The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

"What did that woman want with you?" the man who had been chatting with Ishihara Akira asked curiously after he returned.

"Nothing much, just wanted to confirm something with me," Ishihara Akira replied casually.

Of course, he wouldn't be foolish enough to reveal the truth.

"Really?"

Why would I lie to you?

"By the way, what are you doing now?"

"What can I do? Inherit the family business, of course," Ishihara Akira said, patting his smooth head.

"To become a monk?"

"Hmm. And you?"

"Me? A corporate slave, being bossed around like a dog every day. If I weren't almost at the promotion deadline, I wouldn't even want to do this job."

Is it really that exaggerated?

"Try taking a class, and you'll see if what I said is as exaggerated as it seems."

……

The wedding banquet officially began amidst Ishihara Akira's casual conversation with acquaintances.

The specific process wasn't much different from a wedding banquet in China; it basically involved an emcee, speeches from the newlyweds, heartfelt exchanges, and then toasts. As for the special Japanese elements, those had already been done at the shrine that morning.

They would change into traditional kimonos and white wedding dresses, and accompanied by close relatives and friends, go to Atsuta Shrine, where a sacred wedding ceremony would be held under the guidance of the shrine's priests and shrine maidens.

However, due to the solemnity of the occasion, only a small number of people can participate. In addition, the shrine is not a restaurant and does not provide catering services. Therefore, after the wedding ceremony in front of the shrine, a Western-style wedding is held in the afternoon at the hotel. In addition to expressing gratitude and entertaining relatives and friends, it is also possible that the intention is to receive gifts.

So after drinking the drinks offered by the bride and groom and having eaten and drunk his fill, Ishihara Akira parted ways with the acquaintances who wanted to find him another place to meet up. He then met up with Yamanaka Kumi, who had also come from Takenaka Sayaka's side, and together they headed towards the hotel's upper-floor guest room area.

"I'm going to take a shower," said Kumi Yamanaka, putting down her handbag.

“Let’s go together,” Ishihara Akira replied, standing up.

Chapter 233 Going to Tokyo

The next day, in the morning.

Kumi Yamanaka was the first to get up and get out of bed. She walked to the purse that had been placed aside, picked it up, opened it, and took out a wad of 10,000 yen bills. It looked like the kind of bills that had just been withdrawn from the bank. She threw it onto the bed next to her and said calmly, "I'm very satisfied with your performance. Consider this your pocket money. Take it and use it first. If you need more, just call me. As long as you continue to perform so well, I don't mind marrying you and becoming your wife, just like I told you at the wedding banquet."

"Heh, did you even ask me if I was willing?" Ishihara Akira weighed the coin in his hand, estimating it to be around a million, and tossed it back onto the bed with a sneer. He then looked at Yamanaka Kumi and asked her in return.

"You don't want to?" Yamanaka Kumi asked in surprise.

He's rich, has women, and can inherit his family fortune and climb into high society. How could anyone refuse?

Is he crazy or stupid?

"Did I tell you that I came up here with you for money?" Ishihara Akira said with amusement.

"Then what for?" Yamanaka Kumi asked with great interest.

"Let me show you what I'm capable of, and while I'm at it, I'll have some fun with you." Ishihara Akira said arrogantly, "But you really are a carnivore, quite uninhibited. Apart from a certain actress in the sex industry I've met before, you're the most adventurous and wildest woman I know and have been with. So I don't mind keeping you as a backup option, satisfying you when I'm bored, or keeping you company when you need it. But do you think that's enough to marry me..."

You're overthinking it.

After saying that, Ishihara Sho got out of bed and went straight to the bathroom to wash up.

"She's got personality." Kumi Yamanaka's lips curled up as she watched Akira Ishihara enter the bathroom.

She loves men with strong personalities! And then she crushes their personalities, turning them into her dogs—that sense of accomplishment...

Just thinking about it made Yamanaka Kumi involuntarily squeeze her legs together.

"It's a pity I have a date to rush to later, otherwise I really wanted to keep playing with you," Yamanaka Kumi sighed with some regret. Then she bent down, picked up the clothes on the ground, and put them on.

