The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

Soon after, the Two-Tails was successfully captured, extracted, and sealed.

Then there's the Three-Tailed Fox, which is even simpler because it was in the wild and was dealt with without alerting anyone. As for the Four-Tailed Fox and the Five-Tailed Fox, even without the help of Jue Zetsu's intelligence, Ishihara Sho had his own way of locating them and then notifying Konan so that she could tell the others, who could then capture them successfully.

The same applies to the Six-Tails, which is currently wandering around.

The Seven-Tails was even simpler; it had been staying in Takigakure, and Kakuzu went back to guide the way, so the Seven-Tails was acquired. The only troublesome one was the Eight-Tails.

The problem isn't how difficult he is to deal with. With the strength of the Akatsuki members, suppressing an Eight-Tails isn't that difficult. The difficulty lies in the fact that moving the Eight-Tails could cause chaos throughout the entire Hidden Cloud Village.

In addition, given the Eight-Tails' unique tail-cutting survival mode, you can't be too careful when trying to capture him.

So Ishihara Akira stopped hiding it and directly brought out the two Yugito figures he had brought back earlier.

Yes, the two Yugito are alive!

Although she died because the tailed beast was extracted and her body was abandoned in a cave, Ishihara Akira used his authority as a world administrator to bring her to him. Then, using abilities similar to Impure World Reincarnation and Pure Land administrator, he brought back Yugito Nii's soul, which had already entered the Pure Land, adjusted it, and threw it back into Yugito Nii's body. After that, he sacrificed a few White Zetsu to replenish her depleted life force, and Yugito Nii was basically revived.

But that only saves her life; to truly make her one of our own, we need to perform some spiritual intervention.

So after reviving the two Yugitos, Ishihara Shou decisively cast an illusion spell into her consciousness, fundamentally altering her perception of the world—

For example, although her origins are still in Kumogakure, her parents, relatives, and friends have all become characters played and arranged by Ishihara Sho, and she has become Yugito Nii's childhood friend, allowing her to change Yugito Nii's mind from a young age in the illusion.

Whether she was an ordinary person or after becoming a Jinchūriki.

He wanted the two Yukito to trust him only, or rather, to trust him the most.

After repeating this cycle a thousand or eight hundred times, the two Yugitos became close to Ishihara Sho, and were then awakened by him to join the capture operation for the Eight-Tails.

Moreover, her role is quite simple: to use her original identity as a ninja from Kumogakure to go to the forbidden area, lure the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki out, and take him to the ambush location. Then, in coordination with the Akatsuki, she would take him away and seal him before Kumogakure could react.

So although the process was a bit troublesome, the overall result was still good. Yugito and the others successfully captured the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, preventing him from deceiving them by cutting off his tail to survive, and successfully sealed the Eight-Tails into the Gedo Mazo.

At this point, only the Nine-Tails remains to be captured.

"What should we do with the Nine-Tails?" Kakuzu asked during another Akatsuki meeting.

"Leave it to me." Ishihara Sho took over the task before Uchiha Itachi could speak.

"You?" Deidara asked in disbelief.

Uchiha Itachi also turned his gaze over.

Ishihara Akira remained silent, instead turning his gaze to Tendo Yahiko, who was standing to the side.

“Alright, the task of capturing the Nine-Tails is now in your hands,” Tendo Yahiko replied expressionlessly.

Seeing this, the others didn't dare to object anymore, and they all quieted down, wanting to see if this newcomer named Ishihara Akira could capture the most difficult Nine-Tails.

……

And the result was indeed beyond the expectations of the Akatsuki members. Before some of them with ulterior motives could act—such as Itachi Uchiha relaying the message back to Konoha—they received another notification to gather and be summoned to seal the Nine-Tails.

Left with no other choice, they had to use the Illusionary Body Technique to gather together as required, and then, following the instructions of Yahiko controlled by Nagato, they began to perform the Nine Seals of the Illusionary Dragon.

The familiar energy surged forth once more from the Gedo Mazo, which now had eight eyes open, like a gluttonous beast about to devour its prey, drawing upon the power of the Nine-Tails from Naruto Uzumaki, who was now completely unconscious.

Upon seeing this, Itachi Uchiha's eyes flickered again, and finally his figure blurred and disappeared completely into the air.

Instantly, the entire spell system was destroyed, and everyone was uncontrollably impacted by the spell's backlash, their expressions changing and them letting out muffled groans.

"Uchiha Itachi!" Deidara roared angrily, having a grudge against Uchiha Itachi.

