[{"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-401":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},2194712,3774,"Chapter 401","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-401",401,"\u003Cp>Mizunuki Ryosuke looked difficult, sighed faintly, and then explained helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How do you say that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Hanzo's brows furrowed even tighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because the Hidden Mist has already launched a war against the Hidden Rock.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At this moment, even we ourselves are stretched thin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, the fact that the Hidden Mist secretly participated in the Cloud-Rock war had not yet spread to the entire ninja world, so even Hanzo of the Salamander did not know the situation of the war in the Land of Lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mizunuki Ryosuke did not hide the war between the Hidden Mist and the Hidden Rock, because in a day or two, the news of the war would spread throughout the ninja world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of the powerful mobility of the Ice Dragon King, Mizunuki Ryosuke could rush from the battlefield of the Land of Lightning to the Land of Rain in a short time, but others did not have such speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the news of the end of the Cloud-Rock war had not yet reached the Land of Rain at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Mizunuki Ryosuke just took this reason to justify reducing the material supply to the Hidden Rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hanzo of the Salamander's face was ugly; he knew that Mizunuki Ryosuke could not tell such a lie that would be broken with one poke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the facts were really like this, then the Hidden Mist's reduction, or even stopping the material supply to the Hidden Rain, was understandable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the Hidden Mist was not a charity, so it naturally had to prioritize solving its own war needs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as a result, the Hidden Rain immediately arrived at a dangerous situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the matter had already happened, Hanzo of the Salamander also knew very well in his heart that complaining and blaming could not solve any problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hanzo of the Salamander knew that he must not lose the help of the Hidden Mist at this time, so he immediately put down his face and requested Mizunuki Ryosuke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Mizukage, you promised to help the Hidden Rain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now is the critical moment; please continue to help the Hidden Rain!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Money is not a problem, please!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Hanzo of the Salamander lowered his arrogant head to Mizunuki Ryosuke and requested sincerely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, he scanned the girl in Mizunuki Ryosuke's arms with an obscure gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Hanzo's plea and this light glance were all taken into Mizunuki Ryosuke's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, Hanzo of the Salamander still had his sharpness and still had the ambition to lead the Hidden Rain to get rid of the invasion of the great powers and stand independently in the ninja world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Hanzo's ability to bend and stretch at this moment was also within Mizunuki Ryosuke's expectations, and the meaning of Hanzo of the Salamander's light glance was also very clear...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what, Mizunuki Ryosuke had just \"won the beauty\" from Hanzo of the Salamander, and now he was going to draw the firewood from under the cauldron; this was a bit too ugly in terms of face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Hanzo's attitude, Mizunuki Ryosuke naturally analyzed it clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the difficult expression on his face became more obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, as if helpless, Mizunuki Ryosuke gritted his teeth and then spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, then I'll think of a way to try to keep the quantity of material supply at the current scale.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mizunuki Ryosuke's \"compromise\" answer made Hanzo of the Salamander breathe a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, although the problem of expanding the material supply demand had not been solved, at least the quantity of material supply had not shrunk further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the current situation, Hanzo of the Salamander could barely accept it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing the core key issues of the current cooperation between the two sides, neither Mizunuki Ryosuke nor Hanzo of the Salamander further brought the topic to the war between the Hidden Rain and the Leaf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because both of them knew very well in their hearts that with the sensitive relationship between the two sides, some intelligence could not be shared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So after a few pleasantries, Mizunuki Ryosuke proposed to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In that case, then please take care, Lord Mizukage and your 'wife'; I won't see you off.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hanzo of the Salamander said goodbye to Mizunuki Ryosuke slowly, to which Mizunuki Ryosuke just nodded and agreed with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leader Hanzo, look forward to meeting again next time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the voice fell, a huge Ice Dragon King stretched its wings, dived down from above the clouds of the Land of Rain, and landed directly in front of Mizunuki Ryosuke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ryosuke picked up the girl with soft limbs in his arms, jumped onto the back of the Ice Dragon King, and rode the wind away on the Ice Dragon King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving Hanzo of the Salamander in place for a long time, looking at the huge figure of the Ice Dragon King leaving, Hanzo of the Salamander's face was gloomy and uncertain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the conversation just now, his intuition told him that something seemed wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't detect which environment went wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking about it again and again, Hanzo of the Salamander still felt that no matter how he looked at it, the common interests of the Hidden Mist and the Hidden Rain would not cause problems in their cooperation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he stopped wasting his thoughts and turned his thoughts to the war with the Leaf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a Hidden Rain ninja rushed over from afar in a panic, as if there was urgent intelligence to report, so she went straight to Hanzo of the Salamander and said in an excited voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Hanzo, the intelligence unit sent news.