[{"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-239":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},2194550,3774,"Chapter 239","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-239",239,"\u003Cp>After the ninja world fell into the flames of war, time has passed by nearly three months in a flash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the past three months, the battlefields across the ninja world have had their own victories and defeats, but for a time, no one could do anything to anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are currently three main battlefields in the ninja world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first is the war between the Rain Ninja and Konoha; at present, Konoha’s troops have completely invaded the Land of Rain, but the war situation is not as crushing as Konoha’s high-level officials imagined; instead, Konoha has fallen into a difficult tug-of-war within the Land of Rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as mentioned before, Hanzo of the Salamander himself knows the huge gap between the Rain Ninja and Konoha, so he did not choose to clash head-on, but very rationally chose to play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses, fully utilizing the Rain Ninja’s expertise in assassination and the advantage of the Rain Ninja occupying the home field of the Land of Rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hanzo of the Salamander knows how much damage placing the battlefield within the Land of Rain will bring to this country, but in order to win the war, he has already staked everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Assassination, ambush, harassment, encirclement, counter-encirclement \"743\"....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, the war between the Rain Ninja and Konoha within the Land of Rain has fallen into such a stalemate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the land of the Land of Rain, countless sporadic skirmishes and assassinations break out every day; as for the large-scale decisive battle that Konoha hopes to see, it has not happened even once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Rain Ninja have long since broken into pieces, harassing Konoha in the form of squads and platoons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to statistics, the largest battle between the two sides was a skirmish with a scale of no more than a hundred people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, the war between the Rain Ninja and Konoha is in a state of anxiety, and it is likely difficult to determine a winner for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following closely behind is the war between Konoha and Sunagakure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the resolution of Sunagakure’s high-level officials to declare war on Konoha to Sunagakure mobilizing ninjas to launch the war against Konoha, it took a total of half a month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Sunagakure acted as low-key as possible to maintain secrecy, it still did not escape Konoha’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the sneak attack that Sunagakure thought was extremely covert, what awaited Sunagakure was Sakumo Hatake, who had already laid an ambush halfway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With intent against the unprepared, Sunagakure was soundly defeated by the Konoha ninjas led by Sakumo Hatake at the first encounter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the commander-in-chief leading Sunagakure in this battle, Chiyo naturally could not lead the army to take the lead, and because of ability issues, the sister and brother pair of Ebizo and Chiyo have always been inseparable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the vanguard taking the lead naturally could only be someone else, and coincidentally, the vanguard unit of Sunagakure was the elite puppet master unit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Sakumo Hatake’s ambush, this elite unit suffered heavy losses, and the leaders of the unit—two puppet masters at the quasi-Kage level—were even killed on the spot by Sakumo Hatake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As everyone knows, Sunagakure’s puppet unit has always been under the control of Elder Chiyo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the reason for this, besides Chiyo’s own deep foundation and extraordinary attainments in puppetry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most important reason is that Chiyo has a good son and a good daughter-in-law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chiyo’s son and daughter-in-law were themselves extremely talented puppet masters, and the two became the commanders of Sunagakure’s puppet unit by virtue of their exquisite puppetry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of this, the puppet unit has always been Chiyo’s most powerful supporter within Sunagakure.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Now, Chiyo’s son and daughter-in-law have died under the blade of Sakumo Hatake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the fallen puppet unit commander is precisely the father and mother of Sasori of the Red Sand in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the war that Chiyo launched willfully, she herself became the first person to suffer the backlash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon learning the news, Chiyo was grief-stricken, and the grief and hatred in her heart caused the war that was originally launched for the country and the village to take on heavy personal emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After suffering a major setback, the Sunagakure army led by Chiyo not only did not stop at all but continued to fight fiercely with Konoha resolutely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battlefield between the two sides spans the Land of Wind, the Land of Fire, and the neighboring small country, the Land of Rivers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the battlefield between Sunagakure and Konoha was the last to open, after being mixed with personal emotions, it was the most tragic battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both