Isn't This the Magnetic Pulse Coil from Red Alert?

From the moment Danzo led his army toward Moon Lake, a trap targeting Jing Hang had slowly begun to take shape. From the initial fierce charge, to the later attacks on the supply lines, to the Three Legendary Ninja personally guarding the grain route—everything had been meant to lure Jing Hang into this trap. Then kill him.

"Your Danzo is truly ruthless. To kill me, he did not hesitate to sacrifice so many people. But even without me, you'll still lose this war."

Jing Hang spoke coldly to the crowd. As a commander, Danzo had ignored logistics and his flanks, marched more than two thousand two hundred li in a long-range raid, and launched continuous attacks for three days regardless of casualties. It was undoubtedly madness. According to incomplete statistics, Hidden Leaf Village had lost over two thousand ninja, all for one person! Truly, one general's success was built atop ten thousand bones. Anyone less than a complete lunatic could never have done such a thing.

"No, you're being too modest. You're far more formidable than you think." Danzo appeared from who knew where.

"As a leader, you are qualified—no, outstanding. I specifically studied your records and everything you did after taking office. Your overall style is farsighted, precise in judgment, decisive, and capable. Back when you served as Shamon's guard, you earned the recognition of every major family and faction in Sunagakure, and held extremely high prestige among frontline ninja. Before the war began, you did everything you could to prevent it, because you knew a major power would inevitably intervene. After becoming Kazekage, you defeated Sakumo Hatake on the western front by yourself, then decisively withdrew from the Night-Cry Sand Sea on the northern front. No one without a broader vision could have made such judgments. You have cohesion, prestige, vision, and methods. Your strength is unfathomable as well. You are a Kazekage far more difficult to deal with than Shamon, and someone capable of changing the course of the war. So, I'm sorry. Though I admire you as a ninja, for the sake of Hidden Leaf Village's successors having one fewer powerful enemy in the future, you must die here today. As for sacrifice... heh, what ninja doesn't make sacrifices?"

That final sentence made all three of the Three Legendary Ninja glance sideways.

"What if I represent Sunagakure and form an alliance with your Hidden Leaf Village?"

Danzo froze for a moment, then the corner of his mouth twitched.

"You've just given me another reason I have to kill you."

"Damn, what was that?"

"You have no shame. Someone like you can accomplish great things if you stay alive."

"But what if you can't keep me here?" Jing Hang rubbed his shoulder, which had nearly been tied numb and bloodless.

"Move, now!" Nara Shikacho's expression changed drastically.

Before his words had even faded, the Iron Sand attached to the arched iron towers changed. It became black iron rings that floated up and down, forming a single-file line around Jing Hang's body and pulsing in a steady rhythm. Part of the Iron Sand transformed into several strange patterns, and crackling sounds seemed to fill the air, like the static from pulling off a sweater in winter.

Looking again at Jing Hang, every strand of hair on his head had exploded outward inside the iron towers, making him look like a hedgehog. Light shone from his eyes, and he resembled a god. The iron rings moved even faster as a massive black iron sphere rose to the top of the towers.

"Crackle!" A bolt of lightning as thick as a bucket shot from the iron sphere and struck Nara Shikacho dead-on, instantly turning him into a charred corpse.

"Danzo, thank you for fulfilling a dream I've had for years. I've wanted to play with this for a long time, but I never had the money. Look. Feel it. The Soviet Magnetic Pulse Coil!"

With Jing Hang's furious roar, countless arcs of electricity burst from the black sphere! Like the roar of a monster!

As a transmigrator born in the '80s, Red Alert was undoubtedly an eternal childhood memory. As a die-hard Soviet fan, Jing Hang naturally knew traditional defensive structures like the Magnetic Pulse Coil inside and out. Moreover, in a pirated domestic game called Red Dragon's Roar, this electromagnetic defense tower had been designed in another bizarre shape. Build two or three of them, and enemy ground troops basically could not get through. That shape was extremely similar to the five arched towers made of magnets that had trapped Jing Hang!

