With Tsunade's order, it was as good as done.
Mufasa wasted no time. He swapped himself with an electromagnetic clone, leaving his decoy behind.
In a flash, he arrived at the massive ironworks and ninja factory that Shimura Danzo had meticulously constructed.
Standing at the edge of the site, Mufasa took a long look at the factory before him. Danzo had certainly built something impressive.
A smirk crept onto his face.
"Let's see what real demolition looks like."
His expression darkened as he slowly lifted his hands.
'Electromagnetic Style: Magnetic Field Control.'
Magnetism itself was unseen, yet its power was absolute. In an instant, his influence spread across the entire factory grounds, covering both structures in his unseen grip.
Every piece of metal in the vicinity shuddered.
Mufasa's intent was clear—he would strip the factories of every metal object, and use them to temper his Giant Judgement Eye.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The ground trembled.
Crack!
The cement walls of the buildings crumbled like dried leaves, revealing the intricate network of steel bars hidden beneath.
Without hesitation, the rebar twisted and shot into the air, drawn by Mufasa's control.
Click.
Click.
More cracks spread across the factory floors, widening, deepening. The destruction had only begun.
Next came the equipment—
The blast furnaces.
The heavy-duty lathes.
The carts and conveyor belts.
Gears, tools, labels—
Every single metallic object was ripped from its place, drawn toward Mufasa like a hundred birds returning to their nest.
Clang!
Boom!
The two once-thriving factory zones collapsed as if an unseen giant had crushed them underfoot.
The buildings were reduced to mere ruins, stripped of any trace of their former purpose.
Shimura Danzo's years of effort vanished in an instant.
Mufasa ran his fingers across a piece of steel floating in front of him, analyzing its quality. A satisfied chuckle escaped him.
"Danzo sure used some solid materials. Thanks for that."
He raised his hands higher, drawing the swirling metal toward his giant eye. The storm of steel orbited around it, rotating in a controlled dance.
Then, with a single push of his palms—
The whirlwind intensified.
The metal spun, fusing together, layer by layer, reinforcing the eye's structure. Slowly but surely, the giant eye grew denser, its foundation stronger than ever before.
Finally, it held firm, showing no sign of collapse.
And then, like an unending storm, lightning-charged water cascaded down, surging in an unstoppable torrent.
Mufasa stood at the center of the chaos, his power unquestioned.
The Giant Judgement Eye was like a bottomless sink, absorbing an endless torrent of lightning without faltering.
Now, everyone on the ground could see it clearly.
Tsunade let out a joyous yell. "Haha.... He really did it, that guy!"
Overcome with excitement, Tsunade clenched her fist while looking up at Mufasa in the sky. The disaster that had threatened to destroy the village had finally been averted.
Regaining her composure, Tsunade barked out orders. "Quickly, locate the four Lightning Release ninjas!"
Konoha's forces, stationed throughout the village, now saw a glimmer of hope. Kakashi, standing among them, flung a kunai, cutting down the zombie-like enemies in front of him.
"Everyone, it's time to fight back!" he commanded.
The young powerhouses of Konoha roared in unison.
"Hah!"
With renewed morale, the counterattack began.
"Fang Over Fang!"
"Human Boulder!"
"Shadow Sewing Jutsu!"
"Eight Trigrams Palm!"
Konoha's shinobi surged forward, pushing back against the tide of destruction.
Meanwhile, in the distance, a figure seethed with rage. His carefully orchestrated devastation had been undone so easily.
This was unacceptable.
He had one goal now—eliminate Mufasa, the one who had stopped the Limelight Technique.
He charged toward the village at full speed, his horse galloping furiously beneath him.
At that moment, Yamato located one of the four Lightning Release users—Kitane.
Using Wood Style: Silent Binding Jutsu, Yamato ensnared his target.
But Kitane was prepared. Without hesitation, he wielded his three-section black staff, channeling lightning through it.
"Lightning Release: Thunder Strike!"
Kitane slammed the iron staff into the ground. The concentrated electricity surged outward, shattering Yamato's wooden restraints into splinters.
Kitane moved instantly.
As his grip weakened, the technique sustaining Limelight also began to unravel.
Mufasa immediately sensed it—the intensity of the northern lightning was waning.
Unacceptable.
He had absorbed so much energy. Now, a new idea struck him.
"Let's go big this time."
Lightning in the other three directions was also weakening. Konoha's shinobi were locating and eliminating the remaining casters one by one.
But Mufasa wasn't going to leave anything to chance.
"I'll handle this myself."
He surged forward, diving straight into the heart of the Limelight formation.
Surrounded by lightning, he felt no discomfort. Instead, it felt like home.
Countless bolts of electricity crackled around him, wild and chaotic—yet, to him, they were as obedient as trained dogs.
Mufasa reached out.
A bolt of lightning leapt into his grasp like a living rope.
"Bind."
He hurled the bolt outward, wrapping it around the Giant Judgement Eye like a tether.
One wasn't enough.
He threw out several more, weaving a web of lightning ropes around the massive eye.
Meanwhile, Konoha's forces had eliminated one of the Lightning Release users.
With their formation breaking, the Limelight's formation started to collapse.
Lightning dispersed into the air, free at last.
But Mufasa wasn't going to let that power escape so easily.
"Come to me."
He pressed his palms together.
All the remaining lightning condensed into a massive orb of crackling energy.
Bolts of electricity arced along its surface like veins of living power.
Hanging from the orb's lightning ropes, the Giant Judgement Eye swung like a pendulum.
Mufasa gripped the massive thunderball with both hands.
He began to spin.
The motion transferred through the lightning ropes, sending the Giant Judgement Eye twirling like a spinning top in the sky.
The lightning arcs left behind dazzling streaks of light, forming a mesmerizing, radiant vortex in the sky.
The streaks connected, forming what looked like an enormous ceiling fan made of pure lightning.
The sight left the approaching enemy stunned.
"What the hell is this guy doing?!"
Even Tsunade was baffled. "Mufasa… what kind of madness is this?!"
The bizarre display caused even the Lightning Release users and Konoha's shinobi to pause mid-battle, their eyes locked on the sky.
Mufasa felt the momentum building.
It was time.
Just like launching a slingshot, he used the lightning ropes to catapult the Giant Judgement Eye skyward.
The massive eye soared through the air, dragged upward by the tightening thunderbolts.
As it ascended, the remnants of the Limelight Technique clung to it, drawn to its magnetic pull.
Mufasa wasn't done yet.
He charged his palms with electromagnetic energy.
BOOM!
He unleashed a devastating electromagnetic cannon, striking the Giant Judgement Eye.
The explosion sent waves of electricity cascading downward, crackling across the battlefield.
The sheer force of the attack propelled the eye further into the sky, accelerating like a rocket.
Another cannon blast.
And another.
Each shot intensified the storm within the eye.
The electromagnetic thrust sent it soaring higher, faster—until it vanished into the darkness above.
Tsunade's eyes widened.
"Did he just… send it into space?"
Mufasa smirked.
"Now, I have my own satellite ahead of schedule."
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