This Water Shadow is very strong, but overly cautious.

Although Zabuza Momochi is the deputy commander of the White Shark Force, he knows that this is a preference of Ryosuke for him. In terms of strength and status, he is far from being able to compare with the real Mizukage ministers.

Upon hearing this, a hint of inconceivable surprise flashed across Shatie's eyes.

In his opinion, Zabuza Momochi, who has such talent, belief and willpower, may become a Kage-level strongman in the future if he is carefully trained.

At the very least, you can become a loyal and trusted minister.

Such a character is just third-rate in Kirigakure?

Satetsu originally thought Zabuza Momochi was being modest, but after seeing the bitterness on Zabuza's face, he realized that he might not be lying.

Chapter 200, The Sky Beyond the Well

Even in the major ninja villages, as long as one becomes a Chunin, he is considered the backbone, and Jonin is already considered a high-level figure in the ninja village.

After all, in a ninja village with hundreds of thousands of people, there are often only a few hundred jonins. These jonins are enough to be regarded as the core combat force of a ninja village and are well-deserved elites.

The elites among the Jonins are commonly known as "elite Jonins" in the ninja world.

Although they have not left the level of Jonin, this level of ninja is already enough to be considered the core combat force of a ninja village. Even if you look at the entire ninja world, the existence of elite Jonin level is enough to occupy a place in the ninja world.

Their reputation and strength are even enough to make their names spread throughout the ninja world, such as the famous "coppy ninja" or "blue beast", which are the titles of these elite ninjas.

These beings are the elite among the elite in a ninja village.

In the original work, after the Fourth Kazekage Rosa was killed by Orochimaru, the entire Sand Village was in an awkward situation with no successor. The person who took over the duties of the Kazekage was the elite Jonin Maki of the Sand Village.

Although this was related to the decline of Sand Village at that time, it was enough to show the high status of this class of ninjas.

If an elite jonin takes one step further, even if it is only the strength of "quasi-Kage", he will be qualified to compete for the title of "Kage".

This is the unwritten but tacit rule among the five major ninja villages.

In the eyes of the Third Kazekage Satetsu, Zabuza Momochi already possesses elite-level strength, but such a ninja considers himself third-rate, so how terrifying is the current Kirigakure?

There was a flicker in Satie's eyes, and he felt a bit curious about the current Fourth Mizukage of Kirigakure.

According to his understanding, the other party should have just ascended the throne not long ago, just like him.

In this way, Satie developed some curiosity about the mysterious Fourth Mizukage.

But the matter was settled, and Satetsu did not try to persuade Zabuza Momochi to stay any longer.

After all, everything that Mizunoe Ryosuke explained to him in the letter made him a little anxious.

If everything described by the Fourth Mizukage could really come true, not only would he have the confidence to face Konoha and Iwagakure, but he would also be able to wipe out all the discordant voices in the village and firmly sit on the throne of Kazekage.

After saying goodbye to Satetsu, Zabuza Momochi rushed to the Land of Water with Satetsu's reply letter.

Looking at Zabuza Momochi's departing back, the Third Kazekage Satetsu seemed to see a ray of hope.

On the plain at the border between the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Rain.

Due to climate issues, the desert areas of the Wind Kingdom are dry and rainy all year round, while the Rain Kingdom is just the opposite. The rain never stops all year round, and disasters such as floods are commonplace.

One is extremely dry and the other is extremely rainy.

Those who suffer from drought will die of drought, and those who suffer from floods will die of floods. This is what this situation means.

Under the influence of the two countries' completely different environments, an area extremely suitable for survival has appeared at the border between the two countries.

This place is neither as dry and desertified as the Kingdom of Wind, nor as rainy and flooded as the Kingdom of Rain. Instead, it is sunny and windy and the land is fertile.

Because of the Wind Country's status as a great power, this area was naturally occupied by the Wind Country and was called the "Japanese Wind Plain".

Because of its climate, the Hefeng Plain is an important grain-producing area in the Kingdom of Wind and is of great significance to the Kingdom of Wind.

Faced with the war that the Rain Ninja had planned for a long time, by the time the Wind Country reacted, Hanzo of the Salamander had already invaded the Japanese Plains.

This also forced the two sides to fight on the Hefeng Plain, which is extremely important to the Kingdom of Wind.

For thousands of years, this was the first time that a small country successfully landed on the mainland of a big country in a war between the two.

This also made the Rain Ninjas very excited and their morale was boosted.

