Chapter 167

Seeing this, Hanzo frowned; he didn't quite understand what medicine Ryosuke was selling in his gourd.

But when he looked at Hoshigaki Kisame beside Ryosuke, he suddenly woke up.

Logically speaking, the muscles in Hoshigaki Kisame’s arm, who had just fought fiercely with him, should not have recovered yet and should have slight spasms.

But at this moment, Hoshigaki Kisame’s arm was placed steadily by his side, without any abnormality at all.

In the heart of an expert, sometimes a detail was enough to determine a judgment.

"Something is wrong!"

At once, Sansho-uo Hanzo used chakra to impact his own brain nerves; after experiencing a dizzying sensation, the Mizunuki Ryosuke and Hoshigaki Kisame before him had disappeared without a trace.

Sansho-uo Hanzo covered his still-dizzy head and turned his head, only to find that the two who should have been in front of him were already sitting in the room.

He saw Mizunuki Ryosuke sitting unceremoniously in the place where he had just been kneeling.

After seeing Sansho-uo Hanzo’s gaze, Ryosuke didn't care at all, just extended his finger to point to the position opposite him, making a "please" gesture.

At this moment, Sansho-uo Hanzo was breaking out in a cold sweat all over.

It turned out that since some unknown time, he had already fallen into Ryosuke’s genjutsu.

Such a secretive casting method, as well as a high level of genjutsu, I fear it was enough to rival the legendary Uchiha clan of Konoha.

It was hard to imagine that Mizunuki Ryosuke had such a level of genjutsu without possessing the Sharingan.

Caught off guard, he had actually been hit directly!

If Mizunuki Ryosuke had done something during the time he was in the genjutsu, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Sansho-uo Hanzo’s loss of composure was only for a moment; soon he recovered. As a "Demigod of the Shinobi World," he had that much ability to accept things.

Added to the fact that since Ryosuke didn't make a move, it meant he had no malice.

Sansho-uo Hanzo took a deep look at the main seat that was now occupied by Ryosuke, and didn't say much; he accepted his defeat.

So he sat on the opposite side in the direction Ryosuke pointed.

After a simple exchange, everything seemed to have returned to the starting point.

Sansho-uo Hanzo and Mizunuki Ryosuke sat on the floor, looking at each other, both not saying a word.

And Hoshigaki Kisame on the other side stood aside tactfully, not sitting beside Ryosuke.

Feeling his arms still constantly shaking, Kisame looked at Sansho-uo Hanzo with a solemn gaze.

Clearly, he was not yet qualified to participate in an occasion of this level, so he couldn't sit in the same row as Sansho-uo Hanzo.

Just as Mizunuki Ryosuke said, the Mist and the Rain were not enemies, and there was no mutually hostile stance before this.

In other words, there was a lot of room for negotiation between the Rain and the Mist.

And the reason Sansho-uo Hanzo chose to make a move earlier was also very simple.

Whether it was negotiation or cooperation...

Strength was the foundation; it wasn't just any two small fry who could come and talk about cooperation with Sansho-uo Hanzo under the name of the five major ninja villages.

"Demigod of the Shinobi World," how could he not have that much face?

The previous fight was just to verify the strength of Ryosuke’s side; if he really had the heart to make a move, Sansho-uo Hanzo would have long ago called the other Rain Ninjas hiding in the mansion to attack together.

During the battle, since Mizunuki Ryosuke’s strength and identity as the Fourth Mizukage had already been verified, this meaningless battle naturally didn't need to continue.

Just when Sansho-uo Hanzo was about to stop, he discovered that he had fallen into a genjutsu.

And because of this, in this tentative probe that stopped at the right point, he could be considered to have lost to Ryosuke.

Furthermore, after discovering that the main seat had been occupied by Ryosuke, Sansho-uo Hanzo wasn't angry.

For one, it was because he accepted his defeat.

For two, in terms of status, Ryosuke, as one of the five Kage of the shinobi world, naturally had a higher status than Sansho-uo Hanzo.

Neither of them spoke after sitting down, as they both had their own thoughts in their hearts.

Regarding Sansho-uo Hanzo’s planning and the things that would happen in the shinobi world next, Ryosuke naturally knew very clearly.

At this moment, Mizunuki Ryosuke was constantly evaluating the value of Sansho-uo Hanzo in his heart.

In the battle with Kisame just now, Mizunuki Ryosuke had already estimated Sansho-uo Hanzo’s actual combat power.

If compared with Uchiha Madara and Hashirama, Sansho-uo Hanzo naturally wasn't enough to look at.

But without a doubt, in the current shinobi world, Sansho-uo Hanzo was definitely one of the peak combat powers.

Impeccable speed, strength, and technique formed a suffocating close-combat ability, and the deadly poison from the salamander made up for his lack of area-of-effect damage ability.

And according to what Ryosuke knew, Sansho-uo Hanzo also had an advanced Water Release.

Sansho-uo Hanzo’s only flaw was perhaps that he hadn't reached the peak in genjutsu.

Such combat power, no wonder he could suppress the young Sannin.

Actually, the current Rain Ninjas, in his view, only had Sansho-uo Hanzo as someone of value.

In other words, the object of his negotiation was only Sansho-uo Hanzo himself, and the Rain Ninjas led by Hanzo were just an add-on to him.

After seeing Sansho-uo Hanzo, the thoughts that had taken root in Ryosuke’s heart for many years gradually became somewhat restless.

At this moment, a bold idea emerged in Ryosuke’s heart.

Compared to Mizunuki Ryosuke, who was sitting firmly on the fishing platform, Sansho-uo Hanzo’s thoughts were much more chaotic and tense at this moment.

You must know that this was the eve of Sansho-uo Hanzo preparing to declare war on the three major nations.

At this juncture, Ryosuke’s sudden arrival made Sansho-uo Hanzo somewhat tense.

Was it just a coincidence, or had Ryosuke really smelled something?

If this Fourth Mizukage already knew something, what was his attitude?

Regardless, the Mist was an existence that the current Rain Ninjas couldn't afford to offend.

Offending the Mist, I fear Sansho-uo Hanzo’s plan to go to war with the three major ninja villages would completely fail.

Adding one more Mist would also add many uncontrollable variables.

But the Mist had no grievances with the Rain for many years, and it was a relationship of well water not interfering with river water, which gave Hanzo hope of gaining the Mist’s support.

What exactly was the opponent’s attitude? Sansho-uo Hanzo glanced silently at Mizunuki Ryosuke on the opposite side.

Although he was calm, a "brainstorm" had already started in his heart, and he began to constantly ponder Mizunuki Ryosuke’s thoughts.

But no matter how he thought about it, he could never see anything from the kind smile on Ryosuke’s face.

"Leader Sansho-uo, I came here personally this time, and there is indeed one thing I want to discuss with you."

Finally, it was Mizunuki Ryosuke who broke the silence first.

While speaking, he slowly revealed his hands hidden under the large raincoat.

He saw that on the middle finger of Mizunuki Ryosuke’s left hand, he was wearing a ring engraved with the character "Water."

And this ring was precisely the token that the successive Mizukage constantly passed down.

This action also directly and completely indicated his identity as the Mizukage; this was equivalent to Ryosuke admitting Sansho-uo Hanzo’s probe just now and admitting his identity as the Mizukage.

Admitting it himself and having Sansho-uo Hanzo guess it were, of course, two completely different concepts.

It also meant that the meeting between the two was completely placed on the table from the dark place that could not be spoken of.