A clash of laws!

His existence was being deleted.

This was no metaphor.

Link felt like a computer file being dragged into the recycle bin. Every piece of data associated with the concept of "Link"—his memories, emotions, power, even the very fact that "he had once existed"—was being formatted out of the universe's underlying hard drive by an irresistible force.

His first meeting with Harley in Arkham was turning into a blank.

The arrogance with which he had reigned over Gotham was dissolving into nonexistent pixels.

His memory of holding two Stones and being crowned king on Knowhere also began to flake away like a weathered mural.

[Warning! Host is being erased at the level of causality!]

[SS-rank ability "Reactive Evolution" attempting adaptation... adaptation failed! Target is a fundamental law. Resistance cannot be evolved!]

[SSS-rank ability "Man of Steel" undergoing conceptual disintegration!... disintegration failed! Man of Steel contains the "Superman" template. Its existence is anchored by the concept of "hope" in the Multiverse. Disintegration process obstructed!]

The system's red alerts flashed frantically in his mind, but soon, even the text of its notifications began to blur.

Fuck! This thing was worse than formatting a hard drive! It was snapping the whole damn drive in half!

In the final nanosecond before his consciousness was completely erased, Link's will to survive erupted with unprecedented intensity.

He had never been someone who sat around waiting to die!

If you wanted to play by laws, then I'd pit even more unreasonable laws against yours!

"Just... stop!!!"

Link let out a silent roar from the depths of his soul.

On his left hand, clad in the Infinity Gauntlet, the three Stones seemed to sense their master's defiance and blazed with unprecedented brilliance!

Hum—!

Green light flared first.

It was the Time Stone!

``` [Time law · Self-rewind!]