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"Someone, carry my sedan chair!"
Uchiha Brahman sat in the imperial dragon carriage, resting his cheek on one hand as he watched the Empire's citizens gathered before him with indifference.
Excitement, trembling, fervor...
Praise Brahman! They actually had the chance to serve the great Brahman? To carry the great Brahman's sedan chair? To use their lowly bodies—to bear the great Brahman's weight!
"What an honor! What kindness! What mercy!"
Might Guy wept with gratitude. This was kindness, the kindness of the great Brahman!
The Empire's citizens, overwhelmed with excitement and emotion, lifted the dragon carriage, feeling its weight upon their shoulders.
The great Brahman would be with them.
Such emotion, boundless emotion!
This was kindness!
"Praise Brahman!"
Fugaku Uchiha felt the weight on his shoulders and was overcome with excitement and gratitude. To be a dog of the great Uchiha Brahman, to serve him—it was an honor for someone who had once been the Uchiha Clan's leader!
As a matter of fact, Uchiha Brahman and Fugaku Uchiha were related by blood, if only distantly. By human standards of kinship, Uchiha Brahman should have called Fugaku Uchiha "uncle." Their blood ties might have been remote, but they were still members of the same clan.
Sasuke, look! Your father is serving the great Brahman! When you grow up, you must become someone useful to the great Brahman and the great Empire too!
Fugaku Uchiha was deeply moved. He felt he could brag for the rest of his life about carrying the great Uchiha Brahman's sedan chair. What an honor!
He opened his eyes, which shone with an eerie light. In that moment of overwhelming excitement and glory, his eyes nearly transformed into Mangekyō Sharingan.
That showed just how excited and moved Fugaku Uchiha was!
Obito, this is happiness. You stray dog could never understand the excitement I feel right now!
Kakashi felt the weight on his shoulders and thought, deeply moved. In that moment, he missed the past so much. If Obito Uchiha had received the great Sacred Blessing Serum earlier, then perhaps one day in the future, Obito could carry the great Brahman's sedan chair just like him.
These citizens of the Empire, once shinobi of Konoha, were now incredibly excited, believe it or not!
"Back to Konoha!"
Uchiha Brahman lounged against the dragon carriage as if he had been born to it, casually pointing toward Konoha and issuing his command as naturally as could be.
"As you command, great Brahman!"
Kakashi and the others replied with utmost respect. Then they carried the dragon carriage toward Konoha, as if on a pilgrimage, as if bearing an entire world.
Konoha, Uchiha Clan compound.
"Praise Brahman!"
Young Sasuke knelt on the ground and devoutly offered praise. Then he took out a book and began to study.
Ever since he had understood the True Dharma and realized how great Lord Brahman was, Uchiha Sasuke had found a purpose in life. It was as if a ship sailing across an endless sea had found a map, as if someone had spotted a lighthouse in the silent darkness of night, as if a nation had found its identity, as if a family had found its backbone.
Now Uchiha Sasuke understood. He had a goal in life, a faith, a conviction, and a wish. He knew what he should do in the future, what he ought to do, what he had to do...
That was to contribute everything he had to the great, supreme, benevolent, and kind Uchiha Brahman—the true sun in his heart, whose greatness and sublimity were beyond the reach of any words, no matter how many were piled together—and to devote his entire life to this Empire, this great Empire.
"Praise Brahman!"
Uchiha Sasuke devoutly offered praise once more. Then he touched his head.
It was smooth and bare. The hair on top of Uchiha Sasuke's head had been shaved off, making him look a little ridiculous, like a bird's nest.
But when he walked outside, no one laughed at him. On the contrary, they envied him.
Uchiha Sasuke's thoughts drifted back to that day, when the great and merciful Lord Brahman had stroked his head.
What an honor!
To show his gratitude for the great Brahman's mercy, Uchiha Sasuke had that very day asked his mother to carefully shave off some of the hair the great Brahman had touched. She had treated it like a sacred relic, then preserved it in a box made from the finest materials.
It was a supreme treasure!
"Waaah... Lord Brahman..."
Thinking of the precious sacred relic now resting in his bedroom, Uchiha Sasuke's eyes grew hot, and he burst into tears of excitement. He was so moved, so overwhelmed. It was a sacred relic that others could never obtain, even in their dreams.
Every morning, Uchiha Sasuke now knelt before those hairs and devoutly offered praise. Then, after leaving, he would reverently and willingly offer praise to the imperial palace where the great Brahman resided!
It was all to show gratitude for the great Brahman's kindness!
"Sasuke, what's wrong?"
Just then, Mikoto Uchiha came over and looked with concern at her crying son.
"N-nothing... Mother. I just thought of the great Lord Brahman, and I was so moved I couldn't bear it..."
Uchiha Sasuke shook his head. At that moment, his expression made him look like a several-year-old master artist. He was so devoted.
"Praise Brahman!"
Hearing Uchiha Sasuke's words, Mikoto Uchiha devoutly pressed her hands together and offered praise, then left.
After crying with excitement for a while, Uchiha Sasuke gradually calmed down. He thought of the blond boy who, like him, had received the great Brahman's blessing.
Naruto, was it? What a lucky guy. He received a personal blessing from the great Brahman, just like me!
Uchiha Sasuke shook his head, then lowered his eyes and continued studying. He would devote the rest of his life to the great Lord Brahman. He had to become someone useful to the great Empire.
After all, the great Brahman was so merciful. Not only had he spared them, he had personally blessed Sasuke.
Damn you, Itachi Uchiha. I used to admire you so much and think of you as my older brother, but...
Whenever Uchiha Sasuke thought of his former older brother, Itachi Uchiha, he was filled with fury. If the great Lord Brahman hadn't been merciful, that lunatic, that psycho, that idiot, that inhuman beast would have ruined everything for him. He'd nearly lost his chance to take the civil service exam and contribute to the great Empire!
What the hell...
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