[{"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-69":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},2192885,3774,"Chapter 69","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-69",69,"\u003Cp>He merely raised one hand slowly, aiming it at the Six-Tails before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Ice Style: Heavenly Phenomenon Descent, Third Stage—Eternal Sin Domain!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In an instant, the goose-feather snowflakes in the sky seemed to be activated, fluttering incessantly in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Under the gusts of cold wind, a six-pointed star ice array, even larger than the Six-Tails itself, appeared beneath its massive body!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Endless cold light surged into the sky from the six-pointed star.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In a flash, the Six-Tails, which had been in a rage and releasing a Tailed Beast Bomb, was frozen solid into an ice sculpture right where it stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The gargantuan monster lost all movement in an instant; everything came to an abrupt halt.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was also at this moment that the goose-feather snow falling from the sky finally ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The clouds dispersed, revealing the sun in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Bathed in the sunlight, Mizunuki Ryosuke paid no mind to the Six-Tails frozen into an ice sculpture behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Nor was he in the slightest bit worried that this move would kill the Six-Tails.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The original work mentioned that the essence of a Tailed Beast is the Ten-Tails' chakra, and chakra cannot be killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Therefore, Tailed Beasts can only be sealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The only way to \"kill\" a Tailed Beast is for it to return to the Ten-Tails.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The \"frozen\" state could also be considered a form of sealing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Leaving the Six-Tails ice sculpture where it was, Mizunuki Ryosuke turned and walked toward the other side of the Mist Lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Meanwhile, under the intervention of Hozuki Mangetsu, the battle of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen had also come to a complete end.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The wielder of the Great Sword Samehada, Suikazan Fuguki, and the wielder of the Long Sword Nuibari, Kurare Kushimaru, were killed in action.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The wielder of the Short Sword Kubikiribocho, Biwa Juzo, fled.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The wielder of the Twin Swords Hiramekarei and the wielder of the Lightning Blade Kiba, Kurosuki Raiga, were severely injured.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although victory was achieved, the remaining two members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, Kushimaru and Ameyuri Ringo, had also lost their combat capability.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Unable to attend to these matters, Hozuki Mangetsu and Mizunuki Ryosuke hurried toward the place where the Three-Tails and Mizunuki Taki were engaged in battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mizunuki Taki gazed at the ferocious giant beast before him, his eyes devoid of fear or sorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>All that remained was a sense of inner peace.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He could no longer remember how long it had been since he had felt this calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>One year? Five years? Or ten, twenty years?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At this moment, Mizunuki Taki even recalled the earnest teachings left to him by his predecessor—his father-in-law—when he succeeded as the head of the Mizunuki clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Many years had passed in a flash, and under his leadership, the Mizunuki family had reached new heights.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He first became a guard for the First Mizukage, then fully supported the Second Mizukage's reforms within the Hidden Mist during his era.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Finally, after enduring countless hardships, he had become the Third Mizukage.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In all honesty, as Mizukage, he had not done well enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Under his hand, the village not only failed to see significant development but even once reached the brink of division.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even today, the ending he faced was, in a sense, of his own making.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But looking back on all of this, Mizunuki Taki did not regret it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Because even if he had to do it all over again, he would still become the Mizukage.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Because his clansmen, his wife, and his children needed him to be the \"Kage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Perhaps he, Mizunuki Taki, was not a qualified Mizukage.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But he was absolutely a qualified clan head, a qualified husband, and a qualified father.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Today, let him take responsibility for this title as the \"Kage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At this moment, there was not a shred of chakra left in Mizunuki Taki's body, not even a tiny bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Yet he still had no intention of retreating.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Tremblingly, he pulled a red pill from his bosom.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The apothecary who made this secret medicine had repeatedly warned him never to take it unless it was the final moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Now, was this not the so-called \"final moment\"?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even if he could return alive, with his current body, Mizunuki Taki probably wouldn't live for two more days.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Previously, it was precisely by using a secret technique that he had gained enough physical strength to fight Hozuki Mangetsu.