That was right. The Empire was not of one mind; there were still plenty of people within it with their own agendas.
At first, when they were short-handed, Uchiha Brahman had enlightened the hearts of these ignorant fools who knew nothing of the True Dharma, helping them understand the righteous path of Heaven.
But as they continued to grow stronger, especially after the human production machine appeared and the population problem was completely solved, Uchiha Brahman lost interest in enlightening these people—and had no need to. Those with improper thoughts had become a minority.
Their thoughts and beliefs were not mainstream. No matter how dissatisfied, resentful, or afflicted they felt, they could only keep it all bottled up, not daring to say a word.
Of course, those with such improper, abnormal thoughts were ultimately just a minority. Most people were fairly normal. After all, compared with the past, the Empire's system was countless times better than the one they had lived under before. The grief and despair they had once known were gone.
The days when they possessed great power yet served as weapons for a bunch of weaklings and deadbeats were over.
After encountering these new ideas, many ninjas had an epiphany and began to see how unreasonable things had been in the past.
If the daimyos had been philosopher-kings, with no great power of their own but truly noble ideals, whose ultimate goal was to bring peace to the world, then it would make sense for them to risk their lives—not risk their lives, no, that wasn't what it was called. They would be supporting the philosopher-kings in realizing their great ideals. And if they died in the process, so what? What did it matter if they died on the road to a better future?
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