[{"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-164":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},2194475,3774,"Chapter 164","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-164",164,"\u003Cp>According to Ryosuke’s intelligence, the leader of the Rain Ninjas, Sansho-uo Hanzo, was a very interesting person.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>On one hand, he practiced power politics, relying on his formidable strength to turn the Rain Ninjas into his own one-man show; he had great ambitions and was devoted to leading the Land of Rain toward independence, appearing to be a very arrogant person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But on the other hand, Sansho-uo Hanzo was a person who was cautious and suspicious to a certain degree; even among his close confidants, there were probably not many who truly gained Hanzo’s trust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially since Sansho-uo Hanzo valued his own safety extremely highly; he kept most of the Rain Ninjas' elite by his side at all times, forming the Rain Ninja Elite Guard to protect his own safety at all times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Ryosuke’s investigation just now, the large number of heat sources inside Sansho-uo Hanzo’s mansion basically indicated that Sansho-uo Hanzo was currently in his own mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These heat sources were the true elites of the Rain Ninjas, Sansho-uo Hanzo’s Rain Ninja Guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the pitch-black Hanzo mansion, Mizunuki Ryosuke had to sigh at Sansho-uo Hanzo’s craftiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just based on the strength exposed by Tsunade and Hoshigaki Kisame, it was already enough to pose a certain danger to the Rain Ninjas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just imagine, in any ninja village, having two powerhouses sneak into your own lair, how could there not be panic?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chaos that occurred inside the Rain Village, especially the life-or-death uncertainty of Sansho-uo Shinda, it was impossible for him not to know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even so, he could still sit firmly on the fishing platform, guarding the most core part of the Rain Ninjas, without losing his footing at all because of the sudden change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the perspective from which one stands is different, the way of looking at problems is naturally different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the eyes of Ryosuke and the others, this was just a farce caused by gathering intelligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the eyes of the Rain Ninjas, it was a completely different picture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Rain Ninjas who originally just wanted to \"go fishing\" never expected to fish out two great white sharks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before this, the Rain Ninjas might have long anticipated that after purging the spies inside, they would face investigations from the three major ninja villages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just for an investigation mission, there was no need to mobilize Kage-level powerhouses; what exactly did these Kage-level powerhouses intend to do by sneaking into the Rain Village?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were they shouldering revenge or other high-difficulty missions while executing the investigation mission?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So in the eyes of the Rain Ninjas, there was definitely a lot more to this!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a doubt, Sansho-uo Hanzo’s approach was the most correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This level of sophistication and craftiness was no wonder he could become famous throughout the shinobi world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, if the intruders wanted to escape, relying on the opponent’s strength, I fear he was already powerless to stop them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Added to the fact that the Rain Ninjas hadn't suffered any major losses, if the opponent wanted to escape, he might as well let them escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what if the opponent didn't escape? This was also what Sansho-uo Hanzo was most worried about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he rashly mobilized to chase and kill Tsunade, Ryosuke, and the others who caused the chaos, it would be equivalent to a blind cat catching a dead mouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a powerhouse like Tsunade, if she were determined to hide, I fear the Rain Ninjas' search would be fraught with difficulties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the Rain Ninjas, Sansho-uo Hanzo’s residence was naturally the most important place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of Hanzo’s dictatorial rule within the Rain Ninjas, the Rain Ninjas' precious intelligence and important departments were basically set up in Hanzo’s residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Sansho-uo Hanzo left his residence, the heart of the Rain Ninjas would be exposed to the intruders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this was the intruders' strategy of feinting to the east while attacking the west, wouldn't the Rain Ninjas suffer heavy losses?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the contrary, although the Rain Ninjas' search was fraught with difficulties, it didn't mean there was no way at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the constant searching of the Rain Ninjas, no matter how perfect the hiding was, flaws would eventually be revealed; it was just a matter of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, they only needed the Rain Ninjas conducting the search to act as cannon fodder to temporarily block the intruders' pace, and once Sansho-uo Hanzo arrived, everything would be settled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps from the moment the chaos broke out, Sansho-uo Hanzo had been suspecting that this was an operation to \"lure the tiger away from the mountain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The intruders' true goal might be his mansion, which was why he disguised the entire mansion and hid the Rain Ninja elites inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he created the illusion that Sansho-uo Hanzo had already mobilized his entire force to lure the other party; if the other party really dared to invade Hanzo’s mansion, they would completely step into the trap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this way, Hanzo would also turn from passive to active.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sansho-uo Hanzo’s handling of the matter could not be called anything but shrewd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without having truly made contact, Ryosuke still held a few points of recognition for Sansho-uo Hanzo in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the entire shinobi world, most of the top powerhouses basically came from the five major nations, and the various small nations, because they were plundered of resources by the major nations all year round, were not the soil that could produce powerhouses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And because of this, one rarely heard of any powerhouse from a small nation becoming famous in the shinobi world; even if there were, they were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And someone like Sansho-uo Hanzo, who won the title of \"Demigod of the Shinobi World\" and suppressed the Konoha Sannin, was simply one of a kind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>... Please give flowers ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also showed the strength of Hanzo’s ability; if Sansho-uo Hanzo had been born in a major nation, he would have at least produced a powerhouse on the same level as the Third Raikage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And because of this, Ryosuke held Sansho-uo Hanzo in even higher regard in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could even be said that the reason Hanzo in the original work eventually met a failed ending was entirely due to fate, not a problem with his own ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is to say, when heaven wants you to die, you have no choice but to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also echoed the old saying: \"When the time comes, heaven and earth exert their strength together; when the luck is gone, the hero is not free.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding the considerations in Mizunuki Ryosuke’s heart, Hoshigaki Kisame naturally had no way of knowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From his perspective, Mizunuki Ryosuke just stood outside Hanzo’s mansion and pondered slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here it must be said that although Hoshigaki Kisame was a rare general, he was not a commander, and he still lacked too much in terms of the big picture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the original work, there were very few people who could be called \"commanders,\" and most of them were members of the Uchiha clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was no wonder that later generations called Naruto the \"Legend of Eyes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's go, Kisame.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some thought, Mizunuki Ryosuke said to Hoshigaki Kisame beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord, are we really going in?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoshigaki Kisame looked at Mizunuki Ryosuke in surprise; even though he had long known that Ryosuke intended to enter Sansho-uo Hanzo’s mansion and also possessed the magical Demonic Mirroring Illusion technique, Kisame still couldn't help but feel a bit nervous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving only two words lightly, Ryosuke turned and walked slowly toward Sansho-uo Hanzo’s mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Ryosuke’s mind was made up, as the \"number one confidant,\" Hoshigaki Kisame could only open the path alone in front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside this huge mansion covering ten acres, there were many buildings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the unique weather of the Land of Rain, which was rainy all year round, these buildings had the unique characteristics of the Land of Rain, with dense steel water pipes installed on the roof ridges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The raindrops falling from the sky tapped on the steel drainage pipes, making a \"drip, drop\" sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drip-drop sound echoed hollowly throughout the mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Added to the fact that the entire courtyard was pitch black at this time, and there was no other sound except for the sound of raindrops tapping on the steel pipes, so at first glance, it didn't look like a place where a leader lived at all, but rather somewhat eerie.\u003C\u002Fp>",1421,"2026-06-17T05:01:41.164Z","2026-06-17T05:05:37.377Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","c8c1192c4bc9e7be409e03f5b611775d128eef18849e884e9da57e6ed7261f61","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-165","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-163",533,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-cover.jpg"]