The Poor Man's Sun-Lite Superpower

Next, using a few real cases, we can reverse-engineer the travel speed of jonin and even Kage-level fighters.

Back then, Obito received word from White Zetsu that Rin and Kakashi were being chased by Mist Anbu. Obito rushed from near Kusagakure Bridge to outside Konoha to save them, taking less than a day at most. At that time, Obito was definitely at jonin level. Crossing half the Land of Fire in half a day, comparing the distance on the map to Konoha to Sunagakure, it was at least two to three thousand kilometers. So Obito's speed back then reached about 400 kilometers per hour, nearly double that of a chunin.

And during the final battle between Sasuke and Naruto, Sakura carried Kakashi from the Fourth Shinobi War battlefield in the Land of the Moon to the Valley of the End in just half a night, arriving by dawn. The distance between those two places was about double what Obito had covered back then. At that time, Sakura had activated the Byakugou Seal, putting her firmly at the New Sannin's Kage level. So Kage-level travel speed was roughly 800 kilometers per hour.

And from how quickly Sasuke and Naruto crossed that vast distance from the Land of the Moon to the Valley of the End during their fight, it's clear that Six Paths level travel speed far exceeds the speed of sound, many times over.

This is all about travel speed, not combat speed. Rock Lee opening the Fifth Gate is strong, and his speed can reach the speed of sound, but his overall strength still falls short of Kage level, topping out at jonin.

(PS: This is the result of the author's extensive analysis. If any data enthusiasts have a more reasonable explanation, feel free to message me. The map in this book now follows this standard.)

Pure muscle speed without Chakra assistance reached 72 kilometers per hour. Honestly, Xingran was very dissatisfied with this result. Superman at his fastest could exceed the speed of light. Even if he couldn't manage that normally, he should at least be able to match The Flash, who has Super Speed.

Next, Xingran tested Heat vision. This time, he was even more dissatisfied. The Heat vision's power was decent, but it required sustained use, and the consumption was enormous. It was fine for boiling water in daily life, but useless in combat.

Super hearing and X-ray vision were the same. The farthest he could hear faint sounds was 30 meters. X-ray vision could only see through things like paper and cloth. Walls could be seen through, but only if they were made of thin wooden boards.

Useless, very useless. If it weren't for Steel Body showing some obvious traits—like kunai or shuriken struggling to pierce his skin, and his recovery being noticeably enhanced—Xingran might have been crushed into depression by these garbage abilities.

Why was Superman on Earth a game-breaking existence that changed the plot, while his own Superman felt like a stunted defective product?

From the performance of these abilities, Xingran didn't need formal testing to know that his strength was also at a stunted level. Being able to lift a multi-ton car with one arm like early Superman would be pretty good.

Chirp chirp—

Several piercing cries rang out over Konoha. These were the Ninja Birds used by Konoha to send and receive messages, mostly falcons or hawks.

As clouds drifted and scattered, several batches of these birds had already flown across the sky.

It was now noon. Xingran had no appetite for lunch. Instead, he stared blankly through the open window at the sun overhead, his gaze unfocused.

He could feel that when sunlight hit his body, a faint, almost imperceptible energy seeped into him. This power was the Stellar radiation energy that strengthened Superman's body.

But this radiation was too weak, so weak it was nearly undetectable.

After a morning of setbacks and repeated reflection, he figured this must be the reason why he had only awakened his Superman abilities after over a year in this world, and why they were so weak.

The sun was the problem.

Krypton's sun was a Red Sun, which suppressed Kryptonian abilities.

Earth's sun was a Yellow Sun, which greatly helped Kryptonians gain power close to that of gods.

So what kind of sun was the sun in the ninja world? It should be an Orange Sun, maybe even leaning more toward red, far from reaching the level of a Yellow Sun.

So, the abilities had awakened, but if he wanted to dominate the world, he might as well go back to sleep. Use them for entertainment, to lift his spirits. If he wanted to get stronger, training ninjutsu step by step was more practical.

Xingran had already tested it. Superman's speed combined with Chakra assistance far exceeded his previous limits, definitely over 300 kilometers per hour. Strength was probably similar. At the very least, because of his awakening, he could become a taijutsu-type chunin without issue. He had already gotten stronger—what more could he complain about?

Xingran chuckled bitterly to himself, got up, and prepared to go out and buy some food. Life had to go on. Looking on the bright side, at least his physical fitness was far above average, right?

He couldn't compare to the real Superman, but a bootleg Superman was still Superman. Don't be too greedy. Having something was better than nothing. Even if the radiation was weak, if he basked in it for 50 years, he was sure he could catch up to the early real Superman.

Wait, what would the ninja world look like in 50 years? In about 14 years, Kaguya Otsutsuki would start her world-ending plan, right? The Ten-Tails would be setting off fireworks all over the map back then. Uh... dangerous.

"Bang bang bang."

Just as Xingran was looking to the future and imagining the Ten-Tails' fireworks exploding right over his head, a knock at the door pulled him back to reality. Then, a muffled voice came through the mask, buzzing into his ears.

"Is Yamanaka Xingran home? We're from Anbu. We need your cooperation on something."

They came knocking right after he got out of the hospital. Were they keeping an eye on him?

Xingran was a bit surprised. He hadn't told anyone about awakening his Superman abilities. There was no way Anbu would come knocking so quickly, right?

He didn't have long to think. The Anbu knocking was just a formality. They never let a door slow them down when they needed to find someone.

Xingran was still in the entryway when the Anbu pushed the door open and walked in on their own.

This made Xingran raise an eyebrow slightly, but he didn't say anything. He knew that Anbu who bothered to knock were still somewhat reasonable. At least Root never followed that procedure.

"What's this about?" Xingran was now sandwiched between two Anbu wearing floral-patterned masks and light gray tactical vests. This wasn't a good sign.

"We need to ask you a few things. Come with us." One of the Anbu, wearing a Cat mask, spoke.

Even with the mask on, when Xingran looked at this Cat mask ninja, his vision wasn't blocked at all. He activated X-ray vision. It was an unremarkable ninja with somewhat thick lips, not anyone Xingran recognized.

"No problem, I'll cooperate. But could you tell me what it's about specifically?" Xingran was a bit uneasy. He had just awakened his Superman abilities and wasn't strong yet. If anyone found out about this miraculous event, he'd become a rare lab rat for some big shot. Being cautious was only natural.

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