The gigantic black dot in the sky witnessed the change of an era.
Ray stared at the skies where the Eclipse had begun to pass, an astronomical event that didn't make sense. A 'Full-moon eclipse', so to speak, in which a gigantic black dot implied the presence of a titanic object between the earth and the moon.
All over the world, astronomers and scientists who studied the stars were baffled, stupefied, wondering what the explanation of this event was.
Not too far away from the village, approximately twenty kilometres north. A camp of Kumogakure rested for the night while making their way to Konoha for the summit.
"Brother!" Killer B yelled. A, who was in the middle of doing some paperwork, came out of his tent to see the gigantic eclipse that made what was supposed to be a bright sky into shrouding darkness. A white ring that barely emitted any light.
The winds were strong, and there was a heavy atmosphere that pressed on their shoulders.
"Ray...?" He thought, recalling the moment in which the gigantic fox fell from the skies previously. There hadn't been any eclipse, but the atmosphere felt eerie back then.
"I am quite thrilled to meet this young man~ you're telling me he did this? It's so beautiful!"
"Settle down, Yugito... I have dibs!" Mabui growled.
"Samui told me his lovers are all light-skinned. Are you sure about that?~" Yugito Nii continued to tease the lady who wasn't having any of it.
"This is going to be an interesting summit", A smiled, eager to meet this new friend again.
He wasn't the only one. All Kages from their respective lands were slowly approaching the meeting hub, Konoha. All of them looked at the skies and witnessed what an impossible event.
All of the Kages realised deep inside that times had changed beyond redemption and a new moon was shining for the world, signifying a new era.
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Both Sun and Moon watched Itachi's lost silhouette. Resembling a man who had lost all purpose. He had a vacant eye socket where his eye used to be, but that empty cavity didn't have any more light than his remaining eye.
He looked like he wanted to die as soon as possible to end the endless shame. When he took a Kunai and put it against his neck, that was the last straw.
After everything that had happened... everything that this man went through, Ray didn't feel like letting it all just end like that.
It wasn't only for Azrael's sake.
Soon, the angel approached with Naruto in tow. Ray already knew the kid was around; he thought maybe he could get some experience by fighting the Anbu. But let alone fighting, he wasn't even allowed to show himself before Azrael caught him.
"My lord", Azrael greeted me, then looked at Haku and stretched her hand forward, presenting the annoying kid who nuzzled his painful ear, "Could you please take this troublemaker to Tsunade?"
"Oji-san! Help!"
"There is nothing I can do for you, Naruto... don't get caught next time".
"Don't worry, master, I will take care of this naughty brat" Haku, as always, loved to take care of the kids, "I let this kid in the fight. I thought the little fox inside him was going to make an appearance, but it didn't. That's a little disappointing~"
"Let me go, granny!"
*SNORT!*
"Granny?~ clearly, light punishment is not enough for you, brat! You and that fox inside you will both get it!"
"Hyaaaa!!!"
"Off you go, boy", Ray saluted him, knowing the kid (and the fox inside him) were going to spend their most torturous hours, 'But who knows...? Knowing Haku, she will likely just shove a hundred kilos of ramen down his throat... it is up to Naruto if that's torture or a paradise'.
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"My lord, I need your help".
I thought hell would freeze before Azrael asked me for anything. I immediately felt eager to help with a smile.
"What do you want me to do, love?~".
"It is a bit complex, please come..." Azrael popped up another pair of wings, then took Itachi by his arm.
"I do not care if you choose life or death in the end. But you are going to witness the end of your justice, Uchiha Itachi. I shall see this through..."
She didn't give him a choice. Azrael shot into the skies, dragging Itachi along. Once she reached her destination, she created a cluster of mist and stepped into it, appearing right next to her, much to Itachi's shock.
This boy was just seeing things that defied what he knew about this world over and over again... with a single eye, on top of that.
I looked around. We were on those face-shaped mountains at the edge of the village. To be more specific, on the head of the Fourth Hokage.
Azrael put Itachi down and walked up to me. She then took the gigantic magnifying glass she had on her back, knelt down and presented it to me. I just took it, thinking she was only giving back to me what she received from Galadriel.
But she had other plans. Azrael began praying... there and then.
"My lord, please show this village the truth".
"... pardon?".
