Chapter 953

Takigakure and Kirigakure were originally two completely unrelated forces, but from Mizunuki Ryosuke's words at this moment, it could be heard that he had forcibly included Takigakure within the sphere of influence of Kirigakure.

Words like "'Waterfall' is inherently included in the scope of 'Water'" and "all streams under heaven originate from the same family" were, of course, pure nonsense.

The overbearing nature of Mizunuki Ryosuke's words caught both Huang Tu and the Takigakure leader off guard; at the same time, his goal was exposed before everyone's eyes.

——It turned out that from the very beginning, he was aiming for Takigakure.

Mizunuki Ryosuke's words, of course, had no logic to speak of, but this short speech had already indicated his attitude—he had no intention of reasoning at all, nor did he intend to provide any so-called "evidence."

Because there was simply no evidence to speak of.

"Isn't that right, Mr. Leader."

After Mizunuki Ryosuke finished speaking, he turned his gaze to the Takigakure leader, a playful look appearing on his face.

There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world; they were neither relatives nor friends, so why would Mizunuki Ryosuke rashly take action to save the Takigakure leader's life? Naturally, it was because he had long since had other designs on Takigakure.

This point could already be seen from when Mizunuki Ryosuke laid out this trap in the past.

And Mizunuki Ryosuke was not worried at all that the Takigakure leader would not submit; after all, anyone with a brain should know that as long as he turned around and left now, this Takigakure leader's life would likely be lost immediately.

No matter what, Takigakure now dared not offend this only straw they had to cling to.

As the leader of a village, the Takigakure leader was, of course, not a fool.

He was naturally very clear about the implication of Mizunuki Ryosuke's words just now. If he agreed to Mizunuki Ryosuke's words at this moment, it would be tantamount to openly accepting becoming a vassal of Kirigakure.

As the saying goes: it is easy to invite a god, but difficult to send one away. It is simple to agree to these words, but once agreed, it would be even harder to get rid of Kirigakure's influence.

But if he didn't agree...

He struggled to scan the surroundings, only to see the dense gazes of the Iwagakure ninja like a surging tide, wanting to drown him directly.

"Man is the knife and meat, I am the fish"; even if he knew Mizunuki Ryosuke also had ill intentions, so what?

Because if it weren't for this Fourth Mizukage at this moment, Takigakure would have already been destroyed.

On one side is the destruction of the village and death, and on the other side is just living under someone else's shadow; one doesn't even need to think to know how to choose.

"Yes, Lord Mizukage."

"Shibu understands."

After a bitter smile, he still struggled to respond to Mizunuki Ryosuke's words, and at the same time reported his own name, saving Mizunuki Ryosuke the embarrassment of calling his name every time.

"Very good, Leader Shibu."

Hearing Shibu, which was the name of this Takigakure leader, Ryosuke nodded with satisfaction and turned to face Huang Tu again, the implication in his expression being self-evident.

Seeing Mizunuki Ryosuke's gaze, Huang Tu was filled with both shock and fear.

The situation was already very clear; Mizunuki Ryosuke was determined to interfere in this matter.

Any so-called bullshit evidence was simply Mizunuki Ryosuke's random nonsense.

Because if one followed Mizunuki Ryosuke's logic, Takigakure should be under his Mizukage's jurisdiction. Then shouldn't small ninja villages like the River ninja or Field ninja also be under his Tsuchikage's jurisdiction?

But even though he knew Mizunuki Ryosuke's words were pure nonsense, he had no way to refute them at all.

Because Takigakure had already agreed to it, what else did he have to say?

Furthermore, Mizunuki Ryosuke's posture at this moment had absolutely no intention of "reasoning."

Huang Tu knew that the greatest confidence Ryosuke had in saying this was not that he had grasped Takigakure's pain point and knew that Takigakure would definitely not dare to offend him.

His greatest confidence—was strength.

Did he really think that the "White Reaper" title of the man before him was a false name?

Now, it was the Iwagakure ninja who had fallen into a dilemma. Did he, Huang Tu, really have the courage to fight Mizunuki Ryosuke now? Had he forgotten the lesson of the defeat in the Land of Lightning?

But to let him give up the fruits of victory that were about to be in his mouth just like that, he was indeed extremely unwilling.

Just then, Mizunuki Ryosuke spoke again.

"Since I am the Mizukage, any ninja village in the ninja world that has a connection to 'Water' must naturally be under my protection and listen to my command!"