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Now, the backlash of the secret technique had appeared; blood was spilling from the corners of Mizunuki Taki's eyes, nostrils, and mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Without the slightest hesitation, Mizunuki Taki swallowed the brownish-red pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Instantly, a large amount of blood erupted from Mizunuki Taki's pores, and a tragic aura burst forth from this Third Mizukage.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Come!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Three-Tails!!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>For a moment, Mizunuki Taki, bleeding from his seven orifices, looked like a god of war fighting to the death.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He stared straight into the Three-Tails' massive beastly pupils, his eyes showing no retreat, only an indomitable determination.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Kill!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mizunuki Taki once again condensed an ice blade dozens of meters long in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Only this time, the color of the ice blade was not a single pure white, but a shade of bloody crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mizunuki Taki raised the blood-colored ice blade and slashed toward the Three-Tails on the opposite side.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Three-Tails, already plunged into madness, did not retreat either, spitting out a water cannon with immense power.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In the end, the water cannon, carrying intense water pressure, was actually split in two by the blood-colored ice blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The blood-colored ice blade, stretching for dozens of meters, finally landed solidly on the head of the Three-Tails.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The blood-colored ice exploded violently, and endless blood frost, along with the shattering scarlet ice crystals, pierced into the vulnerable parts of the Three-Tails not covered by its shell.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"ROAR!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The pain made the Three-Tails roar at the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Repeated battles had also left the Three-Tails somewhat exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>What Uchiha Madara had restored for the Three-Tails was only chakra; in reality, the Three-Tails' body still carried the unremoved seal from the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Such a seal constantly placed a great burden on the Three-Tails.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This also caused the Three-Tails to grow more tired as it fought, and after suffering a heavy blow, it was now even too weak to continue fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Biological instinct made the Three-Tails want to flee to the bottom of the lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Without hesitation, the Three-Tails crashed through the water surface and swam toward the lake bottom.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But how could Mizunuki Taki give it a chance to escape?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Few people knew that ever since succeeding as Mizukage, Mizunuki Taki had been painstakingly researching sealing techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Years of research had given Mizunuki Taki a certain level of attainment in sealing arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Now was the best time to use this sealing technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A dagger condensed from blood-colored ice appeared in Mizunuki Taki's hand; without the slightest hesitation, he used this ice dagger to slash open the artery in his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A large amount of blood gushed out from Mizunuki Taki's arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>While bleeding himself, Mizunuki Taki was not idle; his hands moved rapidly, forming dozens of hand seals in a short time.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As Mizunuki Taki completed the hand seals, the blood that had fallen into the lake water seemed to come alive instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A large amount of lake water, stained red by the blood, condensed into bright red ice chains.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>On these blood-colored ice chains, strange runes of various sizes were densely packed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As the blood from Mizunuki Taki's body continued to drip, the number of scarlet chains grew larger and larger.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Until reaching a peak, countless ice chains condensed from blood shot toward the Three-Tails, which was fleeing to the bottom of the lake, like arrows released from a bow.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In almost an instant, countless scarlet ice chains firmly trapped the Three-Tails and dragged it toward the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>No matter how the Three-Tails struggled, it could not break free from these blood-red ice chains condensed with life.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Before long, the Three-Tails' massive body was dragged back to the water's surface by the scarlet ice chains.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Then, as the scarlet ice chains wound tighter and tighter, a large amount of blood-colored frost covered the Three-Tails' body.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Soon, the Three-Tails' huge body was frozen into a blood-red ice sculpture.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After doing all this, Mizunuki Taki had completely exhausted his last bit of chakra, his last bit of physical strength, and his last bit of life force.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As his body fell heavily onto the water's surface, he knew that as a Mizukage, he had perfectly fulfilled his duties in the final moment of his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Down below, when I meet the two previous Mizukage, I can consider my duty fulfilled.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1447,"2026-06-17T04:30:30.011Z","2026-06-17T09:00:23.248Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","022549ba9a3d22e496020e2cee9eef1c092adda8236c99fdf3c2b44ef5942c0c","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-70","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-68",533,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-cover.jpg"]