Uchiha Brahman sat atop his dragon-drawn palanquin, gazing at the people before him with an immeasurably kind, gentle, tender, pure, and mild expression—as if he were looking at the egg-laying hens in his own backyard. His adorable food... friends really were so cute. No wonder they were his subjects.
"Wonderful, wonderful! You're all good children! Hahahaha!!!"
Uchiha Brahman raised a hand and happily waved to these healthy-looking citizens of the Empire. To him, as long as a person was alive, they had value and could provide him with a steady stream of power.
What reason did he have not to be happy?
"Praise Brahman! Our great Kind Father! Great Lord Brahman! You truly are great!"
In the crowd, a blond boy with a shaved head gazed reverently at Uchiha Brahman on the palanquin, his face filled with excitement and admiration.
Great—so great.
Naruto recalled the day the great Brahman had placed a hand on his head, ruffled his hair, and praised him for being a good child. Waaah, how lucky was he, Naruto, an orphan, to receive praise from the merciful Kind Father!
To receive praise from the great Kind Father—he, Naruto, could die happy!
That very day, Naruto had shaved off the lock of hair the great Kind Father had touched. He carefully placed it by his bed, like a sacred relic, a priceless treasure.
Every night, whenever he saw that box, Naruto felt as if the great Brahman, the great Kind Father, were watching over him. How warm, how blissful!
So, even though he was bald now, plenty of people wanted to be just like him and go bald too, but they hadn't had the chance!
"From now on, I'll become someone who can contribute to the great Kind Father and the great Empire! Praise the Kind Father!"
Naruto was so moved that he nearly wept. He gazed at the great Brahman with the reverence one might feel for a father, silently thinking to himself.
He, Naruto, had been an orphan and didn't know what fatherly or motherly love was. But from the great Brahman, he'd learned what mercy and tenderness meant. Lord Brahman was a Kind Father who felt even more like a father than his own father ever could!
"He's a complete monster..."
Inside Naruto, the Nine Tails sensed the terrifyingly vast chakra outside the seal, and it sent a shiver of dread through him. It was chakra as terrifying and scorching as the sun. But as he felt the bone-deep coldness within it, the evil and savagery that were like thousand-year-old ice—no, it wasn't malice. It was a cold, hollow mind, terrifying as an abyss, empty and void.
When the Nine Tails first sensed Uchiha Brahman's utterly unguarded mind, he felt a warmth like coming home. But after probing more closely, even the Nine Tails was overcome by an inexplicable dread.
Because that wasn't warmth. It was the warmth one felt in a desperate blizzard, when one was about to freeze to death in the terrible cold. It was something he'd never felt from anyone before, in all those long years.
The Nine Tails hurriedly stopped sensing Uchiha Brahman. He had a feeling that if he kept going, something terrible might happen—something he absolutely didn't want to see.
And the terrifying chakra emanating from Uchiha Brahman—just for a moment, the Nine Tails had thought the Sage of Six Paths had come back to life. But clearly, that wasn't the case.
"What kind of monster is this, Uchiha Brahman..."
The Nine Tails thought back on what he'd observed during this time. He now knew Uchiha Brahman's identity: a Uchiha, an ordinary nobody who had once sold fish in Konoha and had no fame whatsoever. Yet this ordinary man had suddenly received the daimyo's submission not long ago, then defeated Sarutobi Hiruzen, the evil, mad, ignorant, ungrateful rogue ninja and traitor who had attacked the former daimyo.
In the end, with the daimyo and the rogue ninja Sarutobi Hiruzen's former partner, Shimura Danzō, who had abandoned the darkness for the light, surrounding him, he had become the new Hokage. Afterward, the daimyos of the various countries had announced that they would dissolve their nations and form a new country.
And its leader was none other than Uchiha Brahman!
Even now, the Nine Tails felt as if he were living in a dream. No, I just went to sleep—how did the world suddenly turn into this mess?
"Indra, a monster has emerged among your descendants!"
The Nine Tails looked at Uchiha Brahman, who sat atop the dragon-drawn palanquin and was gradually disappearing into the distance, and sighed inwardly.
Hokage Rock still stood, but all the faces carved into it had vanished, replaced by an image of the great Brahman.
The former Hokage office building had also been demolished. In its place stood a vast, lavish palace.
Uchiha Brahman entered the palace.
"There are still a few little mice. Let's see what kind of fun you can provide me!"
On the Golden Throne in the center of the palace, Uchiha Brahman's lips curled into a faint smile.
Then his figure vanished.
Somewhere in the Shinobi World.
Deep underground.
This was a technologically advanced subterranean manufacturing facility. Several Uchiha Brahmans walked about inside, observing and inspecting the enormous metal spheres arranged on the floor.
Suddenly, a figure flashed into the subterranean facility.
"We can launch!"
Uchiha Brahman looked at the metal spheres nearby and spoke casually. Then he walked to a launch console, dispelled all the Shadow Clones present, and received their memories.
Then he gently pressed the red button before him.
Identity verification in progress...
Identity confirmed. Praise Brahman!
A cold mechanical voice rang out as a layer of blue light appeared, scanning Uchiha Brahman.
Once his identity was confirmed, the roof of the underground facility began to open. Bright sunlight streamed through the opening and shone down on the metal spheres.
"Orbital Angel activation sequence initiated!"
The cold mechanical voice sounded again. The next moment, blue light began to glow along the patterns on the enormous metal spheres. Then powerful chakra emerged from them.
Bzzzz...
The Anti-Gravity Engine started up!
The metal spheres began to float. Then the metal plating on their surfaces split apart, and enormous eyeballs, part flesh and part machine, emerged one after another, silently watching everything around them.
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