The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

After saying that, the man ignored his companions and ran towards Ishihara Akira and the others with his camera equipment.

"Wait, wait for me!"

Then his companions ran over as well.

Indeed, Ishihara Shou has prepared a lot of surprises this time. Not only is there a hostess/high-class socialite version of Tifa, but also the popular One Piece character Boa Hancock. In addition, there are some non-controllable characters from the globally popular Genshin Impact, Yamato from Kantai Collection, which is now somewhat outdated, and the great sage youkai Yakumo Yukari from Touhou Project, who seems to never stop loving it.

It can be said that it takes into account the preferences of all kinds of people, and it is definitely a bombshell. As soon as it appeared, it attracted the attention of all the photographers and cosplayers in the cosplay photography area. They all put down what they were doing and gathered around Ishihara Sho.

"Friend, may I take a picture?"

"Miss, may I take a picture?"

"How much does that cost?"

They were all like elderly people scrambling to buy discounted vegetables at a market; it was incredibly noisy.

"Alright, alright, everyone quiet down!" Seeing this, Ishihara Akira had no choice but to clap his hands and use some of his supernatural power to quiet everyone down: "Now I'll answer everyone's questions. First, regarding the filming, I can tell you clearly that filming is possible, but the cost is quite high, and it will be charged per photo. The current price is tentatively set at 1,000 yen per photo. As for whether the price will increase later, that will depend on the specific situation."

"Alright, everyone step back a bit and give them some space, then come to me one by one to pay... Don't even think about running away with your money, I'm not an ordinary person."

As he spoke, Ishihara Akira flipped his hand, and a fireball appeared in his palm.

Immediately, the photographers who had previously harbored some ulterior motives all became serious and quiet.

However, this is only temporary. After all, with so many people present, there are bound to be some who are hoping to get away with it. But Ishihara Akira didn't really bring people out to make money by selling his image; he was just bored and looking for something to do. So even if someone does run away, he won't do anything about it.

After all, the whole world belongs to him; would he care about a mere hundred or eight thousand dollars?

Afterwards, Ishihara Akira walked to the side and played the role of a gatekeeper at an exhibition hall or zoo, admiring the two-dimensional characters he had created with great interest while collecting the photography fees from the otaku photographer next to him. He couldn't have been more content.

……

In one day, whether I say it or not, I actually earned nearly a million yuan, which shows just how extravagant the spending power of these otaku is.

Of course, this may also be related to the fact that otaku who can afford photography equipment are generally quite wealthy.

But it also shows how much money excellent cosplayers can make in this area.

Unfortunately, Ishihara Yuu had no interest in making money from this, and he wasn't short of money either. So after a day of fooling around and seeing the situation at the doujinshi convention, he decisively stopped what he was doing, became a homebody, and immersed himself in the world of romance.

The group of nerds and photographers who had heard the news and rushed to witness the real Tifa were greatly disappointed, beating their chests in regret for not arriving a day earlier to witness the miracle.

However, Ishihara Akira didn't stay in Tokyo for long. On the day before New Year's Day, he took the Shinkansen back to Nagoya.

After all, while Buddhist temples are not the first choice for Japanese people to worship during the New Year, it is not to say that there are no true believers who will rush to worship after the clock strikes twelve. Therefore, in order to deal with various possible situations, he had to hurry back to the temple to make final preparations.

Fortunately, most things had already been prepared beforehand, so all I had to do was check them again to make sure there were no problems, or quickly resolve any issues that were found, and then I could relax again.

Then Ishihara Akira went back inside, took out his phone, and started spending the rest of his time online...

Hanako's family also has a home, and although they are relatives, there is no reason for them to stay for the New Year. However, they did invite Ishihara Sho to celebrate the New Year together, but Ishihara Sho was not interested. So the temple was unusually empty. Apart from him, the abbot, Hanako, the believers who usually like to spend time in the temple, and related people all went back to their homes to share the reunion with their families.

Yumiko has to go to work.

Misako is still dealing with her divorce.

Keiko Yamada also had matters to attend to within the group.

