National fortune descended, and countries around the world drew lucky contestants to enter the Naruto trials.
Contestants from other countries drew ordinary templates, happily playing genin in their ninja villages and livestreaming their exploits to the world.
But Huaxia's contestant, Lin Tian, triggered the [Abyss-Level Anomaly Template: 99.9% Death Rate]. Not only was he forced to arrive fifteen years early, his livestream was also forcibly locked behind a black screen!
For fifteen years, the sky screen only occasionally dropped a few seconds of “highlights” for the world to see:
Amid a rain of blood, a god of slaughter with an awakened Mangekyo stood atop a mountain of corpses;
In a world-shattering explosion, a mysterious masked man forcibly gouged out a god's Rinnegan…
Players around the world trembled in fear, praying they wouldn't run into this “Hell-Level NPC.” Huaxia's viewers were utterly despondent, convinced Lin Tian had died in the abyss long ago.
Then the fifteen-year countdown ended, and players around the world officially arrived!
Contestants from other countries had finally made it to chunin, and even joined forces to hunt down the legendary “Masked Big Boss.”
Just then, Huaxia's livestream, blacked out for fifteen years, shattered with a thunderous crash!
The screen lit up, and billions around the world were horrified to discover that the camera was pointed straight at the mastermind who had terrified them for fifteen years, commanded the Akatsuki, and swept through the shinobi world!
Atop a towering pagoda, the man slowly removed his mask, revealing a pair of cold Rinnegan as he looked down at the trembling foreign players below:
“The leeks are ripe. Begin the cleanup.”
At that moment, the entire internet outside Huaxia panicked, while all of Huaxia went wild!