Chapter 747: , the means to maintain balance

After a battle of thoughts, Hanzō of the Salamander finally sighed.

Originally, this matter was of great importance, and Hanzō of the Salamander's attitude was "better to kill the wrong person than to let one go."

But now, things had instantly changed flavor, and Hanzō of the Salamander could only "better to let one go than to kill the wrong person."

But fortunately, it wasn't that there was no way to handle the matter; it just required some time and trouble.

This female Iwagakure ninja wouldn't "disappear into thin air."

Paper cannot wrap fire; Hanzō of the Salamander only needed to send someone to contact Kirigakure for verification.

And before that, he just needed to keep this female ninja under strict watch and treat her with good food and drink.

When the verification results came out, "793" there would naturally be a corresponding way to handle it.

Thinking of this, Hanzō of the Salamander basically had an idea.

"Then, Miss Mizunuki, the hospitality has been poor; please stay here for a few more days."

"After I verify it with that lord, if there is no problem, I will definitely send someone to send you 'home'."

When he said the two words "go home," Hanzō of the Salamander's tone became a bit heavier.

The girl understood that this was an invisible threat from Hanzō of the Salamander.

If it turned out that the result was not as the girl said, then the tool Hanzō of the Salamander would use to send her "home" would be the flying scythe in his hand.

Regarding this, the girl naturally knew it clearly, but she had no objections.

Because in her heart, by then she would have already "gone back," and Hanzō of the Salamander's threat to her seemed dispensable.

As for if she couldn't go back...

The girl couldn't imagine that result and could only shake her head to cast this terrible thought to the back of her mind.

Just as the girl was about to breathe a sigh of relief in her heart and prepare to agree to Hanzō of the Salamander's words, a gentle and refined voice sounded in this small courtyard.

"Long time no see, Hanzō."

For a moment, the girl felt a lump in her throat and needles on her back.

Cold sweat dripped continuously from her fair forehead, and at the same time, her heartbeat stopped completely at this moment.

When Mizunuki Ryosuke arrived in the Land of Rain, the first thing he naturally did was to see Tsunade to alleviate the longing between the two sides.

Things like "insubordination" and "taming the female knight" were just incidental, cough cough.

After alleviating the longing, Mizunuki Ryosuke also began to busy himself with serious business—that is, the war between Konoha and the Rain ninjas.

Regarding this war, Mizunuki Ryosuke had already made many calculations before it even started.

This war seemed to have nothing to do with Kirigakure, but if Kirigakure wanted to rise successfully, in Mizunuki Ryosuke's plan, the war in the Land of Rain was a crucial part.

This war between Konoha and the Rain ninjas had reached this point, and the backup plans he had arranged before should also be used at this time.

In general, Mizunuki Ryosuke hoped to contain and consume Konoha's combat power through this war, and at the same time, use Konoha to dampen Hanzō of the Salamander's spirit to facilitate his subsequent arrangements.

Therefore, for Mizunuki Ryosuke, the best result of the "Rain-Leaf War" was for Konoha to have a slight upper hand and be able to exert pressure on the Rain ninjas.

That is, roughly similar to the trend of the war in the original work.

But due to Mizunuki Ryosuke's interference, the situation of the Rain ninjas and Hanzō's psychological state were much better than in the original work, which also led to the war situation that should have been favorable to Konoha evolving into a draw.

If this were allowed to develop, it was very likely that the final winner would become the Rain ninjas!

This was naturally a result Mizunuki Ryosuke could not accept.

Therefore, he had to plot from within, change the current war situation, help Konoha stabilize its decline, and find a way to suppress the Rain ninjas.

As for the "ally" relationship between Kirigakure and the Rain ninjas? It was just a collusion of interests.

In the end, although Mizunuki Ryosuke admired Hanzō of the Salamander very much, the current Rain ninjas and Hanzō were just tools for Ryosuke to use......

Who is the so-called "ally"? And who is the so-called "enemy"?

These were just the results driven by interests, and now, Mizunuki Ryosuke's interests required him to weaken the Rain ninjas, so his ally naturally changed to Konoha.

Of course, all of this could only be done in secret; on the surface, Mizunuki Ryosuke still had to maintain a friendly relationship with Hanzō of the Salamander.

And he must never let Hanzō of the Salamander realize Mizunuki Ryosuke's plan.

This determined that Kirigakure absolutely could not have a single soldier or general intervene in the war here.

Even Mizunuki Ryosuke's help to Konoha could only be done in secret.

Fortunately, Mizunuki Ryosuke had Tsunade as a pusher on the Konoha side, and he could perfectly hide behind the scenes.

So after giving Tsunade a strategy to break the enemy, Mizunuki Ryosuke set off to meet Hanzō of the Salamander.

On one hand, he needed to continue to consolidate the superficial alliance relationship with Hanzō.

On the other hand, he intended to probe Hanzō's reality to make further plans against him.

And as for Hanzō of the Salamander, who was difficult to find for Konoha, 3.4 for Mizunuki Ryosuke, finding him was simply easy.

Because long before the war started, a large number of White Shark unit intelligence personnel had already lurked into the Land of Rain, and the entire Land of Rain had already been eroded into a sieve by his spies.

Every move of the Rain ninjas was basically under his control.

Thus, Mizunuki Ryosuke found the wartime Rain ninja lair and Hanzō of the Salamander's whereabouts without any effort.

Without alerting anyone, using the Magic Mirror Illusion, Mizunuki Ryosuke infiltrated the core of the Rain ninjas.

—Into this small courtyard that was a one-to-one replica of Hanzō's residence in the Rain Village.

And here, Mizunuki Ryosuke also encountered something that not only made him laugh or cry, but could also be called ghostly and magical.