Kryptonian Abilities

"Tch, you people only know how to say nice things. With injuries that serious, how could I possibly recover in three to five days? We can talk later—I'm starving right now." Xing Ran had already found it strange when the nurse said he had a good constitution. Now that Hai Yi said the same thing, he naturally understood. They were trying to cheer him up.

"I'm not just saying empty words. Based on the injuries you had when you were brought in yesterday, you shouldn't have woken up today. You had a severe concussion. I thought it would take you at least three days to wake up, but you're perfectly fine after just one day. If that's not good constitution, then what is? If you don't believe me, I'll go get the doctor right now." Yamanaka Hai Yi was not good with words. In the original story, he had even stretched the time needed to relay good news from ten seconds to twenty because he could not speak smoothly, to the point of getting a nosebleed from overexertion. Hearing Xing Ran doubt him now, he immediately headed out to find a doctor and explain things properly.

Watching Yamanaka Hai Yi hurry out, Xing Ran felt a faint stir in his heart. This relative truly could not have treated him any better. If the newly transmigrated Xing Ran had any ties left in this world, then it was probably only Hai Yi, his nominal guardian.

He snapped apart the disposable chopsticks. Since Hai Yi had gone out, it was time to eat. X-ray vision could wait—filling his stomach was more important.

"Phew—"

Steaming ramen was not something everyone could scarf down in seconds like Kakashi. Faced with food wreathed in steam, Xing Ran naturally blew on it first to cool it down.

Then Xing Ran witnessed something incredible. The ramen, which had been steaming just moments ago, began cooling at a visible rate. When he finished blowing out that breath, Xing Ran discovered in shock that a thin layer of solidified fat had formed on the surface of the ramen. That only happened at low temperatures.

What the hell?

Cold wind from my mouth? Super freeze breath? So I'd awakened more than one superpower.

"Doctor, you think Xing Ran's recovery is monstrous too, right? That brat probably has never been injured this badly before, so he doesn't even know how good his physical condition is. Hahaha."

Yamanaka Hai Yi's voice suddenly rang in Xing Ran's ears, startling him. If Hai Yi found out that the ramen he had just bought had nearly turned into a block of ice, he would definitely notice something was wrong. Xing Ran hurriedly looked toward the door.

But when he looked, there was nothing at the doorway. Then the sound of footsteps echoed in his ears again.

His thoughts had been a little muddled because of the freezing breath, but when Xing Ran listened carefully again, he realized the footsteps were still far from the ward. Judging by their pace, it would take at least another minute for them to get here.

My hearing has gotten stronger too!

Xing Ran should have noticed earlier. Ever since waking up, the sounds in his ears had seemed unusually noisy. Everyone's voices had sounded so loud that he initially thought Konoha Hospital had terrible soundproofing. Now it seemed that his hearing had simply improved far too much.

There was still time. How was he supposed to deal with this frozen ramen? Xing Ran stared at the bowl as his mind raced. He absolutely could not let Hai Yi see that the ramen he had brought had been frozen. Hai Yi would never believe Xing Ran had awakened the Ice Shield Bloodline Limit, so what excuse could he use?

Just then, a wisp of steam suddenly rose from the ramen Xing Ran had been staring at. Then bubbles began rising through the broth with a gurgle, and the ramen started boiling right before his eyes.

This was—Heat vision!

Damn it, wasn't the number of superpowers I awakened today a little excessive? Super hearing, X-ray vision, freezing breath, heat vision.

His cheat had shown no reaction for so long after transmigrating, but once it arrived, it came in a whole pile. Xing Ran rubbed his head. If I go bald, will I become invincible?

His soft, tousled hair shattered that fantasy, but this bout of wild thinking had not been useless. Xing Ran had thought of something. Perhaps that was the true form of his transmigration benefit.

Xing Ran, leaning against the hospital bed, suddenly wore a grave expression, as though he were straining to hold something in. As time passed, his entire face turned red from the effort.

Gradually, something seemed off with the hospital bed. The portion concealed beneath the bedding rose slightly.

"Xing Ran, I brought the doctor. Now that a doctor has said it, you should believe it, right?" The sudden voice gave Xing Ran a fright. He had been too focused on exerting himself and had not noticed that two people had already appeared at the ward entrance. One was his nominal guardian, Yamanaka Hai Yi, while the other was a doctor wearing a white cap, white mask, and white uniform.

There was absolutely nothing distinctive about this doctor. If not for the work badge on his chest identifying him as a doctor, he looked no different from the nurses, orderlies, and other medical workers. He was extremely hard to distinguish.

"Phew!"

Xing Ran let out a hard breath, picked up the ramen before him, and flashed Hai Yi a grin so wide it nearly reached the back of his head. Then he began wolfing it down as though no one else were present. He had to use the ramen to hide the fact that he could barely stop himself from laughing out loud. Fortunately, it had turned hot again.

No one noticed that the bedding had returned to its original height.

Two minutes later, the doctor left Xing Ran's ward. He had only come here as a favor to the intelligence division jonin Yamanaka Hai Yi, informing Xing Ran of the specifics of his condition before departing.

According to the Medical Squad's assessment when Xing Ran had been brought in yesterday, he would not have been able to leave the hospital for at least ten days to half a month. Even after being discharged half a month later, it would have taken nearly five months for him to fully recover.

But his condition during the recent bandage changes showed that Xing Ran's body was exceptionally strong, with recovery abilities like those of the legendary Uzumaki Clan. His discharge date would be greatly shortened. Based on the latest dressing-change results, Xing Ran could complete his discharge procedures in five days at most, and the time needed for a full recovery should also be drastically reduced.

Yamanaka Hai Yi was visibly delighted. He rambled on, unable to express himself clearly, but Xing Ran could tell that Hai Yi was genuinely overjoyed for him.

Xing Ran did not show much on the surface, but his excitement was no less than Hai Yi's. In fact, he was a hundred times happier than Hai Yi could possibly imagine.

It had been difficult just now, but he really had flown—or rather, floated. The rise in the bedding had been caused by Xing Ran's attempt to fly.

This was the ability of a comic character Xing Ran had loved in his previous life: the DC Hero Superman!

He remembered now. In his previous life, his younger self had died in a hospital bed while playing a Superman VR game. It was no wonder he had awakened such abilities in this life.

He could fly. His eyes could fire devastating heat rays. His mouth could blow out freezing breath. He possessed super hearing; at his strongest, he could even hear the prayers of people on the other side of the Earth. He had super vision as well, allowing him not only to see far but also to see through things. Beyond that, every era's Superman had different levels of strength, but there was definitely far more to it than the little Xing Ran had discovered so far.

If I can become the Superman of the Silver Age, I'll be invincible. After watching Hai Yi leave, Xing Ran lay in bed too excited to sleep, imagining himself blowing up the solar system with a single sneeze. That would be fucking awesome.

PS: Superman's abilities had several eras. The strongest was the Silver Age, but in the films and television series we commonly saw, Superman generally used the Black Iron Age, Post-modern, and New 52 Era ability templates.

PS2: Because it had not passed review, the chapter uploaded on October 1 was not approved until the 7th. Updates would return to normal afterward.