The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

"It's a pity. With this level of skill, even if he trains until he dies, he probably won't be able to cause any trouble within Konoha," Ishihara Sho sighed inwardly.

"Snapped!"

Ishihara Sho was sent flying by Yuhi Kurenai.

"You dare to get distracted during training? Do you even want to train anymore? If not, go back. I don't have time to waste here with you," Kurenai said, displeased.

"I'm sorry, it was my fault this time. There won't be a next time," Ishihara Akira said as he quickly got up.

Then, Asahiko stepped forward again and launched an attack.

The evening sun responded.

But gradually, Kurenai began to feel something was different.

—What she saw as a straight punch was actually an attack she couldn't block. Instead, she was hit by Ishihara's attack. Even Ishihara himself became blurry and unreal in her eyes, like a drunken stupor. Ishihara became a double image in her eyes.

"Illusion?" Kurenai raised an eyebrow, secretly using her chakra to dispel the influence of Ishihara Sho on her.

"The application of illusion techniques combined with physical techniques...?"

Chapter 70 Plans

Shortly after, Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and Hinata Hyuga returned.

"teacher."

"Is the mission complete?" Kurenai asked.

"Ah."

"Alright, you guys come with me to turn in the mission. Ishihara, you stay here and continue to work on your physical techniques until we get back." Kurenai nodded and turned to Ishihara Akira to give him instructions.

"Ok."

Afterwards, Kurenai led the three away to the Hokage Building to hand over the mission and see if there were any village missions suitable for their reconnaissance team.

If they have the skills, there's nothing more to say. Let the students complete the task, and use the opportunity to practice their reconnaissance and search skills. If not, they can come back and practice at the training ground.

Although their reconnaissance teams don't require very high combat skills like physical combat, it's not like they have no requirements at all.

After all, there are still situations where skirmishes occur, right?

Therefore, proper training in physical techniques and ninjutsu is also essential.

This is also a good opportunity for everyone to get to know each other's attack methods so that they can cooperate seamlessly when a real situation arises.

Therefore, not long after, Kurenai returned with Kiba Inuzuka and the other two.

Clearly, they haven't received any tasks suitable for them to practice their skills.

"Kiba and Shino, you two are free to do as you please, or you can train on the sidelines. Hinata, you'll accompany Ishihara for taijutsu practice." Kurenai Yuhi glanced at the four people in the arena and gave them a very straightforward arrangement.

"Yes."

Kiba and Shino agreed, and after glancing at Ishihara Sho, they walked to the side. One of them sat there playing with insects, while the other held the puppy Akamaru and looked towards Hinata and Ishihara Sho.

"Ishihara-kun, nice to meet you," Hinata whispered shyly.

“I am the one on my side,” Ishihara Akira replied in return.

Then, just like when they were practicing taijutsu at the ninja academy, the two formed opposing hand seals and separated. After gathering some momentum, Ishihara Akira took the initiative and launched an attack on Hinata.

Needless to say, Ishihara Akane was knocked to the ground by Hinata in less than one move.

"Ishihara-kun, are you alright?" Hinata asked worriedly.

"It's alright. It was my fault. But next time you retaliate, please restrain your power, Hinata, and don't add chakra. I can't refine chakra, so I can only fight you with the power of an ordinary person." Ishihara Akira got up from the ground with a world-weary look on his face, then dusted himself off and said to Hinata Hyuga, who looked a little nervous, with a smile.

"Okay, I'll be careful," Hinata said, suddenly realizing.

As the two re-established their fighting stances, Ishihara Akira launched another attack on Hinata.

As agreed, Hinata did not use chakra and fought with pure taijutsu skills. As a result, although Ishihara Akane still did not perform very well, he was no longer defeated by Hinata at the beginning. Instead, with Hinata's sparring, he mastered the various taijutsu skills, offensive strategies and power generation methods that Yuhi Kurenai had taught him.

So it didn't take long before he was able to fight Hinata, who wasn't using her full strength, and he was able to hold his own.

"What's the use of just practicing taijutsu techniques if you can't even use chakra?" Kiba Inuzuka muttered disdainfully as he watched from the side.

"Perhaps Ishihara has other plans," Shino said, defending Ishihara.

Regardless of what the two of them thought, Ishihara began to infiltrate Team 8, led by Kurenai Yuhi, from that day on. Every day, he would arrive early with Kurenai Yuhi, receive her physical training after she gave them suitable missions, and train with Hinata and the others when Hinata had no missions or during their daily afternoon training sessions.

Of course, Ishihara Akira didn't forget his second purpose for infiltrating Team 8—to exploit Hinata's AT field.

This thing should belong to the underlying logic of the world, it is a metaphysical existence. Apart from Ishihara Sho, the foreign demon, even Hinata herself did not know that there was such a mysterious mental barrier outside her body. Therefore, Ishihara Sho could completely take advantage of the spare time after the physical combat ended to analyze and digest it.

Although it wasn't as fast as focusing intently, it didn't prevent him from doing other things at the same time.

For example, you could send out a shadow clone, or control a bird to go to the Hokage Building to keep an eye on the mission announcements and acceptance processes.