Since the two of them have each other's contact information, they can wait until they have time in the future to compete with Ishihara Sho, or even turn him into their own image.

"I'm leaving. Call me if you need anything." A moment later, Yamanaka Kumi, dressed neatly, opened the bathroom door and said to Ishihara Akira, who was washing up inside.

Ishihara Akira waved his hand, and Yamanaka Kumi chuckled as she opened the bedroom door and left the hotel with light steps.

After washing up, Ishihara Akira came out of the bathroom, glanced at the messy room and the more than one million yen in cash still on the bed, untouched, sighed, bent down to grab his clothes and put them on.

"Well, first it was Keiko Yamada, then it was Kumi Yamanaka. So, I'm not a monk now, but the Weaver Girl's man?" After getting dressed, Ishihara Akira stood in front of the bed again, picked up the million dollars in cash left by Kumi Yamanaka, and muttered to himself, somewhat speechless.

However, since the other party had left the money, he naturally didn't want to refuse it and give the hotel cleaning staff a free ride. So he stuffed the money into his pocket, left the hotel, went to a nearby bank, deposited the money into his account, and then set off back to the temple to continue pretending to be a good monk...

……

Time flies, and half a month passed in the blink of an eye in Ishihara Yu's happy life.

this day.

"Ah Zhang, come with me to Tokyo tomorrow." Keiko Yamada took some time to come to the temple and said directly to Akira Ishihara.

"Going to Tokyo? What for?" Ishihara Sho asked in surprise.

"The elders of the Kodokai have some complaints about the Yamada Group's recent performance, so they specifically asked me to come over for a talk. I guess they want to know about me, or rather, the Yamada Group's future plans, and then find an opportunity to give me a warning, to make the Yamada Group quiet down, lest the Yamada Group jump around too much and overturn their Kodokai's plans," Yamada Keiko explained.

"So you're going to take action?" Ishihara Akira asked, puzzled.

"That depends on whether those old guys know what's good for them. If they do, I will naturally respect my seniors. But if they don't, I don't mind learning from the ancient generals and playing a trick to overthrow the Hongdao Society."

"Can Nagoya keep this place in check?" Ishihara Akira asked with concern.

After all, this is his base of operations, and if it gets too chaotic, he won't have an easy time either.

"Thanks to you, the Yamada Group is currently powerful enough to suppress all organizations in Nagoya. Besides, even if something really goes wrong, you'll help me, won't you?" Keiko Yamada chuckled.

"That's true, but why so suddenly? Everything was fine before," Ishihara Akira asked, puzzled.

"It's probably because our recent actions have been too drastic, causing significant damage to the Hongdao Association. Coupled with the instigation of those resentful bastards, some old guys couldn't sit still anymore, which led to this incident," Yamada Keiko explained.

"What do you need me to do?"

"You don't need to do anything. Just follow me. My men will take care of the rest."

In other words, the reason for bringing Ishihara Sho along was purely for insurance purposes, not because they actually needed him to help the Yamada Group completely take down the Kodo-kai.

Of course, if necessary, Keiko Yamada wouldn't mind having Sho Ishihara use some tricks.

For example, brainwashing and re-education.

After all, although it's easy to acquire skilled subordinates—by having Ishihara Sho release strange entities and then conducting specific hypnosis training—it's still a human life, isn't it? Besides, subordinates who are already ready to be used aren't something that can be trained at will; they still need further training and so on. So, to avoid trouble and unnecessary losses, he naturally wants to do things in the most appropriate way.

After all, Tokyo is not like Nagoya. It has a well-developed transportation system and numerous organizations, so all sorts of messy things can be produced there...

If they were to encounter firearms, Keiko Yamada wasn't sure if her subordinates, who relied on physical force, could withstand the attack and win the battle.

“Okay, I’ll go with you,” Ishihara Akira nodded in agreement.

Afterwards, Keiko Yamada stayed at the temple. Amidst the resentful and slightly jealous gaze of Hanako, who had already moved in, she slipped into Ishihara Sho's meditation room and began a new round of battle.

