Escaping the Mist Ninja starts with backstabbing your teacher.

After doing all that, he condensed a chakra bullet at his fingertips, flicked it, and it landed directly on Momona's little face.

The slight impact awakened her sleeping soul. Momona, her eyes still blurry, woke up and immediately noticed something strange about her body.

"Don't mess with the flow of chakra. Remember the routes of these chakra flows. If you need to actively refine chakra in the future, you can store it in these routes."

As Izumi's voice rang out, Momona sensed the changes within her body and discovered a cluster of chakra in her abdomen, as well as traces of sealing techniques within her body.

Similarly, possessing the bloodline of the Uzumaki clan, she has an extremely sensitive perception of chakra.

Therefore, she also sensed that a portion of the chakra flowing within her body was not her chakra, but rather Izumikawa's chakra.

To her surprise, Izumi's chakra flowed through her body without any resistance.

"Lord Izumikawa, how did you manage to keep your chakra flowing within me?"

"secret!"

Izumikawa did not answer her question directly. The [Optimization] ability was his special ability and could be considered his true trump card.

At the same time, she formed hand seals, and the moment the technique was completed, Momona found herself losing control of her body, and she ended up kneeling down in front of Izumi.

Startled, she cried out, "Lord Izumikawa, what... what's going on?"

Izumi said, "Don't worry, I'm the one controlling you."

Hearing this, Momona breathed a sigh of relief: "I see!"

Wait, something's not right!

Momona found herself getting up again, her body starting to dance, and dancing in a very strange way, appearing unusually agile, even starting to leap across walls and rooftops.

"Lord Izumikawa, stop playing with Momona!" Momona's voice echoed in the room.

However, Izumikawa ignored him and, while testing, also helped Momona get used to her current body.

After doing all this, Momona returned to Izumi's side and found that her body was back under control, which made her smile wryly.

She stared at Izumi with wide eyes, as if trying to make him feel guilty.

Izumikawa, stroking his chin, was completely lost in thought. Regarding the intense gaze he was receiving, he simply explained, "I wasn't just messing with you; I was just testing you."

"You haven't noticed, but your physical functions have improved a lot, and you feel much lighter. Your perception of the outside world has also become more acute."

After being reminded like this, Momona immediately noticed this and indeed, just as Izumi had said, she had changed a lot.

She hasn't been a ninja for very long, and even though she has good talent, she still lacks the time to accumulate experience and has less common knowledge about the ninja world.

She had absolutely no idea how outrageous it was that Izumi was able to do all that.

"I definitely feel an improvement, and my chakra control has also improved a bit." Momona looked happy.

No suffering, no pain, and even improved strength—such a good thing should happen a few more times.

Momona, her eyes practically glowing, shamelessly clung to Izumikawa's leg: "Izumikawa-sama, can we do it a few more times? I want to become stronger!"

With a slight clench of her fist, showing off her small muscles, Momona revealed an expectant expression.

Unfortunately, a flick of Izumi's finger made her clutch her head again, and she said irritably, "What are you thinking? This is all we can do for now. Let's wait until my research makes a breakthrough!"

The test results were pretty good. Tsunade, as the prototype, was a very good source of material. Optimizing her on Shizune also helped her find a way to break through.

Now that it has been fully applied to Momona, I can start modifying my own [Yin Seal].

However, after the optimization of the Yin-Yang Seal, it can be used at any time when chakra is flowing, and it can also store chakra.

However, it no longer possesses the ability to perfectly collect dissipated chakra like the [Yin Seal].

Since chakra is always flowing, there will inevitably be some loss or consumption. However, the increase is greater than the consumption, so it can still be optimized.

Izumi's gaze returned to Momona, who was studying herself, and he said in a deep voice, "Go and call Yekura over. You can go play now."

"But keep an eye on Tsunade and the other two, lest they cause any trouble."

Momona immediately replied happily, "Yes, Lord Izumigawa!"

He walked with a swagger, running outside, clearly wanting to test his current abilities.

……

After some time, Yekura came to the room. Izumi asked her what she wanted to do, and after she did not refuse, he also made his move.

After modifying it, Yekura didn't leave. Instead, she said in a deep voice, "Yashamaru and Maki haven't contacted us yet. Has something happened?"

Clearly, she still cares about this matter.

After all, this is not only about their intelligence and secrets, but also about the safety of the disciples.

In response, Izumi said slowly, "It is indeed a bit strange. Logically speaking, they should have regained their memories nine months ago."

"Because the trigger I set was Gallo's death."

"Karura!?"

Yekura looked surprised, not expecting that Izumikawa had set this as the trigger node.

Since Karura is Yashamaru's older sister and the wife of the current Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, why would Izumikawa set her up this way?

"However, the Sand Village hasn't done anything unusual, so they probably haven't received any information from us."

"Now we can go to Sunagakure to find out what exactly is wrong."

Izumikawa understood that it was impossible for everything to be foolproof, although he had realized that earlier.

However, he was after the Nine-Tails' chakra and didn't want any unexpected events to occur in Sunagakure that would cause him to miss the event.

Therefore, he did not mention going there. Now that he has obtained the Nine-Tails' chakra and the Yin Seal, and even improved the first version, he can go and take a look.

"However, since nine months have already passed, there's no rush. I'll refine some more Nine-Tails chakra and make some modifications to the base before I go."

"After all, Tsunade is now in my hands. She is quite strong, and without me, there might be problems."

Yekura nodded slightly, understanding that Tsunade's presence would indeed consume most of their energy, but the rewards would also be enormous.

The benefits brought by the Yin-Yang Seal imprinted within his body now go far beyond a few points.

"Okay, I understand!"

"I also need to readjust to my current physical condition."

As Yekura sensed the chakra flowing through her body and the power gathering in her lower abdomen, she knew she needed to change her fighting style.

Now that she has this, she is even more confident in dealing with the Sand Village as soon as possible.

……

Meanwhile, in a room in Sunagakure, the sound of an argument could be heard.

Juan stared at the man before her and demanded, "Why won't you let me contact my master?"

Yashamaru shook his head slightly and sighed, "Because that person is still watching us..."