Nagato Saw the Light and Used the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to Revive the Dead

Purple light flickered beneath the dark shadows of the trees.

Nagato raised his withered hand with a tremble and took the wooden box.

With some effort, he opened the lid and dug out the two eyeballs.

"Sen, you're really going to let him do something this reckless?"

Jiraiya leaned against a broken tree trunk, his lips trembling and disapproval written all over his face.

"Old man, what's the big deal? I'm collecting a debt."

I kept both hands in my coat pockets and rolled my eyes.

"If he kills everyone, I don't get paid."

"If he brings them back, I can settle up with Auntie. I lose nothing."

With both hands shaking, Nagato pushed the eyeballs back into his empty sockets.

There was a wet squelch as strands of blood vessels knitted tightly together beneath the green light.

The wood shavings inside were pushed out and fell into the muddy water.

The Rinnegan lit up again, their concentric rings glowing an eerie purple.

"This feeling... it's been so long."

Nagato growled hoarsely, his voice carrying the madness of a man nearing his end.

"Cut the crap and hurry up. Your one-minute countdown starts now."

I tilted my head and cast a sideways glance at the black iron rods covering his back.

Nagato didn't argue. Instead, his withered fingers formed a complicated hand seal.

"Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique!"

He forced the words out, his entire mechanical frame trembling.

Rumble.

A strange, low sound suddenly came from the muddy ground behind us.

The enormous head of the King of Hell slowly rose out of the black mud again.

The King of Hell opened his mouth wide, spewing an endless stream of glowing green light.

Those lights danced beneath the night sky like thousands upon thousands of fireflies.

They spiraled