Spoilers from included and/or represented works abound. Please read this fiction carefully.

After a lengthy discussion about Empress Zero and her actions so far...

"I'm Captain Velvet Meteor, space explorer!" Velvet Meteor introduced himself.

"I'm Jay-P, best robot friend, tactical expert and weapon specialist." Jay-P introduced.

"I'm Hibino Kafka. I'm with the Earth Defense Force." Hibino Kafka introduced himself. "I'm from that Tokyo."

"Ok, and?" Mii heard it.

"I'm human, just like some of you." Hibino Kafka explained. "Except, I can transform into a humanoid monster at will. I'm my world, it's a secret only few people know."

"Don't let this info or database with him get found out to the public on his world." Lucy warned everyone. "He could be hunted because of that."

"Don't you dare share infos of me as a monster into my world!" Hibino Kafka warned.

"Ok, geez..." Kouha/XX replied.

"Chief! I feel that some person is in danger." Slime reported.

"Trainee Slime, how do you know?" Jay-P is confused.

"Slime is right." David noticed something too. "Some darkness lurking around..."

Meanwhile...

"Huh, I don't even understand this place." A machine girl with an axe is walking around. "How did I get... lost?"

"And... who's Galactus anyway?" The girl also has no idea who Galactus is.

Galactus appeared in large, in front of the mechanical girl.

"I am Galactus, Devourer of the Worlds!" Galactus introduced himself.

"Finally, got to know you." The mechanical girl exclaimed. "I'm afraid to fight people... especially for another reality of sorts."

"And now that we're in the same side, how about I warn you something?" Galactus offered the mechanical girl.

"Well, I have no idea what's this place." The mechanical girl told Galactus. "Never have seen that before."

"Zero Point being destroyed surprised me." Galactus told the girl. "And someone did it on purpose, despite intervention from another worlds."

"I have no idea." The mechanical girl doesn't know. "So... hi sir, I'm Labrys, the anti-Shadow student council-"

"I already know you, girl." Galactus knew her. "Your Persona, Ariadne, do you know it?"

"Huh, you know it?" Labrys is surprised. "Wow, you must have read me from my database before."

"I'm here, being hunted by the woman by the alias 'Zero'." Galactus told Labrys. "Be careful of who you meet, unless you do know and have trusted them beforehand."

"Ok, I'll take note." Labrys agreed. "See ya, Mr... um... Devourer?"

"Farewell, anti-Shadow student council!" Galactus then disappeared.

sigh* "Who could be?" Labrys then kept exploring.

Before long, she stumbled into Prometheus' former lair, now situated alongside the 'Logjam Junction' parts.

"What? Shadows!?" Labrys saw the Shadows Selves.

"You have it tough and rough last time, Yu!" Shadow Yosuke told Shadow Yu. "Not so fun at all..."

"Well, looks like I have to bust them all up!" Shadow Chie exclaimed.

"What's the plan?" Shadow Yu asked.

"What do you expect?" Shadow Naoto asked back. "And how did you lose the Mad Titan?"

"Losing two-fold!?" Shadow Yosuke is shocked.

"We'll get them all once the time comes." Shadow Yu exclaimed.

"Ohhh, refreshing!" Shadow Kanji is enjoying himself.

Shadow Rise giggled.

"Be quiet, Labrys. Be quiet, Ariadne." Labrys trying to avoid getting caught. "Otherwise, some Shadows would spot me and beat me up."

"My prince will do the trick." Shadow Yukiko suggested.

"Who's your prince?" Shadow Chie asked. "That could be anyone!"

"Oh, look at who argued about whether who is the prince!" Shadow Rise made fun of both Shadows arguing.

"Wanna see the result of the man-holy enjoyment?" Shadow Kanji taunted.

"They're talking together..." Labrys noticed. "And another group?"

"I'm gonna execute them, because I'm the queen!" Shadow Mitsuru boasted.

"Ugh! What did I do wrong that I failed!?" Shadow Ken threw a tantrum.

sigh* "They're all dangerous, so I can't sneak in further until they left." Labrys concluded.

"Spider-tingling-sense... I just felt something with that." Shadow Yosuke sensed Labrys.

"I feel like something's spying on us..." Shadow Yukari sensed Labrys.

"Shoot!" Labrys is shocked. "They sensed me!"

"Sucker's shiny ass that I want to beat?" Shadow Junpei discussed about Labrys.

The Shadows started searching for Labrys, to see the flaw that could blow the cover up.

"No... no... They're gonna find me!" Labrys is worried. "If I don't do something, I will be done for..."

"Oh, I kinda smell some metallic aroma!" Shadow Kanji sensed Labrys.

Labrys strapped her axe and flew up, much to the Shadows' surprised.

"Huh? This?" Shadow Yu is surprised.

"Ugh! That might have escaped!" Shadow Chie is frustrated.

"You! That robot just got away!" Shadow Ken is angry. "Damn, that's it!" *kicks Shadow Koromaru*

Seconds later, Labrys then landed down cleaving Shadow Koromaru with her axe.

