Golden List Live: I Really Can’t Hide Anymore!

Chapter 011: Fourth Kazekage: Orochimaru, Get Your Ass Out Here!

The energy from the Thunder Fruit was tempering the Fourth Raikage’s body, making his physical attributes grow stronger and stronger. 

Originally, his Lightning Release technique had already tempered his body to a near-perfect state, approaching the limits of human physical strength, making further improvement difficult. 

But now, his physical attributes were soaring once again.

"What a powerful Thunder Fruit! If I had enough of these, my body might even rival my father’s!" thought the Fourth Raikage.

Soon, the energy from the Thunder Fruit was exhausted, and his physical strength had doubled.

"Hahaha, with my current power, I could probably defeat the Third Hokage with ease," the Fourth Raikage thought.

Shortly after, his secretary arrived.

"Fourth Raikage-sama, this year’s Chūnin Exams are being held in Konoha. The Third Hokage has also invited you to visit Konoha as a guest," the secretary said, holding a document.

"I’m not going!" The Fourth Raikage declined outright.

He had no interest in going to Konoha. After all, the relations between the Hidden Cloud Village and Konoha weren’t very friendly right now, and he wasn’t planning to send any of his elite genin to Konoha either. He decided to send just a couple of regular genin teams.

After the secretary left, the Fourth Raikage entered the Golden List livestream, wanting to chat with his father. But at this time, he noticed that it was impossible to speak in the chat.

It was only then that he realized that after the Taijutsu Ranking was announced, the livestream was temporarily disabled. It would only be re-enabled when the next ranking was revealed.

At this moment, the livestream was completely closed.

While this might not affect other ninjas, it was a great opportunity for Orochimaru.

In a forest not far from Konoha.

Kabuto met with Orochimaru.

"Orochimaru-sama!" Kabuto greeted him with utmost respect.

Orochimaru ordered, "Kabuto, you must have noticed that the Golden List livestream is currently disabled?"

"I’ve noticed," Kabuto replied, adjusting his glasses slightly.

Orochimaru smiled, "I thought my plan was going to be impossible to execute, but now it seems it might still work. My original plan was to attack the Fourth Kazekage, kill him, and then go to Konoha under his guise. At that time, I would assassinate my beloved teacher, Hiruzen Sarutobi, during the Chūnin Exams. But with the appearance of the Golden List livestream, even if we killed the Fourth Kazekage, he could still speak in the chat and reveal his death, which would ruin our plan."

"Orochimaru-sama, do you need my help with attacking the Fourth Kazekage?" Kabuto asked.

"No need," Orochimaru instructed. "Just focus on your own tasks. I plan to take Kimimaro with me to attack the Fourth Kazekage. The two guards by his side are my spies, and they can seriously injure him. Combined with Kimimaro’s abilities, killing the Fourth Kazekage won’t be difficult."

"Then let me congratulate you in advance, Orochimaru-sama!" Kabuto said with a smile.

Soon, Orochimaru disappeared.

Kabuto, acting as if nothing had happened, returned to Konoha.

Meanwhile, the major ninja villages were preparing to send their genin to Konoha for the Chūnin Exams.

Time passed day by day.

Now, the genin from the various ninja villages had arrived in Konoha, led by their respective jonin.

Apart from the Kazekage, the leaders of the other four great ninja villages did not attend.

This was understandable. After all, it was just a Chūnin Exam, and given the tense relations between the villages, they feared Konoha might try to capture them all at once.

According to Orochimaru’s calculations, during the final phase of the Chūnin Exams, which would coincide with the announcement of the second ranking list, he would have already begun his assassination plan. Even if the livestream was re-enabled at that time, it wouldn’t affect his plan.

Finally, the Chūnin Exams reached their climax, and ten days had passed.

Golden List Livestream.

【Senju Hashirama: The chat is open again. These ten days were so boring. There’s nothing in the Pure Land, and being sealed off from the chat made it even more dull.】

【Uchiha Madara: Hashirama, after all these years, what’s ten days to you?】

【Fourth Hokage: @Naruto, son, you mentioned the Chūnin Exams were starting. Are they over now? Did you become a Chūnin?】

【Fourth Kazekage: Orochimaru, get your ass out here! How dare you kill me?!】

【Fourth Raikage: Kazekage, you got killed?】

【Fourth Kazekage: Yes, I was killed and now I’m in the Pure Land. I was attacked by two of my guards, who turned out to be Orochimaru’s spies. They injured me severely, and Orochimaru had a subordinate with a Kekkei Genkai that caused me even more trouble. On top of that, Orochimaru was well-prepared and used the Reanimation to summon the First and Second Hokage. I was caught off guard and got killed.】

【Mei Terumi: Why would Orochimaru kill you? Do you two have a grudge?】

【Fourth Kazekage: Hell no! I barely even interacted with him!】

【Fourth Raikage: If I remember correctly, the Reanimation was developed by the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, right?】

【Senju Tobirama: Indeed, I created that technique, but I later classified it as forbidden. I didn’t expect Orochimaru to learn it and even gather our cells to summon us. However, the sacrifices he used were weak, so the versions of us he summoned were only at a normal Kage level.】

【Fourth Kazekage: Orochimaru, show yourself!】

【Fourth Hokage: My son hasn’t entered the chat either. I wonder what he’s doing right now.】

【Third Tsuchikage: This should be around the time of the Konoha Chūnin Exams. Maybe they haven’t entered the chat, so they don’t know what’s happening.】

【Jiraiya: Konoha is under attack. Everyone is busy fighting, so they probably don’t have time to enter the chat.】

【Fourth Hokage: Jiraiya-sensei, Konoha is under attack? What’s going on? Is Naruto hurt?】

【Jiraiya: Orochimaru infiltrated the Chūnin Exams disguised as the Fourth Kazekage and attacked Lord Hiruzen. But with Lord Hiruzen’s strength, he should be fine. The entire Konoha is in chaos right now, with battles happening everywhere. I’m currently dealing with some rogue ninjas and protecting civilians.】

【Fourth Raikage: Konoha under attack? I’d love to see that firsthand!】

At this moment, a line of text appeared in the chat.

【Participants on the rankings can start a livestream. Each participant has three livestream opportunities per month.】

Everyone was shocked.

The Golden List Livestream had this ability?

They quickly instructed the ninjas who were in Konoha and on the rankings to start a livestream.

Soon, Might Guy, Hiashi Hyuga, and others started their livestreams one by one.

Instantly, multiple livestream windows appeared in the chat, showing the current situation in Konoha in detail.

At this time, Senju Hashirama spoke again.

【Senju Hashirama: Everyone, I feel a summoning. It seems Orochimaru is using Reanimation to summon me again.】

【Senju Tobirama: I feel it too!】

【Third Tsuchikage: Looks like we’ll get to see the First and Second Hokage battle the Third Hokage in an epic showdown!】