Orochimaru had a headache...
Weren't these two groups just a bunch of lunatics...?
Orochimaru didn't even want to deal with them. He simply ruled that Hiruzen Sarutobi's side didn't count...
The news Hiruzen Sarutobi received was that 1,600 people had beaten their 500, and all 1,600 were students from the Ninja Academy. Comparing children with adults like them changed the whole nature of the contest. They absolutely couldn't be compared...
Hiruzen Sarutobi kept fighting to have their result accepted...
Over at the Akatsuki...
Nagato looked at his phone. Someone had actually sent him a friend request?
"Hey, Nagato, someone added you?" Yahiko happened to pass by, stood behind Nagato, and sneaked a peek as he asked with a grin.
"I feel like I've seen this person's phone number somewhere before?" Nagato wasn't startled by Yahiko's sudden appearance. Instead, he stared at the screen in confusion.
"The phone number? Nagato, could you please check your Phone Contacts? You're always like this. I used to call you, too. Do you know why I don't anymore?" Yahiko asked, rubbing his brow helplessly.
"Why? Aren't phones for making calls?" Nagato asked in confusion.
"You never answer!"
"Oh, right, I keep it on silent. Hearing someone call me usually annoys me, and even when I see it, I don't want to answer. I don't want to talk on the phone." Only then did Nagato remember that, from the day he'd gotten his first phone as a child until now, he seemed never to have made a single call.
"Check your Phone Contacts. See if it's someone who's called you," Yahiko continued with a helpless smile.
Only then did Nagato open his Phone Contacts. The whole list was red, filled with unanswered calls...
"My god, you have this many missed calls?" Yahiko stared at Nagato's screen,