I became Hokage in Tokyo

Chapter 511 Epilogue: Uchiha Hikaru

Chapter 511 Epilogue - Uchiha Hikaru

Year 20 of the Divine Calendar, Area 11, Neo-Tokyo.

Looking out at the city skyline, towering, tree-like buildings, resembling the dwellings of giants, rise and fall in layers. Maglev trains move silently and swiftly along their aerial tracks. Streamlined aircraft of all sizes rise and fall one after another.

At the edge of the city stands a magnificent space elevator, like the Tower of Babel piercing the sky and splitting it in two.

In the age of gods, a time when this country has become a historical term, the empire's territory encompassed everything under the sun and moon, from land to sea, and even outer space.

Even on the archipelago, the word "Japan" is used less and less, and is replaced by its designation in the Imperial Administrative District, Area 11.

Within the new era of urban planning, the Gakuen District in western Tokyo comprises hundreds of schools, including universities, high schools, and junior high schools.

A morning assembly in a first-grade classroom at one of the junior high schools.

"Mr. Mamiya, what was the extraordinary era like before the Divine Era? I'm very curious!"

The female teacher, who was in her forties and had a beauty mark under her left eye, blinked, wondering how the topic of the morning meeting had inexplicably veered to this point.

"Yesterday, Mr. Makoto's father came to the school to deliver something to you. I recognized him; he's one of the Twelve Divine Generals of the Extraordinary Era!"

"You new generation actually have an interest in the Twelve Divine Generals?"

The female teacher, somewhat surprised and embarrassed, clasped her hands together.

"Unfortunately, I, as your teacher, also did not experience the extraordinary era, so I don't know how to tell you about it."

"But, Ms. Mamiya, how old are you...?"

"cough!"

Age is a minefield for any older woman, the female teacher quickly interrupted:

"During the three years of the extraordinary era, the teacher was seriously ill and stayed in the hospital, so he did not witness it firsthand."

"Teacher, why is your surname Moribe, but your father's surname is Tosu? Did you take your mother's surname after your parents divorced?" the female student continued to ask.

The female teacher's eyelids twitched.

The new generation born in the Divine Era are truly precocious despite their young age.

The female teacher racked her brains trying to figure out how to change the subject when suddenly, a semi-transparent membrane of light appeared in front of her.

"The principal needs to speak with me. Everyone, please study on your own for now."

Following the steps, the female teacher immediately slipped out of the classroom.

The remaining thirty-odd students were at a lively and active age, laughing and playing around with each other.

One student, oblivious to everyone else, took out virtual reality glasses and was about to put them on his face.

"What VR game are you playing? Is it that fun that you have to play it even when you have a spare moment?"

"The Tale of the Samurai Hachimaru".

"It's a virtual stealth game released by Senju this year. I've played it. Although the production quality is as good as ever, the setting is complete, and the NPCs are frighteningly intelligent, the story is not so good this time."

As the students were talking, the female teacher returned, this time with another girl behind her.

"Quiet down, everyone, listen to me. We have a transfer student in our class."

With skin as white as snow, long, raven-feather-like hair combed back with a headband, and black hair and black eyes, she was an incredibly cute transfer student, but her aura was a bit cold.

Not only were the male students captivated, but the girls were also drawn in.

"She transferred from the Lunar Capital, so please introduce yourself."

"Light."

The transfer student's eyes flickered a few times, he remained silent for a moment, and then said:

"My name is Hikari Uzumaki."

She was a woman of few words, and after saying her name she fell silent, but the audience below had already erupted in a frenzy.

A commotion ten times louder than before erupted, and all the junior high students stared wide-eyed, whispering and gossiping amongst themselves.

"Wow! Lunar Capital, were you born on the moon?"

"This is the first time I've ever seen people from the moon!"

"That's so cool, you absolutely have to be my friend."

The female teacher couldn't help but smile.

The children's enthusiasm is not surprising. If she had gone to school in a small town when she was a child, and a transfer student from New York suddenly came, she would definitely have been very popular.

New York is merely a city built by mortals, while the Lunar Capital integrates the essence of all human civilization. It is the capital of an empire and, more importantly, the palace of the gods!

"Alright, let's begin class."

