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

Entering the rear cave where the Yamawaro dwelled, Hyakusuke checked his equipment.

He wore a black fox mask that could block "evil eye" and curse effects—his gray uniform as a genin was also reinforced with magic to enhance its resistance to blades, heat, and wear. Underneath the uniform, he wore Japanese chainmail (kusari katabira), and his arms and shins had leather protectors.

Basically, all his equipment had been magically processed. Although it was cheap, it still offered some protection.

Hyakusuke didn't bring a long spear into the cave; it would be useless in this environment.

His current weapons were two ninjatō, one of which he had recovered from a dead comrade.

Theoretically, genin were supposed to return their equipment and tools after completing a mission.

Fortunately, Saizou was lenient in this regard, so Hyakusuke had taken possession of this ninjatō.

In the pouches on his belt, he had two special smoke bombs, poisoned shuriken, a high-level invisibility charm given by the Second Young Mistress, a light spell, a phantom spell, a substitution spell, and a communication shikigami (a cheap, disposable item)…

In addition, before accepting this mission, he had proactively bowed his head and, through a signed and sealed agreement with the Second Young Mistress, obtained a special detoxification potion, insect repellent powder, and Kiyomegan, Kainigan, and Zōchōgan pills—all newly developed enhancement pills.

—Oh, right, and also the "Living God Pill," which could temporarily enhance physical functions.

"I should take the pills first."

In the dark cave, he took out a Kiyomegan and swallowed it.

The Kiyomegan melted instantly in his mouth. Hyakusuke's pupils, hidden behind the mask, suddenly contracted, becoming barely visible black dots, making his irises appear completely white.

"As expected of the newly developed pills, the effect is truly good."

He rubbed his eyelids, blinked, and found that he had gained night vision, the ability to see in the dark.

"If these pills could be popularized among the genin, the last trip to the Spider Demon Nest wouldn't have resulted in such heavy losses."

However, he had heard Dokuchūnyo explain that the new pills were expensive to develop, and the main family considered it a waste to distribute such valuable medicine to genin.

However, this rhetoric was just a trick by Kagehana Kikuka to deceive people.

—Not being able to see in the dark is a joke to proper exorcists. They have already developed the ability to sense killing intent, detect demonic energy, use spiritual vision, or high-level "mind's eye" through various professional training.

Not only can they fight in the dark, but even if they are blind, it won't affect their combat ability too much.

The new pills are expensive, and their effects are redundant for most exorcists. Kikuka developed them specifically for her little lover.

"The debt I owe has increased again."

Thinking of the amount on the paper with his handprint, Hyakusuke sighed deeply and moved slowly into the darkness.

In his opinion, this shouldn't be a purely natural cave but rather a mine, possibly used for collecting saltpeter in the past…

The supporting structures inside the cave were sturdy pit props, and there were many winding side passages.

However, halfway through, Hyakusuke arrived at a complex intersection of passages, like a crossroads inside the cave, when a deep bass sound suddenly boomed. It must have been an explosion, and the cave was shaking slightly.

"Okay, that should be the explosion Saizou created, reminding me that he has led the Yamanba to the main gate."

It's great to have reliable teammates.

Suddenly, there was a "rustling" sound in the darkness, like the sound of children running.

"…Yamawaro. There are quite a few of them."

Hyakusuke picked up the invisibility charm and hid in one of the side passages. Then, he carefully listened to the running sounds and noticed that dozens of Yamawaro were running in the direction he had come from.

"Are they planning to escape through this back mountain path? Or are they trying to circle around to the main entrance of the cave nest and launch an ambush against the enemies attacking the cave?"

He thought in the darkness. Either way, it wasn't his concern. Let the rookies outside worry about it. His mission was to enter the cave and rescue the person.

Having made up his mind, he slowly moved his feet in the darkness.

…

Whoosh!

A ninjatō was thrown two or three meters away, making a dull, heavy sound as it pierced the throat of a monkey-like yōkai.

As this Yamawaro fell backward, Hyakusuke had already drawn another ninjatō.

"Found them."

He burst out from behind a rock cover. The two remaining Yamawaro, startled, gripped their homemade stone spears and prepared to charge.

Aiming at the second target, Hyakusuke quickly threw the ninjatō in his hand.

He aimed very accurately.

As a flash of white light streaked past, the tip of the ninjatō pierced the Yamawaro's chest.

With a psh sound, blood splattered everywhere from the pierced wound.

Hyakusuke rarely used shuriken in this situation because their killing power was limited. To kill with one blow, he had to throw the ninjatō.

At that moment, a Yamawaro hidden behind him pounced from behind.

Yamawaro were as mischievous and insidious as children. It didn't move at all when its companions were killed. Taking advantage of the moment Hyakusuke threw his knife, it exhaled a foul-smelling breath and stabbed with a short knife.

Without turning his head, the genin waved his hand back, and the ninjatō that had flown out at some point had returned to his hand in a bizarre manner.

With a flash of the blade, a large amount of blood spurted from the severed neck, and the miscellaneous yōkai's head flew into the air. Then the body below the neck slammed to the ground.

A few seconds later, the Yamawaro's head crashed to the ground. In its dimming pupils, the remaining expression was disbelief.

"…This spider silk is quite useful."

Hyakusuke's right hand was wrapped in spider silk, which he had recovered from the Spider Demon Nest. Not to mention its toughness, it also had extremely high elasticity.

He had secretly recovered some spider silk at the end of the battle in the nest. The hilt of the ninjatō he threw was wrapped with spider silk.

After throwing the ninjatō, Hyakusuke could pull it back with the spider silk and catch the knife again with a juggling-like motion.

Although Yamawaro, this kind of miscellaneous yōkai, was not stupid, it was still not as cunning as humans. It didn't understand what had happened before Hyakusuke's spinning slash had chopped off its head.

"Besides, there are also Yamawaro who specialize in ambushes in games."

He let out a quiet breath.

It could be said that he was well prepared, with intention against unintentional.

…

After checking the hall, Hyakusuke found several locations of hidden warehouses.

They were probably used to store food and imprison women.

Hyakusuke frowned as he investigated the two warehouses, and a strong sense of doubt arose in his heart.

The Inasori Village side quest was not very difficult.

Because Yamawaro and Yamanba were not particularly powerful yōkai.

—Miscellaneous yōkai and yōkai that had become yōkai were not powerful enemies for the male protagonist, even in the early stages.

"Tsukiyomi Kagura quickly leveled up to LV9 after passing the prologue… Of course, this was the level in the game. Converted, it was a Class C exorcist, with combat power equivalent to a normal yōkai that had become a yōkai."

As long as the male protagonist was careful and brought his initial companions, there was no difficulty in clearing this side quest.

However, the side story of Inasori Village was quite speechless.

This side quest had three different endings.

—However, none of the three endings were good.