This Water Shadow is very strong, but overly cautious.

I have to say that Huang Tu does have the qualifications to become the Tsuchikage.

From this point of view, if the Third Tsuchikage Ohnoki had not always held on to the power of the Tsuchikage, it would probably not have been the turn of Kurotsuchi (Zhao Qian's) "Third Tsuchikage" to inherit the Fourth Tsuchikage.

Facing Ryosuke Mizunoe's gaze, Huang Tu felt a great deal of pressure in his heart.

Although he had a vague guess of what Mizunoe Ryosuke would propose next, he still couldn't figure out what this unfathomable Mizukage was thinking.

Huang Tu wanted to speak, but didn't know where to start.

In the end, it was Mizunoe Ryosuke who broke the deadlock first.

"Surrender! Now you order the Rock Ninja to surrender. I guarantee that all the surrendered Rock Ninja, including you, will be able to return to the Land of Earth alive."

Mizunoe Ryosuke came up with a big bomb as soon as he opened his mouth. He had no intention of hiding anything and directly revealed his thoughts.

As he spoke, he propped up his head with one arm and looked at Huangtu with interest, as if he wanted to see how Huangtu would answer.

Hearing the sound, Huangtu was stunned at first.

Then, his eyes gradually changed from surprise to calmness.

Huangtu, as his name suggests, is as calm and reserved as the loess earth in any situation.

Chapter 362: Giving You a Chance Is Saving You

The fate of Lao Zi and Siwei tells Huang Tu one thing.

That is - the seemingly gentle and polite Fourth Mizukage in front of him, it would not take much effort to kill him.

Therefore, it takes a lot of courage to have a conversation with the Fourth Mizukage alone in a room.

But even so, Huang Tu knew it.

At this moment, he is the only one in the vast Iwagakure who can stand up and carry this banner.

In other words, at this moment he was not representing himself, but more than 10,000 Iwagakure ninjas on the battlefield, the entire Iwagakure Village, and even the entire Land of Earth!

If he retreats here in weakness, the entire Land of Earth, Iwagakure, will be implicated!

Therefore, Loess cannot be weak, nor can it retreat!

Huang Tu took another deep breath and tried his best to keep his voice steady and without any tremors.

"I'm sorry, Mizukage-sama."

"Iwagakure will not accept unconditional surrender."

Huang Tu looked directly at Mizunoe Ryosuke, without a trace of escape or retreat in his eyes. He actually directly rejected Mizunoe Ryosuke's request.

Upon hearing this, a look of surprise appeared on Mizunoe Ryosuke's face.

Even he didn't expect that Huang Tu would dare to reject his request so stubbornly.

If the person he was negotiating with at this moment was Ohnoki, Ryosuke would not be too surprised, but he was indeed a little surprised that the young Huangtu had such courage.

Although he was rejected by Huang Tu, Mizunoe Ryosuke did not feel angry at all. Instead, he became more and more interested.

This is like a game. When you are going through a level and fighting a boss, you can't just kill it instantly with a normal attack, right? You have to use skill combos to slowly consume the enemy, and then use the ultimate move to finish it off directly, so that it can be considered interesting.

Mizunoe Ryosuke is not afraid of Huang Tu's "hardness" at all, because he still has many cards in his hand that have not been played.

If the loess becomes soft right away, wouldn't all his efforts be in vain?

On the contrary, it was Huang Tu's current actions that brought him a bit of pleasure.

At that moment, a smile appeared on the corner of Mizunoe Ryosuke's mouth, which seemed gentle but was actually unpredictable.

As a qualified leader, the most important skill is to analyze the essence through phenomena.

To explain it in one sentence, it means analyzing the opponent's purpose through his behavior.

This is the teaching that the third Tsuchikage, Ohnoki, often mentioned to Huang Tu.

After defeating Lao Zi, Mizunoe Ryosuke did not rush into the battlefield to seek to defeat the Iwagakure, but went straight to Huangtu. What did he want to do?

"Beheading"? Huang Tu can only say that it is possible, but not very likely.

After all, the battle has developed to this point, and the Third Tsuchikage Ohnoki and the Four-Tails Jinchuriki Lao Shi have both been hit.