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Leaf has withdrawn its troops!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the report of the Hidden Rain, Hanzo of the Salamander's face was happy at first, but soon he seemed to think of a possibility, and his face suddenly sank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go and explore again!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Has the Leaf completely withdrawn from the Land of Rain?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hanzo of the Salamander's face had no joy of defeating the Leaf, but was full of gravity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After receiving the order, this Hidden Rain ninja went down to execute it immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Land of Rain, a large-scale ninja cluster was retreating in an orderly manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they continued to march, the continuous rain gradually stopped, and a ray of bright sunshine gradually appeared in the distant sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ninjas showed golden light in their eyes and were excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because this ray of sunshine was not just a light for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also meant that they were \"home.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the area without rain ahead was the jurisdiction of the Land of Fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After consuming with the Hidden Rain in the Land of Rain for nearly half a year, Tsunade and other high-level Leaf ninja army officials finally issued the order to retreat to the Land of Fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's just that this \"retreat\" was not a direct retreat to the Leaf, but a strategy of retreating to advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was thanks to the \"new\" strategic vision proposed by the ninja army commander Tsunade at the war strategy meeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this new vision, it is said that Tsunade got it when she was \"riding a horse\" as a \"flash of inspiration.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tsunade's proposal also opened a new door for the Leaf ninja army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the Hidden Rain was shrinking and not coming out, adopting a strategy of consumption, and breaking into pieces to fight guerrilla warfare within the Land of Rain, then they might as well accompany them directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the wealth of the Leaf, would they be afraid of consuming with the Hidden Rain?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's just that this way of accompanying needs to be changed appropriately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is, the Leaf needs to convert from \"passive consumption\" to \"active consumption,\" and the most critical step is to take the initiative to retreat the army to the Land of Fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the Land of Rain, the Leaf side does not occupy any of the three things: time, place, and people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only is it tied up in fighting, but it is also annoyed by the Hidden Rain's Water Release combined with the rainy weather in the Land of Rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Hidden Rain can escape the pursuit of Leaf ninjas at any time by relying on their understanding of the geographical environment, and turn around to set traps for you to drill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention that because of the environment of the Land of Rain, the Leaf also has pressure on logistics and materials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the Leaf ninjas entered the Land of Rain, various disadvantages are too numerous to mention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, once they retreat to the Land of Fire, everything is different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First of all, the Leaf relies on the Land of Fire, the logistics are completely pressure-free, and at the same time, the ninjas of the ninja army can get long-term rest, and morale will be extremely high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, because the Land of Fire itself borders the Land of Rain, with the mobility of ninjas, it takes at most three days to rush from the border of the Land of Fire and the Land of Rain to the core area of the Land of Rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Leaf can completely imitate the Hidden Rain, send troops in small groups, and carry out assassinations and attacks in a way of breaking into pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Convert the goal of the war from seeking large-scale decisive battles to mutual sparrow-war consumption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the Leaf also bears the war consumption with the Hidden Sand, for the Leaf with a big family and business, it is easy to consume the Hidden Rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And doing so has another advantage, that is, the casualties of the war are small, which can maximize the preservation of effective forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the only disadvantage of this strategy is perhaps \"expensive\" and burning resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, once the Leaf also sets up a battle and chooses to consume, the progress of the war may be extremely slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is even possible that this war will be fought for several years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Tsunade's proposal was put forward, it was unanimously agreed by the high-level Leaf ninja army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, compared to the bad situation of the Leaf ninjas at the moment, the feasibility of Tsunade's plan is very high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the ninja army commanders reported this proposal to Sarutobi Hiruzen, Sarutobi Hiruzen also agreed with Tsunade's plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the entire Leaf ninja army retreated to behind the national border of the Land of Fire, and remained still at the border to temporarily rest and restore combat power.\u003C\u002Fp>",1765,"2026-06-17T05:01:42.922Z","2026-06-17T05:05:39.462Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash 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