The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

For example, boiled fish.

Although there is no such thing as Sichuan peppercorns in the Naruto world, there are seasonings that can replace it, at most the taste may not be as authentic. However, that is only for him, who has eaten authentic Sichuan cuisine in his previous life. For the natives of the Naruto world, these are all novel dishes that they have never seen before. As long as they taste good, they don't care whether they are authentic or not.

Most importantly, these dishes are all incredibly fragrant when stir-fried, making them perfect for tempting those with an irresistible craving, like Hongdou.

Then Ishihara began to work, and the sounds and aromas of oil being splashed spread uncontrollably, reaching the homes and ears of the neighbors.

"Crash..."

"As expected, it's you again." Dressed in a red house dress, Kurenai Yuhi came to the balcony and looked at Ishihara Akira, who was busy at the stove, and sighed with a helpless expression.

"Has Lord Hong eaten? If not, please come and have some with us," Ishihara Akira invited with a kind smile.

"Forget it, I already bothered you a lot yesterday," Kurenai Yuhi said, refusing.

"What disturbance? I'm alone anyway, and I'm more than happy to have Lord Hong keep me company while I eat. Besides, I've made quite a lot of food today, and I can't finish it all by myself. Lord Hong, why don't you help me finish it off?" Ishihara Akira chimed in, "It's settled then. I'll go open the door for Lord Hong."

After saying that, without giving Yuhi Hong another chance to refuse, she ran to the door and unlocked it.

"Alright, Lord Hong can come right over," said Ishihara Akira, who had returned to the balcony.

"Well... alright." Kurenai Yuhi, who was already starving from Ishihara's antics, sighed helplessly, shook her head, went back into the house, changed her shoes in the entryway, and then went out to Ishihara's house.

"Please have a seat, Lord Kurenai. The food will be ready soon," said Ishihara Sho, looking at Kurenai Yuhi as she walked in from outside.

“I’m not in a hurry, you can take your time,” Kurenai Yuhi replied.

At the same time, for some reason, Kurenai Yuhi subconsciously recalled the absurd dream she had that day when she stayed overnight at the Ishihara's house...

I actually dreamed about doing *that* with Ishihara!

He's still just a child...

Have we really been holding back for too long?

……

"Lord Hong, the food is ready. Come and eat." Ishihara Akira put down the freshly cooked boiled fish and brought over the rice cooker and bowls and chopsticks.

"Oh." Kurenai Yuhi snapped out of her reverie and sat down opposite Ishihara Sho.

"It seems you're quite the culinary genius, Ishihara. I haven't tasted these dishes yet, but just by looking at them and smelling them, I can tell they must taste amazing." Kurenai Yuhi took the rice bowl from Ishihara Akane and looked at the food in front of her, which seemed to have a slight sheen, and couldn't help but exclaim.

“If Lord Hong likes it, you can come to my house for dinner every day, and I will take care of your three meals a day,” Ishihara Akira said as soon as he saw the ladder.

Chapter 58 Notes

“No need. I’m an adult. I don’t need a child to help me with my meals.” Hong refused without hesitation.

"How about this? You can still eat here for three meals a day, but you won't be eating for free. If you're satisfied, you can also give me some pointers on the basics and key points of illusion magic training, okay?" Ishihara Akira thought for a moment and then offered as a compromise.

"Guide me in cultivation..." Kurenai Yuhi pondered.

"Yes, it's like a regular Jonin instructing a student; they just give some pointers, it's not like they're taking on a disciple," Ishihara Akira confirmed.

“That’s not a problem.” Kurenai thought for a moment and agreed.

If it's just the basics, there's no need to worry that Ishihara Sho will go astray once he learns them.

Besides, the basics aren't exactly secrets; any ninja who knows genjutsu basically knows them, though they might not be as proficient or knowledgeable as I am.

Using these to get Ishihara Sho to prepare three meals a day for me is not a bad idea.

"Thank you so much, Ms. Hong," Ishihara Akira said happily.

