Escaping the Mist Ninja starts with backstabbing your teacher.

After a series of modifications, Yecang was reborn, all her injuries were completely healed, and her figure and appearance were changed under the adjustment of Izumikawa [Optimization].

"I've adjusted your body shape and appearance. Next, we'll disguise ourselves and prepare to cross the Land of Fire to the Land of Grass."

At the same time, the bones inside Izumi Kawa's body were also shifting, making him a bit taller, and the changes in his facial bones completely transformed him.

As for the long hair behind her, a bone spur was flicked from her fingertip and swept across it, turning it into a neat short haircut.

The Byakugan was a problem, but he wasn't unprepared. He took out a contact lens from his ninja tool bag and stuck it on his right eye, while also putting on sunglasses.

"Why risk venturing into the Land of Fire? Aren't the Hyuga clan hunting you down?"

Feeling the active chakra within her body and her fully recovered form, Yekura couldn't help but marvel at the power of this level of medical ninjutsu!

But... recalling the pain she had just experienced, she couldn't help but tremble slightly, and she absolutely did not want to experience it a second time.

At this moment, Izumi was still forming hand seals to apply a sealing technique to his sunglasses to prevent the Hyuga clan's secret techniques from sensing and locating him.

Before crossing the Land of Fire, we should try to avoid conflict with the Hyuga clan, so we should use the Byakugan instead.

"The Mist Ninja, Sand Ninja, and Hyuga are all hunting us down. When we head to the Land of Fire, we'll only face the Hyuga as our enemy."

"Given the Hyuga clan's pride and their high regard for the Byakugan, they won't allow other Konoha ninja to interfere, so they are actually safe."

He used a summoning technique to summon the sealing scroll, took out some clothes and other items, and threw some clothes that matched the Land of Fire to Yekura so she could change into them.

At the same time, he was also picking and choosing what he needed to keep to better disguise himself, and then continued.

"At sea, the Mist Ninja know me too well, and the water is the Mist Ninja's home ground for water-style techniques, which neither of us is good at. If we were to encounter them, it would be extremely dangerous, so we can rule them out."

"As for the Land of Rain, Konoha, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure are currently engaged in a three-way war, and Amegakure can only hide in the middle. If we go there, we'll be courting death."

The Land of Rain is now the worst place to go, as even at the end of the Third Shinobi World War, a large number of ninjas were still deployed there.

Furthermore, Madara Uchiha is still alive, and Obito and Kakashi should have already awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan.

After all, before he left, he had heard from Aoko that the village's plan to use the tailed beasts to seal them inside the Konoha ninjas and disrupt Konoha by letting the tailed beasts go berserk had failed.

Therefore, the war between Kirigakure and Konoha was temporarily suspended because of this incident, which led to the reconciliation between Kirigakure and Sunagakure, resulting in Pakura as a political sacrifice.

Battlefields were everywhere, but the Land of Fire was much safer because Konoha was fighting against four other villages, and all the ninjas had been sent out, leaving the interior empty.

As for why they were going to Kusagakure, it was naturally for the Uzumaki clan's sealing technique. Although they didn't know when Karin's mother would arrive there, going ahead was definitely the right thing to do.

The Land of Grass is also an important battlefield. The Battle of Kannabi Bridge, a major battle between Konoha and Iwagakure, took place there.

However, the Iwa ninja were completely defeated in that battle, so now there are only small-scale wars there, no longer a core battlefield, and no well-known powerful figures are stationed there.

With his abilities and Yekura's help, safety is not an issue.

Turning my head to look at Yecang, who had already changed her clothes, I found her quite pleasing to the eye.

"It's quite nice; it's less aloof and more gentle."

After praising Yekura a few times, Izumi got up, dispersed the sealing scroll, raised his hand and aimed it at the surroundings. With a twitch of the back of his hand, bone spurs, like thousands of needles, shot into the rock wall.

"There are too many traces left here, they must be destroyed. Besides, I've learned new techniques so I won't leave any trace when I leave."

After a brief explanation, the two left the cave, accompanied by Izumi Kawa forming a hand seal and his lips moving.

A series of powerful explosions then rang out from behind, and the entire cave collapsed, buried under countless rubble.

Seeing Ye Cang's surprised expression, he reached out and picked her up, whispering, "Hold on tight!"

【Moonwalk】!

Chakra gathered beneath his feet, and he leaped into the air. While in mid-air, the burst of chakra swept through the air, providing a boost, and he rose again.

This is precisely the technique he learned from the Hyuga ninja's Eight Trigrams Palm when using the Byakugan, without needing to create a very powerful shockwave.

This makes techniques that already consume very little chakra even cheaper, requiring only enough support to move through the air.

"Is this the kind of movement you're talking about that leaves no trace?"

In mid-air, the rapidly moving airflow blew Yekura's bangs, forcing her to stop pulling them up and whisper in Izumi's ear, "What do you mean?"

Trees kept passing by the two of them. This method of movement did not require them to consider the terrain, but because they needed to stay hidden, they remained below the trees.

"Not bad. The new chakra usage technique I learned means I won't leave any traces when I'm in the air. Chakra consumption is low, but my stamina is slightly higher."

"But this kind of consumption is more than enough for me, with my Corpse Bone Bloodline."

As Izumi whispered, veins would occasionally bulge in his right eye as he peered into the distance, his sensory abilities fully activated.

He sped towards the Land of Fire, needing to enter before anyone discovered the cave.

……

Half a day later, at the time of the Demon's Appearance, the crimson sunset dyed the sky red.

The pursuing force, wearing Mist Ninja headbands, arrived at the place where Izumi and the Hyuga branch family had fought earlier.

The traces of explosions everywhere made the battlefield incredibly chaotic, making it difficult to discern what had actually happened.

However, a Mist Ninja appeared, holding a Konoha headband and a piece of white cloth, which he handed to the leader.

"Why are people from Konoha here?"

"Captain, you seem to be from the Hyuga clan. I've seen this kind of clothing before."

Grasping the headband from Konoha, the captain looked puzzled.

The answer given by one of his subordinates dispelled his doubts.

"The Hyuga clan, I didn't expect them to arrive first, but judging from the situation, it seems they didn't gain anything."

"It seems we all underestimated this barbarian from the Bamboo Clan."

"But after all, he is Lord Qing's disciple, so it's not surprising that he has this ability. At least he didn't disgrace our Mist Ninja."

"Search everything! That guy was in a fight; there should be signs he left behind!"

The captain spoke coldly, throwing the Konoha headband in his hand to the ground. With a wave of his hand, the rest of the people turned into black shadows and scattered.

It didn't take long to find traces of Izumi's departure and some signs of his activity, and then they found the destroyed cave.

"Captain, the trail disappears here; there are no other new traces nearby."

The captain of the Mist Ninja Pursuit Squad touched the broken part of the rock wall; the marks were very fresh, so it shouldn't have been long ago.

This made him snort coldly: "Keep searching. As long as someone is there, there will be traces. Besides, he's carrying that [Scorch Release] ninja, Yekura, along as a burden."

"yes!"

The surrounding Mist Ninja dispersed again, but after a quarter of an hour, the group still couldn't find any trace of Izumi and Yekura leaving.

This puzzled them; how could the other party have left without leaving a trace?