Help! I changed the gender of the male protagonist in the yandere game.

Chapter 10: Mountain Boy? Goblin!

He actually didn't know what to do next. If the male protagonist didn't appear in the plot, how would he resolve the first chapter of the main storyline?

"Alright...Zai Zang, I'm just complaining to you here. Please don't spread these words around. Speaking nonsense in our family can really kill people."

The gossipy crow muttered a few words at the end, and then flew up from the shoulder of the Chunin Sainin, circled a little in the air, and flew away.

"Hmm~ Really, I don't like this kind of topic at all. This woman really likes to talk about this kind of thing..."

Saizo was riding a black horse. He glanced at Baijie, who was carrying a gun and leading a horse, and said with a smile, "This road is all muddy. It's tiring for the horses and the people... But we're almost there. Inamori Village is just ahead."

The sloppy uncle, no, today's Saizou had changed into clean clothes and carefully combed his messy hair. He rarely walked but rode on his horse and called out to the group of Genin behind him: "Everyone, hold on a little longer. We will reach the village after walking one more mountain road. You can rest then."

"Ok."

The Genin responded while enduring the muddy mountain road. It rained yesterday, and the mountain road was rugged and muddy. The people who had traveled a long distance suffered a lot on this road.

"Saizo-sama."

Baijie asked quietly, "You seem very familiar with this village."

"Yeah, I've been here a few times in the past."

Saizo nodded slowly. "I've known the village chief for a long time. Besides, since he came to us for help, it's hard for us, as ninjas of Kurohime Mountain, to refuse."

"Inamori Village?"

Baijie frowned slightly. He still remembered that this should be a side quest in the game.

"It shouldn't be too difficult... I hope I can complete it smoothly."

……

Inamori Village.

This small village is located in the Sendō region in the southern part of Mutsu Province.

This area is a long, narrow strip of land running from north to south, sandwiched between the Ou Mountains and the Abukuma Mountains.

The Mutsu and Dewa regions have always been the Tosando region that was beyond the reach of the imperial court in the past because they were too far away from the center of the imperial court's rule and there were many powerful people in the region.

Since ancient times, most administrators were not people appointed by the imperial court, but local lords represented by exorcists, and their followers who ruled the local area on behalf of the local lords.

In addition, there are numerous settlement-type villages of various sizes, including pioneer villages and fields occupied by wealthy families, local gentry, and landlords.

However, the North is also home to many demons. Without exorcists to regularly eliminate the surrounding demons, or to help the residents of the North sort out the earth's veins and create protective barriers for their villages and towns, ordinary people would find it difficult to survive...

On the other hand, exorcists, or people who are born with spiritual powers, only account for a very small part of the total population of the island nation.

For demons, people who are born with spiritual powers are the most delicious "meal".

Monsters can increase their own strength by eating people with spiritual power.

The ancestors of the exorcists had to live in human villages in ancient times when they were not yet able to form "famous families" or "powerful clans". At that time, children with spiritual powers would often be expelled or killed by their parents after they were born.

Because spiritual power naturally attracts monsters, after many long centuries, spiritualists have also learned to use their power, to form families, and to keep each other warm.

Gradually, they discovered the benefits of this "power" itself, and actively participated in and interfered in military and political affairs, thus developing into the numerous families of exorcists that are now spread across the island.

The demon exorcist clan of Heijishan has gone through hundreds of years, growing from weak to strong, and developing the power inherited in their blood to the extreme, thus growing into the most powerful clan in the North.

Although this tribe's style of behavior is relatively arrogant, and sometimes can even be described as vicious, violent, and cruel, for the general public, they are indeed a tribe that protects the safety of local residents.

"Saizo-sama."

The one who went out to greet the Chunin leader sent by the Kurohime clan was an old man wearing luxurious clothes and covered in fat.

"After not seeing you for so many years, I never expected to welcome a distinguished guest like you again."

The old man is the village chief of Inamori Village, named Ji Ding.

"Hahahaha~ Lord Jidin is so polite."

Saizou laughed.

"I'm just a servant, not a distinguished guest... I delivered the news yesterday and brought a team here overnight... By the way, did something happen in the village?"

"Yes."

The old man nodded.

