Escaping the Mist Ninja starts with backstabbing your teacher.

After a lavish feast, ignoring Momona's surprised gaze, he transformed into a glutton, eating more than a dozen bowls before finally leaving Ichiraku Ramen with Momona.

"It tastes good!"

"Let's go get some dessert!"

Upon hearing this, Momona's eyes widened, and she opened her mouth, letting out a puzzled "Ah!"

Izumi laughed heartily, then asked for the address and quickly found the dumpling shop.

The two bought a large bag of meatballs and sat down by the roadside to eat them.

"It's sweet and sticky, which is nice; it's a good dessert after a meal."

Looking at the bustling street, Izumi handed a skewer of dumplings to Momona, and then took out a skewer for himself and slowly ate it.

They were like tourists, watching the people on the street, enjoying the food, relaxed and carefree.

In fact, he could sense the spying from the shadows, but the gaze wasn't fixed; it would just glance over from time to time.

Clearly, Konoha was not very wary of them and had very little suspicion of them; it was just routine surveillance.

This is good news for Izumikawa, as it will make his actions easier.

Ichiraku Ramen was both a place to visit and a place to explore, hoping to see if any familiar ninjas were eating there, but apparently my luck wasn't great.

The person he's looking for at the current dumpling shop is naturally Orochimaru's disciple, Mitarashi Potato, oh no, I mean Mitarashi Anko.

Although she became a potato in Boruto, she is still a cool and arrogant little girl, and she has already become Orochimaru's disciple.

Since Orochimaru doesn't appear often, his disciples became the target, and this time, their luck was pretty good.

Speak of the devil, and he shall appear; Mitarashi Anko, Orochimaru's second disciple, appeared at the dumpling shop.

This girl who loves eating dumplings the most, judging from her current attire, seems to have already reached the Chunin level, which is quite surprising.

However, he is only a Chunin; he lacks experience and strength.

Izumi slowly stood up and said to Momona, "I'll go buy a few more skewers of other flavors of dango. Wait here for me for a moment."

"oh!"

Momona responded, saying she had a great time today, not only witnessing the prosperity of Konoha but also eating lots of delicious food.

They didn't notice at all that Izumi's actions were purposeful, as if he were just out for a trip.

He stuffed all the meatballs into his mouth, his cheeks puffed out like a little hamster, constantly wriggling around.

Watching Izumi's departing figure, I wondered if the other flavors would taste even better.

Then Izumi accidentally bumped into a girl, and the two made brief contact.

"Oops, sorry, I bumped into you!" Izumi said apologetically to Anko.

Red Bean, who was protecting Maruko in her arms, breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Maruko was safe. Only then did she look at the reckless person.

In a bad mood, she said with a hint of scolding, "What's wrong with you? Watch where you're going! You almost broke the meatball!"

"Hmph, but I'm magnanimous. Since you're being sincere, I won't pursue the matter further!"

Izumikawa nodded repeatedly, quickly saying, "Thank you, Ninja-sama! I'm so sorry!"

"Since you like meatballs so much, I'll buy you an extra portion!"

Hongdou's eyes lit up immediately, and she lowered her leg that she had just lifted: "Really?"

"Really!" Izumi went straight to the dango shop and ordered two servings of dango, then asked, "What flavor would you like, Ninja-sama?"

Red Bean quickly suggested a few flavors, which Izumi relayed to the shop. After a short wait, two servings of dumplings were ready.

After giving the red bean portion to the other person, Izumi Kawa then headed towards Momona.

Having witnessed the entire scene, Momona asked in a low voice, "Lord Izumigawa, what was the situation with that person just now?"

Izumikawa picked up a skewer of dumplings, stuffed it into the other person's mouth to shut them up, and then slowly said, "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask!"

Waaah!

Momona looked a little aggrieved and could only take out the dumpling she had stuffed into her mouth, puffing out her cheeks in a huff.

If you don't want me to ask, then you don't want me to ask. Why did you stuff the meatballs into my mouth and fill it up completely?

Izumikawa, of course, paid no attention to any of this. He simply watched Anko's departing figure, slowly chewing and savoring the dumplings, thinking to himself.

"I wonder if Orochimaru is still teaching Anko. If he's already let her grow unchecked, then all my little tricks have been wasted!"

He left some tricks on Anko, which Anko certainly wouldn't be able to detect, but Orochimaru definitely would.

If others discover it, it doesn't matter, after all, it's just a piece of text.

"Let's go to the Konoha Ninja Academy and see the geniuses of Konoha."

"Oh……"

Momona reluctantly agreed, because her stomach was a little full, probably because she had eaten too much.

Moreover, she was holding a new serving of meatballs waiting to be tasted, a situation that was both blissful and painful.

……

The two strolled around for a while, and eventually arrived near the ninja academy, where they found a small park with a grove of trees.

"Momona, help me check our surroundings to see if anyone is watching us."

As soon as Izumi finished speaking, Momona, who had just been looking dazed, instantly switched to a fighting expression, closed her eyes, and began to survey her surroundings.

He quickly opened his eyes and replied, "There is no one within a radius of several dozen meters, and no ninjas are following us."

Izumikawa reached out and gave him a gentle pat on the head, praising, "Hmm, well done. Keep being aware of things, and alert me if anyone comes near."

This made Momona chuckle foolishly, and she quickly responded, continuing to maintain her senses and be on guard around her surroundings.

Meanwhile, Izumi took off his sunglasses, his right eye vein bulging, and activated his Byakugan, peering towards the ninja academy.

According to what Hizashi learned, Itachi Uchiha has not yet graduated, but it is unknown whether he has already used shadow clones to attend school.

In any case, the Ninja Academy is the most reliable place to find Itachi Uchiha, and also the place with the lowest danger.

He dared not casually activate his Byakugan to investigate near the Uchiha clan's territory, as the Sharingan's perception was quite formidable.

"Found it!"

With the bulging veins in his right eye subsiding, Izumi had located Itachi Uchiha; all that remained was to wait for him to finish school.

If it's his original body, or if it's a shadow clone, he can simply return to the location of his original body, which would save him trouble.

However, if Itachi Uchiha were to find a secluded place to cancel his Shadow Clones, he would need Momona's chakra perception to pinpoint the opponent's location.

The other party is very talented, a true genius. He's not sure if he can even sense his presence, so he needs to be careful.

The healthy Itachi is too overpowered; the young Itachi is probably too inexperienced to handle.