Transformed into the leader of an esoteric sect in Japan

"Yamanai Yuki of Kita High School is the heir to the Yamanai Dojo. He practices Koryo-ryu swordsmanship and is said to have a certain reputation in the underworld. He is the boss of Kita High School. Almost all the medicines in the surrounding blocks are distributed from Yamanai. Yamanai has secret supply channels and resells the medicines to others at several times the price. With such huge profits, we should naturally get involved, right? But Yamanai has no intention of sharing the profits with others at all, which breaks our rules."

"So you've decided to cause him trouble?" Kurosawa Shizuki felt increasingly uneasy; it sounded like they were smuggling some illegal drugs.

"Yesterday after school, Boss Mizushima led a dozen or so brothers to intercept Yamauchi, trying to force him to reveal the source of the medicine. But we lost badly. It is said that Yamauchi has a strange 'spell' that can make his subordinates super strong. He didn't even have to make a move before we were all beaten down by his three henchmen."

"Strange magic?"

"I've only heard legends about this spell. Everyone says that when spells are used in the mountains, they produce a sound like thunder..." the square-faced man stammered.

"In short, now Yamauchi has not only defeated Mizushima, but he has also set his sights on our Yamaka. He wants to start selling 'medicine' to Yamaka as well. He has announced that all of us Yamaka brothers must go to Asamo and submit to him before 8 o'clock, otherwise he will depose Mizushima and then launch a full-scale war against Yamaka."

Kurosawa Shizuki took a deep breath to calm her agitated mood. This plot was just too bizarre! Delinquents were fighting each other for the distribution channels of "drugs," relying on strength and physique to decide the winner, and they kept threatening to start "all-out war." It sounded like the prototype of the Yakuza.

However, what bothered her even more was the "medicine" mentioned by the square-faced man. The original owner had that Mizushima Wataru specifically investigate this kind of medicine. Could there be something fishy about these medicines?

"Regarding the 'medicine' you were asked to investigate, do you have any more detailed information to report to me now?" Kurosawa said in a muffled voice, trying to put on the authoritative tone of a delinquent girl leader, but no matter how you looked at it, it was just a little girl pretending to be fierce, cute but not fierce.

"All I know about that drug is that it makes people very, very high, and they can see very strange things. It's said that many artists like it and will pay a high price for it. I heard that if you increase the dosage, even more incredible things might happen, and even the person's personality might change drastically, as if they have become a completely different person."

"Completely become a different person?" Kurosawa Shizuki was stunned. Why did that sound so familiar?

"Regarding the 'medicine,' I'm afraid Boss Mizushima knows best. Of course, you can also capture Yamauchi and interrogate him directly. We dare not touch the medicine, after all, you specifically warned us that 'it's something ten times more dangerous than the most potent drugs.'" The square-faced man smiled somewhat awkwardly.

"So your boss, Mizushima, is envious of the drug sales channels?" Kurosawa Shizuki felt that these scoundrels didn't have any good intentions.

“We dare not use it, but we can resell it to others! Anyway, this kind of medicine is widely circulated in Pingjing recently. If we don’t sell it, others will. So why can’t we let our own people control this channel?” The square-faced man’s smile was somewhat disgusting.

They're all wicked, whether it's Mizushima or Yamanouchi, they're all cut from the same cloth. As long as there's profit to be made, they won't care if it's immoral or immoral.

[Your side quest, "How I Died," has been completed with 38% intelligence gathering.]

The system notification sounded at just the right time, and it seemed that the mystery was finally beginning to surface. Could it be that the original owner "disappeared" because he took this "drug"?

Is the current her the so-called "new personality" that emerged after the original owner took the drug?

"What a joke!" Kurosawa Shizuki shook her head, dismissing the absurd idea. She was a low-level Isaiah from another world; how could she possibly be just a fake personality created by some drug? If she was merely a split personality replacing the original owner, how would you explain her system cheat, her memories from before the transmigration, and the simulator games she played during the transmigration?

Kurosawa Shizuki cleared her mind of all her chaotic thoughts. She'd deal with everything once she actually met "Yamachi Yuki."

Kurosawa Shizuki was led by the square-faced thugs to a place that resembled an abandoned factory. There were black chimneys, unremarkable factory buildings, rusty wire mesh riddled with holes, and rubble, iron barrels, and industrial waste scattered all over the ground.

After the outflow of manufacturing industries from Pyeongsang, many similar empty factories were left behind. Now it's not the 1980s anymore, the real estate industry is in a slump, and not many real estate companies are willing to take over these abandoned factories for renovation. As a result, they have become gathering places for all sorts of people.

