected the dots.
But she didn't expose him. She wasn't like the Iris in the TV series. Having a U.S. police officer as a father, she deeply understood the hardships of being a hero and why Barry didn't tell her about it.
This World is very dangerous. Even the villains of the main World often disregard martial ethics, frequently kidnapping heroes' families to threaten them.
Once the Syndicate knew Flash's true identity, it was easy to imagine the terrible things Iris would encounter.
In this situation, she certainly couldn't cause trouble. Not only did she not cause trouble, but many times she also had to cover for Barry's frequent tardiness.
It can be said that Iris was already very considerate and understanding of Barry. Not only did she not leave him out of fear of being harmed, but she also helped him keep his secret identity.
Moreover, Iris also had a little secret she hadn't spoken aloud.
She genuinely felt that Barry, full of guilt for being late and racking his brain to find excuses to lie to her, was really cute.
She was a bad woman; she hoped Barry would keep lying to her like this, Forever~!
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