The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

After saying that, Keiko Tanaka hung up the phone and stared intently at Akira Ishihara, whose face showed a look of unease.

"Tell me, who are you, and why are you crying here all by yourself?"

"Wah!" Ishihara Akane didn't answer, but instead burst into tears like a bullied child.

"Don't cry!" Tanaka Keiko cried out in a panic.

"Okay, okay, I won't ask anymore."

"I want an ice pop," Ishihara Akira said, stopping her crying and looking at Tanaka Keiko.

"What bad luck I've had... Okay, okay, I'll take you to buy it." Seeing that Ishihara Akira was about to cry again, Tanaka Keiko quickly gave in.

Then Tanaka Keiko took Ishihara Akira's hand and left the school building, heading towards the supermarket outside the school.

"Tell your sister why you lied to people before?" Tanaka Keiko asked as she saw that Ishihara Akira's emotions had stabilized considerably.

Chapter 18 Plans

Ishihara Sho didn't answer, as if he hadn't heard her.

"Okay, can you tell me your name?" Tanaka Keiko asked, trying to get a response from Ishihara Sho.

“Ishihara Sho, sister, my name is Ishihara Sho,” Ishihara Sho replied.

"Can I call you Ah Zhang?"

“Okay.” Ishihara Akira nodded.

"Then why are you at school, Zhang? Are you looking for someone, or is there something else?" Tanaka Keiko asked gradually.

"I don't know either. I opened my eyes and I was already at school," Ishihara Akira said, shaking his head with a bewildered expression.

"The moment you opened your eyes?" Keiko Tanaka asked in surprise.

"Ah."

"Do you remember where you were before?" Tanaka Keiko continued to press on, regardless of whether Ishihara Sho's words were true or false, according to her own pace and ideas.

"In a temple."

"Do you still remember the name of the temple?"

"I don't remember."

"You must know your parents' names, right?"

"remember."

What are they all called?

"I think my father's name was Takuma Ishihara, and my mother's name was Yuri," Ishihara Sho replied without hesitation.

"After I buy you an ice pop, I'll take you to the nearby police station and see if the police can help you find your mom and dad, okay?" Tanaka Keiko decided.

"Oh."

The two then went to a supermarket. Tanaka Keiko led Ishihara Akira to the freezer and took out a popsicle that she liked, or rather, that she thought had a sweet flavor...

"Eh? Ah Zhang!? Ah Zhang!?" Seeing that Ishihara Zhang had disappeared, Tanaka Keiko searched around while calling out his name.

Unfortunately, no one answered.

Left with no other option, Keiko Tanaka went to the supermarket counter and asked the sales staff there to help her investigate the surveillance footage.

"Isn't he always standing right next to you?" After hearing Tanaka Keiko's request, the waiter looked strangely at Ishihara Akira, who was standing next to Tanaka Keiko but whom Tanaka Keiko ignored, and asked curiously.

"Right next to me? I can't see you." Tanaka Keiko exclaimed in surprise.

"Huh?! Where did he go?!" The waiter's expression turned to astonishment, and even a hint of fear crept in.

Are you sure the child you brought with you was human?

"What do you mean by that!" Tanaka Keiko questioned the waiter, clearly displeased.

"Sorry, it's nothing. Is there anything else I can help you with?" The waiter glanced at Tanaka Keiko and didn't say anything more, switching back to his usual waiter persona and asking in a formulaic manner.

"That's all, please check out."

"Maeke, 300 yen."

After paying for her popsicle, Tanaka Keiko frowned and left the convenience store with a worried expression. She hesitated for a moment, then finally walked away into the distance.

The target wasn't the school, but rather a nearby security post or similar place.

Ishihara Akira didn't follow, but stood there pondering the question from before—

“Through the extended application of hypnosis, it is indeed possible to achieve the level of invisibility in reality—just as Tanaka Keiko cannot see it.”

However, this only applies to a single target. When a third party, such as a waiter, is present, the waiter must also be included in one's sphere of influence. Otherwise, the third party will still be able to confirm one's presence.

In addition, surveillance cannot be blocked, so special attention and avoidance are required.

That's right, this is the real secret behind Ishihara Akira's disappearance from Tanaka Keiko's and the waiter's eyes.

Because they were influenced by the power of his spreading hypnosis.

"Then could we go a step further and modify the target's consciousness and memories, making ourselves a part of their memories?"

Thinking this, Ishihara Akira turned around and went back into the convenience store. He walked up to the clerk who was watching TV there, and without giving him a chance to react, he directly used hypnosis to control the other person and then used language to modify his self-perception.

"Dad!" The waiter called out to Ishihara Akira as soon as he regained consciousness, "Why are you here? Where's Mom?"

"Your mom went to her friend's place, and I was bored, so I came over to check on you. I didn't expect you to be so careless at work. How are you going to find a wife in the future?" Ishihara Akira scolded the waiter, mimicking an adult.

"I'm not planning on finding a wife..." the waiter muttered.

"If you don't find a wife, what will you do when you get old? Who will wash your clothes, cook for you, and take care of you when you have a headache, fever, or other illness? To put it bluntly, if you suddenly die at home one day, who will collect your body?"

"What's the point of finding a wife then? If she doesn't live as long as I do, then who knows who will collect my body in the end? So instead of worrying about that, I'd rather live my life well now. As for the future, maybe the country will come up with a new solution?"

"After all, the aging population is so serious now."

"You! You're really making me so angry."

After saying that, Ishihara Akira seemed genuinely angry. He snorted coldly, put his hands behind his back, and left the convenience store, disappearing into thin air as the clerk called after him.

