Escaping the Mist Ninja starts with backstabbing your teacher.

puff!

A pair of aged hands trembled as they plunged a blade into the girl's back, while a pair of childish hands simultaneously inserted a short dagger into her thigh.

This made the girl's eyes widen. She struggled to escape, but felt her wounds go numb and her whole body felt weak.

With an incredulous look, she stared at the old woman and her granddaughter, demanding, "Why?"

She had already considered that if the old man and his granddaughter agreed to keep it a secret, she would be willing to provide treatment.

As long as it's not revealed that you can get treatment by biting her, it's fine.

But now... she is facing betrayal, and it's from someone she personally helped who keeps thanking her.

"Because I need money to keep my granddaughter alive and to help her grow up."

"All of this is so that we can survive, so I'm sorry, young lady!"

"You are kind, but in a world like this, kindness cannot sustain you."

The old woman seemed to have gone mad; she was unable to point her blade at the ninjas who had ravaged her home, nor could she take revenge on those who had killed her family.

She could only rely on her old age and frailty to win over people's kindness, using their lives to save herself and her granddaughter.

This wasn't the first time she'd done something like this; once things went too far, there was no going back to the way they were.

The girl clutched her thigh, feeling herself gradually losing sensation. The loss of blood made her begin to feel dizzy.

Despite her constant escapes, she was well protected by her family, and even this time, her escape route was planned in advance, allowing her to successfully reach Kusagakure.

She only needs to listen to her family, enter the Grass Ninja Village, and not reveal her identity or abilities to be safe.

But she did not listen; instead, she stepped out of the line to help the elderly and children.

But this kindness only brought her bad results, which she couldn't accept and questioned.

"Living on other people's blood, how are you any different from everyone else?"

"Child, when it comes to survival, there is no right or wrong, only who can continue to live."

The old man's originally kind face became incredibly ferocious at this moment, and the corners of his mouth curled up even looked somewhat evil.

And her granddaughter was the same, with that fake smile on her face, no longer resembling a human being.

This absurd world is so pathetic and ridiculous, and is she really going to die here?

call out!

Two whooshing sounds rang out, and the two corpses remained with that expression, their thoughts frozen at that moment, the light in their eyes gradually fading.

"Yakura, it seems you guessed wrong. It's not a [Changui] but an [Evil Demon]!"

Izumikawa landed silently from the side, while Yekura raised a fireball in her hand and expressionlessly threw it at the two corpses on the ground.

She actually hoped that the two women were coerced into becoming "evil spirits" to lure people into the tiger's den, rather than that they themselves became "evil spirits."

"Whether it's a 'Changgui' or an 'Evil Ghost,' they are all products of this world."

War is never something they can control. She never liked war when she stepped onto the battlefield, but ninjas must obey orders.

Whether you're a ninja or a civilian, it doesn't matter as long as you complete the mission; you can't let it interfere with the mission.

"Who are you...?"

The girl, her vision blurred, looked at the unexpected soldiers and managed to speak, but before she could finish, she collapsed forward.

Just as she was about to fall, an arm caught her before she hit the ground, placed her beside it, and gently pressed acupoints to stop the spread of toxins and stop the bleeding.

"With the Byakugan, chakra is so useful; there are so many things I can do."

As Izumi thought to himself, he placed his hand on the wound on the other person's back, and the green glow of medical ninjutsu lit up.

Brownish blood kept flowing from the wound until it turned bright red and normal.

The same procedure was performed on the wound on the thigh, which was simply treated and healed, but the lost blood had to be replenished by the patient himself.

After doing all this, Izumikawa lifted the hood that was concealing the other person's identity, revealing a head of red hair. As expected, he was a member of the Uzumaki clan.

Ye Cang stood quietly to the side, arms crossed over her chest.

But upon seeing that head of red hair, he seemed to realize something, his brow furrowing slightly as he asked, "Could such red hair belong to the Uzumaki clan?"

Izumi nodded slightly. While healing the other party, he had sensed the other party's special physique and the enormous amount of chakra.

"Not bad, they must be from the Uzumaki clan. Looks like I'm in luck!"

"Hmm? You were originally planning to find someone from the Uzumaki clan?"

In response to Yekura's precise question, Izumi snapped her fingers.

"Yes, one of the reasons I came to the Land of Grass is that I heard there are members of the Uzumaki clan here."

"That's why I want to find the Uzumaki clan, because I'm very interested in the sealing techniques they possess."

"Compared to ninjutsu, sealing techniques can do many things, and even things that ninjutsu cannot do."

Whether it's sealing Kaguya Otsutsuki, sealing ninjutsu, or even people from the Warring States period, they can all be sealed away and still be alive today.

The destruction of the Land of Whirlpools and the Uzumaki clan, who were masters of sealing techniques, speaks volumes.

It can only be said that the sealing technique is too authoritative, making it coveted by everyone and leading to its division.

Ye Cang gave a soft "hmm," not denying it. Sealing techniques were indeed powerful, but their weaknesses were equally obvious.

That is, it is difficult to learn, extremely difficult to learn, and even just learning sealing techniques can result in having virtually no combat power.

Because all the time was spent learning and studying sealing techniques, there was no other time to train and become stronger, so why bother learning more ninjutsu?

"So what do we do next? Do we still need to go into Kusagakure?"

Izumi looked at the Uzumaki clan girl lying in front of him, then slowly shook his head: "You don't need to go for now."

The Grass Ninja have no special ninjutsu, let alone any background; they are just a bunch of trash.

Now that he has a girl from the Uzumaki clan, he hopes that he can obtain some sealing techniques from her.

After some training, once the war is over, he can find those Jinchuriki; he needs some Tailed Beast Chakra for research.

"Let's go find a safe place to help her recover and temporarily serve as our base."

"At that time, we'll improve our strength, and there are other things to do."

Izumi picked up the Uzumaki clan girl, spoke to Yekura, found a direction, and left.

……

Meanwhile, the Root team took over the mission from the Fire Temple and found some clues.

Following the scent of chakra by the parasitic insects, they stopped at the border of the Land of Grass and reported the information to Danzo.