Drift Of The Multiverse: [Marvel] [Resident Evil] [DC] [Bleach] [DB] Chapter 730 730: Intent

Thea's question wasn't difficult to answer. For soone at Ethan's level, even with a cheat-like power such as the Speed Force, the Reverse-Flash still couldn't gain an advantage in terms of speed.

Maybe the comic version of the Reverse-Flash, who could reach light speed, might give Ethan a bit of a headache, but only just.

As for the Reverse-Flash in front of him, whose speed was rely at the sonic level, Ethan didn't even consider him a threat. Ethan's speed wasn't inferior to this world's Flash or Reverse-Flash. In fact, he was even faster.

When one couldn't dominate even in their strongest area, and every other aspect was completely suppressed, it was no surprise the Reverse-Flash suffered.

Only then did Thea begin to get a more intuitive sense of what the power of a god was. So she continued to ask, what if the opponent had a speed advantage?

Ethan didn't even need to think before responding, "The Force will guide your way."

She probably wouldn't understand the aning behind that line just yet. But if her strength continued to improve steadily, she would one day understand what Ethan ant.

Both the Force and the Cosmos involved "precognition." Jedi Knights could sense and connect with the Force to predict an enemy's actions and trajectory. Similarly, the Eighth Sense within the Cosmos system encompassed many mystical abilities, precognition being one of them.

In other words, once a practitioner of the Force or the Cosmos reached a certain level, they could foresee an opponent's actions and respond in advance. This was especially true for beings like Ethan, who had begun to grasp the laws of the universe.

Of course, achieving this required sufficient strength. If the gap was too great, even knowing soone was about to chop off your head wouldn't help. You wouldn't be able to dodge or block it. Not to ntion that those with weaker power would struggle even to perceive the power trajectory of a stronger being.

This was the issue Thea faced, so all she needed to do was focus on increasing her strength. As her strength grew, she would gradually master such abilities, and there was no need to rush.

The days that followed were uneventful. Dr. Wells acted normally and made no sudden moves. He no longer questioned Ethan's frequent appearances at the lab either, as though Ethan were officially part of S.T.A.R. Labs.

With repeated interactions, Caitlin and Cisco slowly dropped their guard. After realizing that this wealthy guy wasn't hard to get along with, they reluctantly started to beco friends with him.

The most important thing for Ethan was Barry Allen, who had now started acting as the Flash. His abilities were improving steadily, and after consecutively defeating two tahuman criminals, yellow lightning had begun to appear around him.

At the sa ti, Barry's adoptive father, Joe West, joined the team.

When he saw Ethan and Thea, he was clearly surprised, unsure why there were suddenly two more young people around.

"I thought there were already enough young folks on this team. Turns out they're even younger than I imagined..."

Barry, Cisco, and Caitlin weren't that old, but Thea and Ethan were clearly even younger.

"Why are there two kids here?"

"Uh..."

Barry opened his mouth but didn't know how to answer. When he woke up, Ethan and Thea were already part of S.T.A.R. Labs, so he had never questioned their presence.

"This is Ethan, one of the investors in S.T.A.R. Labs. And that's Miss Thea Queen. Queen Consolidated in Star City is her family's company."

"So?"

Joe looked toward Caitlin, clearly waiting for more of an explanation.

Now that the Flash team had ford, they were bound to face dangerous tahuman criminals. Why were two young people involved in sothing so risky?

"Honestly, I'm not sure why they're here either."

Caitlin opened her mouth, hesitated for a mont, then simply tilted her head and gave a helpless look that said, "I'm not the one in charge." So Joe had no choice but to go ask Dr. Wells directly.

To Ethan's surprise, Wells's answer to Joe's questioning was not what he had expected.

"Because the two of them aren't ordinary people either."

"What do you an?"

Everyone, including Barry, turned their attention to Dr. Wells. Ethan glanced at him and instantly understood his intent. This guy didn't want Ethan to simply reap the rewards, so he revealed a little about Ethan's background, trying to draw him into the ga.

Dr. Wells probably thought this would put Ethan in a difficult position, but that only showed how little he understood him. Ethan didn't care in the slightest if people knew about him.