In addition, the Rain Ninja side has the almost invincible Hanzo of the Salamander in charge, and for a time they were unstoppable and have now occupied most of the land in the Wafeng Plain.

Due to the characteristics of the ninja profession, most of the battles between the two sides did not take place on the front battlefield, but through assassinations, espionage, ambushes and counterattacks behind the scenes.

Due to the Rain Ninja's expertise in assassination, they actually have a certain advantage in intelligence warfare.

But when Sunagakure stabilized its position and started a large-scale battle, the two sides began to fight back and forth again.

After all, the qualities of the great country's ninjas are there, and the Sand Ninjas are famous for their toughness and strong character.

As soon as they enter a head-on battle, the Rain Ninja will be at a disadvantage again.

The war has been going on for almost a month, and the fighting between the two sides has evolved from mutual testing at the beginning to large-scale fighting.

Fortunately, thanks to the material support from Kirigakure, the Rain Ninja did not face any pressure on logistics.

If it weren't for the cooperation with Mizunoe Ryosuke before the war, with the Rain Ninja's supply reserves, Hanzo Salamander would probably have no choice but to take a gamble.

The sufficient supplies gave Hanzo the capital to continue consuming.

Even so, after several battles, Hanzo became more and more anxious.

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Because he knew clearly that the ones fighting with him here were less than one-third of the main force of Sunagakure, and the leader was not the opponent's Kazekage.

Now most of the main forces of Sunagakure are on guard against the Fire Country and the Earth Country taking advantage of the situation to rob.

Even so, the Rain Ninjas, who were less than one-third of the Sand Ninjas' main force, were still unable to defeat them.

For some reason, he suddenly remembered what Mizunoe Ryosuke said to him that day.

"A frog is destined to be just a frog, because the well has restricted the frog's surroundings, so that the frog can only see the sky above its head."

Thinking of this, Hanzo clenched his fists.

He is not convinced! !

He must prove that even a frog has the right to occupy a corner of the pond! A frog can also stand at the pinnacle of ninja!

"Pass on my order, gather the troops and assemble with all your strength."

At that moment, Hanzo of the Salamander stood up and found the Salamander Kamada who now held the position of "herald" of the Rain Ninja and gave him orders.

"Yes! Master Hanzo!"

Upon hearing this, a hint of excitement flashed in the eyes of the Salamander Shenda.

He was not a fool, so he naturally knew what Hanzo's order meant.

The decisive battle may be coming!

Sand Village

"Now I'll let you witness the wrath of the Salamander!"

Salamander Hanzo ignored Salamander Kamada who came to deliver the message, and turned his head to look at the clear sky of the Hefeng Plain.

How could Yu Shinobi not want to own such a rich plain?

Hanzo of the Salamander is not stupid. His goal is not to attack the Sand Village and occupy the land of the Sand Ninja.

As long as he can defeat the main force of the Sand Ninja coming to fight him, he will start peace talks.

As a trophy of victory, he would demand that the Sand Ninja cede this land.

At that time, the Sand Ninja, who was in a dilemma, could only swallow his anger and accept his request.

Whether all this can be achieved depends on the outcome of this battle.

Thinking of this, a gleam of brilliance flashed in Hanzo's eyes.

Up to now, he has rarely taken action, and even if he did, he would only do so briefly.

It is just to hide his fighting power and use it at the last moment to turn the tide in one fell swoop!

Similarly, the leader of the opposing Sand Ninja force has not been in a hurry to take action.

It seems that both sides have the same idea, but with the battle at this point, everything is about to be decided.

Chapter 201: A Time of Change

The Kingdom of Water, the Hidden Mist Village.

Nearly a month has passed since Ryosuke returned from the Land of Rain.

A high-level meeting of Kirigakure is currently being held in the Mizukage Building. Those present are both trusted confidants of Mizunoe Ryosuke and well-deserved high-level officials of Kirigakure.

In the conference room, Mizunoe Ryosuke naturally sat in the main seat, while the top leaders of the Hidden Mist Village sat on his left and right respectively.

On his left sat the An chief, Mangetsu Hozuki, the White Shark Corps chief, Kisame Hoshigaki, and the senior ninja squad leader, Morita Kuroshima.

On Ryosuke's right hand side are the chief elder of the Council of Elders, Genshi Maeda, the captain of the Mizukage Guard, Yuta Kaguya, and Mizunoe Mitsuhiko, Ryosuke's disciple and the patriarch of the Mizunoe clan!

That’s right, at this moment, Mitsuhiko Mizunoe has become the new “Seven-Octane” patriarch of the Mizunoe clan.

