094 Naruto Mobile Game

Kakashi stood on the rooftop of a building, hands in his pockets, quietly watching the village below.

The view here was of course not as good as from the Hokage Rock, but everyone had already dispersed—why should he go back anyway? He was alone, after all.

Thinking about it, although they had won, there was no celebration banquet. Mainly because they couldn't bear to disturb Naruto's reunion with his father.

So nice. Kakashi thought silently, and at the same time apologized in his heart.

When he saw that revival card at the scene back then, he almost couldn't hold himself back. There were too many people he wanted to bring back.

He wanted to revive Rin, the companion he failed to protect. He wanted to revive Obito, the one who sacrificed himself to save him.

And Minato-sensei, Kushina-san, and also… his father, Hatake Sakumo.

As for his father, there was only one sentence he wanted to tell that man: he had already forgiven him.

Kakashi let out a soft sigh, but his gaze burned slightly. He didn't know when the next chance to release a revival card would come.

But he had to seize it! No matter who stood in his way, he had to win!

No, he couldn't stay idle anymore.

Kakashi pulled out the phone he had been gripping in his pocket and planned to play a ranked match.

But suddenly, on the left side of the main screen of Ninja Mobile Game, he saw a small icon that looked like a camera.

Don't underestimate a ninja's memory—this thing wasn't here before. It must have gone online after the Organization Dominion Tournament ended, right?

Curious, he tapped it and found out what it was.

[Ninja Live Streaming]

That was the large title, and below it were rows of things called live rooms, arranged one after another.

Kakashi casually tapped one and entered. On the phone screen appeared a person—someone playing Ninja Mobile Game—along with the game battle footage.

Like a recording? Kakashi thought, but quickly denied it.

Because he saw people sending messages in the live room, and the person hosting was chatting with the viewers while playing Ninja Mobile Game.

So that's how it is—real-time.

Kakashi accepted it quickly. Wasn't the Organization Dominion Tournament fully livestreamed as well, available for audiences to watch?

After watching a few more live rooms, he understood. This was probably something officially opened for individual players—anyone who wanted could start one.

He refreshed casually, and a new live room appeared at the very top, showing the highest popularity index.

He tapped in, and his expression immediately grew serious.

"Ah—eh? No, don't do this, mm ah mm mm~ I'm begging you, let me go! I'm going to die! I can't take it anymore aaah… gotcha! I was lying! You really thought I couldn't beat you?"

The streamer first surrendered in a weak, pitiful tone, then suddenly flipped his face, switching to a mocking, obnoxious voice.

Reflected in the actual game, it was like this: first he turtled up in a corner, pressured by the opponent's movement and positioning, then suddenly struck back when they weren't prepared.

To put it simply, after pretending to be weak to gain an advantage, he went wild with taunts, showing just how fast he could change faces.

Obviously, quite a lot of people in the live room enjoyed this routine—the barrage of comments rolled by one after another.

Of course, that wasn't the key point. The key point was that this streamer was wearing a mask, with only a single opening at the position of the right eye.

That masked guy?!

Kakashi glanced at the title at the top, which read: the [Kamui Cannot Hide Tears] live room.

Kamui? Cannot hide tears?

Kakashi's expression darkened. In his eyes, wasn't this a naked mockery aimed straight at him?

Suddenly, a distinctive barrage message swept across the screen, especially eye-catching.

["Loves Brewing Coffee" sent the streamer a shuriken and left a message: Streamer, you play really well. Is there a ninja even stronger than this?]

"There is, there is! Thank you for the shuriken, thanks!" the masked man said while expressing his gratitude. "If you want to rank up, I highly recommend one ninja!"

Just at that moment, the match ended. He immediately started another one and selected that ninja.

[Mysterious Masked Man? Isn't that the streamer himself?]

[Streamer has no shame at all—promoting himself!]

[After watching that last match, don't expect the streamer to have any sense of shame.]

[Streamer, I'm a student at the ninja academy. Could you gift me a ninja?]

[Streamer, who are you?]

