The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

"Yes, yes, it's all ready. I'll have someone bring it over to you right away..."

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A day later, Shi Yuanzhang, carrying the Gao Lian family's heartfelt gratitude, boarded a plane and left Northeast China with a smile on his face. He went to Jinshi, where the headquarters of Tianxia Group was located. In one of Tianxia Group's offices, he met Feng Shayan, who was dressed as a strong woman.

"This is the plan I prepared. Take a look." Ishihara Akira didn't waste any time and directly took out the plan, which was copied from a template on the Internet, from his personal space and placed it in front of Feng Shayan.

"You actually prepared this?" Feng Shayan said, picking up the plan in surprise.

“Since you’ve said you want to handle business strictly, I naturally won’t hold you back or turn business into personal matters,” Ishihara Akira said with a smile.

"I just hope your plan isn't just wishful thinking," Feng Shayan said noncommittally.

"Don't worry, it's definitely not a sudden whim," Ishihara Akira replied.

After that, Feng Shayan stopped talking and focused on reviewing Ishihara Sho's business plan. She examined the future market prospects, target audience, development potential, and corresponding economic benefits of the virtual reality fighting game that Ishihara Sho was about to create, and pondered the relevant business content.

Much later.

"How much investment are you planning to take from me?" Feng Shayan closed the business plan in her hand and looked at Ishihara Akira across from her, asking.

"Of course, the more the better."

“There must be a specific number,” Feng Shayan said.

"For the initial phase, let's start with ten million. I'll manufacture the servers and some finished products first, then give them to you for testing. Once you've confirmed there are no problems, you can give me more funding later so I can set up the company," Ishihara Akira said after thinking for a moment.

"Ten million isn't a lot, but how do you plan to distribute the shares?" Feng Shayan said, speaking in a business-like manner.

What do you mean?

"If the game can actually be made, I want 70% of your company's shares, and the remaining 30% will belong to you personally or your so-called team."

"Taking away 70% at once, that's too ruthless."

"You need to understand that the game you're talking about is currently just a concept, not a finished product. This means that the initial ten million you're given to start is completely trial and error, and it could go down the drain at any time, without even a ripple of progress. I'm taking on all the risks, so naturally I expect a return commensurate with those risks. Not to mention the subsequent company setup, promotion, and other related matters. I imagine you're also considering entrusting all of that to our Tianxia Group, right? So, taking all these factors into account, my taking 70% of your shares isn't much at all; in fact, it might even be a loss."

"...Can't I just delegate these things to someone else?"

"That money was given to you by me. As the fund provider, it's okay for me to monitor its flow and ensure it plays its maximum role, right?"

"no problem."

"Do you have any further objections?"

"Since you've put it that way, fine. You can also help me buy the server while you're at it. I need the latest high-performance blade server set; otherwise, I'm afraid it won't be able to run my game."

"Row."

"Do you have time later?" Ishihara Sho asked decisively.

"What are you going to do?" Feng Shayan asked calmly.

“We haven’t seen each other for so long, it’s not too much to ask you to have a meal, is it?” Ishihara Akira said with a smile.

"You just want to treat me to a meal?" Feng Shayan asked with a half-smile.

"Wouldn't it seem rather unromantic to say it so explicitly?"

"...Considering your excellent performance last time, I'm quite satisfied. Alright, wait here for me for a moment. I'll go and give you some instructions and then come down." After saying that, Feng Shayan didn't waste any more words. She got up, took the plan left by Shi Yuanzhang, and left the office where the two had met to give him the instructions.

For example, purchasing a server.

After more than ten minutes, she returned with a confident air, greeted someone at the door, and then took Ishihara Akane directly to the underground parking lot of the Tianxia Group. They got into her private car and drove Ishihara Akane to a well-known restaurant in Jinshi for what could hardly be called dinner—an afternoon meal…

……

The server arrived quickly, and within three days it was delivered to the house that Ishihara Sho had asked Feng Shayan to find in Jinshi. Without further ado, he used his newly acquired Divine Refinement technique to transform the server unit in front of him, turning it into a magical artifact and a magical treasure.

Although the process was not complicated, it required carefulness, patience, and the ability to control Qi. For Ishihara Sho, who already possessed a perfected primordial spirit, these were nothing special. So, in just over half a day, the originally ordinary server was transformed into a magic artifact-level server, which could be processed and modified.

Therefore, Ishihara Akira quickly followed up by modifying the server.

The depiction is similar to the rune arrays on every magical artifact and treasure in cultivation novels—in the world of Under One Person, these are the paths of Qi circulation, just like the seemingly chaotic but actually traceable lines on the walls of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley in the original work, enhancing the server's performance and giving it more functions.