She glanced at him, then didn't correct his use of the word "teacher."

Then the two continued to enjoy the food in front of them...

Naturally, this time the food was also enhanced. Although it didn't evoke the same emotions as yesterday's grilled skewers, it still provided plenty of feelings of happiness and primal instincts. Combined with Ishihara Yuuki's subtle manipulation, Kurenai Yuhi couldn't help but experience certain reactions after eating a certain amount.

It made it harder for her to eat peacefully.

Therefore, after quickly eating a couple more bites and finishing the rice in her bowl, Kurenai Yuhi stood up, greeted Ishihara Akira, and ran back to her home. She then went into the bathroom to wash up.

"As expected, the combination of emotional food and emotional manipulation is quite effective." Ishihara Akira thought smugly, having taken in all of this through a mental scan.

"In that case, if I continue to manipulate things in her dream for a while longer, Kurenai should be able to lower her guard and fully accept my existence, right?"

……

Surrounded by the beautiful scenery bathed in the glow of Kurenai Yuhi, Ishihara Akane comfortably finished the carefully prepared food in front of him, put away the bowls and chopsticks, and sat on the sofa to leisurely watch a TV program about the Naruto world...

Despite the childish content being unacceptable, in a world like Naruto where there's no entertainment other than battles, one can only reluctantly watch it.

We can't really go to certain special scenic spots for research and learning just for entertainment, like Jiraiya did, can we?

Although he's now flush with cash thanks to his new money-making opportunities and could easily live a life of luxury, Ishihara Akira feels it's better to hold back for now in order to improve Kurenai Yuhi's favorability. He can start thinking about enjoying himself later after he's managed to get all the knowledge about illusion magic from Kurenai Yuhi.

However, before he could look for long, rhythmic knocking came from the quiet door again.

Ishihara Akira was taken aback, then got up and went to open the door.

"Ms. Kurenai." Ishihara Akira called out to Kurenai, who was still wearing the same clothes, but whose hair was still a little wet because she had just taken a shower, making her look even more charming and beautiful.

"These are my notes from when I was learning illusion magic as a child. Take a look at them first, and if you don't understand anything, come back to me." Kurenai Yuhi took out a notebook that looked a bit worn and handed it to Akira Ishihara.

“Okay, thank you so much, Ms. Hong,” Ishihara Sho said happily.

"Then study hard." After saying that, Kurenai turned around again and went back to her apartment.

Meanwhile, Ishihara Akira closed the door, happily returned to the living room with his notebook in hand, turned off the TV, and began to formally examine the notes.

In an instant, the still somewhat immature words caught his eye.

"It seems that it really is Kurenai Yuhi's practice notes from when she was a child."

Immediately, Ishihara Akira put these random thoughts aside and focused on reading the notes in his hand.

Similar to what Ishihara Sho initially understood, the illusion techniques in the Naruto world are indeed based on Yin Release energy, which is essentially mental energy. They are a technique that influences the target's senses by altering the flow of chakra within the brain's meridian network, thereby creating an illusionary scene.

To put it bluntly, it means creating mental illness to impair their cognitive abilities.

Therefore, the prerequisite for activating illusion magic is to have sufficiently strong and keen mental power, as well as good perception and mental acuity. Only in this way can one successfully activate illusion magic in the ever-changing battle, when there is no time to lose or when the opponent is on guard, so as to achieve a fatal blow to the opponent.

Unfortunately, all the illusions recorded here involve chakra, not the kind that Ishihara Sho initially thought could be activated simply by the involvement of spiritual energy...

If you want that, you'll probably have to find the Uchiha clan in the end, or at least get your hands on the Sharingan.

"So, like sensory ninjutsu, it needs to be modified..." Ishihara Sho sighed helplessly.

His main purpose in coming to the Naruto world was to take what was readily available, but he didn't expect that although he did get the techniques, he had to modify each one to make it a ninjutsu that was suitable for him to use!

