The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

This is also why he held back several times in the original work, not killing Kakashi who was trapped in the Water Prison Technique right away, nor killing Sasuke and Naruto when he could have easily killed them.

Of course, this refers to the general situation. Now that Ishihara Sho has intervened, things are very different.

But Zabuza Momochi never expected that his attack would miss again—

The hand that was clearly reaching for Sakura Haruno's neck somehow slid to the side just before touching her neck, as if that was its original target...

"Illusion?" Zabuza Momochi frowned again.

"Multiple illusions?"

However, before he could think it through, Sakura Haruno's kunai mercilessly pierced his manhood.

"puff……"

Naruto's legs involuntarily tightened as he watched, and Tazuna also subconsciously swallowed.

"You brat, I'm going to kill you!" Although this was just a water clone, the pain and humiliation were real and would be felt by Zabuza Momochi himself, so Zabuza Momochi's water clone also became furious.

But before he could act, Sakura Haruno decisively slapped the end of the kunai and leaped backward.

Then, Sasuke, having recovered from the attack, arrived and completely destroyed Zabuza Momochi's water clone.

"Whoosh..."

"That's amazing," Naruto murmured enviously.

……

Meanwhile, by the water.

Zabuza Momochi, who was waiting for Kakashi to walk right into his trap, didn't see Kakashi appear. Instead, as an underwater whirlpool gradually became clearer, a torrent of water rushed towards Zabuza Momochi with incredible speed.

Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!

The massive torrent of water, carrying power and speed beyond Zabuza Momochi's imagination, struck his body the instant he jumped away to dodge.

Even though it was only half of him, it still sent Zabuza Momochi spinning and flying sideways. He then flew over the water and crashed heavily onto the ground not far away.

"Bang bang bang..."

Like a skipping stone, it bounced and tumbled several times before finally coming to a stop.

However, the situation has become quite messy and worse.

Kakashi then used a Waterfall Technique to regain the initiative, leaping out of the water and into the air. With a quick glance from his left Sharingan, he locked onto Zabuza Momochi, who was struggling to get up from the ground. Without hesitation, he threw the shuriken and kunai in his hand at Zabuza.

Naturally, Zabuza Momochi also sensed the danger at this moment. Ignoring his physical condition, he forcibly unleashed his chakra and rolled to the side.

Kakashi landed and used Body Flicker Technique to rush in front of Zabuza Momochi, then used taijutsu to send him flying.

Before he could finish off Zabuza, several senbon needles suddenly shot out from the side, striking him precisely in the neck and killing him instantly.

"Shh."

A young man wearing a strange mask with the mark of the Mist Ninja appeared, looking down at the corpse of Momochi Zabuza, and Kakashi, who was also staring at him.

"Are you dressed like one of the Mist Ninja Pursuit Team?" Kakashi remained silent for a moment before speaking calmly to the unexpected visitor standing in the tree.

"As expected of you, you are indeed very knowledgeable. Indeed, I am a member of the Kirigakure pursuit team."

"The pursuit team?" Naruto scratched the back of his head in confusion.

"Didn't you listen to the teacher in class? The so-called pursuit force is a group of ninjas from various villages who specialize in dealing with ninjas like Zabuza Momochi who, for some reason, suddenly turn against the village and their comrades who trained them and then escape. You should really review your lessons when you have free time," Ishihara Sho said, mimicking Sakura Haruno from the original story.

Chapter 74 Discussion

"Let's go. Our mission isn't over yet. We need to get Mr. Tazuna home safely." After Haku, disguised as a member of the Mist Ninja pursuit team, took Zabuza, who was in a state of feigned death, away, Kakashi turned to Sakura Haruno and Sasuke, who were behaving in a way that surprised him, and Naruto Uzumaki, who looked even more like a useless person after being exposed.

"Oh."

"Hahaha, I'm so sorry everyone." Tazuna, who had just escaped death, laughed heartily and apologized.

Although his performance seemed insincere and fake, Kakashi, who just wanted to find a place to rest as soon as possible, didn't care about that. He called the students and headed towards Tazuna's house again.

After all, although his battle this time was not as intense as in the original work, with Water Dragon Bullet Technique, Great Waterfall Technique, and Sharingan usage, it was still quite a burden for him, who was not an Uchiha. Therefore, although he hadn't run out of chakra and collapsed like in the original work, he had little strength left and could no longer deal with any other potential dangers.

Fortunately, Zabuza and Haku were Gato's last trump cards. Before receiving a definite report from them, Gato had no intention of doing anything else. Therefore, the group of five arrived at Tazuna's house without any problems and sat down in a large house with the style of an island dweller.

……

"What's wrong, teacher? Your expression has been off ever since you started looking strange," Naruto Uzumaki asked, noticing the change in Kakashi's expression.

"I suspect that Zabuza might not be dead," Kakashi sighed.

"What?!" Naruto Uzumaki exclaimed.

"Didn't you already check his condition? How could he still be alive?" Tazuna, the person involved, questioned Kakashi with an incredulous look.

After all, with such a powerful assassin watching him, even with Kakashi and other ninjas from Konoha protecting him, he couldn't feel at ease!

After all, Kakashi's initial performance was far from perfect.

"It has been confirmed, but his state at that time might have been feigning death," Kakashi replied.

"How did the teacher come to this conclusion?" Sasuke asked, frowning.