……

Then that night.

“Starting tomorrow, I won’t be training with you guys anymore,” Ishihara Akira, who was busy messing around with Kurenai Yuhi, suddenly said.

"What's wrong?" Kurenai asked, frowning.

“I’m going to make a trip out of the village to earn some money for your retirement and raising your children in the future,” Shi Yuanzhang replied with a wicked smile.

“I never agreed to have your child,” Kurenai Yuhi said, pouting.

“I never said your future children would definitely be mine,” Ishihara Akira laughed loudly.

He doesn't even have a physical body now, so where would he get the resources to plant seeds for Kurenai Yuhi?

It's just going to be another lonely night.

This is what is known as telepathy...

"What, you're willing for me to be with other men now?" Kurenai asked in surprise.

If that were the case, then Ishihara Shou wouldn't have secretly tried to sabotage her relationship with Asuma by controlling her emotions.

"Who can predict the future? What if I accidentally die one day? I can't expect you to live a life of widowhood for me, can I? I'm not that ungrateful," Ishihara Akira replied magnanimously.

"Knowing that your reckless actions could lead to your death, you still don't stay obediently in the village but instead run outside. Aren't you just asking for it? Is there another woman waiting for you outside, or do you have some secret outside?"

"I do want to have women outside, but you know my past. I've never even left my village since I was born, so how can I keep a woman outside, and keep it a secret... You are my biggest secret."

"Then what are you going out for?" Kurenai asked, puzzled.

“There are some things to take care of and verify. Anyway, I’ll be careful, so don’t worry about it. I’ll be back in six months at most. So…” As he spoke, Ishihara Akira suddenly stopped what he was doing, raised his hands, and formed a hand seal. Kurenai Yuhi’s eyes widened in shock, and she gasped sharply.

"Local multiplication technique!" Ishihara Akira shouted.

"This is a secret technique of the Akimichi family. How do you know how to use it?" Kurenai Yuhi asked in shock after a while, having barely adjusted to the changes in her body.

"you guess."

After that, Ishihara Yuu trained even more diligently.

It wasn't until Kurenai was too exhausted to continue that she stopped, turned around, got out of bed, and went to the bathroom to wash herself.

"I'm leaving now, see you later."

Then, Ishihara Akane left Kurenai's house and disappeared into the vast night.

Chapter 71 Departure from the Land of Waves

"Alright, let's go!" The next day, at the gate of Konoha Village, Naruto Uzumaki, carrying a travel backpack, shouted excitedly.

"What are you getting so excited about?" Sakura, who was also carrying a backpack, complained with a displeased look.

"Because I've never left the village to come outside," Naruto said excitedly, seemingly oblivious to the emotion in Sakura's words.

"Hey, is it really okay to send out this brat?" Between Naruto Uzumaki and Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura not far away, an old man dressed simply, even in a shabby way, and reeking of alcohol, pointed at the excitedly looking Naruto Uzumaki and questioned Kakashi.

"Haha, with a Jonin like me by your side, there's nothing to worry about," Kakashi laughed casually before replying.

……

The five people standing at the gate of Konoha at this moment are none other than Team 7, the newly recruited ninja led by Kakashi, who is also the main characters in the original work!

The old man they were talking to was none other than Tazuna, the bridge-building master of the Land of Waves, who had issued the request for help in the original story and unknowingly started the true ninja careers of Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura!

So now they are about to begin their journey to the Land of Waves.

Neither Tazuna himself nor Kakashi, a Jonin, knew that besides them, there was another person who had also left Konoha with them—

It was Ishihara Akira who bid farewell to Yuhi Kurenai and left late last night!

Following the information relayed back by the Asuka puppet he left at the Hokage Building during the day, he infiltrated Tazuna's consciousness in the dead of night, using him as his host, and embarked on a journey to the Land of Waves with Team 7.

"As expected, Kakashi also has an AT field." Lance, who was possessed but whose use of mental power was not affected, looked at the AT field that suddenly appeared on Kakashi's body and thought to himself.

"It seems that after this, my level of authority should be greatly improved."

Then the group officially set off, traveling on foot towards the Land of Waves.

It has to be said that the traffic situation in the Naruto world is truly absurd!

Even if Kishimoto didn't create the planet and country based on the real Earth, the distance between countries doesn't seem like it can be covered in three to five days or even a month just by walking, right?

Tazuna isn't a ninja!

Despite the world's advanced technology leading to refrigerators, televisions, and even computers, a decent means of transportation—the gasoline-powered car—has yet not appeared.

Even if the Naruto world is biased towards ninjutsu and military equipment due to its social environment, it shouldn't be that they can't even make a chakra-powered car, right?

Even if you really can't make it, you still have a carriage, right?

Why can't we just pay to rent a horse-drawn carriage for transportation?

Tazuna couldn't have imagined this, but even Kakashi couldn't have imagined it?

Anyway, Ishihara Sho, who was hiding inside Tazuna's body, was really annoyed.

"Even in ancient China, unless they were so poor they could only eat tree bark, anyone who wanted to go abroad would rent a carriage or join a caravan by contributing their labor, relying solely on their own physical strength..."