[{"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-238":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},2194549,3774,"Chapter 238","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-238",238,"\u003Cp>Kirigakure, all important intelligence from the ninja world in recent days has been placed on the desk before Mizunuki Ryosuke.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>With this, the Second Shinobi World War has completely entered an intense phase.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Apart from the Land of Water, every other nation has been dragged into the flames of war.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A massive chessboard sits before Mizunuki Ryosuke; the board uses the ninja world as its base and all living beings as pieces, and Mizunuki Ryosuke places one piece after another onto the board.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The reason he tirelessly lingers and travels between various nations is to set up a great net.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This is to achieve the goal of establishing Kirigakure’s status as the hegemon of the ninja world after this war!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Subsequently, Mizunuki Ryosuke places five pieces labeled Water, Wind, Rain, Lightning, and Iron into one camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He places the other two pieces, labeled Fire and Earth, into a different camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In this way, the situation in the ninja world was already clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Before the war broke out, Mizunuki Ryosuke had already first won over a key character in the Second Ninja World War—Hanzo of the Salamander, and concluded a cooperative relationship with him, seeking to use Hanzo of the Salamander for his own purposes in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But at that time, it was just laying a foreshadowing; to truly subdue the proud and arrogant demigod of the ninja world, Hanzo of the Salamander, for his own use, he had to make Hanzo of the Salamander realize the cruelty of reality and severely dampen his spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And this task was handed over to the Leaf and the \"Sannin,\" who were about to become famous in the ninja world, to complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At that time, having experienced the despair of reality, Mizunuki Ryosuke would naturally have ways to bring Hanzo of the Salamander under his command.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To achieve this step, Ryosuke had also laid the foreshadowing early on.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The first chess piece he prepared in this ninja world war was—Rain Ninja, Hanzo of the Salamander.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Subsequently, it was the Third Kazekage, who was firmly bound by Mizunuki Ryosuke with interests.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Using the interests brought by the iron sand trade, he had completely bound the Hidden Sand of the Land of Wind, the Hidden Mist of the Land of Water, and the samurai of the Land of Iron on the same boat.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Unlike Hanzo of the Salamander, who came from a small background, no matter how bad the Hidden Sand was, it still had the status of one of the five major ninja villages.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As the leader of one of the five major ninja villages, the Third Kazekage could not be willing to be subordinate to others on the surface, plus the Hidden Sand at the current stage was not the Hidden Sand of later generations that had been completely beaten out of its temper.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>So wanting the Third Kazekage to be willing to submit was naturally impossible, and Ryosuke's goal was also very clear, which was to make the Third Kazekage's pace always consistent with his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And according to Ryosuke's information, the interior of the current Hidden Sand did not seem harmonious.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The elder forces headed by Elder Chiyo and Ebizo did not seem satisfied with the Third Kazekage's rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This was also a point that Mizunuki Ryosuke could greatly utilize.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Whether through political or economic angles, Ryosuke had the confidence to exert enough influence on the Third Kazekage to facilitate the other party to make the moves he wanted to see.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In this ninja world war, the second chess piece Ryosuke prepared—Hidden Sand, Third Kazekage Sandaime Kazekage.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This was not all; the beneficiaries of the iron sand trade, besides the Hidden Sand as the supplier and the Hidden Mist as the middleman, naturally also included the most important buyer—the Land of Iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although the Land of Iron did not have an obvious role in normal times and seemed to have no value as a neutral nation, it was impossible for the Land of Iron to abandon its foundation for the sake of iron sand interests and actively obey Ryosuke's command to participate in the war.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But in reality, at certain moments, the Land of Iron would play an important role.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>For example—the Five Kage Summit.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In the original work, at the Five Kage Summit held on the eve of the Fourth Ninja World War.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Danzo, acting as Hokage, used Kotoamatsukami to manipulate Mifune, thereby shifting the stance of the Land of Iron to achieve his own gain.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If it hadn't been seen through by the Hidden Mist Jonin Ao with his Byakugan, Danzo's scheme would probably have succeeded.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This also explained from the side the role that the Land of Iron, this permanently neutral nation, could play at critical moments.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although Ryosuke could not completely manipulate the Land of Iron and Mifune, relying on past \"friendship,\" it was not difficult to let the Land of Iron speak for the Hidden Mist at critical moments.