The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

"Thank you, Auntie."

Then, Sakura's mother left again, leaving the space to her three children: Ishihara Sho, Yamanaka Ino, and Sakura.

“It’s no problem to help you catch up on your studies, but even with my help, you probably won’t be able to catch up on much before tomorrow, right?” Sakura Haruno analyzed logically after her mother left.

“I know,” Ishihara Akira nodded in agreement.

"So what do you mean?" Sakura Haruno asked in return.

"I want you to help me catch up on what I've missed, starting after school tomorrow, until I catch up," Ishihara Akira said.

"Does that mean I have to stay with you every day?" Sakura Haruno asked in surprise.

"Probably..." Ishihara Akira chuckled dryly.

“That won’t do, Sasuke will misunderstand.” Sakura Haruno said without hesitation.

"Sasuke doesn't like you anyway, so it's just a misunderstanding," Yamanaka Ino retorted without any politeness.

"How do you know Sasuke doesn't like me?" Sakura Haruno said angrily.

"Because Sasuke is mine, I will not let him fall in love with you!" Yamanaka Ino said smugly.

"You fart!"

Then, the scene turned into a contest between two women vying for a man. Even though this was in Haruno Sakura's house, and Haruno Sakura's mother was standing not far away, the two women showed no restraint whatsoever, as if they were stating some kind of established fact. This gave Ishihara Akira a clear understanding of the thought process of those who are obsessed with good looks.

Sure enough, none of them seem quite normal.

"Ino, stop arguing. Don't forget we're at Sakura's house." Seeing this, Ishihara Akira, not wanting things to go further astray, grabbed Yamanaka Ino's arm, tugged at her, and whispered a reminder.

Chapter 42 Notes

In short, the visit came to an end amidst the bickering of Yamanaka Ino and Haruno Sakura...

As expected, Ishihara Sho did not receive tutoring assistance from Haruno Sakura.

"I'm sorry, it's all because of me that your plans fell through." Yamanaka Ino apologized profusely as she left Haruno Sakura's house.

"This has nothing to do with you, Ino. Even if you hadn't argued with Sakura, you would probably still have been rejected in the end. After all, Sakura made it very clear just now that she was worried that Sasuke would misunderstand because of my tutoring, so to avoid that misunderstanding, she wouldn't stay with me after school," Ishihara Akira said, waving his hand to comfort her rationally.

"Then what about your situation?" Yamanaka Ino pressed.

"I guess I'll just have to ask someone else. If that doesn't work, I guess I'll have to ask Iruka-sensei for help," Ishihara Sho said nonchalantly, shrugging.

Anyway, he said that tutoring was just an excuse to confirm his identity. As for whether he could actually find someone to tutor him, he didn't really care. If he really wanted to learn the basics of the ninja academy, he could just wait near the school and use his abilities to control a lower-grade student and have that student teach him.

The reason he hasn't done so yet is entirely because when he visited Sakura Haruno's family, he remembered that chakra doesn't seem to be a native product of the ninja world. It was brought here by the Otsutsuki clan, who, through planting the God Tree and consuming chakra fruits, gave birth to the brothers Otsutsuki Hamura and Otsutsuki Hagoromo, who are known as the Sage of Six Paths.

Then, Hamura Otsutsuki established the Ninshu sect and distributed the seeds of chakra, which allowed this foreign energy system of chakra to spread throughout the ninja world. As his descendants branched out and their offspring intermarried with the local inhabitants, chakra became the mainstream power system.

In other words, chakra is an energy that only people in the ninja world can cultivate. As an outsider without chakra genes, who knows if he could cultivate such a thing?

Although it is said that chakra can be generated simply by having physical and mental energy...

However, Ishihara Sho was also uncertain whether his current physical condition was the same as that of the native inhabitants of the ninja world.

Even if they look no different on the outside, what about on the inside?

