Seeing Iris's strange look, Barry's voice became smaller and smaller until it was almost imperceptible.
"I don't know what to say about you..." Iris covered her forehead, "How could you let so much money be seen? It's amazing you're even alive. It seems the other party went easy on you."
Barry was horrified upon hearing this. Was the local custom here so terrifying?
The more he reacted this way, the more curious Iris became about him: "Where exactly are you from?"
What kind of place could raise a child as pure as a White lotus like Barry?
"I already told you, I grew up in Central City!"
"It's precisely because you say that that I don't believe you."
Iris laughed, shaking with mirth. She found Barry's demeanor very cute, unlike the other boys she had met before—not the kind who would want to make love to her the moment they saw her.
So her eyes darted around, and she suddenly wanted to test Barry's sincerity. She said: "Your money has been stolen, why don't you stay at my place for a while?"
Facing this invitation, Barry instantly stammered: "Go... go... go to your place... Is... is that not good...?"
Iris laughed again, this time even more happily: "What's not good about it? I remember you said you studied at Central City University. The school is currently hiring a chemistry lab assistant. How is your chemistry?"
"It should... be okay?" Barry was a bit unsure if the chemical effects were consistent between the two Worlds, and he had a crucial problem, "I don't have a driver's license..."
Iris frowned slightly at this: "Then do you remember your social security number?"
Barry remembered, but that was for another World, so at this moment, he could only shake his head.
The U.S. doesn't have a household registration system or identity cards, so generally, residents' identities are proven through their driver's licenses. Failing that, it's the social security number. This number is unique to each person and is used for insurance, getting a driver's license, finding a job, renting a home, etc. Its function is actually similar to an identity card.
Iris could tell at a glance that Barry wasn't telling the truth, but she didn't mind. Given Barry's appearance, he didn't seem like a serial killer on the run in Central City.
Besides, even if that were the case, he should have gone to Johnny Quick, not lingered near Central City University.
So she whispered: "I can find someone to help you make a fake ID that will register in the system, but the price will be a bit expensive."
She spoke of this as if she were very familiar with it, which for a moment left Barry speechless. He had discovered another difference between the two Irises.
Just as he was about to reply, a large bus suddenly crashed through the doors of the coffee shop. It broke through the wall, the door, and the glass, and the unstoppable vehicle barreled straight towards Iris and Barry's position.
Iris showed a terrified expression, but Barry instantly entered the Speed Force. Everything around him immediately seemed to be paused.
Barry's suit quickly deployed. Little Flash had always been worn on his wrist in the form of a watch, ready for battle at any time.
After contacting Barry, Little Flash was also enveloped by the Speed Force, so the speed at which it deployed was extremely fast, even from Barry's perspective—almost instantaneous donning.
"Suit online. Hello, Barry, looks like the date is going terribly."
"This isn't a date!" Barry explained, then whispered: "Do you think it is?"
"From this unit's perspective, yes. But Barry, you should perhaps focus on the current event first."
"Hmm, I think you're right."
Barry concentrated. He carefully brought Iris's arms together across her chest, then picked her up and moved her outside the coffee shop.
Immediately following this, he replicated the process, transferring other customers and the waitstaff from the cafe to outside the shop, and then rescuing the passengers and driver from the bus.
During his actions, many yellow lightning bolts shot out from him, but strangely, not a single arc of electricity harmed the people he was saving, as if they all had eyes.
It wasn't until Barry confirmed that everyone was safe and sound that he returned to Iris's side, retracted his battle suit, and exited the Speed Force.
The "play button" was pressed again; the bus crashed into the cafe, its fuel tank exploding inside the hall, flames licking outwards. The people outside the cafe, as if waking from a dream, began to scream wildly.
But a few minutes later, they realized that they had already arrived outside the cafe, and no one among them was injured.
This was simply a miracle!
Iris's expression of terror had not yet faded, and Barry tried his best to comfort her: "It's okay, everything's okay, Iris, you're safe..."
He repeated this tirelessly until Iris threw herself into his arms, making him completely stiff.
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