Sasuke: Almost Couldn't Take the Civil Service Exam

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"Someone, bring me the palanquin!"

Uchiha Brahman sat upon the dragon carriage, one hand propping up his cheek, looking down indifferently at the Empire Citizens present.

Excitement, trembling, fanaticism...

Praise Brahman! To think we actually have the opportunity to serve the great Brahman? To think we can actually carry the great Brahman's palanquin? To think we can use these lowly bodies, use our very own flesh, to bear the weight of the great Brahman.

"What immense glory, what immense grace, what immense compassion!"

Might Guy was streaming with tears; this was grace, this was the grace bestowed by the great Brahman!

These Empire Citizens lifted the dragon carriage with boundless excitement and emotion, feeling the weight transmitted from the carriage above.

The great Brahman shall be with them.

Moved, infinitely moved!

This is grace!

"Praise Brahman!"

Fugaku Uchiha felt the weight on his shoulders, his heart filled with boundless excitement and emotion. To be able to become a dog for the great Uchiha Brahman, to be able to serve the great Uchiha Brahman, was the honor of his life as the former patriarch of the Uchiha clan!

In truth, there was a slight blood relation between Uchiha Brahman and Fugaku Uchiha. According to human lineage, Uchiha Brahman should call Fugaku Uchiha "uncle." Although the blood connection between them was quite distant, they were, after all, of the same clan.

"Sasuke, look, your old man is currently serving the great Brahman! When you grow up, you must also become someone useful to the great Brahman and to the great Empire!"

Fugaku Uchiha thought with immense emotion. Carrying the palanquin for the great Uchiha Brahman—he felt that after he returned, he could brag about this for a lifetime. What an honor!

He opened his eyes, and they emitted an eerie glow. In this state of immense excitement and glory, his eyes were even on the verge of evolving into the Mangekyo Sharingan.

From this, one could see the excitement and emotion in Fugaku Uchiha's heart!

"Obito, this is happiness. The excitement in my heart right now is something a stray dog like you will never be able to understand!"

Kakashi felt the weight on his shoulders and thought with immense emotion. At this moment, how he missed the past. If Obito Uchiha had also injected the great Sacred Blessing Serum just now, then perhaps one day in the future, Obito could also be like him, carrying the palanquin for the great Brahman.

These Empire Citizens, the former ninjas of Konoha, were incredibly excited at this moment!

"Return to Konoha!"

Uchiha Brahman leaned lazily against the dragon carriage, as if he were born to be this way, pointing toward the location of Konoha with extreme casualness and issuing his command with natural ease.

"As you command, great Brahman!"

Kakashi and the others said with utmost reverence, then lifted the palanquin and walked toward Konoha as if on a pilgrimage, as if they were carrying an entire world.

Konoha, Uchiha clan compound.

"Praise Brahman!"

Young Sasuke knelt on the ground, praising piously, then took out his books and began to study.

Ever since he had realized the True Dharma and understood how great Lord Brahman was, Uchiha Sasuke's life had gained a goal. It was like a ship sailing on an endless ocean finally finding a map, like seeing a lighthouse in the silent dark of night, like a nation finding its core consciousness, like a family finding its backbone.

Now, Uchiha Sasuke understood. He had his life goal, his faith, his conviction, and his wishes. He knew what he should do in the future, what he ought to do, and what he must do...

That was to contribute to the great, supreme, all-good, benevolent, kind, and magnificent Uchiha Brahman—a being so great that all the words in the world felt barren and insufficient to describe him—the true sun in his heart. He would dedicate his life to this Empire, to the great Empire.

"Praise Brahman!"

Uchiha Sasuke praised again with utmost piety, and the next moment, he touched his head.

It was bald. The hair on top of Uchiha Sasuke's head had been shaved off. His current appearance was actually a bit comical, looking like a bird's nest.

However, when he walked outside, not only did no one mock him, but on the contrary, they were extremely envious of him.

Uchiha Sasuke's consciousness drifted back to that day when the great, benevolent Lord Brahman had stroked his head.

What an honor that was!

To show gratitude for the great Brahman's benevolence, Uchiha Sasuke had his mother carefully shave off the hair that had been touched by the great Brahman that very day. They treated it like a holy relic, preserving it in a box made of the finest materials.

This was a supreme treasure!

"Wuu wuu... Lord Brahman..."

Thinking of that precious holy relic currently resting in his bedroom, Uchiha Sasuke's eyes grew hot, and he burst into tears of excitement. He was so moved, so excited; such a treasure was a holy relic that others couldn't even dream of obtaining.

Every morning when he woke up, Uchiha Sasuke would now kneel before those hairs to offer pious praise, and after coming out, he would respectfully and willingly offer praise toward the Imperial Palace where the great Brahman resided!

To show gratitude for the great Brahman's grace!

"Sasuke, what's wrong?"

At this moment, Mikoto Uchiha walked over, looking at her weeping son with concern.

"N-nothing... Mother, I just thought of the great Lord Brahman and was so moved I couldn't bear it..."

Uchiha Sasuke shook his head. His expression at this moment looked just like an old artist of several years; he was far too loyal.

"Praise Brahman!"

Mikoto Uchiha heard Sasuke Uchiha's words, immediately pressed her hands together in pious prayer, offered her praise, and then departed.

After crying for a while in extreme agitation, Sasuke Uchiha gradually calmed down, and he thought of that yellow-haired boy who, just like him, had received the blessing of the great Brahman.

"Naruto, is it? What a lucky guy, to have actually received a personal blessing from the great Brahman just like me!"

Sasuke Uchiha shook his head, then lowered his gaze to continue his studies; he wanted to dedicate the rest of his life entirely to the great Lord Brahman and become someone useful to the great Empire.

This was because the great Brahman was truly too merciful; not only did he not punish them, but he even bestowed a personal blessing upon him.

"Damn you, Itachi Uchiha. To think I used to respect you so much and treat you like my brother, but..."

Whenever Sasuke Uchiha thought of his former brother, Itachi Uchiha, he felt incomparable rage. If it weren't for the mercy of the great Lord Brahman, he would have been nearly affected by this lunatic, this psychopath, this idiot, this animal unworthy of being human, which would have prevented him from passing the civil service exam and contributing to the great Empire!

It was simply...