After the first class, a group of girls couldn't wait to surround Guang's seat.

"Hey hey hey, can I call you Hikaru-chan?"

"You're so beautiful, you're just like a princess."

Even her aloof and unapproachable demeanor couldn't stop the curious students from chattering away with questions.

"Why did Hikari-chan transfer to an upper-class school?"

As the governor's office of Area 11, and with hundreds of years of accumulation from the old era, Neo-Tokyo is one of the few major cities on Earth, but it is completely different from the Lunar Capital.

They had only ever heard of people transferring schools or immigrating to the Moon Capital, never of anyone doing the opposite.

"Hikari-chan, have you ever seen His Majesty on the moon?" someone suddenly asked rudely.

Hikaru, who usually ignored his classmates' questions, immediately pursed his lips and said coldly:

"I hate Uchiha clans the most!"

The students, who had been asking all sorts of questions out of curiosity, couldn't help but look at each other in bewilderment.

The classroom, which had been lively, suddenly became icy.

Even children like them understand that the entire empire revolves around God, and that hundreds of millions of people are bathed in God's grace.

God is not only the savior who quells the end-times crisis, eliminates all human conflicts and wars, and brings unprecedented stability and peace, but also the creator who single-handedly lifted human civilization to heaven.

No one in the old era ever imagined that the Age of Gods would not be an age of magic and spells, but an interstellar age!

Controlled nuclear fusion, virtual stealth, super artificial intelligence, space colonization...

Your Majesty manifested a miracle, and the lunar capital was formed overnight. Afterward, the moon continuously produced many technologies that far surpassed those of Earth, leading to earth-shattering changes in human society.

Whether in terms of violence or productivity, the lunar capital, with its god in charge, far surpasses all other nations on earth.

Under the prevailing trend, political entities on Earth peacefully transitioned to the Empire within a decade, achieving the great cause of human unification.

In the twentieth year of the Divine Calendar, human civilization had completed lunar colonization, and the population of the Lunar Capital exceeded one hundred million.

There's a widely circulated, but rather vulgar, saying in the Empire: God is indeed an alien.

This is not only because the Uchiha clan originated from the Divine Tree from the universe, making them aliens in some ways, but also because of the advanced technology that flowed from the moon.

Some people do wonder why a god who is clearly from the mystical side understands scientific technology, but the god doesn't care and won't respond.

The fanatics and theologians, arguing that God is omniscient and omnipotent and therefore transcends human intelligence, retorted.

In the interstellar age, all of humanity has achieved unprecedented material and spiritual prosperity, allowing the divine majesty to penetrate deeply into people's hearts, and inspiring more than just awe of the divine power.

Even if God is a holy emperor who reigns undisturbed, it would be troublesome if the adults heard his previous blasphemous words.

Despite being cute and a lunar person, the transfer student is a weirdo!

The students surrounding Guang quickly reached a consensus, their interest waned, and they dispersed.

"snort."

Guang didn't take it seriously, which was exactly what he wanted.

According to the schedule, afternoon classes are held in a virtual dodge space. After finishing half a day of classes at school, Guang returns to his private dormitory on campus.

Thanks to the development of super AI, nanny robots can take care of all aspects of life, including clothing, food, housing, and transportation. As a result, many students choose to live independently in school from junior high school onwards.

With a long time to go before classes officially start, I took out my virtual stealth helmet to kill some time.

In this era, virtual reality devices have become a necessity for everyone, serving as essential equipment for learning and working.

Virtual stealth games have become a global phenomenon.

However, among the many game developers, Senju is a level below.

Not only does its VR technology far surpass its competitors, but its game background setting is also renowned for its complete realism, and the high level of anthropomorphism and intelligence of its NPCs is praised by countless players.

The background of Senjusha is quite mysterious. Even though it is already the industry leader, not much information can be found on the Internet, which means it has a very important background.

But it's not a secret to the light.

Because Senju-sha is their own business, the business of the Uchiha clan.

The transfer student who ran away from home, her real name is Uchiha Hikaru, the incomparably noble Moon Princess.

"I don't want to play Senju's games, and other companies' games are poorly made and even less interesting."

