The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

If... he could really infiltrate the research institute and find the key item that could awaken the children—the ability crystal—wouldn't his students be able to wake up very soon?

“Okay, once we get to the research institute, I’ll call Mingtu Zhuihun and ask him to speed things up,” Kiyama Haruo said with a hint of anticipation.

"Then I'll leave it to you," Ishihara Akira said with a smile.

In this way, he will probably be able to obtain the brainwave connector before officially leaving the world of A Certain Magical Index, enter the world of The Realm of View, and use the computing power of the Realm of View to help himself improve his abilities by one or two levels, right?

Even if it still doesn't reach the level of qualitative change, and can't enhance his mental strength, it is equivalent to clearing the obstacles on his path in advance, allowing him to better materialize his abilities into reality and become an ability user in reality.

Therefore, Ishihara Sho is determined to obtain both the brainwave anastomosis device and the fantasy network!

Even if it involves some danger, he is willing to do it.

……

The two then returned to Kiyama Harumi's office, where Kiyama Harumi made the call to the Underworld Soul Chaser as she had instructed, and Ishihara Akira picked up the ability development materials again, studying and memorizing the knowledge within...

After I leave this time, who knows if I'll be able to bring this thing back to my dream world and preserve it.

If it doesn't work...

That's such a shame!

After that, it's just a matter of patiently waiting.

Fortunately, it didn't take long, only about four days, before the Underworld Soul Chaser called to say that the item was ready and they could come and pick it up.

Therefore, Ishihara Akira and Kiyama Haruo did not hesitate and immediately drove to the affiliated hospital of a university where Mingtu Tsurugi was located. They met Mingtu Tsurugi in his office, who was dressed as usual.

"Here, this is the brainwave anastomosis device you wanted." Mingtu Zhuihun took out something that looked like a virtual game helmet from the cabinet on his desk and handed it to Ishihara Akira.

"Huh?" Ishihara Sho took it in surprise.

"Is there a problem?" asked the Soul Chaser of the Underworld.

This is a huge problem!

The brainwave anastomosis device used by Accelerator was just a collar, a few wires and a battery that looked like a Walkman. It looked beautiful and lightweight. So how did it become an incredibly bulky helmet that made it difficult to go out once worn, and could only be used at home?

Just because I didn't make any specific requests, and because I don't have a relationship with Accelerator that has special value, they treated me so perfunctorily?

But Ishihara Akira didn't dare to say anything more, and could only shake his head with a dry laugh and say, "No, no problem."

"Then I won't keep you here."

"Okay, sorry to bother you, doctor."

Afterwards, Ishihara Akira and Kiyama Haruo left the office of the Underworld Soul Chaser. After checking on the students who were still unconscious at the research institute next door, they drove back to the office of the AIM Analysis Research Institute.

"Is there something wrong with this helmet?" Kiyama Harumi asked with some doubt, looking at Ishihara Akira, who was sitting on the sofa holding the helmet and had a worried look on his face.

“If there’s a problem, then there’s a problem. With this design and this weight, does it look like a toy I could take out?” Ishihara Sho complained with a helpless expression.

"What should we do then?" Kiyama Harumi asked, frowning.

After all, the quality of the brainwave anastomosis device is crucial to whether her students can wake up quickly, and she doesn't want things to fail because of it.

"Well, let's try it out first, and then see if there are any suitable skills on the network. If there are... then carrying it around won't be a big problem." As he said this, Ishihara Sho somehow thought of the magic network that exists in the D&D game world. It contains a whole bunch of skills, which are then selected and recorded by the user, and released under the drive of their own magic power.

In terms of their nature alone, they are indeed quite similar.

Then Ishihara Yu put the helmet on his head and turned on the power switch next to the helmet—Link Start!

Instantly, it was as if Ishihara Sho's head had been struck by a sledgehammer, and it suddenly buzzed. Then, a refreshing feeling, like being enlightened, flooded into Ishihara Sho's mind, allowing his thinking to expand, rise, and become stronger. A sense of exhilaration, as if his brain had been activated and redeveloped, surged into Ishihara Sho's heart.

Then, the names, functions, usage methods, and calculation formulas of various abilities seemed to emerge from Ishihara Sho's mind as if he were born with them, making him realize that he could now use these abilities.

Then, Ishihara Yu's mental energy began to activate, his heartbeat accelerated, and his blood circulation began to operate at a more efficient speed, delivering the oxygen and nutrients needed for mental enhancement to his brain and whole body.

"How is it?" Seeing this, Kiyama Harumi couldn't help but ask.

Chapter 30 Organizing

"It's alright, but I need to get used to it." Ishihara Sho shook his head and looked towards Kiyama Harumi's position.

Yes, by using sound recognition...

"Then get used to it. You can ask me any questions you have," said Kiyama Haruo.

Regardless, she is the actual controller of the Phantasmagoria and the Phantasmagoria Network, and no one knows better than her how to utilize the Phantasmagoria Network.

"I do have quite a few questions to ask you," Ishihara Akira said with a smile.

"Ask away." After all, it concerns the subsequent infiltration and the crystallization of the ability body, so she naturally has to pay more attention to ensure that things can proceed smoothly and that her students can wake up.

"How do you categorize and classify abilities?" Ishihara Akira asked without any pretense.

"You can just think about it directly. If you want to feel it more clearly, you can also create a data table in your mind and let your abilities automatically enter the corresponding level and category according to your feelings."

"Is that so? I'll try it."

