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

Chapter 21 Why do the weak kill each other?

Kozaburo fled to a dense forest behind the cave.

He held on to the back of the thick tree trunk with his hands, gasping for breath.

A disgusting stream of sweat streamed down his back and under his arms. Tears of blood streamed from Kozaburo's eyes, and blood also covered his mouth. The old man felt his body heavy as lead. He wiped the blood with the back of his hand while staring at his pursuer with the expression of a miserable demon.

The continuous activation of the overloaded control technique tortured his nervous system. He endured the severe pain, and his arms and fingertips began to gradually lose sensation.

"Why are you chasing me... Genin, we are all weaklings, what is the reason for fighting each other?"

The effect of the high-level invisibility amulet was seen through by the old man's ghost-like right eye.

"We don't have any deep hatred. Why are you forcing me so hard?"

Baijie didn't reply, he just threw several shurikens at the old man. The curse-returning barrier couldn't block physical attacks, but from Kozaburo's sleeves, talismans flew out like flying swallows, and the shurikens cut through the talismans.

"You want to achieve great things, but that's impossible. The Kurohime clan only treats you as consumables. You can only hang around among the ninjas for the rest of your life... One day, you will die in a battle with a monster, or die in some other battle."

While launching a psychological offensive, he controlled the talismans to attack.

"The powerful are used to fooling us. What they say about loyalty, trustworthiness, and integrity...it's all worthless shit. Those who hold power never care about these things. Those concepts are only used to tame the weak at the bottom like you and me."

Ignoring all this nonsense, Baijie drew his sword with one hand and cleaved the flying talismans one after another. The talismans, which had become harder than iron, collided with the ninja sword, sending sparks flying.

With a "crack", the ninja sword could not bear the weight and broke into two pieces.

"What a rotten knife..."

He threw away the useless broken knife.

At the same time, several talismans that were bounced away seemed to have self-awareness and did not give up their mission. These talismans were simple artificial Shikigami.

The scattered, light paper talismans hung in the air. They were not pulled down to the ground by gravity. Instead, they flew in the air and slowly circled behind him, intending to attack again.

Baijie jumped to the side of a tree to dodge, and the talisman circled in the air like a swallow, then flew back again, aiming at his back.

'Amulet of Substitution.'

Baijie activated the substitute talisman behind him, and a wooden doll-like thing appeared behind him, acting like a human shield, blocking the flying knives transformed by the talisman for him.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he jumped out and swung his gun at the old man who continued to take out the talisman. The other party had an ugly face and retreated to avoid the stabbing blade.

Baijie chased forward, but when he took a step forward, the ground under his feet seemed to turn into a quagmire.

In an instant, his right foot sank into the swampy ground.

"Don't you understand? Loyalty and responsibility are illusions. Weaklings like us will be abandoned by those guys sooner or later..."

The old man continued to try to say something to shake him up.

"Come with me and escape! I will try to remove the curse from you. Leaving the Kurohimeyama clan will allow you to have a broader life."

Only then did Bai Jie notice that a talisman had appeared on the ground at some point. It was the place where the old man had just stepped on with his clogs, and there was a talisman hidden there.

"Damn it."

He improvised, using his spear to support the ground that had not turned into mud. He ejected spiritual power from his left foot and jumped up like a pole.

...die.

The old man uttered curses, and the talismans in his hand were connected end to end. Dozens of talismans were glued together to form a long whip, sweeping over sharply.

"Damn it."

Being in the air, there was almost no way to move, and Baijie could only draw out the second ninja sword with one hand.

Swish!
Miraculously, he drew his sword in mid-air and swung it, quickly breaking the "whip", but the ninja sword was also broken.

Baijie landed on the ground. His movements were smooth. He threw away the useless knife, untied the smoke bomb on his waist bag with one hand, and smashed it on Kozaburo's face.

Even this cunning old man did not expect him to be capable of this.

"what!"

The smoke bomb exploded directly in his face and the old man screamed.

However, it was soon engulfed by flashes and explosions.

Amid the explosion, thick smoke spread out with Kozaburo as the center.

Baijie took the gun without hesitation, and the spear stabbed at the blurry figure in the smoke like lightning.

The tip of the gun had obviously hit something, no, it was entangled by something.

Bai Jie was startled and saw colorful poisonous snakes coiling around the gun. Five poisonous snakes of different colors opened their mouths and bit towards his hands holding the gun.

"Damn it."

Is this some kind of weird magic?!

Baijie threw the snake-wrapped spear in his hand. At the same time, he flew into the fog, throwing several shurikens. The old man's muffled groan could be heard in the fog.

He aimed at the target and rushed forward, holding the stick-shaped shuriken in his right hand, and pounced towards where Kozaburo was.

