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

Chapter 53 Is it a sin to take a hot spring bath?

The main storyline of "The Moon in the Sky" is called "The Great Purification Ceremony of Tensakura Mahouya".

To access this part of the game, players need to finish the prologue, spend an hour getting familiar with the game's built-in chess and tactics mode, and complete the novice mission before entering the main storyline.

If you don't pay attention to the plot, you can press the space bar and ESC key to skip the main line, and the speed can be increased.

However, if you don't finish reading the plot and don't look up guides online, you will most likely be stuck at the "first level" of the main storyline and spend most of the day.

"Furthermore, the main storyline protagonist, Ye Ming, must also improve her strength. She must awaken at least a portion of her bloodline power in order to survive this crisis..."

Bai Jie had deliberately arranged for Ye Ming to fight with Yi Gui, hoping to use the duel to stimulate her so that her talents and bloodline power could awaken.

"After awakening, Ye Ming's combat power will increase dramatically, but she is still too weak now..."

Bai Jie thought that if Ye Ming awakened his innate supernatural powers, some "characteristics" should appear. However, he has not found such "characteristics" in Yue Jialuo Ye Ming so far.

"Excluding the Kunizu clan demon, the blood of the fallen angel, which is best not to awaken, whether it's 'reversal' or 'soul slashing'... there's no sign of awakening."

Yue Jialuo Yeming's three bloodline powers come from her ancestors, her mother, and the power of a demon and fallen angel from the Kunizu tribe, whose soul fragments are attached to her body through reincarnation magic.

The first two are crucial. As for the demon and the blood of the fallen angel, it is best not to awaken it, otherwise Ye Ming may fall into the "dark side of the universe" and turn into a villain.

"At this point, we can't tell when her power will awaken. I just hope she can catch up with the decisive battle in the latter part of the 'Divine Sakura Festival'."

After listening to Sakurai Takashi's instructions, Baijie returned to the ninjas' "dormitory area".

On his way back, he met Saizo, who was also a Chunin.

"Hey! You're back safely~~ Baijie."

Saizo, with messy hair, greeted him.

"Yes."

Baijie nodded.

"But I can't stay for a few days... I've received a new mission and will be going to Dewa Province soon."

"Ok, I know."

Saizo chuckled, "Because besides you, there is another Chunin who will also participate in this mission."

"is it?"

Baijie secretly rejoiced.

I am lucky. Although I will enter the main storyline next, at least I will have a reliable teammate.

"Who is the other Chunin?"

"Far Fire."

Cai Zang explained it concisely.

"She is the only female Chunin among the ninja."

"I've hardly heard of this person?"

Baijie was a little surprised.

"Well~~ I'm the same. I know nothing about this female kunoichi."

Saizo said nonchalantly, "After all, we'll know who he is later... and this is also a welcome treat for your first mission as a Chunin. Do you want to take a bath with me?"

"Two grown men taking a shower together?"

Baijie frowned slightly.

"Are you going or not?"

Cai Zang asked again.

"Could it be the 'sento' in the city?"

Baijie knew that the Japanese were quite obsessed with taking baths.

Sento is the bathhouse of this era.

Looking back, Buddhism was introduced to Japan around the 6th century. At that time, there were bathhouses next to the temples for the purification of Buddha statues and monks. Later, in order to promote Buddhism, they began to be opened to the public.

However, large public baths required burning firewood to boil water every day, and were not popular in the early days.

It was only during the Edo period that more prosperous areas began to have various types of bathhouses, generally called furoya and yuya. Furoya was a steam bathhouse, while yuya was more common.

However, Baijie felt that the sanitary conditions in this era were not very good, so he would not go to the bathhouse specifically to take a bath. On weekdays, he would just draw some well water and take a cold shower.

"I know you don't like taking a bath in the bathhouse."

Saizo said mysteriously, "However, I discovered a natural hot spring in a nearby mountain. It's likely no one else has discovered it except me. Do you want to join me in the hot spring?"

"...You mean hot springs?"

Baijie thought about it, then looked at Saizo, and both of them laughed.

"Would you like some snacks?"

"It has been prepared for a long time."

……

It is said that one of the indispensable plots in various swordsman novels in the island country is the plot of recuperating in hot springs in the mountains.

Baijie had never seen this kind of work before and had no idea about it.

As for hot springs, he had soaked in them a few times in his previous life, but they were all artificial hot springs.

This is the first time for Baijie to experience the natural wild hot spring.

"This place is more hidden than I thought..."

After nightfall, the two came to a remote mountain.

This is a secret place outside the human world that humans rarely visit. In this lush forest, one can faintly smell the stench of wild beasts, the scent of plants, the light fishy smell of soil, and also a very faint smell of sulfur.

"is it here?"

The two found the location of the hot spring. It was a rocky depression with boiling hot water bubbling out, forming a natural hot spring.

"There shouldn't be only one hot spring here. There are several other hot spring spots in the mountains." He hid in the white steam and chose a slightly flat rock on the shore to sit down.

"We have wine and snacks. You can have a good rest today."

"Then again, why do I always take everything?"

Bai Jie was carrying two wooden basins.

"Hey~~ Didn't I prepare all these things? Why are you complaining so much?"

Cai Zang took off all his clothes, put them on the edge of the rock, and jumped into the water with a splash, making a large splash.

"Hey~ Why are you still standing there? Come down and take a bath."

He swam in the hot spring and started shouting loudly.

"The water temperature is just right, it's really comfortable, isn't it?"

"Wait a minute... there aren't any monsters around here, right?"

Bai Jie frowned slightly and looked around vigilantly. It would not be surprising if a monster suddenly appeared in such an unfamiliar forest.

