Only Sealed One of Orochimaru's Hands?!
The footage continued.
["Summoning Jutsu! Monkey King—Enma!"]
[The Third Hokage summoned Enma—a powerful ape with an indestructible diamond-hard body!]
[The Third fought side-by-side with Enma, whose body could transform into an adamantine staff, shift forms mid-battle, and even perform ninjutsu.]
The scene instantly ignited the emotions of Konoha's villagers and shinobi.
"See that?! That's our strongest Hokage—Lord Third—and his powerful summon!"
"Lord Third is amazing! He'll definitely win!"
Naruto's eyes shone with worship, dreaming of one day reaching such strength.
[Inside the Four Purple Flame Formation, even with Enma's support, the battle remained brutally difficult.]
["Reaper Death Seal!"]
[Even after performing the Reaper Death Seal, the Third could not defeat Orochimaru—only maintain the stalemate temporarily.]
[In the end, the Third was forced to sacrifice his own life, having the Shinigami swing its blade to seal away… Orochimaru's two arms.]
And the scene ended.
The entire shinobi world was stunned.
The so-called strongest Hokage in history…
JUST DIED LIKE THAT?!
And his great victory was…
Sealing ONE PAIR OF ARMS?!
Kumogakure
"So THAT'S the strongest Hokage? He sacrificed his life… to seal ONE arm of his own student?!"
The Fourth Raikage A clutched his stomach, laughing uncontrollably.
Mabui: "Lord Raikage, please mind your dignity—you're enjoying this too much."
Iwagakure
"To think someone like him fooled me with the title 'strongest Hokage.'"
Ōnoki's face was dark as charcoal.
Sunagakure
"The strongest Hokage's strength… is honestly pitiful.
But Orochimaru must truly be powerful.
No wonder he killed the Fourth Kazekage without anyone noticing."
Chiyo's expression was grim—great danger loomed for Suna.
Kirigakure
"Chōjūrō… I think I'm stronger than Hiruzen. Thoughts?"
Mei Terumi said after careful analysis.
Chōjūrō did not answer—he was still processing.
Pure Land
[Hashirama Senju: Little brother, your student has thoroughly disgraced Konoha.]
[Tobirama Senju: Big brother, stop talking. I'm preparing.
Not only am I killing Orochimaru, I'm cleaning up my own mess.]
[Uchiha Madara: Tobirama, Orochimaru is technically your grand-student.
So all the blame leads back to YOU.
Isn't that right, Izuna?]
[Uchiha Izuna: Exactly! Tobirama, you accepted Hiruzen, who then accepted THAT disaster—Orochimaru.]
[Madara: Speaking of which… where is your other student, Danzō?]
[Uzumaki Mito: Yes! The Third is dead in the future, Konoha is in chaos, yet Danzō hasn't appeared?
And not a SINGLE Root member is in the footage!]
[Tobirama: ENOUGH! That adds another person to my "clean-up list!"]
To outsiders, the most embarrassed person might seem to be the Third Hokage.
But the one suffering the biggest blow—
was Tobirama Senju.
At least in his own mind.
Sage of Six Paths
"It seems I was right not to pay attention to that Third Hokage.
Someone that shameless AND that weak… utterly unworthy of my concern."
Black lines formed above his head as he mocked himself in hindsight.
Konoha
The villagers and average shinobi were frozen stiff.
Their "strongest Hokage" lost.
Died pitifully.
And the price of his sacrifice was only sealing…
a single hand of Orochimaru.
Their worldview crumbled.
Meanwhile, the ANBU mobilized at once.
Root did not.
Root Base
"Hahaha! So that old fool Hiruzen gets killed by Orochimaru?"
"Then Root won't need to lift a finger. I'll reap all the benefits."
Danzō burst into laughter—until he remembered these events hadn't occurred yet.
"DAMN IT! DAMN IT ALL!"
"If Hiruzen dies as planned, the position of Fifth Hokage would definitely be mine!"
"Koharu and Homura, those useless fossils, have no right to compete with me."
"But because of this cursed ranking list… everything has changed!"
"From this moment on—no Root member is to act without MY orders!"
Chūnin Exam Arena
Orochimaru was already tightly surrounded by ANBU.
His face remained calm, but internally he was panicking.
He would rank and receive rewards, he was sure of it.
But—
His turn hadn't come yet!
And the Third and Danzō—both ranked lower—had already received massive boosts.
Spectator Stands
Bai Yan watched the unfolding chaos with amusement.
"I wonder what the First and Second are thinking after watching all this."
Others didn't know—
but Bai Yan did.
The Pure Land Hokage could see the scroll.
"How amazing it would be if the Golden Ranking could grant a world chat group.
Then I could put ALL ninjas together…
and watch them tear each other apart.
That would be peak entertainment."
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