Escaping the Mist Ninja starts with backstabbing your teacher.

"Ye Cang, you don't need to say anything more. The winner is king, and the loser is an outlaw."

"Perhaps the village did betray you, but the fact that you have such prestige in the village yet never thought of vying for the position of Kazekage is your problem."

"Reality isn't something you can convince others to believe you and let you off the hook just because you say you don't want to become the Wind Shadow."

"When you have the strength, reputation, and trust of the people... you've already stepped into the vortex of this struggle."

Maki took a deep breath, clutching his scalded shoulder. He had miscalculated; he hadn't expected the other party to get involved with that traitorous Mist Ninja.

After all, the sheer number of Kirigakure ninja killed by Yekura demonstrates that Kirigakure was willing to pay a high price as a condition for signing a peace treaty.

Even so, it's truly ironic that the rogue ninja from Kirigakure would join forces with Pakura.

"You couldn't see through the village, and you couldn't understand people's hearts, so you lost. You were defeated by human nature."

"No matter how high your reputation and strength are, you will ultimately only be a bargaining chip, a pawn, on the chessboard, but unable to become the player."

"The village chose to betray you, yet no one spoke up for you or secretly informed you. This means you are isolated and helpless, and your fate is sealed."

Maki coldly uttered incredibly cruel words, words that Yekura had once found incomprehensible, yet were undeniably real.

All the higher-ups tacitly agreed that Pakura should be sacrificed to achieve peace between Sunagakure and Kirigakure, rather than protecting the trash.

Yekura, on the other hand, was completely unsuspecting and had no real subordinates of her own to help her gather information and learn about the village and the ninja world.

In Maki's view, even if such a person became the Kazekage, he would still be unable to change the village.

"If it were Lord Rasa, would he have gone to Kirigakure alone to sign the peace treaty?"

"He wouldn't, but you not only believed him, you also went to sign the treaty alone."

"Lord Rasa questions everything, investigates everything, and only when he has everything in his hands can he feel secure."

His words tore open Ye Cang's eyes, blinded by hatred, and slammed the truth hidden by anger into her heart.

Yekura fell silent. This kind of Sand Village disgusted her, she felt utterly disgusted, even physically disgusted.

Looking at Maki, his gaze shifted from icy to calm, which was actually a sign of extreme anger and utter disappointment.

Ye Cang said calmly, "A village like this should really disappear from this world!"

Another fireball condensed in her palm, and under her control, the five Scorching Release fireballs merged into a huge, blazing white mini-sun.

The surging heatwave was restrained by the wind-style technique, distorting the air and preventing it from harming itself before it exploded.

"go!"

With a gentle toss, the little sun fell toward Maki, instantly unleashing endless light and heat, along with a sweeping wave of heat.

Izumi, who arrived from a short distance away, did not stop this scene. He had no reason to stop a person seeking revenge, especially since the other party was now his comrade.

As the enormous crater appeared, scorched earth emanated a stench and heat. Izumi came atop the puppet dog and stood beside Yekura.

"Are you feeling better?"

"Um!"

Ye Cang felt a sense of emptiness as he looked at the ground where the corpses had been evaporated, but the other person's words would never disappear.

Those words, sharper than any blade, etched deep wounds into her heart, constantly reminding her that this was reality, this was Sunagakure, this was the ninja world.

This disgusting world is the place I live in, it's hopeless!

"I want to destroy Sunagakure!"

"OK!"

Izumi had no objection to Yekura's choice; he didn't care what the ninja world was like.

Sometimes, decaying things need to be completely destroyed, overthrown, and rebuilt so that no dirty things remain in the corners.

"Yashamaru and your disciple, what are your plans?"

Izumikawa informed Yekura of the two people's current situation, whether it was the "optimized" Yashamaru or the worldview-broken Maki.

After listening, Ye Cang remained silent for a moment, looked around at everything, and finally said, "Let's do it your way!"

"Although I really want to destroy Sunagakure, I am not capable of doing that right now."

"Moreover, before I go that far, I want to expose all that decay and darkness to the light of day."

"Only in that way can I truly quell the burning anger within me."

Flames appeared in Ye Cang's palm, then she crushed them violently. This was the pent-up frustration in her heart that she had to vent.

……

After calming down, Yekura followed Izumi to Momona's side to deal with the aftermath.

Yashamaru remained fast asleep, while Maki leaned against the tree roots, hugging her legs and curled up in a corner, seemingly withdrawn.

"You shall teach and guide your disciple!"

Izumi beckoned Momona over and handed the autistic child, Juan, to Yekura for "talk therapy." He was also looking forward to seeing how it would turn out.

Momona glanced at Yekura with concern, sensing the cold aura emanating from him, which seemed even more terrifying.

She shrank back slightly, abandoned the idea of ​​greeting or asking questions, and obediently followed Izumi to the other side.

Like a little shadow, Momona, after getting a sufficient distance away, asked in a low voice, "Izumi-sama, what happened to Yogura-nee?"

When Izumi came to the puppeteer's corpse, he raised his hand, and white bones continued to grow from his palm, transforming into a skeletal puppet.

The task of looting the corpses was left to the skeleton puppets, since the Sand Ninja liked to set up some poison, so that if they died, they could take the enemy with them.

Therefore, in the ninja world, looting corpses is a very dangerous thing, and it could very well cost you your life.

Stepping a little further away, Izumi looked towards Yogura and Maki and answered Momona's question: "It's alright. She shouldn't be confused about anything anymore now."

"Revenge will be her motivation, her goal to become stronger."

"Although there may be emptiness after revenge, that's a problem that comes after success."

He believed in following one's heart, especially in this ninja world. If someone caused him unhappiness, then if he had the ability to resolve it, he would directly eliminate the other party.

If you don't have the ability to solve it, just hide and become stronger before dealing with the opponent. Anyway, you won't have nothing to do.

"As for you, besides following us, is there anything else you want to do?"

When Momona was asked this question, she looked a little confused, because she didn't know that her weakness and constant escape had left her no time to care about anything else.

She had already done everything she could to protect herself.

After a slight hesitation, Momona said, "I don't know, but with you and Yekura here, I can help you."

Hearing Momona's words, Izumikawa smiled faintly, reached out and ruffled the girl's hair, and slowly said, "Alright!"