Escaping the Mist Ninja starts with backstabbing your teacher.

The oppressive atmosphere of Kirigakure is unimaginable to those who haven't experienced it. Not only that, but the members of the Kaguya clan are also a bunch of lunatics.

Even Izumi didn't dare to show his special abilities at first. It was only after he started attending the Ninja Academy and gained some independent skills that he gradually revealed his talent.

"Let me tell you another secret!" Izumi said, looking at Yekura in a low voice.

He calmly revealed a secret that Yekura found unbelievable, causing her expression to change drastically as she exclaimed in surprise, "What?! The Third Mizukage has been controlled?!"

"How is this possible? What kind of person could control the First Mizukage, especially since that's Kirigakure, one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages?"

While Izumikawa was shocked by Yekura's appearance, his gaze was fixed on the Fire Temple in the distance below, which was also one of his targets.

"Nothing is impossible. If you eliminate all the impossibilities, then what remains is the answer. And in this world, there is only one person who can control the Third Mizukage."

"Uchiha Madara!"

"With his strength and those Sharingan eyes, he was capable of doing this."

Yekura was also taken aback by such a legendary figure, but then she thought that no one else but a legendary ninja could have done it.

But... is this true?

Izumikawa naturally noticed Yekura's confusion, but there was no need to explain anything further; he simply smiled gently.

"Don't worry, that guy is dying soon. When he dies, the Third Mizukage will die too."

"He couldn't possibly let the Third Mizukage break free of control and recover, so in order to avoid exposing everything, the Third Mizukage's death was inevitable."

The Hidden Mist Village is a grand battle royale where anyone who is slow or not strong enough will die.

Bloodline limit ninjas are a negative buff, and they will be surrounded and wiped out one by one to vent Obito Uchiha's anger.

"Why do you think the Mist Ninja would actively participate in this war, and why there is the 'Bloody Mist Village' policy that has alienated the Mist Ninja, leaving them with no trust or affection?"

"Is this policy truly being implemented to strengthen the village, without any external or internal warfare?"

"It's just to keep the villagers from noticing that the Third Mizukage has been controlled."

Izumi chuckled softly. If we're talking about which of the five great villages is the most dangerous and the least fit for human habitation, Kirigakure would be second to none.

Your Sand Village is just a place with a harsh environment, corrupt upper echelons, and a daimyo who is mentally challenged. Ordinary ninjas can still survive if they want to.

The Mist Ninja is different; they raise Gu poisons, and the Third and Fourth Mizukage were controlled one after another. Who can withstand that?

Ye Cang fell silent, slowly processing the information, and suddenly realized that he wasn't so miserable after all.

At least before the betrayal, she had lived her entire life in the shadow of her reputation, without any real failures or difficult survival crises.

So what kind of life did this boy go through that led him to betray his teacher and actively flee the village?

"Alright, you rest for a while. We'll launch a night raid on the Fire Temple later."

"An attack on the Temple of Fire?"

Ye Cang frowned.

"Wouldn't that expose our whereabouts?"

"This is the Land of Fire. If we are exposed, we will be in big trouble."

"Furthermore, I've heard that the monks of the Fire Temple possess a very unique ability, and their strength is extraordinary."

Izumikawa shook his head slightly, gently touching the katana at his waist, and said in a deep voice, "A talent of the immortal race? It doesn't matter, that's my goal."

"I'll make my move when the time comes, and... as a wandering samurai."

"Although this might attract some attention, Konoha probably doesn't have time to spare any manpower. At most, they'll send a team of genin led by a jonin to investigate."

He knew all too well the strength of the Fire Temple and what arrangements the Konoha leadership would make.

At this stage, Jiraiya hasn't grown very strong yet, so there shouldn't be many opponents at the Fire Temple.

"Since you already have a plan in mind, then we'll listen to you."

Seeing that he already had a plan, Ye Cang didn't say anything more.

"Hmm, I need to observe this. The barrier they possess is quite troublesome. We'll need to destroy the Buddha statue at the entrance during the attack."

"You don't need to do anything. Just stay outside and provide support. Keep me as a backup plan."

"If our identities are exposed, then just like before, I'll get you out of here quickly."

Izumi explained the plan, then took off his sunglasses, his right eye immediately bulging with veins, and used his Byakugan to begin observing the interior of the Fire Temple.

He needs to find the Fire Temple's cultivation secrets. The so-called "talent of the immortal race" should just be a nature transformation of chakra, not some kind of natural energy.

Otherwise, Asuma would never have been able to learn it.

Having the ability to optimize, he needs many secret techniques and sealing techniques to fill his means and protect himself.

The words spoken by the Hyuga branch family ninja before his death were not a threat, but rather a statement of reality, which he was well aware of.

……

In the still of the night, with the bright moon hanging high, Izumi, who had been dozing, slowly opened his eyes.

"Yakura, it's almost time!" After waking up Yekura, who was also pretending to be asleep, the two looked down at the Fire Temple in the distance.

After spending the afternoon observing the Fire Temple with his Byakugan, he gained an understanding of the monks' actions and the temple's layout.

He tossed the mask he had prepared to Yekura, put it on himself, and then reached out to pull her into his arms and hug her.

【Moonwalk】!

Stepping through the air, they flew towards the Temple of Fire like a shooting star, arriving there in just a moment.

"Get ready, things might get a bit chaotic. Just make sure the monks don't form a formation, and don't use your bloodline limit."

"Um!"

After landing, Ye Cang left his embrace, her slender figure standing there with her arms crossed over her chest.

Izumikawa stretched his body slightly and slowly drew his katana from his waist, a weapon forged from his bones mixed with metal.

After all, chakra metal is too expensive for him to afford, so he had to lower his standards and choose his own bones.

Chakra flowed in his hand, enveloping the katana and compressing it continuously, until a faint blue color appeared on the blade.

【Storm Blade】!

I'm still grateful to the Hyuga branch family ninjas for contributing the Eight Trigrams Palm technique. This technique, which compresses chakra, sweeps through the air, and explodes into a shockwave, is really useful.

The leaping slash was unleashed in an instant, its target the two Buddha statues at the entrance of the Fire Temple.

Under the Byakugan, the chakra nodes within appeared, and the slash landed heavily on them, producing a loud sound.

Such a commotion immediately alerted the monks inside the Fire Temple, and the entire temple was instantly illuminated.