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

"What?"

Hyakusuke hadn't expected to be promoted to Chunin.

"But... my meager abilities..."

"This was discussed and approved at the regular meeting of the Kurohimeyama clan."

Sako Takayuki said calmly, "After all, you have indeed made contributions. Merit is rewarded and faults are punished. This is also a clan's ancestral teaching. This matter has been decided, so don't complain here."

"Yes."

Hyakusuke didn't want to anger Sako Takayuki. He could only obediently lower his head.

To a Genin like him, the head ninja's orders were absolute. The other party had the power to judge and execute him at any time.

'I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing... But, my status can be slightly improved... Becoming a Chunin is always better than being a Genin.'

Finally, Hyakusuke welcomed the first promotion and salary increase in his life.

...

Speaking of promotion and salary increase.

In fact, there was only "promotion" and no salary increase.

A very tragic thing was that the Chunin's salary was exactly the same as the Genin's. The monthly salary was the same.

First of all, the income of Genin in the ninja corps was very meager, but there was still a salary.

Formally speaking, it wasn't a salary, but an allowance.

However, the composition of this allowance was half in copper coins and bean-shaped silver;

The other half was the Kurohimeyama clan's "gold and silver tags" in the territory.

--Gold and silver tags, which were equivalent to the clan notes in the Kurohimeyama clan's territory (paper money issued by various clans in the Edo period), were "paper money" issued by the head family in cooperation with influential branch families and merchants in the territory. They could only be used locally and had a circulation period, after which they would be invalidated.

Holding these gold and silver tags, one could buy daily necessities such as rice, lamp oil, paper, and pottery. In addition, they could also be directly used for consumption in shops within the territory, such as drinking and playing with women, or privately engaging in gambling.

Of course, these "entertainments" were things explicitly prohibited by the main family. However, it was not realistic to completely control them. The mortality rate of Genin was extremely high. If there was no place to vent, it would be troublesome to cause trouble outside.

Naturally, middle management turned a blind eye to this kind of thing.

Hyakusuke had no habit of drinking or gambling, whether in his previous life or in this life.

As for women, there were indeed special "courtesan houses" in the castle town of the territory, which were so-called brothels.

In detail, there were also various types of private prostitutes among the common people. If one had the interest, finding a woman was not difficult.

However, Hyakusuke still remained chaste.

Well~~ The reason was also very simple, which was two words--"syphilis".

In this era, because courtesan houses, pleasure quarters, and private prostitutes were everywhere in the island country, coupled with the rise of merchants and townspeople, more and more people were seeking pleasure everywhere. Syphilis and various venereal diseases were super prevalent in this era.

Moreover, syphilis and these diseases could not be cured by the healing techniques of exorcists.

Because the healing technique, as a medical technique, essentially used spiritual power to accelerate the cell division of the body, thereby achieving the effect of accelerating the recovery of injuries--this was similar to the "Mystical Palm Technique" in Naruto.

Healing techniques could not cure aging and some special diseases, especially the elderly whose lifespan was about to end. Using healing techniques on them was equivalent to accelerating their aging.

At present, syphilis was still an incurable disease.

"Syphilis, it's really a terrible thing..."

Hyakusuke shuddered at the thought of syphilis.

He still remembered that Maupassant, a great writer in his original world, had contracted syphilis.

The onset of syphilis would cause the skin of the whole body to fester, the nose to fester, sink, and then fall off, and finally the body would develop multiple swellings and tumors, and then die in pain.

On the other hand, syphilis complications could also affect the brain, leading to mental mania and uncontrolled emotions.

Maupassant's later serious mental problems were very likely exacerbated by syphilis.

"Speaking of which, the number of historically famous people who have had syphilis can be said to be countless, Beethoven, Heine, Gauguin, Baudelaire, Schubert..."

Hyakusuke absolutely didn't want to get infected with this disease, or lightly say "It's nothing, warts are nothing, the winning rate is gonorrhea" and be able to pass safely.

He decided to honestly remain chaste. Compared to having a romantic affair in the town's "courtesan house" and accidentally winning the lottery, his own life was more important.

--By the way, Hyakusuke also thought that with Miss Katsuhana's ability, she might be able to easily cure this disease.

"The Ritual of Clearing Filth from the Ruins" could control various bacterial pathogens, and might be able to cure this venereal disease that plagued the world.

However, Miss Katsuhana only showed a calm smile. She told Hyakusuke with a smile.

