The scene started with the sight that made everyone gasp; a fleshless derelict corpse sitting on a massive throne with hundreds of thousands of tubing and cables connected to the back, spine, arms, and head. Mercifully, the arms and legs were covered by pale beige cloth. At the front steps of the Golden Throne were numerous menials with heavy augmentations to where it seemed they were more machine than man.
"What the hell is this?!" Grimmjow yelled in disgust.
"Is that a person?" Lucy Heartfilia asked fearfully.
"Are they still alive?" Ruby Rose asked.
"I highly doubt that." Qrow Branwen, her uncle said as he watched the corpse on the throne with dread.
"You're wrong there, pal, that so-called corpse is still alive." Z said, with a knowing smirk.
"What!" Everyone shouted.
"Bb-but how?" Usopp asked, that corpse reminded Usopp of the Zombies from Thriller Bark.
Suddenly, a voice, deep and gravelly, spoke.
"It is the 41st millennium; For more than 100 centuries, The Emperor of Mankind has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Earth. He is the master of mankind by the will of the Gods, and master of a million worlds, by the might of his inexhaustible armies."
Everyone was both fascinated and astonished by this information.
"He has been ruling Humanity for 10,000 years!" Ichigo Kurosaki said as he couldn't believe what he just heard.
"Forget about ruling for 10,000 years! He has been sitting on that chair for that long?!" Renji Abarai said, flabbergasted.
Captain-General Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto couldn't help but be reminded of the Soul King by the Emperor of Mankind.
"From the wounds he has, I would theorize that the throne keeps him alive." Batman said.
"You are correct." D replied.
"Folks we have a winner!" Z laughed as he mockingly clapped.
The scene changed to the front view of the Corpse Emperor where they could see that his left socket was covered by visor and that a massive golden sword sat on his knees.
The swordsmen in the audience paid close attention to the sword.
"He is a rotting carcass, writhing invisibly with power from the Dark Age of Technology. He is the carrion lord of the vast Imperium of Man, to whom 1000 souls are sacrificed everyday so that he may never truly die…"
"Wait, what!" Weiss Schnee yelled in horror as did several others when they heard that tidbit.
"You can't be serious." Yang Xiao Long said, looking disgusted.
"Please tell me this is an exaggeration." Wonder Woman venomously asked the hosts. She hated seeing the innocent suffer.
"No this is not an exaggeration, it is true." D simply replied.
"That's just wrong!" Ochako Uraraka yelled, putting her hands to her mouth.
"It is terrible, but it is a necessary evil." D said.
"Believe me you don't want to see the alternative." Z said ominously.
The others shivered. If that was necessary, what was the alternative?
"Yet even in his deathless state, The Emperor continues his eternal vigilance."
The scene changed to dozens of gothic ships firing on an unseen enemy while exiting a shimmering and spasming portal.
"Those ships look so cool!" Monkey D. Luffy exclaimed in excitement.
"Look at the weapons on those ships…." Ruby said, drooling.
"I wonder if I can make babies like those." Mei Hatsume said while staring at the ships.
The UA students and teachers suddenly felt a chill run down their spines.
"Mighty battle fleets cross the demon-infested miasma of the Warp, the only route between distant stars, their way lit by the Astronomican, the psychic manifestation of the Emperor's will."
"Demons?" Natsu Dragneel asked as he took notice of the Warp.
"I wouldn't stare too long if I were you pal." Z said.
It then showed a regiment of Imperial Guards resembling the Russian Cossacks; the Vostroyan Firstborn entering a battlefield while their commanders looked over them and readied their weapons as a menial was writing on a roll of parchment with a quill pen.
"Vast armies give battle in his name on uncounted worlds."
The Imperial Guard drew parallels to the forces of the worlds the audience hailed from. The Straw Hats were reminded of the Marines, Night Raid were reminded of the Imperial Army of their world, Fairy Tail Guild Master Makarov Dreyar was reminded of the Alvarez Empire and Ozpin was reminded of the Kingdom of Atlas and their military.
The next sight made all of them gasp; showing a vast army of inhumanly large warriors, adorned in armor of black and white with a Maltese cross on each of their pauldrons, battling against an unseen foe.
"They are huge!" Natsu said in awe.
"And terrifying." Happy, his Exceed best friend commented.
"Who are they?" Izuku asked but the answer came suddenly.
"Greatest among his soldiers are the Adeptus Astartes, The Space Marines, bio-engineered super warriors, their comrades in arms are legion."
"They are human?" James Ironwood asked.
"Yes they are human." D replied.
"They don't seem like much to me." Kaido, Governor-General of the Beasts Pirates said derisively.
"Oh, I wouldn't write them off if I were you…." Z retorted with a grin that unsettled a lot of the audenice.
The next scene showed several soldiers in green body armor firing against an unseen foe while their commander, Ulyssess Creed, stands tall while smoking a cigar.
Creed reminded Smoker of Monkey D. Garp.
Creed reminded Night Raid of their leader Najenda.
"The Imperial Guard and countless planetary defense forces,"
The next scene showed a man with a bionic red eye in black Power Armor, a raised sword in his right hand and an open book in his left, surrounded by dozens of augmented slaves. The camera slowly panned to the servants, showing the grotesque fusion of flesh and machine that now beheld them.
"Gross." Ruby said in disgust. Yeah, she was a massive gearhead but even this was too much.