"Surprise, you Shadows!" Labrys taunted the Shadows.

"H-h-how did you interfere-" Shadow Yosuke is shocked.

"Your dare to catch us!" Shadow Ken is angry.

"That's it! I'll slaughter you, anti-Shadow!" Shadow Mitsuru targeted Labrys. "Bow before your queen!"

"I'll break you by force." Shadow Chie swooped in.

"Still so hellbent on hurting the innocent?" Labrys took her axe. "Persona!" *summons her Persona, Ariadne*

"How about you die?" Shadow Teddie went ahead.

The Shadows summoned their doppelganger Persona, which is the same as their respective counterparts.

"Now, bring in the Ring!" Shadow Yu exclaimed.

As it turns out, each of those Shadows is wearing a Ring of Sauron, cloned and provided by the girl Zero.

"I'm ready!" Labrys then jumped into combat.

Labrys gets to fend off the Shadows. In the meantime...

"Ushio Kofune, what do you want me to help with?" Is asked Ushio Kofune.

"Why the Keyman is being in hostage by us?" Ushio asked. "Shouldn't we just erase him and get the Infinity Stones?"

"Firstly, he's unconscious. Secondly, it's not possible to remove him at the moment." Is replied. "And finally, we need more infos."

"How did Captain Velvet Meteor get lost in the omniverse after his imagination got infiltrated?" Ushio asked again.

"He and Jay-P are kidnapped by minions commanded by Rigna the Bloodrunner, but you and his friends saved them both." Is replied.

"Oh, I see. So Rigna's minions introduced Captain to the existence of the omniverse itself." Ushio realized. "How many so-called crystals do we have so far?"

"Seven." Is revealed. "Capcom, Bandai Namco, Glitch Productions, the Zero Point one a.k.a. Fortnite, Super Hero Time, Square Enix, and Shōnen Jump."

"What's the eighth crystal?" Ushio asked.

"You'll see if you survive long enough." Is told Ushio.

Boruto Uzumaki, Sarada Uchiha, Kazui Kurosaki and Ichika Abarai approached Is.

"Aren't you the childrens of some of those Jump warriors?" Is asked the next-gen warriors.

"What's Dad doing?" Boruto asked. "I want to ask Dad something about Deus ex Machina."

"What about my Dad and Mom?" Sarada asked.

"The Seventh Hokage and his teammates is currently investigating in the zone near Prometheus' former lair." Is informed Boruto and Sarada.

"Can I meet Captain Velvet Meteor?" Ichika asked Is.

"He's so cool, just like my father!" Kazui contemplated.

"Captain Velvet Meteor is discovering on the remains of the Nexus of All Realities." Is informed Kazui and Ichika.

"Thanks!" The next-gen warriors thanked Is, then left to go find out.

Few moments later...

"You got to be kidding me!" Sakura is shocked.

"Traces of Shadows all around here and so on." Yu noticed.

"Anything else?" Sasuke asked the Investigation Team.

"It seems like the Shadows has gathered pretty near this place." Naoto described.

"Satonaka, do you have some anti-cyberpsychosis drug?" Yu asked Chie.

"Why?" Chie asked back.

"Because... David and System knows?" Yosuke guessed.

"Precisely." Yu confirmed. "David and System No. XX know its effect well. The former used a lot of it in his previous life, while the latter scanned the drugs herself."

"I kinda sense some Shadows messing around." Naruto noticed.

"You mean Shadows are going rampant?" Yukiko asked.

Naruto simply ran ahead, with Sasuke, Sakura and the Investigation Team following.

"Wait... I can feel it!" Sakura realized.

"It must indeed be some Shadows." Sasuke noted.

Then, the literal light at the end of the tunnel which they're running.

"Sensei, I can see it!" Teddie saw the light.

"Almost there!" Yu kept running. So is Team 7 and the Investigation Team.

Then seconds later, they all got out of the tunnel, arriving at Prometheus' former lair.

"This was Prometheus' place..." Naruto recognized the place. "Now it's in Logjam and is infested by Shadows..."

"Look!" Yu pointed something out.

"Huh?" Team 7 looked to that.

It is Labrys fighting against the Shadows Selves.

"Labrys!" The Investigation Team then approached Labrys.

"Huh? Guys?" Labrys recognized the Investigation Team.

"So... It's you!" With the Investigation Team got recognized by their Shadows.

"I knew it!" Yosuke noted. "The Shadows!"

"We're the Shadows..." The Shadows of the Investigation Team exclaimed. "The true selves..."

"Actually, we have Personas, so..." Kanji commented.

"Fake, that's those doppelgangers!" Naoto confirmed.

"Do I have you?" Teddie confronted his (false) Shadow Self.

"Ignorance is bliss. The truth is null but scary." Shadow Teddie said.

"They acts pretty much the same as our real ones would!" Chie noted.

"Same goes for some others." Yosuke noted.

"Seems like the tunnel brought us to this moment!" Yu is ready.

