The people of Konoha were celebrating their victory over a formidable enemy who had once been invincible in the Shinobi World.
Others were celebrating the return of lost friends and family, or recounting the changes in Konoha and the Shinobi World over the years to their resurrected loved ones.
Naturally, those from Konoha's former Hokage faction had not been resurrected.
People like Hashirama Senju and Tobirama would greatly improve Konoha's overall strength if resurrected, but given Konoha's current situation, bringing them back would be rather awkward.
However, Jonin-level and higher shinobi who had been loyal to the village, died protecting it, and bore no intense hostility toward the Uchiha had all been resurrected.
Konoha's current strength was still insufficient for unifying the Shinobi World in the future. It needed to grow stronger still, and those Uchiha Gen had resurrected happened to fill that gap.
In short, everywhere brimmed with renewed prosperity.
Of course, some of those who had been resurrected were feeling rather complicated and uneasy.
Some had died earning a living for their wives and children; others had died protecting beloved lovers and comrades. Yet after returning to life, they discovered that the people they had once loved had already married someone else.
They could understand that the dead had to make way for the lives of the living.
But to those who had only just been resurrected, it felt as if they had merely closed and opened their eyes, only to find that they had lost everything.
It was inevitably disheartening.
Still, life had to move forward. Having miraculously won the resurrection match, they might as well regard themselves as brand-new people with nothing and face this world anew.
After the joy of reunion had passed, a grand celebration began throughout Konoha.
Lanterns and decorations adorned every street,