"The ever-vigilant Inquisition, and the Tech-Priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus to name only a few. But for all their multitudes, they are barely enough to hold off the ever present threat to humanity. From aliens,"
The first was a humanoid creature with a wide lipless and cheekless fanged mouth that had tusks sitting on the upper and lower jaw, long spikes sitting on the back and around the arms and legs, tentacle hair sitting on the back of his skull, and red lusterless eyes. He was wearing metal haphazard armor with several parts bolted together merely so it would not fall apart as he wielded a massive maul of alien design and a massive musket like weapon holstered on the right and a massive dagger holstered on the left side.
"I want to fight that alien!" Natsu exclaimed, punching his palm.
"I want that alien in my crew!" Luffy said.
Nami smacked her captain in the head.
"What did I tell you about inviting monsters to join the crew!" She snarled.
"Heretics,"
The next was a tall man with pale skin that barely contained his muscles and dark eyes, the mouth and nose covered by a beak-like mask and the head covered by a massive headdress with coarse black hair and upward facing horns. His chest was covered in wide leather studded straps, the lower half covered in a long loincloth made from human skin with three fresh skulls and a severed hand hanging from the chest, the legs covered in black leather studded boots that reached the thighs with chains wrapped around the knees, and brown bandages wrapped around upper and forearms. In his hands was a chainsword pointed to the ground with his hands gripping the handle, where a massive plasma gun was hanging from his back in its holster alongside a large dagger in its leather holster.
This image caused fear and terror among the younger members of the audience. The older and braver members of the audience were disturbed and wary.
"What kind of monster is this?" Blake asked, perturbed.
"He looks dangerous…." Jaune said gulping.
"He's scary." Chopper said, trembling in fear.
"Those heretics are villains?" Izuku asked.
"They are enemies of the Imperium but your perspective has some accuracy." D said.
"Oh boy you are in for a doozy when we examine the Forces of Chaos in-depth later." Z said mischievously.
Izuku was unsettled by Z's comment and hoped he was joking.
"Mutants,"
The next was what could barely be called a man, a creature with sickly skin that held numerous scars and tubes filled with an unknown substance, massive mechanical claws with wires connecting to the shoulders replacing its forearms, the head covered by a metallic helm that was seemingly grafted onto the skull with tubes running from the back of the skull to a tank on the back. The creature was bare, save for a loincloth that mercifully covered the crotch, and leather belts that ran from the shoulders to around the waist and chest with studs decorating the lines.
Many of the females in the audience were revulsed by the mutant on screen.
"I think I'm gonna be sick…" Mina Ashido said.
"Ditto." Toru Hagakure replied.
Ichigo had a feeling that if he was able to use his Spiritual Sense right now, he would be more sick than he already was.
"And far, far worse…"
The last was both the most alluring and the most repulsive; a feminine creature with a serpentine lower half, numerous exposed breasts that trailed from the chest to the waist, the skin being both dark purple and gold that was adorned in spikes, the forearms having been replaced by golden scimitar-like blades. The head was the worst, long backwards facing horns in place of hair, dark purple skin with gold around the mouth in a flame design as it grinned, exposing its lashing tongue and pearl white fangs.
The audience were suddenly entranced by the sight of this alluring yet monstrous being. D noticed and snapped his fingers to get them out of their trance.
"What was that!" Nami demanded to know.
"I have a headache now." Usopp said while holding his head.
"That is a Daemon of Slaanesh." D said with disgust.
"A demon of what?" Gray Fullbuster asked confusedly.
"No spoilers Ice Boy, you will learn about Chaos Daemons later." Z said while leaning on his cane.
Yamamoto found himself thinking about the Daemons. If such creatures somehow found their way to Soul Society, he wasn't completely sure that the Gotei 13 could stop them.
"To be a man in such times, is to be one amongst untold billions."
The scene next showed a massive horde of people chained together, with most of their faces hidden by crude helmets or cloth rags, being led somewhere by one of the Imperial Guard who was wielding a plasma gun instead of a lasgun.
Sabo frowned at the scene being reminded of the World Nobles and their slaves.
Akame had a similar thought about the scene as she remembered the corruption of the Empire.
Superman couldn't help but feel frustrated by the scene. Why must such cruelty exist?
"It is to live in the cruelest and bloodiest regimes imaginable. These are the tales of those times."
The next scene showed a vast city, where the Imperial ships hovered above and lowered down for landing, as the people listened to a heavily augmented man reading out loud the text of the Imperial Creed to the masses.
Team Natsu was reminded of the Avatar cult by this scene.
"Forget the power of technology and science, for so much has been forgotten, never to be relearned…"
The next scene showed a tech priest of Mars, who resembled more like a mass of augmentations than a man as he gazed into the universe, triplet candles burning at his side as he documented his findings on a roll of parchment and a dataslate at the same time.
"Jeez, more creepy cyborgs…" Yang groaned.
"Forget the promises of progress and understanding, for in the grim dark future; there is only war..."
The scene then slowly changed back to the Corpse Emperor sitting on the Golden Throne, staring at the audience as if to beg them that it was not too late for them to avoid this wretched fate.
The heroes and more virtuous people in the audience felt helpless as they watched the scene.
"There is no peace amongst the stars... only an eternity of carnage and slaughter… and the laughter of thirsting Gods."
The audience could vaguely see a tear come from the empty socket of the Emperor's hollow eye.
Shino Sosaki AKA the Pro Hero Mandalay thought she had heard whispers in her head during this scene.
Martian Manhunter shook his head as a malaise had suddenly come upon his mind.
"So what do you think of the intro?" Z asked the audience.
Everyone was silent as they processed what they saw and heard.
"Great, let's move on!" Z said as he uploaded the next film.