"That's right. Not long ago, I was just like you—I was a ninja revived through Impure World Reincarnation by someone else.
"But through a series of coincidences, I was able to truly revive. I'm no longer an Impure World Reincarnation ninja. I'm a living, breathing person."
To prove that he was not an impostor, Seiya raised a finger and shot a bone spike from its tip, piercing straight through a large tree.
The Shikotsumyaku—throughout all these years, only two people in the Kaguya Clan had successfully awakened that bloodline: him and Kimimaro.
When Zabuza and Mangetsu Hōzuki had died, they did not know Kimimaro.
But they knew that Kaguya Seiya was indeed a user of the Shikotsumyaku and had once been a genius of the Hidden Mist Village.
As the only woman among the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and a genius of Lightning Release, Ringo Ameyuri knew Seiya because she had died only within the past few years.
So she knew that everything Seiya said was true. Before she died, Seiya in the village had indeed still been in a state of Impure World Reincarnation.
"Zabuza Momochi, although you were once a Rogue Ninja of the Hidden Mist Village and committed the outrageous act of attempting to assassinate the Fourth Mizukage Yagura,
"it was later proven that the Fourth Mizukage Yagura had been controlled by someone else, which was why he enacted those bloody policies.
"Your original intentions were good, and you were also acting for the sake of the village. So, as long as you are willing to follow orders this time, not only will I truly revive you afterward, but the village will accept you again."
Zabuza, who had once attempted to assassinate the Fourth Mizukage Yagura, looked utterly shocked upon hearing Seiya's words.
The reason