Once, while scrolling through short videos, he seemed to have come across one claiming that Soviet scientists during Brezhnev's era had actually researched a similar weapon. It could emit high-voltage electromagnetic pulses of up to seven hundred thousand volts at an electrical testing ground. However, its attack range was limited, and once deployed, it had trouble distinguishing friend from foe. Its practical effectiveness was far inferior to conventional weapons like the T-72 main battle tank and the Su-27 fighter jet, so the project had been discontinued. But Jing Hang had happened to glimpse its blueprint. At the time, he had found its complex circuitry strangely technological, so he downloaded it and made it his laptop wallpaper. After transmigrating, Jing Hang had experimented from memory with his Magnet Release. But the same old problems remained: it could not distinguish friend from foe, its range was limited, and it was absurdly expensive—mainly the last part. Naturally, he had abandoned the plan. But today, Danzo had generously funded the setup, so how could he not make the most of it?

You thought a few lousy magnets could suck away all my Iron Sand? What a joke! Every grain of my Iron Sand is a magnet. Playing with magnetism? You haven't even finished elementary school! Do you know Oersted's Law? Do you know Faraday's Law? Have you mastered one slow motion with the left hand and one with the right? Know your limits.

Just as the electromagnetic coil filled with energy again and was about to erupt, Tsunade charged forward with the Hundred Healings Mark covering her face, ignoring the scorching lightning. Several bolts struck her, instantly blackening her snowy skin before it recovered just as quickly. With one domineering punch, she knocked down one of the magnetic towers, and all the electrical light went out at once.

"You're an incredible person. You could become Hokage." Jing Hang gave Tsunade a thumbs-up.

Jing Hang's entire body became enveloped in blue Lightning Release Armor, leaving behind an afterimage as he vanished before everyone's eyes...

"He can use Lightning Release too... Isn't that Hidden Cloud's Lightning Release Armor?" Danzo muttered.

After returning to the camp, Jing Hang suffered a hairdryer-like bombardment from the council of elders led by Chiyo. Only after repeatedly apologizing, humbling himself, and promising never to try such dangerous stunts again was he finally spared. Before anyone could even take a sip of tea, Jing Hang dropped another bombshell.

"What? You want to form an alliance with Hidden Leaf Village?!"

"Yeah. Is that not allowed?" Jing Hang asked with a smile.

The room immediately erupted again. Some said, "Second Kazekage Shamon's bones aren't even cold yet, and the Third Kazekage is already doing this. He's breaking everyone's hearts." Others said, "So much blood has been spilled. We can't just let it end like this." Still others said, "The situation is favorable now. We should press on and strike directly at Hidden Leaf Village." Every one of them was filled with righteous indignation, practically ready to slam tables and smash chairs.

Only Elder Chiyo had been warned in advance. She slammed her palm onto the table and shouted, "Lord Kazekage hasn't even finished speaking, and you're already chattering away. What kind of behavior is this?!" Everyone fell silent at once.

Still smiling, Jing Hang said calmly, "In this world, there are no eternal enemies, and no absolute friends. There are only eternal interests." Those few words stunned everyone into silence like schoolchildren. Chiyo secretly gave him a thumbs-up. Jing Hang truly was born to be Kazekage material. Even a casual sentence from him sounded so imposing.

"We have actually already won this war. But what benefit can we gain from it? Killing a few more Hidden Leaf Village ninja? That has no meaning for Sunagakure. It will only deepen the hatred between us and create a situation where neither side can rest until the other is dead. And that situation is unfavorable to Sunagakure." Jing Hang looked around. Good, everyone was listening attentively, so he continued.

"Hidden Leaf Village has deep foundations. Their number of ninja is roughly three times ours, and their resources are beyond anything we can compare to. Winning this war was already a tremendous bargain for us. If Hidden Leaf Village loses this one, it can still fight the next. But us? Heh. Let me tell you privately: the daimyo of the Land of Wind has already stopped issuing our war funds. We no longer have the money to fight another war."

Everyone was instantly stunned, followed by an uproar.

"Furthermore, according to intelligence, Hidden Stone Village, Hidden Mist Village, and Hidden Cloud are all training and preparing their forces. Another great ninja war is already unavoidable."

The uproar grew even louder. Jing Hang tapped the table, signaling everyone to quiet down.

"Our Hidden Sand Village has long been poor and weak, with limited strength. Before all-out war spreads across the land, I believe we should take the initiative to withdraw from the conflict, recover and build our strength, and use the war to develop ourselves!"