He felt that he might as well use that time to create a few so-called ninjutsu.

"Therefore, materializing chakra into the real world is still the most important and fundamental aspect of my operation."

With a sigh, Ishihara Akira shook his head again and began to study things related to illusion.

For example, how to stimulate mental power.

How can we change the frequency of our mental energy so that it can directly affect our chakra?

There are also questions about how to directly use mental power to achieve illusion effects.

In short, it consisted of various experiments, plus the basic illusion techniques recorded in my study notes—

For example, the "Magical Naraku Viewing Technique." A technique that allows one to see the images they least want to see and fear in their heart.

The Kasumi Servant Technique is an illusion that makes the shadows of rocks and trees appear to come to life. It has little to no lethality, but it's perfectly fine for scaring people.

Especially at night when the streetlights are on, they can easily scare ordinary night walkers into screaming.

"But it doesn't seem as powerful as the illusions used by sorcerers or magicians described in the ancient books... I wonder if Kishimoto lacks knowledge in this area, or if he doesn't want to portray illusions as overpowered." Ishihara Sho, who was researching illusions, muttered with some dissatisfaction.

"By the way, could we use some magic tricks to distract the viewer and activate the illusion?"

"Well, it's not like we can't give it a try."

Chapter 59 Reality and Illusion

"It seems I still need to go to a special scenic spot and talk to the person in charge. Otherwise, no matter how much I think about it, I won't be able to verify it." After some time, Ishihara Sho, who was standing up and stretching his body, turned his neck and stretched his muscles, muttered to himself with a thoughtful look.

"No, just the景区负责人 (scenic area manager) isn't enough. After all, those who can be managers are basically ordinary people, meaning they're not ninjas. Even if they can help me with the tests, it only shows that my abilities work on ordinary people. They can't even tell whether it's because of the genjutsu I developed or because my mental strength is too strong, let alone test the effect of mental strength on a ninja's brain chakra..."

"So, should we still start with the students at the Ninja Academy, or rather, with Tenten?"

"It seems that besides going to find Hinata and the others to test the fundamental factors that cause the AT field to appear tomorrow, I also need to visit Tenten. I wonder if that girl is still in the village."

Then, Ishihara Akira looked up at the wall clock.

"Wow, it's already this late."

Around 10:10 PM, under normal circumstances, most people should be asleep by now!

After all, the Naruto world is not the future. Without sufficient entertainment industry support, ordinary people have nothing to do except sleep and have children.

"I don't know if Hong is asleep or not."

Without further ado, Ishihara Akira released his mental energy once again and rushed into Kurenai Yuhi's room to scan her living conditions.

"Drinking? Drinking alone?" Ishihara Akira muttered.

Then, his spiritual power surged, injecting a primal desire from the six desires into the wine in Kurenai's hand. Following his spiritual power, it came to her side and silently catalyzed the emotional changes of her own seven emotions and six desires.

"Asuma, you're never here whenever I need you. I really don't know what I was hoping to gain by agreeing to date you in the first place? Just because you're the Third Hokage's son, so that if we had children, they wouldn't have to work as hard and lack resources as I have, could become excellent ninjas or even strong ninjas in a shorter time, and wouldn't be as vulnerable to death in a potential war?" Kurenai Yuhi muttered to herself, seemingly already drunk.

"But you have to be more proactive! You can't just stop doing anything because I don't react, can you? Where did all your courage go when you were in school? Did it get sucked away by the allure of the world and the women over there?"

As she spoke, Kurenai took a big gulp of her drink and finished the wine in her hand.

"If I had known you'd become so useless, I would have preferred to focus my attention on someone else."

Upon hearing this, Ishihara had an idea and began to influence Kurenai Yuhi herself.

Using a pure mental illusion technique he had just devised, he instilled his own image into Kurenai Yuhi's mind.

"Teacher Hong," the illusion of Ishihara Sho gently called out.

"Huh? Ishihara? What are you doing in my room?" Kurenai asked, somewhat surprised but not wary.