Otherwise, based solely on his status as a disciple of the Mizukage, he would not be qualified to be seated at the table.

Ever since Ryosuke succeeded as Mizukage and Mizunoe Hideo defected, the Mizunoe clan has been very humble in order to ease the relationship with Ryosuke, and has repeatedly and sincerely invited Ryosuke to come back and succeed as clan leader.

Ryosuke scoffed at this.

Everything the Mizunoe clan did back then had disgusted him deeply. How could it be so easy for him to just brush the page off now?

Therefore, Ryosuke directly and righteously refused the issue of succeeding the clan leader.

At this moment, Ryosuke has plenty of combat power in his hands, so there is no need to make himself unhappy for the Mizunoe clan's little combat power.

He is different from Mizunoe Taki. He needs to rely on the power of his clan to secure his position as Mizukage.

Seeing that Ryosuke couldn't convince them, the Mizunoe clan had to resort to a "roundabout tactic" and sent people to deliver various gifts to Ryosuke's house every day.

Not only that, the Mizunoe clan also found a large number of clan members who had a good relationship with Mizunoe Rikka to intercede, trying to use a "roundabout strategy" to win back Ryosuke.

Perhaps because she was easily persuaded, or perhaps because she didn't want the tribe to decline, Rikka finally couldn't bear the pleading of her tribesmen and came to Ryosuke to plead for the Mizunoe clan.

Seeing this, Mizunoe Ryosuke didn't want to offend Rikka. In addition, from the perspective of village stability, it was not a good idea to continue to ignore the Mizunoe clan.

But even so, Ryosuke still had no intention of becoming the patriarch of the Mizunoe clan.

So he put forward conditions, hoping that his disciple, Mitsuhiko Mizunoezuki, would succeed him as the patriarch of the Mizunoezuki clan.

In response to this, the Mizunoe clan readily agreed.

Firstly, Mitsuhiko is Ryosuke's direct disciple, and Ryosuke's agreement to let him succeed the clan leader is tantamount to sending a signal of reconciliation.

Secondly, in recent years, under the guidance of Ryosuke, Mitsuhiko Mizunoe has made rapid progress and has reached the level of jonin. Such talent is no less than that of Mizunoe Hideo back then, and can be said to have a bright future.

Third, Mitsuhiko Mizunoe is the son of the Great Elder and the younger brother of Mizunoe Hideo. Regardless of how Mitsuhiko views it, this bloodline has brought relief to the diehards of the Mizunoe clan, as well as those who once supported Mizunoe Hideo. Ryosuke's appointment of Mitsuhiko as successor to the clan leader suggests he has no intention of settling scores with these members of the Mizunoe clan.

No matter how you look at it, Mitsuhiko is an extremely suitable candidate.

Under the political game, Mitsuhiko, who was only sixteen years old, became the patriarch of the Mizunoe clan, ranking among the top in the Hidden Mist Village, and at the same time became the bond between Ryosuke and the clan.

For this, Mitsuhiko Mizunoe is naturally grateful to Ryosuke. He also understands that without Ryosuke Mizunoe, he would not be where he is today.

As everyone at the table was Ryosuke's trusted aides, they naturally knew what Mitsuhiko Mizunoe was like, so no one doubted whether Mitsuhiko was qualified to appear at this table.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that this meeting also has an "audience seat".

But the person sitting on the seat was not a person, to be precise it was a cat, and a ninja cat at that.

"Meow~"

The bloated orange cat yawned, seemingly bored with what was about to happen next.

Since coming to Kirigakure, this big orange cat has shown a clear trend of gaining weight, which indirectly indicates that the big orange cat seems to be living a good life.

This big orange cat is also Ryosuke's familiar cat, and the offspring of the elder cat boss of the Cat Kingdom - Nyanotaro.

Since the Cat Kingdom and Kirigakure established contact, Nyanko Taro has become the director of the Ninja Cat Hospital and the liaison ambassador of the Cat Kingdom to Kirigakure Village.

Don't mention how comfortable the days are.

No one paid any attention to the big orange cat's laziness. After all, everyone was already used to its behavior.

Before the meeting officially began, Ryosuke first glanced at everyone's faces, and then his aura suddenly changed. The powerful power startled the big orange cat that was dozing off and immediately jumped up.

Ryosuke's powerful power also shocked the senior leaders of Kirigakure. It seemed that the Fourth Hokage had become much stronger during this period of time.

"Everyone, before the meeting begins."

"I can tell you straight out."