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

After entering Kasumi City, the Black Princess Mountain family received a grand welcoming ceremony. The Second Young Miss Katsura, along with prominent figures from the clan and exorcists, were welcomed to the main castle to attend the banquet.

The members of the Sword Training Institute, the Fault Eye Institute, the Healing Institute, and the Ninja Group were arranged to rest at the inns in the castle town.

Late at night, even the usually bustling castle town became quite quiet. "The banquet should be about over by now, right!?"

Hyakusuke left the inn and went to the stables to add some fodder to the horses he had brought, shovel manure, and check the horses' physical condition.

This kind of work could have been left to Tomosaka and the lower-ranking ninjas.

However, considering that the lower-ranking ninjas had been traveling hard all day, he couldn't bear to wake them up.

"Still, Dewa Province is truly a prosperous place..."

It must be because the Heavenly God Cherry Tree is rooted deep within the earth veins, absorbing the power of the Netherworld Imp's nest while spreading this purified power to the spiritual veins throughout Dewa. This has allowed the frontier, which has historically been regarded as a 'barren wasteland,' to gradually develop through land reclamation and cultivation. Observing the folk customs along the way, one can see that the people in Dewa live in much better conditions than those in Mutsu.

After all, in this world, the role of 'spiritual veins' greatly enhances the development of the agricultural system. There are bountiful harvests every year, and floods and droughts rarely occur. In this fertile territory, even tenant farmers live quite well, making it a veritable paradise.

Of course, this is also due to the diligence of the successive rulers of the Dewa region. The lord of Kasumi Castle, Suo, was an enlightened and wise ruler from a young age.

Under the management of the elders, he actively expanded commerce with Kyoto, Nara, and other regions, leveraging the mineral resources of 'scarlet metal' produced in the territory. This long-term management has made the domain of Kasumi Castle the most famous commercial metropolis in the northern lands.

Compared to the wealth of Kasumi City, even the territory of the Black Princess Mountain family, which is known as a great clan in Mutsu, can only be called a remote backwater.

'However, if the 'Divine Cherry Blossom Collapse' occurs, all of this will be destroyed.'

Hyakusuke looked up at the moon.

The moon was in its waning crescent phase, slender and delicate.

The only way to solve this problem is to find a way to remove the 'culprit' that caused all of this.

However, he can't do that with his current power.

"I can only try to change the storyline bit by bit to see if I can correct it... This main storyline in Chapter 1 also has multiple development directions. I just need to avoid the worst route."

In the game, the worst-case scenario is that the Heavenly God Cherry Tree is contaminated and collapses, causing the Netherworld Imp's nest in the Root Country to "erupt," and all the ordinary people in Kasumi City are contaminated and turned into "Imps."

Moreover, the pollution of the Divine Cherry Tree spreads along multiple spiritual veins throughout Dewa Province.

"The other endings, while also tragic, generally won't have a significant impact on the future situation..."

He had an epiphany halfway through his sentence.

"Wait, why don't I ask the Snow Night Yaksha Princess for help? She is a benevolent deity, after all. If she learns about this, I should be able to get some help, right?"

Thinking of this, Hyakusuke decided to enter the dream again and ask the lake master, who is a benevolent god, for assistance.

...

"No."

The lake master directly interrupted him.

"Although your reasons are sufficient, I have my own position. Dewa is not within my jurisdiction, and I cannot directly intervene in the situation there."

"But, what if something happens to that Heavenly God Cherry Tree? Many people will die?"

"That's truly regrettable, but I am also powerless."

"You shouldn't be such a heartless deity. Can you have mercy and help us mortals?"

Hearing Hyakusuke's words, the Snow Night Yaksha Princess sighed.

"Listen, boy... We deities are different from you, and this difference is the distinction between humans and gods. Benevolent gods are well aware of this and will always maintain their distance from you."

The green eyes of this lake master flickered with an abyss-like color.

"If we get too close, we fear that our light and heat will be too bright and melt you; if we stay too far away, we cannot take care of you."

Although her voice contained genuine sorrow, her expression did not change.

"Mortals who receive too many gifts from us become complacent and bring about their own destruction. This has happened too many times... Benevolent gods have a covenant to abide by and cannot arbitrarily interfere with this world in their true forms."

"Even if the world is destroyed?"

"Destruction is a concept that only exists for you humans."

The Snow Night Yaksha Princess explained calmly: "We do not have the concept of life and death. When this world is destroyed, we deities will be resurrected again when it is reborn on another timeline."

She explained.

"Of course, apart from those quantum observers in the Ruins of Kunlun, or the Lord of the Cross who possesses multiple uniqueness, we weak divine beings do not yet possess the ability to perceive other timelines... But in a single timeline, the gods will only slumber, not perish."

The Snow Night Yaksha Princess looked at Hyakusuke.

"The destruction of humanity is only a matter for humanity. We are only responsible for our duties. In the past, there were gods who wanted to help you or punish you, but the results proved that what they did was meaningless..."

"Is that so?"

Hyakusuke sighed in his heart.

