The Top Eight

According to the original plan, the entire Ninja Way Tournament would run for seven days.

After the Preliminary Rounds, the 276 contestants would compete in elimination matches, with eight matches held each day and contestants advancing in pairs.

The top eight would be decided by the sixth day.

The Top 4 tournament and the final would be held on the last day.

Tobirama, the tournament's founder, believed that

seven days, along with all the time spent building anticipation beforehand,

would be more than enough to draw Black Zetsu out, even if it was hiding on the other side of the Ninja World, and leave it plenty of time to plan.

There was no helping it. If they didn't give their opponent time to prepare, Black Zetsu might not dare show itself and risk a fight.

Besides,

most ninja would struggle to keep fighting in a high-intensity contest like the Ninja Way Tournament. Leaving a day between rounds would give them time to recover their stamina and Chakra.

Tobirama didn't want to make a quick buck and be done with it. He had a reputation to uphold.

And if such a grand "World's Greatest Ninja Way Tournament" ended in just a day or two,

how could Konoha take advantage of the opportunity to promote itself? How could it cash in?

After all,

any international event was a golden opportunity to make a huge profit.

Ticket sales, advertising and sponsorships, licensed merchandise, accommodation and food services, broadcast rights, ninja tool sales, and even betting profits... The possibilities were endless.

The sheer variety was dazzling.

In just a few short days, Konoha's earnings in domestic and foreign currency had surpassed the profits it had made from missions in the previous ten years!

And as the elimination rounds progressed, revenue kept soaring with each