"Tell me, Barry, what is your wish?"
Barry looked at Jack with a confused expression, not understanding what he was doing.
However, when he heard the words "wish," for some reason, Barry's thoughts quickly flashed back to his father, who had been put in jail unfairly.
There was something about Jack's gaze that seemed to have magical power, and Barry said what he wanted to say without really knowing why or how.
"I want my father to be released from prison!"
This wish didn't surprise Jack.
After all, Barry's biggest unsolved problem was his mother's murder, and his father was wrongfully put in prison when he was a child.
If Barry had asked him to bring his mother back to life, that would have been more difficult, but helping his father get justice seemed more possible.
Jack already had a plan in mind.
"Very well, excellent."
Jack patted Barry's shoulder and left him with a mysterious word before turning and leaving the forensics lab.
"Your wish will come true."
Barry watched as Jack walked down the hallway, and he had a feeling that what Jack had said might be true.
Maybe his father could really get out of jail.
The thought filled Barry with hope and expectation.
But there was something else bothering him. He felt like he had lost something important.
What could it be?
...
Meanwhile...
As Jack walked through the police station, he shook his head and sighed.
"No wonder Barry loved Irish so obsessively. Love runs deep."
Following his plan, Jack took away Barry's feelings for Iris.
To be honest, Barry's love for Iris was so deep that even Jack found it surprising.
He finally understood why Barry had so many amazing women around him but stayed with Iris.
They had been friends since childhood, and when his mother died, she was the only person who could make him feel better.
So sometimes, love couldn't be judged by appearance alone.
Just like himself, he believed that even if he looked worse, Wanda and Diana would still fall in love with him without hesitation.
It was all because of his unique charm.
"Slap!"
Ouch!
Lost in his thoughts, Jack suddenly felt like someone had slapped him. He looked around in confusion but found nothing.
Was it an illusion?
He could not find anything, so he thought it was just his head.
"Hey, mister, you better not walk around the police station. The exit is over there."
At that moment, Eddie, who had finished interrogating a robber, walked out of the interrogation room and saw Jack looking around the hall.
As Eddie approached, he recognized Jack as the weird waiter from the coffee shop earlier.
"You... Aren't you the coffee shop waiter? Are you here to report something?"
Eddie looked at Jack with sharp eyes, instinctively sensing that there was something different about this man.
When Jack turned and saw Eddie, his eyes brightened. He immediately pushed aside what had just happened and focused on the present.
"I have something to give you!"
He raised his hand, and a light pink sphere appeared in his palm.
Seeing this great view, Eddie's face turned pale, and he instinctively assumed Jack was another metahuman.
Just as Eddie was about to draw his gun and call for backup, Jack's hand lightning-fast covered his chest.
"Love her well, Eddie. Don't do anything stupid this time."
By the time Eddie managed to draw his gun, Jack had already vanished, leaving only a faint sound that was dissipating in the air.
Eddie looked around him with a worried look on his face and touched his chest.
After making sure that the person had truly disappeared, he put his gun into a holster.
At that moment, Joe and several officers rushed over quickly.
"Eddie, what happened? Is there a problem?"
Joe and the others had their guns at the ready, and as Joe asked, the rest automatically spread out to search the floor.
"There was a man just now! I don't know who he was—maybe the waiter from the coffee shop where Iris works—but he suddenly disappeared. I even saw a pink light in his hand..."
Eddie organized his thoughts and told Joe everything he had experienced.
But the more Joe listened, the stranger his expression became, and eventually he couldn't help but interrupt Eddie.
"Eddie, Eddie, listen to me!"
Joe pointed to the surveillance camera in the hall, not far away.
"The surveillance room noticed something unusual, so we came to check if there was an incident. Most importantly, there was no man. The surveillance footage only showed you alone the whole time."
"What?!"
Eddie had an expression of disbelief.
Everything that had just happened couldn't possibly be fake.
Seeing Eddie's disbelief, Joe took him to the surveillance room and showed him what had happened earlier.
Eddie could not help but shudder when he saw himself on the surveillance footage talking to thin air like he was crazy.
A chill ran down his spine, and cold sweat soaked his back.
Eddie was a committed atheist, but even he could not help but wonder at that moment.
Had he seen a ghost?
Joe could tell something was off with Eddie's state and patted his shoulder, saying,
"You've been under a lot of stress lately. It's best to take some rest. I'll talk to Singh about it."
Eddie didn't refuse; he also felt that he needed some rest.
After looking at Joe, he impulsively asked,
"Is Iris busy now?"
Suddenly, the hand that was patting Eddie's shoulder froze in mid-air.
Joe's previously dark face turned even darker, and he stared at Eddie with sharp eyes, as if he wanted to kill him.
You see, Joe hasn't completely agreed to Iris and Eddie dating.
Eddie also realized her mistake and awkwardly twitched at the corner of her mouth.
"Well... I'll just call her myself."
After saying that, he ran out of the surveillance room as if escaping.
"Sigh~"
Joe let out a deep sigh, his face filled with helplessness.
Well, he had always wanted to see Barry and Iris together. After all, they had grown up together and knew each other inside out, right?
Unfortunately, Iris wasn't planning to do that.
If only Barry hadn't been in a coma for nine months, maybe Joe would have had a chance.
Thinking of this, Joe's resentment towards Dr. Wells grew stronger.
At that moment, a police officer pushed open the door to the surveillance room, and his eyes lit up when he saw Joe.
"Hey, Joe, there you are. I've been looking for you everywhere. There's a young man outside looking for you, saying it's something very important."
His colleague's words brought Joe back to reality, and he instinctively asked,
"What important thing did he mention?"
"Well... He didn't say much, just that it's related to the Nora Allen murder case. I remember you were friends with her, right?"
"What?!"
As soon as he heard that it was related to this matter, Joe suddenly became alert.
Nora Allen?
No matter what it was about, he needed to meet with this person.
"Can you call Barry down for me, please? I'll be waiting for him in the meeting room."
Before Joe could finish speaking, he had already disappeared.
"What is the hurry?"
The officer muttering to himself, walked towards the forensic department.
...
On the other side.
Jack appeared outside and stopped in a small alleyway because there, in front of him, stood a yellowish blurry figure.
He looked at the other person with interest, Even the high-speed vibrations could not block his view.
"Reverse-Flash, Eobard Thawne, Or should I call you by your current identity, Dr. Harrison Wells."
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