[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-this-water-shadow-is-strong-but-excessively-caut":3,"chapter-this-water-shadow-is-strong-but-excessively-caut-this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-153":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","This Mizukage Is Strong, but Far Too Cautious",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2194464,3774,"Chapter 153: , The Clever Senior of the Ninja World","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-153",153,"\u003Cp>After analyzing the goals and plans of Hanzo of the Salamander, Ryosuke began to contemplate his own plans and the points he could exploit in the upcoming Ninja World War.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the original trajectory of the world, Hanzo of the Salamander’s plan could be considered both a success and a failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The success lay in the fact that Hanzo of the Salamander did indeed incite the Second Ninja World War.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dragged the other four great ninja villages, excluding the Hidden Mist, into the fray, creating a protracted war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Hanzo of the Salamander established an transcendent status for himself in the ninja world through this battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He led the Rain Ninjas to repeatedly repel ninjas from the Hidden Sand, Hidden Stone, and Hidden Leaf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them were not only the long-renowned Granny Chiyo of the Hidden Sand, but also the then-fledgling Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru from the Hidden Leaf, to whom he bestowed the title of \"Legendary Sannin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But likewise, Hanzo of the Salamander’s plan could also be considered a failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not lead the Hidden Rain to a position of \"hoarding goods for a high price,\" nor did he attain a status transcendent of external forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the years following the end of the Second Ninja World War, the Land of Rain once again became a gladiatorial arena for the three great nations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason was simple: the three great nations were simply too strong, strong enough to make Hanzo of the Salamander despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hanzo of the Salamander had severely underestimated the great nations, especially the strength of the Hidden Leaf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast Hidden Rain, aside from the 663 people under Hanzo of the Salamander, was completely ignored by the three great nations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As fellow Jonin, one Hidden Leaf Jonin could defeat two Hidden Rain Jonin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gap between them was almost impossible to quantify.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Halfway through the fighting, Hanzo of the Salamander looked back and discovered that the Rain Ninjas were either dead or wounded, with few left capable of combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In particular, one event from the original story illustrated Hanzo of the Salamander’s awkward predicament.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After defeating the troops led by the Sannin, Hanzo of the Salamander neither took them prisoner nor dealt a killing blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, after saying, \"I acknowledge the strength of you three,\" he simply let the Sannin go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did he let them go, he even gave the Sannin the antidote to his poisonous salamander, fearing he might accidentally poison the three of them to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that Hanzo of the Salamander was truly that kind of senior in the ninja world who, regardless of his own losses, could maintain his composure even when facing his enemies, providing \"experience\" and \"titles\" to the younger generation for free?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course not. If he were soft-hearted, Hanzo of the Salamander would not have been able to incite a Ninja World War.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for why he didn't attack the Sannin, the reason was actually very simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is, he didn't dare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, Hanzo of the Salamander didn't dare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Imagine, when the Salamander was excitedly attacking the Land of Fire, waiting to face the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, he hadn't expected that Hiruzen Sarutobi would only send the then-unknown Sannin to lead the defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, Hanzo of the Salamander had likely prepared to kill these juniors and then force Hiruzen Sarutobi into a decisive battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he hadn't expected that the more they fought, the more alarmed he became, not to mention the strength of these three young ninjas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the duel between the leaders of both sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the clash of rank-and-file ninjas, the Hidden Leaf had completely crushed the Hidden Rain; Hanzo of the Salamander’s subordinates were mostly dead before they had even really fought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he continue to play under these circumstances?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, having almost single-handedly defeated the Sannin and the Hidden Leaf troops, Hanzo of the Salamander fell into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the battle progressed to this point, aside from the Sannin, the older generation of Hidden Leaf powerhouses were all sitting firmly in their positions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo Shimura, Homura Mitokado, Koharu Utatane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of these Hidden Leaf ninjas, who had made their names in the First Ninja World War, had appeared. How could Hanzo of the Salamander not panic?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he killed the Sannin here and invited the retaliation of the Hidden Leaf, what could he use to parry it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't just go out there by himself, could he?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, a smart person was already prepared to face the results calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a doubt, Hanzo of the Salamander was himself a smart person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He not only let the defeated Sannin go, but also \"thoughtfully\" bestowed upon them the \"Legendary\" title to curry favor with the Hidden Leaf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, as the saying goes, do you think the ninja world is all about killing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wrong, the ninja world is actually all about human relationships and worldly wisdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This battle effectively crushed Hanzo of the Salamander’s ambitions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why Hanzo of the Salamander later became a \"lying flat\" Hidden Rain leader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After figuring everything out, Ryosuke also understood how to satisfy his own interests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the saying goes, war is a double-edged sword; if used well, the Hidden Mist becoming wealthy overnight would be no problem at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ryosuke had come to the Land of Rain in person for two reasons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first point was to leverage the war to gain benefits for the Hidden Mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this regard, the Hidden Mist had an inherent advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The causal relationship of this war itself stemmed from some great nations having exploited small nations for years, leading to a backlash from these small nations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of this had nothing to do with the Hidden Mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if one wanted to reap benefits without getting stuck in the mud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could refer to the operations of the \"Beautiful Country\" from his past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless absolutely necessary, he wouldn't take action himself, but instead export weapons to other warring nations in exchange for tangible benefits and resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, because he was in the ninja world, such a strategy had to undergo \"localization reform\" and could not be copied dogmatically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second point was that Ryosuke had come to \"eliminate a pest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Madara Uchiha died, the vanished Black Zetsu had always been a hidden danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than waiting for Black Zetsu to come knocking, it was better for Ryosuke to strike first and eliminate Black Zetsu directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current Ryosuke was no longer the original Mizunuki Ryosuke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, due to a lack of understanding of Yin-Yang Release, he had no way to deal with Black Zetsu’s Yin Release body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, with Mizunuki Ryosuke’s mastery of Yin-Yang Release, destroying Black Zetsu was as easy as pie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the ninja world was vast; because Black Zetsu had the help of White Zetsu, if he wanted to hide, it was almost impossible to ferret him out.\u003C\u002Fp>",1163,"2026-06-17T05:01:41.164Z","2026-06-17T05:05:37.377Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","339d7e87868426e4d92412cbbdafa860f6ff8b143478bc7c05fb2624a7ad1e1b","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-154","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-152",533,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-cover.jpg"]