As more and more living beings were transformed into the dependents of Uchiha Brahman, receiving his magnificent blessings, Uchiha Brahman's power began to surge and grow at a blistering pace.
Enhanced by a vast amount of Fruit of the Ocean of Milk, his physical strength, cellular vitality, total chakra reserves, and transcendent intellect all underwent a qualitative leap. Supreme power, supreme wisdom—this was an evolution without limits.
Much like a celestial body, simply by continuously accumulating mass, it would undergo infinite collapse, aggregation, and compression, ultimately transforming into a black hole, a singularity.
Most importantly, the reinforcement brought by the Fruit of the Ocean of Milk enhanced his entire physical constitution—an elevation stemming from the genetic level. This meant that his Sharingan would be strengthened as well.
"Then, the time has come!"
The Hokage monument of Konoha had already been dismantled, replaced by a grand statue of Brahman.
"Praise Brahman!"
Beneath the Hokage monument, everyone—whether ninja or civilian—knelt devoutly on the ground, chanting praises to the great Brahman and bowing before him.
"Praise Brahman! You are the strongest ninja, the ninja among ninjas. You are the immortal true god, the sole sun in our hearts, the ruler of the world, the only one in the universe. You are the light, you are the hope, you are everything..."
The incomparably devout chorus of praise echoed throughout Konoha, lingering for a long time.
In the shadows, a dark figure quietly watched this scene.
"What on earth is happening? How did Konoha and the Shinobi World become like this? Uchiha Brahman..."
Black Zetsu quietly watched the scene unfold. Everything was in chaos; absolute chaos. In the blink of an eye, the Hokage of Konoha had been replaced, and by an Uchiha who had appeared out of nowhere, no less.
"Mangekyou Sharingan..."
Black Zetsu looked at Uchiha Brahman standing atop the Hokage monument, hoping this fellow wouldn't disrupt their plans.
Black Zetsu couldn't detect anything amiss from these ninjas and ordinary people. They looked completely normal, and there was no trace of foreign chakra within their bodies. This proved that Uchiha Brahman wasn't controlling them; these people worshiped Brahman sincerely from the bottom of their hearts.
"What a joker!"
In the shadows, Uchiha Obito quietly watched Uchiha Brahman, then turned and left.
"This... truly is a wondrous thing!"
In a laboratory, Orochimaru looked at the golden potion in his hand, feeling an incomparable sense of wonder. This was a potion capable of directly rewriting genes and reorganizing life.
Even with his current level of expertise, he couldn't possibly create something like this. If he could figure out its underlying principles, he could completely turn those Kekkei Genkai into synthetic potions and inject them into himself, granting himself countless Kekkei Genkai.
Orochimaru even perceived a pathway to eternal life within this single vial of potion.
"Uchiha Brahman..."
Orochimaru thought of the news circulating throughout the Shinobi World lately. His teacher, Sarutobi Hiruzen, had actually become a rogue ninja, even a traitor to the country. How absurd was that? When he first heard the news, Orochimaru even thought he had fallen under a Genjutsu. Yet, it was no illusion—this was reality.
A dignified Hokage had actually been framed as a rogue ninja, and now that status as a traitor had been fully cemented.
"Teacher, you really have grown old!"
Orochimaru shook his head.
Naturally, he didn't believe for a second that Sarutobi Hiruzen would betray Konoha; it was clearly a malicious frame-up. But why did he find it so damn amusing? Why was he so happy? Hahahahaha! The Hokage had become a rogue ninja! Hahahahaha!
Somewhere in the Shinobi World.
"Teacher..."
Jiraiya looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was missing an arm, and Uchiha Itachi, who had lost both legs, an expression of profound fury on his face.
"Uchiha Brahman!!!"
During this period, he had naturally learned of the events that had transpired in Konoha. An Uchiha named Uchiha Brahman, backed by the Daimyo, had framed his teacher as a rogue ninja and even driven him straight out of Konoha.
This...
When he first heard the news, Jiraiya thought he was dreaming. A dignified Third Hokage had actually turned into a rogue ninja—how utterly absurd! This simply had to be a dream.
Unfortunately, after carefully investigating the reports, Jiraiya fell silent. He wasn't dreaming; it was reality.
To be honest, although the Daimyo did technically have the authority to appoint the Hokage, that appointment was usually just a formality where Konoha selected the Hokage and then sought official recognition from the Daimyo simply to inform him that Konoha had a new leader.
In reality, the Daimyo lacked the capacity to interfere in a village's choice of its own leader. There were a thousand reasons for this, but the primary one was simple: the Daimyo lacked the strength to do so.
Nominally, he was the supreme leader of Konoha and the entire nation, but in practice, he was merely a figurehead.
However, once the Daimyo acquired the power to enforce something that had previously existed only in theory yet was genuinely acknowledged, Sarutobi Hiruzen was effectively branded a traitor, whether he was one or not.
"Uchiha clan..."
Jiraiya cast a hostile glare at Uchiha Itachi, even harboring the urge to strike.
"Jiraiya, Itachi is a good boy! He is a practitioner of the Will of Fire!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen waved his hand, stopping Jiraiya.
Jiraiya calmed down and looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen with concern.
"Damn that Uchiha Brahman! Now that I've confirmed you're safe, teacher, I'm heading straight to Konoha! I'll kill that damned Uchiha Brahman for sure! That lunatic who has betrayed the Will of Fire!"
Jiraiya said angrily, moving to leave immediately. In his eyes, the current Konoha had strayed down a wicked path, controlled by a madman who had no right to the position of Hokage and didn't even understand the Will of Fire. As a disciple of the Hokage and one of the Sannin of Konoha, he had to go back, set things right, and kill the evil Uchiha Brahman.
He had to take Konoha back!
"Stop! Jiraiya, you are no match for that man!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen stepped forward to block Jiraiya.
"Uchiha Brahman is not so easily defeated. We must plan this carefully. Where is Tsunade?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Jiraiya and asked. Only by actually fighting Brahman could one truly understand what irresistible strength meant. In fact, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that when Uchiha Brahman had fought him earlier, he hadn't used his full strength at all—he had simply been playing with him.
You must know that even Enma, who possessed a diamond-hard body, was cut cleanly in half without being able to withstand a single blow when facing that man!