The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

She's not like Ishihara Shou, who has lucid dreaming skills and can sleep however he wants...

"Don't worry, I will definitely succeed." Ishihara Akira stood up and said seriously to Kiyama Haruo, who was sitting at his desk.

"I'm going to wash up first."

After saying that, he found his dental tools and other belongings, took them and left Kiyama Haruo's office, heading towards the research institute's washroom...

A dozen minutes later, a refreshed and invigorated Ishihara Akane returned.

After a quick adjustment, he put away his phone, which was set to vibrate and all other services were silenced, picked up the helmet-shaped EEG anastomosis device from the coffee table, and went out again like a knight about to set off.

"I am leaving."

Kiyama Harumi remained silent, maintaining his original posture as he watched Ishihara Akira leave his office.

Then, Ishihara Akira arrived at the research institute's parking lot, found Kiyama Haruo's car, unlocked the electronic lock, opened the car door, sat inside, placed his helmet on the passenger seat, and inserted the key to start the vehicle.

Release the handbrake, depress the clutch, and accelerate. The car smoothly turned its wheels and drove out of the AIM Analysis Institute's parking lot, heading towards the location of the Advanced Situation Rescue Team's affiliated research institute in the dim light of the early morning.

There were no traffic police along the way...

With no vehicles or pedestrians around, Ishihara Akira, who had been somewhat tense, immediately relaxed and began to operate the vehicle with even greater boldness.

Therefore, it didn't take long for the car to arrive near the Advanced Situation Rescue Team's affiliated research institute, guided by the navigation system. Finally, it found a place that was not particularly relevant but allowed cars to park and parked there.

Then Ishihara Akira turned off the car's engine, grabbed the helmet from the passenger seat, and put it back on his head.

Then, a familiar sense of impact, or perhaps a sense of clarity, rushed into his mind, significantly enhancing his thinking speed and cognitive abilities.

Ishihara Akira found a mental perception ability similar to a mental scan, and used it to replace his eyes and ears. He then got out of the car, locked it, and walked quickly toward the headquarters of the rescue team's affiliated research institute.

A cold shoulder!

However, Ishihara Yu had anticipated this, so he bypassed the main gate and went to the adjacent wall. He activated an electronic control ability similar to that of a railgun, creating a magnetic attraction effect under his feet using electromagnetic force. Then, mimicking Mikoto Mimoto's classic maneuver, he climbed to the top of the wall, crouched down, and scanned the environment inside the research institute.

The main purpose was to get a sense of the location of the various surveillance cameras installed inside.

He then leaped over the wall and began walking along its edge towards a blind spot of a security camera. After passing through the camera, he arrived at the main entrance of the research institute building...

Here, Ishihara Yuka can no longer hide from the cameras.

But it doesn't matter, he has other abilities he can use, such as electromagnetic interference, light folding, and telekinesis, which can easily block cameras and change their monitoring direction, allowing him to escape from surveillance.

Then, Ishihara used his electromagnetic abilities to unlock the door, opened it, and slipped into the research institute.

After that, it was just aimless searching.

Layer upon layer, room upon room.

Without the guidance and assistance of the staff, it took a lot of effort for Ishihara Akira to finally find his way to one of the offices, which was the largest and most decorated among the research institute's staff offices and contained photos of Theristina Kihara as a child and as an adult.

If I'm not mistaken, this is indeed Theristina's office.

Then Ishihara Akira, without any further hesitation, began searching the entire office.

They even targeted computers.

Anyway, he also has electromagnetic manipulation skills, even if they are not strong, they are still enough to crack a computer password without any problem.

So we've seen a lot of hidden information, but we still have absolutely no clue about where the ability crystals are hidden.

"It seems we can only wait for Theristina herself to appear..." Ishihara Sho sighed, turning off his computer and sitting in his office chair.

Then he took out his phone again, set an alarm, and continued to ponder his own abilities...

However, now I'm focusing more on experiencing and applying other abilities, to see if I can reproduce them after returning to reality.