"This all started with that Mist Ninja who was chasing after Zabuza. Normally, if it were simply to prove that the target was killed, he only needed to take Zabuza's head. But what did that boy do?"

"He took Zabuza's body away."

“While that’s not entirely wrong…after all, even a ninja’s corpse contains a lot of information to a skilled ninja, there’s no need to take the body along with the corpse just to maintain secrecy, especially when other ninjas from other villages are present. He could have easily injected the secret medicine into Zabuza’s body to destroy the traces of his ninjutsu training,” Kakashi explained.

"Besides that, there's the weapon that boy used to kill Zabuza."

“I remember it was flying needles,” Sasuke replied.

"That's right. Needle-type weapons have always been known throughout the ninja world for their weak lethality. In other words, unless they are aimed at specific vital points such as the eyes, they won't even affect a person's movement. Moreover, the original purpose of needle-type weapons was to be used in conjunction with acupuncture."

"But that guy really did kill Zabuza with flying needles," Naruto Uzumaki said, puzzled.

"That's why I suspect Zabuza might not be dead! As equipment designed to work with acupuncture, the flying needles may have low lethality, but if used in conjunction with acupuncture points, they can still produce very good results. And coincidentally, as members of the pursuit team, they are quite proficient in knowledge of human anatomy, which gave him the possibility to do all this."

"So what do we do next?" asked Sakura Haruno, controlled by Ishihara Sho.

“Cultivation…” Kakashi looked at Sakura Haruno intently as he answered.

……

"How long are you going to use my body?" Sakura Haruno, seeing that Ishihara was actually controlling her body and spacing out in Kakashi's resting room, asked Ishihara loudly with a little impatience.

"Once I've dealt with what's on Kakashi, I'll return your body to you," Ishihara Sho's spiritual form said to the two Haruno Sakuras in the consciousness space.

"What's on Kakashi-sensei? What is it?" Sakura Haruno asked in confusion.

"Look again now," Ishihara Akira said, pointing outside.

Sakura Haruno turned around and immediately saw the AT Field, which was as colorful as a kaleidoscope, appearing outside Kakashi's body.

"What is that?" Sakura Haruno asked in astonishment.

“AT position, or mental barrier, is a special substance based on human mental intentions,” Ishihara Akira explained.

"What's it for?" Sakura Haruno asked curiously.

"I don't know."

"what?"

"Because you wouldn't understand even if I told you."

"How do you know I don't understand if you don't even tell me? Are you looking down on me? Don't forget that in terms of theoretical knowledge alone, I've always been the top student in the class," Sakura Haruno questioned indignantly.

"Then just take it as me being too lazy to answer you."

After saying that, Ishihara Sho didn't bother to argue with Haruno Sakura anymore and directly used a set of mind control skills to suppress Haruno Sakura.

He didn't have much time to begin with. If he couldn't resolve the AT field on Kakashi and Naruto before Naruto encountered Haku gathering herbs, he might never have another chance like this again...

"Oh, right, we can also use it during the Chunin Exams."

It can be used to remove the AT field on Sasuke, and then possess Sasuke to go see Karin.

After that, Ishihara Sho, who stayed with Kakashi under the pretext of taking care of his teacher, stopped arguing and focused on conquering the AT field outside Kakashi's body, or the so-called popularity barrier, to increase his upper limit of authority in the Naruto world.

……

The next day, after a night's rest, Kakashi, having recovered some of his strength and chakra and barely regaining some fighting ability, led Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura to a forest not far from Tazuna's house, just as he had said the day before, and taught the three of them training methods related to chakra control techniques.

That is, climbing a tree!

The part that hasn't been waded through yet.

As expected, Sakura Haruno, with her talent, achieved her training goal immediately.

Even though Ishihara Sho is currently controlling her body, talent, apart from physical abilities, mainly depends on the application of mental energy, which is the part that Ishihara Sho is least afraid of. Therefore, even if she were controlling Naruto's body, the completion speed wouldn't be much slower.

Then Sakura Haruno paused, watching Sasuke and Naruto spar, while quietly working on the AT field outside Naruto's body.

As for Kakashi?

He finished the strategy yesterday while he was resting.

Chapter 75 White

And so, thanks to Ishihara Akira's efforts, on the afternoon of the very day Naruto Uzumaki officially stayed out all night, Ishihara Akira finally completed the work of breaking through Naruto's external AT field, and was no longer troubled by it. He could then easily use some genjutsu on Naruto.

As for anything else, he wasn't confident he could handle the Nine-Tailed Fox inside him.

So, while letting out a sigh of relief, Ishihara Akira also took the opportunity to control a sparrow as his temporary clone while they were out training, so that it could follow Naruto Uzumaki and monitor everything he did.

As for himself, he naturally took advantage of the opportunity while he could still use Sakura Haruno's body to attack Sasuke's AT field!

Even though the two would be isolated after resting at night due to the difference between men and women, Ishihara Akira was able to lie in wait. Therefore, unexpectedly, he managed to set up the AT field outside Sasuke's body before dawn, thus completing the mission of conquering all members of Team 7.

But upon further reflection, it's not entirely unexpected.

After all, he now has a high level of authority in the Naruto world, to the point that he can use that authority to his advantage—for example, he can refine chakra, and he can also use that authority to manipulate the AT field outside the body of certain popular characters.

Therefore, it is only natural that the speed is much faster than before.