"This… what is this?!"
On the back of the colossal bone dragon — vast as a living continent — Uzumaki Kushina, cloaked in the violent red chakra of the Nine-Tails, fell to her knees, dragging Kasumigaoka Utaha down with her.
Both women collapsed helplessly, bodies trembling, as if their bones had melted into liquid.
Their wide, horrified eyes stared at the apocalyptic landscape below.
When the Chaos Dragon Leviathan plummeted from the heavens and slammed into the earth, it felt like the end of the world itself.
Deep inside Kushina's soul, even the mighty Nine-Tails trembled like a leaf.
"W-What kind of monster is this…?"
"Is he… like the Sage of Six Paths himself?!"
Inside the sealed space, the Kyuubi had curled into a tight ball, like a frightened animal seeking shelter.
Its great burning eyes flickered with primal fear.
This was supposed to be Kushina's friend?
This?
No. Absolutely not.
From this day forward, the Nine-Tails swore to lend Kushina every ounce of its power without complaint.
If it didn't…
If it angered that terrifying man called Jaeger…
"I'll be killed… and that tanuki will laugh at me forever." Kurama seethed as it imagined the One-Tail mocking its death.
Meanwhile, in the group chat
Uchiha Miyuki: "Woooow! I'm not hallucinating, right?! I KNEW it! Jaeger's totally the MAIN CHARACTER!"
Yamamoto Mei: "Calm down! It looks flashy, but he hasn't sunk a whole continent. Yet."
Yamamoto Mei: "But seriously… Jaeger-kun, it's been what? A few weeks since you got your ability? The growth rate is insane. The 'Hand of Hermes' really deserves being called the Left Hand of God."
Esdeath: "Terrifying. Even if I encased myself in an entire iceberg, I'd still be crushed into a red smear."
Tohsaka Sakura: "Jaeger-nii's Noble Phantasm is definitely more powerful than most Heroic Spirits'!!"
Kasumigaoka Utaha: "Honestly… I was so scared, I couldn't even think."
And among all voices, hers carried the deepest truth.
No one at the battlefield understood that terror better than Utaha.
Watching Jaeger unleash such destructive might made something painfully clear:
If she didn't start growing stronger — if she didn't evolve...
one day, she wouldn't even have the right to stand beside him.
She'd be left behind.
Just another spectator watching the livestream of the strongest.
Uchiha Miyuki: "So, what incredible Noble Phantasm did Saint Jaeger get this time?! Congratulations in advance! Also, uh, please ignore me bullying you before… and stop stealing my waifus!"
Nerona Jaeger: "@Uchiha Miyuki — Don't worry. You'll have your chance to lose in a fair fight."
Nerona Jaeger: "And whose waifus? They were never yours."
Nerona Jaeger: "By the way… I haven't gotten the Phantasm yet."
Yamamoto Mei: "Eh? Seriously?"
Esdeath: "Wait, then the Third Raikage isn't dead?"
Nerona Jaeger: "Exactly. His will to live is insane."
Jaeger deactivated Leviathan.
The colossal skeletal dragon collapsed into dust and faded.
He descended to the ground — now a vast crater of blood-red dirt and shattered bone.
Pure devastation.
Everywhere he looked:
Nothing but scorched terrain, ash, and pulverized remains of ten thousand Iwa-nin.
And nearby, half-buried in rubble, lay the Third Raikage.
His body was mangled beyond recognition — so ruined he barely resembled a living creature.
Only the faintest rise and fall of his chest proved he still clung to life.
Jaeger approached, muttering:
"Impressive. Even after that… he's alive."
"It was just raw impact. If the Third Tsuchikage survived Madara's Tengai Shinsei shockwave, then the Raikage — with stronger defense — surviving Leviathan's fall isn't impossible."
Standing over the broken titan, Jaeger mused:
"I wonder… if leveling up Leviathan lets it use a true destructive skill, instead of just brute force?"
The Raikage, barely conscious, opened his eyes.
"You… who… are you…?"
His voice was ruined, hoarse — but his will still burned.
Jaeger smiled softly.
"Nerona Jaeger. A noble from another world."
"A guest invited by Uchiha Miyuki."
The Raikage's cracked lips twitched into a faint smile.
"Then… I die… without regret…"
He didn't understand the situation completely.
But he knew this:
If he could fall while taking ten thousand enemy shinobi with him — buying time for his village —
that was enough.
His burden ended here.
Under Jaeger's calm gaze, the mighty Third Raikage's eyes closed for the last time.
His breathing stopped.
A violent surge of energy erupted from his corpse, flooding into Jaeger's left arm like a river of divine lightning.
The Third Raikage's legend—
his life, his myth, his indomitable will—
was captured, crystallized, and forged by the Hand of Hermes.
[You have acquired a new Noble Phantasm!]
『I Am the Lightning that Tears the Stars』
Rank: — (Unquantified)
Class: National Treasure — Star-Class
Category: Anti-Army / Anti-World (Potential)
State: Growth-Type
A crystallized myth formed from the Third Raikage's legend of unstoppable lightning, reborn through the divine formula of Hermes' "Left Hand of God."
A conceptual armament tracing back to Zeus' primordial cosmic bolt of destruction.
This noble arm does not borrow lightning.
It is lightning—the pure archetype of celestial wrath that tears apart stars.
Currently immature, sealed beneath layers of divine inertia.
But its potential is unmistakably astral-tier, capable of eventually surpassing even the Divine King himself.
Effects:
Divine Lightning Fusion
The user becomes an entity of conceptual thunder.
Offense: Absolute Penetration
Cuts through chakra, mana, energy, and even spatial constructs.
Defense: Invincibility-Type
Physical and magical attacks become irrelevant to an existence made of lightning.
The true brilliance awakens only when invoked with the Mystic Words of Power — a god-script aria.
Chanting it multiplies destructive authority severalfold.
Jaeger absorbed the information.
"Not bad."
"It mirrors the Raikage perfectly — an indestructible lightning body wrapped around overwhelming force."
He casually posted the info to the chat.
Nerona Jaeger: "[Picture]"
Luo Hao: "So Hermes' hand has called down Zeus' wrath… I wonder how this compares to the Heretic God Zeus of my world."
Uchiha Miyuki: "WHAAAT?! That's literally lightning that can destroy PLANETS, isn't it?!"
Yamamoto Mei: "Relax — it's only a National Treasure right now. But still… the offense-defense synergy suits you perfectly, Jaeger-kun."
Esdeath: "Becoming lightning itself… it feels like a Logia fruit."
Uchiha Miyuki: "Yes! But Divine Lightning is way beyond the 'Lightning Fruit.' You can't just block it with Haki!"
Uchiha Miyuki: "This is so unfair! @Jaeger you HAVE to let me see it in action!"
Nerona Jaeger: "Of course."
Nerona Jaeger: "I'll use you for the test."
Uchiha Miyuki: "HUH?!"
Tohsaka Sakura: "Poor Miyuki-senpai…"
Yamamoto Mei: "Hah. You teased Jaeger-kun earlier. You dug your own grave."
Uchiha Miyuki: "NOOO! That's the Divine King's lightning! I'll get vaporized!"
Uchiha Miyuki: "@Luo Hao Onee-sama SAVE ME! I'M STILL YOUNG! I HAVEN'T EVEN LIT CANDLES WITH GIRLS YET!!"
Luo Hao: "Your rotten personality is hopeless…"
Luo Hao: "But I, too, am curious.
Jaeger — when you liberate this Noble Phantasm, you will livestream it."
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