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>So in this ninja world war, Mizunuki Ryosuke's third chess piece—General of the Land of Iron, Mifune.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Having the above was not enough; at first glance, Mizunuki Ryosuke seemed to have won over most of the combat power of the ninja world to his own camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But the Leaf at this point in time was too powerful, and the alliance between the Leaf and the Hidden Cloud was enough to contend with any power in the ninja world.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even if the Hidden Mist, Hidden Sand, and Rain Ninjas were added together, they might not be able to gain the upper hand against the alliance of the Leaf and the Hidden Cloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To eliminate this potential threat, Mizunuki Ryosuke finally decided to bring the Third Raikage onto his boat as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Facing the isolated Hanzo of the Salamander, Mizunuki Ryosuke chose to combine kindness with force.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Facing the Third Kazekage, who lacked prestige and had not yet stood firm within the Hidden Sand, Mizunuki Ryosuke chose to win him over with interests.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But facing the Third Raikage, Mizunuki Ryosuke chose to be gentle.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Compared to the Third Kazekage and Hanzo of the Salamander, the Third Raikage was clearly a grade stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Compared to Hanzo of the Salamander, the Third Raikage had the entire Hidden Cloud as his backing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Compared to the Third Kazekage, the Third Raikage not only had higher individual strength, but his control over the village was also far beyond what the Third Kazekage could compare to.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And the foundation of the Hidden Cloud was clearly much better than that of the Hidden Sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>For such a strong person whose strength and status were clearly beyond the scope of calculation, Mizunuki Ryosuke chose to carry out a single gentle favor.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>According to Mizunuki Ryosuke's understanding of the Third Raikage, the other party was not an old fox like Danzo who returned evil for good.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As long as the Third Raikage owed Mizunuki Ryosuke a favor and chose to stand on his side at a critical moment, everything would be enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Up to this point, most of the combat power of the ninja world had been won over by Ryosuke.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The remaining isolated Land of Fire and Land of Earth were no longer to be feared.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And this was also the most critical step in Mizunuki Ryosuke's plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Establishing the status of a hegemon is easy to say but extremely difficult to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>....0\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>There was only one undisputed hegemon in the ninja world at present, and that was the Leaf of the Land of Fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And the reason Ryosuke wanted to lay out such a large net was also very simple, and that was—to isolate the Leaf!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And if the Hidden Mist wanted to rise to the top, the Leaf naturally could not turn a blind eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>So in reality, in this ninja world war, Mizunuki Ryosuke wanted to achieve his goal; although he could sleep soundly on the surface, the biggest enemy in the dark was the Leaf.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wanting to pull the Leaf off its horse was absolutely not something that could be done by the strength of the Hidden Mist alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even as strong as Mizunuki Ryosuke was now, he would not easily choose to move weapons against the Leaf.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Not to mention wasting combat power for nothing, he didn't want to enjoy the treatment of Orochimaru.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Because Ryosuke knew that the old fox Sarutobi Hiruzen still had a big killer move in his hand that harmed others without benefiting himself—the Reaper Death Seal!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Before Orochimaru researched the solution to the Reaper Death Seal, this move had always been an unsolvable existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mizunuki Ryosuke didn't want to try what level the \"Death God\" summoned by the Reaper Death Seal was because of poor planning.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Not to mention, because of Tsunade, Mizunuki Ryosuke didn't want to make the relationship with the Leaf too stiff.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Thinking of Tsunade, Mizunuki Ryosuke couldn't help but feel a bit soft in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>For Ryosuke, his childhood sweetheart Mizunuki Ren was responsibility and long-term affection, and even more so a long-lasting warmth.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And Tsunade, in his heart, was a heartbeat of passion and a fierce palpitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The two were not superior or inferior, but both were very important existences in Mizunuki Ryosuke's heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Dealing with the Leaf without making the relationship with the Leaf too stiff seemed to be an extremely difficult thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As for how exactly to do it, he already had a plan in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Chr\u002F>\u003Cp>\u003Cem>— Author's Notes —\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>·· Seeking flowers ·· ··\u003C\u002Fp>",1574,"2026-06-17T05:01:42.539Z","2026-06-17T09:00:23.248Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","e0ccd406347b7a2ce25a4f502254efab9a9232fe0e54bf1a1dc6128f6aacbaf5","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-239","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-237",533,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-cover.jpg"]