c4: Konoha's Sannin, Mission Accomplished
Time went back to not long ago.
Karl was in the Chat Group, saw Tsunade's request, and accepted the mission.
[Ding! You have accepted the mission from Chat Group member Senju Princess.]
[You can teleport to the mission world at any time. Do you want to teleport immediately?]
Karl nodded, "Start teleportation."
[Ding! Starting teleportation.]
A mysterious and vast power enveloped Karl's body, similar to a dimensional transfer that ignored space itself, something even advanced technologies in worlds like Stark Industries could hardly replicate.
Then, he saw the world in front of him become hazy, as if space itself was folding.
[Ding! Teleportation complete, arrived at the mission world.]
Soon, the prompt came.
At this moment, he appeared in a wooden house.
The house had a distinct traditional Japanese architectural style, belonging to the ninja villages of this world.
Not far from Karl, there was a beautiful figure.
With exquisite features and a proud figure, it was indeed Tsunade of the ninja world.
Tsunade naturally saw Karl not far away.
This dark-haired man who suddenly appeared was not only handsome but also carried an indescribable aura calm, detached, and overwhelmingly powerful, similar to the presence of beings like Superman when he revealed his true strength.
However, Tsunade was a ninja after all.
She looked alert and asked cautiously, "Who are you?"
Beside her, Orochimaru and Jiraiya also noticed the figure that had appeared out of nowhere, their expressions instantly turning serious.
As elite ninja, they had been approached without sensing anything at all.
What a terrifying thought.
If the other party were an enemy, they might already be dead.
The two prepared for battle instinctively.
Karl glanced at Orochimaru and Jiraiya, not paying them much attention.
To him, even powerful shinobi were no different from ordinary humans just as street-level fighters in Marvel like Daredevil would be insignificant compared to cosmic beings.
He turned his head and said to Tsunade, "Chat Group, God of the Human Realm."
"It's you?"
Hearing this, Tsunade's expression relaxed significantly.
At this moment, she understood.
The man in front of her was the one who had accepted her mission in the Chat Group.
It was actually real.
Members of the Chat Group could truly cross worlds.
Tsunade felt a surge of hope.
His clothing, demeanor, and presence were completely different from anything in the ninja world.
But... could this person really resurrect Nawaki?
Even now, she was not completely certain.
However, she still greeted him sincerely, "My name is Tsunade, thank you for coming to help."
Karl nodded, "You're welcome, my name is Karl."
"Hey!"
At that moment, a loud shout rang out.
"Who are you, guy!"
"Why are you appearing in our village?"
Turning his head, Jiraiya was glaring at Karl with obvious hostility.
His feelings toward Tsunade were no secret.
Seeing a strange man suddenly appear and speak so calmly with her, Jiraiya naturally felt uneasy.
Moreover, this person had appeared inside the village without any warning at all.
Bang!
Before Tsunade could explain anything, Jiraiya's body suddenly turned into a blur, then instantly flew backward like a cannonball.
His figure smashed through the wooden wall, tearing through multiple buildings in succession.
"Jiraiya!"
Orochimaru followed the direction of the impact with his gaze.
Wherever Jiraiya had been sent flying, houses were shattered, leaving behind a long trail of destruction.
Seeing this scene, even Orochimaru felt a chill run down his spine.
Jiraiya… had been effortlessly defeated in an instant.
No hand signs. No chakra fluctuation.
Just pure, overwhelming physical force.
This kind of power… this kind of speed…
Even compared to monsters in other worlds like the Hulk or Kryptonians under a yellow sun, this was terrifying.
Orochimaru immediately understood.
If he attacked, the result would be the same.
Karl said calmly, "Don't worry, he won't die. I have a sense of proportion."
He then looked at Tsunade.
"Your mission is to resurrect your brother?"
Tsunade withdrew her gaze from the distance where Jiraiya had disappeared and nodded.
"Yes."
Although she was still worried about Jiraiya, she chose to trust Karl's words for now, bringing Nawaki back was what mattered most.
"Karl, do you need to make any preparations? Talismans? Offerings? Rituals?"
"I can prepare them."
"Talismans? Offerings?"
Karl looked at her with slight surprise.
Do you think I'm some kind of sorcerer like Doctor Strange?
"I don't need any of those things. Just wait a moment."
As he spoke, Karl clenched his fists slightly and rose into the sky.
A powerful sonic boom formed around him.
Fortunately, his bio-electric aura similar to the protective field generated by Kryptonians shielded his clothes, preventing them from being torn apart by the sudden acceleration.
After breaking the sound barrier, Karl continued to accelerate.
After obtaining the Silver Age template of Superman, he clearly understood the extent of his abilities.
His speed could surpass the speed of light.
And once that threshold was crossed time itself could be reversed.
This was a phenomenon seen in certain DC continuities, where Superman could fly fast enough to travel through time, altering past events.
