Konoha, inside the Union.
The entire hall was utterly silent.
Not only the meeting's participants, but even the Tailed Beasts and Sages stared blankly at the projection on the screen.
The scene on the screen had not frozen, yet everyone seemed rooted in place. A deathly silence hung over the hall, without even the sound of breathing.
At that moment, every expert who could understand what had happened felt nothing but shock.
They knew Konoha was strong. They knew Konoha's Nine-Tails was so powerful that no one could stand against him. They also knew that Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Naruto Uzumaki, was already the undisputed strongest in the Shinobi World.
But this was utterly absurd!
Before the meeting, the various factions had not understood just how grave a threat the Ōtsutsuki posed. Some had even scoffed at Konoha for taking such elaborate precautions.
But once the Projection began, and they saw Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha—two legendary ninja who had once existed only in history—reappear and confront the enemy, they gained a basic understanding of the crisis.
The reason was simple: the legends of the First and Madara Uchiha remained essential knowledge of the Shinobi World for every major faction.
Those two names had once represented the very pinnacle of what ninja could achieve.
And even those two, fighting together, had failed to defeat the Ōtsutsuki. Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's combat prowess alone was enough to make these factions recognize the kind of enemy they faced.
On top of that, Konoha had released information about Isshiki's past and experiences on the second day.
Seeing was believing. Combining that information with the formidable responses they saw from Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, everyone quickly gained a concrete understanding of the Ōtsutsuki.
Although Konoha had previously described Isshiki as extremely dangerous, many had seen him as merely an