[{"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-381":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},2194692,3774,"Chapter 381: The wind and clouds change, the next opponent","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-381",381,"\u003Cp>Mizunuki Ryosuke watched the \"human tragedy\" unfold before him calmly, but his heart was without ripples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This melodramatic plot was more than enough even for the golden prime time of the previous life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pity...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Winners are kings and losers are bandits; there is not much to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you don't want to welcome such a result, then fight, scheme, plan, and win!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weak and the losers getting such a result is just self-inflicted, so much so that in the end, all they can do is resent their own powerlessness and stage such melodramatic plays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the reason Mizunuki Ryosuke went to such lengths to plan and scheme was to completely eliminate the possibility of failure! ### CHAPTER 719\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He would never let such a thing happen to him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Things have come to this, and it can be considered to have completely drawn the curtain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the ending, there is still a clear gap between people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially because of the gap in \"experience,\" the younger generation of ninjas who lack tempering has a \"qualitative\" gap with the older generation of ninjas who have been through many storms in their ability to see the essence of problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the current performance of Huangtu and Bee and the comparison between the Third Raikage Ai and the Third Tsuchikage Onoki, it is enough to see a glimpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bee, who experienced the whole event and knew most of the intelligence and inside information, still did not understand until now why he had to hand over the \"victory in hand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nor did he understand why the Rock, which had already been completely defeated, was qualified to retreat in a \"draw\"?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Third Raikage, who had only heard a few words and had just arrived, could agree to Mizunuki Ryosuke’s request without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the gap in experience and vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And everything that seems to be \"playing riddles\" is the true connotation and essence of this war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason Bee doesn't understand is just that he hasn't seen the actual form clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called soldiers have no constant situation, and water has no constant form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The goals and results that one wants to obtain at different stages of a war are different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the beginning of the war, the Rock’s goal was to occupy the Land of the Moon, and use the Land of the Moon as a springboard to take the opportunity to annex small countries such as the Land of Fields and the Land of Frost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after launching a blitzkrieg against the Cloud and successfully occupying the Land of the Moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Rock’s strategic goal became to hold the Land of the Moon, consume it with the Cloud, and completely \"digest\" the Land of the Moon into its own territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until this moment, the advantage had always been in the hands of the Rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until the Land of Frost incident broke out, under Mizunuki Ryosuke’s planning, the \"Leaf\" and the \"Takumi\" cut off the Rock’s logistics line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time, the Rock suffered a situation of being attacked from both sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, if Onoki could make up his mind to retreat, the Rock could actually retreat completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Onoki was not willing to spit out the meat he had eaten, so his choice was to launch a quick attack on the Cloud, at the cost of increasing casualties, to reduce consumption and gain time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he let the Five-Tails Jinchuriki Han in the Rock go to the Land of Frost to investigate, hoping to solve the logistics problem and restore logistics transportation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But who would have thought that Han’s investigation would be like a meat bun hitting a dog, never to return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Onoki then realized the seriousness of the problem and understood that it was impossible to restore the supply line, and at the same time, the Rock also officially confirmed the existence of the enemy \"Leaf.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at this time, the Cloud’s strategic goal had changed from occupying the Land of the Moon to being able to retreat completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of the fear of being attacked from both sides by the Leaf and the Cloud, Onoki’s decision was to fight the Cloud to the death first, using casualties to force the Cloud to let go, and at the same time make the Cloud and the Leaf feel wary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he formulated an attack plan against the Third Raikage, transferring Roshi from the Rock Village to the front line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logically speaking, as long as Onoki’s plan had no problems, but this became the \"biggest problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because from beginning to end, the conflict between the Leaf and the Rock was actually a play directed by Mizunuki Ryosuke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Rock’s true enemy was not the Leaf of the Land of Fire, but the Mist of the Land of Water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, this plan that seemed to have no problems actually had problems at the root.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, the war broke out, and everything was developing in an orderly manner according to the Rock’s original \"plan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when the Rock was about to succeed, Mizunuki Ryosuke arrived in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the fall of Roshi, the capture of the Four-Tails, and even the Tsuchikage Onoki falling into Mizunuki Ryosuke’s hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, the Rock had already been completely defeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Rock’s strategic goal also changed again at this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From: how to retreat completely, to: how to minimize losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only the Rock, from this moment on, the Cloud’s initial strategic goal, namely: \"driving the Rock out of the Land of the Moon,\" had been achieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the Rock’s defeat was set, at this time the Cloud’s entire strategic goal had undergone a major change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, the thinking of the Cloud’s power holders should be converted from \"now\" to the grasp of the \"future\" situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Specifically, after this war ends, how can the Cloud obtain the greatest benefits?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Bee’s problem lies here; his thinking still stays on the \"opponent\" of the Rock, not knowing that the Rock has already lost at this moment, and the situation is completely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suppose we follow Bee’s idea and kill the Rock, what will happen?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, the ten thousand Rock ninjas on the battlefield will counterattack; with the cooperation of the Mist and the Cloud, the Rock will definitely lose, that’s correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Cloud will also inevitably pay casualties and costs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Rock ninjas will be wiped out, which will inevitably lead to the comprehensive weakening of the Rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, who will be the biggest beneficiary?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You think it will be the Cloud? Wrong, of course, it’s a big mistake!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cloud at this time has already consumed too much strength and has no ability to attack the mainland of the Land of Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking a step back, even if the Cloud has the ability to attack the mainland of the Land of Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But from a geopolitical perspective, the Cloud, which is separated from the Rock by three small countries, is far less close than the Sand of the Land of Wind and the Leaf of the Land of Fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, who do you think it will benefit?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially the Leaf, whose strength is already terrifying; at that time, the Cloud, which is already weak, cannot compete with the Leaf in the war of dividing the Rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when the Leaf or the Sand completely swallows and digests the Land of Earth, guess who is next?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It won't be pinning all hopes on the so-called \"peace\" and \"ally\" relationship, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iron needs to be hard itself; who would pin their life and death on the charity of others?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, being able to get huge war reparations from the Land of Earth is enough for the Cloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the Cloud needs to maintain now is the balanced situation in the entire \"ninja world situation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To put it this way, the Cloud’s opponent has also changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And since the Rock has lost, then who is the Cloud’s opponent?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result is naturally self-evident; from a geopolitical perspective, the Leaf bordering the Cloud and even the Mist overseas are very likely to be the Cloud’s \"next opponent.\" ### CHAPTER 720\u003C\u002Fp>",1363,"2026-06-17T05:01:42.539Z","2026-06-17T05:05:38.859Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","fbc4d9e30a960f0a16e70eafc93b7dfaf0bb1764990863ec35792f1db5dd5f4b","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-382","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-380",533,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-cover.jpg"]