sides have had their own victories and defeats, and it is likely difficult to determine a winner for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, there is the Land of Moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battlefield between Kumogakure and Iwagakure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three months have passed, and Kumogakure’s initial disadvantage has continued to expand with the progress of the war; although there is support from Kirigakure, Kumogakure does not have logistical pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But one wrong step leads to every step being wrong; under Onoki’s flawless offensive, Kumogakure’s initial mistakes were constantly magnified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up to this point, Kumogakure has been completely driven out of the Land of Moon, and the entire territory of the Land of Moon has been occupied by Iwagakure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding this, the Third Raikage naturally would not let it go, launching campaigns several times to try to recapture the Land of Moon, but under the tenacious defense of the Rock Ninja, there was still no chance at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You may question the Rock Ninja’s offensive ability, but you absolutely cannot question Iwagakure’s defensive ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After occupying the Land of Moon, Iwagakure also understood the principle of \"stopping while ahead,\" and did not continue to advance into the interior of the Land of Lightning, but held the Land of Moon and shrank back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just three months, the defensive fortifications built by the Rock Ninja have spread throughout the Land of Moon, and every offensive by Kumogakure has been dissolved into nothingness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the Kumogakure ninjas have an advantage in attributes, in front of the Rock Ninja who are good at group warfare, this advantage has long been wiped out..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without the Tsuchikage Onoki making a move, hundreds of Rock Ninja Jonin joining forces can even perform Earth Release that suppresses the Third Raikage for a short time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(The original work says the Third Raikage can fight ten thousand Rock Ninja alone; this must be mostly Genin; how much combat power these ten thousand Rock Ninja have specifically still depends on the Jonin level.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(After all, Uchiha Madara’s Majestic Destroyer Flame can be wiped out by the Water Release of twenty Jonin; there is no reason for the Third Raikage to be stronger than Uchiha Madara.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this continues, Kumogakure will likely be forced to give up the Land of Moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this is an unacceptable loss for Kumogakure; as things stand, Kumogakure can only think of other ways to break the stalemate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, it is caused by Kumogakure’s insufficient combat power; if you can’t do it yourself, you can only borrow external forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about it, Kumogakure can only find a way to ask for help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So now, looking at the entire ninja world, who can help Kumogakure?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Starting from the ninja world continent, after crossing the vast and boundless ocean, one will arrive at the islands on the edge of the Land of Water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scattered islands surround the central land of the Land of Water, just like stars arching over the moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center of the land of the Land of Water, there is a huge inland lake, named Lake of Mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason it is called this name is because the lake water does not freeze all year round, and it is named for the mist that lingers over it year after year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And on the shore of the Lake of Mist is one of the five great ninja villages famous in the ninja world—Kirigakure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the thick mist drifting from the Lake of Mist, the entire Kirigakure looks hazy and mysterious, just like a veil used by a fairy in the lake to cover her face, shrouding the top of this ninja village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the feeling given by Kumogakure, standing on the top of the mountains, is powerful and awe-inspiring, then the feeling brought by Kirigakure now is mysterious and profound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bee-sama, we have finally arrived at Kirigakure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wonder what kind of person the Fourth Mizukage of Kirigakure will be.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blonde female ninja, young but with a very well-endowed figure, said to the burly and sturdy young man beside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Samui, Kirigakure is not Kumogakure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Remember to be rigorous later, do not act recklessly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't forget our purpose.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man with a dark complexion and firm expression, sporting a handlebar mustache, said seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Bee-sama!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the female ninja named Samui nodded seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, the two stepped forward toward the Kirigakure ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>",1498,"2026-06-17T05:01:42.539Z","2026-06-17T05:05:38.859Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","737231c15b1f0a1e1a71cc2013d7e1f7318c61c6e1470da56fd999beadb1d6e4","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-240","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-238",533,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-cover.jpg"]