Next, he used several real cases to extrapolate the travel speeds of jonin and even Kage-level powerhouses.
Back when Obito received White Zetsu's message that Rin and Kakashi were being pursued by Mist Ninja Anbu, he rushed from near Kusagakure Bridge to outside Konoha to save them. It definitely took less than a day. Obito had absolutely possessed jonin-level strength at the time. Crossing half the Land of Fire in half a day, a distance that looked to be two or three thousand kilometers when compared to the route from Konoha to Sunagakure, meant Obito had traveled at around 400 kilometers per hour—nearly twice a Chunin's speed.
Then, during Sasuke and Naruto's final battle, Sakura brought Kakashi from the Land of the Moon, where the Fourth Shinobi War had taken place, to the Valley of the End in only half a night. They arrived at dawn. The distance between those places was twice what Obito had covered back then. Sakura had activated the Byakugou Seal at the time and absolutely possessed the Kage-level strength of one of the New Sannin. That meant Kage-level travel speed was roughly 800 kilometers per hour.
And judging by how Sasuke and Naruto had crossed such a vast distance from the Land of the Moon to the Valley of the End in such a short time during their final battle, Six Paths level travel speed definitely exceeded the speed of sound by many times.
This was travel speed, not combat speed. Rock Lee was very powerful after opening the Fifth Gate, and his speed could reach the speed of sound, but his overall strength still fell short of Kage-level. At best, he was jonin-level.
(PS: This was the result the author arrived at after extensive analysis. If any data enthusiasts have a more reasonable explanation, feel free to message me privately. The map in this book will follow this standard for now.)
His pure muscular speed without Chakra enhancement had reached 72 kilometers per hour. To be honest, Xing Ran was extremely dissatisfied with that result. At his fastest, Superman could even exceed the speed of light. Even if he could not normally do that, he could still fight The Flash, who possessed Super Speed, on equal footing.
Next, Xing Ran tested his heat vision, which disappointed him even more. Its power was decent enough, but it required sustained use and consumed an enormous amount of energy. It was fine for boiling water in daily life, but useless in actual combat.
Super hearing and X-ray vision were the same. He could clearly hear faint sounds from up to thirty meters away, while his X-ray vision could only see through things like paper and cloth. It could see through walls too, provided the wall was made of very thin wooden boards.
Useless. Completely useless. If Steel Body had not displayed a few obvious traits—such as kunai and shuriken having difficulty piercing his skin, along with a significant boost in recovery—Xing Ran would almost have been driven into depression by these trash abilities.
Why were all the Supermen on Earth plot-changing, bug-level existences, while his own Superman powers were like defective goods suffering from stunted development?
From the way these abilities performed, Xing Ran knew without any formal tests that his strength was definitely at a similarly underdeveloped level. It would already be pretty good if he could lift a several-ton car one-handed like early Superman.
Chirp, chirp—
Several bright cries rang out over Konoha. These were Ninja Birds used by Konoha to send and receive messages, mostly falcons and hawks.
As clouds rolled and drifted, several flocks of these birds had already passed through the sky.
It was already noon. Xing Ran had no appetite for lunch at all. Instead, he stood blankly by the open window, staring at the sun above with unfocused eyes.
He could feel an incredibly weak, almost imperceptible energy entering his body as sunlight shone upon him. This energy was the stellar radiation energy that strengthened Superman's body.
But this radiation energy was far too weak, so weak that it was nearly impossible to detect.
After a morning of setbacks and repeated reflection, he figured this was why it had taken over a year after arriving in this world for him to awaken Superman's abilities, and why those abilities were still so weak.
There was something wrong with the sun.
Krypton's sun was a Red Sun, the kind that suppressed a Kryptonian's abilities.
Earth's sun, on the other hand, was a Yellow Sun, one that could greatly help a Kryptonian gain power close to that of a god.
So what kind of sun did the shinobi world have? It was probably an Orange Sun, perhaps even closer to red. It was nowhere near the level of a Yellow Sun.
So, his abilities had awakened, but if he wanted to soar to the heavens, he should just wash up and go to sleep. He could use them to entertain himself and cultivate his sensibilities in daily life, but if he wanted to grow stronger, diligently training ninjutsu was still far more practical.
Xing Ran had already tested it. With Chakra enhancement combined with Superman's speed, he could move far faster than before, definitely exceeding 300 kilometers per hour. His strength should be about the same. At the very least, thanks to his awakening, becoming a taijutsu-focused Chunin was no problem. He had already grown stronger, so what was there to be dissatisfied about?
Xing Ran laughed self-mockingly and stood up, preparing to go out and buy something to eat. Life still had to go on. Looking on the bright side, at least his physical constitution was much stronger than that of ordinary people, right?
Even if he could not compare to the genuine Superman, a knockoff Superman was still Superman. He should not be too greedy. Having something was better than having nothing. The radiation might be weak, but if he basked in it for fifty years, he refused to believe he still would not catch up to the early genuine Superman.
Wait, what would the shinobi world be like fifty years from now? In fourteen years, Kaguya Otsutsuki would supposedly try to destroy the world, right? Back then, the Ten-Tails would be setting off fireworks all over the map... Uh... that sounded dangerous.
"Bang, bang, bang."
Just as Xing Ran was looking toward the future and imagining the Ten-Tails' fireworks suddenly exploding over his head, a knock sounded at the door, pulling him back to reality. Then, a muffled voice came through the mask and entered his ears.
"Is Yamanaka Xingran home? We're Anbu. There are some matters we need your cooperation with."
They came looking for me right after I got out of the hospital. Have they been watching me the whole time?
Xing Ran was somewhat surprised. He had not told anyone about awakening Superman's abilities. There was no reason for Anbu to come knocking so quickly.
The Anbu did not give Xing Ran much time to think. Knocking was merely procedure. When they wanted someone, they had never let a door reduce their efficiency.
Xing Ran was still in the entryway when the Anbu pushed open the front door and entered on their own.
That made Xing Ran raise an eyebrow slightly, but he said nothing. He knew that Anbu who bothered to follow the knocking procedure had some redeeming qualities. At the very least, Root never bothered with such formalities.
"What is it?" Xing Ran was now sandwiched between two Anbu wearing painted face masks and light gray tactical uniforms. This was not a good sign.
"There are some things we need to ask you about. Come with us," said an Anbu wearing a Cat mask.
Although the Anbu wore a mask, when Xing Ran looked at the ninja in the Cat mask, his vision was not obstructed by it at all. His X-ray vision activated. The man was an unremarkable ninja with somewhat thick lips, not anyone Xing Ran recognized.
"No problem. I'll cooperate, but may I ask what this is specifically about?" Xing Ran was somewhat uneasy. He had only just awakened Superman's abilities, and his strength was not yet great. If anyone learned of something so extraordinary, he would definitely become a rare lab rat in the hands of powerful figures. Staying vigilant was only natural.
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