He finally understood why the setting explained that the eight million gods in the 'Oborozuki no Ake' worldview are more akin to administrative bureaucrats in the modern system, only responsible for operations and not actively involved in human history.

'Is the strange little story that Old Man Matsudaira told, the so-called golden and silver ax story, implying the Snow Night Yaksha Princess's stance?'

"Conversely, that little fellow Mahoraba is overdoing it."

The Snow Night Yaksha Princess shook her head.

"It never refuses any request from people and responds to everything. How can that be? Gods must maintain their position. Indulging mortals will only make them lazy and lack motivation to grow... If it really encounters misfortune, it is the karmic consequence of its own actions."

"Is that so?"

Hearing this, Hyakusuke knew that it would be difficult for him to persuade the lake master.

"Kukuku... Don't look so disappointed, kid."

The lake master covered her mouth with her sleeve and made an "Oh ho ho ho" laugh.

"I just said that I won't personally intervene in this matter, not that I can't provide you with personal assistance... Although I can't manifest myself or formally appear, I can slightly manipulate things to help you solve the problem."

"Really?"

Hyakusuke quickly asked: "How will you help me?"

"If you are worried about the Heavenly God Cherry Tree, then just tell it the situation."

The Snow Night Yaksha Princess made a suggestion.

"Tell it directly?"

Hyakusuke was puzzled: "That 'Cherry God' Mahoraba seems to only be able to communicate with its shrine maiden, right? It's difficult for ordinary people to meet it, right?"

"That's right."

The Snow Night Yaksha Princess lit her pipe and took a deep puff.

After a moment, she exhaled the smoke and spoke again: "As a deity, Mahoraba is still too young. It was born recently and has not obtained 'True Divinity.' It is a weaker being than us."

"However, its parents should be the great god of plants 'Kukunochi,' whose status is higher than mine, and its potential is also amazing... It's just that its process of giving birth to intelligence as a god of plants is very slow and requires a longer period of time than ordinary gods."

"Fortunately, it has received a lot of help in the process of growing up, but its soul is often in a state of slumber. Only a little thought floats in dreams. It gains the power to maintain a clear will in dreams by merging with the dreams of its people under its rule."

Speaking of this, she laughed.

"I can help you connect to its dream. As for how to contact it, that's your job..."

...

"Achoo!"

Being sent into the so-called dream of the Heavenly God Cherry Tree Mahoraba, Hyakusuke sneezed several times in a row.

"What the hell is this place?"

What came into view was a sea of flowers.

Above and below, five-colored flowers turned and turned, and the petals blown by the wind danced in the air.

--This is a world made up of flowers and green plants.

"Achoo..."

He sneezed again.

Okay~ This is really a dream that is not friendly to hay fever sufferers.

'Let's go east, I feel like there should be some discoveries there...'

The Snow Night Yaksha Princess's voice was transmitted from a small spot of light beside her.

"Why did you become like this?"

He was somewhat surprised.

'After all, this is another god's territory. Don't think too much about it, run quickly, or there will be trouble...'

Trouble?!

What trouble could there be in a dream?

The moment he thought this, countless petals behind him "boom" all rose up, and a huge palm made up of countless vines protruded from below the sea of flowers.

Not good!

Hyakusuke ran forward and avoided the attack of this green hand.

'This is Mahoraba's dream~~ In order to protect the dream, defense mechanisms will also be derived in its dream. Be careful not to get hit... Otherwise, you will be ejected from this dream!'

--You should have said that earlier!!

He ran with all his might.

...

I don't know what strange place he ran to. The previous sea of flowers disappeared, and the surroundings were full of blooming light green plants and red flowers, creating a dreamlike atmosphere.

"The lake master is also gone."

It seemed that she was caught up in the previous chaos, and the small spot of light of the lake master's incarnation disappeared.

Hyakusuke didn't know where to move. He continued to walk forward. After a moment, the moment a gust of wind blew across his cheek, he was stunned--

"This..."

A large moon hung in the center of the clear night sky, and the faint moonlight shone on the flower bushes full of red flowers below, making the red flowers even more vivid.

Below the vast flower field in the moonlight.

The girl is sleeping.

Her hands are clenched tightly, kneeling on the ground as if in prayer.

The thin, transparent figure is brighter than the moonlight.

Seeing this scene, Hyakusuke couldn't help but gasp, and the blade of the spear in his hand pointed directly at this girl.

"Hiiragi... Hiruko!!!"

He broke out in cold sweat, and his face was as frozen as ice.

This is the final BOSS of the main storyline in Chapter 1, the spokesperson of the Heavenly God Cherry Tree Mahoraba, the current shrine maiden who can make the 'Cherry God' descend and manifest.

She is the living god who maintains the Heavenly God Cherry Tree's protection system for Dewa Province.

Also, at the end of this chapter, she is possessed by the vampire under the command of the 'Blood Ancestor' Emperor Qin, and awakens into a True Ancestor-level monster--In the Divine Cherry Blossom Collapse, she almost destroyed Dewa and this country with her own strength, giving countless players a painful feeling of failure, the final BOSS!!