"Don't worry, don't worry."

Saizo smiled and said, "This is also the territory of the Kurohimeyama family. Exorcists regularly patrol the area, and there are also barriers set up in the mountains for warning... The monsters also know that this is the territory of the Kurohimeyama family, and generally they won't easily approach."

"Right."

Baijie nodded slightly. Even if there really were monsters here in the past, if they had a bit of common sense, they would have been scared away by the Kurohime clan.

"Then I'll come down with you."

He took off his clothes, and placed the amulet and waist bag on the shore, as well as the magic cage. As for the Shikigami he raised, the "Dream-Eating Tapir", it could be transformed into a tattoo during the day and printed on his arm.

As for what Cai Zang said, the wine and snacks were prepared in advance and placed in a wooden basin.

"Although Saizo said this place is relatively safe, I still have to carry a knife with me. If someone takes our clothes and equipment, we will be left with nothing..."

He thought about it, then placed the ninja sword in the wooden basin and pushed it into the water.

“The water temperature is really nice.”

Baijie placed the wooden basin on the water and slowly sank his body into the hot spring up to his shoulders.

This open-air wild hot spring is not very deep. Standing in the middle, it is about the height of a person standing with his arms outstretched.

At this time, if you are in the steaming hot spring and look up, you can see the starry sky.

If he closed his eyes, Baijie exhaled and could feel the night breeze caressing his face, which was soaked in the hot spring.

The leaves fluttered down from the branches and landed gracefully on the water.

At this time, he and Cai Zang not only enjoyed the beauty of nature, but also picked up the wine glasses, drank cheap muddy wine and ate snacks.

“It makes me feel like life still has some meaning.”

Baijie couldn't help but admire.

"You're too hard on yourself. As a human being, of course you should have some fun."

Saizo put down his wine glass and stretched. Suddenly, he noticed that Baijie had brought a knife with him.

"You're being too cautious. No one would come into this deep forest."

He sank in the water and blew bubbles.

"Apart from the monkeys in the mountains, no one would come here to bathe in a place like this."

"monkey?"

"There are monkeys that love to bathe, and I even found several hot springs when I came here to investigate."

Saizo stretched out his hand and pointed into the distance.

"That group of monkeys often stay in another hot spring. This mountain is quite large, and there are animals like bears in the mountain."

"Ok."

Baijie finally felt relieved and curled up to enjoy the hot spring.

……

After chatting with Saizo for a while, Saizo dozed off after drinking some wine and leaned against a rock with his eyes closed.

"I can even fall asleep like this."

Baijie couldn't help but complain.

However, Saizo is also a capable exorcist. If an enemy with even the slightest murderous intent approaches, he can quickly wake up even if he is fast asleep.

Being able to fall asleep in a place like this must mean that there is indeed no danger here, otherwise he wouldn't be so lax.

"Then I'll change places. The water here is a bit hot."

Baijie was not used to this water temperature and decided to move to another place.

Suddenly, he glanced casually at the shore, and noticed out of the corner of his eye that there was a small black shadow on the rock where his clothes were placed.

"monkey?"

He opened his mouth in surprise. A macaque was sneaking up to the rock, quickly grabbed something, and then squeaked as it flew towards the tree.

"Damn it! It's the Cagebreaker."

Baijie never thought that such a weird thing would happen that his equipment would be stolen by a monkey.

"Hey...what happened?"

Saizo who was sleeping was also awakened.

"The monkey stole my things."

Baijie jumped up.

"Cai Zang, please keep an eye on the things... I'll be back soon."

He was naked, wearing nothing but a ninja sword in his hand, and chased deep into the forest.

……

Completely lax and careless.

No, it was probably because the animal itself had no ill intentions, and neither Saizo nor I noticed the monkey's presence.

Bai Jie quickly chased after the monkey that jumped onto the branch. The monkey was extremely agile, and even he, who had strengthened his body with spiritual power, could not catch up with it for a while.

"Damn it."

Just when the hand was about to catch the monkey, the guy kicked the branch and used the reaction force to jump to another tree, then jumped down from the tree and landed on a rock.

Next to it was a steaming hot spring. In the dark night, the monkey's eyes were shining and it looked at Baijie with a mocking look.

"You bastard, are you finally willing to get down from the tree?"

Bai Jie's eyes were burning with anger. He didn't know how long he had been running, and he was not even wearing pants.

"You're screwed, you know that?"

He took a step forward and pushed off the ground.

The monkey squeaked and grinned evilly, quickly moving to another direction. It was much more agile than Baijie. However, a big hand reached out from behind and grabbed the monkey.

"Squeak..."

The monkey was grabbed by the neck and struggled desperately. At the same time, he was horrified to find that the man who rushed towards him disappeared and turned into a cloud of mist in the wind.

"And it wasted one of my phantom charms."

Baijie snorted coldly.

"So, how should I teach you a lesson next—"

"You'd better not do that."

A clear voice came from behind him.

"It's just doing what I tell it to do."

A chill ran down Baijie's back. He turned his stiff neck and looked behind him. A woman in kimono holding a Tang umbrella appeared behind him.

Her beauty reminded people of a mountain goddess, but she was surrounded by a violent and murderous aura mixed with demonic energy.

"Servants of the Kurohimeyama family, return my arm to me."

The woman raised her scarlet lips in a cold smile and uttered an icy voice to Bai Jie.

——Buraza Sakiru.

A chill ran through his body. Bai Jie clenched his teeth, knowing that he had encountered the worst possible situation.

"Is it a sin to soak in a hot spring? I just came out to rest for a while and I should be struck by lightning?"

(End of this chapter)