“Mr. Itachi,” Kisame Hoshigaki said in surprise.

However, without much hesitation, he immediately dispelled the illusion and returned to reality.

Although he trusted Itachi Uchiha, he didn't know if Itachi would refrain from attacking him, given that they got along relatively well, in this situation that was clearly a betrayal.

Unfortunately, Kisame Hoshigaki was clearly overthinking things. As he tried to reclaim his consciousness from the base, he was met with Itachi Uchiha's blood-red Sharingan. His head buzzed, and he completely lost consciousness…

"Time is running out. I must find Sasuke as soon as possible and give him my eyes and power," Itachi Uchiha murmured as he casually knocked Kisame Hoshigaki down.

Without hesitation, he flashed out of his hiding place and rushed towards Orochimaru's Sound Village.

Clearly, he already knew that Sasuke had defected from Konoha and gone to Orochimaru's side; otherwise, he wouldn't have left so decisively and clearly.

"What do we do now?" Deidara asked.

“Let’s start over,” Tendo Yahiko said calmly.

Then more Pain puppets emerged, oh, and two more Yugitos, who are now members of Akatsuki and can take over the positions of the vanished Itachi Uchiha or Kisame Hoshigaki.

Then everyone formed hand seals again and began sealing the Nine-Tails once more.

Perhaps it was because Nagato had recovered his health, or perhaps it was because the Gedo Mazo had already devoured eight tailed beasts and its sealing ability was stronger, but the speed at which it sealed the Nine-Tails was significantly faster than when it sealed other tailed beasts in the past. In just over a day, the Nine-Tails was successfully pulled out of Naruto's body...

But it wasn't over yet, because immediately afterward, Ishihara Sho took out a ball of violent chakra that was no less powerful than the Nine-Tails and threw it into the Gedo Mazo.

Instantly, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path opened all nine eyes, emanating a terrifyingly powerful chakra reaction.

"Damn it, what did you just do?!" Deidara, acting like a clueless, self-centered second-generation heir, glared at Ishihara Sho and shouted at him.

"I simply completed the Nine-Tails," Ishihara Sho said calmly.

"So what's going on now?" Deidara asked, pointing at the Gedo Mazo that seemed to be coming back to life.

"Then you'll have to ask the leader," Ishihara Akira said with a light laugh.

“This is normal, don’t worry,” Yahiko replied.

"Normal phenomenon? This doesn't seem like it," Kakuzu said thoughtfully.

Chapter 258 Taking the Divine Tree for a Feast

Reviving the Ten-Tails is equivalent to consolidating the 10% of authority that was dispersed. The next step is to deal with the Ten-Tails, and then Ishihara Sho will be able to take back that 10% of authority and gain even closer control over the Naruto world.

However, Ishihara Shou wasn't going to let the Ten-Tails off so easily; he planned to use it to pull off another big move—

For example, he could obtain the Chakra Fruit and then seize all the distributed authority by consuming it.

So after getting rid of the Akatsuki members, Ishihara Sho once again approached Nagato, who was under his demonic control. He took Nagato away from Amegakure and appeared directly outside the Myoboku space. After a short stay, he used the Summoning Jutsu to summon a small clone of the Slug Sage.

"Long time no see, Slug Master," Ishihara Akira greeted with a smile.

"It's been a long time, Lord Ishihara," the slug replied.

Moreover, it was very polite, without the arrogance of other spirit beasts in other immortal realms, who thought that immortals were first, they were second, and spirit mediums could only be ranked third. It was as if it really was just an ordinary spirit beast.

"I wonder if Lord Ishihara summoned me here to deliver a message, or if he has other instructions?" Slug asked again.

“No, I just wanted to show you a good show,” Ishihara Akira said.

"Oh?"

Ishihara Sho smiled without saying anything. He first placed the Slug Sage on his shoulder, then stretched his hands forward as if probing into some kind of actual membrane, and pulled it outward with force, creating a huge rift.

Then a large amount of natural energy surged out from the breach, and another world came into view for Ishihara Sho.

"This is... Mount Myōboku?" the slug sage exclaimed belatedly.

“That’s right, it’s Mount Myōboku where the Toad Sage is.” With that, Ishihara Akira led Nagato into Mount Myōboku, sensed the direction, and headed towards the place in Mount Myōboku where the natural energy reaction was the strongest.

Naturally, because they had no disguise or concealment, their tracks were quickly noticed by the toads of Mount Myōboku. Then, the toads gathered and surrounded Ishihara Shō and Nagato.

