Escaping the Mist Ninja starts with backstabbing your teacher.

"teacher……"

Faced with Yekura's cold questioning, Maki hesitated for a moment, torn between the village she trusted and the teacher who had taught her.

She was just a genin, unaware of the issues between the teacher and the higher-ups. Her only reason for coming here was to find an answer.

"I don't know, teacher!"

"That's why I came to see you, teacher, hoping you can give me an answer."

Juan shouted loudly. She was simple and straightforward. She couldn't make a decision on this difficult problem. If the teacher was willing to tell her the reason, she was willing to believe it.

Ye Cang's cold face remained expressionless. He simply shifted his gaze away from Juan and slowly looked up behind him.

"Answer?"

"It's very simple!"

A scroll was taken out by Yekura and gently waved in front of the roll.

"This contains the contents of the negotiations between Kirigakure and Sunagakure. One of the demands in the negotiations was that I should exchange my life for the signing of a peace treaty."

laugh!

A fireball rose from Ye Cang's palm, illuminating the gloomy night and revealing the traces that had remained all around.

He held up a scorching fireball in one hand and gently pointed a scroll at the ground in front of him with the other.

"So, right here... I was ambushed by the Kirigakure ninja without any warning."

"The cold kunai was so easily pierced into my body from behind."

"Amidst their excited cheers, countless kunai rained down, and I fell into a pool of blood."

With simple words and the traces left on the ground, Yekura slowly recounted the scene she had experienced.

The shock of being ambushed, the astonishment of the Mist Ninja revealing their true colors, the cold kunai, and the flowing warm blood.

As her life force continued to drain away, her body temperature gradually dissipated, and her pupils gradually dilated, all she felt was hatred for the Sand Village that had betrayed her.

"Juan, do you know that feeling? The moment you're betrayed by the village and become a victim."

"I really think my life back then was so ridiculous and pathetic. I gave everything, but in the end, I was sacrificed."

"I trusted the village, but the village betrayed me, so...shouldn't you all come out!"

Ye Cang's face, half illuminated by the fireball, revealed a chilling aura. Instantly, the Scorching Release fireball in his hand swelled several times in size and was thrown directly in the direction of Juan.

"teacher!?"

As Juan faced the oncoming fireball, her pupils contracted instantly, and her mind raced.

Knowing full well the power of her teacher's Scorching Release technique, the thought of becoming a dried-up corpse brought tears to her eyes. If she could, she would want to die gracefully.

Just as she closed her eyes and awaited death, the fireball arced through the air and headed towards her rear.

boom!

The explosion of flames swept across a large area, evaporating the faint mist around them, and several figures appeared disheveled.

Juan's legs buckled, and she knelt on the ground. Her body stiffened as she turned her head to look behind her, where she spotted the Sand Ninja Anbu.

"This is... an ANBU ninja!"

"When!?"

"Teacher, I didn't betray you!"

Ye Cang glanced at her, said nothing, and simply tossed the scroll to her.

This thing has no meaning to her now; it's just a truth, and even if she showed it to the Sand Village and the Mist Village, they wouldn't acknowledge it.

If they want to, even what is right can be wrong; it's just that the rogue ninjas are trying to smear their own village and find a reason to defect.

What Yekura wants is the truth and the answer; if she wants true revenge, then what she needs is not so-called evidence, but strength.

"Cough cough, as expected of the village's genius, [Scorch Release] ninja Yekura, you really have formidable strength."

Maki slowly stood up, looking at his former comrade in front of him. The other party's reputation was known to everyone in Sunagakure.

His former reputation was comparable to that of Minato Namikaze in Konoha; he was a "hero" of the village.

Unexpectedly, the real truth behind the other party's so-called defection and sabotage of the peace treaty signed between the two villages was actually this.

However, they knew it was pointless now; the Fourth Kazekage was Rasa, and her orders were to eliminate her.

He glanced at his companions; several of them had been injured by the Scorch Release technique and were receiving treatment from Yashamaru.

Ordinary water-style techniques are difficult to defend against scorching techniques, and the steam generated by scorching techniques can even burn you instead.

If he hadn't used his Wind Release technique to defend in time, it probably wouldn't have just been these few people who were injured.

"The truth is not something we can question, but the village has already identified you as a rogue ninja, and our mission is to eliminate you!"

"Take care of me?" Ye Cang almost laughed, then said in a deep voice, "With just you guys?"

With her hands outstretched, fireballs appeared as if by magic, coiling around Yekura and protecting her.

This made Maki's expression solemn. He slightly clenched his fingers, and the power of Wind Release swirled around his fingertips. His Wind Release, which he was skilled in, could, to some extent, rival the Scorching Release.

"Wind Blade!"

With a flick of his clenched fingers, an invisible vortex of wind blades slashed forward, striking like sharp blades.

Ye Cang snorted coldly, spread his palm forward, and several fireballs of the Scorching Release technique slid forward as if falling.

Invisible wind blades tore apart fireballs and headed towards Yecang. Yecang had already discerned the traces and routes of the openings.

The tall figure teleported and dodged, then reached into his ninja tool pouch and produced several kunai, which he threw at Maki.

Maki's gaze sharpened, and he raised the kunai in his hand, transforming it into a phantom to block all the kunai, while keeping an eye on Yekura's movements out of the corner of his eye.

"Yashamaru, are you ready yet? We're facing Pakura!"

In response to Maki's anxiety, Yashamaru acted swiftly and immediately.

"Their injuries have been treated, and they can move around!"

Seeing that the Sand Ninja behind him all said it was fine, Maki nodded slightly. Otherwise, why bring them out? To be a burden?

"You all know Yekura's information; be careful of her Scorching Release technique, it's very powerful!"

"clear!"

Immediately, several Sand Ninja began to move. Some were puppeteers, while others took out a large cloth, seemingly preparing a sealing technique.

This made Momona, who was watching from a distance, a little anxious, and she grabbed Izumikawa, wanting him to help her.

"Lord Izumikawa, please help Sister Yekura! They have so many people on their side!"

"Don't worry, Yecang wants to handle this herself, and I've already handed over my puppet dog to her. I can control it myself at any time, so there's nothing to worry about."

His intervention was inevitable. Since Rasa didn't arrive, the only ones among this group who could return were Maki, Yashamaru, and Maki, a disciple of Yekura.

Controlling the three of them, using them as spies planted in the Sand Village, was also a preparation for his future actions.

One was Luo Sha's trusted subordinate, and the other was the younger brother of the other party's wife. Unfortunately, the [Optimization] ability was not enough to completely brainwash them.

The only option is to modify their recent memories to a certain extent and replace a vertebra as a backup control measure.