Moreover, Karl could ignore the conventional laws of causality.
This was precisely why he had accepted the mission.
The surrounding scenery blurred and warped.
Mountains, forests, villages, all stretched into streaks of light.
Gradually…
The world began to change.
The Sun in the sky began to move backward, setting in the east instead of the west.
Time was reversing.
Karl knew he had successfully traveled into the past.
Not knowing the exact moment of Nawaki's death, he expanded his perception.
His super vision scanned across the land, while his super hearing picked up countless voices across the battlefield.
Soon he found what he was looking for.
A young boy with short light brown hair, wearing the standard attire of a Konoha genin.
Full of hope.
Full of dreams.
Unaware of the tragedy awaiting him.
Nawaki.
At this time, Orochimaru was not far from Nawaki.
He looked at Nawaki running ahead of the other ninja with a trace of gratification in his eyes after all, Nawaki carried the will of the Senju Clan and dreamed of becoming Hokage like Hashirama Senju.
Karl's Super Vision instantly locked onto the battlefield.
Through layers of terrain and obstacles, he clearly saw the deadly trap ahead, an array of hidden explosive tags buried beneath the ground, the very cause of Nawaki's tragic death in the original timeline.
"It's this moment."
Without hesitation, Karl moved.
His body vanished from its position, his speed surpassing light itself similar to the feats once displayed by Superman in the Silver Age when breaking time's limits.
In the next instant, he appeared directly in front of Nawaki.
Before Nawaki could react, Karl grabbed him by the arm and lifted him into the air.
To Nawaki, everything was a blur his surroundings distorted, and in the blink of an eye, he was no longer on the ground.
[Ding! Chat Group member God of the Human Realm has completed the commission mission for Senju Princess and received 8 points.]
[Mission evaluation is S-Rank, additional reward of 100,000 points.]
At that moment, Karl heard the notification sound in his mind.
Meanwhile, Nawaki, still in shock, reacted instinctively.
Without understanding the situation, he drew a kunai and stabbed toward Karl.
Karl merely flicked his finger lightly.
A force far beyond human comprehension was released.
Nawaki's body was sent flying uncontrollably straight toward Orochimaru.
"You… who are you?"
Orochimaru caught Nawaki mid-air, his golden eyes narrowing as he stared at the figure floating in the sky.
His entire body tensed with vigilance.
The speed just now, he hadn't even seen it.
Not a trace.
Could such a person even be human?
Could he be a ninja from Amegakure?
If so… then everyone present might die here.
In a split second, Orochimaru made his decision.
He threw Nawaki backward, creating distance.
"Nawaki, go seek reinforcements!"
Even in such a situation, his priority was clear
Nawaki must not die here.
"Tsk tsk."
Karl looked at the scene below, a faint smile appearing on his lips.
This version of Orochimaru was somewhat different from the one he remembered—less cold, more human.
But regardless…
Karl had no intention of tolerating attacks directed at him.
Jiraiya had already learned that lesson.
Orochimaru would be no exception.
Karl's figure rose slightly in the air, effortlessly dodging Orochimaru's incoming strike.
Then he counterattacked.
A simple kick.
Yet the force behind it was like a meteor strike.
Orochimaru's body shot downward at terrifying speed, smashing into the ground and creating a massive crater, dust and debris exploding outward.
Karl glanced at Orochimaru, now embedded in the earth, and spoke calmly.
"You don't need to panic. I was entrusted by Tsunade to save her brother."
"There is a trap ahead."
As he spoke, Karl no longer paid attention to the people present.
His mission was already complete.
In a flash, his figure disappeared once more.
He had no interest in forming relationships here this world was merely a stop along the way.
Using his Super Vision, Karl quickly located Tsunade in another area of the battlefield.
At this moment, Tsunade was kneeling beside an injured ninja, her hands glowing with medical chakra as she performed treatment—demonstrating the beginnings of the legendary medical ninjutsu she would later perfect.
Karl descended from the sky and appeared beside her.
"I have already saved your brother. So, I will leave now."
Tsunade froze for a moment.
She didn't recognize him.
Because from her perspective, none of this had happened yet.
Due to Karl reversing time and altering events, Nawaki had never died in this timeline.
Naturally, she had never posted the mission in the Chat Group.
Everything had been overwritten.
It was a paradox.
Similar to certain time-travel events in DC, like when The Flash ran faster than light, returning to the past and changing catastrophic futures, creating entirely new timelines.
Or events comparable to "Flashpoint," where altering a single moment reshaped the entire world.
In those scenarios, only the speedster himself retained memory of the original timeline.
Everyone else lived in the rewritten reality.
Karl's current situation was exactly the same.
Only he remembered.
Only he knew that in another version of history, Nawaki had died.
And that he had personally rewritten that fate.
In this world now…
That tragedy had never happened.
....