……

The next morning, after changing into ordinary clothes, Ishihara Akira and Yamada Keiko, who was holding his arm, left the temple. They took Yamada Keiko's car to the train station, boarded the nearly empty Shinkansen, and quietly headed towards the metropolis of Tokyo.

"By the way, how's your membership recruitment with the police going?" On the way, since he had nothing else to do, Ishihara Sho asked about the Illuminati.

Didn't Sato tell you?

"I forgot to ask."

"We've already infiltrated their wives' association, and it's working quite well. I estimate you'll be able to meet those people at the next new member induction ceremony."

Chapter 234 Yamada’s defeat

Around noon, the Shinkansen arrived in Tokyo.

Naturally, neither Ishihara Akira nor Yamada Keiko had any intention of meeting strangers on an empty stomach, so they simply found a restaurant with good online reviews nearby, filled their stomachs, and then continued shopping...

After all, the upcoming meeting was predictable, consisting mainly of small talk and warnings. In addition, since Yamada Keiko was already prepared to overthrow her superiors and formally replace Kodokai, she naturally had no interest in taking the so-called meeting to heart and would do whatever she wanted.

So after lunch, the two of them strolled around the streets of Tokyo, especially in upscale shopping districts like Ginza, buying all sorts of luxury goods and brand-name clothes, giving themselves a big shopping spree.

Then you book a hotel, have dinner, watch a movie, go back to the hotel and mess around, and the whole day is gone.

Then, Keiko Yamada remembered that she had important business to attend to. She took Ishihara Akira and her subordinates from Nagoya, including the ordinary-looking female yakuza and another bespectacled man who looked honest and kind. The four of them went to the Kodokai's business building in Tokyo. After going through layers of introductions and security checks, they met the Kodokai elders in their Japanese-style office on the top floor of the building.

Ishihara Akira didn't remember their specific names, nor did he need to. They were all destined to be defeated anyway, so he contentedly played the role of his follower, listening to those old guys spout all sorts of nonsense along with Yamada Keiko.

They talk about the organization's glory days, its past triumphs, and how its current underlings are no good.

The various useless objects, along with the knocking mixed in, made Ishihara Kaname frown.

He felt that instead of wasting time chatting with these old guys, it would be more fun and enjoyable to go find Yua Mikami.

"So what the elders mean is..." Yamada Keiko asked directly, somewhat impatiently.

"There's no benefit to being a lone wolf. You have to learn to share. Besides, those are brother organizations like your Yamada Group. They also need to eat. If you take all the benefits, what are they supposed to do?" An elder said slowly, putting on an air of "I'm doing this for your own good."

“I left them a way out,” Keiko Yamada said, frowning.

Of the three vices—gambling, prostitution, and drugs—she didn't touch any of the powder, except for sex and dice! She distributed it all to her subordinates and other groups under the Hongdao Association. Moreover, in terms of the speed of making money, powder was arguably the most profitable of the three extreme industries!

Is that not enough? What else do they want?

Are they making the Yamada Group work for them for free?

What they envisioned was quite beautiful.

"Yes, you left them some food, but you also broke one of their chopsticks, so they couldn't enjoy their meal very much. Naturally, they would have some thoughts and complaints."

This probably refers to the ban on the production and distribution of powdered products by the Yamada Group's controlled industries.

For those who make a living from this, the Yamada Group's ban is truly like breaking their chopsticks.

Especially with the Yamada Group growing stronger, its sphere of influence expanding, and its power becoming increasingly terrifying under Keiko Yamada's management, the resulting chain reaction is predictable.

Their revenue is down by about half compared to when Yamada was in charge, so it's no wonder those guys are cursing and swearing.

After all, as the saying goes, cutting off someone's livelihood is tantamount to killing their parents.

"Absolutely no touching of powder, and no allowing powder to appear in any of the properties controlled by the Yamada Group, are inviolable rules established at the very beginning of the Yamada Group's founding. If the elders want us to make changes, then I can only regretfully refuse," Yamada Keiko replied firmly.