More than two hours later, the violent tremors roused Ishihara Sho from his immersion in his abilities.

Without hesitation, Ishihara Akira turned off his phone, stood up, and with a quick movement, ducked under the desk into the space meant for users to stretch their legs. He then activated his polarizing ability, completely concealing himself...

About half an hour later, accompanied by the sound of high heels clicking on the ground as they approached, Theristina's office door, which had been tightly closed, was opened.

Then, a pair of beautiful legs encased in flesh-colored stockings came into view.

A faint scent, whether chemical or natural, wafted from Terestina and filled Ishihara Yu's nostrils...

Without hesitation, Ishihara Sho opened the ether bottle he had obtained from the Underworld Soul Chaser, used his telekinesis to envelop the liquid inside, and sent it to Theristina's nostrils as quickly as possible. He used the telekinetic barrier to block the entry of outside air and forcibly delivered the liquid into her body.

In just over ten seconds, Theristina's struggles ceased, her hands fell limp, and she collapsed unconscious to the ground.

Yes, because the chair had already fallen over while she was struggling.

Then, Ishihara Sho crawled out from the space under the table, knelt down next to the unconscious Therista, poked her face with his hand to make sure she was unresponsive, and then decisively searched her body, removing anything that looked like an ability interference device and tossing it aside.

Only after confirming that there were no more suspicious items on Theristina's body did he create a ball of cool water and spray it on Theristina's face.

"Whoosh..."

Chapter 32 Before Leaving

Thanks to the insufficient dosage of the ether agent and its short onset time, Theristina was quickly awakened by the stimulation of the cold water balloon. Opening her eyes, she stared blankly ahead...

However, Ishihara Yu didn't give her a chance to fully regain her senses. He immediately switched back to his mental interference ability, which had been upgraded to LV2 after more than a day of fusion and optimization, and suppressed Theristina's consciousness in the first instance, taking her under control.

"Where is the power crystal?" Ishihara asked Theristina, whose expression was no longer blank but whose eyes were empty.

“In the lab,” Theristina said, sitting up.

"Where is the laboratory?" Ishihara Akira pressed.

“In the basement of the research institute,” Theristina replied.

"Get up and get dressed, then take me to the lab," Ishihara Akira said, standing up and taking two steps back.

"Yes." Theristina responded and stood up from the ground. She then began to straighten and button up the clothes that Ishihara had messed up and left open while trying to remove any interference devices that might be present on her. She then returned to her usual capable and efficient self.

"Let's go."

The two then left Theristina's office one after the other and went to the elevator on that floor of the research institute. They called the elevator, verified their identities with their ID cards at the scanner, and a new floor button appeared on the elevator. Theristina pressed the button, and the elevator quickly descended to the ground with a familiar feeling of weightlessness.

In just a short while, they arrived at the laboratory that Theristina had mentioned.

The doors opened, revealing a modern laboratory filled with instruments and equipment.

"Take me to get the ability crystal." Ishihara Sho saw the machine in the laboratory, which was probably the ability interference device from the original work. Not daring to waste time or stay too long, he gave the order to Theristina again.

“Yes,” Theristina replied, leading Ishihara Sho away from the vicinity of the control panel and to a place near the center of the laboratory, finally stopping in front of a glass case that resembled one used in a museum to protect official artifacts.

Then the originally opaque glass on the glass cover changed, from a brownish state back to a transparent state.

Theristina stepped forward and began operating the system, performing fingerprint scanning, iris scanning, and voice recognition. After a lot of work, the glass cover was finally opened with a soft "hiss" sound, and Theristina took out the power crystal inside.

“Give it to me,” Ishihara Akira said, extending his hand.

Without hesitation, Theristina placed the power crystal into Ishihara Sho's hand.

"It's a pity I have to leave, otherwise I really wouldn't want to let go of such a beauty like you." Ishihara Sho put the ability crystal into his pocket, looked at the intelligent beauty in front of him who was controlled and had no ability to resist, and couldn't help but sigh with some regret.