Huang Tu is the only "lone seedling" on the Rock Ninja battlefield. Killing him will only completely stimulate the Rock Ninja and eventually cause the battle situation to get out of control.

Furthermore, even if Ryosuke Mizunoe really came to carry out the "beheading plan", what could Huang Tu do?

run?

Can something that walks on two legs outrun something that flies in the sky?

Revolt?

Didn't you see what happened to Old Purple and the Four-Tails? Even the Kage-level powerhouse Old Purple was crushed. Huang Tu knew that with his own near-Kage strength, he was probably no match for the Fourth Mizukage.

Besides this, there is another possibility.

That is to meet with the commander of the Iwagakure battlefield and seek to end the war with relatively gentle means, which is the so-called "negotiation".

If this is true, it means that Mizunoe Ryosuke does not want to kill all the Iwagakure.

There are many possible reasons why this situation occurs, and Huangtu cannot guess them all.

But no matter what the other party's ultimate goal is, at least for now, Huangtu can only pin all his hopes on whether this "God of Death"-like existence is really here to seek "negotiation."

Therefore, there is only one option before Huang Tu - that is to face the Fourth Mizukage head-on!

He could only secretly pray that things would develop in a good direction.

In this way, he could buy a glimmer of hope for himself, the Iwagakure, and the captured Ōnoki.

It was not until Mizunoe Ryosuke spoke just now that Huang Tu was truly certain that the other party was really here to "negotiate."

Although Mizunoe Ryosuke had a domineering attitude and had no intention of hiding his purpose, he immediately asked Iwagakure to surrender unconditionally.

But Huangtu was relieved by this.

Although everything is not optimistic and he has no trump cards in his hand, all this at least shows that there is still room for negotiation.

As long as the two sides can sit down together to negotiate, no matter how bad the current situation of Iwagakure is, it means that at least there is something in Iwagakure that the other party is afraid of or desires.

Otherwise, the other party would just start killing people, so why waste time on so-called "negotiations"?

"Perhaps the other party is also wary of the damage that would be caused if over ten thousand Iwagakure were to fight to the death."

Corpus Huang could only guess secretly in his heart.

Even though Huangtu himself was not sure what the other party cared about, this did not prevent Huangtu from continuing to argue and reject Mizunoe Ryosuke's request for "unconditional surrender."

You know, even "failure" can have different results.

Moreover, failure and surrender are two completely opposite results.

For Iwagakure, "failure" will never break its backbone. There is a saying that failure is the mother of success, but if it really surrenders, I am afraid that Iwagakure will never be able to make a comeback in the future.

Even if he had to accept defeat calmly, Huangtu had to try his best to recover some losses for Yanyin.

As I said before, when you are weak, you should not show your weakness.

"Advance as a means of retreat" is also one of the principles that Ohnoki taught Huangtu.

It is not difficult to guess what Huang Tu is thinking. Mizunoe Ryosuke only needs to put himself into Huang Tu's role to easily figure out what Huang Tu's "confidence" is for rejecting him.

There is no reason why the Iwagakure ninja, who is in a mess at the moment, should be so tough and why Ryosuke Mizunoe, who has the advantage, should lower his posture.

So, Mizunoe Ryosuke smiled faintly and spoke slowly in a calm tone.

"The reason I gave you this chance to live."

"It's not because I'm afraid that the remaining remnants of the Iwagakure will cause me any losses."

"Don't forget, this is the battlefield between Kumogakure and Iwagakure, and I am the Mizukage of Kirigakure."

"Why don't you understand? I'm saving you by giving you a chance."

There seemed to be a deeper meaning in Mizunoe Ryosuke's calm words, but to Huangtu's ears, they sounded a bit cold.

At that moment, Huang Tu suddenly thought of something, his heart began to beat violently, and a hint of uneasiness flashed in his eyes.

Because he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten something just now, the Mizunoe Ryosuke in front of him was not from Kumogakure!

Even if the Rock Ninjas were defeated, the ones who would suffer the backlash would still be the Cloud Ninjas who were fighting with the Rock Ninjas on the battlefield.

