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

Chapter 80 Vampire Transformation
The Curse Courtyard.

At dusk, as the crows' calls rose and fell, Hiiragi Hiruko opened her eyes.

She didn't know how long she slept. It must be after she distributed the medicine that she seemed to be unable to hold on any longer and finally fell into a deep sleep.

——No, Hiiragi Hiruko couldn’t remember the details. She didn’t even understand why she was lying here.

"I still have work to do... I can't fall asleep..."

She struggled to get up.

"Great Imperial Witch...are you finally awake?"

The person leaning on the bed and taking care of her should be a young shrine maiden from the Curse-Suppressing Temple. Her name seemed to be Kyoko.

She was very tired and was leaning on the tatami, hugging her thighs with her hands, dozing off with her head resting on her legs.

The rustling of the tatami bed made Kyoko realize that Hiiragi Hiruko had woken up, and she immediately raised her voice.

"Please don't move... You suddenly fainted before and scared everyone." She reached out and touched Hiiragi Hiruko's cheek.

"Really? Your temperature is so high, it feels like you have a cold."

Kyoko's tone was very gentle.

"You're the Great Imperial Shaman... What would happen if you accidentally collapsed? Please cheer up... I'll brew some medicine for you, and you'll be fine after drinking it."

Yes.

...I am the Great Imperial Shaman, I cannot fall.

Hiiragi Hiruko propped herself up in a daze.

Although Kyoko whispered something in her ear, she seemed to be completely deaf to it and slowly turned her empty gaze towards the paper sliding door.

The door was open, and one could see the courtyard outside. Above the courtyard, the moon was gradually rising, and the light of dusk had faded.

The moon, like a witch's profile, hangs in the night, smiling silently.

"Great Imperial Witch...are you okay?"

Kyoko felt something was wrong and wondered whether she should tell her superiors and the staff at Kamizakura Headquarters, as she always felt that Hiiragi Hiruko's condition was very bad.

The girl looked at the moonlight with a blank gaze, like a patient with amnesia.

At this time, the moonlight rose to a height that allowed a faint moonlight to shine into the house.

"...kind of."

she whispered.

"What are you talking about?"

Kyoko leaned her neck closer.

Hiiragi Hiruko's gaze returned to Kyoko, who smiled dreamily. Kyoko, for some unknown reason, felt a chill and a blurring of consciousness.

"……Thirsty."

Everything in Hiruko Hiiragi's vision emitted a blood-red light. Under the dreamy moonlight, the witch Kyoko's white neck looked full of temptation.

She inexplicably opened her mouth, and her sharp fangs glowed sinisterly in the moonlight.

……

Hiiragi Hiruko, is she missing?

Kukutsu Ikki also received the same report.

However, he did not give the report to Renjo Senjuro.

"Really... I didn't expect something like this would happen at such a critical moment?"

The Kyoto guardian frowned unhappily.

"Considering how much that old man Senjuro cares about Hiiragi Hiruko, if he knew about this, things would be troublesome."

However, it seems that such a major event cannot be concealed for long. With his keen eyes and ears, he will discover it in no time.

Jiujiutsu Ichiki asked the night walkers behind him.

"What exactly happened? You should have already gone to the Curse-Suppressing Temple?"

After receiving the news, Yigui sent his men to search the Curse-Suppressing Temple.

"Yes."

The man in black, half-kneeling on the ground, said in a deep voice, "According to our investigation, it seems that the Grand Witch suddenly fell into a coma during treatment. Then, in the evening, she woke up and, upon regaining consciousness, attacked one of the Witches who was caring for her."

"An attack?"

Jiujiutsu Ichiki sighed and pursed his lips with a heavy expression.

"What else did you investigate after that? You should have obtained key intelligence by now, right?"

"Yes."

The man in black whispered, "The attacked shrine maiden, Kyoko, had tiny wounds on her neck. Identification suggests she was bitten by sharp teeth... Although she's not dead, she fainted from blood loss and has been sleeping ever since."

"It's really vampirism."

Jiujiutu Ichiki's expression also turned ugly.

He was someone who knew the legend and the inside story, so he naturally understood what happened to Hiiragi Hiruko. Originally, the "power" possessed by the Great Witch, that is, the influence exerted by Tenshin Sakura, would not lead to such a situation.

Unless something happened to Tenjinzakura itself. Kukutsu Ichiki had a bad feeling that if something really happened to Tenjinzakura, it would bring some unimaginable disaster to the entire Dewa Kingdom.

"The Imperial Shaman and the Tenshin Sakura are of one mind. If the curse of 'Red Sky Tiger' affects Hiiragi Hiruko, it is hard to say that the Tenshin Sakura will not be slowly contaminated... When necessary, we should only take necessary measures." Kukutsu Ikki has investigated ancient documents and found several rare examples in history. It seems that the Imperial Shaman was overwhelmed or too old to suppress the outbreak of the curse.

