Chapter 162 Reversing the Future
"I'm ready!"
Bruce nodded and watched as Katoom pulled the Time Turner out of the feather.
"I told you before that forcibly reversing time would cause a flashpoint crisis."
Owl said, "But actually this has a premise, that is, where you are, there is the concept of timeline."
They are now in the Tunnel of Heavens.
“The tunnels of the heavens connect countless worlds, and each world has its own timeline.
“But these complicated timelines cannot affect the stability of the Heavens Tunnel itself at all. It is a higher-dimensional existence.
“So, as long as we use the Time Turner in the Tunnel of the Universe, we can go back to a month ago, when we just returned to Harry’s world.
“This is a true flashback, and you don’t have to worry about running into your past self.
“Because in the tunnel of the heavens, the past, present and future are all one.
"There will only ever be one you!"
Just like loading a game save file, Bruce now returns to his body from a month ago with his future memories.
“Why is the Tunnel of the Heavens like this?”
Bruce asked doubtfully, "What is the specific principle?"
“Quantum mechanics.”
Katoum said casually. He didn't waste any more time talking to Bruce, but just turned the time turner.
"Let's start reversing the future!"
Then, Bruce saw that the inside of Harry Potter's world began to change rapidly, with day and night alternating continuously, and after alternating more than thirty times, it stopped.
"All right!"
Katoom said, "Now we have gone back in time, you are now entering Harry's world, that was a month ago."
That is, before the start of the third academic year.
"But before we go out into the world, there are some things we still need to discuss."
Katum blew a breath, and the time converter that he had originally held in his wings turned into ashes because it had borne the cause and effect of the time of the heavens.
This time, the backlash was on the time converter itself, and next time, it might backlash on the two people who played with time.
“First of all, you have to know that although in the previous timeline, all the dead people have been resurrected.
“Harry, Sirius, Fred, etc., they are all resurrected with no memory of what happened before.
“It’s like starting over from scratch.
"But Bruce, you have to know that the existence of the Speed Force cannot be erased!"
The moment Savitar created the Speed Force, the past, present and future of Harry's world all possessed the Speed Force.
Katoom retraced the timeline, not recreated it.
The Speed Force will not disappear because of this.
"This also means that those who were imprisoned in the Speed Force space are still imprisoned inside and have not been released."
Katum stroked his chin and thought, "Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, Dumbledore... should be these three people?"
This is the paradoxical power of the Speed Force.
For example, when Dumbledore was locked in the Speed Force space, he disappeared from the timeline.
But his life's achievements still exist.
Hogwarts still retains the history of him being the headmaster, but he is gone.
"Bruce, that's why time is something that you really can't play with. Every time you play with it, there will be more and more paradoxes."
I’m afraid that by then, Katum and Bruce will no longer be Owl and Batboy.
But it's Paradox Owl and Paradox Batboy.
Bruce nodded, also feeling the horror of playing with time.
"But we can't keep them in there forever, can we?"
Bruce said, "We have to find a way to get them out."
"correct."
Katoom nodded, "This is our first mission this time, and the key to defeating Cedric and Savitar, which is to obtain the Speed Force!"
Only by obtaining the speed force can you open the speed force space and release the people trapped inside.
"You want me to be a speedster?" Bruce asked.
He instinctively resisted this.
For Bruce, he does not reject extraordinary powers, but this kind of power must be obtained through his own hard study, rather than being acquired suddenly.
He has always believed in one sentence.
All the gifts of fate have been secretly marked with a price.
The free ones are the most expensive.
"How can I let you become a speedster? Do you think the Speed Force is a good thing?"
Katoom shook his head and said, “All speedsters run in the Speed Force when they are alive, and when they die, their bodies will become part of the Speed Force.
"When I was alive, I was a speedster. When I died, I was a speedster dead. There is no escape.
“Like Cedric, even though we have reversed time and returned to before he gained the Speed Force, his fate is already tied to the Speed Force.
"Sooner or later, under some opportunity, he will become a speedster again.
"Bruce, are you really willing to bear this consequence?"
Bruce immediately shook his head. Of course he didn't want to.
His destiny is in his own hands.
"Since you don't want me to become a speedster..."
Bruce suddenly felt touched, "Katum, are you thinking about yourself..."
"What a joke!"
Katum flatly denied it, "I won't let that kind of thing pollute my body!"
what?
Bruce wondered, "If it's not me, and it's not you, then who else could it be?"
"Hey! Isn't this a coincidence?"
Katum took out an egg from the feathers and said, "I just happen to have an egg that won't hatch. It's missing something crucial.
"If, I mean if, we inject the speed force from the DC world into this egg from the Marvel world, what do you think will hatch in the end?"
