**[Puppet Name]: White Samurai**
**[Overall Parameters]:**
- Height: 2.02 meters
- Weight: 139.28 kilograms
- Materials: Lightweight alloy, composite fibers, graphene-reinforced elastomer, etc.
- Power Source: None
- Control Method: Chakra threads
**[Puppet Rating]: A- (S)**
**[Overall Evaluation]:**
An armor-type combat puppet, a semi-intelligent product of advanced integration between modern engineering and puppetry. It boasts both speed and power, with tremendous close-combat capabilities and heavy firepower configurations. When merged with the operator, it further amplifies the user's combat ability. With certain superpowers and additional modules, it can even achieve flight.
*Note: When the Speed Force module in the promethium dagger is activated, the White Samurai's speed increases dramatically, but durability drops rapidly. Once the Speed Force is depleted, this function becomes unavailable until it is recharged.*
"Cisco."
"Yeah?"
"You are a freaking genius!"
Inside the White Samurai, Hardy marveled at the virtual display projected onto his retina.
In the upper left corner were two batteries: the top one was the standard battery for powering the internal high-tech chips; the bottom was a red battery icon with a lightning bolt, indicating the remaining Speed Force in the promethium—currently at 100%.
There were also auxiliary aiming, position tracking, high-precision thermal imaging, network communications, subtitle prompts, and more.
"Oh, of course. Everyone who knows me has said that since I was a kid," Cisco said smugly, flipping his long hair.
"Perfect timing. It's almost been twenty-four hours."
Hardy glanced up at the clock on the wall.
Taking advantage of the break, Hardy took off the White Samurai and, together with Cisco, began dismantling the previous mechanical samurai to study its technology.
"Jet-powered flight? Uses internal chemical reactions to generate thrust—ingenious design, but not much use to me…"
"Shockwave Emitter? So that's how this thing releases shockwaves—powered by electricity. That means this battery has a pretty high energy density, doesn't it?"
"A carbon nano battery... It's actually a disposable prototype?"
To be honest, the craftsmanship of this mechanical samurai is quite impressive. If the materials were swapped for high-strength alloys like titanium, Hardy figured it would take him a lot more effort to take it down—but of course, that would also drive up the cost significantly.
With Cisco, a world-class engineer, assisting him, Hardy was able to glean a lot of useful knowledge from this mechanical samurai. He even analyzed its structure and speculated about some of its potential weak points.
Before long, Joe, Alice, and Wally returned to S.T.A.R. Labs with Barry.
There were only a few minutes left until the 24-hour deadline.
"How's Barry doing now?"
Cisco glanced over at Barry, who was sitting in a chair, staring blankly at a childhood Allen family photo.
"He's a bit better. Maybe he's using these things to piece together his memories. I plan to take him to Iron Heights this afternoon to visit Dr. Henry Allen."
Joe looked at Barry's dazed figure, then turned to Cisco and the others.
"How about you guys? The 24 hours are almost up. Are you ready?"
"Of course."
Cisco and Hardy replied in unison, both looking toward the towering white metal samurai standing by the wall.
A few minutes later—
A dozen mechanical samurai rose up across the city right on schedule, flying through Central City and wreaking havoc.
At S.T.A.R. Labs, as the alarms blared, the white samurai quickly assembled itself onto Hardy's body with the clanking of mechanical parts.
"Now then…"
Cisco let out a heavy breath and looked at Hardy.
"Run, Walter, run!"
Hardy nodded lightly at Cisco, released Lightning Chakra from his left hand, activated the subsonic beeper, and further triggered the Speed Force stored in the promethium dagger.
"Whoosh!"
A streak of white lightning flashed before everyone's eyes, leaving a flurry of papers swirling in the wake of the turbulent air.
"Woohoo!"
On the streets of Central City, Hardy couldn't help but cheer.
Why do so many people love racing? Because speed lets you feel the most primal kind of thrill.
But Hardy wasn't driving a car—he was piloting a puppet battle suit, empowered by the Speed Force, countless times faster than any car!
This feeling was just... incredible!
According to the projection, his current real-time speed had reached Mach 1.3.
Compared to Barry, or even the rookie speedster Wally, this was still much slower.
But for Hardy, this speed was just right. Any faster, and even with Cisco's assistive control algorithms, he wouldn't be able to keep up—and he'd quickly burn through all the Speed Force stored in the promethium dagger.
"Walter! I've sent the navigation coordinates to you. Are you receiving them?"
Cisco's voice came through the earpiece.
"Received."
Hardy looked at the navigation projected onto his retina, adjusted the direction of the White Samurai, and activated the high-voltage electric blade on his right arm, which crackled through the air as he ran at high speed.
A few seconds later, Hardy spotted a mechanical samurai flying in midair. He stomped hard on the ground, leaped up, and used his aerokinesis and glider wings to soar toward the target.
"Breath of Lightning, First Form: Thunderclap and Flash!"
A bolt of blue-white lightning tore through the sky, slicing the mechanical samurai clean in half.
Hardy suddenly realized that, for him, flying through the air might actually let him make better use of the Speed Force.
Speedsters like Barry run on the ground because they can't get traction in the air, and conventional flight for a speedster is pretty much just a big jump. But without the ground's reactive force, their speed actually drops.
But Hardy was different.
He could use his aerodynamic devices and aerokinesis to generate thrust for himself.
The view from the air was better, with fewer obstacles—much more suitable for someone whose body hadn't been transformed by the Speed Force to move at high speed.
Looking at the virtual display marking the remaining targets, Hardy smiled slightly, transformed into a streak of white lightning, and shot across Central City's skyline, leaving trails of light and falling mechanical samurai in his wake. After taking down the last of them, he deactivated the Speed Force.
[Current Speed Force remaining: 83%]
So he could still use the Speed Force like this another four or five times?
After watching Wally, in his yellow lightning form, collect the mechanical samurai remains below, Hardy silently changed direction and flew back.