A Slave who became Emperor Chapter 60

The investigation started . . each general assigned few leaders, split their regiments into smaller groups and started the process, each and every individual was being questioned . . everyone understood the gravity of the situation and responded with complete honesty . . Pinaka assembled few most important people . . they were, Samyukta, emperor Surya Gupta (Pinaka's father), emperor Krishna Chandra (Samyukta's father), emperor Kailash Nanda (Pinaka's maternal grandfather) Prince Deepak, Prince Surya (Samyukta's brothers), general Rudra Verma (Magadhan General), Shiva, Varuna, Indra (Pinaka's loyal men and Gupta army generals) and Badshah Khan . . .

Everyone was grim . . Pinaka said, 'what are your thoughts . . . ? ' Shiva said, 'Prince, why is Badshah Khan here? He might be important for us . . but this meeting needs to be . . confidential . . I don't mean to offend anyone . . but . . you can't ignore that he and Zaffar are of the same religion . . . ' Pinaka said, 'Shiva . . please . . I trust each one of you in this room blindly with my life . . . and every religion teaches peace and love . . I am sure that there are good people and bad people in every religion . . Devadatta was one of us . . but did it stop him from betraying my father? ' Shiva muttered, 'sorry, ' in a low tone and bent his head . . Khan said, 'don't worry my friend . . I know that you are loyal to Gupta family . . I am the same as you . . I swear to you . . I am a Pathan and a Pathan never cheats . . I came here to honor my father's last wish and to repay my gratitude . . ' Shiva nodded and kept quiet . .

Pinaka continued, 'ok, so . . what do you think . . ' Emperor Krishna Chandra said, 'I am unable to understand . . we are being guarded so well . . our men are fiercely loyal to me and the country . . ' Emperor Surya Gupta nodded and said, 'None of our soldiers could have done it . . there is no motive . . think about the reason . . there must be a recent incident or some long standing grudge . . think if any of you have done something that you should not have done . . ' everyone fell quiet . . . suddenly there came one General of the Gupta army . . he said, 'your majesty, we caught the culprit . . ' everyone was shocked, Pinaka said, 'ok, bring him here . . ' the general said, 'your majesty, it would be better if we go there . . . it was pretty tough to restrain him . . please don't mind . . ' Pinaka was stunned, but didn't say anything . . he nodded and said, 'ok, let's go . . '

The General lead the way, he went to the extreme end of the barracks . . he then went into a small tent and asked everyone to follow . . as they entered inside, there was a huge man, the size of a bison, he was sitting in one corner, tied in chains to a pole . . he was trying to break free but the chains restricted him very effectively . .

Pinaka looked at the man keenly . . he felt as if he has seen that man before . . suddenly he knew who he was . . how was it even possible . . they never knew that he had a son and he would return and take revenge . . and that too during a war . . but . . when it happened . . he was not there . . . Pinaka didn't even know about his existence . .

Emperor Surya Gupta said, 'Suradutta . . it's you . . ' the prisoner lalughed hysterically . . he said, 'yes uncle, your son killed my father . . . now is the time for my revenge . . ' Pinaka looked at him as he realised who Suradatta was . . he was none other than Devadatta's son . . !!!

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