[{"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-480":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},2194791,3774,"Chapter 480","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-480",480,"\u003Cp>\"How did this kid block such a large-scale and powerful Water Style ninjutsu from that masked man just now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Just then, a muffled voice echoed in Mizunuki Ryosuke's mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Hearing this, Mizunuki Ryosuke was stunned for a moment, but soon he just smiled slightly. The one speaking was none other than the long-offline \"Honest Turtle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Ever since the turtle settled in Mizunuki Ryosuke's body, it had been used by him as a \"trump card power bank,\" and it had been in seclusion for a long time until it gradually went offline.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In fact, the Three-Tails Isobu still communicated with Mizunuki Ryosuke from time to time.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And long ago, through the \"permissions\" shared by Mizunuki Ryosuke, Isobu could know what Ryosuke was seeing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But most of the time, Isobu preferred to sleep in Mizunuki Ryosuke's mental sea, so it appeared relatively quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Well, turtles are naturally sleepy.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was not hard to understand Isobu's sudden voice at this moment. As a Tailed Beast symbolizing the water attribute, in the vast ninja world, Isobu's Water Style ability was definitely at the top of the pyramid.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As a powerful Water Style Tailed Beast, after seeing Hanzo of the Salamander's Rain Tiger Shuriken Jutsu, it was hard for Isobu not to feel a tremor.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Because a Water Style of this scale and level was enough to make Isobu feel shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Precisely because of this, seeing Jiraiya resist with Fire Style and actually survive, Isobu was naturally a bit shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>So, out of suspicion, it naturally chose to ask Mizunuki Ryosuke.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Hearing this, Mizunuki Ryosuke had no intention of keeping it a secret, but directly answered Isobu's confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"To know how Jiraiya survived, you first have to understand the flaws of Hanzo of the Salamander's jutsu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mizunuki Ryosuke explained to Isobu with a smile, but his words only made Isobu more confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Flaws? What flaws does this jutsu have?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Such a terrifying Water Style, among the Water Style ninjutsu I have seen, its lethality is probably enough to rank in the top three.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Isobu asked Mizunuki Ryosuke in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To this, Mizunuki Ryosuke just shook his head with a smile, joking in his heart that the nickname \"Honest Turtle\" was really not wrongly given.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"There are hardly any perfect jutsus in the world, and this move of Hanzo of the Salamander, which seems to have the power to destroy the world, is no exception.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"To put it bluntly, this is actually the difference between 'man' and 'god'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He first sighed casually, which left Isobu completely bewildered. How did it end up being the so-called \"difference between man and god\"?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mizunuki Ryosuke did not pause, but continued to explain.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Hanzo's ninjutsu seems unstoppable, but in fact, that is not the case.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Actually, the shortcomings are still quite obvious, and that is the problem of 'quality'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Some people always think that absolute quantity can make up for the lack of 'quality' in a ninjutsu. While this statement has some truth, it is not entirely correct.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mizunuki Ryosuke's words seemed to make Isobu understand something, but it was still somewhat skeptical.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"These Rain Tiger shuriken, although each seems to carry a trace of Iai's sharpness, are still negligible compared to Hanzo's original Iai slash.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Even if they can accumulate, it is not as easy as imagined.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"This Rain Tiger Shuriken Jutsu, although it seems incredibly powerful by borrowing the rain, succeeds because of the rain and fails because of the rain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Hanzo of the Salamander may be able to control his own ninjutsu, but how can he control this rainstorm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Therefore, he simply cannot concentrate all these attacks on one point, and precisely because of this, most of the damage of this move actually fell on empty space.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Following Mizunuki Ryosuke's long explanation, Isobu also turned its gaze to the devastated earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Undoubtedly, just as Mizunuki Ryosuke said, although Hanzo of the Salamander had tried his best to control it, he still could not fully control the Rain Tiger Shuriken Jutsu, which originated from the rainfall.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A large number of Rain Tiger shuriken falling from the sky shot onto the ground, and only a small part actually attacked the Sannin.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This is also the gap between \"man and god\" in Mizunuki Ryosuke's words.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Man can only manipulate his own jutsu, while only a god can manipulate celestial phenomena.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This is also the reason why Mizunuki Ryosuke is determined to learn Sage Mode; after all, \"Sage Mode\" is the only \"cheat\" that can make up for this shortcoming.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Since we know that the fatal flaw of the Rain Tiger Shuriken Jutsu is insufficient efficiency, then Jiraiya's survival is not hard to understand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"It is true that Water Style counters Fire Style, but what Jiraiya used was not a simple Fire Style.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"He added 'oil' to it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mizunuki Ryosuke said leisurely, completely resolving Isobu's confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Yes, the secret to Jiraiya's victory was \"oil.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In all things in the world, mutual generation and mutual restraint are not absolute. With the addition of absolute \"quality,\" the so-called restraint relationship will also be reversed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As everyone knows, \"oil\" itself is insoluble in water; it can burn even in water, and oil also has an extremely powerful combustion-supporting effect on flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Under the promotion of \"oil,\" the temperature of the Fire Style Jiraiya unleashed was far beyond what normal Fire Style could compare to.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>That is to say, it can be understood that the Fire Style: Great Flame Bullet Jutsu Jiraiya unleashed already had extremely high \"quality.