Escaping the Mist Ninja starts with backstabbing your teacher.

Gaara, the third son of the Third Kazekage Rasa, is less than a year old. Since being born and having the One-Tailed Beast sealed by Chiyo to become a Jinchūriki, he has been unable to sleep.

Because the sealing techniques mastered by the Sand Ninja are incomplete, as long as they fall asleep, the One-Tailed Beast will find an opportunity to erode the Jinchuriki's consciousness and control them, thus allowing them to break free and go berserk.

These days, he has long been accustomed to not sleeping. Day and night are not much different for him. However, compared to the noise of the daytime, the night seems particularly quiet and unbearable.

While other children were still in their swaddling clothes, enjoying their parents' love, Gaara was already living alone, quietly passing the nights.

As Gaara's uncle, and also the guard and caretaker arranged by Rasa, Yashamaru is secretly watching over Gaara.

If Gaara is likely to fall asleep, or if there is an anomaly in the seal or if the One-Tailed Chakra is leaking out, he will react immediately.

Yashamaru knew the fate of the previous three Jinchūriki; none of them had survived, allowing the One-Tailed Beast to invade and go berserk.

He didn't want Gaara to follow that path. Although he was Gaara's uncle, he had no right to refuse Rasa, who was the Fourth Kazekage and Gaara's father.

In his eyes, fate was so unfair to Gaara.

Chiyo proposed sealing the Tailed Beast inside the baby, and Rasa was chosen to be the one to do so. That's how the newborn Gaara was selected.

Perhaps because his sister Karura died in childbirth, Rasa's attitude towards Gaara was as if he were not his child.

He is absolutely indifferent and ruthless, showing no care whatsoever and not allowing anyone to touch him.

He seemed to blame Gaara entirely for Karura's death, watching Gaara suffer indifferently.

……

Just as Yashamaru was on guard duty at night, two figures quietly arrived and stopped in the shadows nearby.

"The place that Maki mentioned is just ahead. The Jinchuriki of the One-Tailed Beast and Yashamaru should be nearby," Yekura said calmly.

She peeked out slightly and looked around; there were practically no people living nearby.

It was probably because they were worried that the One-Tailed Jinchuriki would go berserk that they specifically arranged for him to be in a remote area with few residents.

Beneath the cloak, Izumi raised his head slightly, the veins in his right eye bulging, and his Byakugan activated his chakra vision.

The monotonous black and white vision, with everything appearing gray, except for the chakra which appears blue.

Although the field of vision is blocked, the White Eye still has the ability to see through objects and see far, but it needs to focus on a certain point and make adjustments, rather than directly seeing the entire map.

Therefore, it generally requires the assistance of a certain level of perception to detect the other party's location, thereby enabling X-ray vision to lock onto the location for observation.

However, because Izumikawa had altered some of Yashamaru's memories and left his own traces, he quickly locked onto the other party through his senses.

By looking through several buildings, he found the other person on the second floor of one of them.

"Found it, but there are other ANBU ninjas guarding the area."

The guards of the Jinchuriki could not be just Yashamaru; there were other people taking turns to guard them.

Yashamaru is the only one who can appear before Gaara to deliver food and offer some guidance.

Izumi drew a map on the sandy ground and told Yogura where Yashamaru was located, as well as the locations of the other ANBU members.

Secondly, he had also determined the location of the One-Tailed Jinchuriki, which was in the center of the area surrounded by the Anbu.

After understanding the situation, Yekura frowned slightly and said in a deep voice, "Should we wait until Yashamaru rests before making contact?"

"No!" Izumi shook his head, refusing her suggestion, and then said, "Let's do everything tonight."

He not only needs to make contact with Yashamaru, but also with Gaara to obtain the One-Tailed Chakra.

Unfortunately, he no longer has the Sharingan and can only enter the sealed space through sealing techniques.

Or it could simply put Gaara into a deep sleep, in which case the One-Tailed Beast would find an opportunity to emerge and recreate the Nine-Tailed Night of Konoha.

Thinking of this, Izumi's lips curled into a slight smile, and he said in a low voice, "Yakura, I have an idea. What do you think?"

Upon revealing his thoughts and purpose, Ye Cang immediately frowned.

Finally, he said in a deep voice, "It can be done, but what about Yashamaru?"

"If this leads to the breach of the cooperation agreement you left behind, and the other side leaks the information, wouldn't all our efforts be in vain?"

Izumi smiled slightly and then said, "Don't worry, I have a way to solve this, as long as he cares about the life of the One-Tailed Jinchuriki."

"After all, it's normal for him to do something for his nephew as an uncle."

Ye Cang nodded gently, having understood his thoughts, and she had no objections.

She didn't care what would happen to Sunagakure, and she also wanted to see just how strong Rasa was now.

……

Now that the plan was set, Izumi Kawa stretched out his palm, and the white bone pierced through his skin, quickly growing into a skeletal spider.

With a gentle flick, the skeletal spider, curled up like a ball, flew out, shooting out chakra threads from its tail in mid-air before swaying away.

The skeletal spider rippled a few times and arrived directly at Yashamaru's location. The opponent immediately noticed the anomaly and a ninja tool appeared in his hand.

But out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that it was a spider made entirely of skeletons, and he immediately stopped what he was doing and turned to look at several places around him.

Those were the locations of the other ANBU ninjas, who seemed unaware of anything amiss.

Yashamaru silently put away his ninja tools, adjusted his position slightly, leaned against the wall, and nodded gently to the skeleton spider.

Faint threads of chakra shot out from the skeleton spider and landed on Yashamaru in a graceful motion.

Upon contact with Yashamaru's skin, accompanied by a slight vibration, the sound resonated in Yashamaru's ear via bone conduction.

[Long time no see, Yashamaru!]

The familiar voice made Yashamaru fall silent for a moment, not expecting that the other party had infiltrated Sunagakure so easily.

However, considering that Yekura was by the other party's side, and given Yekura's familiarity with Sunagakure, it wouldn't be difficult for her to infiltrate Sunagakure.

Having no way to reply, he didn't make any further movements, simply listening quietly.

Izumikawa's voice continued, but Yashamaru's expression changed drastically, and he almost couldn't resist trying to find Izumikawa and the others' location.

However, he held back as the next words began to be spoken.

[Yashimaru, as Gaara's uncle, don't you want him to be able to sleep soundly?]

These words were extremely tempting to Yashamaru. Although he knew very well that the other party might have some tricks up their sleeve, what if it really was?

After all, the other party had members of the Uzumaki clan by their side, the clan most skilled in sealing techniques in the ninja world.