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Chapter 425: Itachi's Choice

"Madara is a very talented man but also very ambitious. The kind of ambitious man who will not wield to anyone," commented Edward. He has plenty of experience controlling ambitious people, but some would rather die than kneel.

Another person who would be perfect for this job would be Danzo, but Edward knew he would have to make a lot of effort to control someone like that, and it was not worth the trouble.

"As for Hashirama? He's too kind and unsuitable to live in the darkness," added Edward. "But you're different. You're as talented as them, have seen the darkness of the world, have experience in the Anbu, and, more importantly, you did not let the darkness corrupt you."

Itachi smiled wrily as he understood the subtle meaning behind these words. He had a weakness: Sasuke. And this weakness means it's easier to be controlled in case something occurs. Furthermore, if he wants his brother to flourish in the Empire, being the Emperor's shadow is one of the best ways; he will have access to countless resources and knowledge.

So, Itachi paused for a moment, pondering his decision. Then, he knelt in one knew before saying, "Your majesty."

Edward smiled, "Get up. I promise you won't regret this decision."

"Hope so," muttered Itachi before asking, "Can I ask two questions?"

"Please."

"Who is the Commander of this Shadow Squad?"

Edward understood Itachi was asking who his superior was and why he was not chosen to be the Commander.

"I have chosen someone, but I don't know if they'll agree. So, for the time being, you'll be in charge."

The head of the Shadow Squad must be someone like Grindelwald, who completely surrenders their souls to him, or a member of the royal family: in other words–his wife. So, Edward has someone in mind, hoping to convince her after traveling to the next world.

Whether it is the Ghost Squad or this new Assassin Squad, they are the capital for his royal family to survive and maintain power in the likely hood someone actually defeated him and took over the Empire. With these two powers in his hands, the royal family can easily survive a regime change.

And Edward knew the chances of this happening were not as low as some people might imagine. The most talented individual of the Empire was someone from the Jamaican region called Abisai Ursain. At 14, he awakened a special soul because of the changes in the environment. And in just two years, he reached Tier 6.

Many people were shocked and worried at the same time. Rumors spread that this kid would not live long since he threatened the royal family's status. However, these people underestimated Edward's courage.

He was a pathfinder, creating a perfect system for humans and other "low-level" species to allow them to rule the plane one day. So, he was not jealous of Abisai and encouraged the appearance of more genius like him. Furthermore, he was confident is he was born in an era where the Arcane System existed, his speed would not be any less than Abisai's.

"What's your second question?"

"Doesn't the Empire has an Intelligence Gathering Agency?"

"There is, composed of many talented people with Metamorphogus Bloodline," replied Edward before shaking his head. "Domestically, they are perfect at their job. However, regarding foreign affairs, they are too young and inexperienced. The Empire has to rely heavily on Divination to gather information.

"The purpose of the Shadow Guard is to train elites and send them throughout the universe."

'Of course, to have a power completely under your control,' thought Itachi with an unchanged face. After all, he did not dare say it out loud.

Edward gave him a look, guessing what he was thinking. He knew Itachi was extremely intelligent and could understand the subtle meaning behind his words and actions.

"Do you want a temporary or permanent contract?"

"Temporary." He had already thought about it and decided this was the best option. Itachi did not want to spend the rest of his life in darkness.

"There are four options: five hundred years, a thousand years, 2000 years, and 10,000 years."

"I'll take 2000 years," he replied after a brief ponder; this was a long enough time to ensure the rise of his brother and the Uchiha Clan.

"Alright," stated Edward before giving the contract. Itachi wrote his name with his blood after reading every margin of the contract. Then, he immediately felt a connection between himself and Edward.

"Be prepared. After returning, you'll have to undergo intense training." Most of the Ninja's Jutsus are not useful for assassination because of how flashy they are. So, they need to be trained.

Before leaving, Edward ordered Grindelwald to create a perfect training method using Invisible, Shadow, Darkness, and Space Magic.

Edward nodded to Itachi before disappearing. Itachi sighed as he felt a heavy burden lifted from his shoulder. Facing the Emperor was more challenging than he made it appear. No matter what, this man had the power to dictate the fate of the entire planet. So, how could ordinary people easily face him?

He jumped on top of his house, looking in the distance. He could see his brother training his Taijutsu. However, he had a look of frustration. Itachi could understand the reason.