He hadn't forgotten that when he watched this anime, especially the part about chakra training, the depiction of the human meridian system was completely different from the meridian system in Traditional Chinese Medicine that he knew. It was a much more complex system!

In addition, there's his current identity as a Heavenly Demon...

So after thinking it over, if he wants to obtain chakra, he probably has no choice but to learn from those who were given chakra seeds by the Sage of Six Paths, obtain chakra seeds from others, and then cultivate, simulate, and strengthen them in order to truly master this thing.

"In that case, it seems quite troublesome to materialize it..."

Fortunately, it's not absolute!

After all, although the chakra in the Naruto world was brought by the Otsutsuki clan, the concept itself is Indian!

In other words, chakra is an energy that exists in reality, but it can only be obtained by practicing the corresponding system—the Three Channels and Seven Chakras method.

Coincidentally, the Tantric practice that Ishihara Akira is currently practicing is based on the three channels and seven chakras. After that, as long as he searches for relevant information online, buys the corresponding theoretical guidebooks, and finds a Japanese yoga master from India to help him, he should be able to manifest chakra in reality.

At that time, I should be able to get rid of my current predicament of only having mental aids in combat but no actual physical self-defense skills, right?

Not to mention, Bajiquan is also very popular in Japan. If there's really no other way, he wouldn't mind finding a martial arts gym to train at, and then finding a movie set from the Republican era to hone his skills and improve his physique, preparing himself for building a harem in the future.

……

"Forget it, don't ask anyone else. I'll tutor you myself." Yamanaka Ino hesitated for a moment before saying to Ishihara Sho, sounding annoyed.

"Won't this interfere with your cultivation?" Ishihara Sho asked, slightly surprised.

“Theoretically speaking, no,” Yamanaka Ino said.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Ino," Ishihara Akira said with a smile.

"After all, I'm the one who ruined your plans."

The two then returned to the flower shop owned by the Ino family, greeted Ino's mother, Rino Yamanaka, and went to the backyard of the flower shop together, where they sat down in a small room.

"Did you bring your notebook?" Yamanaka Ino asked Ishihara Sho, who had been standing in the room stammering for a long time and hadn't figured out how to start.

Unfortunately, the teaching methods at the Ninja Academy in the Naruto world are rather awkward. Although there are textbooks, they only cover humanities subjects, such as history and politics. As for other subjects, like shuriken throwing, taijutsu, the Three Body Techniques, and even code breaking, they are all taught orally and by students themselves, with no corresponding textbooks available.

So even if you want to get tutoring, you can't find a suitable place to start.

"No," Ishihara Akira shook his head.

"Fine, then you can look at my notes first, and ask me if you don't understand anything," Yamanaka Ino said helplessly.

"also."

Then Yamanaka Ino turned around and began searching through her notes...

Soon, Yamanaka Ino found a notebook filled with neat handwriting and handed it to Ishihara Akira.

Ishihara Akira took it and started reading it from the beginning.

Well, the content above really does fit the characteristics of a ninja. Serious academic lessons are scarce, and even when they are, they're mostly about the Will of Fire and other such things; it's all about what the ninja profession requires.

For example, cipher classification. Methods for deciphering ciphers, the meaning of ciphers, and the meaning of gestures, etc...

Trap placement techniques, the lethality and range of explosive tags, the appropriate combat methods for using shurikens, and precautions for different battlefield environments.

Methods of chakra training, how to effectively utilize and conserve chakra, and how to use chakra to enhance one's strength, speed, and attack power.

It's practically a tactics manual!

And this is the content of Ino Yamanaka's notes, a mediocre student whose theoretical grades are average and who often daydreams in class. If this were Sakura Haruno's notes, an excellent student, who knows what even more shocking content would be inside?

Ishihara Akira studied with great eagerness, and frequently asked Ino about the knowledge points in his notes.

Chapter 43 Every Day

"Alright, Ino, that's enough for today." Ishihara Akira, who had been keeping track of the time, closed his notebook and said to Ino, who was sitting next to him.