"That's right! Mysterious Masked Man! It's me! The strongest ninja—who else could it be besides me?" the masked man locked in his main ninja.

The match began.

"I'll teach you how to play at the start—direct fire breath, direct grab, pull the opponent into the gods—cough, into my infinite mask space!"

"Slowly A into the ultimate, wait for him to drop out of time-space, then double-A without showing the recovery."

(T/N: As I understand it there is a button "A")

"Streamer understands—use the substitute, then jump away with the second skill… You understand nothing! This viewer clearly has a misunderstanding. The second skill has recovery; if the opponent bites onto you and grabs you, won't you just explode?"

"Ah, the opponent substituted. I go directly up-down-up-down left-right-left-right with a completely irregular movement set!"

"Haha! I dodged it! I counter with an invincible displacement jump, jump right onto his face!"

"Hah! Ha! Tch!"

"OK, second wave. I'll teach everyone another small trick—baiting the substitute with your eyes."

"I A him first, then suddenly stop A-ing and walk away, then walk back and stand still."

"Ah, he substituted, right!"

"I directly activate my ultimate! Everyone, send the Ultimate Scene to the public chat for me!"

"Ahem~ I am the ruler of this world!" the masked man said in a lowered voice.

And in the live room, images instantly flooded the screen—it was precisely the Ultimate Scene of [Mysterious Masked Man].

Seeing this scene, Kakashi's forehead was full of black lines.

He got it now—the shuriken that person sent earlier was actually a gift. Besides that, there were also things like Great Fireball and Tailed Beast Bomb, all at different prices.

No wonder this guy suddenly became so enthusiastic—it turned out someone was throwing money at him!

Making money by livestreaming games was interesting enough, but Kakashi couldn't figure out what was going on with this guy.

Wasn't the Nine-Tails incident not his doing? Someone like that would still come livestreaming? Was he that short on money?

And he was way too noisy—nothing like the chilling aura he gave off back during the information conference.

Behind the masked man, one could see a fake rockery with four dog heads carved into it, looking like an artificial livestream background.

Kakashi took one look and felt his eyelid twitch, for no apparent reason…

"Mm? Thank you for sending… eh, eh, eh?! Truth-Seeking Orbs? Wow~ thank you, thank you, thank you!"

Obito thanked on the surface, but inwardly he was especially shocked. He had already checked the prices of all the gifts.

The cheapest was the shuriken, costing only 10 Gold Coin, while the Truth-Seeking Orbs were the most expensive—an entire ten thousand Gold Coin!

Who was this extravagant? Was livestreaming really this profitable?

He felt the Akatsuki organization might as well stop being mercenaries—everyone should just start livestreaming and rake in money.

[Fire-sama: Streamer, your explanations are quite good. My household likes watching. But my household wants to know—how should one fight Sarutobi Hiruzen in the Organization Dominion Tournament?]

Oh, a daimyo—then that's fine.

"Ahem, asking me? Then you've asked the right person. I'm someone who has personally defeated the Hokage!" Obito casually started another match.

Of course, that Hokage was now alive again, and he had no choice but to hide in the Kamui space.

...

In fact, when Obito first started livestreaming, he wasn't this skilled. The reason he was like this now was because there had been instruction.

This matter traced back to after the [Uchiha Itachi] information conference ended. At that time, Kuroda had a sudden inspiration and invited Obito to do livestream testing in advance.

After all, if one were to ask who was most suitable to be the first to start a livestream and hype things up, it would naturally be this hidden main character.

Because of that, Obito also received a teaching book titled "How to Be a Qualified and Popular Streamer."

Now it seemed the effect was excellent. Although the entertainment value was all acted out, Obito could be considered someone who had driven progress in the livestreaming industry.

At the very least, now quite a few people were following suit, opening livestream rooms of their own, and the popularity was steadily rising.

Some were in it for money, others were just playing for fun.

...

At this moment, Kakashi, who was watching the stream, suddenly received a message as well. He looked at it, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

"So being a streamer can also involve PKs…"

Obito and Kakashi both starting livestreams and then connecting for a PK?

How could I even have such a dream?