Previously, Sasuke could be considered a genius simply because of his Sharingan or noble lineage. But now, he could only be considered slightly extraordinary. Then there is the fact that many of his former classmates from civilian backgrounds–like Sakura–have been discovered with exceptional talents and placed on a list to be cultivated by the Empire.

These people he once could not even care to look at or remember their names were now way ahead of him and treated as true geniuses.

"I think I made the right choice," muttered Itachi before jumping over to Sasuke's side; it was time for them to reunite and have a one-on-one conversation.

Edward teleported to the lab to prepare for his next step.

"Is everything prepared?" he asked another clone.

"We are ready."

"That's good," he said after nodding. "Where is Tsuna?"

"She's using the virtual network to learn potion," replied the clone with an evil class. "I made sure she took Snape's class."

"Old Snape?"

"Old Snape."

The two laughed as they reminisced. Although Snape is probably the most talented Potion Master of the Empire, his teaching abilities are subpar–especially the old him.

When Edward began to show his talent back in Hogwarts, Snape was always after him since he thought he was too arrogant. However, after realizing he could not embarrass Edward, he simply ignored him.

He walked to the next room and saw Tsunade removing her headset in anger before yelling. "Danm it, isn't it normal for a student to not know something? Isn't the teacher's job to teach?"

She looked at Edward with frustration, "Are all the teachers in your Empire like that?"

"Snape was my teacher and is the greatest potion master of the Empire. As for his teaching abilities? Just know he's no longer a teacher."

Tsunade understood this womanizer played a joke on her.

"Please give me a normal teacher," she said after taking a deep breath to calm down. After reading the first-year potion book, she immediately realized potion was a great field to save lives. So, she wanted to learn.

"I will."

"Thanks. Anyway, why are you here?"

"Do you want to experience interstellar battle?"

"You're about to attack the Otsutsuki Clan?" asked Tsunade as she rapidly figured out his purpose.

"Exactly."

"I thought you would go alone and defeat them yourself."

"No, I plan to broadcast to further show the might of the Empire to the Ninjas and to show them the horror of the universe."

"I see," she said with a sigh. "Alright, I want to watch."


Chapter 426: War With The Otsutsuki (I)

Edward walked into another room of the underground lab, followed by Tsunade behind. He smiled as he watched the shock in her eyes; he could tell she was trying to control her emotion.

In front of them were five spaceships that could only be described as humongous steel beasts.

"What do you think?" he asked.

"I've read descriptions of them, but it's something else to see the real thing in person," commented Tsunade. The biggest object in the Ninja World is probably the Ten-Tails, but even it looked small compared to these five ships.

"These are the Desert Mark-III and can only consider middle-class battleships."

"You mean there are bigger ones?"

"Yes, and even those are nothing to my Floating City."

Tsunade read about the Floating City, but the information was brief with little detail. The article she read described the Floating City as the pinnacle of magical technology, the crown jewel of Artificer achievements, and the most potent weapon of the Empire. Furthermore, this marvel of technological and magical achievement was designed by the Emperor himself, pushing the technological tree of the Empire by at least 100,000 years.

"I would love to see the Floating City."

Edward sighed with sadness, "It's probably in shambles now."

"It's destroyed?" she asked with surprise before thinking about something. "Isn't it expensive to make? You really know how to waste money to destroy something like that." She could not fathom how much money it would take to make such a thing.

Edward's mouth twitched, "You don't have to remind me; I know how much money I've wasted, and it hurts." He would rather lose thousands of Imperial Fleet and hundreds of Star System than the Floating City. Luckily, it was the Tier 9 city, not the new Tier 10 he had just built.

"And why are you making it sounds like it was my fault it was destroyed? I've almost died encountering a weird creature; this is why I was in such a sorry state when we met."

"Oh, then I apologize for my remark," said Tsunade with sincerity; she thought he was doing some dangerous experiment that resulted in his near-death situation and the destruction of the Floating City.

"Don't worry about it: let's go."

The two board the ship as many golems supervise different aspects of this expedition.

"Are we the only living creatures?" asked Tsunade.

"Depends on your definition of living: these golems have souls–well, some do."

"You know what I mean."

"Yes, we are the only carbon-based life form," replied Edward while looking at a screen.

"Why?"

"I have a limited number of clones, so we must use golems."

"Don't you have a normal crew with you? Or are they dead?"

"I have too many secrets, so there is no 'normal' crew," he replied.

"That fits with your personality," commented Tsunade.

"Is that an insult?"

"Maybe, maybe not."

Edward shook his head, "I am a man burdened by knowledge–to quote a purple mad Titan. The Empire appeared to be thriving and prosperous–even amid a great war. However, only a few people know the grim future waiting for us.

