[{"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-186":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},2194497,3774,"Chapter 186","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-186",186,"\u003Cp>Three days later, in the Hokage's office, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the rusty iron sheet on the table and slowly took a puff of the pipe in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Knock knock!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiruzen Sarutobi tapped the table twice, and a swift and sharp shadow suddenly appeared in Hiruzen Sarutobi's office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an Mist Anbu member with silver-white hair and a fox mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go and invite Homura Mitokado, Koharu Utatane, and Danzo Shimura over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiruzen Sarutobi pondered for a moment, a flash of depth flashed in his eyes, and he said to the Mist Anbu with the fox mask in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, the Mist Anbu with the fox mask disappeared from the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Mist Anbu with the fox mask left, Hiruzen Sarutobi stared at the iron sheet on the table engraved with a \"War\" character full of murderous intent, his eyes flickering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, two men and one woman, together with the previous Mist Anbu with the fox mask, arrived in Hiruzen Sarutobi's office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sit down, Homura, Koharu, Danzo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After seeing several people arrive, Hiruzen Sarutobi showed a kind smile, just like a peaceful rich man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the three nodded one after another and sat down opposite Hiruzen Sarutobi's desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mist Anbu with the fox face came firmly behind Hiruzen Sarutobi, standing with his hands behind his back, his posture like a tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, a strange look flashed in Danzo's eyes as he sat opposite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This guy, his strength has improved again...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a nice 'tool'...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's a pity that this old thing, Hiruzen Sarutobi, refused to let me have this tool at the beginning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hint of sinister flashed in Danzo Shimura's eyes, and he said secretly in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the Hidden Mist, which was once controlled by the Hokage, Mist Anbu Commander, and ninja clans, the power of the Hidden Mist was controlled by three parties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Konoha, regardless of strength or the complexity of its internal situation, far exceeded the Hidden Mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And wanting to play the role of \"Hokage\" well and govern a violent institution like Konoha, which is huge in scale and extremely complex internally, is definitely not a simple matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the two previous Hokages before Hiruzen Sarutobi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Hokage relied on combat power that suppressed the ninja world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Second Hokage relied on his own virtue and the reputation of the Senju.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it came to Hiruzen Sarutobi, he neither had the power to suppress the ninja world nor a big tree like \"Senju\" to enjoy the shade behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Sarutobi\" clan is also a well-known ninja clan in the ninja world, but at best it is just a small or medium-sized ninja clan, and it can only be considered a middle-to-lower level within Konoha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within Konoha, besides the identity of \"Second Generation Disciple,\" Hiruzen Sarutobi had no foundation at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at the beginning, Tobirama Senju died from the secret calculation of Kinkaku and Ginkaku, and in a hurry, he handed over the position of Hokage to Hiruzen Sarutobi; no one knows how much thought Hiruzen Sarutobi spent in secret to sit firmly in the position of Hokage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted to sit firmly in the position of Hokage, the first to bear the brunt were the three major clans of Senju, Uchiha, and Hyuga.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone the Senju, there was the last order of Tobirama Senju; even if the Senju did not support him, it was absolutely impossible to sing against Hiruzen Sarutobi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except for the Senju, even if Hiruzen Sarutobi only wanted to deal with the Hyuga and Uchiha, he was not enough to look at by himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, he did not have the combat power that suppressed the ninja world and could not subdue the Hyuga and Uchiha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, his own talent could only be counted at the level of \"ordinary genius,\" and compared with a peerless genius like Tobirama Senju, the gap was not a little bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did Hiruzen Sarutobi rely on to convince the public? And what did he rely on to rule the Hyuga and Uchiha?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be said that Hiruzen Sarutobi's political wrist is high, and it is also far beyond the two modern Hokages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He perfectly used his political talent to firmly grasp Konoha in his own hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Basically, in the First and Second Generation periods, the Hokage of Konoha possessed the power of arbitrary action and could be said to be the one who had the final say.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But Hiruzen Sarutobi obviously did not have such ability and skill, and he was also quite sensible, knowing that he could not control an aircraft carrier like Konoha by himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he was willing to weaken the power of the Hokage and gave up the unrealistic idea of \"one-man rule.\" He devolved certain powers to the three people: Homura Mitokado, Koharu Utatane, and Danzo Shimura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane respectively obtained the power to handle part of the government affairs and obtained the position of \"Hokage Advisor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Advisor\" is actually exercising part of the Hokage's authority on behalf of Hiruzen Sarutobi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Danzo Shimura formed the darkest violent institution in Konoha—Root.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This arrangement of power, both civil and military, not only divided and won over the three people but also made the three people owe Hiruzen Sarutobi a big favor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After happily accepting Hiruzen Sarutobi's appointment, the four formed a close group with Hiruzen Sarutobi as the core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all understood that in the vast ocean of Konoha, if they did not huddle together for warmth, they would easily be drowned by Konoha's seawater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four were all disciples of the Second Hokage, and each had the support of a small or medium-sized ninja clan behind them; coupled with Hiruzen Sarutobi's name of \"Great Righteousness,\" they barely had the confidence to sit firmly in the position of Hokage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, whenever a major change occurred in Konoha, the Hokage would only consult or notify major ninja clans like Senju, Hyuga, and Uchiha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In order to obtain the support of other small and medium-sized ninja clans, Hiruzen Sarutobi even included these small ninja clan leaders in the scope of supreme power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every major decision, he began to consult the suggestions of these small ninja clans such as Yamanaka, Akimichi, Nara, Aburame, Inuzuka, etc., gave these small ninja clans a say, and began to support the development of these small ninja clans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Konoha's space and resources are limited; if small ninja clans want to develop, they must obtain space from other places.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where should this space be obtained from? The answer is very simple—that is, from behemoths like Senju, Hyuga, and Uchiha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since then, Hiruzen Sarutobi used the contradictions between small ninja clans and large ninja clans to win over most of the people within Konoha to his (Wang Nuo's) side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he also began to spare no effort to divide the Hyuga and isolate the Uchiha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything Hiruzen Sarutobi did was because he was afraid that the Uchiha and Hyuga would affect the stability of his position as Hokage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since then, every time there is a major event, Hiruzen Sarutobi will first unify opinions with the three second-generation disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is called \"Hokage Brain Trust.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he will convene all the ninja clan leaders, issue orders discussed by the Hokage and his \"brain trust,\" and make some adjustments in details to distribute interests and unify orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, it is the convening of the Jonin meeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Announce the resolutions discussed by Konoha's high-level officials such as the Hokage, Hokage advisors, ninja clan leaders, and Root Commander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Konoha's Jonin generally only have the right to execute orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at this moment, Hanzo of the Salamander declared war on Konoha, and Hiruzen Sarutobi also convened the three \"old partners\" as usual to unify opinions first and discuss countermeasures.\u003C\u002Fp>",1305,"2026-06-17T05:01:41.164Z","2026-06-17T05:05:37.377Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","e1e111436129a68830ff9c62a00e84de02491a76d3d96154ea2f32de63ff059b","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-187","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-185",533,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-cover.jpg"]