Chapter 281

Mizunuki Ryosuke said leisurely, the gentleness and scholarly temperament in his expression still unchanged.

Ryosuke's words made Bee feel more and more confused and puzzled.

Since you also know that such behavior is very inappropriate, why do you still do it?

Bee's eyes revealed that he had such doubts in his heart.

"Yuta, you tell me."

"For my decision, what do you think?"

But who knew, at this time Mizunuki Ryosuke didn't answer directly, but turned to ask Kaguya Yuta on the side.

"Return to Lord."

"The meaning of our existence is to become the sword in your hand!"

"As long as your heart is directed, it is where our edge is directed!"

"Therefore, I don't need to think; I just need to follow your orders!"

Kaguya Yuta said without hesitation, with a bit of fanaticism in his tone.

To Kaguya Yuta's answer, Mizunuki Ryosuke remained noncommittal. He did not even turn back, leaving only an unfathomable silhouette for everyone in the room.

"Yuta, then do you think I could be wrong?"

Mizunuki Ryosuke's calm, scholarly voice drifted over once more. As he spoke, he beckoned, and the Ice Dragon King, which had been circling at a low altitude, flapped its wings and arrived at the edge of the balcony.

Under Mizunuki Ryosuke's control, the Ice Dragon King seemed truly alive.

It affectionately stretched its head toward Mizunuki Ryosuke, and Ryosuke calmly reached out a hand to stroke the ferocious head formed from solid ice.

"No!"

"You will never be wrong!"

"Whether it is me, Kisame, Momochi, or Department Head Hozuki."

"None of us will ever question you!"

Kaguya Yuta answered without the slightest hesitation. The worship and respect in his words left Bee, standing to the side, somewhat silent.

In a daze, he seemed to recall the time he fought Zabuza Momochi in the ghost mist.

During their clash, the resolute look Zabuza cast toward him.

That look embodied the execution of orders and absolute loyalty to the Mizukage.

Combining that with Kaguya Yuta's firm tone and demeanor, Bee seemed to understand something.

Bee fell silent. The fact that the Kage-level powerhouses of the Mist Village were so devoted to Mizunuki Ryosuke was enough to prove one thing.

That in this village called the Mist, the Fourth Mizukage possessed absolute authority.

He was not only the "Shadow" of this village, but also its "Light."

"Now, what do you think, Bee?"

Mizunuki Ryosuke turned around and asked Bee behind him. Framed by the massive body of the Ice Dragon King, Ryosuke radiated a powerful aura that made it impossible to look him directly in the eye.

Hearing this, Bee's eyes flickered with hesitation. Mizunuki Ryosuke had seemingly said nothing, but his interaction with Kaguya Yuta demonstrated the Fourth Mizukage's terrifying control over the Mist, and that Mizunuki Ryosuke was fully capable of remote-controlling the village.

Yet even so, Bee still felt that Mizunuki Ryosuke's actions did more harm than good, and he could not agree with them.

From Bee's hesitant expression, Mizunuki Ryosuke had already seen his thoughts, so he continued.

"Bee, the reason you want to stop me—"

"Is nothing more than the fear that my actions will cause internal problems in the Mist, thereby affecting the strategy against the Cloud."

"I can even tell you directly right now."

"Two units, led respectively by Mist Mist Anbu Department Head Hozuki Mangetsu and White Shark Unit Department Head Hoshigaki Kisame."

"Will depart from the Land of Water tomorrow, taking two different paths to launch a pincer attack on the Rock ninjas in the Land of the Moon."

Once these words were spoken, Bee's eyes widened.

"Impossible!"

Bee exclaimed subconsciously.

He could not believe that in just one day, the Mist could complete all strategic deployments, logistical requisitions, and war mobilization.

To this, Mizunuki Ryosuke only smiled slightly, looking noncommittal.

Looking at Mizunuki Ryosuke's calm and tranquil eyes, Bee gradually fell silent.

He knew the Fourth Mizukage would not lie about such things.

Although he did not know how he managed it, Bee's reason told him it was all true; the Fourth Mizukage would not joke with his own prestige and the reputation of the Mist.

"These are my lessons to you regarding command and operational capability."

Seeing Bee, Mizunuki Ryosuke did not reveal any more, only showing an unfathomable smile.

It could only be said that the Mist's planning for war was far beyond what Bee had anticipated.

Under Ryosuke's arrangement, the Mist had long since made all preparations for war. As soon as he gave the order, large numbers of Mist ninjas would rush to the battlefield under the leadership of Kage-level powerhouses.

Suddenly, Bee could not help but subconsciously look into Mizunuki Ryosuke's eyes. At this moment, he felt these eyes were deeper than a black hole, and this man's methods and wisdom were more terrifying than a demon god.

Bee began to rethink everything along the lines of what Ryosuke had said.

If everything were truly as this man said, and the Mist could mobilize large numbers of troops to the battlefield at any time, then Mizunuki Ryosuke's behavior was, at most, only slightly "rash."

And this slight rashness was within an acceptable range for the Cloud.

"Now, I will tell you some other things."

"Let me ask you, if the Mist declares war on the Rock at this very moment, what is it that they most hope to see?"

Mizunuki Ryosuke asked a question that Bee had not expected.

Bee pondered for a moment, then slowly answered.

"Of course, the defeat of the Rock."

Bee's answer was very conventional, a result considered from a normal perspective.

Whether for the Cloud or the Mist, victory in war was naturally what both sides wanted to see most.

"Your answer is not wrong."

"Since I have already agreed to provide aid to the Cloud and participate in the war against the Rock."

"Then what I want to see most now is the defeat of the Rock, and the sooner, the better!"

"Since that is the case, all my behavioral principles must take "defeating the Rock as quickly as possible" as the top priority."

"And here a problem arises: what kind of military strategy and tactics should be adopted to defeat the Rock at the fastest speed?"

Mizunuki Ryosuke spoke these incredibly profound words with his youthful face.

At this moment, Bee had long since put aside his initial doubts, instead listening intently to Mizunuki Ryosuke's "teachings."

"Then what I am going to teach you next is what is called "tactics.""

Mizunuki Ryosuke said with a burning gaze. At this time, Bee had already revealed a look of "listening with rapt attention," and his eyes also carried a hint of humility.

"Let me ask you again."

"Are you aware of the deaths of the Second Raikage and the Second Hokage?"

Hearing Mizunuki Ryosuke's words, Bee frowned.

The death of the Second Raikage was a stain that could never be erased from the history of the Cloud.

A dignified Raikage not only died from a backstabbing betrayal by ninjas of his own village, but also led to his ally, the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, being besieged to death.

This could not simply be called embarrassing; it was embarrassing to the entire ninja world.

After this incident, the Cloud lost all reputation in the ninja world.

Every Cloud ninja was likely unable to let go of the death of the Second Raikage.

"Of course."

Bee's expression darkened as he nodded in response.

He did not understand why Mizunuki Ryosuke wanted to bring this up.

"The Second Raikage and the Second Hokage both died at the hands of the Gold and Silver brothers; this is known to everyone in the ninja world."

"Then I ask you, in all fairness."

"Do you think that in a head-on battle, even with the help of a large number of subordinates, the Second Hokage and the Second Raikage would be no match for the Gold and Silver brothers?"

"Even in a head-on battle, the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju alone would likely have no pressure fighting the Gold and Silver brothers."

As Mizunuki Ryosuke spoke, a sharp glint suddenly erupted in his eyes.

"Then I ask you, how did the Gold and Silver brothers succeed in killing two Second-generation Kage who were originally impossible to kill?"