Dr. Wells had only hinted at a little, which was clearly just probing Ethan's bottom line. But even if he flipped the table and revealed everything about Ethan, Ethan still wouldn't care.

"You were also affected by the particle accelerator?"

Cisco thought Ethan was like Barry or the other tahumans in Central City, who had been transford by the dark matter explosion and gained special abilities.

"So that's why you've been hanging around here?"

He assud Ethan had co seeking help, and Caitlin was already picking up dical tools, ready to give Ethan a full-body examination. It was almost her automatic response at this point.

"No, I was in Star City when the particle accelerator exploded."

"Then... her?"

Cisco looked at Thea, and Caitlin changed direction to approach her instead.

"I was in Star City too."

Cisco looked at the two of them, a bit puzzled. Had Dr. Wells just been joking earlier?

"I'm indeed not an ordinary person, but my abilities have nothing to do with the particle accelerator."

Ethan gently spread his hands, then made a subtle lifting motion. Everyone around him suddenly felt like an invisible force was lifting them off the ground, their feet slowly rising.

"Whoa! Whoa! Take it easy, man!"

Everyone instinctively struggled, but they couldn't stop what was happening. They floated about half a ter above the ground and then hovered steadily in the air.

After a full minute, just enough ti for them to realize it wasn't an illusion, Ethan let them descend again.

Even Barry imdiately began checking himself for anything strange. Why had they all suddenly floated?

"What was that?"

Cisco wanted to ask if Ethan had altered gravity or used so other trick to lift everyone, but Ethan's answer made him doubt his ears.

"Magic."

"What? What did you say?"

"Magic."

Ethan's answer stunned everyone, even Harrison Wells. He hadn't expected Ethan to say it so bluntly.

Then, everyone watched as several glowing orbs floated from Ethan's hand. Right before their eyes, the orbs transford into fire, water, ice crystals, lightning, earth, and more. He even turned an ordinary pen holder into a lively, bouncing rabbit. With so many miraculous displays, only "magic" could explain it.

Everyone's expressions showed their worldviews had been turned upside down. Cisco was even tugging at his hair, staring at Ethan as if he were a monster.

"You still don't believe ? Want to turn you into an animal so you can feel it for yourself?"

"No, no, no. I just don't know how I'm supposed to respond."

Cisco had no interest in becoming an animal. That didn't sound fun at all. Caitlin felt the sa. When Ethan turned to look at her, she quickly shook her head like a rattle drum, her golden hair flying into a tangled ss.

At this point, Joe West finally reacted to what had happened. He clutched his chest, took a few steps back, and leaned against a table for support.

"I think I'm hallucinating. My head's spinning, and my heart's acting weird..."

"Just rapid heartbeat from the shock. Take a few deep breaths and try to relax."

"I don't think I can relax."

Thea stood quietly to the side, watching everyone's reactions. Suddenly, she understood why Ethan didn't bother hiding his identity. Aside from the fact that it was pointless, this kind of scene was actually pretty entertaining.

It took a full half hour for everyone to calm down enough to think and talk normally again.

Wells had recovered earlier, but he remained silent, just sitting there quietly. He was probably analyzing the truth behind what Ethan said and wondering how to deal with a magician.

As for Ethan's earlier claim about having a connection to Zeus, the King of the Gods, Wells didn't buy it at all.

"You said you use magic? Are you sure it's not so kind of weird superpower?"

"Magic can also be seen as a type of superpower. The difference is, unlike the tahumans in Central City who gained powers suddenly through the particle accelerator explosion, magic is sothing that must be studied and trained."

Cisco's eyes lit up.

"So you an, you were once a normal person, but through learning magic, you gained these abilities?"

"Not entirely accurate, but close enough."

Cisco wanted to ask more questions, but Joe suddenly reached out and stopped him, raising the question that concerned him most.

"I don't care if it's magic or sothing else. I just want to know, you ca all the way from Star City. What exactly is your purpose?"

Ethan looked at Joe. As expected of a seasoned detective, he had quickly pinpointed the key question. Why had Ethan shown up at S.T.A.R. Labs? He didn't believe it was a coincidence.

Without hiding his intentions, Ethan pointed at Barry next to him.

"I ca here because of him. I need Barry to help with a small favor."

(To be continued.)