The Investigation Team then led their doppelgangers to fight against, while Team 7 assisted Labrys in fending off the rest of the doppelgangers.

"Ummm... Who're you?" Labrys doesn't know.

"Naruto Uzumaki, the Seventh Hokage." Naruto introduced himself. "This is my mates, Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno!"

"Sasuke, Sakura, let's beat up those Shadows!" Naruto told Sasuke and Sakura.

"With please! I'm ready to bust them up!" Sakura is engaged.

"I'm Labrys, the anti-Shadow student council. You ready?" Labrys took her axe.

"Go!" Team 7 attacked.

Boruto and Sarada caught up by finding the same tunnel that Team 7 went through. Both ran through the tunnel, eventually ended up finding the Investigation Team and Team 7 helping Labrys.

"What!?" Boruto is surprised. "You're helping with those from other worlds?"

"Look!" Sarada noticed the Shadows. "They're the same monsters the Investigation Team has been fighting against!"

"Oh, two ninja kids messing around." Shadow Yukari noticed both ninja kids. "Time for the kill shot!"

"No, you don't!" Sasuke stabbed Shadow Yukari with Chidori.

"Dad!" Boruto reached out to Naruto.

"Dad, Mom, I'm here!" Sarada reached out for Sasuke and Sakura.

"Kids!" Yu noticed Boruto and Sarada. "What're you doing!?"

"Boruto, how did you come here all the sudden!?" Naruto while guarding against Shadow Akihiko.

"Sarada, where did you find us from?" Sasuke threw Shadow Mitsuru away.

"I wanna talk about Deus ex Machina, but why those Shadows!?" Boruto told Naruto.

"You kids seem to be blissfully unaware of us." Shadow Kanji taunted the ninja kids.

"Hey, you!" Sarada argued with Shadow Kanji. "We're ninjas!"

"If you want to save yourself, get out." Shadow Chie told the ninja kids.

"Leave the kids alone!" Labrys defended the ninja kids.

"Miss Labyrinth?" Sakura heard that.

"You're defending our kids?" Sasuke asked Labrys.

"All the more reasons to erase you!" Shadow Mitsuru argued.

Boruto takes the Kāma and easily attacked the Shadows, much to the Investigation Team's enjoyment. The Shadow doppelgangers was quickly beaten to an inch of theirs.

"Momoshiki could take control of me at any time, so I'd be careful." Boruto noted the usage of Kāma. "As for those Shadows..."

The members of S.E.E.S. went out of the tunnels and doing the Shadows.

"Got ya!" Mitsuru caught her doppelganger.

The Shadows caught there are based on the Investigation Team and S.E.E.S. members except Aigis, Kotone Shiomi and Makoto Yuuki.

"We won!" Labrys exclaimed.

"We're so worried about you." Sarada told Team 7.

"Apparently, about Deus ex Machina..." Boruto then went on to ask everyone. "What do you know about it?"

"The 'Deus ex Machina' you want to talk about?" Naruto replied. "Ok. Everyone listen."

Mercurius one again, amplified the Akasha Terminal provided by Nahida towards the alliance, as suggested by Sasuke.

"The mecha is Deus type Machina, named mainly after some phenomenon that solves an impossible problem." Naruto explained. "The mecha is built by Zero the girl and the abducted scientists, and with the copies the blueprint for Team Mecha Leader, as part of her arsenal."

"Built in the same multiverse Hypsistos Z repeatedly destroyed, and made to accommodate her needs and powers, she took out a Cube and eventually the divine Throne itself." Naruto continued. "The mecha is of her own creation, and acts like her own companion."

"So what's the matter?" Boruto asked.

"The mecha recently absorbed Zohar for the 2,147,483,648th time." Naruto reported. "Found it on Shinra's recent files."

"Bruh, just another of her genocide..." Sasuke is disappointed.

"That's right." Naruto concurred.

Meanwhile...

"Lady Ushio, now we know about that mecha." Jay-P commented.

"Neat." Sonic responded. "Another mecha by a god."

"The scary... um... former killer... ninja from Iwagakurr, do you have any idea on what's this?" Phi showed Gabimaru a certain sword.

"Let me see." Gabimaru then examined the sword.

"It lookz like Lucky Seven, but..." Noah joined the examination, and noted something.

The sword looks very similar to the Lucky Seven Noah haa been wielding, but the blade is gray tinted hot red and, and the handle is more like that Monado that Shulk originally wielded, but black. The rest is tinted with rainbow gradient, prominently hot red, deep blue, purple and cyan.

"Nice blade." Loid Forger commented. "But this obviously isn't yours." *referring to Noah*

"Oh. The blade looks as meteoric as it's homogeneous." Noah commented. "Unlike like my blade, which is totally homogeneous metal from the Origin."

"I feel like I cannot properly wield it." Noah concluded. "Not because I cannot wield it, but because it was incompatible with my powers and the blade I can form."

"Well, the curvature is a bit different, so that's not entirely unexpected." Gabimaru concurred.

To be continued...