This was Kaedeji's first time reporting directly to the highest leadership.
For an ordinary ninja, having such an opportunity meant standing out among tens of thousands of ninja. It would be like smoke rising from the ancestral graves, enough to shake the entire clan.
But Kaedeji's ancestral graves were not in this world. As his strength continued to grow, and with this mission involving the sensitive figure of Jiraiya, reporting the details in person had become inevitable.
He would be more than happy to dig up the ancestral graves of this world's ninja and check whether their ancestors were resting peacefully—then call out and ask them.
Danzo continued, "As captain, you led three subordinates to the Land of Rain. Why were you the only one who returned?"
"Lord Danzo, I thought you Would Not ask such a sensitive question... I Did Not restrain their actions. Perhaps they were discovered and executed by Amegakure's ninja." Kaedeji answered.
"Danzo, you arranged for Root ninja to carry out an additional mission again. I clearly warned you." The Third Hokage puffed out smoke. "Since that is the case, you should not be responsible for the research into the Explosion Release Kekkei Genkai. Hand those Explosion Release corpses over to Kaedeji. The village needs his strength."
The Third Hokage gave a token punishment. In truth, everyone knew such words had no binding force whatsoever. Even if Danzo ignored them, the Third Hokage would not say anything.
This was more of a reminder and warning. The Third Hokage often used the Crystal Ball Technique to monitor Konoha, so he naturally knew about the contact between Root and Kaedeji. Over the past five months, a large number of corpses had entered the Corpse Disposal Unit with no further outcome, which was quite telling.
Danzo said nothing. He