What Ay found even harder to believe was that not only did Ronglin have no intention of helping him disarm the trap, he even told everyone else to stay away in case they got caught in the blast.
"This..."
The Konoha ninja all scattered, while Kumogakure's people hesitated when they saw their Raikage standing inside the trap. Several ninja who had been about to step forward and dismantle it stopped, looking at Ronglin and Ay.
"Bastard!!!"
Ay could not help but curse.
Crack—
In his agitation, he lost control for a moment and snapped a small branch. Dozens of Explosive Tags detonated at once, engulfing Ay.
"Wow! It seemed like this kind of trap could be broken directly, right?"
Minato deliberately exclaimed, sounding thoroughly amazed.
"People with bad tempers are like that. They lose control of their emotions easily, so an explosion is perfectly understandable."
Ronglin replied with a smile, becoming a spectator alongside Minato.
BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!
Dozens of Explosive Tags exploded simultaneously with astonishing force. An ordinary person who stepped on them would be finished. Still, such a low-level trap was easy to disarm, and there normally would not have been a situation like Ay's, where no one came to help.
"Cough, cough!!"
"You... you..."
Ay emerged from the black smoke, covered in soot. His originally tan skin had turned him completely blackened, and as he coughed, thick black smoke puffed from his mouth. The people around him could not help backing away two steps, including Kumogakure's ninja.
"Tsk, tsk, that must have been hard on you."
Seeing Ay's expression, as if he were about to explode and demand why no one had helped him, Ronglin shook his head with a sigh.
"Why did you have to let the Explosive Tags blow you up? We all know that