Her faithful eyes stared at me like I was a deity capable of anything and everything. She said again with a voice full of conviction, "Please, the truth that we have seen, show it to them".
"..."
'How the fuck am I supposed to do that?'
Mind you, ever since I became an Overgod, I haven't had much to test my strength with (mostly because I inadvertently made all my women into monsters that can sort most of the problems of their own and won't let me do a thing...)
I have a lot of firepower and nigh-omniscience due to Energy Records. But that doesn't mean I can do everything. I may be the strongest among all of us when it comes to power and energy, but entities like Kurumi and Albedo can still give me trouble due to their intricate concepts.
I can't tamper or control time... let alone 'Lust' is one of my weaknesses... so those two monsters could somehow give me trouble. There is Hannah, too, whose power is starting to become a little ridiculous.
Basically, I can't just do EVERYTHING. And that includes something intricate like what she's saying.
Azrael remained on her knees, waiting for my miracles. While Itachi just looked at me with that eye of his, not believing I was capable of doing what she just asked, yet... thinking about the possibilities.
I took the Soul Stone Ember, felt its power rush into me and then suck my energy in a form of retro-alimentation. The moment it touched me, it acknowledged me as its master and showed me its love. As would anything coming from Galadriel.
However, there was still a little unexpected hurdle.
When I imbued it with my power and tried to do anything other than just watch through the lens, I got a prompt... a small screen popped up in my vision, purple in colour and regal in nature.
[Administrator privileges required].
'Administrator privileges?'.
I tried again and got the same response once more.
[Administrator privileges required. Please, introduce valid Yggdrasil credentials].
I was a bit at a loss until I recalled something that hadn't been important until now. I actually knew an administrator myself. And they should be together too...
[Ray: Galadriel, dear… are you free?] I texted her through the group.
[Galadriel: My dearest, I'm currently having some tea with Anna. Do you perhaps need my help?] She answered right away as always.
[Ray: If possible, sweetheart. I need you, and please bring my Queen with you~]
I just had to call them and make a gate for them. Galadriel and Anna were here in no time. It was that easy to leap from world to world with a transdimensional gate. Theoretically impossible without it.
"Baby!~" Anna jumped on me, kissed me without restraint; she was wearing her queen's garments, but without the crown, obviously, she was having some chilling time when I texted them.
I looked at Galadriel, my beautiful midnight elf. Something about her was very clear... she was missing an eye. Even after this long, her eye still hadn't regenerated. The majority of her magic power was concentrated in her eyes, so for her it wasn't that simple was just giving it away.
I embraced both my elves and kissed their foreheads, "Have you been busy today?"
"V-Very, please, I need some holidays!" Anna cried, she hadn't signed up for being the Elf Queen. All she wanted was for Decem Hougan's head to roll.
"Well, if you do something for me, I'll make it so that Solution takes your spot for a while. You can have fun with Rias and the girls," I suggested, trying to give her an easier time. I can't have my women working too much. Besides, she's working hard for my sake, to establish my Sun Church.
!!!
"Please say!" To put it mildly, she was quite motivated. "Also, please have Solution-chan help Alana with her job as a knight? Alana is quite busy too..."
"Alright, alright... You girls can all come have your holidays with Rias and the girls," I extended the invitation to all my elf girls. I explained to Galadriel and Anna what Azrael wanted to do and about the Administration privileges thingy.
Galadriel took the Soul Stone Ember, and we were shocked to see that even she didn't have the privileges to use its full powers. She's the owner of her eye, for god's sake. I didn't quite understand... but when Anna took it, the true power of the Soul Stone Ember was unleashed.
[Administration privileges acknowledged].
It was almost like Anna Blair, as the Elf Queen, was the true ruler of the other world. Even my authority as the Sun God was subverted by her. Surprise, surprise, once more I created a monster with my therapies.
Once the privileges were unleashed, the Soul Stone Ember transformed from its magnifying glass into a long, broadsword embroidered with all kinds of gems. Zaphires, emeralds... it was absolutely beautiful, and it emitted a hue that took over the nightly skies.
Another notification popped up in front of us.
[Midnight Soul Stone Ember].
- World Class Item.
- Special Ability: Midnight Dream - Overseer of Truth and Lies.
Damn, why does this feel like all of this was fated to happen? An artefact that can distinguish between truth and lies, and it can only be used by the Administrator. Could it be...? Was Anna fated to receive this item from Galadriel all along?