Upon entering his virtual stealth personal space, Uchiha Hikaru looked at the dazzling array of games and found it rather difficult to choose.

Just then, a dialog box popped up, and someone requested to connect with her.

After looking at the ID, Uchiha Hikaru hesitated for a while before agreeing.

Strands of data wove together, and in the next moment, a handsome young man appeared.

He was probably around twenty years old. Although young, he had a very calm demeanor. He had black hair and black eyes, and his features were quite similar to those of Uchiha Hikaru.

"Itachi-nii, are you here to take me back?" Uchiha Hikaru turned his head away, puffing out his cheeks in anger.

"If we were to take Xiaoguang back, it wouldn't be me who came, it would be Mom."

"Which mother is it?"

Uchiha Hikaru's gaze darted around, and he asked timidly and nervously.

The young man simply smiled and remained silent.

"She really is a wolf mother, no!" Uchiha Hikaru's face turned bitter, as if the sky was about to fall.

She has six mothers and nine half-siblings.

The year after the moon fell, in September of the first year of the Shinshu calendar, Tsukimi no Inaba gave birth to twins.

In memory of the two Uchiha brothers who sacrificed their lives, the older brother was named Itachi, and the younger brother was named Sasuke.

These were God's first and second sons. Several years later, Fugaku, Izumi, Izuna, Kagami, Jisato, Shisui, Sarada, and Hikaru were born.

There are ten members of the new generation of Uchiha, and Hikari is the youngest daughter.

All Uchiha clan members share a common nickname for all their mothers, except for their biological mothers.

Jeanne is the crane mother, Hagoromo is the fox mother, Yoruichi is the cat mother, and Liliana is the rabbit mother.

Wolf Mother Inaba adhered to a strict, impartial educational policy, which made all the children of the Uchiha clan both respect and fear her.

"Now you know what fear is, huh?"

The young man smiled, then said in a friendly tone:

"Xiaoguang, why did you run away from home? Were you bullied?"

Uchiha Hikaru pouted and remained silent in a huff.

"Grandpa and Grandma have already returned from Mars. They were very worried when they saw that Xiaoguang wasn't there," the young man said, not angry at all, in a tone that sounded like he was coaxing a child.

Is Grandpa and Grandma's 41st wedding anniversary trip over?

Uchiha Hikaru's eyes lit up.

As if trying to make up for lost time, the Uchiha couple often found a reason to take a spontaneous trip together, even outside of holidays. They left their footprints on Earth, the Moon, and even on their newly established Martian colony.

These two mushy couple, and they're my grandparents! This is just too much...

How lucky!

Uchiha Hikaru's face lit up with joy.

Yay! With Grandpa here, Mommy Wolf can't punish me.

"Itachi-nii, I feel... Dad doesn't care about me."

With a renewed sense of confidence, Uchiha Hikaru finally revealed his true feelings:

"I haven't seen my dad for seventeen days, and next week is my birthday, so..."

So Xiaoguang ran away from home in an attempt to get his father's attention?

He really has the temper of a child.

"Our father is not only our father, but also the ruler of the empire, and the god of all people."

The young man gently stroked Uchiha Hikaru's hair and comforted him:

"But Xiaoguang, you won't be alone. You have many brothers and sisters who will be with you."

As the eldest brother, he was like a father to Uchiha Hikaru. In his eyes, he could see his father's shadow in Itachi, and for a moment, the anger in his heart dissipated.

But she still deliberately pouted, looked at her brother, and didn't say anything.

"What else is bothering you? Tell your brother." The young man smiled and coaxed Uchiha Hikaru along with his words.

"Brother Itachi, you can't laugh at me after I told you."

"That's natural."

After hesitating for a long time, Uchiha Hikaru finally said in a low voice:

"He's almost twelve years old and still hasn't awakened his Sharingan. Is that normal?"

"Pfft."

Despite agreeing not to laugh, the young man couldn't help but chuckle.

"Itachi-nii!" Uchiha Hikaru was both angry and embarrassed.

"Sorry, I got distracted and thought about something else. I wasn't laughing at you, brother."

Although a smile still lingered in the corner of his eye, the young man maintained a serious expression, pointing to himself and saying:

"I only started playing single-comma characters when I was fourteen, which is normal."

