The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

This left Ishihara Sho feeling quite perplexed—

"Could it be that I'm doing something wrong?"

Thinking this, Ishihara Akira temporarily escaped the dream and returned to reality. After a moment's thought, he picked up his phone and logged onto the internet, searching in his browser for specific information about the anime series featuring Jinguji Narumi and the others.

However, the result was completely unexpected by Ishihara Yuu: there was no information about them at all online!

In other words, the anime series they came from is one of the less than 1% anomalies between this parallel world and the real Earth they originally lived in!

"No wonder I couldn't activate the portal to the two-dimensional world through my dreams."

Then, Ishihara Shou returned to the browser's homepage and began searching for information about everyday anime series in this world.

After all, this time travel is a test, not something he's actually going to do, so the safer the better. Otherwise, if he really chooses a story like a battlefield to travel to, and then finds himself on the battlefield and gets shot in the back, he'll really have no chance to seek justice.

Therefore, it's better to choose everyday TV shows for testing!

It's not too late to infiltrate and conquer the target world once you've gathered all the necessary information.

Fortunately, although this world lacked information on characters like Narumi Jinguji, it did have well-known slice-of-life anime such as "A Town Where You Live," "K-On!", "Amagami SS," "Hyouka," and "Clannad." Therefore, after careful selection, Ishihara Sho decisively decided to use the world of "Amagami SS" as his test world.

As for the others?

I'm not familiar with the town where you live. While Hyouka, like Amagami SS, is a school romance anime, its storyline is too simplistic, unlike Amagami SS which features a large cast of girls. As for Clannad…

That was too heartbreaking. Before he knew whether he had the power to change the inherent plot of the two-dimensional world, Ishihara Shou did not intend to enter such a world full of life and reality, and then watch helplessly as various tragedies occurred.

Therefore, they set their sights on the world of Christmas Kiss.

Based on the information he found, Ishihara Sho carefully memorized the appearances and specific personality traits of the female characters who appeared in the story using his recently enhanced mental power. He then put down his phone again and entered his dream world again, transforming the dream world into a Japanese-style classroom. He then materialized all the main female characters, including Morishima Haruka, Tanamachi Kaoru, Nakata Sae, Nanasaki Aya, Sakurai Rieko, and Ayatsuji Shi.

"Ishihara-kun!"

"Ah Zhang!"

"senior."

“Ishihara-san…”

In an instant, Ishihara Yuu, who had just experienced the hospital ward, was once again surrounded by beautiful girls.

Ishihara Akira responded with a smile, taking the opportunity to grope her, before focusing his attention on surveying the classroom area, waiting for the white circular teleportation portal to appear.

This time, the portal appeared smoothly, and within ten minutes, it suddenly materialized in the classroom.

However, apart from Ishihara Sho herself, Morishima Haruka and the others completely ignored its existence, as if they couldn't see it at all.

Then, Ishihara Akira emerged from the encirclement of Morishima Haruka and the others, walked to the teleportation portal, paused for a few seconds, and decisively stepped into the portal. In a flash, he was transported from the classroom to a playground, where some members who appeared to be members of the track and field club were running hard on the rubber track, carrying out their daily speed training.

Ishihara Akira took the opportunity to look around and confirm that he was in a high school. It must have been after school in the afternoon, otherwise the sports field would not have been occupied by sports clubs.

Moreover, the sky also indicates that dusk is not far away.

"I wonder if it's the same high school that Morishima Haruka and the others attend."

However, whether it is true or not, there is no way to be sure now.

Since it's after school, unless you go to the faculty office to find the student roster, there's no way to find the corresponding student in the empty classroom.

Of course, if any of them are left behind to do cleaning duty or something, that's another story.

"However, one thing is certain: this is no longer my dream. So, the most crucial thing now is to find a way to escape from here and return to the real world!" Ishihara Akira thought methodically.

Without hesitation, he closed his eyes again and visualized the environment of his and his friend A's residence in the real world, concentrating on describing it...

Finally, after an unknown amount of time, Ishihara Akira felt his feet sink into the ground, and when he opened his eyes again, he was back in reality.

"As expected, it uses the embodiment of thought as the location for movement!" Ishihara Akira thought to himself.

Although he didn't know exactly what he was thinking when he escaped from the pirate world last time, he was certain that he activated the portal there because of his friend A. So, by analogy, Ishihara Sho wondered if there were some specific, fixed coordinates that could prevent him from getting lost in the ocean of the dream world.

Just like how you need characters from the corresponding dimension to enter the world of anime and manga in order to activate the passage to that world.

Now that I see it, it's indeed true!

This way, he can be more confident and bold in testing other things.

For example, is there a difference in the flow of time between the dimensional world and the real world?

For example, how much of one's abilities as a dream creature can be utilized in the dimensional world.

Or, to put it another way, to what extent one can utilize one's own power.

Besides that, one should consider whether they can gain any benefits from the dimensional world and whether they can bring those benefits into reality.

Then, Ishihara Akira picked up his phone, glanced at the time, closed his eyes again, entered the dream world, materialized his character, and opened the teleportation channel to the world of Christmas Kiss. ​​Just like before, he entered the world of Christmas Kiss again and arrived at the school playground full of sports atmosphere.

"The time is set, and the next step is the ability test."

Muttering to himself, Ishihara Akira turned and walked toward the teaching building, which should be almost deserted by now.

