Chapter 125: The exposure of the conspiracy

Once suspicion arose in his heart, Ryosuke began to carefully observe Mizunuki Eiro’s battle.

Although from beginning to end, Ryosuke hadn't really taken this "opponent" who was competing with him for the position of Mizukage too seriously.

But there is a saying: despise the opponent strategically, and respect the opponent tactically.

Arrogance and conceit are always a ninja’s greatest enemies.

It must be said that Mizunuki Eiro still had some skills.

Various Mizunuki Ice Release secret techniques were used with ease in his hands, and not only was he quite proficient in using them...

But his hand-sign speed, the timing of ninjutsu release, and the power of the ninjutsu had all reached a quite excellent level.

Under Mizunuki Eiro’s attack, the opponent was completely beaten and unable to lift their head.

At a glance, it seemed as if the two were not opponents of the same level at all.

Mizunuki Ryosuke frowned slightly.

To verify his guess, Ryosuke smiled and asked a ninja cat who had been watching Mizunuki Eiro’s arena all along.

"Friend, who do you think will win this match?"

After hearing the voice coming from his side, the ninja cat, who had been intently watching the battle, turned his head and suddenly saw a human appear beside him out of nowhere.

"Ah!!!"

The ninja cat was first startled, then seemed to react.

"You are the human who defeated Nekonosuke!"

In his shock, his voice was also slightly loud, immediately attracting the attention of many ninja cats.

"Shh!"

Ryosuke just raised a finger slightly and placed it to his lips, making a gesture for silence.

Seeing this, the ninja cat suddenly reacted.

Thinking of Nekonosuke, who was incomparably powerful in his eyes, being knocked down by this human in two or three moves, the ninja cat felt a chill for a time.

He didn't understand why such a powerful human would suddenly appear beside him.

"This..."

"That..."

"This human should win, right..."

"It’s a bit strange; the strength of Cat-Rushi shouldn't be limited to this; what’s wrong today..."

Facing Ryosuke’s inquiry, after hesitating for a while, the ninja cat still chose to answer Ryosuke’s question.

The "Cat-Rushi" in this ninja cat’s mouth was clearly the ninja cat currently fighting Mizunuki Eiro on the arena.

The speaker has no intention, but the listener does.

This ninja cat’s answer made Ryosuke even more suspicious.

So he continued to ask this ninja cat.

"Were the previous battles exciting?"

"Did you enjoy watching them?"

Mizunuki Ryosuke asked with a smile, a hint of exploration appearing in his eyes.

"Of course!"

"I must say, you humans really have some tricks up your sleeves!"

"The previous round and the one before that..."

Ryosuke’s inquiry perhaps hit the high point of this ninja cat’s interest, and the ninja cat began to excitedly tell Ryosuke about the battle situation of the previous rounds.

Mizunuki Ryosuke listened very seriously, which made the ninja cat’s narration even more energetic.

By the end, Mizunuki Ryosuke had already roughly understood the battle situation of Mizunuki Eiro’s squad just now.

In general, the first three battles were all evenly matched, and it didn't present a one-sided trend from the start like this battle.

Just as the ninja cat was still chattering away, in the blink of an eye, the Mizunuki Ryosuke before his eyes had disappeared without a trace.

This shocked the ninja cat, and he even didn't know whether the Mizunuki Ryosuke he saw just now was human or ghost.

It wasn't until he saw Ryosuke’s figure appear on the other side of the arena in the distance, and Ryosuke even smiled and waved at him, that the ninja cat calmed down.

At the same time, a hint of awe appeared in his eyes when looking at Ryosuke.

Before this, Ryosuke only had doubts in his heart.

After some conversation, Ryosuke could basically determine that Mizunuki Eiro had a big problem.

According to Ryosuke’s observation, the ninja cats sent out by the ninja cat clan in this trial could not be said to be exactly the same as the three Mist squads, but they could be considered extremely close.

If Ryosuke’s squad was decreasing in order from strongest to weakest...

Then Mizunuki Eiro’s squad was a "two strong, two weak" arrangement.

Correspondingly, the ninja cats on the opposite side must also have a "two strong, two weak" strength baseline.

According to what the ninja cat said earlier, the first three battles were all evenly matched, and it took a long time to decide the winner.

This shows that the first three battles were all in a relatively balanced state.

And why did it turn into a crushing form as soon as Mizunuki Eiro took the stage?

Logically speaking, the opponent should also have a level close to his.

Even if Mizunuki Eiro had the strength to win, there would inevitably be a bout of entanglement.

Could it be because Mizunuki Eiro had "King’s Aura" and "Protagonist Halo"?

Of course, that was not the case.

There was only one answer, and that was that this ninja cat fighting Mizunuki Eiro had "let water" (thrown the fight).

Then, why would the ninja cat, who had no relation to Mizunuki Eiro, throw the fight?

The answer was already very clear.

And during the time Ryosuke was thinking, the ninja cat fighting Mizunuki Eiro was already in danger, seemingly about to be defeated at any moment.

At this moment, for the sake of caution, Ryosuke used the method he had previously used to test the opponent’s strength and repeated the same trick, releasing a wave of spiritual impact toward the ninja cat fighting Mizunuki Eiro on the arena.

But next, the ninja cat on the arena acted as if nothing had happened, without being affected in the slightest.

This showed that this ninja cat had extremely high spiritual power!

Seeing this, Ryosuke was certain that there was definitely a big problem here.

Mizunuki Eiro’s squad had passed two levels unscathed.

The inexplicable eye contact between the Lynx elder and Mizunuki Eiro before the battle.

The Lynx elder who had a specialty in Yin Release.

The four Yin Release attribute ninja cats that Mizunuki Eiro’s squad fought against.

The ninja cat that threw the fight when fighting Mizunuki Eiro at a critical moment.

Connecting all the collected clues, there was only one answer.

That was that Mizunuki Eiro might have long since colluded with the elder of the ninja cat clan who went by the name "Lynx."

And all these conveniences were provided to Mizunuki Eiro by this elder named "Lynx."

Previously, the Cat Elder could directly take Mizunuki Ryosuke across two levels, which undoubtedly showed that the elders of the ninja cat clan had such authority.

But soon, Mizunuki Ryosuke thought of another thing.

Before the battle began, the elder named Lynx had read out the rules.

After the current assessment was completed, one still needed to challenge one of the two ninja cat elders, and only the one who achieved victory could reach the final level and obtain the qualification to acquire the "Mizukage Secret Scroll."

And if his guess was correct, Mizunuki Eiro would inevitably choose to challenge the Lynx elder in a while.

As long as the Lynx elder let water a little, Mizunuki Eiro would pass the test without any effort.

After figuring everything out, Mizunuki Ryosuke revealed a unique smile.

"Good boy..."

"Playing dirty with me?"

What no one knew was that the brighter Mizunuki Ryosuke smiled at this moment, the colder his heart became.