Several days passed.
Levi rented an inconspicuous apartment in Metropolis.
For the past few days, he had done nothing—just sat by the window, basking in the sunlight.
That yellow sun was like an inexhaustible battery, continuously pouring energy into his body. He could feel the Kryptonian physique gradually merging with his existing powers. Every cell in his body pulsed with vitality, becoming tougher, stronger.
His injuries had long healed—without even a scar left behind.
He tested the abilities of his new body.
First, super hearing.
With a bit of focus, the entire city's sounds flooded into his mind. A couple arguing downstairs, coffee beans grinding at a corner café, the rumble of a subway several kilometers away, even the faint sound of a cat jumping off a wall.
The sheer volume of information nearly made his head explode at first. But he quickly learned to filter it—like tuning a radio—locking precisely onto the sounds he wanted.
Then came X-ray vision.
He looked at his own hand, his gaze piercing through skin and flesh to see bone. Beyond that—the apartment walls, the steel beams and wiring within, the TV program his neighbor was watching, even the sewer pipes beneath the street below.
Useful—but invasive. Levi decided not to use it unless absolutely necessary.
Every day, he used his super hearing to scan the entire planet like a tireless radar, searching for anomalies.
He heard mysterious chants deep within the Amazon rainforest. He heard the rhythmic heartbeat of a city beneath the Atlantic Ocean. He even heard the sound of a grappling hook slicing through the night sky in Gotham, belonging to the Dark Knight.
These were all future targets—but he wasn't in a hurry. First, he needed full control over his new powers.
Then today—he heard something different.
In Central City, a streak of red and yellow lightning flashed past, accompanied by a near-imperceptible sonic boom. It wasn't real lightning—it was the sound of something moving at extreme speed, tearing through the air.
Levi frowned.
He heard the heartbeat of its owner—absurdly fast, almost blending into a continuous line. He even caught a fleeting, blurred sentence:
"The pizza's gonna get cold!"
This speed far surpassed anything like Quicksilver. And the underlying law… it felt completely different from anything he had encountered before.
Levi grew interested.
He stood and walked to the window, looking toward Central City.
Maybe it was time to meet a new "friend."
He didn't hesitate.
Activating his spatial law, he felt a familiar sluggish resistance—like swimming through thick syrup. It wasn't as smooth as in the Marvel universe, but it was enough.
His figure blurred.
The next second, he was already over a hundred kilometers away—in Central City.
Closing his eyes, he unleashed his super hearing and instantly locked onto that unique heartbeat.
The red-yellow blur zipped through the city—stopping briefly at an office building, then appearing at a residential area, like an overworked delivery guy.
Levi didn't try to chase him.
He knew better—pure speed wouldn't be enough to catch him.
Instead, he stood quietly atop a building, like a lurking predator, observing the pattern.
Minutes passed.
He figured it out.
There was no pattern—that was the pattern.
The speedster was handling trivial everyday tasks, moving in completely random routes.
If he couldn't catch him—he'd make him stop.
A faint smile curved Levi's lips.
He picked a quiet alley—a route the speedster would inevitably pass through.
Taking off his coat, he made himself look disheveled, like an unemployed drifter.
Then he waited.
Three seconds.
Two.
One.
Just as the red-yellow streak was about to enter the alley—
Levi moved.
As if tripping over something, he stumbled forward, falling right into the center of the alley.
The motion wasn't fast—almost clumsy.
But the timing was perfect.
The speeding figure noticed him.
A sharp braking sound tore through the air, the scent of burnt friction spreading. The figure stopped less than a centimeter in front of Levi, the gust nearly blowing his hair apart.
A hand caught him firmly.
"Hey! You okay?"
A young, slightly breathless voice.
Levi looked up and saw a youthful face—kind, concerned.
He staggered slightly, leaning against the wall, wearing a dazed expression.
And in that 0.01 second of contact—
His palm pressed firmly against the other's shoulder.
The cold system prompt rang out in his mind.
[Unknown law energy detected: Speed Force]
[Copy?]
Levi's heart skipped a beat.
Of course he knew what the Speed Force was.
It wasn't just speed—it was the very source of speed in the DC universe. A conduit connecting past, present, and future. Mastering it meant holding the key to time travel and reality manipulation.
He didn't hesitate.
Copy.
Instantly, a far more violent and chaotic torrent of energy than ever before surged into his body through his hand.
It wasn't just energy.
It was fragments of time—countless broken scenes of past and future.
He saw the extinction of dinosaurs. The birth of humanity. A man in red dissolving into light on a treadmill. And himself—standing amidst ruins, holding six Infinity Stones.
Countless causal threads tangled, collided, tore apart inside him.
Pain exploded through his body.
His domain spiraled out of control.
Space warped. Power ran wild. Reality blurred. He felt himself being torn into fragments—scattered across different timelines.
At the same time, the young man holding him—Barry Allen, the Flash—felt something was terribly wrong.
An indescribable suction force came from Levi. The Speed Force within Barry surged out like a breached dam. He tried to pull back—but his hand felt welded in place.
He watched in horror as Levi's body flickered in and out of existence. The air around him cracked like shattering glass. Tiny spatial rifts blinked in and out around him.
"What… what are you doing to me?!" Barry shouted.
Levi didn't respond.
All his will was focused on suppressing the chaos within.
He needed an anchor—something to stabilize the collision of two time-based powers.
His gaze swept over Barry's panicked face, the ordinary surroundings—
—and finally landed on his own clenched fist.
Inside it was the only thing that truly belonged to him:
His ruthless will to survive.
His domineering resolve to take everything.
That was it.
A flicker of madness crossed his eyes.
Instead of balancing the two forces—
He forced them together.
"There is no past. No future. Only the present—and I decide it!"
His will became an invisible hand, grabbing the red lightning of the Speed Force and the green glow of the Time Stone, crushing them together like dough.
The pain multiplied ten thousandfold.
His soul felt like it was being torn apart.
But he endured.
He didn't know if he'd succeed—only that he couldn't lose.
At that moment, Barry finally broke free.
He staggered back, staring in shock.
Levi was now engulfed in a storm of red and green energy. At its core, time and space had turned into chaos. Walls and ground were breaking down and reforming.
Barry knew—if he didn't act, all of Central City would be dragged in.
He took a deep breath, preparing to enter the Speed Force and reverse the damage—
But just as he moved—
The storm collapsed inward.
All the chaos vanished in an instant.
Levi stood there, pale, sweating—but his eyes burned with clarity.
He had succeeded.
The two time-based powers, after a brutal clash, had reached a fragile balance under his will. The Speed Force hadn't fully merged—it lingered like a wild beast, barely contained within his domain.
[Copy successful]
[Ability acquired: Speed Force]
[Warning: This ability is अत्यremely unstable. Each use will cause irreversible disturbances to the host's timeline. Use with caution.]
Levi ignored the warning.
He looked up, meeting Barry's wary, confused gaze.
"Who… are you?" Barry asked, tense and ready.
Levi grinned.
"Relax. I'm a good guy."
The next moment—
He vanished in a streak of golden light.
Barry stood there, stunned, feeling the slightly weakened Speed Force within him—
completely baffled.
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