Prologue
April 2, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Do you like legends? They can be different: heroic, romantic, with a good ending and not so good. But legends are always interesting and instructive. Listen to one of them-about the creation of all things, about how this world was born. The world of Shinobi.
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In the beginning, there was nothing but the endless ocean, light and darkness. And one day a ray of light fell into the boundless waters through a cluster of clouds in the sky, dispelling the darkness of the depths, and the seed of life was born in it. It grew and developed, and soon it became cramped in the dark depths, and it rushed to the light. This is how the tree of life appeared. From its fallen leaves, continents formed, and from the first flower, the young goddess Shinju appeared. She had to create all living things. And when she created humans, the tree of life disappeared, leaving her with three seeds. She gave one of them her power and planted a tree. The Shinju tree has become a source of chakra and has been an object of worship for generations. Once in a thousand years, a fruit ripened on it that could endow a person with divine power." He was waiting for the time when people would be ready to accept such power." And they decided they were ready to go. Disputes, quarrels, and wars began. Shinju was sad because of the discord between people, but there was nothing she could do. The desire for power overshadowed the human mind. And here she was, the one who was supposed to change everything, stop the suffering and bloodshed." How? Destroying the apple of discord, deciding that if there is no forbidden fruit, then there will be no reason for quarrels and wars either." Kaguya decided that for the sake of peace between people, she should accept this gift." And it also seemed to Shinj that this was the only way out of this situation." And peace reigned. She became a legend, a liberating princess, a great peacemaker. She was revered and worshipped as a goddess, and this was due to the power that Shinju had given her. Thanks to the divine tree fruit, Kaguya was the only one who possessed the\chakra. However, the burden was too great." After giving birth to her sons Hogomoro and Hamuru, who inherited their mother's divine powers, Kaguya changed. Obsessed with power, she couldn't allow anyone else to have it. It hunted down and destroyed anyone with even a hint of such power." People began to fear and avoid her. So she went from being a goddess to a demon. Kaguya turned to Shinju, convincing her that the fruit's powers were not enough to maintain peace and order, but the power of the Tree of Life itself was needed. Remembering the princess ' services to humans, the goddess allowed her to connect with the Divine Tree. Kaguya was reborn as a ten-tailed beast, a bloodthirsty monster. Shinju realized how badly she had made a mistake, but it was too late. After all, if Kaguya's wishes and thoughts were honest, this wouldn't have happened. Hogomoro and Hamuru knew that only they could defeat their distraught mother and save the world from destruction. And a fierce battle began between the mother and sons, which they eventually won. Hogomoro managed to seal the ten-tails in himself, becoming the first jinchuriki. He went around the world giving people chakra, hoping that they would know themselves and understand each other without words. However, people, having connected the chakra with the energy of the body, began to create their own chakra through long training and meditation and, remembering its destructive power, use it as a weapon. And everything went back to normal. As time passed, Hogomoro realized that with his death, the monster would break free and destroy everything in its path in a rage. This was also understood by Shinju, who was sealed together with the tree in his body, as she was bound to it. She gave Hogomoro the divine power to create the moon. The goddess understood that she was helping to create her own prison, but she was willing to accept imprisonment as atonement for her guilt. While Hogomoro was busy creating the Moon, Kaguya sensed something was wrong and created Kuro Zetsu, and Shinju gave her power to the second seed and hid it among the human race, giving rise to her people. However, when imprisoned in the Moon, Shinju managed to separate from Kaguya. And since then, Kaguya has been sealed on the dark side of the moon, and the light side has belonged to the goddess of Light. And so time passed...