"I don't know." Bruce shook his head bluntly.
"I don't know either." Katum patted the egg in his hand, "So it's worth a try."
He took the egg back.
"No matter what hatches from this egg, it will obey me."
Katum said confidently, "After all, I tell it stories every night, so my efforts will not be in vain."
Fine……
Bruce did not pour cold water on Katum. Since the egg was willing to stand up and bear the speed force, what reason did he have to object?
Next, there is another key issue.
"How do we get the Speed Force?"
Hearing this question, Katum suddenly grinned.
This smile made Bruce feel a little sinister.
"Speaking of this question, we need to first discuss why the memories of DC counterparts appear in the Harry Potter world."
The owl said, "Don't you find it strange? Lupin suddenly got Ares' memory, and Sirius, Cedric, Malfoy...
"Obviously, the two worlds have no intersection, but why do the memories coexist?"
Bruce has thought about this issue before.
"Isn't it because of the five metals?"
Bruce said, "I always thought that was the reason."
"of course not!"
Katum corrected again, "I said that only the five metals plus the Batman of the main world can open the door to the dark universe. It's just that the five metals are gathered together, that's nothing."
And opening the door does not mean opening the door to memory.
There is another reason for the appearance of homologue memory.
"In fact, in my opinion, all of this should be attributed to the Speed Force."
The owl said, "Bruce, I want to tell you a new concept. The name of this concept is the Speed Force Wall!"
The Speed Force Wall is a product that appeared at the same time as the Speed Force.
The DC multiverse is wrapped in a substance called Skyblood, and the Speed Force wall wraps around the Skyblood.
"Since the Speed Force appeared in Harry's universe, the Speed Force Wall will definitely appear as well."
Katum said, "Speedsters attract each other, and so does the Speed Force. When the Speed Force wall in Harry's world appeared, the Speed Force wall in the DC universe sensed its presence.
"The two may have had a brief resonance, very brief, perhaps less than a split second.
"But it is precisely this resonance that caused the memories of the isotopes in the two universes to overlap."
Katum is very confident in his judgment. He doesn't understand the speed force, but he knows a lot about the universe.
Occasionally, there is mutual attraction between different universes.
They even intersect with each other to create an interconnected universe.
This kind of linkage is usually short-lived and may end after one event.
But there are also some that do not separate after they meet.
For example, there is a universe called The Witcher, where a celestial sphere intersection occurred, completely changing the history of that world.
"I see."
Bruce nodded, "I understand!"
"You know nothing!" said the owl. "I haven't finished talking yet. What do you know?"
"Then go on." Bruce remained calm.
Katoom was very dissatisfied with Batboy's attitude. Who did he learn this from? "Just now we talked about how to obtain the Speed Force."
Owl cursed and continued, "Speed Force is something that cannot be forced. It depends entirely on fate. Savitar may have a way to help others gain speed force, but that is the path Cedric has taken. It is basically impossible for you to walk it again."
Unless Bruce volunteered to attend the Battle of War and massacre everyone in Hogwarts.
That's not impossible. Katum has room to maneuver, but Batboy probably won't be very willing to do so.
"But besides relying on fate, there is still a tricky way."
Katum said, "That is to gather around the Flash Barry Allen and become his family, friend or enemy. In that way, the probability of becoming a speedster is very high."
"Don't we still have to go find Savitar?"
Bruce curled his lips, "We are Savitar's enemy now, but he hasn't given us the Speed Force yet!"
"madness!"
Katoom angrily scolded, “Who told you that when I said Barry Allen, I meant Savitar?
"Is there no native Barry Allen in the Harry Potter world?"
……
In the Harry Potter world, Bruce returns like lightning.
"I am back."
Bruce felt a lot of emotions when he saw the Granger family welcoming him again.
"I brought you gifts."
Bruce took out the gifts he had just bought from the gift shop in London and distributed them to his family in this world.
"Actually, you really don't have to be so polite."
Mrs. Granger couldn't help but speak when she saw Bruce always coming home with large bags.
"It's okay, auntie. I'm so grateful for taking care of me!"
At this moment, Bruce was handing a gift to Hermione.
He looked at the face that had just separated from him and couldn't help but whispered -
"I did what I promised you."
"what?"
Hermione was confused and didn't understand why Bruce suddenly said this.
Bruce smiled and said Katum's catchphrase: "It's nothing, don't worry about it."
What happened next was exactly the same as what happened a month ago.
The owl from the Ministry of Magic delivered the time-turner. Bruce looked at the shining hourglass and remembered what Katoom had once said to him.
If everything could be redeemed, perhaps something irreversible would happen this year.
"Fortunately, we jumped out of this world and got another chance."
Bruce thought, "But it's only once, and this time, there won't be any more tragedy!"
