[{"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-428":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},2194739,3774,"Chapter 428","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-428",428,"\u003Cp>\"An old man who doesn't die is a thief\"—this saying is not the least bit false.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how many years pass, compared to powerhouses like Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, Kakuzu's strength is still not enough to look at.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for so many years, Kakuzu has not been standing still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time has brought Kakuzu an advantage called \"experience.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially compared to the extremely immature Kurotsuchi in front of him, Kakuzu's combat experience can be said to be more than ten streets ahead of Kurotsuchi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding Kurotsuchi's slightly impatient counterattack, Kakuzu appears unhurried, his eyes carrying a bit of disdain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with his probing attack, the opponent actually chooses to reveal her trump card directly; such combat awareness can be said to be \"childish.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this is unavoidable; with Kurotsuchi's background and age, she hasn't experienced many bloody battles, so it is perfectly normal for her to reveal flaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurotsuchi's Lava Release: Ash Stone Coagulation Technique solidifies all the pitch-black tentacles gushing out from Kakuzu's shoulder blades on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the tentacles are solidified by cement, the huge weight also restrains Kakuzu, causing Kakuzu to be unable to move for a time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Kurotsuchi's seal forming is about to be completed, Kakuzu is not panicked at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather, he deliberately let Kurotsuchi perform the ninjutsu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when Kurotsuchi is one seal away from completing her ninjutsu, the ground under her feet suddenly ruptures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a roar, several pitch-black tentacles condensed from pitch-black, filthy threads burst out from the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurotsuchi is greatly alarmed in her heart; seeing that the pitch-black tentacles are about to pierce her body, a struggle flashes in Kurotsuchi's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it must be known that at this moment, Kurotsuchi's ninjutsu is only one seal away; as long as she forms this seal, her ninjutsu will also be successfully activated, and at that time, Kakuzu, who cannot move, will also be directly killed by her ninjutsu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she can kill Kakuzu first, then Kakuzu's strange tentacle ninjutsu will inevitably stop, and she will be able to directly win the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So should she take a gamble?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this less than one-thousandth of a second, a struggle flashes in Kurotsuchi's heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And opposite Kurotsuchi, a hint of playfulness flashes in the eyes of Kakuzu, who is imprisoned by the cement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A ninja's battle is not only a continuous collision between each other but also a game on a psychological level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kakuzu could have directly manipulated the tentacles to attack Kurotsuchi, but he deliberately waited until the moment Kurotsuchi was about to complete her seal to make a move, also wanting to use Kurotsuchi's gambling psychology to solve Kurotsuchi directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Kurotsuchi really decides to take a gamble, then she will also fall directly into Kakuzu's trap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of situation is exactly what Kakuzu is best at; when it comes to the style of \"trading injury for injury,\" he has never been afraid of anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because even if he stood still and let Kurotsuchi hit him, Kurotsuchi could not kill him with one move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, it depends on how Kurotsuchi chooses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Kurotsuchi decides to follow her instincts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She forcibly stops the seal-forming action and uses the Body Flicker Technique to dodge behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoosh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kakuzu's tentacles miss again, but this time it is no longer a wasted effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though she activated the Body Flicker Technique in time, Kurotsuchi fails to dodge the tentacle attack perfectly this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurotsuchi clutches her arm and curses through gritted teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lowers her head and looks at her arm; on her flawless white forearm, there is an extra pitch-black mark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that, on the wound on her forearm, filthy thread ends seem to be surging within it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turns out that when she dodged just now, she was caught off guard and scratched by Kakuzu's pitch-black tentacles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Kurotsuchi can catch her breath, the sound of stone shattering enters her ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cement blocks that had solidified Kakuzu's large number of tentacles are actually torn apart directly by Kakuzu's Earth Grudge Fear tentacles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurotsuchi's pupils contract slightly; it turns out that Kakuzu had been teasing her all along; he could have broken free from this little bit of cement at will.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Now, I've played enough, so please die.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the delicate and lovely young girl opposite, there is not a hint of chivalry in Kakuzu's eyes; all there is, is a desire and greed for money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Kakuzu's evil gaze, goosebumps rise all over Kurotsuchi's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Run! Must run!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurotsuchi suddenly realizes that evaluating her combat power, it is simply impossible to match this twisted and ugly man in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To survive, the only way is to run!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, Kurotsuchi prepares to flee without looking back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, would an old fox with rich experience like Kakuzu leave her a chance to run away?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer is obviously negative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather, the reason Kakuzu is entangled with Kurotsuchi here is just to set up measures to prevent Kurotsuchi from escaping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurotsuchi does not notice that, silently, one of the masks Kakuzu had sewn on his back is missing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she turns around and prepares to run away, she suddenly stops her steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't know when, but a monster has already quietly touched a short distance behind her; it is currently tilting its head and staring at her fixedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster has a bloated and huge body, wearing a terrifying and strange mask; the monster's whole body is composed of glaring, filthy, pitch-black threads; it looks like an oversized black sea urchin, filled with a sense of unclean and evil turbidity.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>With a wolf in front and a tiger behind, Kurotsuchi obviously has nowhere to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at this moment, Kakuzu's patience has long since been worn out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kakuzu shouts, the murderous intent in his fluorescent green eyes soaring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pfft!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the place where Kakuzu's shoulder blades were sewn together by black threads ruptures again, but this time, unlike before, what appears in the opening is not pitch-black tentacles, but two twisted heads wearing strange masks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kakuzu has actually transferred the two masks sewn on his back to his shoulder blades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire Release: Searing Migraine!