"I can feel its power. As for what you wish to do, baby... it is possible. I can create a domain where 'truth' can be shared, but... it is far from being able to cover this entire village... I can only do five metres at best..."
"What if I give you all the energy you need?" I said casually, unaware of the implications. Upon hearing it, Anna paled a little bit, and Galadriel giggled.
"Fufufu~ my dear... Anna is not like some of the monsters you have created; her body can't handle the energy of a star~ if you give her all that energy, she may end up exploding".
"Oh... sorry", I scratched my head. It seems I will have to give Anna another therapy to put her at that level~
"There may be another way, though. If you give me the energy, I can transmit it to the Soul Stone Ember. This is still my eye after all, all we need is Anna to command it, since she's the one with the privileges. Although I do not know how long this would take" Galadriel suggested, "It could be weeks, we won't know".
Galadriel was a goddess too, a very powerful one at that. But even she couldn't hold the energy of a star very efficiently.
"Let's do that. It doesn't matter how long it takes. Azrael asked me to do this, so it will be done," I said, looking at my cute angel, who was still praying for some reason. Girl, I am already getting into it... No need for more prayers.
"Then we should start right away", Galadriel mumbled, then put her eyes on Itachi, the only person in here that she didn't know.
"The truth that we're going to share, could it be related to this child?".
Upon witnessing the beauty of a Midnight Elf, Itachi felt compelled to look down, he had be shamelessly ogling the whole time. Perhaps never having seen women so beautiful and otherworldly. Nevertheless, his eye didn't contain lust. I would have personally plucked out that eye if he did.
There was just admiration there.
Galadriel walked up to him and lifted his face by the chin. She circulated some of her magic, and in no time, Itachi was all clean from dust, dirt and blood.
"T-Thanks, uhm..."
"My name is Galadriel, sweetie~ allow me to pry into your memories" Galadriel used her eye to see beyond the truth of Itachi. Just like the magnifying glass, her eyes had that capability to look at the past and beyond.
In no time, we saw a small tear leak from her eye.
"To think... you had such a sad fate. It is no wonder Lady Azrael took pity on you".
"Don't use such words like pity, Azrael. He is a strong young man and needs no pity. All I wanted was to unveil the truth. Whether he chooses to live or die–".
"He is going to live!" Galadriel determined, looking at Azrael defiantly, "It is not his choice whether he lives or not. I have determined this child deserves to live".
"Eh?" We all looked at her, baffled. This woman's kindness knows no bounds; only now I know she's kind to everyone, not only us.
"Let's start, Anna!"
"Hai!"
Galadriel pulled me and joined me, Anna and her in a triangle, holding the sword. We each had our role. I began imparting my energy to Galadriel slowly. Usually, the fastest way to impart my energy would be intercourse, but since we intended to do it slowly, holding hands would be enough.
While I slowly imparted my energy to Galadriel, she transformed it and passed it to the sword that started to shine. The Midnight Elf's body started to get really hot in no time, but she didn't look like she had trouble with it.
Contrary to what we thought, it wouldn't take weeks. The energy was quite intense and concentrated. In less than half an hour, the space around the sword was already starting to tear involuntarily. Like the sword was becoming a singularity.
"I think it is ready, baby... please, no more energy" Anna was already nervous, unsure if there would be any type of backlash because this sword didn't seem to be designed or created to hold these astronomical amounts of energy.
Space itself around it was tearing and reforming for god's sake.
A gigantic realm enveloped the village and beyond, as far as she could make it. At the culmination of the spell, the whole world was enveloped in a purplish aurora borealis that perfectly contorted with the scattering eclipse up in the skies.
The Shinobi world had transformed into a fantastic realm.
"S-So beautiful…" Everyone gasped as memories surged in their minds, hideous memories that contrasted perfectly or even terrifyingly against the beauty of the sky.
The plotting against the Uchiha: Danzo's involvement with the Daimyo, and the political discrimination the clan faced.
The hideous plan to wipe out the whole clan for the sake of peace, the executor who did it... and how he was manipulated to do it.
All the truth.
From that moment on, Itachi Uchiha was no longer the criminal of the leaf, the lunatic that massacred his clan in cold blood.
He was the Hero who sacrificed his clan to save the village.