Lin Feng: Do You Have Any Objections to This Pointer I "Picked Up"? If Not, Then...

"Ah! Lumine, look! Something's changing at the ritual site!"

"So many silhouettes are taking shape! The Shogunate Army won't be able to handle it all—we need to get over there!"

Outside, at the ritual grounds on the plains.

Unaware of what changes had occurred during the flow of "time," the people remained most concerned with the resurrection unfolding before them.

At that moment, with the ritual's host having returned once more, everything rapidly began moving forward.

"—Ah, Guoba, don't run around!"

"—They're helping catch people, not playing! And those are offerings over there—there's nothing to eat!"

"—Eh? Wait, where did that young Kaedehara Kazuha go? Did he go help too? How did he vanish in the blink of an eye?"

The resurrection officially began.

As the phantoms of souls rapidly solidified, familiar faces appeared before their eyes once again.

Some closed their eyes in prayer, afraid to look ahead, terrified that the person they wished to see would not be among those returning.

Others moved back and forth, gathering and guarding the criminals listed in the records before they had fully regained their ability to move.

Knowing that everything was under the gods' watch, the operations below proceeded in an orderly fashion after days of rehearsal.

But there were simply too many people being resurrected. Once the brief initial period had passed, even with the Shogunate Army and the Yashiro Commission receiving and settling them in batches, they were still somewhat short-handed.

Those villains gathered together were a minority, after all. They only needed to be captured and tied up.

Yet most of the newly resurrected civilians were in a dazed state as well. To prevent accidents caused by crowding, people had to remain nearby to watch over them.

The Shogunate had anticipated this situation long ago and made preparations