Some others died outright, even though they had signed contracts with the Soulwood Casket, because they had already reached their resurrection limit.
Those resurrected members of the Allied Shinobi Forces had, in effect, indirectly broken free of the genjutsu.
They united against a single target, charging at Black Zetsu as he ran about.
The Nine-Tails pursued Black Zetsu relentlessly, while Granny Chiyo occasionally seized opportunities to launch sneak attacks.
Even if Black Zetsu wanted to use genjutsu again, the circumstances no longer permitted it.
As more and more members of the Allied Shinobi Forces closed in, the space Black Zetsu had to maneuver grew smaller and smaller.
Black Zetsu simply stopped running and stood his ground.
With a strange smile on his face, he swept his gaze around and said:
"Want to kill me? You'll have to pay a price!"
Suspicion stirred among the crowd, and their advance visibly slowed.
Black Zetsu raised both hands high and clapped them together hard.
Clap! Clap, clap! Clap, clap, clap...
As though the rhythmic clapping were a signal, screams suddenly erupted one after another among the closing crowd.
No one had expected the comrades who had been chasing Black Zetsu alongside them to turn into vicious enemies in the blink of an eye.
Those disguised comrades suddenly drew weapons or ninja tools and stabbed at them.
Caught completely off guard, many were struck, and no small number died on the spot.
Panic spread at once. No one dared treat the person beside them as a comrade anymore.
Everyone scattered, keeping a safe distance from one another.
Thud!
The Nine-Tails slammed its massive claw down hard on the spot where Black Zetsu stood.
Unsurprisingly, Black Zetsu used the Substitution Technique again and easily evaded it.
But the unlucky people nearby had yet to recover