Chapter 762

Thus, the girl could only force a smile and stammer, attempting to bluff her way through.

"Actually, actually..."

"Although I am a Rock ninja, I have long admired Lord Mizukage..."

"So, so when I encountered danger, I claimed to be your wife."

"Because I felt that with your reputation, you would surely protect me and keep me safe."

The girl said with a pained expression, forcing a smile that looked worse than crying at Mizunuki Ryosuke.

This answer was the best she could come up with after racking her brains.

Although it was still full of holes, this explanation was half-true and half-false, and could be considered a barely passable answer.

The true part was that she indeed wanted to use Mizunuki Ryosuke to make Hanzo hesitate; the false part was naturally this non-existent "admiration."

Such a clumsy answer, of course, could not deceive Mizunuki Ryosuke.

But upon hearing this answer, Mizunuki Ryosuke smiled—not his habitual official smile, but a genuine one from the heart.

"Little one, that's what you said, so don't blame me then."

Mizunuki Ryosuke said inwardly, his pitch-black pupils looking darker than the deepest seabed.