"This, this..." The waiter who chased after them was startled and fell to the ground with a thud. It took him a while to come to his senses, stand up, and take out his phone to call home.

"Dad, are you alright?"

……

After messing around aimlessly for a long time, Ishihara Akira finally realized the extent to which he could achieve in the world of anime and manga. So he stopped bothering others, bought a subway ticket, and started wandering around on the subway.

From east to west, from south to north, Ishihara Yuki will absolutely not leave the subway unless it reaches the final stop.

The purpose is simple: to take advantage of the dense crowds on Japan's rail transit system to absorb the power of emotions and desires emanating from those around them, in order to enhance their own strength and potential.

Besides that, it's also a way to pass the time, to test the possible time difference between the two-dimensional world and the real world, and to think about what benefits I can gain from using my newly discovered dream travel ability.

"Speaking solely of enhancing mental strength, the easiest way to achieve this without any side effects, besides that sea urchin crystal from an American movie whose name I can't even remember now—I think it's called something like 'superpower'—is the superpower development method from the world of A Certain Magical Index. Other options include Observation Haki from One Piece, genjutsu from Naruto, and even spiritification from Bleach..."

"However, Haki in the One Piece world is a high-level training technique. Without a certain level of strength and relevant connections, it's something you can't learn even if you want to. The same goes for genjutsu in Naruto! Because throughout the entire Naruto world, the most proficient genjutsu, apart from the Uchiha clan who were wiped out at the beginning, is Kurenai Yuhi, the female ninja. But she's a high-ranking member of Konoha, a proper Jonin. Without connections, you can't get in touch with her either."

"As for the Grim Reaper, he needs to die once more..."

Chapter 19 Decision

So after thinking it over, Ishihara Shou still feels that the world of A Certain Magical Index is better.

The reason is simple: the world of A Certain Magical Index, at least within Academy City, appears peaceful on the surface and conforms to the values ​​of a normal modern society. Unlike the worlds of Naruto or One Piece, where you might be killed by so-called rogue ninjas, bandits, outlaws, or pirates before you even have a chance to do anything.

The world of Shinigami is all about relationships. Without connections, even if you can safely descend into Karakura Town and live there, you may never be able to inherit the Shinigami's legacy and transform your mind into a spirit before you die.

On the other hand, in Academy City, although there are also dark organizations active in the city, as long as you don't cause trouble yourself, you are unlikely to run into them. Aleister is a half-dead bum, and although he has extraordinary control over Academy City, he is not so indiscriminate as to kill any intruder.

So as long as you act harmless, he won't send his secret service to eliminate you.

Therefore, you can generally move freely there, and then use some information to obtain everything about the superpower development system from Kiyama Harumi—such as drugs and equipment—to complete the development of your superpower.

Even if the final ability he gains is only at level 1 or 2, it at least points out the direction for developing his mental power. As long as he works hard in this direction and increases his efforts to absorb the power of the seven emotions and six desires to strengthen his mental power, his own ability will naturally grow, eventually becoming a level 5 superpowered person, or even a level 6 absolute power user.

As for the mysterious shielding that comes with the development of superpowers...

He is a spiritual being, okay? Even if this really restricts his use of Buddhist power and demonic abilities, it's only within the scope of the A Certain Magical Index world. When he returns to the real world, he'll be exactly the same as before.

It won't have any impact at all!

On the contrary, because they have already experienced the power in the world of A Certain Magical Index, they can directly use their increased and stronger mental power to reproduce the power in the real world in a special way. At that time, they can not only obtain the path to superpowers, but also get rid of the so-called restrictions of the world of A Certain Magical Index, continue to cultivate their Buddhist teachings and magic, and grow towards a more powerful state.

Wouldn't it be easier to obtain the inheritance of chakra, Haki, and spiritual power from the relevant characters when entering the worlds of Naruto, One Piece, and Bleach?

"I've decided. After testing the time difference between the worlds, I'll go to the world of A Certain Magical Index and develop my superpowers..." Ishihara Shou decided in his heart.

……

Having figured out his next course of action, Ishihara Akira continued taking the subway, from the starting station to the terminal station, and then from the terminal station back to the starting station, until the entire subway line stopped operating. Only then did he leave the subway station and arrive in the town outside, which was now completely shrouded in night. After looking at the sky and pondering for a moment, he visualized the appearance of the real world in his mind, leaving the two-dimensional world and returning to reality.

Ishihara Akira opened his eyes, picked up the phone he had been holding, activated it, and looked at the time displayed on the screen—AM 02:22. Thursday.

Exactly 12 minutes had passed since he had noted the time when he entered the dream.

If we calculate the time spent in the world of Christmas Kiss, the ratio is exactly one to sixty. That is, if one hour passes in the world of Christmas Kiss, only one minute passes in the real world.

If all worlds and realities were like this, then a normal night, even if you only sleep for eight hours, would amount to 480 minutes, which is 480 hours, then divided by 24...

In other words, the time it takes for Ishihara Sho to sleep one night is enough to spend 20 days in the world of anime, which is almost a month.

That was enough for Ishihara Sho to accomplish many things there and then extricate himself from it.

"Then let's officially begin our conquest of the A Certain Magical Index world starting tomorrow."

After thinking it over, Ishihara Akira put down his phone and let his mind enter the dream of his friend A beside him, absorbing her emotions and desires like shearing wool.

……

Nothing happened that night, and the next day arrived.

After washing up and getting dressed, Ishihara Akira did not leave immediately as usual, but sat back down on the bed and turned to look at his friend A on the bed.