The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

It was to be expected that he would encounter a mental barrier similar to the one that protected the target from invasion by the external demons when he invaded Kurenai Yuhi's dream before—the AT Field!

Chapter 61 Frank Talk

Next up is Sasuke.

“Duang。”

Sakura Haruno.

“Duang。”

Hinata.

“Duang。”

It can be said that it perfectly shows why they are the main characters!

They're incredibly popular!

It was enough to make Ishihara Sho dizzy and his eyes blurry.

But the other cockroaches continued to invade as usual, as smoothly and effortlessly as if they were playing on a water park slide...

"In other words, whether or not a character has an AT Field outside their body depends mainly on their popularity in the outside world, rather than on their strength!" After a pause, Ishihara Akira continued to ponder, "The reason why Ino, who is also a popular character, doesn't have an AT Field protection is simply because her popularity hasn't reached a certain limit yet, and she hasn't met the standard for activating an AT Field. She still needs to work harder..."

If she still has a chance.

"Unfortunately, apart from Sakura Haruno, these four are all difficult to approach. It seems that if I want to continue to improve my authority in this world, I can only start with other people."

For example, Tsunade.

For example, Xiao Nan.

Or perhaps other popular characters who are adrift in the world.

……

Afterwards, Ishihara Sho left the Ninja Academy and headed towards Training Ground No. 6, which Tenten had mentioned before and which she usually frequented.

Luckily, he spotted Tian Tian there.

“Tian Tian,” Ishihara Sho called out.

"Ishihara, are you here to train?" Tenten turned around and smiled at Ishihara Akira, who was walking towards her.

“No, I have something else I need your help with,” Ishihara Akira said.

"What is it?" Tian Tian asked curiously.

“I recently managed to get in touch with Jonin Kurenai Yuhi and received a lot of guidance from her. But as you know, due to my physical condition, I can no longer actively cultivate chakra to become a ninja. Naturally, I can't learn and use genjutsu step by step like you guys. But fortunately, my mental strength has grown significantly because of my physical condition. So I was thinking, could I develop genjutsu that can be activated with just mental strength, based on the existing genjutsu?” Ishihara Akira explained.

"So, you want me to help you develop new illusion magic?" Tian Tian suddenly realized.

“Yes.” Ishihara Akira nodded.

"What do I need to do?" Tian Tian kept asking.

"Pack your things first, then come home with me."

Without hesitation, Tian Tian, ​​with the help of Ishihara Akira, retrieved the kunai, shuriken, senbon, and other miscellaneous ancient ninja weapons stuck in the targets around her, sealed them into a sealing scroll, and then returned to the apartment where Ishihara Akira was currently living with a light heart.

"Alright, now you can talk, right?" Tenten plopped down on the sofa without any hesitation, looking at Ishihara Akira standing there curiously.

“Let’s start with the basics. Right now, you need to cooperate with me to find out the mental frequency that can effectively influence chakra,” Ishihara Sho replied.

"How do we do it?" Tian Tian pressed.

“You just need to sit there. Then I will use my mental power to influence the chakra in your body, and then you can tell me how you felt and what changes you experienced,” Ishihara Akira said.

“Okay, you can come.” Tian Tian nodded in agreement.

"Okay, I'll begin then," Ishihara Akira reminded him.

"Ah."

Then, Ishihara Sho didn't hold back and used his mental power to interfere with the chakra circulation within Tenten's body, especially in her head.

That's easy. After all, chakra is a special kind of energy created by combining mental and physical energy. So as long as you're mentally sound and can release it, you can definitely influence the fluctuations of chakra. The only difference is the intensity of the influence and whether it can have a specific effect on the person being influenced.

Therefore, Ishihara did not seem particularly excited about the initial feedback. Instead, he gradually changed his mental fluctuations and began testing the range of influence of more specific frequencies on human consciousness...

……

The test was very long, and even around dinner time, Ishihara Akira had not finished the test.

"Take a break first, I'll go cook," Ishihara Akira said with a sigh.

"Do you need my help?" Tian Tian asked, getting up.

“You’ve already helped me a lot today, and besides, it’s time for you to see my skills,” Ishihara Akira said with a confident smile.

"Oh? So confident?"

"Then take a look."

"Then I'll sit here and wait for your call."

"Just you wait and see."

After saying that, Ishihara Akira went to the refrigerator, took out some remaining ingredients, and carried them to the kitchen. He then cooked them into familiar Chinese dishes.

Three Delicacies from the Earth.