If Kumogakure is attacked back, what does that have to do with Kirigakure, which is thousands of miles away?

Therefore, Huang Tu's guess was wrong from the beginning. The premise of Mizunoe Ryosuke coming to negotiate was that he was not afraid of the dying counterattack of the ten thousand rock ninjas.

Chapter 363: Expert in Manipulating People's Hearts

With just one sentence, Mizunoe Ryosuke successfully broke through Huang Tu's psychological defenses.

Huang Tu subconsciously looked at Mizunoe Ryosuke, but when he saw Mizunoe Ryosuke's eyes, he was shocked again.

What kind of eyes are these!!

Deep, dark, and with the magical power to see through people's hearts!

In an instant, Huang Tu felt that all his thoughts were like a big-character poster posted outside the door, and were seen clearly by Mizunoe Ryosuke.

"If he's not worried about the Iwagakure's dying counterattack, then what exactly is he concerned about?"

Huang Tu's heart was full of doubts and he was completely confused.

Ignoring Huangtu who was a little confused, Mizunoe Ryosuke continued.

"The reason I didn't let Yunyin fight you was really to save you."

"Your vision is still too narrow. If Onoki were here, I'm afraid he would understand what I mean."

As Mizunoe Ryosuke spoke, he showed a compassionate expression, with an inexplicable deep meaning in his eyes.

Seeing this, Huang Tu became more and more confused, and there was a hint of panic deep in his heart.

Mizunoe Ryosuke's short words brought tremendous pressure to Huangtu.

Originally, before this, the most Huangtu had done in Iwagakure was to assist Ohnoki, but now he has suddenly taken on the heavy responsibility of Iwagakure, and naturally he would be worried about gains and losses.

After hearing what Mizunoe Ryosuke said, Huang Tu naturally felt a little confused.

"What on earth is he thinking? What does he mean?"

"If my father were here, would he be able to handle this better than I could?"

“What if there is something wrong with the way I handle it?”

The psychological pressure on Huang Tu is becoming increasingly huge. Under such high pressure, some lazy thoughts will appear in people's subconscious mind.

So, in his subconscious, he had actually accepted some of Mizunoe Ryosuke's ideas.

It seemed that deep in his subconscious, he felt that if everything was not as Mizunoe Ryosuke said, then it could not be explained.

Huang Tu gritted his teeth, knowing that he could not go on like this. Regardless of whether Mizunoe Ryosuke's words were true or false, the feeling of being led by the other party and being constantly influenced was not a good thing.

At this moment, Huang Tu truly realized how terrifying Mizunoe Ryosuke was!

Not only does he have the fighting power to suppress everything, but he also has the keen insight to see through things like seeing through fire and the terrifying skill to play with people's hearts.

Rather than being led by Ryosuke Mizunoe like this, Huang Tu would rather take a step back and get rid of the influence of Ryosuke Mizunoe's words.

"Iwagakure can accept defeat, but cannot accept surrender."

"As long as you return the Third Tsuchikage, the Iwagakure will accept the outcome of the defeat, agree to immediately withdraw to the Land of Earth, and return all the lands occupied by the Land of the Moon."

Huang Tu still tried his best to keep his tone calm and not be affected by his inner hesitation.

But this time, Huang Tu didn't dare to continue looking at Mizunoe Ryosuke. His gaze shifted downward unnaturally. Although his tone was still calm, it seemed a little weaker than before.

Seeing Huang Tu's expression, the smile on Mizunoe Ryosuke's lips became more obvious.

In response to Huangtu's words, Mizunoe Ryosuke said nothing at first, but soon a low laugh reached Huangtu's ears.

"Hehehe, hahahahaha"

Mizunoe Ryosuke chuckled at first, and then gradually developed into a hearty laugh.

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Huang Tu frowned, and the calmness on his face completely disappeared without a trace. He looked at Mizunoe Ryosuke with a look of surprise and doubt.

He didn't understand why Mizunoe Ryosuke was laughing, he just felt that the laughter was like a sharp knife, piercing his heart.

"Let me guess, what are you going to say next?"