The sudden explosion caught everyone off guard. Even though all those present were elites, it happened at the exact moment their guard dropped after Kaedeji left—and it had come from a dried corpse that had lost all signs of life.
The blast caused an exceptionally conspicuous commotion within the base.
"That bastard Kaedeji actually tampered with it right under our noses. But how did he do it? When did he stuff an Explosive Tag inside that corpse?"
One Root ninja was blown to death on the spot. Another, who had been about a meter farther away, suffered only minor injuries.
Danzo's expression darkened.
He truly had a powerful vindictive streak. Danzo had just compared Kaedeji to Orochimaru at seventeen, but now it seemed Kaedeji was even more ruthless than Orochimaru.
Orochimaru used words and actions to threaten and warn people. Kaedeji was different. He had smiled throughout, acting as though he was fully cooperating, yet the moment he left, he acted.
This was no longer a warning. It was an outright attack.
"It was probably the Summoning Technique. He prepared so many jutsu formulas just now, so it's possible he used a corpse to summon an Explosive Tag. According to the intelligence, the jutsu he uses most often is actually the inconspicuous Summoning Technique, whether for summoning zombies or ninja tools," Terai analyzed.
That meant Kaedeji's mastery of the Summoning Technique had also reached a considerable level.
Danzo coldly looked at the Root ninja lying on the ground, his body covered in wounds, before ordering, "Clean this place up, quickly. Disguise what happened here as the result of a ninjutsu experiment."
"Lord Danzo, aren't we going to arrest Kaedeji? He openly attacked the village's higher-ups, has no discipline whatsoever, and lacks even the slightest reverence for the village. Someone like