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Coupled with Jiraiya's already impressive Fire Style attainments, the level of this Fire Style: Great Flame Bullet Jutsu was extremely high, even in the entire ninja world.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>More importantly, compared to the extremely scattered attacks of the Rain Tiger shuriken, Jiraiya's Great Flame Bullet attack was clearly more concentrated.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Comparing the two, it is not hard to understand why Jiraiya could resist this massive Rain Tiger Shuriken Jutsu despite the attribute disadvantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>One was a large-scale ninjutsu that, although it borrowed the power of celestial phenomena, sacrificed \"quality\" at its core and had extremely scattered attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The other, although it looked plain, not only cleverly used \"oil\" to reverse the attribute disadvantage, but also had extremely high attack quality and extremely concentrated damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Therefore, Jiraiya's Great Flame Bullet Jutsu played the role of breaking the surface with a point when facing Hanzo of the Salamander's Rain Tiger shuriken.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although he was inevitably seriously injured under the tsunami-like Rain Tiger shuriken offensive in the end, he still saved his own life.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>With a top-tier medical ninja like Tsunade as a backup, Jiraiya's injuries were not a big deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Setting aside the chat between the man and the turtle, the situation on the battlefield changed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At this moment, Hanzo of the Salamander was once again fighting one against three, entering a melee with the Sannin.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was normal for such a situation to occur. Although the four were not ordinary people, they were neither Jinchuriki nor Bloodline Limit inheritors. The previous \"exchange of ultimate moves\" had consumed quite a bit of chakra for all of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was clearly unrealistic for the four to engage in another large-scale ninjutsu consumption battle like before.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At this moment, everyone, including Hanzo of the Salamander, had taken military rations and was waiting for their chakra to recover.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And during this gap, melee combat naturally became the main body of the battle again.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Hanzo of the Salamander's taijutsu attainments naturally needed no further mention; taijutsu was already his strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Whether it was his superb combat skills or his sharp and difficult-to-block Iai secret art, all indicated Hanzo of the Salamander's strength in melee combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But the Sannin were not weak in taijutsu either, and each had their own melee means.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>For a time, the three revealed their respective melee means, and although they couldn't take down Hanzo of the Salamander, they fought to a draw.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At this moment, among the Sannin, Tsunade, who was best at taijutsu, was the main attacker, while Jiraiya and Orochimaru assisted from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Tsunade brought her fingertips together, turning her palms into blades, and then a pale blue chakra blade actually extended from her palms.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A-rank Ninjutsu: Chakra Scalpel!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This was a secret art that only high-level medical ninjas could master, and its power was extremely impressive. Once attacked by a Chakra Scalpel, the muscles beneath the skin would be cut immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Therefore, this move could be used for surgery on the wounded, and also as an offensive means to attack enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Since being hit by a Chakra Scalpel meant either death or disability, among the three's abilities, Tsunade's Chakra Scalpel naturally posed the greatest threat to Hanzo.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Tsunade's moves were open and bold, and for a time, she repeatedly forced Hanzo of the Salamander to not dare to take her attacks head-on, only able to dodge her attacks by relying on his skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And on Hanzo's left, Orochimaru held a long sword with a simple and ancient design, named \"Kusanagi Sword,\" which was a top-tier powerful weapon in the ninja world.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Orochimaru used his flexible and ever-changing snake control jutsu, combined with excellent swordsmanship, to always seize Hanzo of the Salamander's weaknesses to attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And finally, Jiraiya continued to use his hair-manipulation secret art, controlling his hair to turn into long white streamers, thereby restraining and binding Hanzo of the Salamander.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Overall, although Hanzo's taijutsu attainments were shocking, a good tiger cannot withstand a pack of wolves, and fighting one against three inevitably led to a defensive position.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Among the Sannin, Tsunade was the main attacker, Orochimaru was the assistant, and Jiraiya played the role of restraint.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although Hanzo fell into a defensive position, he remained flawless, so the battle situation fell into a stalemate for a time.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But all four understood that it was extremely difficult to decide the outcome through melee combat. The key to deciding the winner would probably have to wait for the trump cards after both sides recovered their chakra.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At the central battlefield, the battle between the commanders of both sides fell into a stalemate...\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And on other battlefields, the situation was undoubtedly one-sided.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>On the grassroots battlefield, the Leaf genin showed significantly higher combat quality than the Rain genin when fighting them.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And the fatal flaw of the Rain ninjas was clearly not limited to this. It was not just the gap in the combat quality of grassroots ninjas, but most importantly, the gap in \"mid-level ninjas.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Compared to the elite jonin and jonin of various Leaf ninja clans, the \"elite jonin\" and jonin-level ninjas of the Rain ninjas were clearly inferior in both quantity and quality.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Under the gap in hard power, the Rain ninjas on the battlefield soon triggered a \"snowslide\" effect, especially in the absence of Hanzo of the Salamander, the situation of the Rain ninjas could simply be described as \"the army collapsing like a mountain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Large numbers of Rain ninjas directly routed and fled in all directions, actually triggering other Rain ninjas to start fleeing as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Chr\u002F>\u003Cp>\u003Cem>— Author's Notes —\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>·· ····Seeking flowers··· ····\u003C\u002Fp>",1838,"2026-06-17T05:01:42.922Z","2026-06-17T09:00:23.248Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","2023410867e1de8af2c5d4e24b414be42e651ab2a5432f7525278cddf3ce12bb","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-481","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-479",533,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-cover.jpg"]