Kurosawa Shizuki couldn't figure out what the factory used to produce, but according to the square-faced guy, it was now the headquarters of the delinquents in Kita High.

Yamauchi has locked up their leader, Mizushima, here. He's already made a threatening statement: if the people of Yamauchi don't surrender to him before school today, he'll completely cripple Mizushima.

It's unclear what the original owner did to make those delinquents, including the square-faced guy, so confident in her. Just the addition of her made the square-faced guy feel as if he had hired an army.

His square face continued to strut with that extremely irritating, ruthless gait, arrogantly walking at the front, shouting harsh words at the factory:

"Yanchi, prepare to die! You dare to mess with the people of Yamaka? Now that the big sister of Yamaka has personally come down, you are absolutely finished today!"

Shouting, the square-faced man kicked open the front door with a smug look on his face.

"If you harm even a hair on the boss's head, she'll make you pay tenfold..."

He was about to say something harsh when he suddenly fell silent, because someone behind the door struck him on the back of the head with a baseball bat without hesitation. The square-faced man didn't even have time to react before he was knocked to the ground.

"Damn it... Shameless! They actually resorted to such underhanded tactics!" The square-faced man who had knocked him down was kicked hard in the stomach, causing him to curl up like a lobster, looking extremely disheveled.

"Kanda, the second-in-command of Yamauchi, is this all you're capable of?" The spiky-haired delinquent who had ambushed the square-faced man sneered disdainfully. "If you really ran into Boss Yamauchi, he could probably take you down with a single finger."

"Cough, cough, don't be so smug! With our big sister here, none of you will escape—" Even though he was being trampled underfoot, the square-faced man called Kanda still refused to admit defeat.

"This is hilarious! You guys from the great Yamaga actually only recognize such a delicate little girl as your boss? You truly live up to your reputation as a sissy Yamaga!" Raising his baseball bat, the spiky-haired guy swung his bat at Kanda, delivering a powerful and satisfying blow. Kanda could only protect his head with his hands, but he still had some backbone and didn't beg for mercy.

"Enough." Kurosawa Shizuki couldn't stand it anymore. How could Kanda be considered a subordinate of the former master?

He dashed to the hedgehog-headed man in an instant and delivered a simple and brutal straight punch to his face. The opponent was unable to block it due to the absolute difference in speed.

The hedgehog-headed man staggered back several steps after being hit, his entire face contorted by the terrifying force. His front teeth were knocked out, and he spat out black, stagnant blood.

This was without Kurosawa Shizuki using the Hollow Blade Style at all. Kurosawa Shizuki was a little worried that if he used the Hollow Blade Style, his head would probably be gone with one punch.

"Damn! This woman has such hard fists," the spiky-haired guy said, covering his face and glaring at Kurosawa Shizuki with utter malice. "Brothers, stop hiding! Let's all attack together and take down this violent woman!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the thugs who had been lying in ambush behind the iron barrels and piles of rubble emerged with smirks and surrounded them.

The thugs all wore malicious smiles. Some had baseball bats, some had butterfly knives, and some had boxing gloves, while the few tough delinquents next to Kurosawa Shizuki were not carrying any weapons.

If you count the number of people, there are a total of thirty or forty people, but there are only eight of them here, including Kurosawa Shizuki.

But such a number is meaningless to Kurosawa Shizuki.

Previously, when dealing with those two ghouls, either one could transform into a strange form and cut all those delinquents into mincemeat in just over ten seconds.

P.S., it's really hard to write the tone of a hoodlum, since I've never been one. I can only rely on my imagination. Sigh, in the end, it's just that I'm not good enough.

Section 32, Chapter Thirty-Two: Yamauchi Ukihiro and the Secret Transmission

The delinquents, who had been full of confidence before, suddenly lost their will to fight. They probably hadn't expected there to be so many enemies.

"We're doomed, absolutely doomed! How could Yamauchi have summoned so many people?"

"Even the boss would have a hard time dealing with this number."

"This is a trap! We've walked right into North High's trap without any preparation! We're going to be wiped out!"

"Big Sister, I'm sorry, we were reckless in bringing you to this place," the square-faced man said, swaying as he stood up. But he still spoke with a resolute tone, "Even if it costs me, Kanda Hiroshi, my life, I will make sure you escape!"

"It's alright, Kanda. I was actually prepared for this kind of situation." Of course, the thugs lying in ambush couldn't escape Kurosawa Shizuki's senses, but to be honest, she didn't think it was a very dangerous situation.

