However, no matter how thoroughly they investigated, they could only discover that before all this, Uchiha Brahman had been nothing more than an ordinary member of the Uchiha Clan. He couldn't even refine much chakra and was no different from an ordinary person in Konoha.
The only thing they could learn was that Uchiha Brahman had awakened the legendary eyes, the same ones Madara Uchiha possessed. They seemed to be the Uchiha Clan's ultimate power.
The Mangekyō Sharingan.
Who would have thought these legendary eyes would be so powerful? They had enabled him to defeat Sarutobi Hiruzen, allowing an ordinary person to leap straight into the position of Hokage.
Still, becoming a village's Kage through brute force wasn't a sustainable way to rule. The Kage of the four great villages believed that before long, Uchiha Brahman would fall from his position as Hokage for one reason or another.
Deep beneath the Land of Waves, in the laboratory, the changes continued. The criminal who had been injected with the serum lay on the ground as it began to take effect. His body started changing, becoming stronger, and a more powerful, ferocious chakra emanated from him. The flesh on the surface of his body began to slowly writhe and transform.
At the edge of the cage, a group of Uchiha Brahman's Shadow Clones silently watched, continually recording the criminal's physical data.
The changes quickly reached their limit. In the end, the criminal lay motionless on the ground, as if dead.
Not long afterward, the criminal climbed to his feet, dropped to his knees, and kowtowed repeatedly.
"Lowly commoner, I pay my respects to the great Brahmans!"
The criminal knelt in utter devotion, offering his prayers.
The Shadow Clones present watched the scene, then all grinned and laughed. They released the commoner from the cage and began examining him.
Once the examination was complete, they reassembled the commoner, whose organs and body parts had been taken apart into countless pieces.
"Success!"
One of the Shadow Clones wiped the blood from his hands with a cloth, then looked at the others and exclaimed happily.
"That's right, success! Hahahaha!"
The other Shadow Clones burst into delighted laughter. Their examination had found no problems with the commoner's genes or organs; he wasn't going to suddenly drop dead.
Next, they began manufacturing the Genetic Modification Serum in large quantities and injecting it into the criminals kept in the laboratory cages as test subjects.
A single experiment couldn't prove that the genetic serum was safe and harmless. What if that commoner just had an unusually sturdy constitution?
As they injected the serum into more and more people, the great blessing entered their bodies and transformed their genes.
After a while, they found that things were indeed as they'd suspected. Most people had no problems after receiving the injection, but a small number of unlucky subjects suffered genetic collapse, their bodies disintegrated, and they died.
"Excellent. Our experiment was a success! It's time to bring an advanced system to this world!"
The Brahmans exchanged glances and grinned.
After Uchiha Brahman became Hokage, nothing changed throughout Konoha.
The Uchiha Clan.
"Brahman..."
Fugaku Uchiha looked at Uchiha Brahman, wanting to say something.
"Silence, Fugaku. You should call me Lord Hokage!"
Uchiha Brahman looked indifferently at Fugaku Uchiha, the so-called clan leader of the Uchiha Clan. Then he walked to the seat of honor and sat down without a trace of emotion.
"Are you really... Uchiha Brahman?"
An old man looked at Uchiha Brahman and asked uncertainly. The other Uchiha present were just as incredulous. Even now, they felt as if they were in a dream, as though they'd been caught in a genjutsu.
They had been plotting a coup for ages, hoping to increase the Uchiha Clan's influence in the village. But before their coup could even begin, an ordinary Uchiha—someone they hadn't even known existed—had revealed a pair of legendary eyes and gained the support of the daimyo and Shimura Danzō, who had always looked down on the Uchiha Clan. He had risen from an obscure fishmonger to become the Hokage of the village.
The contrast was so jarring. Were they dreaming?
They'd spent so long plotting a coup, and it had just happened—and it had been carried out by a fishmonger!
That was a power capable of defeating the Third Hokage!
"I'm Uchiha Brahman, of course. I'm the genuine article! And from now on, you'll call me Lord Brahman—or Lord Hokage!"
Uchiha Brahman leaned back in his chair, looking at the Uchiha present with immense arrogance.
Seeing the haughty look in Uchiha Brahman's eyes, the Uchiha present were certain: Uchiha Brahman really was a traditional Uchiha!
"Yes, Lord Hokage!"
Uchiha Shisui, standing in the corner, immediately dropped to his knees in excitement and looked at Uchiha Brahman with utmost reverence. Then he stood and turned to the clan members around him.
"What are you all doing? Hurry up and pay your respects to the great Lord Brahman! You lowly commoners!"
At Uchiha Shisui's words, some of the Uchiha stared at him in disbelief. If they remembered correctly, wasn't Uchiha Shisui a favored follower of the Third Hokage and Danzō?
"Greetings, Lord Hokage!"
Never mind. They didn't know what had happened, but Uchiha Brahman had fulfilled their clan's long-held wish: at last, someone from the Uchiha Clan had become Hokage. He had even gained those legendary eyes.
Who cared what his status had been before?
"Good!"
Seeing how respectfully everyone behaved, Uchiha Brahman nodded in satisfaction. Then he glanced at Fugaku Uchiha, and his expression darkened.
"Fugaku, your time as clan leader is over. You're utterly useless! Can you tell me why Itachi Uchiha went to rescue the renegade Sarutobi Hiruzen? Was it your idea?"
Uchiha Brahman looked coldly at Fugaku Uchiha beside him and spoke without emotion. He had been nothing more than a fishmonger before, but now he carried the oppressive air of someone born to rule. That wasn't surprising, after all. Uchiha Brahman hadn't transmigrated because he'd done good deeds.
"Brahman, that boy Itachi was clever from a young age. I'm sure he must have had his reasons!"
Fugaku Uchiha frowned as he looked at Uchiha Brahman. He felt this younger clansman was getting too arrogant, daring to speak to him, the clan leader, like that.
"Silence, you commoner! How dare you call the great Lord Brahman by his name? And you dare make excuses for that beast Itachi! This is outrageous—utterly topsy-turvy! Do you know that the only reason you can stand here is because of the great Lord Brahman's kindness?"
Before Uchiha Brahman could say anything, Uchiha Shisui couldn't hold back any longer.
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