The stick-shaped shuriken in his right hand thrust forward, and just at that moment, when it was about to hit the target, a hand grabbed Baijie's right hand tightly. "What?"

That was the old man's originally skinny left hand, and the muscles on it were all bulging, which meant that all the spiritual power was converted into strengthening the limbs.

"I can't see or hear now."

Baijie saw the crooked smile on the corner of the old man's mouth.

The close-range explosion of the smoke bomb made the old man deaf and blind.

"I can't even sense where you'll attack from, but as long as you're close, I can sense it through my spiritual power."

The other party grabbed his right hand and broke his bones with a snap.

"General."

That's right.

Bai Jie endured the pain of his broken wrist and swung his left hand quickly. The broken knife that was stuck to the spider silk returned to his hand. The broken knife slashed across the old man's throat with a whoosh, and blood splattered out.

"you,"

As if he had lost his strength, Kozaburo loosened his hands and knelt on the ground.

"We are all the same...why are weaklings like us..."

The old man spat out blood foam and muttered to himself, his face full of questions.

"Why would we...meaninglessly...kill each other like this?"

The blessing orb that he held tightly in his right hand also rolled to the ground.

Baijie just stared at his gradually stiffening body without saying a word.

He had nothing to say and could not answer anything. Ultimately, this was an answer without an answer.

……

"congratulations."

Ten days later, Baijie, who was still recovering from his injuries, received a meeting from a high-ranking figure in the Shinobi organization.

"Baijie, you did a great job this time."

The one who spoke was the chief ninja of the ninja clan. He was a young man in white clothes as white as snow, with long black hair hanging down to cover one eye, while the other eye shone like crystal.

The thin sunlight that penetrated the shoji door shone on him. Baijie raised his head and looked at the ninja leader.

The young man's name is "Sago Ryusei", the eldest son of the Sago family, one of the six branches. He is very handsome, with a white forehead, eyebrows and nose bridge covered like snow, deep facial features, and a neutral beauty.

"You are too kind, Lord Longzheng."

He also maintained a humble attitude in front of the young ninja leader.

"I only did a small thing, and all this was due to the wise command of Master Cai Zang."

"No no no."

Sako Ryusei smiled slightly. "Even the head of the family was very happy when he heard about this. After all, the sorcerer you killed was probably a notorious traitor and a member of the 'Eight Blessings Society' wanted by the imperial court."

A smile played on his lips.

"That Kozaburo has a tattoo of the 'Hachifukukai' on his back. It was carved with magic, so it can't be faked. I'm sure the 'Kurome' group in the imperial court can't find any fault with it..."

The Kakurome were spies affiliated with the Imperial Court, responsible for protecting the Kinki region, including Kyoto. They were a group of high-ranking sorcerers, demon-slaying swordsmen, and Onmyoji, loyal to the Imperial Court. They were filled with experts, rivaling the time-honored Onmyoji.

The main work of the Yinlongmu Agency is to collect intelligence in various places, investigate the status of the earth veins, and guard against the unusual movements of demons.

Of course, the most important thing is to monitor and control the famous families of exorcists spread across the island nation. To put it bluntly, it is equivalent to the Oniwabanshu during the Edo Shogunate era.

The imperial court is also very wary of the powerful families of exorcists. In order to prevent rebellion, the construction of the Yinlongmu agency is very important. These spies will infiltrate more than 60 states in the Five Capitals and Seven Provinces. They have people in various places who are responsible for spying on secrets and preventing the spark of rebellion.

The "Eight Blessings Society" is a secret group composed of heretical sorcerers and those who violate taboos. They are scornfully called "outsiders" by the mainstream exorcists. They are also the target of the court's wanted list and are being pursued by the Yinlongmu agency.

However, over the years, both the imperial court and the Yinlongmu agency have found nothing in their investigation of this matter.

The Kurohime clan was able to find some clues, enough to cause the Hidden Dragon Mechanism to suffer a serious setback in this matter.

"And one more thing."

The ninja leader, Sako, seemed to have thought of something and said with a displeased expression, "The orb you and Saizo seized was broken by the people from the Shoinou-in Institute when they took it for analysis... They're really outrageous, trying to shift the blame onto the ninja. Remember this: you'll claim you had no knowledge of this and that the orb was intact when you brought it."

"I see."

Baijie nodded.

Is that cursed orb broken? Maybe it was just a test piece and won't last long...

"Forget it, let's not talk about these things."

Sako Ryusei shook his head and continued, "In short, you have made great contributions. As the head of the ninja community, I am very happy. Moreover, the head of the family has also instructed me to reward you... Therefore, I have decided to promote you to Chunin."

(End of this chapter)