Bet on his Batman name!
……
"You asked Professor Dumbledore?"
In the afternoon, Bruce and Hermione sat in the living room, discussing what happened in the wizarding world during the summer vacation.
Bruce raised a question.
"Dumbledore usually lives in the headmaster's office during school hours. Where does he go during holidays?"
Bruce said, "I mean, does he have a family?"
"do not know."
Hermione shook her head. "Dumbledore is very mysterious. His past is almost a mystery! Bruce, why are you asking this?"
"It's better to be prepared!" Bruce said ambiguously.
As an owl, Katoom knew the address of Dumbledore's home.
But no one can guarantee that Dumbledore lived there sixty years ago.
Yes, sixty years ago.
When returning to this world, Katum had explained everything to Bruce.
"Dumbledore once had a nephew named Credence Barebone, the son of his brother Aberforth."
"Barberton? Why not Dumbledore?" Bruce asked back.
"It's a long story. I don't have the time to take you through three movies in one go."
Katum laughed and simply ignored the question.
For specific details, Bruce will go to see "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" himself later if he has the chance.
“This Credence, besides being Dumbledore’s nephew, has another identity.
"He is the Flash of the DCEU universe!"
According to Katum, when the wall of speed force appeared, it penetrated the past, present and future.
Then the memories of the homologues will overlap and run through the timeline at the same time.
Credence sixty years ago was naturally not immune.
He must have the Flash's memories.
"Credence is the Flash's counterpart, and this world has the Speed Force, which is equivalent to the Flash himself coming to this world."
Katum said, “As he keeps running faster and faster, he will definitely catch a glimpse of the future.
"Knowing that there is a poor helpless owl who needs his help and wants to know how to have the Speed Force."
Bruce totally disagreed with this statement: "How could it be such a coincidence?"
“The likelihood is really low.”
Katum admitted this, "But what does it matter? When we have the speed force and hatch the little owl from the egg, can't we just let the little owl travel through time and deliver a letter?"
Tell Credence they need help and want to know how to gain access to the Speed Force.
"wait!"
Bruce couldn't help but correct him, "I told you, that egg is not an owl egg!"
An owl cannot be hatched.
"That's not the point."
Katoum said, “In short, with the Speed Force, we can reverse cause and effect.
"Because we need Barry to leave a message, so he must have left a message sixty years ago."
"But what if we don't gain the Speed Force?" Bruce said worriedly, "Willn't that mean nothing will happen?"
"Have faith in yourself, Bruce."
Katoom flapped his wings and said, "Okay, no matter what, let's go to Dumbledore's house first. There's no one at home now anyway.
"I believe that with Dumbledore's character, he will definitely take good care of his family's belongings!"
That’s right, relics.
Katum actually thought about whether there was a possibility that Credence was still alive today.
After all, his uncle Dumbledore was still alive.
If that were the case, Katum and Bruce wouldn't have to go through so much trouble to gain the speed force.
You can directly have the Flash as an ally.
But after a little investigation, I realized that he was overthinking it.
Credence Barebone is an Obscurial, and there is a dark power called the Obscurus in his body.
Most Obscurials die before the age of ten, but Credence is an exception, having lived to adulthood.
But this does not mean that the influence of Mo Mo Ran on him does not exist, and his lifespan will still not be longer than that of ordinary people.
After the end of the third Fantastic Beasts film, Credence chooses to live with his father, Aberforth.
If he died, his belongings would remain with Aberforth.
Or for reasons of strength, important things are kept in Dumbledore's hands.
"So we now have two places to look."
Catum said, "One is Aberforth's house, in the Hog's Head, and the other is Dumbledore's house or the Headmaster's office."
Anyway, let's go check it out first.
Anyway, they are all in the direction of Hogwarts.
"Let's go!"
After Bruce and Hermione finished chatting, they returned to their room.
He reached out and grasped Katoom's paw.
Katum used Apparition, and the two of them disappeared from the room.
When they reappeared, they were standing on a large plain and could see the silhouette of Hogwarts in the distance.
"I am back again."
As Bruce was thinking this, Katum grabbed his shoulders and flew up.
"I don't have time to sigh for you. That's a timeline that no longer exists."
The owl said, "Our top priority now is to find the clues Barry left for me!"
Even with super speed, it would be difficult to defeat Savitar.
Because when you just gain the speed force, your running speed is not fast. Only after slowly adapting to the speed force can you increase your speed until it approaches the speed of light.
When Barry Allen first gained the speed force, his speed was not even Mach 2.
"No matter what, this battle requires super speed."
Owl's belief is stronger than anyone else's.
"With a speed like that of a locomotive, it can only be used as a punching bag!"
(End of this chapter)