If an ordinary high school girl encountered this situation, she would probably be in a state of unbearable agony. Kurosawa Shizuki could almost imagine all sorts of scenarios that would unfold, and she might even get pregnant by the time it was over.

However, for her, there was really nothing to worry about. The most troublesome issue was how to stop without making the scene too tragic.

After all, most people here are ordinary people, and if those dangerous supernatural powers are used too much, it can be fatal.

"It's ridiculous that they just barged into our base so easily." Someone clenched their fist, making a cracking sound.

"What a beautiful girl. I never thought I'd meet such a gem today. If I could sleep with her, I'd die happy." Someone stared at Kurosawa Shizuki with an evil look, making her feel like cockroaches were crawling all over her.

"Is she the 'big sister' of Yamagata? She looks like Mizushima's girlfriend. It's so enviable that Mizushima has a woman like that..." Several delinquents looked at the boy in the middle of the factory with jealous eyes. The boy, who had been beaten black and blue and was tied to a chair with rope, was unconscious.

Although the boy in the Yamagata uniform is now bruised and battered, with dyed red hair and an earring, and possesses a somewhat effeminate air—the kind of guy who would be considered a bottom in BL—this is probably the square-faced guy who had been constantly thinking about Mizushima Wataru. Did the original owner really send someone like this to investigate the source of the so-called "medicine"?

Someone kicked the back of the chair, knocking the boy and chair to the ground. The person was a full 1.95 meters tall, practically a giant among Japanese high school students. He was wearing an oversized dark black uniform from Kita High School, had a buzz cut, and stared intently at Kurosawa Shizuki with a beast-like gaze. He licked his dry lips.

The devilishly tall gang leader walked to the front, and you could see that he was carrying a heavy wooden sword on his shoulder. It was longer and wider than a normal wooden sword. If it were a real sword, it could probably cut a living person in two with one stroke.

Of all the delinquents, this was the only one who posed a slight sense of danger to Kurosawa Shizuki. His level of threat was roughly equivalent to half a ghoul. No, he also exuded a faint sense of sharpness, making him seem like the kind of enemy who was very good at short-term attacks.

[Yamanouchi Yuki, a senior follower of the Shindaikai. Skills: Street Fighting (Master), Shin-Toryu (Proficient), Secret Transmission: Words of Walking III (Beginner), Partial Alienation (Beginner)]

The daily quest was only released this morning, and the quest objective has already appeared? Kurosawa Shizuki was somewhat surprised and delighted. This was her first time facing off against the cultists of a rival order, especially since the enemy possessed the extraordinary skill of "Secret Techniques." Kurosawa Shizuki remembered occasionally seeing various kinds of Secret Techniques when checking the panels of Black Sun Cult members not long ago.

The way he walked and spoke, combined with the "thunderous voice" that Kanda had mentioned earlier, seemed to be an invisible art of stirring people's hearts.

In the game's world, the so-called secret teachings are roughly equivalent to secret knowledge. If the power of the spirits of the Netherworld is a series of voluminous masterpieces, then the secret teachings are the basic texts that make up those masterpieces. The followers of the secret teachings need to study and comprehend these secret teachings one by one, internalize them into their own knowledge, and only then can they master the corresponding extraordinary power.

Secret techniques below level five are called "invisible arts," which are roughly similar to the spells in the minds of ordinary people. By performing the corresponding procedures and rituals, specific effects can be produced.

Secret techniques of level five and above are known as "transcendent arts." They possess various strange and bizarre powers. The most forbidden secret techniques can even manifest themselves as conscious transcendent entities that influence the material world. Only the most powerful immortals and those with names can control them. Lower-level esoteric practitioners who rashly attempt to control advanced secret techniques will inevitably suffer backlash and betrayal.

The power of a Tantric practitioner is determined by the sophistication, completeness, and comprehensiveness of their esoteric teachings. If a Tantric practitioner possesses a sufficient number and complete set of teachings, several teachings can be combined through specific rituals to create a more advanced one.

There are ten levels of secret teachings in total. The words and actions of the mountain dweller are at the third level of secret teachings. This level of secret teachings can only be mastered by a certain level of esoteric practitioners. However, this level is far from being able to materialize into a physical form. It only belongs to the low-level category of intangible arts.

The original owner's dark spiritual body was itself a manifestation of the seventh-level secret technique "Furnace Hymn," an undeniably extraordinary art.

