[{"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-222":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},2194533,3774,"Chapter 222: Where Righteousness Points, the Heart Follows","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-222",222,"\u003Cp>Clearly, Mifune had followed Mizunuki Ryosuke’s rhythm and fallen into his mode of thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Seeing Mifune’s expression, Ryosuke immediately intended to strike while the iron was hot.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>So a sharp glint flashed in his eyes, and he continued to press.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Since I did not kill indiscriminately, and the two were not innocent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Then how can you talk about me needing to take responsibility for them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Where the heart points, that is where righteousness follows.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"To defend my beloved, I would go even if there were thousands of people against me; tell me, how is this an unrighteous act?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mizunuki Ryosuke asked again, and this time his words sounded like a thunderclap on flat ground to Mifune; this deafening sound kept echoing in Mifune’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Where the heart points, righteousness follows.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>I would go even if there were thousands of people against me!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Isn't this what the samurai group has always pursued?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mifune was completely silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Because he felt that no matter what he said, he could not refute these two awakening maxims of Mizunuki Ryosuke.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And at this moment, Tsunade, in Ryosuke’s arms, was completely sunk by the sweetness in her heart the moment she heard the word \"beloved,\" becoming completely unable to get up.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>She could only dizzily bury her head in Ryosuke’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Since my previous actions were where 'righteousness' follows.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Then the two pieces of trash I killed were 'unrighteous'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Punishing the treacherous and eliminating the evil, upholding righteousness—where did I do wrong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mizunuki Ryosuke’s series of questions left Mifune completely stunned on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mifune thought about it repeatedly in his heart, but he could never find a way to refute Mizunuki Ryosuke, because Ryosuke’s series of actions had already established the status of \"great righteousness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If this were anywhere else in the ninja world, I am afraid that not only would no one pay attention, but it would also invite ridicule.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But it was completely different in the Land of Iron; in this country that values the two words \"loyalty and righteousness,\" sometimes so-called great righteousness plays a vital role.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I have been taught.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In the end, Mifune could only say gloomily, and then respectfully knelt down and bowed to Mizunuki Ryosuke.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although Mizunuki Ryosuke’s words clearly contained elements of \"sophistry,\" this speech was worth this bow from Mifune.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even knowing that Mizunuki Ryosuke’s words this time were \"sophistry,\" it was unfortunate that in the culture of the Land of Iron, what Ryosuke said was the mainstream thought recognized by the Land of Iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If Mifune denied Mizunuki Ryosuke’s words, it would be equivalent to denying the creed that the samurai had always insisted upon.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mifune naturally understood which was more important.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The moment Mifune bowed, it meant that the Land of Iron had lost the standing to condemn Mizunuki Ryosuke, and thus there was no such thing as whether Ryosuke needed to take responsibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At this point, Mizunuki Ryosuke smiled slightly and accepted Mifune’s kneeling bow with ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The reason he exposed his relationship with Tsunade right from the start was not just to vent the gloom in his heart and tease Tsunade.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was to seize the \"moral high ground\" after proving his relationship with Tsunade.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sometimes, whether it is negotiation or debate, only the person who occupies the moral high ground first can win the final victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Of course, this trick only works when facing these stubborn samurai of the Land of Iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Otherwise?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Otherwise, try playing this set with Danzo?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Danzo: As long as I have no morals, you can never kidnap me.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And at this very moment, Ryosuke washed away the guilt on his body without any effort, shifting the pressure onto the Land of Iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As the saying goes, soldiers have no constant formation and water has no constant shape; the change of the situation always changes with the change of objective conditions.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>For example, just now, Mizunuki Ryosuke publicly executed the envoys of two small countries; even if the two provoked first, in reality, their crimes did not warrant death.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And Ryosuke’s public killing not only had the suspicion of despising the host, the Land of Iron, but also had the suspicion of bullying small countries with the status of a great country.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But now, Ryosuke had resolved all the disadvantages of his previous actions into \"where righteousness lies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This caused the host, the Land of Iron, to lose the fundamental condition for condemning Mizunuki Ryosuke.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To repeat: a great country is a great country not because its name is blown out, but because it is fought for in reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The strength of the great country itself is there, not to mention that now the Fourth Mizukage of the Hidden Mist of the Land of Water has arrived in person; in a situation where they are not in the right, the Land of Iron simply cannot hold the Hidden Mist accountable.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If the Land of Iron still refuses to let it go, do they really think the names of the Five Great Countries are just blown out? They will teach you how to behave in minutes, okay?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The predicament of the Land of Iron is not only this; facing a great country, the Land of Iron, having lost the reason for condemnation, cannot make a \"fair judgment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Therefore, the Land of Iron will also lose credibility among small countries, and in the eyes of other small countries, such a view will inevitably appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>That is, the ninjas of great countries can commit crimes in public in the Land of Iron, while the Land of Iron doesn't even dare to let out a fart, which undoubtedly smashes the Land of Iron’s own \"neutral country\" signboard.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In an instant, all the pressure shifted from Mizunuki Ryosuke to Mifune.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As the General of the Land of Iron, Mifune clearly understood that the Land of Iron now had an imminent \"credibility crisis.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But at this moment, Mifune was also helpless; this dumb loss could only be swallowed by the Land of Iron itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although this result made Mifune feel like \"a mute eating coptis, having bitterness that cannot be spoken,\" it was not enough to hurt the Land of Iron’s bones.\u003C\u002Fp>",1033,"2026-06-17T05:01:42.539Z","2026-06-17T09:00:23.248Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","c8de8f4fc36d477f9cfe0f1b07c867a204c72a24e7cc7907939cc2e392d65930","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-223","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-221",533,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-cover.jpg"]