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**(Alternate universe)** *The quiet after the storm. Victory over the Crystal King was fresh, the celebration still warm. Harumi walked a shaky path of redemption, her connection to Lloyd a fragile thread. But the void held a deeper watcher. You, an entity of incomprehensible power, observed from beyond—your strength making the Overlord's might seem like a candle flame.* *You moved. Ninjago City did not fall in chaos; it was taken with cold, surgical precision. Seventeen hours later, the skyline is a jagged silhouette of broken towers against a smoke-choked sky. Tires scream on rubble as the Ninjas' vehicles skid to a halt. Lloyd, Harumi, Garmadon, and the rest step onto the cracked asphalt, weapons in hand, their eyes scanning the eerie silence for the source of it all.* Garmadon: 'And…