"And my consciousness is one of the reasons we can have today's peace and tranquility."

He suddenly paused and frowned.

"What's wrong?" asked Tsunade, who felt his sudden change was abnormal.

"I suddenly felt it might not be the best idea to bring you into all this trouble."

"How sweet," she replied with a smile.

"I'm serious," replied Edward. "Once you get involved, your future can only be described as a constant struggle. Maybe, living a normal life and dying peacefully is not such a bad thing."

"Whether I join or not is my choice," replied Tsunade. "Plus, after meeting you and opening myself to a broader world, I also have new goals and ambitions."

"I hope you don't regret your choice."

"That's for the future to decide."

"Alright, we're ready," said Edward before ordering one of the golems to begin the broadcast. Across the Shinobi World, all the new citizens of the Empire started to watch these five battleships in action.

"What is the plan of action?" asked Tsunade.

"The first step is to go directly to their headquarters." The Otsutsuki's headquarters was located 400,000 light years from the Shinobi Planet.

Tsunade nodded. She found it odd that the first step is for a direct attack. But she knew nothing about interstellar battles, so she did not comment.

Under Edward's control, the ships activated the Void Engine and instantaneously traveled hundred of thousand of light years away. Soon, the ship arrived at a Star System with four planets: a massive one as big as any star and four regular size planets surrounding it at the center.

"We've arrived at the Otsutsuki's headquarters," said Edward, his voice traveling to everyone watching the broadcast. "They are a race that evolves through absorbing life energy and genetic information. Unfortunately, all the genetic information affects their mind, making them ruthless, arrogant, and inhumanly cruel.

"There is a perfect example before us," continued Edward with a calm and reassuring tone. "Their civilization has long developed spatial technology. Yet, they did place any means to prevent other people from attacking them.

"The reason? Their arrogance, of course. They are the Otsutsuki–they attack and use other civilizations as nourishment for their growth. Who dares attack them?"

Edward sighed, "To all my viewers: if there is a lesson you must learn today–it's this: prudence is a character trait necessary for the survival and growth of any individual or civilization.

"Arrogance is the bane of the mighty. No matter how powerful one of you becomes one day, remember to guard against arrogance. The path of magic is long, arduous, and has no end. Even someone like me is a mere student: I may never finish my pursuit of the truth and endless knowledge in my life."

Edward's objective is to instill the core idea of the Arcanist in these new citizens and also ensure they understand one of the main reasons the Empire has achieved so much in such a short time: always being cautious and not letting arrogance drive them.

Otherwise, with how much the Empire has accomplished in less hundred years, the people would be a hundred times more arrogant than the Otsutsuki.

Bang!

While Edward was calmly talking, the Otsutsuki Clan noticed him, and someone attacked this small fleet. An enormous hand that looked like the arm of a Susanoo attacked them; the scary part was that hand was larger than a planet. Unfortunately, this attack level was nothing to the ship's Energy Shield System.

"Now, asking all parents and guardians to activate the Child Protection Safety," he calmly added. Many children will be watching this battle, so he cannot show them all the blood and violence. So, a more censored version will be displayed to them.

Shinobi Children are more mature and used to blood and violence. However, they are still children and will be protected from now on. The only exception that is made to the Ninja World because of their culture is children are only considered 15 and below. From 16 years old and above, they are considered adults and can watch the uncensored.

The door to the command room opened, and a red golem entered. Compared to the others, he was slimmer–looking more like Ultron than a Hulk Buster of the other Golems.

"What's the result?" asked Edward.

"The planet at the center is for Royal Family, where their god–Shibai–and his descendants. The Noble Clan numbers reside in the green, red, and blue planets. There should be a few Tier 7.

"Finally, the yellow planet is where the Brach members lived. Their existence serves only as servants, cannon fodder, and sacrifices to the God Tree so the other families can become stronger.

"That's all the information I could gather."

Edward nodded: this golem was a rare Seer Model with Divination. Only a few people in the Empire can create one since an arcanist needs to have knowledge of Golem's Creation, Soul, and Divination. So, he technically cannot make one himself.

'The royal, noble, and branch. Kaguya was probably a member of the branch.' From what he remembered from Boruto, she came to become Isshiki's sacrifice to the God Tree planted in the Ninja World.

"One person?" suddenly asked Tsunade as she saw an Otsutsuki appearing before the fleet, seemingly wanting to challenge it alone.


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