As he spoke, Ishihara Akira decisively created an office document in his mind, and one ability after another was placed into the corresponding table according to their classification—such as scientific characteristics like mental, electronic, and telekinetic abilities…

Then there are levels, starting from the lowest level 1 ability and gradually increasing upwards, up to the current highest level LV4.

There is no LV5 level.

Moreover, even for LV4 level abilities, only two were found in the entire table, and neither of them were the mental abilities that Ishihara Sho needed...

Then, Ishihara Sho followed the same method, taking out the mental abilities separately, revealing their formulas, and comparing their calculation methods with the basic general formulas he currently knew.

At the same time, they didn't forget to sense, as if digging into the inner secrets of the corresponding ability holder, to perceive why he or she changed the calculation formula in this way.

Then there are the formulas for other non-mental abilities. Ishihara Akira hopes to find the potential patterns for ability level improvement from a large amount of data, and thus improve his abilities as quickly as possible.

Even if the improvement in ability level is just like the different firing power of a weapon, and its essence—mental power—does not improve, and it can still only affect the same range, it does increase the utilization rate of mental power, so that he can better and more smoothly master and use it after his mental power is improved in the future.

Just like the first generation of internet users when they first encountered the internet, Ishihara Yuu patiently processed the information on the Fantasy Knight website...

Kiyama Haruo didn't disturb him. He got up, returned to his desk, turned on his computer, and seemed to be pondering something.

……

It wasn't until Ishihara Akira's stomach started to rebel that he had to stop tidying up, turn off the power, take off his helmet, and look up at the time displayed on the clock hanging on the wall of the room.

"Are you done?" Kiyama Haruo asked, seeing him resting.

"Not yet, but I'm hungry. I'm going to eat something first before continuing," Ishihara Akira replied, rubbing his stomach.

"have you eaten?"

"No," Kiyama Harumi shook his head.

"Let's go together then."

The two then left the office together and walked out of the research institute...

In this respect, Japanese companies are quite poor. Whether they are private enterprises or state-owned enterprises, except for certain special institutions, none of them provide lunch, meaning there are no canteens!

At most, there are only a few vending machines, so if you want to eat something, you have to leave the office and go to a nearby supermarket or restaurant.

In places like research institutes, the area within a hundred meters is a safe zone. Some public facilities, such as parking lots and buildings, can exist, but there are no convenience stores or restaurants. If you want to eat, you have to go a kilometer away.

Otherwise, we'll have to make do with what's available at the vending machine.

Fortunately, Kiyama Haruo had a car, so distance wasn't a problem for the two of them. In addition, they didn't want to just settle for anything, so they drove together to a nearby restaurant, ordered a few set meals, and had dinner.

After a short rest, they returned to the research institute. Kiyama Harumi continued working on a research project she didn't know anything about, while Ishihara Akira put on his helmet again, turned it on, logged into the Fantasy Master Network, and continued his unfinished work.

until late at night.

"Do you have an alarm clock?" Ishihara Akira turned to Kiyama Haruo, who was still sitting in front of the computer, drinking coffee to perk himself up, and asked.

"Don't you have a cell phone?" Kiyama Harumi asked curiously.

"I forgot." Ishihara Sho slapped his forehead in surprise, speechless.

"Oh, right, give me your car keys," Ishihara Akira said while setting his phone alarm.

"What are you doing?" Kiyama Harumi asked as he tossed the keys to Ishihara Akira.

“Didn’t I say I was going to infiltrate the Advanced Situation Rescue Team’s affiliated research institute? I plan to go there around dawn, and I’ll need your car for the next step,” Ishihara Akira explained.

"You can drive?" Kiyama Haruo asked hesitantly.

"Yes." Ishihara Akira nodded as he took the keys.

Although my driver's license is from a previous life, and I learned it back in college by following the crowd with my classmates, and haven't used it since, and haven't even touched a steering wheel more than a few times, I do know how to drive, and that's definitely not a problem.

I just don't understand Japanese traffic laws, and I'm not used to driving a car with the steering wheel on the right...

But he doesn't drive on the main roads. He only drives in the early morning when everyone else is resting. Even if he violates traffic rules, he doesn't have to worry about hitting anyone or any other vehicles. So he can just drive with peace of mind and without worry about any problems.

"Is there anything I can help you with?" Kiyama Harumi asked again.

"I'll infiltrate and take a look first, and then we'll talk about whether to assist or not," Ishihara Akira said after thinking for a moment.

"OK then."

Then, Ishihara Akira put his helmet on the coffee table next to the sofa, found the towel he had been using for the past few days, draped it over himself, lay down on the sofa, closed his eyes, and drifted off to sleep.

Kiyama Haruo glanced at him for a moment, then turned off his computer, took his coffee cup, and walked to the office window. By the moonlight, he gazed at the dark surroundings outside the research institute.

"I hope everything goes well..."

……

Several hours later, Ishihara Akira was awakened from his sleep by the distinctive ringtone of a cell phone alarm.

"Huh? You didn't sleep all night?" Ishihara Akira asked in surprise, looking at Kiyama Harumi sitting there like a sinister ghost.

"I can't sleep." Kiyama Harumi opened her eyes and looked at him.

Chapter 31 Infiltration Operation

After a moment's thought, Ishihara Akira understood why Kiyama Harumi couldn't sleep.

It was precisely because of the infiltration operation that was about to begin!

After all, the success or failure of this operation is related to whether Ishihara Sho can obtain the ability crystal and bring it back, and whether he can wake up the students who are in a coma. Therefore, Kiyama Harumi will inevitably have some random thoughts. He can't stop them even if he wants to, so how can he sleep peacefully?