[{"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-80":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},2192896,3774,"Chapter 80: , voting in progress","this-mizukage-is-strong-but-excessively-cautious-chapter-80",80,"\u003Cp>\"Mizunuki Ryosuke, I accept your request on behalf of the village.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, Tian Tian Yuanshi said in a serious voice, while his eyes sank slightly, as if he had also made some kind of decision in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Squad Leader Tian.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his request accepted by Tian Tian Yuanshi, Mizunuki Ryosuke also nodded slightly to Tian Tian Yuanshi to signal his acknowledgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of this was within his expectations, so he was not surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The two of you, I will send someone to deliver the village’s rewards to your residences later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterwards, Tian Tian Yuanshi shifted his gaze to Hozuki Mangetsu and Mizunuki Eiro.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To this, both had no objections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that after this matter, the eyes of all the Jonin present looking at Mizunuki Ryosuke were somewhat different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately following, Tian Tian Yuanshi spoke again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone knows the current situation of the village; the most important thing now is that we need a qualified Water Shadow to lead the village out of its predicament.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So next, we will begin to vote for the Fourth Water Shadow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Tian Tian Yuanshi’s voice fell, everyone knew that the most important part of this meeting was about to begin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially Mizunuki Eiro, whose breathing could not help but become rapid at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Due to the sudden passing of the Third, the village was not prepared for a change of Water Shadow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So this public election for the Water Shadow has started somewhat suddenly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Therefore, according to the discussion between me and the Council of Elders, the plan for this public election of the Water Shadow will be changed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The content of what Tian Tian Yuanshi said made all the Jonin look at each other in dismay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the three Water Shadow candidates directly involved in this matter were all silent, the Jonin also said nothing and continued to listen to Tian Tian Yuanshi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unlike the previous system where all Jonin voted for the Water Shadow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In this Jonin meeting, all Jonin will first vote to select three Water Shadow candidates.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then the village will evaluate the three, and finally, the one with the best performance will be selected as the Water Shadow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The candidate system proposed by Tian Tian Yuanshi was vastly different from the system previously used by the Mist Village to select a Water Shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the normal process, the Mist Village would only have one person who was the popular choice to become the Water Shadow candidate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under normal circumstances, this Water Shadow candidate would be proposed by the previous Water Shadow, and then after the consent of the village’s Council of Elders, they could be directly appointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after becoming a Water Shadow candidate, they would possess a portion of the Water Shadow’s power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterwards, after experiencing a series of measures, as long as this Water Shadow candidate could obtain half of the votes in the Jonin meeting, they could successfully succeed as Water Shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, the Third Water Shadow, Mizunuki Taki, had encountered obstruction from the Kaguya clan and Gouju Yagura after obtaining the qualification as a Water Shadow successor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This led to him never getting more than fifty percent of the votes in the Jonin squad, which was why it took two years for him to take the position of Water Shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this time, the plan proposed by Tian Tian Yuanshi was vastly different from the previous Water Shadow selection system of the Mist Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was actually a matter of having no other choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A civil war had caused heavy losses to all the major forces within the Mist Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mizunuki, Kaguya, and Hozuki, which were originally in the top three, had seen their strength decline severely, and the village was facing a pattern of reshuffling.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The current Mist Village was in chaos, and it was completely impossible to follow normal thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter who was chosen as the Water Shadow candidate, it would inevitably cause dissatisfaction among other forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also impossible for them to obtain more than fifty percent of the votes in the Jonin squad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the situation when the Third Water Shadow succeeded, the Mist was currently in a mess and urgently needed a Water Shadow to take office to handle and solve it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it could not be dragged on for a year or a half, letting the Water Shadow candidate go around soliciting votes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, the internal strife in the Mist Village would be endless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the reason for this internal strife was actually the internal strife between clan ninjas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive consumption of the strength of clan ninjas had instead given civilian ninjas a trend of rising within the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, no matter who forcibly took office, as long as they could not get the support of civilian ninjas, there would still be no lack of trouble in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To this, the three people with the highest voices for succeeding as Water Shadow had no objections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They also understood in their hearts that the plan proposed by Tian Tian Yuanshi was the fairest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone knows the rules, so let’s start voting now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tian Tian Yuanshi scanned the audience, and seeing no one raise any objections, he announced the start of the voting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the voting started, Kuroshima Morita, a Jonin from the Hozuki clan, and another Jonin from the Mizunuki clan nominated the three of them, Ryosuke, respectively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, other Jonin nominated a few sporadic elite Jonin in a hubbub.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one hundred and forty Jonin soon began to cast their votes for their preferred candidates one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this period, Mizunuki Ryosuke, Mizunuki Eiro, and Hozuki Mangetsu all sat in their seats without moving...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the voting ended, and the vote counts for everyone were clearly displayed on the tally board at the front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First place, Mizunuki Ryosuke, twenty-seven votes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second place, Hozuki Mangetsu, twenty-five votes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third place, Mizunuki Eiro, nineteen votes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides this, the remaining few could only serve as foils, and not even one of them had a vote count that broke into double digits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, as expected, the three of them became the Water Shadow candidates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides this, it is worth noting that all the counted votes totaled less than one hundred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One must know that there were over one hundred and forty Jonin participating in the meeting, which means that at least forty people chose to abstain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, besides half belonging to Tian Tian Yuanshi’s force, the other half were clearly civilian Jonin who remained absolutely neutral.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is foreseeable that whoever can get the support of these civilian ninjas will be the one who can sit firmly in the position of Water Shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of these ninjas who had mixed until today had no sect or faction, belonging to the retail investors that the major clans had looked down upon in the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today is different from the past; the tides have turned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who could have thought that these civilian ninjas, who were not valued in the past, would now become the key characters in deciding the position of Water Shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Mizunuki Ryosuke looked at his name ranked first on the tally board, his heart extremely complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never expected that he, who had the shallowest foundation and the weakest momentum in the Mist, would win the first place in votes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These twenty-seven votes, besides the Third’s force represented by Kuroshima Morita, also included a portion from some unfamiliar civilian ninjas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that because of Mizunuki Ryosuke’s performance just now, they had been conquered by Mizunuki Ryosuke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the \"misplaced love\" of these ninjas, Mizunuki Ryosuke was silent for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could continue to ponder, Tian Tian Yuanshi had already spoken again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good, the vote counting is over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think everyone knows the result, so I won't go into too much detail.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This Jonin meeting ends here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please go home and wait, the village will arrange evaluations for the three of you soon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, Tian Tian Yuanshi left the venue first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not show any desire to have private contact with any of the candidates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jonin left one by one, only Mizunuki Ryosuke remained in his seat.\u003C\u002Fp>",1379,"2026-06-17T04:30:30.011Z","2026-06-17T05:05:37.377Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash 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