Script for Linking multiple layers to a null layer

I'm trying to link multiple layers to an animated null layer but I want each layer to start the animation from layer starting time.
What would be the script I need to add instead duplicating null layer for every layers?
I hope that question isn't too confusing to understand lol
TIA
W

Sorry, I'm not good at explaining things though texts lol
Hopefully this picture can explain better what I'm trying to achieve.
I want to link the text layers to ROTATE null object but I want the keyframes to start at the beginning of each of text layer. This way, I won't need keyframes for each text layer and I can adjust the timing easier later. I know the script lines to link them to a null object but I can't figure out the line to tell the keyframes to start at the beginning of the layer instead the null object in the timeline.
I think I just made this more confusing lol

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