Chapter 142

But unexpectedly, in the end, he still couldn’t escape the “true fragrance” law.

All along, he had believed in the principle of “a tall tree catches the wind,” trying to avoid danger in the ninja world by escaping and hiding.

And he regarded this approach as his unique caution.

But at this moment, Ryosuke realized that he had been wrong before.

Of course, what was wrong wasn’t “caution.”

But the way of dealing with problems.

There is nothing wrong with caution, and there is nothing wrong with hiding one’s talent.

What Ryosuke shouldn’t have done was naively think that as long as he played the role of “ordinary,” he could safely start the “ninja world lying flat” mode.

Many things in the world are just so unreasonable.

For example, you don’t go looking for trouble, but trouble will take the initiative to find you.

Just like back then, Ryosuke was clearly just playing an ordinary Hidden Mist Chunin, but he still encountered inexplicable Hidden Stone Jonin, and later even provoked the revenge of the elite Jonin of the Explosion Corps, Gari.

Even because of this, Ryosuke was involved in the conspiracy of the Hidden Mist high-level officials.

You see, from beginning to end, Ryosuke’s hiding had no flaws, and he never actively provoked trouble, but trouble still came to his door.

Such a situation made Ryosuke suddenly think of a Xiangjiang film he had watched in his previous life.

The protagonist in the film was in a certain gang, but he only wanted to make money.

But under the manipulation of fate, the protagonist who only wanted to make money still couldn’t escape the fate of the gang and was forced to sit in the position of the leader.

How similar is this to Ryosuke’s current situation?

Back then in the Mizukage building, the moment Ryosuke made up his mind to compete for the position of Mizukage, he understood everything.

“Caution” was not wrong, and Ryosuke would always maintain his “cautious” style in the future.

He didn’t want to provoke trouble, but he also didn’t want to be found by trouble.

What to do?

The answer is very simple: use absolute control to exclude all trouble in advance.

Borrowing all resources, striving to become stronger, and strangling all danger and trouble in the cradle!

If one trump card isn’t enough, then arrange another one.

If two trump cards aren’t enough, then prepare ten!

Borrowing the status of Mizukage, Ryosuke can completely grasp Hidden Mist village in his hands, build an invincible Hidden Mist village, and then use Hidden Mist as a springboard to influence the entire ninja world!

By then, under the heavens, anyone who dares to show their claws to him, he will make them disappear from the ninja world without a sound.

This is the true “caution.”

Yes, the highest realm of caution is “invincible under the heavens.”

And wanting to be invincible under the heavens is also very simple: just kill all the enemies in the world.

Look, simple, right?

After sorting out his thoughts, Ryosuke looked at the moon and smiled contentedly, and the thoughts in his heart became much clearer.

Although the road ahead is still long and arduous, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Facing the Hidden Mist village that is waiting to be rebuilt, Ryosuke still needs some time to let Hidden Mist stand up again.

Without thinking more, Mizunuki Ryosuke closed his eyes and entered dreamland.

Time flies, and the sun and moon pass like a shuttle.

Since Mizunuki Ryosuke succeeded as Mizukage, two years have passed in a flash.

In these two years, the village has been thriving in Ryosuke’s hands, recovering the losses caused by Hozuki Mangetsu’s rebellion.

At the same time, the situation in the ninja world has become increasingly treacherous in the two years.

Inside some small countries, voices of dissatisfaction with the great countries have become stronger and stronger, and the first to bear the brunt is the Hidden Leaf village of the Land of Fire.

And there are quite a few historical legacy problems in this.

During the First Ninja World War, after wars broke out between great countries, they all chose the small countries adjacent to the two great countries as the battlefield.

Some small countries were even more unlucky, such as the Land of Rain.

Because of the geographical location of the Land of Rain, it happened to be between the Land of Fire, the Land of Wind, and the Land of Earth.

Sandwiched between three great countries, the Land of Rain was defaulted by the three great countries as a buffer zone, that is, the battlefield once a conflict broke out.

War broke out, the three great countries were still fine, but the entire Land of Rain was submerged by the flames of war.

And after the war, the Land of Fire, as the victor, didn’t let this poor country go, wantonly engaging in plunder on the land of the Land of Rain.

The resources, population, and missions of the Land of Rain all flowed to the three nearby great countries, becoming nourishment for the great countries.

Such examples are everywhere in the ninja world, not just the Land of Rain.

There are also the Land of Birds between the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind, the Land of Hot Water between the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth, and so on.

These small countries also suffer from the poison of nearby great countries.

Among them, the Land of Water, because it is independent on the sea, has not been stained with hatred with small countries.

And at this moment, Ryosuke is reading a piece of intelligence from the Land of Rain in the office.

Recently, for some reason, the ninjas of Hidden Rain village have begun to wantonly stockpile strategic materials.

Even for a time, merchants from the Land of Rain ran to the Land of Water to purchase food, weapons, and other materials on the land of the Land of Water.

These messages naturally reached the ears of Mizunuki Ryosuke, who was the Mizukage.

Almost without thinking, Ryosuke already understood what this meant behind the scenes.

The sudden material stockpiling of the Land of Rain, and the leader of Hidden Rain, Hanzo of the Salamander, whose reputation in the ninja world has become increasingly loud in recent years.

Almost all signaled to Ryosuke that a major event in the ninja world was about to happen.

That is—the Second Ninja World War!

In the original work, the fuse of the Second Ninja World War was precisely because of the Land of Rain’s dissatisfaction with the three nearby great countries.

Plus the Land of Rain produced a powerful Kage-level powerhouse, Hanzo of the Salamander.

Therefore, the Land of Rain actually had the confidence to openly challenge the status of the three great countries.

Because of this, one wave stirred up a thousand waves, and the great countries that had long been harboring ulterior motives began to play games because of this, thereby inciting the wave of the Second Ninja World War.

It is worth mentioning that during the period of the original Second Ninja World War, the Land of Water was invisible throughout and didn’t get involved.

Although the specific reason wasn’t mentioned in the original work, one knows one’s own affairs.

In fact, ever since the First Ninja World War, Hidden Mist had been in a state of internal friction.

Under the governance of the Third Mizukage for many years, its strength was still a gap away from the peak before the First War.

At this time, no matter who was in power in Hidden Mist, they would naturally choose to protect themselves; after all, the essence of this war was the contradiction between great countries that forcibly occupied the resources of small countries and small countries that couldn’t bear the burden.

And it didn’t have much to do with the Land of Water itself, so why get involved?