Then, the server is given a soul—similar to how we gave spirits to members of the Illuminati in reality. A blank soul is created from the dream world, modified with the Double-Handed Hand, and given the ability to simulate and even link to the inner world. Then, it is used as the core and inserted into the server.

Then a 'game world' to house the users' mental consciousness is created.

After that, the setup and editing environment are completed, and a server and the corresponding game environment are set up.

Then, Ishihara Yu picked up the VR game headset that came with the server and modified it to resemble a magic weapon, creating several game headsets that could be dedicated to the magic weapon server.

With that, Ishihara Takashi's work was completed. Now, all he had to do was wait for the sand martins to finish testing and confirm there were no problems before he could expand the scale and complete the subsequent industrial layout.

For example, a streamlined production line for magical artifacts.

After all, he can't stay in this world forever and personally produce this thing, can he?

Chapter 331 Test Results

The scene shifts, and Ishihara Sho and Fuu Saen appear in a street scene resembling that of King of Fighters '97. Then, with the unique opening announcement of the King of Fighters game, the two enter battle mode.

Without wasting a word, Ishihara Sho took a step and charged straight at the Sand Swallow...

Although he created this system, it ultimately uses the Divine Refinement of Under One Person, so it can only react to Qi. Techniques from other worlds, such as Flying Kick, Instant Step, and Instant Body Book, cannot be analyzed by the system. Therefore, if Ishihara Akane wants to launch a surprise attack, he can only follow the methods of the Under One Person world.

This gave Fengshayan an opportunity. She calmly dodged the attack and then threw a punch at Ishihara Sho's head.

Ishihara Shō lowered his head and reached out with his backhand to grab, but Feng Shayan quickly pulled his hand back. Then, Feng Shayan's other fist struck Ishihara Shō's back from behind.

Sensing the approaching fist wind, Ishihara Sho immediately made a hand seal, and a Taoist escape light instantly appeared outside his body, helping him withstand the attack of the Sand Swallow.

"boom!"

Taking advantage of the sand swallow's attack, Ishihara Sho charged straight at the sand swallow next to him again.

The sand martins continued to dodge.

Ishihara Sho, however, landed firmly, initiating the sorcerer's trap. He turned, made a hand seal, and a ball of flame whooshed towards the sand swallow with a "whoosh"—

Since the power of other worlds cannot be used in the server, the natural course of action is to test the server's adaptability as much as possible and see if there are any bugs.

However, Ishihara Akira's original plan to create a similar game in the real world fell through, and he could only retain the server's original function, making it the server unit for the Dream Space's member-exclusive communication website.

Although its value has decreased significantly, when combined with the teleportation summoning array developed by the Mist Ninja, it still has no problem teleporting items from all over the world. The combination of the two makes it even more like the real Nightmare Space.

As Ishihara Sho's mind raced, more fireballs shot towards the Sand Swallow.

Feng Shayan unleashed her Hundred Steps Divine Fist, transforming her fists into an equal number of phantoms that collided with the fireballs created by Ishihara Sho, blasting them apart one by one...

Ishihara immediately changed his attack, and an earth dragon emerged from the ground once more, roaring silently as it charged toward the Sand Swallow.

The sand swallow dodged and attacked Ishihara Sho again.

Ishihara Sho then activated four discs, and several spatial black holes appeared around him again, diverting Feng Shayan's attack to other places, even in front of Feng Shayan himself.

The sand swallow withdrew and reorganized its attack.

Ishihara Akira also put away his sorcery techniques, and with a thought, activated the Yin Five Thunder Mode—a large amount of pitch-black sludge spread out from beneath his feet, spreading outwards...

"This is... Yin Wu Lei? Isn't this the unique skill of the Celestial Master's Mansion? How do you know it too?" Upon seeing the familiar black mud, Feng Shayan felt a chill run down her spine and asked incredulously as she backed away.

“I also know the Golden Light Mantra, would you like to see it?” Ishihara Akira said with a smile.

"Go ahead and use it if you dare," Feng Shayan retorted without any politeness.

"Then you'd better watch carefully." After saying that, golden light suddenly appeared on Ishihara Sho's body, and then the black sludge that had formed to a certain size suddenly exploded, shooting towards the sand swallow like tentacles.

Knowing the true nature of this sludge, the sand swift dared not take it head-on and quickly dodged away.

But then, a golden light appeared before her. Feng Shayan instinctively swung her hand to strike, but the next moment her body was bound by golden threads, making it impossible for her to break free no matter how much she struggled. In the end, she could only helplessly admit defeat once again...

