Those words were like a bolt from the blue, instantly shattering the oppressive atmosphere.
Tsunade abruptly raised her head, and her dim eyes instantly burst with an incredulous light.
She rose to her feet tremblingly and staggered toward Harry step by step, as though she might collapse at any moment.
"Is... is what you said true?"
Her voice trembled with excitement, her eyes reddened, and her hands clenched tightly into fists as if she were desperately holding back emotions on the verge of bursting forth.
As the Fifth Hokage who had witnessed countless lives and deaths, she yearned more than anyone to bring the dead back to the world of the living, especially those villagers who had sacrificed themselves to protect Konoha.
But over the years, she had known all too well that the cycle of life and death could not be reversed. Though Impure World Reincarnation could summon back souls, it was not true resurrection, and it required the sacrifice of the living, violating all humanity.
Now, Harry's words were like a ray of dawn in the darkness. They let her glimpse a sliver of hope, yet she did not dare believe too easily.
Naruto's face flushed red with excitement. He rushed up to Harry in a few strides, grabbed his shoulders tightly, and shouted, "Harry, you really have a way? You can't lie to me!"
His voice was thick with tears as familiar faces flashed through his mind: Iruka-sensei's earnest teachings, Kakashi-sensei's bright smile, and the many companions who had fallen in battle. Every one of them was incomparably important to him.
If he could bring them back to life, Naruto felt that no price would be too great.
Shikamaru cast aside his usual laziness and calmness, stepping forward quickly as he stared solemnly at Harry. "Are you