Secret teachings can be learned through studying forbidden books, passing them on among esoteric practitioners, performing specific rituals, or having a dream encounter with deities. Every encounter with secret teachings is extremely dangerous and requires thorough preparation beforehand. The slightest carelessness could cause esoteric practitioners to lose control or even become deviant.

The Corona Ritual held at the beginning of Kurosawa Shizuki's transmigration was, in essence, a shortcut for higher-level believers to impart secret teachings to lower-level believers. Those who could not withstand it would be burned and turned into firewood for others, while those who successfully accepted the ritual would be tempered, comprehend new secret teachings, and climb to a higher level.

Where did the secret teachings in the mountains come from? Did he also learn these secret teachings from a higher-level member of the Divine Alliance?

“Friends of Yamaka, I have been waiting here for a long time. I did not expect you to dare to keep your appointment on time. Not bad, you keep your word.” Yamaka said slowly with a smile.

"Yama, Yamauchi, don't be too... arrogant! We've brought our big sister here today. She's the woman that even Mizushima swore to submit to!" Kanda, who was all bark and no bite, stood in front of Kurosawa Shizuki, as if he wanted to protect the big sister with his body, but his voice was still trembling.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, the ‘Queen of Barbarian Fists’ from Yamahiko High School,” Yamauchi said, looking at Kurosawa Shizuki with interest. “I’m curious, why would a little girl like you, who seems to come from a completely different world, be interested in me?”

“I have absolutely no interest in someone like you; all I care about is your ‘medicine’.”

"Hahaha, that kind of 'drug' is quite dangerous for a girl like you. Trying it rashly could easily lead you into an abyss of no return," Yamauchi's smile was filled with undisguised malice. He sniffed, as if he were sniffing something. "Oh dear, you already smell of that drug on you. Could it be... you're addicted?"

"If all you need is medicine, that's easy to discuss. If you join us, with your abilities, I can give you as much medicine as you want."

“I don’t need any medicine now. What I’m more interested in is who gave you these ‘medicines’? What are their real effects? Why did you spread these ‘medicines’ among the students?” Kurosawa Shizuki’s voice was calm to the point of indifference. “If you release Mizushima and are willing to tell me this information, perhaps I will consider letting you go.”

Inside the factory, bursts of laughter echoed. Yamauchi's men looked at Kurosawa Shizuki with the eyes of someone who was mentally ill, seemingly unable to understand why Kurosawa Shizuki dared to utter such words when surrounded.

"Hahahaha—brothers, did you hear that? She said she's considering letting us go?!"

A strange, unpleasant laugh, like that of a night owl, emanated from the mountain.

"Since reasoning doesn't work, let's let our actions speak for themselves."

She snapped her fingers seemingly casually, the crisp sound echoing in the empty factory. Yet, Kurosawa Shizuki could clearly sense the invisible wave spreading outwards, buzzing and reverberating in everyone's ears like thunder.

Thump, thump, thump—everyone's heartbeat quickened with a snap of Yamanouchi's fingers, like a rapid drumbeat…

P.S., squeezing out an hour each day to play Tsushima Island is so much fun! I should write about some interesting matches like those in the game in my book someday.

Section 33, Chapter Thirty-Three: Indeed, one can only rely on oneself.

Kurosawa Shizuki felt that the current situation was somewhat troublesome.

If it were a private operation, Kurosawa Shizuki would probably not hesitate to kill Yamauchi, after all, the Kamiyoshige is the mortal enemy of the Black Sun Cult, and is also considered one of the most cruel and insane branches in the secret cult.

In some ways, even ghouls are kinder than them. After all, ghouls only eat people to survive, while these cultists not only sacrifice human lives but also yearn to resurrect the evil god Mist Izumi and recreate the Age of Gods. They are willing to sacrifice the entire world for their own ascension.

The problem is that there are a lot of ordinary people around, and they don't possess any supernatural powers. It's best if Kurosawa Shizuki doesn't reveal too much of her shady powers like Black Matter in front of them, otherwise she'll probably have to ask the Anti-Elimination Bureau's cleanup department for help again. But she still doesn't know her unofficial agent authorization code.

As for this Yamauchi Yuki, we can probably only defeat him first and try to get information out of him. Even if we have to kill him, we can only take him to a more secluded place before killing him.

"Big Sister, try your best to break through towards the main gate in a bit," Kanda Hiroshi, with a square face, whispered to Kurosawa Shizuki. "We brothers will hold them off from behind. I'll try to distract the people inside the mountain. You seize the opportunity and leave quickly."

“That’s right, boss, you’re a girl, you absolutely can’t fall into the hands of those guys!” The other delinquents all showed resolute expressions.