So after looking around, Ishihara Akira surprisingly found himself all alone, appearing extremely lonely, which explains why he spends so much time and energy on his phone and the internet.

After all, there was no television in the temple, so even if he wanted to watch the Red and White Song Festival, he didn't have the means.

……

And just like that, in the blink of an eye, it was around midnight, time to ring the bell.

Ishihara Sho stood up, straightened his robe, and slowly walked towards the bell tower in the temple. He arrived at the large bell placed in a small pavilion, grabbed the striking rope next to it, and silently counted the time in his mind while waiting for the twelve o'clock to arrive.

Fortunately, this period of time was short, and soon it officially came to midnight.

Ishihara Sho then stopped insisting and immediately released his grip, letting the wooden mallet strike the large bell.

"when!"

As the bell tolled, perhaps because it awakened the revival of spiritual energy, invisible fluctuations spread rapidly through the surrounding void, sweeping away all the unpleasant atmosphere and aura in the air, making the air fresh and tranquil.

After ringing the New Year's bell, Ishihara Shō returned to the main hall of the temple to await the arrival of the first incense-offering guests...

Chapter 569 Starting Again

Heavenly Demon, Reborn as a Monk in Japan

Around 1 a.m., a middle-aged couple arrived at the temple and, guided by Ishihara Shō, began to worship Guanyin, praying that they could conceive a child successfully this year...

This seemed to be a switch that triggered more worshippers to arrive. Shortly after they left, another young couple entered the temple again and began their routine worship.

Then the third pair.

The fourth pair.

The fifth pair.

Yes, most of the people who come are young or middle-aged couples. There are some elderly people, but not many. After all, it's the middle of the night, and most elderly people can't stay up until this time. So, when there are more elderly people, it will be at least after five or six in the morning.

As for the real young people, there are some under 20, but they are a small minority, and most of them come with their parents, like couples in anime who come to pray for the New Year. They usually go to nearby shrines rather than temples.

Because in the minds of young people, shrines are more like places suitable for dating and confessing one's feelings than temples.

In addition, most people who come to Huangzi Guanyin Temple are couples or couples who plan to have children; there are very few single people.

After all, the Arako Kannon Temple is a temple dedicated to granting children, not marriage. So even if someone wants to pray for a marriage, they would usually go to another Kannon temple next door instead of coming here. So hoping that something will happen here is really wishful thinking. Besides, Ishihara Akira has no interest in that kind of thing anymore...

With so many resources at hand, I'm already too busy to look for new ones.

Even if you were to look for someone, you'd go to the dimensional world and find those who can cultivate and have good skin. Why would you look for someone in reality who's covered in grease and mites?

He doesn't have a strong palate.

Haven't you noticed that people have lost interest in celebrities altogether?

Otherwise, you should definitely have a more in-depth conversation with Boss Yang.

……

This intermittent worship continued until five or six in the morning. As the temple's true devotees—the elderly—woke up, the number of worshippers at the temple really increased, and the kind of New Year's worship processions that only appear at large shrines began to appear.

However, at this time, Hanako, Aunt Dianzi, and the believers who volunteered to help with the temple's operations also arrived, so Ishihara Sho didn't have to personally greet them one by one, and could take some time to go back to his room to rest.

Even though, with his cultivation level, he doesn't need to rest at all.

However, it's perfectly fine to just give it a token gesture.

Besides, these worship activities don't last long, usually ending around noon or 2 PM. Then the young people either go to meet up with friends, go on dates with their crushes, or do other things. In any case, it won't tire out the elderly, so they don't make a fuss and go straight back to their meditation rooms to rest...

"You must be exhausted after a busy night." After a long while, Hanako brought a plate of rice, side dishes, and saury to Ishihara Akira's room and smiled at him as he opened his eyes and looked at her.

"It's alright," Ishihara Akira said, sitting up.

"Then you should eat." Hanako pushed the plate in front of Ishihara Akira.

"Have you eaten?" Ishihara Sho asked in return.

