"I'll let you witness the power of the ultimate puppet weapon I created!"
The giant spider, which had been severed in half, fused itself back together instantly.
A moment later...
WHIP
Countless chakra threads erupted from Mukade's body and shot toward every destroyed puppet in the factory.
The broken puppets floated… then snapped together piece by piece, merging toward Mukade's core.
In just a few seconds—
Mukade's form elongated, expanded, twisted—
Until he became something like a massive centipede puppet, towering twenty to thirty meters tall.
"This is… my brand new body!!!"
Mukade roared with ecstatic madness.
This was the first time he had ever used this transformation.
SWISH—!!
Kakashi launched a chakra-infused slash.
The blade-light sliced across the gigantic puppet—
But this time, it didn't cut him cleanly.
Mukade's new body was simply too massive.
BOOM!
A purple chakra thread immediately appeared.
The wound healed as though it had never existed.
"Hahahahaha! In Rōran, my power is limitless!"
Mukade's laughter echoed throughout the cavern, full of newfound arrogance and delusion.
He felt unstoppable—invincible—even destined.
"Yep… classic villain," Yagami muttered.
"They always die because they talk too much."
Then he turned to future Kakashi.
"I figured out his weakness."
"Huh?"
Kakashi looked at him, confused.
Mukade also paused mid-gloat, staring blankly.
When did he expose his weakness??
"Since he just said his power here is unlimited," Yagami said with irritation,
"what exactly is he relying on?"
Kakashi blinked.
Yagami stared harder.
Did this guy lose half his intelligence after learning Kenjutsu?
"The Ryūmyaku!!!"
Kakashi finally realized.
If Mukade's power came from the Ryūmyaku veins—
Then cutting off that power source meant ending his regeneration.
"Yes. Once the Ryūmyaku stops flowing, he'll die from one clean hit."
Yagami nodded with satisfaction.
BOOM!! ×4
Mukade suddenly shook violently.
He understood.
He had exposed the biggest flaw of his existence.
Terrified, he immediately began scrambling upward, climbing the walls with desperate speed.
"He ran away…?"
Kakashi blinked.
Was he that scared of one sentence?
Yagami was stunned for a heartbeat—
then shot upward like a cannon.
Metal debris and puppet scraps rained down from above.
Meanwhile, Above Ground…
"Hah… hah… finally… finally climbed out…"
"Fresh air…!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty Sārah…!"
Under Sārah, Naruko, and the others' guidance, the enslaved workers finally emerged from the underground hell.
They breathed in the open air with trembling joy.
They had been trapped for so long they nearly forgot what the sky felt like.
Just as they began relaxing—
RRRMMMBLE—!!!
The entire ground shook violently.
A monstrous puppet burst up through the earth.
"SĀRAH!!!"
The giant puppet roared and swung a massive claw straight at her.
Mukade's mind was racing.
Sārah's life was his final weakness.
If he killed her before Kakashi arrived, he would remain immortal.
"Your Majesty Sārah—!!"
The newly-rescued citizens screamed.
Sārah froze in pure terror.
The wind pressure from the massive claw nearly knocked her down.
She could feel her heartbeat stop.
Her blood went cold.
She thought she was going to die—
BOOOOOOM——!!!
The ground erupted violently.
A wave of blue sword-light launched upward like a tsunami.
The slash tore through the earth—
Then sliced the giant puppet cleanly in half.
The leftover shockwave hurled the bisected puppet into the sky like scrap metal.
"What—?!"
Kakashi and Tekuno had just climbed out of the underground passage.
They stopped mid-step, jaws dropping, eyes bulging.
They had witnessed the slash with their own eyes.
Everyone else was frozen like statues.
The only person unfazed was Naruko.
She casually lifted a slice of watermelon and took a bite, completely unbothered.
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