[100th Place on the Merit List: Hyuga Hinata]
[Evaluation: Kind-hearted, always willing to help others. Merit Points: 300]
[Haruno Sakura: Hinata is indeed very kind, but for someone so kind, is her ranking this low?]
[Senju Hashirama: It seems that helping people doesn't earn many merit points. Saving lives probably earns more.]
[Uchiha Madara: So, high merit doesn't necessarily mean someone is good. Sometimes, even bad people can gain a lot of merit. After all, in the eyes of the Golden List, there is no distinction between good and evil. Good and evil are just concepts defined by ordinary people.]
[Tsunade: I think great contributions to the nation or the village could also be considered a form of merit.]
Time passed slowly, and one by one, rankings were revealed on the Merit List.
Before long, the list reached the top 50.
[50th Place on the Merit List: Rimuru]
[Evaluation: Hatred for evil and has slain many villains. Merit Points: 3,000]
[Uchiha Madara: As expected, killing can still earn merit points. Rimuru has killed many people, but since their merits were negative, killing them earned positive merit.]
[Senju Hashirama: I still believe saving lives is better. Simply killing is definitely not a good thing.]
[Tsunade: True, it's fine to kill some villains, but there are those who kill even innocent people. How can they still have the audacity to speak?]
[Uchiha Madara: Well, guess whether I'll make it onto the Merit List.]
[Senju Hashirama: No way.]
[White Zetsu: I think Lord Madara will definitely make it onto the Merit List!]
Soon, the 49th place was announced.
[49th Place on the Merit List: Uchiha Madara]
[Evaluation: Killed countless people, including many innocents, but also slew many evildoers. Founded Konoha Village, ending the era of war, and thus earned a large amount of merit. Total Merit Points: 3,006]
[Fourth Raikage: Uchiha Madara really made it onto the Merit List!]
[Uchiha Madara: Although my ranking isn't high, I still made it. Look, I killed many innocents, so what? I ended the wars, sparing many future generations from conflict. That's a great merit.]
[Senju Hashirama: Without that contribution of ending the wars, your merit would definitely be in the negative.] Follow current novels on NoveI[F]ire.net
[Uchiha Madara: I don't care. What matters is that I'm on the list now!]
[Fourth Raikage: Anyway, the Kages of our villages should have high merit. After all, we've contributed a lot to the village and helped many people!]
[Third Hokage: The Kages of all villages will definitely make it onto the Merit List, and our rankings won't be low.]
[Tsunade: I wonder what rank I'll get?]
Not long after, the 48th place was announced.
[48th Place on the Merit List: Sarutobi Hiruzen]
[Evaluation: As the Third Hokage of Konoha Village, he made many contributions. His decisions saved numerous lives, but his actions also led to the deaths of many ninjas. Overall Merit Points: 3,020]
[Fourth Raikage: Sarutobi Hiruzen, you're really something. You only ranked one spot higher than Uchiha Madara. As the Hokage, you naturally have an advantage in earning merit points, which shows just how terrible you were, letting so many ninjas die under your watch.]
[Senju Tobirama: Little monkey really didn't do too well. The Merit List shows it clearly.]
[Third Hokage: Is my rank really this low? I thought I did a decent job!]
[Third Tsuchikage: Sarutobi Hiruzen, you did a terrible job as Hokage. When you first took office, Konoha was the strongest ninja village. By the time you stepped down, Konoha was so weak that it didn't even dare to provoke the Hidden Cloud Village. Even the Hidden Mist Village dared to bully you. And you still think you did a good job?]
[Fourth Raikage: All I know is that under Sarutobi Hiruzen's leadership, the Senju Clan withered, the Uchiha Clan was annihilated, and one top ninja after another disappeared from the village. It's almost laughable!]
Sarutobi Hiruzen found it hard to argue. After all, the Merit List showed clearly that he hadn't done well. If not for the merit points brought by the Hokage position, he probably wouldn't have even made the list.
Time continued to pass as the rankings were gradually revealed.
Finally, the list reached the 30th place.
[30th Place on the Merit List: Fox Spirit Honghong]
[Evaluation: Kind-hearted, has slain numerous villains, and helped many poor people. Merit Points: 6,900]
[Garaga: Honghong did so many good things, yet her ranking is still so low.]
[Rongrong: Big Sis's contributions were personal. Naturally, she doesn't have the advantage!]
[Ye Tian: Saving ordinary people doesn't yield many merit points. However, saving someone with high merit brings a lot of points, and saving the world brings an enormous amount of merit!]
[Beerus: Master is absolutely right!]
[Garaga: I agree with Master!]
[Red Lotus: I also agree with Master!]
As the rankings continued, Beerus, Rongrong, and Yaya all made it onto the list, but their rankings weren't very high.
As for Garaga and Red Lotus Godzilla, it was doubtful they would make the list. Garaga had done plenty of bad things in the past, and though he had been following Ye Tian for some time, he hadn't done many good deeds. His merit might even be in the negative.
Red Lotus Godzilla was in a similar situation. It had destroyed some places in the past, and if not for Rongrong cleaning up after it and erasing the memories of many people, it would have been exposed long ago. Its merit might also be negative.
Time passed, and finally, the list reached the top 20.
[19th Place on the Merit List: Third Raikage]
[Evaluation: As the Third Raikage, he worked diligently and tirelessly. To protect the village, he fought the Eight-Tails with his bare hands. He died battling ten thousand ninjas to allow his village's ninjas to retreat safely, and he avoided unnecessary slaughter. Total Merit Points: 9,706]
[Fourth Raikage: Father, you're amazing! Ranking so high on the Merit List!]
[Third Raikage: Haha, not bad at all. I should receive a good reward this time.]
[Third Tsuchikage: Even though the Third Raikage was killed by our Iwagakure ninjas, I must admit he did a much better job as Raikage than the Third Hokage did. If it had been the Third Hokage, he wouldn't have fought the Nine-Tails to protect the village, let alone sacrificed himself to buy time for the village's ninjas to retreat.]
[Third Hokage: I could've done it!]
[Third Tsuchikage: Sarutobi Hiruzen, why didn't you do that during the Nine-Tails incident then?]
Soon, the 18th place on the Merit List was revealed.