A slammed his fist on the table and jumped to his feet, his booming voice echoing through the hall: "Chairman! You've returned at the perfect time!"
He quickly explained the situation: "Just a few days ago, three Otsutsuki who claimed to be 'gods' descended upon the Ninja World. They're looking for Otsutsuki Kaguya, and if they can't find her, they'll destroy the world."
"We fought with all our might, and Guy almost lost his life, but we only managed to barely injure one of them. It was only after the Sage of Six Paths appeared that we temporarily scared them off."
"They'll definitely come back. We were just discussing countermeasures..."
Setsuna smiled and interrupted him: "Are these the three Otsutsuki you're talking about?"
Setsuna casually waved his hand, pulling three figures out of a space he had opened and dropping them to the ground.
Seeing these three faces, the Raikage instinctively said, "Yes, that's them..."
The next moment, he suddenly realized what had happened, his eyes nearly popping out of his head as he shouted in shock as if seeing a ghost: "How are they in your hands?"
Setsuna shrugged. "I happened to run into them when I was coming back. They seemed to want to capture me, so I just caught them casually."
Otsutsuki Momoshiki's face was full of shame and anger, his heart extremely depressed.
They had seen this human appear out of nowhere, found it somewhat surprising, and wanted to go and capture him.
Who would have known that the other party was terrifyingly powerful? Just a calm glance from him made them feel their souls freeze, and then they were captured without any ability to resist.
This absolute gap in power reminded them of the clan's records about the [Otsutsuki God].
This human was simply as powerful as an Otsutsuki God.
They couldn't understand how this low-level planet could have produced such an existence?
Hearing Setsuna's explanation, all the Ninjas in the hall, including the Sage of Six Paths, were petrified.
They had personally witnessed the terror of these three. Any one of them possessed the dreadful power to destroy the Ninja World.
Yet such powerful enemies had been casually captured by Setsuna.
The Sage of Six Paths could hardly describe the shock in his heart at this moment. He had actually paid attention to this young man named Chiaki Setsuna back then, thinking his Taijutsu was somewhat interesting, but that was all.
In his view, Setsuna might become a top powerhouse of this era, but he was still far from the realm of 'gods'.
But just fifteen years had passed, and this young man had grown to the point of breaking myths.
Black Zetsu was now so scared it was about to 'melt', screaming wildly in its heart: 'Monster! Not only is this monster not dead, he's become even more terrifying! Even Mother might not be his match anymore!'
'It's over, all over! Why was I so hasty? If I had come out just a few minutes later, wouldn't I have avoided this? I'm such an idiot, an idiot!'
Naruto's eyes were wide, his heart full of admiration: 'Is this Uncle Setsuna? He's amazing! No wonder everyone misses him and hopes for him so much.'
'The moment he returned, he easily resolved a hopeless situation that had all of us stumped.'
After calming down, the Sage of Six Paths asked, "Setsuna-sama, what do you plan to do with these three Otsutsuki?"
This was the most immediate issue. Kill them? Imprison them? Or use them as bargaining chips?
Setsuna looked at Momoshiki and the others, his tone indifferent: "I've heard that you Otsutsuki have a fine tradition of going to various life-bearing planets to plant trees."
"Turning the living beings there into so-called [Chakra Pills] to prolong your lives and enhance your power."
"Then, today, I'll let you yourselves enjoy this same treatment."
With that, Setsuna gave Momoshiki and the others no chance to struggle or beg for mercy. He grabbed them and refined them in an instant.
In the blink of an eye, Momoshiki and the others had turned into three Chakra Pills.
The entire process was incredibly fast and also eerily quiet.
The meeting hall once again fell into deathly silence.
An indescribable chill climbed up everyone's spine.
The Otsutsuki, who not long ago had been high and mighty and ready to destroy Earth at a word, had been so casually refined into pills?
Many people secretly sighed that this newly returned Chairman was indeed as legendary.
As warm as a spring breeze to his own people, and as harsh as an autumn wind sweeping away leaves to his enemies.
Their gazes towards Setsuna, in addition to the previous admiration, now held a touch of awe.
Setsuna casually beckoned, and the three floating Chakra Pills flew before Minato.
"Minato, you guys divide these three pills among yourselves. They can increase the overall strength of the Ninja World." Setsuna was very detached.
The energy level within his body could now be measured in terms of galaxies. A few mere Chakra Pills naturally meant nothing.
"Chairman, do we really have to eat these 'pills'?" Minato hesitated.
Even if the other party were aliens, enemies... this psychological barrier couldn't be overcome in a short time.
Setsuna's tone was light. "Don't have any psychological pressure. Don't think of them as humans."
The Sage of Six Paths nearby felt somewhat offended, although he indeed couldn't be considered an Earth human.
He coughed twice, changing the subject. "Setsuna-sama, is it perhaps too radical to deal with them so decisively?"
"Otsutsuki Isshiki is dead. Now the three Otsutsuki who came to investigate Isshiki's cause of death have also died on Earth."
"The Otsutsuki's home planet will surely be enraged. Next time, they might send not just a few individuals, but a real army. Then, Earth would likely..."
Many people showed worried expressions. The Sage of Six Paths' concerns were not without reason.
According to common sense, having lost important members, the other side would inevitably be furious, and the intensity of their retaliation would far exceed before.
"An army? Why wait for them to send an army?" Setsuna's tone suddenly turned serious. "The enemy can come, but so can we!"
"I plan to counterattack the Otsutsuki. I'm going to their home planet right now."
The Sage of Six Paths was completely shocked, 'Counterattack the Otsutsuki's home planet?'
He wouldn't even dare to dream of such a thing!
Any single member of the Otsutsuki Clan possessed the power to destroy a planet. How terrifying must such a powerful race be?
Setsuna ignored the shocked and dazed Sage of Six Paths and looked at Black Zetsu, who had long since been scared stiff. "Black Zetsu."
"M-master, I'm here!" Black Zetsu jolted, responding with the fastest speed and most flattering tone of its life.
Anyway, it had long been casually 'played with' by the other party, so saying these things came with no psychological pressure at all.
Setsuna said with a smile, "Now, you can release Kaguya."
This, its greatest dream in the past, now seemed like a vengeful ghost demanding its soul.
Black Zetsu shrieked, "My heart has only you as its sun! I absolutely have no intention of betraying you!"
It stammered out its loyalty, terrified that if it were even a second slower, Setsuna would also casually refine it into a 'Black Zetsu Pill'.
"It doesn't matter." Setsuna's tone remained calm. "Whether you are loyal or not means nothing to me."
"I want you to release Kaguya only because I need her to be a guide. That's all."