"My granddaughter is missing... She was very young, but somehow she was kidnapped by a mountain boy from the other side of the mountain. I'm hoping someone from the Kurohime family can help us find her."

Yes, there is indeed such a plot.

Elder Jidin's words awoke a related memory. 'Side quest - find the abducted child.'

After hearing this, Baijie gradually recalled the entire plot of this side quest in his mind.

——Oh, it turns out to be the famous depressing side quest in that game.

Because it is an early-stage mission, for new players who cannot correctly understand the game, it is like pouring cold water on the forehead, and it is a side story that gives many people a headache.

"However, the difficulty of this rather depressing mission isn't high. It should be considered a D-level mission... As long as you're careful, you shouldn't have any trouble passing it."

As he thought about this, he reached for the small bag on his waist that held miscellaneous items. Inside was a high-level invisibility amulet, detoxification and painkillers "borrowed" from the second young lady, as well as special pills that could enhance physical strength and five senses.

In addition, there are various sundries in the small bag, all of which are small items that play a role in combat.

"Last time, we were too rushed in our mission to the Spider's Nest, and we barely made any preparations beforehand. We won't make that mistake this time."

……

Inamori Village is a pretty nice village, surrounded by mountains and with a river passing near the village.

However, in order to guard against monsters in the outer mountainous areas, the villagers spontaneously built a simple wooden fence and high wall.

The village used the power of the earth god that lived in the local spiritual vein to set up a pentagram-shaped barrier.

There are five Fudosons in the five corners of Inamori Village, east, west, south, north and center. This is the "Five-Colored Fudo Myoko Barrier", which combines the Platycodon Seal of Esoteric Buddhism and Onmyoji, and stabilizes different techniques together.

This was also the barrier set up by the famous "Ziyue" clan who ruled this area in the past.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that the Ziyue family gradually declined and was expelled in the struggle with the Kurohimeyama clan.

"My granddaughter's name is Ye Ya."

The short, fat, and chubby Ji Ding sat in the main seat of the mansion, in the spacious living room, explaining the situation to the Chunin Saizo and Baijie, who was the captain of the Genin.

“…She is a very lively and smart child.”

The old man looks very fat and his skin looks tight, but the wrinkles around his eyes are quite deep and the wrinkles between his eyebrows are also tightly furrowed.

"Or maybe she's too smart, smart to the point of being a little sensitive... Honestly, I have no idea how she was abducted by the mountain boy."

"We checked the young lady's bedroom, too," said Kozaburo, the village chief Jiding's loyal servant. "There were no signs of any child or monster entering the bedroom. And, strangest of all, there's nothing wrong with the village's barrier..."

"Kozaburo possesses a bit of spiritual power. He has a right eye with 'ghost vision' that can see the remnants of demonic energy."

Ji Ding hastened to introduce the old servant.

"He's very capable and clever, and he helps a lot with our family."

"is it?"

Only then did Cai Zang notice that Kozaburo's right eye was flashing with a bright green light.

Baijie knew all about this. He knew about the housekeeper Kozaburo and even how the granddaughter of the head of Inamori Village disappeared.

"Is there a possibility..."

He suddenly said, "That Miss Ye Ya was not abducted by the mountain boy, but left the room on her own."

Suddenly, Jiding and Kozaburo both showed an expression that said "What are you talking about?"

"Baike, why do you say that?"

Saizo asked with a serious expression.

"If the barrier is fine, it means no monsters have gotten in."

Baijie knew that according to the original arrangement of the game, that is, the progress of the game, he had to go through a lot of trouble to collect evidence and then draw inferences.

Only by getting the correct inference can the subsequent side plots be unfolded.

Okay! But he already knows the answer, why play deduction games!?

"Of course, those powerful demons might be able to find a way to infiltrate the barrier, but a mere group of mountain children probably can't do it."

—Yamado are relatively weak monsters, mostly considered miscellaneous monsters. However, don't underestimate them.

Baijie knew that in this world, Shantong was a character similar to the goblins in RPG games, a weak but difficult monster.

Furthermore, the mountain children of this world are essentially mountain spirits, descended from the ancient Chinese monster "猳国" (猳国), also known as Ma Hua and Nanshan Daxie. They resemble monkeys and actively prey on women.

(End of this chapter)