Awaken the Tenseigan, Become the Mastermind of the Shinobi World

The Raikage once again unleashed his full power. Lightning erupted around him, forming a massive sphere of crackling energy. His entire body shot forward like a cannonball, aimed straight at Hyuga Gakuya.

Gakuya showed no fear. He brought his hands together, and a golden orb of chakra gathered between his palms. As the Raikage charged in, Gakuya thrust the energy sphere forward with explosive force.

The two attacks collided with a thunderous explosion that shook all of Kumogakure. The entire village trembled under the pressure. When the smoke cleared, the Raikage was down on one knee, gasping heavily, clearly at his limit.

Gakuya stood tall and impassive, looking down at the Raikage with cold disdain.

"Farewell, Raikage-dono."

With that, Gakuya dived down at full speed, another energy sphere forming in his hand, ready to crush the Raikage where he knelt.

But just then, his path was blocked—two figures leapt into his way: Darui and Cee, the Raikage's guards.

The two unleashed their jutsu in an attempt to stop Gakuya's assault.

Blinding light flooded the battlefield, obscuring vision. But no matter how dazzling the technique, it couldn't blind Gakuya's Tenseigan.

Unmoved, Gakuya surged forward, the energy sphere in his hand glowing even brighter as he tore through their combined jutsu.

Darui and Cee were blasted back, pale and staggering from the impact.

The Raikage, seeing this, forced himself upright once more. Despite his battered body, he charged at Gakuya again. No matter how powerful the enemy, he would protect his people and his homeland.

"Raikage-dono, don't!" Darui shouted.

But the Raikage didn't stop. The lightning around him flared even more violently, as if his very body had become a living storm.

"Hmph. Fool." Gakuya sneered. With a grunt, he hurled the energy sphere straight at the Raikage.

In that critical moment, several shadows flashed into view and stood between Gakuya and the Raikage.

"Get out of here, Raikage-dono!" they shouted. ANBU from Kumogakure had arrived.

The golden energy sphere exploded in the next instant. The resulting shockwave leveled everything around it. The ANBU shielding the Raikage were vaporized instantly. Even the Raikage and his guards were blasted away by the aftershock.

"Damn it!" the Raikage growled, staring at the ruined landscape with rage and frustration burning in his chest.

"And how will you block this one?" Gakuya said coldly, raising his hand once more as another golden orb began to form.

Just before he could deliver the final blow, his body suddenly burst into a cloud of smoke—he had vanished.

Far away, the real Hyuga Gakuya had released his clone due to chakra constraints.

Everyone froze in disbelief.

"T-That was… just a clone?" Darui's voice trembled with shock.

Cee's face darkened, his voice a whisper: "If even his clone has that kind of power... then what kind of monster is the real one?"

The Raikage clenched his fists, fury and unease mixing in his heart.

"Damn it... we were pushed this far... by a clone."

The surrounding shinobi exchanged uneasy glances. That intense, earth-shaking battle had left them rattled. And now, realizing they had only fought a clone? The dread ran deep.

...

As the others tried to process what had happened, Deidara stayed alert, his eyes narrowed.

"Hmph... This fight isn't over yet!" he said with a wild grin, flashing through hand signs. "C3 Number 18!"

A giant clay figure materialized in the sky, radiating lethal energy.

Kumogakure's shinobi immediately leapt into action, hurling jutsu toward Deidara.

A barrage of ninjutsu streaked toward him, but Deidara deftly maneuvered his clay puppet, evading the attacks with ease.

"Hah! You think these party tricks can stop me?" Deidara cackled, sending his puppet into a counterattack.

From the puppet's body came a swarm of miniature bombs, swarming down like locusts.

"Watch out!" Darui shouted.

The shinobi scattered, but many were still caught in the blasts and thrown to the ground, injured.

Cee tried to counter with Storm Release, hoping to block the bombs—but there were simply too many. Even he was being overwhelmed.

Seeing Kumogakure's forces putting up resistance, Deidara decided it was time to go all in.

He stuffed a clump of explosive clay into his mouth and chewed. Then he spat out a massive puppet that looked exactly like himself.

"Heh, let's see how you handle my C4 Karura!" Deidara shouted gleefully.

The puppet exploded, releasing a flood of microscopic clay spiders invisible to the naked eye, which spread outward with terrifying speed.

Kumogakure's shinobi, unaware of the true danger, charged in to strike Deidara. But the Raikage suddenly shouted:

"Stay back! Something's wrong!"

Some shinobi had already inhaled the microscopic bombs. At first, they felt nothing. But within seconds, their limbs began to go numb, their bodies no longer responding properly.

Deidara smirked, his face filled with mad satisfaction. "Now then... it's time for my art to take its final bow!"

He prepared to detonate the deadly swarm.

Suddenly, Cee shouted, "Use Lightning Release! It counters his clay!"

The Raikage and several lightning-style shinobi immediately responded, unleashing waves of high-voltage chakra. Arcs of lightning crackled across the battlefield, forming a protective barrier.

As the clay spiders touched the lightning, they exploded. But the power of the explosions was greatly reduced.

Even so, those who had inhaled the clay bombs were instantly disintegrated—the nano-level explosions leaving nothing behind.

...

Deidara's expression twisted as he saw the devastating potential of C4 Karura being diminished.

He tried to launch more of the clay spiders, but Kumogakure's shinobi, under the Raikage's command, fought back relentlessly. Now aware of his weakness, they continually used Lightning Release to counter his art.

This infuriated Deidara.

"My art... you bastards keep destroying my art!" he roared.

He unleashed a wave of enhanced techniques, including C2 Dragon and more, but Kumogakure's shinobi met every assault with lightning. Explosion after explosion was dampened, neutralized.

The sky was filled with flashing light and thunderous booms as two forces clashed.

At last, driven to madness by frustration, Deidara decided to use his ultimate technique.

"If that's how it is... then feast your eyes on my greatest masterpiece—C0: Ultimate Art!"

He tore off his Akatsuki cloak, revealing his bare chest. From it, a fleshy mouth opened wide, and within it, a black gemstone pulsed with growing light. Natural energy around him surged wildly toward the gem.

The brilliance was blinding—like the world itself was about to be swallowed.

His eyes gleamed with madness, his twisted face illuminated by the radiance.

He fed his last piece of explosive clay into the mouth on his chest. It was immediately absorbed. His body convulsed violently, muscles swelling, veins bulging.

"This... this is my final art! You will all become ash in the glory of my explosion!" Deidara's voice was ecstatic, feverish.

This was his ultimate expression—his art, brought to life in one final, all-consuming blast.

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