The Exposure of the Classified List and Orochimaru's Secret Dealings

Cold.

Bone-chilling cold surged from the fingertips of Hyuga Hiashi, who was gripping the Scroll, flooding through every inch of his body and making even this Gentle Fist master, who stood at the pinnacle of the Shinobi World, tremble uncontrollably.

His Byakugan, capable of seeing through All Creation, was now fixed on the names written in special ink across the Scroll. His pupils contracted violently from sheer terror.

This was no ordinary List.

It was a... death warrant capable of overturning the entire Land of Fire and causing countless heads to roll!

The Scroll was made of an unknown black leather. It felt smooth yet tough to the touch and gave off a strange odor mingling Formalin with the stench of stale blood. Every character written upon it seemed forged from sin and blood, radiating a cold, ominous air.

[Party A: Chief Steward of the Daimyo Residence of the Land of Fire—Hojo Tokugawa]

[Party B: Orochimaru]

[Terms: Root provides three living Uchiha Clan prisoners in the Three-Tomoe Sharingan state for screening experiments for Living Corpse Reincarnation vessels.]

[Compensation: Three hundred thousand ryo in gold, as well as a secret supplementary approval for Root's annual budget issued by the Daimyo Residence.]

[Party A: Konoha Jonin—Yamanaka Fuu]

[Party B: Orochimaru]

[Terms: Provide a sample of the First Hokage Cells' primary culture fluid in exchange for preliminary information on Cursed Seal technology and living-subject experimental data.]

[Note: Experimental subject "A-Designation" displayed severe rejection symptoms and has been sealed away.]

Line after line, column after column, each one more horrifying than the last!

From the most trusted minister at the side of the Land of Fire's daimyo, to the unknown dark dealings of certain clans within Konoha, to the tangled, filthy underground network connecting them to the scientific madman Orochimaru, who had