Cycle

Mizuki's answer made Hope frown, but after thinking it over, Hope did not press the matter further.

It was not out of disinterest. Rather, being in a place of suspicion, if anyone had the greatest opportunity to tamper with things, it was Hope, the physical clone of Dreamplay's Jinchuriki, who was the most suspect.

Of course, the other physical clones connected to Dreamplay were not entirely trustworthy either.

It was not that Mizuki's original body had truly begun to fear the physical clones at this time, but some matters could not be decided solely according to one's own wishes.

Take Tsunade, for instance. Her decision not to hide Sasuke Uchiha's secret technique—the trump card that could greatly restrain Mizuki—did not mean she truly intended to do anything to him.

Absolute power lost all restraints. Then, the development of everything in the world depended entirely on the whim of the strongest. Just like Kaguya Otsutsuki: after consuming the God Tree's fruit, she could toy with the Shinobi World in the palm of her hand. If not for Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki, who inherited her power, this world would have been nothing but Kaguya Otsutsuki's plaything.

Mizuki was naturally nowhere near that powerful, but in Konoha, he was already close to that level. Though he had not yet reached the point of taking whatever he wanted, his destructive power alone was simply too terrifying.

If Mizuki turned hostile, the towering Lava Release: Thousand Conquest Decree could destroy Konoha without the slightest suspense.

The survival of the Shinobi World's strongest ninja village rested on Mizuki's whim alone.

It was not that Konoha lacked the ability to resist. When the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade, activated the Strength of a Hundred Seal, her temporary immortal body and overwhelming destructive power were certainly not something Mizuki