The matter of the Underworld was proceeding in an orderly fashion. First came the migration of souls.
Next was separating the Underworld from the public Swarm Network and beginning its construction.
Within the Swarm Network, as a virtual space based on Genjutsu, everything could be customized. As a conceptual Underworld, the souls were actually sealed inside the bodies of the insects. Taking the form of Jinchuriki, they entered the Underworld through the insects' bodies as ports.
Then it became like this.
"Not a single one can be missing, they say."
A group of Ninja Magistrate soldiers used Earth Release to dig pits with great efficiency, burying large piles of Chakra Stones.
"After all that effort to bring them back, now we have to bury them. I really don't understand what they're doing."
"Stop complaining."
One pit after another was completed amid the bustle. Deep underground, the endless mycelia of Tunneling Insects bored through the soil from all directions.
As the mycelia explored and spread, the moment they touched the Chakra, they immediately wrapped around it, established a connection with the souls within, and pulled them into the New Underworld.
Everything was proceeding in an orderly fashion.
Finally came the decisive strike against the Sand Hidden Village.
The Iron Sand Puppets on the outskirts had already been cleared away. The Iron Sand Puppets serving as the main bodies were divided between two locations.
One was the Mōryō core in Swamp Country.
The other was the Sand Hidden Village core in Demon Country.
The struggle between the two had continued for a long time. Neither could easily defeat the other, and the situation had reached a stalemate.
So next, it was Minato's battle.
It was still a decapitation-style surprise attack: while the two were locked in fierce combat, he would strike one