"...There is no cure."

People who really get this disease should just die.

Although she said this with a smile on her face. However, that Madonna-like smile still made Hyakusuke shudder.

'Miss Poison Flower will never develop drugs to treat syphilis. She will definitely say that she can't cure this disease at all.'

Hyakusuke shook his head in his heart.

However, he was able to become a Chunin. It should also be related to Katsuhana.

After all, Chunin and Genin were essentially different. Almost all Chunin were vassals of the branch family and the main family.

Because they were vassals, in addition to the ninja corps' salary, the real salary was the allowance given by the lord, which was the main thing.

On the other hand, it should also be because he was considered to belong to Miss's "side", and was regarded as a member of the Katsuhana faction, that he had the opportunity to be promoted.

If he was a Genin without a background, it would be impossible for him to be promoted.

Although everyone under Katsuhana regarded him as a traitor who betrayed his master without exception, he was indeed looked at differently by Katsuhana.

"She didn't find an excuse to execute me... She still supports me to this day, even if it's just verbally. In her personality, it might already be very preferential treatment."

Hyakusuke thought about these questions while waving the newly acquired ninja sword.

His right hand was still wrapped in bandages and pasted with a healing charm. Only his left hand was waving the sword.

Hyakusuke wasn't just waving the sword in the air. It was raining outside, and he was standing on the outer corridor, staring at the raindrops falling from the sky, and using the tip of the sword to track the falling raindrops.

It was raining outside.

Hyakusuke stared at one of the drops and raised the ninja sword.

"Even if I'm injured, I can't relax... If I don't insist on training, my skills and abilities will regress."

The sword flashed. The tip of the sword split the raindrops without deviating.

Ding!

The water splashed open.

Hyakusuke continued his self-training.

He was practicing with the void under the eaves.

Whenever a raindrop fell, he would treat that trajectory as an opponent, and kept waving the sword, thrusting, and slashing.

"...Hoo."

He didn't know how long it had been, but he also felt very tired, and his wrist was so heavy.

Hyakusuke let out a breath.

The temperature had also dropped these days, and it was almost winter.

Today was a rare day off. The Genin were also allowed to go out.

While his colleagues were enjoying themselves, he, who had nothing to do, could only pass the time with training.

In fact, the Genin usually had various trainings, but few people were as self-disciplined as him in self-training.

Hyakusuke's self-discipline in this basic level of practice had long surpassed obsession and reached the point of madness.

Because he clearly knew how weak he was.

"Kouzaburou, that old man was right."

Hyakusuke was very clear in his heart that he and Kouzaburou were indeed weak.

The old man's identity had been investigated clearly afterwards. The old man's real name was not Kouzaburou.

He was originally a farmer. After being discovered to have spiritual power, he was taken away by a famous occultist clan and worked as a handyman in that clan.

However, for some reason, he chose to escape and eventually fell into "Outer Law" and joined the Hachifuku Association.

Although he didn't know why Kouzaburou was hiding in Inamori Village, he was obviously acting with a purpose.

Kouzaburou had been controlling the Yamawaro to attack travelers and peddlers for several years, and this had already attracted attention.

He was also aware of this. Perhaps Yae noticed something, so he implanted a psychological suggestion in her and arranged for the Yamawaro to kidnap her.

Later, the arrival of Taizou and Hyakusuke and others also made Kouzaburou worry that his identity would be discovered. Even after the Yamawaro's nest was destroyed, he had not exposed himself. He also decided to erase the existence of Village Chief Yoshito's family in order to completely hide his identity and fake his death to escape.

"This can also be connected with the plot of the game..."

After understanding this, his mood was a little better.

The Inamori Village incident was resolved without the male lead's intervention.

This also proved that not having the male lead didn't mean that he couldn't intervene in the incident, and it also proved from another perspective that some plots could be changed.

"That... Hyakusuke-senpai, you have a guest."

A boy in charge of today's chores came over and brought an unexpected guest.

It was that old man wearing a shoulder garment and hakama, and a rain hat on his head.

This white-haired old man also wore a samurai sword at his waist. This was completely a samurai's outfit.

"You are?"

Hyakusuke recognized who the other party was. This old man was a vassal of the Tsukigara clan, named Matsudaira Inomaro.

"My name is Matsudaira Inomaro."

The old man took off his hat and smiled.

"May I ask, are you the Hyakusuke-sama who serves as a Chunin in the ninja corps?"