"Huh? Oh. Have you learned everything in the notebook?" Ino was taken aback at first, then raised her hand to smooth her hair and asked in return.

“There are still some things I don’t quite understand, so I’d like to borrow your notes to continue studying. I’ll return them to you when class starts tomorrow. Is that alright?” Ishihara Akira said with a smile.

“Sure,” Ino replied readily.

"Thank you so much, Ino. You're such a kind person."

"hey-hey……"

After chatting for a while, Ishihara Akira took the initiative to say goodbye and left the Yamanaka family's flower shop with Ino seeing him off.

"Phew... Next up is scouting the location and figuring out where to stay for today." Ishihara Akane, having finally left the mountain flower shop, looked at the increasingly bustling streets of Konoha and muttered to himself.

"I hope everything goes well."

Then, with directions from passersby, Ishihara Sho found his main activity area for the next day—the ninja academy. He noted the route and then walked away again to search for a suitable target…

Of course, it doesn't matter if he doesn't meet her, because in his heart, he has already chosen someone who can help him get through the initial predicament - Tenten, who is also one of the Konoha's new generation of twelve!

As one of the wealthiest women in Konoha, Ishihara Sho felt that no one was more suitable for him to live off her.

Most importantly, Tenten's art style, clothing, and appearance all fit his aesthetic, and coupled with the resources hidden behind her—money—Ishihara Sho couldn't think of a better candidate than her.

So while searching for Tenten, he also kept asking the people in Konoha about the location of Tenten's weapon shop, planning to lie in wait there and capture Tenten...

As for whether she has already left the village to carry out a mission or something.

Tenten, Lee, and Neji are in the same year, meaning they are a year ahead of Naruto and Ino, and are newly graduated genin! While they do take on missions to gain experience, they only accept D-rank village missions—

For example, basic labor, such as caring for the elderly, catching cats and chasing dogs, or driving away wild boars, are tasks that are not dangerous and can strengthen the connection between teammates.

Unlike in the original story, you can't just make a fuss and get a C-rank mission to leave the village from the Hokage.

Unless, of course, it comes down to the point where they have to draw blood.

Therefore, he was quite confident that he could wait for Tenten to appear in Konoha Village, or rather, at Tenten's weapon shop.

……

Sure enough, not long after, he squatted down and found Tian Tian, ​​who had finished exercising and come back to help watch the shop.

However, he didn't rush in. Instead, he planned to wait until she closed down and went home before trying to make her one of his own...

So, after confirming Tenten's location, Ishihara Akira left again to avoid lingering in one place for too long and attracting Tenten's attention, which would be difficult to handle later...

Although Tiantian was only 13 years old at this time, which would be considered an ordinary little girl in later generations, any adult could easily subdue her.

But that's in the future. In the Naruto world where chakra exists, Tenten, who has graduated from the Ninja Academy and officially become a Genin, is not a helpless little girl, but a humanoid beast. If he really treats her like a little girl from the future, there is no other possibility but that she will be beaten to a pulp!

Especially considering that he has no close combat ability whatsoever besides mind control.

Encountering or fighting this type of taijutsu-based ninja will only result in a more tragic outcome.

Therefore, it wasn't until after dark that Ishihara Akira caught up with Tenten, who was preparing to go home for dinner, and followed her from a distance using his mental scanning ability until Tenten returned to her home.

Then, Ishihara Sho used a hypnotic field to envelop himself and secretly sneaked into Tenten's house. With the family doing nothing, he entered Tenten's bedroom, sat on the bed, and patiently waited.

Fortunately, it wasn't too long. About an hour later, Tian Tian, ​​with wet hair that looked like she had just taken a shower, pushed open the door and walked in while drying her hair.

Suddenly, Tian Tian paused, her eyes sharpening. But before she could react, Ishihara Akira's hypnotic technique simultaneously took effect, suppressing her consciousness…