In the end, there was only one solution people could take.

"I heard that her mother, Midori, also died young because of this reason..."

Kukutsu Ichiki groaned in his heart, but just to save the city, he would take on the cruel task without hesitation.

"Go...Search secretly for Hiiragi Hiruko's whereabouts."

He said slowly, "If we confirm that she has completely fallen into the vampire state, we will not show mercy and execute her directly."

"As ordered."

The dark figures of the Night Walkers disappeared without a trace under the moonlight.

……

"what?"

After receiving this information from Gehua, Baijie, who was on his way, was also stunned.

"The chief witch of the Shinzakura headquarters is missing?"

His mind was in a mess.

why?
what happened?

If Hiiragi Hiruko disappears, there is a high probability that she has become a vampire.

However, in the original work, Hiiragi Hiruko did not become a vampire so quickly. What happened?

Baijie's face also turned ashen.

"I don't know the details, but it doesn't look like the woman was abducted. It seems she hid there on her own..."

Ge Hua said calmly, "Now, many people are looking for her. The Shenying main company, the city lord's people, the Lianzhang Chamber of Commerce, and even that Jiujiutsu Ikki are on the move... Everyone has put in a lot of effort and searched everywhere, but they haven't found her whereabouts."

I’ll be damned if I can find it.

Baijie was also helpless about this. The upper-level vampires wanted to hide their breath, and in a city like this, it was like a drop of water merging into the ocean. It was very difficult to track their whereabouts.

Judging from Kuzuka's description, after becoming a vampire, Hiiragi Hiruko realized her abnormality and she must have gone into hiding.

"Unlike the original story, it's possible that she's not hiding in the main castle where the castle lord, Sufang, lives... After all, the exorcists of the Kurohimeyama clan, as well as Kuzuka, all live in the castle. Even if Hiiragi Hiruko had transformed into a vampire, she wouldn't be able to hide from a large group of exorcists as she pleased."

The final hiding place is the castle town, or the guard forest where Tenjinzakura is located. The complex environment of that forest may be more suitable for hiding.

Damn, why did he become a vampire so quickly?

Baijie was extremely upset. He was wondering if he would have had a chance to stop this if he had stayed in the city.

Well, there was no point dwelling on the cause of this problem. Things had clearly gone beyond my original expectations.

"Since she has already become a vampire, the best strategy is to hunt her down."

Baijie doesn't want Hiiragi Hiruko to be discovered now, so she'd better hide for a while. This guy is the final BOSS of this chapter, and he has three stages of transformation after becoming a vampire.

If you want to kill her, it's best to defeat her before she undergoes "transformation" into a complete "True Vampire·Hong Tianyin".

Hiiragi Hiruko is the easiest to defeat in the first stage. As long as certain conditions are met, the strategy can be completed before reaching the third stage.

"Fortunately, we still have enough manpower on our side. Even if Ye Ming hasn't awakened his true power, if Kuzuka takes action, the combat power is still quite sufficient... In addition, I might be able to ask for help from Renjo Senjuro. Considering his relationship with Hiiragi Hiruko's mother, I should be able to get help."

However, Jiujiutun Ichigui is a troublemaker. He is a stubborn and stubborn person.

What Baijie feared most was that Kukutsu Ikki would lead the Night Walkers to launch a punitive war against Hiiragi Hiruko in advance.

Kukutsu Ikki is quite powerful, but he is very likely to push Hiiragi Hiruko to her limit and enter the third stage ahead of time.

Originally, Hiiragi Hiruko was very resistant to the vampire instinct in her body, which would create a "gap" for her to be knocked down. By targeting this point, she could be knocked down.

If it is not handled properly, the situation will become worse, which is equivalent to releasing the true ancestor vampire Hong Tianyin who has been sealed for many years in advance.

"Time is running out, we must rush back to Kasumi City in advance."

Baijie couldn't help but urge the female ninja Haruki beside him.

"My Shikigami is already running fast enough~~Senior, why are you in such a hurry?"

Yaohuo let out a sweet laugh. She and Baijie were sitting on a huge wild boar, galloping across the snow.

"Urgent situation."

Baijie frowned.

"It's a race against time right now. Can this Shikigami be any faster?"

"Yes, yes."

The kunoichi nodded.

"But, Senior... Next, hold on to this guy's mane tightly. Also, please don't spit it out. If you're not careful, you'll choke on your own vomit."

what?
Bai Jie showed a dazed expression. The next second, the wild boar began to accelerate explosively. Strong winds rushed in from all directions, and his face seemed to be wrinkled.

“Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…”

At this moment, even if one wanted to make a sound, all one could hear was a scream that sounded almost like a wail.

　Yesterday I had diarrhea and a cold, and I still have a low-grade fever and feel dizzy. I wanted to speed up the process, but now my mind is a mess. These few chapters are just foreshadowing, and the climax is coming later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)