"Who are you, and what is your purpose in coming to my Mount Myoboku?" one of the toads, which was about the size of a truck, questioned.

"You don't need to know this," Ishihara Akira said with a light laugh, glancing at the toad in front of him whose name he didn't know.

With a snap of his fingers, all the toads froze for a moment, then, as if forgetting the reason they had gathered together, they exchanged glances and scattered in all directions.

"Illusion?" the slug sage asked in confusion.

"Yes." Ishihara Akira nodded.

After that, because Ishihara Sho had cast an illusion spell to shield them, no toads noticed their arrival or whereabouts, allowing the two people and the slug to easily reach the cave where the Great Toad Sage was sleeping.

Then Ishihara and Nagato stopped. Ishihara nodded to Nagato, who then decisively formed hand seals and slammed them onto the ground.

"puff!"

A huge cloud of smoke billowed, and the Gedo Mazo, which had returned to the form of a divine tree, was summoned by Nagato using a summoning jutsu. It landed directly in front of the Great Toad Sage's cave and stretched out its body.

"That's... the Ten-Tails!? This shouldn't be happening. Wasn't the Ten-Tails dismantled by the Sage of Six Paths? How can it be revived? And Lord Ishihara, why do you have the Ten-Tails?!" The Slug Sage could no longer maintain his composure, and asked urgently with a hint of panic in his voice.

“It’s very simple. I revived it by collecting the tailed beasts, and now, naturally, I’m going to help it come back to life and fulfill its original mission. By the way, I’ll also help it get rid of the ninja world’s cancers like Mount Myōboku and Ryūchi Cave,” Ishihara Sho said calmly.

"Myoboku-san and Ryuchi-dong, but what about Shikkotsu-no-Kami?" the Slug Sage asked in a deep voice.

"That's why I summoned you alone to watch the show with me. I hope that you, Slug Sage, will cooperate with me so I can take something back from you, otherwise..."

As the sacred tree stretched out, the abundant natural energy of Mount Myōboku surged forth, swirling towards it like a vortex. The scene was so vast that even the toads affected by Ishihara Sho's illusions couldn't miss it. So, in no time, all the toads of Mount Myōboku had arrived.

But it didn't work!

Because the current Nagato is not the Nagato from the original story, but a puppet controlled by Ishihara Sho's demonic thoughts. Before turning Nagato into a puppet, Ishihara Sho had also swallowed Black Zetsu, a consciousness clone of Kaguya Otsutsuki, as well as the soul left behind by the Sage of Six Paths. His control over the Rinnegan and the Divine Tree was already far greater than before. So, with just a thought from Nagato, the roots of the Divine Tree shot out rapidly like vines created by Wood Release, wrapping around the surrounding toads and the Great Toad Sage in the cave like long whips, absorbing their chakra and natural energy as if they were devouring chakra and natural energy.

The scene was absolutely terrifying.

In just a moment, the little toads, unable to withstand the divine tree's draining power, turned into dried corpses, shattered, and disappeared into the air.

Then there are the medium-sized toads.

As for the giant toads, although they were not yet finished, they were all listless and unable to resist or escape the entanglement of the divine tree. In the end, they had no choice but to follow in the footsteps of the other toads, having their chakra and natural energy extracted from their bodies by the divine tree, which slowly exhausted their lives and disappeared into the air.

……

The entire process lasted about half a day. Mount Myōboku, one of the three great holy lands of the ninja world, was naturally depleted of energy and its spatial barrier was shattered under the unrestrained extraction of the Divine Tree. The entire space was irresistibly merged back into the entire Great Ninja World.

Naturally, all the toads of Mount Myōboku have died out, so there's no need to worry about the ecological impact they might have on the ninjas.

Then, without stopping, Ishihara Sho, along with the shocked Slug Sage and Nagato, went to Ryuchi Cave. Using the same method, they summoned the increasingly tall Divine Tree and launched a new round of annihilation against Ryuchi Cave.

"By the way, what do you want to take from me?" At this moment, the slug sage, having come to his senses, finally remembered the topic he hadn't finished discussing earlier and asked.

“World access,” Ishihara Akira replied.

"World authority? What's that?" the slug immortal asked in confusion.

"Well, the authority over a world is like an individual's ownership of an object. When that authority isn't divided, you are the absolute owner of that object. But if it's divided, for example, if you and someone else jointly own the object, then whoever has more authority has the right to control that object. If I want the entire Naruto world to become my private world, I need to reclaim the authority that the world itself has distributed over countless years, and some of that is with you," Ishihara Akira explained.