Sweet and sour pork.

Cold shredded chicken salad.

Hot and sour shredded potatoes.

In no time, he brought out seven or eight dishes.

"So much, can the two of us finish it?" Tenten looked at Ishihara, who seemed increasingly unrecognizable to her, with some surprise and asked in astonishment.

“It’s not just the two of us.” After saying that, Ishihara Akira went to the entrance hall, changed his shoes, and went out to knock on the door of Kurenai Yuhi’s house.

"Ta-da..."

"Crack."

"Teacher Hong, dinner is ready. Come and eat," Ishihara Akira invited.

"Okay, just a moment." Kurenai nodded, changed her shoes in the entryway, and then left home, returning to her apartment with Akira Ishihara.

"Lord Kurenai." Upon seeing Kurenai Yuhi, Tenten immediately stood up from the sofa and greeted her respectfully.

"You are..." Kurenai asked, looking at the unfamiliar Tenten with confusion.

"She's my good friend Tenten. Her family owns a weapons shop. She's already graduated, and her team leader is your classmate, Mike Kai, a Jonin," Ishihara Sho introduced Tenten to Kurenai Yuhi.

"So you're Kai's disciple..."

After exchanging pleasantries, the three sat down at the dining table. Ishihara Akira then acted as a waiter, serving rice to Kurenai Yuhi and Tenten before picking up his own bowl and chopsticks and getting to work.

"Teacher Hong, Tiantian, let's start eating."

"I'm starting to eat." Tian Tian said softly, then picked up her chopsticks, put some food into her rice bowl, and began to enjoy it with her rice.

"Mmm, so delicious!" Tian Tian groaned.

……

"Alright, I'm finished eating. I won't disturb you two good friends playing together any longer. I'm leaving now." After finishing her meal, Kurenai put down her chopsticks and stood up, teasingly saying.

"Wait, Ms. Hong," Ishihara Sho called out to her.

"Hmm?" Kurenai looked at him.

"Well, there's something I haven't told you yet, Ms. Kurenai..." Then, without any pretense, Ishihara Sho recounted how his physical condition changed due to illness, making him unable to refine chakra on his own and thus failing to become a ninja. However, his mental strength underwent a transformation, becoming extremely powerful.

"So I hope you can help me develop illusion techniques that are purely based on mental energy, Teacher Hong."

Chapter 62 Study

"You can't refine chakra?" Kurenai Yuhi looked at Ishihara Sho with some surprise upon hearing this for the first time.

“I can refine it, but it requires external force. For example, you need to input your chakra into my body so that I can refine it. No, to be more precise, I need to convert it. I need to convert the chakra you input into my body into my own chakra. But I can’t create chakra like a normal ninja does by synthesizing spiritual energy and physical energy,” Ishihara Akira explained.

"Then what about your mental state?" Kurenai Yuhi pressed.

"I don't know, I just suddenly became much stronger. I don't know if my body transferred all the energy to my brain."

"So how strong is your mental fortitude right now?"

"do not know."

There's no accurate standard for this.

"Then how did you know your mental strength had increased?"

"One day when I woke up, I was thirsty and wanted to get a cup to drink some water, but before I could even reach for it, the cup moved twice on its own. I felt something was wrong, so I tested it carefully and found that my mental energy could inexplicably be projected outwards and affect things that actually exist. That's when I realized that my mental energy had really become stronger."

"If you project it outwards, can you sense your surroundings?"

"can."

"What about the scope?"

"It's about 150 meters, but if it's a straight line, you can sense a distance of about 300 meters away."

This truly surprised Kurenai Yuhi.

Because of normal mental perception, even a Jonin like Yamanaka Inoichi, who specializes in this area, can only perceive a range of about 100 meters without using sensory ninjutsu.

Yes, sensory ninjutsu is sensory ninjutsu, and mental perception is mental perception. Otherwise, like Kagura's Mind's Eye, the exclusive sensory ninjutsu created by the Second Hokage based on Kagura's Mind's Eye, with a detection range of tens of kilometers, even if Ishihara Akane were exhausted to death, or if you threw the Level 5 esper Misaki Shokuhou into the Naruto world, you still couldn't do it!

However, it seems somewhat possible to sense the thought processes of living people tens of kilometers away.

"If you can refine chakra, your mental strength is really suitable for learning genjutsu and becoming my disciple." Kurenai Yuhi sighed with some regret after roughly judging Ishihara Sho's mental level.

"By the way, how far have you developed your pure mental illusion magic?"