"I see the mountains as endlessly enchanting; surely the mountains see me the same way."
Having figured all of this out, Kei’s footsteps became noticeably lighter. Even this irritating world seemed to have become much livelier.
It seemed that today was yet another fine day to uphold justice.
World peace was counting on Uchiha Kei.
The more he thought about it, the more magnificent he felt himself to be.
How terrible would the world of Naruto be without me?
Seeing that his lord seemed to have finally shaken off his troubles, Johnny became lively as well and hurriedly asked:
"Sir, you seem to be in a very good mood?"
Of course Kei was happy.
A person needed a goal in life, after all. Without one, there was no motivation to move forward.
Making money and obtaining power were things Kei had already accomplished with ease.
Now, it seemed that a new challenge had appeared before him.
It was like playing the same video game for a very long time, replaying it over and over.
He still loved the game, but he had long since lost the passion he once had for it.
Then, suddenly, the game received an update.
There were new mechanics and new ways to play.
Naturally, that was something worth celebrating.
Kei nodded with a broad grin.
"Don’t pry into matters of society too much. Knowing too much isn’t good for you. If I say something, it counts as dispelling a rumor. If you say it, it counts as leaking classified information!"
Kei, who had always been pretending to be dignified and composed, rarely cracked a joke.
His steps even became almost bouncy, and the atmosphere around them instantly became much more cheerful.
Seeing that he seemed to have startled Johnny, Kei felt a small thrill of satisfaction at having successfully played a prank.
"Come on, Johnny. I’ll take you all to write our very own mythology! We’ll destroy the world and then rebuild it. We’ll make the world experience our greatness!"
The sudden enthusiasm from his lord left Johnny completely baffled.
Naka already had so many myths.
Writing a new one certainly wasn’t an easy task.
"What kind of mythology? The Genesis, the Great Flood, or Ragnar?k?"
Kei didn’t answer him directly. Instead, he said mysteriously:
"From now on, in this world, God shall say, ’Let there be light...’"
Johnny couldn’t resist finishing the sentence:
"And there was light?"
Kei shook his head.
How boring!
"No. God shall say, ’Let there be light.’
"But first, it must receive approval from the Uchiha.
"Only then shall there be light!"
As he spoke, he picked up Himawari, who had been running around wildly.
He grabbed her by the arms and swung her around as though she were flying, making the little girl float through the air.
"Is becoming a god too insignificant a goal?
"From now on, even gods will need the Uchiha’s approval before they can become gods!
"Now that would be interesting!
"And the first step toward making the Uchiha the God Above Gods is naturally—
"Susanoo’s Fury !"
The little girl, tossed into the air and flying through the sky, wasn’t frightened in the slightest.
Instead, she became even more excited.
They had finally gotten a chance to come out and play, but their lord had spent the entire journey looking troubled, ruining everyone’s mood.
Now that their lord had finally joined in on the fun, they naturally had to enjoy themselves to the fullest.
"Sir, are you going to cause havoc in the sea? Himawari can help you!"
The little girl asked while flying through the air and going, "Waaah! Waaah!"
Although Himawari was always shamelessly casual with Uchiha Kei and was constantly looking for opportunities to cause him a little trouble, she was actually one of the few people in Naka who did not believe in gods and spirits.
She believed in Uchiha Kei.
This little girl was willing to believe even the most ridiculous lies Uchiha Kei invented.
And, incredibly, she was actually one of Kei’s divine familiars.
Even more absurdly, the stronger she believed Uchiha Kei to be, the greater the power she could wield.
Other people’s strength was limited by what others could imagine.
Uchiha Himawari’s strength, however, depended entirely on her own imagination.
Most terrifying of all, even that accursed power of Fear was willing to submit to her control.
Even Kei himself couldn’t accomplish something like that without sufficiently powerful emotional fluctuations.
An ability as massively amplifying as the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons required Kei to wait until the atmosphere and his emotions had reached the proper peak before he could unleash it.
Himawari, however, only needed to believe that she could do something.
And then she could.
She was practically a weakened version of Uchiha Kei who didn’t need to train at all.
And as the girl’s imagination became richer, and as Uchiha Kei continued to bluff and display increasingly greater feats of power, Himawari’s own strength would grow accordingly.
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