The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

No problem, no problem, but you suddenly appearing in front of me, that's a problem.

However, Ishihara Akira ignored him and turned to walk towards Kado, who was unsure whether to stay or run away.

Bai did not stop it.

After all, he had just done something that angered him, so he was quite willing to accept someone teaching Kado a lesson.

Of course, the most important thing is that Ishihara Sho's target is not Zabuza, otherwise Haku wouldn't be behaving so obediently now.

"What, what are you going to do?" Although Ishihara Sho was all smiles and looked friendly, Kado didn't think the guy in front of him was a good person at all, and he took a step back with a tense expression and asked.

"Of course I'm here to help you. After all, you just made Bai angry. If I don't quickly mediate between you two, who knows what Bai might do next," Ishihara Akira said with a light laugh to Kado.

Kado was also taken aback upon hearing this, and turned to look at Bai.

Bai threw away the samurai's weapon and coldly watched Kado's performance.

His apparent indifference and willingness to stand by and watch only made Kado increasingly nervous.

“Don’t forget, I’m your employer now!” Kado shouted.

But as soon as he finished speaking, his expression froze, his eyes became empty, and he stood there as if he had lost consciousness.

“Not anymore,” Ishihara Sho said calmly.

Because of the existence of chakra, a special energy that is a mixture of spiritual energy, ninjas are more difficult to control using genjutsu or hypnosis, and there is also the risk of them being broken. But for an ordinary person like Gato, whose superpower level has already reached LV3 and is about to become LV4, and with a little more effort, LV5 is not out of the question, and even LV6 is within reach, it is really not a big deal.

In a short while, he forcibly altered his self-perception, turning him into a puppet controlled by Ishihara Sho.

"Snapped!"

Ishihara snapped his fingers, and Kado shivered as if he were in a frozen wasteland. He then knelt down and crawled behind Ishihara.

"Master, please have a seat."

Without any hesitation, Ishihara Sho sat down directly on Kado's back.

"Bai, could you please bring those two to me?" Ishihara Akira, who was using Kado as a chair and even crossing his legs, asked Bai, who was outwardly calm but inwardly just as dumbfounded as the two samurai next to him.

"Oh, oh." Bai suddenly realized, and with a backhand, he used the senbon needles to subdue the two samurai who were about to escape, and dragged them in front of Ishihara Akane.

Ishihara Akira didn't hold back either, turning them into his lackeys in the same way.

……

"Do you want to change your current situation?" Ishihara Sho, who had dealt with the samurai and was still sitting in the chair that Kado had turned into, looked at Haku beside him and Zabuza, who was recuperating in bed, and asked.

"What do you mean by that?" Haku glanced at Zabuza, and when he saw that Zabuza didn't seem inclined to speak, he asked in return.

"It means exactly what it says. Or do you want to continue living your current lives, like wandering ninjas, relying on the charity of rich people like Gato?" Ishihara Akira replied with a smile, "Is that worthy of your status, Zabuza? Is that worthy of your former dreams?"

"Then what can you do?" After a moment of silence, Zabuza asked, taking over from Haku.

"You've seen my abilities. For ordinary people, my abilities are practically unbeatable. Tell me, what would happen if I used them on the daimyo of the Land of Water?" Ishihara Akira asked with a light laugh.

"You actually want to control the Daimyo?!" Zabuza said, his voice filled with shock.

Unfortunately, that's the most frustrating thing about the Naruto world. They're a group of powerful individuals whose strength originates from themselves, yet they're completely helpless against the daimyo of their own country and other nations, and are forced to obey their orders.

For example, the appointment and removal of officials.

Is it simply because a large portion of the ninja village's financial expenditures are supported by the daimyo?

While this reason cannot be ruled out, the more significant issue is still traditional!

Just like the civil and military officials of ancient times, who clearly had the means to resist, but when they received the emperor's edict, they were willing to accept punishment and die.

It's entirely a problem with education!

Education taught them that the daimyo is supreme, and the purpose of ninjas is to serve and protect the daimyo. Any action that is detrimental to the daimyo is immoral and a sign of being an unninja.

This continues from generation to generation. Even if the first generation still harbors rebellious thoughts, by the third generation, they should all accept their fate and come to terms with this understanding.

This shows how much impact Ishihara Akira's proposal had on Zabuza.

"You even dared to assassinate the Mizukage, so why are you afraid when you hear that I want to control the Daimyo? Is the Daimyo stronger than the Mizukage, or is he not human? Or are you afraid of the samurai who protect the Daimyo?" Ishihara Akira asked Zabuza, who had fallen silent again, with amusement.

"Since you have the ability to control the daimyo, why are you coming to find a lonely ghost like me? Are you here to laugh at me?" Provoked by Ishihara Sho's words, Zabuza retorted somewhat indignantly.

“I need help,” Ishihara Akira replied.

"Help?" Zabuza frowned.

"After all, a daimyo is just a daimyo. Although he can control the army and people's livelihood of the entire country, he is ultimately lacking in military strength, which makes it inconvenient for him to do certain things. Therefore, I need a force outside of Kirigakure to assist me. Of course, if you have a way to overthrow the current Mizukage, then I wouldn't mind helping you out and having the daimyo of the Land of Water issue you an appointment letter, making you the new Mizukage. This would also fulfill your wish. What do you think?" Ishihara Akira asked with a smile.

"Then what is your purpose in doing this?" Zabuza thought for a moment, but instead of refuting Ishihara Sho's suggestion, he became curious about Ishihara Sho's purpose.

