[{"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-421":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},2194732,3774,"Chapter 421: , Value","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-421",421,"\u003Cp>Kakuzu glared at the masked person in front of him, as if he wanted to pierce through the mask and engrave his appearance in his mind, so that he could take revenge later.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Hmph!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After staring for a while to no avail, Kakuzu stopped wasting his effort, flicked his hand, and turned to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Seeing that he had sent away the big trouble that was Kakuzu, the masked person also breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After Kakuzu left, the Underground Exchange returned to its previous state.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was just the death of a few blind idiots; such scenes happened in the exchange every day, so it was naturally no longer a strange thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Thus, people came to the mission board one after another, looking for missions suitable for themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But soon, a burst of exclamation erupted in front of the mission board.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"What!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Bounty on a female Rock Ninja, bounty of 100 million ryo!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and immediately countless people flocked to the board.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>On the huge mission board, a very eye-catching mission was prominently ranked at the front.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Nothing else, the reason it was eye-catching was because there were simply too many \"0\"s on this bounty.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Bounty Target: Kurotsuchi\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Target Identity: Rock Ninja (Jonin)\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Bounty Amount: 100 million ryo\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Similar to Sarutobi Hiruzen's bounty, this bounty also thoughtfully provided the bounty hunters with a portrait of the Rock Ninja Kurotsuchi.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If you looked closely, you would find that although the missions on this mission board were dense, most of the bounties were only a few million.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even bounties exceeding 10 million were very rare, let alone the existence of a 100 million bounty that appeared suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The most critical thing was that it was just a Rock Ninja, and the bounty was as high as 100 million!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>What is the concept of 100 million ryo?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This sum of money was enough for these bounty hunters to retire on the spot!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Such temptation was definitely not something an ordinary person could resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>What's more, no matter how you looked at it, this bounty mission was a case of profit outweighing risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>All the bounty hunters looked at the pretty Rock Ninja girl on the bounty order with greedy gazes, their eyes like a pack of jackals that hadn't eaten for three days.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After the surprise, people kept turning and leaving quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As the saying goes, people die for wealth and birds die for food; what's more, these greedy bounty hunters?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>They were naturally tempted!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although a Jonin is not easy to provoke, compared to the huge profit it brings, what does it matter?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>People die when they are killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In the history of the Underground Exchange, there was no lack of examples of ninjas being killed by ordinary people due to a lack of vigilance.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Examples of the weak defeating the strong were also everywhere in the ninja world; for these desperate people, a mere Jonin was far from enough to scare them.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>You must know that the bounty missions of the Underground Exchange never had any \"acceptance\" process.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>First come, first served; whoever brings the head of the bounty target back first gets the bounty first.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>No one wanted to miss the opportunity to be the first, so instead of wasting time here, it was better to strike first!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Before long, the Underground Exchange, which had been crowded with people, was empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And such a scene did not just happen in this one place; in the vast ninja world, similar situations occurred in countless Underground Exchanges.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In the Underground Exchange, the most important thing is the \"price tag.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To put a bounty on someone, the most important thing is to offer a \"price tag\" that matches their value.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Over time, a set of recognized \"pricing standards\" was formed in the Underground Exchange.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Gradually, this pricing standard became a public consensus in the Underground Exchange, and generally, people who posted bounty missions would consciously abide by it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Otherwise, if it was lower than this pricing standard and the money offered was too little, it would be scoffed at and rejected by the profit-seeking, cunning bounty hunters.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Generally speaking, without special circumstances, the bounty standards of the Underground Exchange would not change.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The bounty and mission amounts for ordinary people usually range from a few thousand to tens of thousands of ryo.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This level of mission has the largest base and is also the mission that the vast majority of bounty hunters will choose.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This meager bounty naturally couldn't catch the eyes of rogue ninjas, so the main force completing such missions was the bandits and thugs like those who just died at Kakuzu's hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And in fact, the most active in the Underground Exchange were these bandits and thugs.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Of course, there were also some rogue ninjas from small ninja villages who would compete with these bandits and thugs for food, but rogue ninjas at this level were basically characters who were no better than ordinary people.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Basically, they wouldn't last two days before dying at the hands of the Mist Anbu from their own village who came to hunt them down.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In fact, these couldn't be considered real \"rogue ninjas\"; in the end, they were just clowns.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Don't ever think that \"rogue ninjas\" are like radishes in a field, where you can pull out a handful at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Becoming a rogue ninja seems easy; you just need to use a kunai to scratch a line on your headband and then announce your defection.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But is that really how it is?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Of course not.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The first rule of becoming a rogue ninja is that you must first be able to pass the Mist Anbu's test.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>What kind of place is the Mist Anbu? Taking Mist Ninja as an example, to join the Mist Anbu, one must have at least the strength of a Chunin, and the elites in the Mist Anbu are basically Jonin-level existences.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And one of the main tasks of the Mist Anbu is to hunt down rogue ninjas!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To survive under the pursuit of the Mist Anbu, if you didn't have some skills, you would have been reduced to dust long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And ninjas who could escape the pursuit of the Mist Anbu were naturally strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Actually, you can understand it by thinking about it; among those who can become rogue ninjas, which one is an easy character to deal with?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Especially the rogue ninjas of the Five Great Ninja Villages, they are at least Jonin-level existences.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Not only that, don't think that escaping the Mist Anbu's pursuit means everything is fine; next, the rogue ninja's name will appear on the mission list of the Underground Exchange.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>.0\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It's ironic that rogue ninjas who make a living from the bounties of the Underground Exchange also have their own names constantly on the list of the Underground Exchange.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>These self-righteous \"hunters\" are also \"prey\" in the eyes of others.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Therefore, rogue ninjas who can survive and not die are the strongest among the strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And after the ordinary person level, the bounties for Genin to Chunin basically range from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, and some Chunin with special identities or strong strength and talent will have bounties of over a million.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After that, it is a level that ordinary people cannot reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>——Jonin! The watershed of strength in the ninja world!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The bounty missions at this level are also the ones with the largest span and the highest difficulty.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Often a mission will stay on the bounty board for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even the weakest Jonin is worth at least 1 million ryo.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Strong Jonin, especially some Jonin who can be named in the ninja world, are basically worth close to 10 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And the pillars of the major ninja villages, that is, elite Jonin-level powerhouses, have a bounty value of around 30 million, and at most will not exceed 50 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Chr\u002F>\u003Cp>\u003Cem>— Author's Notes —\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>·· ····Seeking flowers··· ····\u003C\u002Fp>",1330,"2026-06-17T05:01:42.922Z","2026-06-17T09:00:23.248Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","247ea72012004714c05f797b70a80389302e2cb84006cc1c1668be3935073476","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-422","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-420",533,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-cover.jpg"]