"Speaking of which, now that I am a spiritual being, a Heavenly Demon, can I change my appearance through my will and achieve the ability to transform myself in countless ways?"

Chapter 17 Ability

"First, I need a mirror."

Thinking it over, Ishihara Akira activated his power as the master of dreams—Imagination Manifestation—and attempted to create a mirror.

Unfortunately, it did not succeed.

"As expected, my identity has been downgraded in this dimensional world."

Well, there's nothing more to say, I guess I'll just have to go find a mirror near the restroom.

So, after entering the teaching building, Ishihara Shou directly used his memories from his high school days to find the location of the boys' restroom in a Japanese high school. He went inside and found a small, barely square-centimeter-sized vanity mirror hanging near the entrance. He then used his ability in front of the mirror—

First, it's about male to female transformation!

This is the most direct way to test your maximum strength!

And most importantly, its features are distinct.

So the next moment, Ishihara Yu's appearance became feminine...

But Ishihara Yuu didn't feel happy; instead, he immediately pulled down his pants and reached inside—

"Is it just about outward appearance...?"

That's good, because it allows you to enjoy the benefits of being a woman without experiencing the various troubles that come with it!

"The power doesn't seem to have weakened either," Ishihara Akira said, clenching his fist.

Then I started my second test—

Change age and height.

Or perhaps it's a return to youth.

So, immediately after acquiring a female appearance, Ishihara Yu's height shrank rapidly, from being level with the mirror to being about the same height as the sink next to him.

It goes without saying that this was a success.

Then, Ishihara Shou used his abilities in reverse, turning himself back from a child into an adult, and continuing to change and age on the basis of adulthood, until he became an old man.

Next came the complete makeover.

Not only human faces and races, but also the images of non-human, legendary creatures are included in the testing scope.

And they all succeeded—at least as long as the range was within the range of humans or subhumans, even beastmen were no problem. But when it came to other non-humanoid races, even centaurs, Ishihara Akira couldn't transform into one. But it was still enough to make Ishihara Akira very happy!

"It seems I'm not entirely without the ability to protect myself in this dimensional world," Ishihara Akane muttered contentedly as he restored himself to his original form.

And most importantly, the consumption is very small!

Having experienced a series of changes, Ishihara Akira didn't feel any physical or mental fatigue. At most, he felt a bit dazed, like he had just forced himself to read a book, and he would fully recover after breathing in some fresh air.

"Next, it's time to find someone to test our ability to deal with people."

With that thought in mind, Ishihara Akira left the boys' restroom, which didn't smell very good, and returned to the teaching building, exploring each classroom one by one.

One reason was to find suitable test subjects. The other was to see if they could encounter female target characters from the world of Christmas Kiss, so that they could more accurately assess their own situation.

It's a pity that even though we had all the targets in mind, we still couldn't find the main female characters in the classes where female characters were studying.

……

"Little brother, why are you crying here all by yourself? Where are your family?" In a corner of the teaching building, a short-haired girl leaned down and asked the crying child in a soft voice.

"Waaah...waaah...I can't find my sister." Ishihara Sho, who had transformed into a child using the Heavenly Demon Transformation technique, answered sobbing.

"Then tell your sister what her name is, and see if I can help you find her." The girl squatted down, grabbed Ishihara Sho's hand as he rubbed his eyes, and looked into his eyes as she spoke softly.

“My older sister’s name is Haruka Morishima,” Akira Ishihara replied.

"Ah, so you're Haruka-senpai's younger brother. Wait a minute, let me make a call and see if I can get Haruka-senpai's phone number from someone else." After saying that, the woman took out a flip phone, a product of this era, from the small pocket of her uniform, pulled up her contacts, and sent a request for help to the seniors or classmates of Morishima Haruka that she might be able to contact.

Meanwhile, Ishihara Akira stared into the girl's eyes, testing the power of hypnosis.

I want to know if, with my current level of mental strength, I can hypnotize characters from other dimensions, or in other words, whether I can achieve the power of hypnosis.

After a short while, the girl's eyes gradually dimmed, and she remained holding her phone, searching for numbers, without changing her expression.

"Did I succeed?" Somewhat unsure, Ishihara Akira touched the girl's face with his hand, then playfully pinched her cheeks and made a strange face.

"Looks like it was a success."

Then, Ishihara Akira lifted the hypnosis on the girl, allowing her to regain her senses.

The girl, seemingly unaware that she had lost a part of her memory, rubbed her cheek, which had been pinched by Ishihara Akira, while muttering as she continued to search for numbers.

"Why does my face hurt all of a sudden?"

After a while.

"Fujishima-senpai, do you have Morishima Haruka-senpai's number? Hmm, I need to talk to her about something. Tsukahara-senpai? I understand. Thank you, Fujishima-senpai, I'll treat you to a drink tomorrow," the girl said with a grin.

He then hung up the phone and dialed another number.

"Hello, are you Hibiki Tsukahara-senpai? I'm Keiko Tanaka from Class 2-A. Ah, well, when I was cleaning up at school, I came across a child who seemed lost. He was crying alone in the hallway, so I went up to ask him what was wrong and learned that he seemed to be Haruka Morishima-senpai's younger brother. I was thinking if I could help contact Haruka Morishima-senpai and take her brother there..."

"What? Morishima-senpai doesn't have a younger brother?" Tanaka Keiko asked, looking at Ishihara Akira with astonishment.

"Alright then, I'll ask again. Thank you, Tsukahara-senpai."