"And Kiyama Harumi too..."

Ishihara Shou shook his head, gave Theristina another hint with his ability, then decisively turned around and went back to the elevator. He went upstairs and left the laboratory, avoiding the surveillance cameras. He left the Advanced Situation Rescue Team's affiliated research institute, went back to the parking lot, found Kiyama Haruo's car, opened the door, got in, took off his hat, and started the car to head back to the AIM Analysis Research Institute.

……

"Click".

Ishihara Akira pushed open the door and walked into Kiyama Haruo's office.

Then Kiyama Harumi opened his eyes and looked at Ishihara Sho.

"I have fulfilled my mission. Here you go, Ability Crystal." Knowing what she was expecting, Ishihara Sho didn't waste any time. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a bright red pendant that looked like some kind of rhomboid crystal, which swayed incessantly with the movement of the cord.

"Really!?" Kiyama Haruo exclaimed in surprise, jumping up from his chair. However, whether it was because he got up too quickly or because he hadn't slept all night, he was experiencing low blood sugar and his vision went black. He almost fainted.

"Are you alright?" Ishihara Akira asked with concern.

"It's alright, I just need a rest," Kiyama Harumi waved his hand.

"No, no, I can't rest now. I have to go save the children."

"Alright. Let's hurry up and go, lest you exhaust yourself by not getting enough rest after the students wake up," Ishihara Akira said helplessly.

Soon after entering the room, Ishihara Akira and Kiyama Harumi had to leave the office, go to the parking lot downstairs, get into the car, and drive off towards the university-affiliated hospital where the Underworld Soul Chaser worked.

Of course, while on the way, Ishihara Akira didn't forget to call him in advance, so that when they arrived, he wouldn't happen to be in surgery or have other business, and they wouldn't be able to make it to him.

……

"I didn't expect you to actually get it." The Netherworld Soul Chaser, holding the power crystal, looked at Ishihara Sho with some surprise.

"It was just a coincidence. My abilities are better suited for infiltration and interrogation; otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to find its whereabouts," Ishihara Akira said modestly.

"That's a huge help. Now that we just need to solve the problem of the ability crystals, the children can wake up at any time. You've really done a great thing," said Netherworld Soul Chaser happily.

"hey-hey……"

"Alright, I'm not going to talk to you anymore. I need to figure out how to deal with this thing first." Mingtu Zhuihun was a decisive person. After exchanging a few pleasantries, he immediately turned his attention to treating the children.

"Doctor, let me help you," Kiyama Haruo said immediately.

After all, she was a participant and the actual operator of the out-of-control ability analysis and detonation experiment back then. She might not be familiar with other things, but she still had a lot of insight into ability crystals. Who knows, she might be able to speed up the research progress and let the children wake up sooner.

"Are you alright?" asked the Soul Chaser of the Underworld, who had already discerned from his formidable medical experience that Kiyama Harumi must have been up all night.

“It’s alright,” Kiyama Harumi said cheerfully.

"OK then."

Then, the two went to the research lab for the new surgical technique inside the hospital and used the equipment there to study the ability crystals.

Ishihara Sho was left behind, and without much thought, he found a quiet, secluded place and began to figure out how to materialize and use his other abilities.

Well, he's not using the brainwave anastomosis device right now; he's relying on his demonic body's sensitivity to mental power to forcibly replicate himself.

But the result...

It's a mixed bag, I'd say!

The advantages are undeniable: his demonic identity and sensitivity to mental power make it easy for him to replicate similar abilities—mental abilities. Even if he stumbles along the way, he does manage to reproduce the ability. However, this is less effective with abilities that require the AIM diffusion field and personal reality to use.

Things like electromagnetic waves, electronic control, and water particle polymerization have absolutely no effect.

Not only will he fail, but his personal conflicts may also negatively impact him, leaving his mind buzzing as if he's been hit by a hammer.