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following Kakuzu's seal forming, the mask on his left shoulder slowly opens its big mouth full of fangs, and a terrifying high temperature gathers within it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the pitch-black monster behind Kurotsuchi is not idle either; it also opens its pitch-black big mouth, brewing purple electric sparks within it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning Release: False Darkness!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Violent red flames and purple electric sparks are spat out from the mouths of the two masked monsters simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether in terms of coverage or the quality of the technique, these two escape techniques have definitely reached the peak level of the ninja world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of ninjutsu release, Kakuzu has undoubtedly surpassed the vast majority of ninjas in the ninja world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with this equally violent attack from front and back, Kurotsuchi has no power to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is an almost full-power strike from a Kage-level powerhouse; what can she use to block it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it destined that I can only die in this era that doesn't belong to me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurotsuchi's heart is filled with unwillingness, but at this moment, she is helpless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, she can only choose to close her eyes and calmly accept the arrival of fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom!!!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red sea of fire and the earth-shattering thunder occupy everything before her eyes, the terrifying power causing huge smoke and dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kakuzu shakes his head indifferently, praying in his heart that the target's head will not be excessively damaged, otherwise it will be a trouble when claiming the bounty and identifying the identity later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, Kakuzu does not regret his move of fully performing Searing Migraine and False Darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, even a lion uses its full strength to fight a rabbit; a rogue ninja like him who drifts outside the ninja village naturally needs to be even more careful and cautious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with an \"immortal body,\" Kakuzu will not lower his vigilance because of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being able to be active in the ninja world for so long and become a \"legendary figure,\" Kakuzu doesn't just rely on having a thick skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the smoke and dust slowly dissipate, Kakuzu walks slowly, preparing to receive his \"trophy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But suddenly, Kakuzu's steps stiffen, and he stands on the spot with an ugly face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is this possible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looks at the scene before him in disbelief, his face gradually turning gloomy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this heaven?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurotsuchi closes her eyes, feeling the warmth coming from all around her body, and subconsciously whispers in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, an unprecedented feeling of warmth surrounds Kurotsuchi's body; in this warm environment, an unprecedented sense of ease and comfort slowly overflows from the depths of her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why, my little maid, is the master's embrace so warm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when Kurotsuchi is greedy for this heavy warmth and reluctant to open her eyes, a voice with a hint of teasing suddenly rings in Kurotsuchi's ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this gentle male voice full of mockery, Kurotsuchi's originally relaxed body suddenly stiffens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Swish!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She opens her big, clear eyes, her eyes filled with disbelief. She looks at the familiar handsome face close at hand with a shocked gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You, you are—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurotsuchi is completely dumbfounded; she says foolishly, somewhat sluggishly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, in her subjective consciousness, Kurotsuchi feels that she has already died and is now in heaven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this dazed look of Kurotsuchi makes Mizunuki Ryosuke have the thought of wanting to bully her a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? Haven't seen you for a few days, could it be that you've forgotten me, your master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mizunuki Ryosuke's handsome, sword-like eyebrows wrinkle slightly, his eyes narrow slightly, and a dangerous aura brews between his brows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, the instinct carved into her DNA sends a \"danger\" signal to Kurotsuchi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Didn't forget, didn't forget—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not having figured out the situation yet, Kurotsuchi, whose brain is still crashing, waves her hands and says hurriedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then tell me now, who am I?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mizunuki Ryosuke strikes while the iron is hot, pressing on without giving an inch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it is the instinctive fear and the previous training by Mizunuki Ryosuke that took effect; Kurotsuchi subconsciously chooses to continue following Mizunuki Ryosuke's words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurotsuchi, whose brain is still in a crashing state, suddenly says the answer Mizunuki Ryosuke wants in a soft, glutinous tone, dazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mas, master—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the corners of Mizunuki Ryosuke's mouth lift into a pleasant arc, the force of holding Kurotsuchi increases by a few points, tightening Kurotsuchi's delicate body into his arms even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the powerful tactile sensation from Mizunuki Ryosuke's arms on her waist, only at this moment does Kurotsuchi suddenly react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn't die!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is not heaven either!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then does Kurotsuchi look around, belatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What meets her eyes is all pure white ice, with a semicircular ice wall protecting the two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is likely that this ice wall blocked the damage from Lightning Release: False Darkness and Fire Release: Searing Migraine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is to say—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was saved by Mizunuki Ryosuke?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaning in the familiar embrace, Kurotsuchi's heartbeat suddenly stops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she can experience the joy of surviving a disaster, Kurotsuchi's heart is already filled with another emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, since that is the case—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What exactly did she just say!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She called Mizunuki Ryosuke \"master\"?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, hot blood begins to surge wildly toward Kurotsuchi's head; almost instantly, Kurotsuchi's fair, pretty face turns deep red directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can't live like this! It's so embarrassing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the young girl only has this one thought in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>",1958,"2026-06-17T05:01:42.922Z","2026-06-17T05:05:39.462Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","0c3c9b8d3544b97c559d1c3294bf2b63b830af0b0d8d7298edcc62660e9cb017","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-429","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-427",533,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-cover.jpg"]