"I had already eaten at home when I came here," Hanako said, shaking her head.

"Then you feed me." Upon hearing this, Ishihara Akira, who was about to pick up the rice bowl, stopped and smiled.

"You're not a child anymore," Hanako rolled her eyes at him.

“I want you to feed me,” Ishihara Akira said earnestly.

"I just can't do anything with you." Hanako looked at Ishihara Sho, sighed with a helpless expression, and moved closer to him. Then she picked up the bowl and chopsticks in front of her and began to feed Ishihara Sho.

"Don't use chopsticks," said Ishihara Sho, blocking Hanako from handing him the chopsticks.

"How am I supposed to feed you without chopsticks?" Hanako said irritably.

Ishihara Sho didn't say anything, but just smiled and pointed at Hanako's mouth.

"Mom's still outside, aren't you afraid she'll come in and see?" Hanako's expression changed upon hearing this, and she reminded her somewhat angrily.

"Then we can tell her about our situation."

"Be careful, she might break your legs if she finds out."

"You're willing to do that?" Ishihara Akira asked with a wicked grin.

Hanako remained silent for a moment before silently putting the food into her mouth, then leaning forward to kiss Ishihara Shu's lips...

……

It took Ishihara Yu to almost an hour to finish a simple breakfast.

Fortunately, the thing I was worried about in the middle—Dianzi came to check on the situation and found that their secret had not happened. So Hanako breathed a long sigh of relief afterward, picked up the empty bowls, chopsticks and plates and ran away from Ishihara Akira's room as if she were running away, disappearing from Ishihara Akira's sight.

"As expected, this kind of tense and exciting life has its own unique flavor." After watching Hanako leave, Ishihara Akira lay down again and muttered to himself with a sense of satisfaction.

After that, the somewhat rushed day came to an end, and Ishihara Akira's life returned to its previous state.

Occasionally, he might hold a meeting of the Illuminati in the Infinite City, or visit the headquarters of the Illuminati's direct subsidiary in the real world to enjoy the service of Sato Haruka, or go to Evasia's yoga studio to admire the beautiful curves of other men's wives and have an affair with Evasia, or accompany Yamada Keiko to check on the progress of the political party's formation, and so on.

Anyway, it's both busy and erotic.

In the blink of an eye, the first seven days of the new year have passed swiftly, and the changes in the world are becoming increasingly apparent. Faint miracles are beginning to appear in Japanese towns and some temples with limited religious faith...

"So the grass gods finally couldn't hold back anymore..." Ishihara Akira thought to himself as he instantly understood what these miracles were all about by using his access.

After all, they are a group of so-called gods who are not even comparable to powerful monsters—one of the eight million gods of Japan. They don't have much strength to begin with. If they don't take advantage of the opportunity of the spiritual energy revival to emerge first and make some early profits in the countryside, they won't have the chance to develop when the real battle begins. Because of their weakness, they were not too damaged in the spiritual energy stagnation incident and were able to awaken before many of the great gods.

However, this also shows that it's only a matter of time before Earth officially comes into the sight of the immortals and gods of the upper realm. Therefore, Ishihara Sho could no longer continue to be reckless and had to rein in his thoughts and devote himself to improving himself.

"This time, let's see if we can bring our bodies along too..."

After saying that, Ishihara Sho used the transformation between reality and illusion that he had mastered after completing the War God Demon Scripture of the Yang God World, as well as the ability to disperse into Qi and gather into form after becoming a true Yang God, to make his body ethereal and merge with the Yang God, and together they entered the Nightmare Space.

Chapter 570 The World of Branding

Heavenly Demon, Reborn as a Monk in Japan

Upon entering the Nightmare Space, Ishihara Akira did not immediately set off. Instead, after comforting his women as usual, he took the time to check the trial status of the Earthlings who had been brought in, as well as the exchange catalog and the specific exchange list for each trial participant. Without much hesitation, he added the various cultivation techniques, unused materials, pills, and medicinal herbs that he had obtained from the Yangshen World to the catalog, increasing the depth and breadth of the exchange list.