"But Sarada has already awakened her Sharingan, and she's only half a month older than me." Uchiha Hikaru still looked unconvinced.

The young man blinked; it was indeed so.

After Jing and Shishui, the mother's fifth child was finally a girl.

Among all her siblings, Sarada and Hikaru are born in the same month and year and are of similar age, so they have always been secretly competing with each other.

"In that case, I'll tell Hikaru the secret to Sarada's awakening of her Sharingan."

The young man tapped his fingers a few times in the air and sent a piece of data to the other side, acting mysterious.

"A virtual stealth game? Is that a new game from Senju? I've never heard of it."

Upon receiving the data, Uchiha Hikaru was surprised and puzzled: "What does this have to do with awakening the Sharingan?"

"This is a game from our Senju Studio that hasn't been released yet."

The young man laughed and said:

"Sarana got a beta test slot from me and unexpectedly awakened her powers in the game. Hikaru, you should give it a try."

Uchiha Hikaru frowned, half believing and half doubting.

"Oh, right. Father said he'll come to celebrate your birthday."

"Really?!" Uchiha Hikaru was both surprised and delighted, forgetting his previous temper.

A child's face is like the weather on a mountain; it can change in an instant.

The young man was somewhat amused and exasperated, and shook his head.

As a god, the father's feelings for his children are too reserved.

When Xiaoguang ran away from home, his father discovered it immediately. If it weren't for his tacit approval, even if Xiaoguang knew some hacking techniques, he wouldn't have been able to land in Area 11 via the Earth-Moon Flight.

All along the way, and even now, countless people, both openly and secretly, have been protecting this naive little princess.

Even the Governor's Office of the 11th District was on high alert every day, fearing that something might have happened to Uchiha Hikaru.

These are the offspring of God; if even a single hair of theirs is lost, the entire governor's mansion would be willing to die a hundred times over.

This isn't the old days, where bowing, kneeling, resigning, and offering apologies were enough to get by. Now, the only solution is seppuku (ritual suicide).

"Take this as a break, Hikaru, and spend a few days on Earth. But you have to return to Lunar Capital before your birthday, otherwise no one will be able to celebrate with you."

"Okay—"

Dragging out her words, Uchiha Hikaru said in a coquettish tone:

"Hey Itachi, are you free? Want to play a new game with me?"

The young man smiled slightly and waved affectionately at Uchiha Hikaru. The girl's eyes lit up, and she ran excitedly towards her brother.

"ah!"

Uchiha Hikaru, who had been poked on the forehead with two fingers, exclaimed in surprise, his eyes welling up with tears.

"Hikaru, please forgive me. I'll play with you again next time."

As soon as he finished speaking, the young man's body turned into data and disappeared.

"Honestly, Itachi always treats me like a child."

Uchiha Hikaru covered his head with both hands, trying his best to look angry, but his eyes shone brightly.

After experiencing the love and care from his father and brother, and savoring it carefully, Uchiha Hikaru shifted his attention to the game data sent by his brother.

"Sarana awakened her powers after playing this game? Is it really that amazing?"

With a try-it-out mentality, Uchiha Hikari transferred the game data to her virtual stealth space.

Spatial spiritual particles decomposed and recombined, the world changed, and the next moment Uchiha Hikaru appeared in a village nestled in the embrace of a forest.

Looking around, she saw well-arranged buildings and bustling streets filled with people, creating a peaceful and serene scene.

Every now and then, figures could be seen jumping between the rooftops.

"A ninja from Area 11?"

Before the game officially started, all the NPCs, even those who just passed by, ignored Uchiha Hikaru and went about their own business.

Soon, Uchiha Hikaru's gaze fell on the huge rock portrait carved on the cliff in the center of the village.

One, two, three, four... there are seven in total.

"What are those?"

"This is a village of ninjas, and their leader, trusted by all, is called the 'Hokage.' Their faces are etched in stone, forever immortalized."

Just then, a voice rang out.

"Everyone's dream is to become Hokage. That's where the story begins."

Uchiha Hikaru looked over and saw a boy about her age, with blond hair, blue eyes, and two whisker-like lines on his face.

"I'm Boruto, what's your name?"