Advanced application techniques of the Golden Light Mantra – Golden Light Transformation!

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"How was it?" After exiting the game, Ishihara Sho took off his helmet and put it aside, then turned to ask the Sand Swallow beside him.

"Not bad. How's the production capacity? And what about the servers? How many people can they support online at the same time?" Feng Shayan didn't mince words and went straight to the crucial questions about whether a game could be promoted and operated.

"As for the server, it depends on how fast you buy it. The faster you buy it, the faster I can modify it. As for the upper limit, it's impossible to test that for now. After all, we only have so many people. Even with the superhumans from your Tianxia Group, we only have a thousand at most, not even ten thousand. We can't even do enough testing on the current server's stress resistance. As for the helmet production speed, you can find a place to build a factory later and set up a production line that can produce the helmets we have. I'll modify it. I can't say for sure, but producing one or two hundred a day shouldn't be a problem. That's enough for us to develop the domestic market."

After all, the game only needs to be open to non-humans right now, without having to consider the purchasing desires of ordinary people. Moreover, even if it were to be sold, there are other things and issues to consider, and it's impossible to reach the level of being open to ordinary people in a short period of time. Therefore, there's no need to increase production capacity too much; just enough is sufficient.

Unless Ishihara Akira also makes Shining Nikki, the virtual dress-up game for ordinary women mentioned in the plan—the kind of Nikki where players can replace virtual characters, personally experience the clothes in the game, and even take photos to post on social media—a hundred or so game helmets a day would be enough to sell.

"I understand. I'll arrange for someone to send the server over to you right away," Feng Shayan nodded in response.

"Also, you'll be registering a company soon, right? I have a few people I need to bring in," Ishihara Akira said, looking at Fuu Sayan beside him.

"How many people?" Feng Shayan asked, frowning.

What she hates most is this kind of behavior of inserting her own people into legitimate business activities.

Although there are quite a few people with connections in Tianxia Company, at least those with connections have the ability to do so and won't slow down the company's operations. Otherwise, even if they are managers with connections, Feng Shayan would never tolerate them. It would be more appropriate if they were people with supernatural abilities...

At least ordinary people are less destructive than those with supernatural abilities.

“Four: two are from the Quanxing sect, namely Xia He, the 'Four Madmen'; Dou Mei, the 'Intestine-Piercing Poison'; Liu Yanyan from the Liu family, a family of corpse-driving clans in western Hunan; and Fu Rong, the successor of a certain sword qi sect. As for how to arrange them, you can figure it out yourself. Even if you use them as security guards, there won't be any problem,” Shi Yuanzhang replied with a smile.

"Aren't you afraid that their presence will ruin the company?" Feng Shayan said with a sneer.

"Don't forget, our company's target audience is people with supernatural abilities, and everything from the game servers to the production line to the access devices consists of magical artifacts and treasures. Ordinary people, apart from finance and basic clerical work, have no way to get involved in the game's operation. On the contrary, these few people, because they are people with supernatural abilities themselves, can better protect the server's security. Moreover, turning the Quanxing people who would otherwise run around and cause trouble into proper workers is something the company would be happy to see happen," Ishihara Akira reminded him with a smile.

"In addition, Fu Rong is a certified senior chef. If we really can't think of any other way to arrange it, we can just let her be in charge of the company's staff meals. With a chef from a five-star hotel personally in charge, I think the staff would have no reason not to accept their presence."

"I understand, I'll think about it carefully." Feng Shayan didn't say anything more after hearing this. She called out and stood up from the ground, but before she could leave, her hand was grabbed by Shi Yuanzhang again.

"Is there anything else?" Feng Shayan asked him.

"There's no need to rush things, young man. It's better to enjoy life while you can." With that, he pulled Feng Shayan back into his arms and kissed her lips.

Chapter 332 A Strategic Perspective

Afterwards, Ishihara Akira stayed in the Under One Person world for more than a month. When the newly established company was fully on track under the management of the supernatural manager arranged by Feng Shayan, and the game began to become popular in the supernatural community, and Xia He, Dou Mei, Liu Yanyan, Fu Rong and others were able to live freely, they had completely gained control of the Under One Person world. They could log in and out at any time and pull the Under One Person world into the Naruto world, which is the Nightmare Space. On a calm and peaceful day, Ishihara Akira quietly left the Under One Person world and returned to the Dream World.

"Tsk, what a bunch of useless trash." Ishihara Sho, who had just checked the progress of the hundred test players he had brought in earlier, muttered with great dissatisfaction.

While not all of them are dead, about nine-tenths of them are gone, leaving only about ten members barely surviving in the mission world.