"You could call it an experiment. A unique experiment based on the world as a model," Ishihara Sho said, his eyes narrowed, his voice somewhat ethereal and distant.

Yes, an experiment!

A unique experiment to verify one's own hypothesis and experimental methods!

"I wonder if this will work!" Ishihara Akira murmured thoughtfully.

Chapter 78 Creation

“Alright, we can cooperate with you, but only after I’ve dealt with the matters in the Land of Waves.” Zabuza pondered for a moment before answering resolutely.

"The Land of Waves? You mean Kakashi, or Tazuna?" Ishihara Sho asked with interest.

“Kakashi,” Zabuza replied.

As a proud man, he couldn't just give up after one defeat, especially after being ridiculed by his former employer, Cado. He needed to vent his anger, otherwise, even if he followed Ishihara Akira afterward, he would probably be unhappy for a long time.

As for Tazuna, we've already dealt with Kakashi, so killing him would be a piece of cake, wouldn't it?

“What if I don’t want you to cause them trouble?” Ishihara Akira asked.

"Why?" Zabuza asked, frowning.

I can't just say, "I'm afraid you'll die if you go there," can I?

If that's the case, even if Zabuza could have been persuaded to stop, he would have rushed over to fight Kakashi again to prove himself.

These experts are all so confident that they border on arrogance.

“I’m in a hurry. So I hope that once you recover from your injuries, you can come with me to the Land of Water to complete my plan,” Ishihara Akira said, offering a more reasonable explanation.

"I'm not your subordinate yet. If you want to give me orders, wait until you truly control the Daimyo of the Land of Water," Zabuza said with dissatisfaction.

Attacking Kakashi won't take much time, at most a day. Even if it takes a while, how much time can it take?

Besides, do you think the daimyo of the Land of Water is so easy to attack?

You, the daimyo of the Land of Fire, have the so-called Twelve Guardian Ninjas and the monks of the Fire Temple protecting you. Is the daimyo of the Land of Water so short-sighted that he doesn't know to prepare some ninjas from outside the Hidden Mist Village to protect himself?

If that were the case, then things like the Blood Dragon Eye Clan wouldn't exist.

Therefore, even if you rush there now, you still need to find a way to deal with those ninjas, otherwise, no matter how well you plan, it will be in vain.

"Then I can only wish you success and that your wish comes true." Seeing this, Ishihara Shoichi, knowing that continuing the conversation might even cause the so-called cooperation to fall through, shrugged and offered his blessing without any emotion.

Zabuza did not respond, as if he did not exist.

“Oh, right…” Ishihara Akira, who was about to turn and leave, suddenly stopped and said.

"What?" Bai looked at him with a puzzled expression.

But the next moment, Bai's hands moved involuntarily, one hand gripping his chest, the other reaching towards the lowest point of his body's midline...

"Tsk, it really is a boy." A moment later, Ishihara Sho reappeared beside Kado and sighed with some regret.

She's so cute, why is she a man?

Pity.

Shiro glared at Ishihara Akira with a face full of shame and indignation, but couldn't utter any words of rebuke.

After all, it was he who actually did the dirty work, not Ishihara Akira...

Then, Ishihara Shou called out to Gato, and under the latter's guidance, they left Zabuza's rest room.

"What's wrong?" Zabuza asked, puzzled, having not witnessed the scene.

"He..." Bai hesitated for a moment before revealing Ishihara Sho's abilities by recounting information.

"To infiltrate and control someone else's body... Could he be a member of the Yamanaka clan? No, if he were a member of the Yamanaka clan, it would only be a spiritual infiltration, but in his case, the body disappears along with it..." Zabuza, still unable to figure out Ishihara Akira's origins, frowned as he pondered.

……

"I'm giving you a task. Use all the resources and connections you have to help me search for existing tech workers in this world." On the way elsewhere, Ishihara Akira instructed his lackey, Kado, who was following him.

"The scientific and technological workers you mentioned, sir, are..." Kado, who had no concept of science, asked in confusion.

"They are the experts and inventors who can create those strange and unusual devices that can be used even without the ninja chakra system," Ishihara Sho replied after thinking for a moment.

"Oh, it's those people. I understand now," Kado said, suddenly realizing.

Clearly, he had some contact with these kinds of scientific and technological workers.

It's just that I never had a clear concept of it before.

"Once you find them, send someone over to try and recruit them. I mean recruit, not threaten. If they agree, bring them to the Land of Waves. If they don't, continue to monitor them until I give you new orders," Ishihara Akira instructed.

“Yes. I guarantee I’ll have people keep a close eye on them,” Kado assured.

"In addition to that, I need to arrange for people to help me investigate the detailed customs and local conditions of the five major countries, as well as information on their culture, geography, and products. The more detailed the better, as I will need it."

"Yes."

“Okay, you can get lost now,” Ishihara Akira said as he sat down in the room.

"Then I shall take my leave."

Ishihara Yu waved his hand, and Kado left Ishihara Yu's lounge with a fawning smile to arrange for people to carry out the tasks Ishihara Yu had assigned him.

"It seems that before heading to the Land of Water, we must ensure Zabuza's safety," Ishihara Akira thought to himself as he sat there.

Otherwise, according to the original story, how could he possibly recruit Zabuza and Haku?

Rescuing people is also troublesome—the reason is simple: he's not a direct combat ninja. Even if he wanted to suppress Zabuza and Kakashi with his overwhelming strength, he would need to have that kind of power first.

If it's a hostage threat, Sasuke and Naruto are both difficult to deal with. Sakura is fine, but using her isn't a sure thing either.