Black Zetsu wanted to say more, but an unexpected development interrupted him.
In the center of the now-silent Konoha, smoke suddenly erupted with a bang from the ground flattened by Super Shinra Tensei.
The King of Hell, originally controlled by the Naraka Path of the Six Paths of Pain, had been summoned. Just as the Konoha Ninja busy rescuing people noticed something was wrong, the King of Hell quickly opened his mouth wide.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
Countless points of light flew out of the King of Hell, descending toward every corner of Konoha and soon covering most of the village.
"What are those?!"
"An enemy attack?"
"Damn it, get out of the way!"
Thinking the Akatsuki had launched another attack, the Konoha Ninja roared. Some who reacted quickly had already drawn their weapons, ready to deal with the sudden development.
Soon, however, everyone discovered that these suddenly appearing points of light were not targeting the living Konoha Ninja.
The lights fell from the sky like raindrops. Some entered the bodies of Konoha villagers that had been dug out, others scattered into the ruins, and some even seeped underground.
Of course, the Konoha Ninja had no idea at that moment that each point of light represented a departed soul.
"Uh, I..."
"My head hurts! What happened?"
"Watch out! The enemy's coming at you... huh?"
"Get out of the way! Move!"
"...I'm done for. I'm going to die!"
As the lights descended one after another, corpses suddenly regained signs of life and sat up in succession before the terrified eyes of the surviving Konoha Ninja.
The dead had come back to life!
Many of those who had just revived, however, still remembered the moment of their deaths, so they began shouting as soon as they awoke.
As they watched their dead comrades,