"The Eyes of God shall gaze and judge! O God, let there be mercy in this world! See those who lie; see those who speak truth. Seek His forgiveness, O mortals!"
- Scripture of Gaze and Benevolence.
A red slit appeared in space. As it snapped open, a black eye overlooked the world. People fell to their knees in worship.
Kami.
Kami.
Kami.
Murmurs of whispers and prayers spread throughout the land. Whether it was the Land of Fire, the Land of Water, or the Land of the Crescent Moon, the 1,000 Eyes of Kami were ever-watching over the Shinobi World.
***
Konoha
"Shameless Kumongrels!" Danzo slammed the table.
"To think we are fighting against all other Shinobi villages... how could we win?" Tsunade clenched her fist tight in desperation.
Ten thousand against the whole world...
***
Mount Myoboku
The Great Toad Sage dreamed of a Demon.
Her laughter echoed in the Valley of Slaughter. The roar of her beasts caused knees to buckle. Dark, black earth spread like a plague; flesh and bones were crushed as blood converge into streams and rivers.
The scene from hell appeared in his mind. A battlefield, explosions, screams, hatred, fear...
"Ahh...!? The Demon touched me! Please kill me! KILL ME!"
A shinobi shakily took an explosive tag and planted it on his own head.
Bloody tears trickled from his eyes, before the explosion ended his life. Blood gushed like a fountain.
"You were touched by the Demon... I am sorry..." Allies turned against each other.
"I wasn't touched! I swear! Don't—" An innocent man fell.
Blood. Slaughter. A hundred thousand corpses piled into a mountain, with her sitting upon a throne of massacre.
"Gah!!!" The Great Toad Sage woke up in shock.
"Jiraiya-boy... Jiraiya-boy... tell him... the demon... it's the demon... only the Child of Prophecy can stop her...!"
***
"Tsu-chan... please stop. We can find other ways... They are innocent people..." Naruto shed tears as he reached out his hand toward Tsuyu.
Tsuyu's expression only grew colder. The chakra fluctuating and gathering in her palm did not stop. The light dimmed, the air vibrated, and the ground trembled.
"This is the only way... for peace."
Naruto looked on in despair as reality dawned on him.
Tsu-chan... why...?
Naruto bit his lips. 'Then... I will stop you, Tsu-chan.'
***
The story of Tanya von Degurechaff in her third life—now Tsuyu Uzumaki, the twin sister of Naruto—was beginning.