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

Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang…!

The sound of glass shattering in unison reached my ears, and the next second, Bai Jie felt an impact as if he had been run over by a large truck.

His vision twisted, swayed, and spun.

The sense of reality drifted further and further away, and everything he saw with his eyes began to shake.

Then, as if a palette had been overturned, all the scenery dissolved into shades of gray, gradually spreading out.

The entire scene was dyed a single color.

However, the next second, the gloomy scene disintegrated.

At the same time, his chaotic spirit seemed to re-enter his body at an extremely fast speed.

With a "thud," Bai Jie felt himself fall heavily to the ground. He quickly took a deep breath, his heart pounding as if it were about to jump out of his mouth.

'What's going on? Did I really succeed? Did I really pass that trial?'

He slowly got up from the ground and heard a burst of applause.

"Kukuku… well done!"

Xue Yecha Hime was sitting on the tatami mat beside him. He seemed to be back in the Lake Master's tea room.

"I didn't expect you to spend only one night and successfully obtain that sword."

She smiled, "However, I'm very curious how you guessed the 'key' to this trial?"

Bai Jie raised his right hand and found that he was holding a short sword.

It was a short sword with a scabbard, similar in shape to a pocket knife, but longer than a regular pocket knife, a short sword with a slightly longer blade.

"I was just guessing."

Bai Jie, holding the sword, was asked this question and muttered to himself as he fell into contemplation.

"From the beginning, Lake Master, you never said that this trial required me to defeat the fierce Lord Scorpion Demon King… To be honest, even if I obtained the body of the Spear Saint, I felt it wouldn't work, so I didn't consider that from the start."

Even if he mastered the body of the Spear Saint, he was still unable to compete with the Great Demon King in the dream.

Naturally, Bai Jie did not harbor such illusions. He carefully pondered Xue Yecha's words and judged that he did not need to truly defeat this Great Demon King in this trial.

Furthermore, the will of the Spear Saint also reminded him, telling him that "compared to defeating this guy, what's more important for you is to seize that sword."

"Without defeating the Great Demon King, then just find an opportunity to seize the demon treasure, Fūma-Maru."

He continued, "However, wanting to steal its weapon from the Scorpion Demon King is itself a fantasy…"

The Scorpion Demon King could cleave the earth and shatter rocky mountains with just a wave of the sword in his hand. Without being a true Spear Saint, it was impossible to confront him head-on. Even the Spear Saint, using spear techniques that touched the "realm of stillness," did not completely kill this guy, which shows how exaggerated this monster is.

So, how to snatch the long sword held by the Scorpion Demon King? That sword shouldn't be so easy to obtain.

No, at the critical moment, he suddenly had another idea. This dream trial was proposed by Xue Yecha Hime. The previous few "trials" she had him participate in had some roundabout designs—

'To break this situation, it's definitely not using brute force. Because my strength itself is limited, and Xue Yecha Hime is also aware of this. Successfully passing this trial feels like playing a riddle, using your brain…'

A brain game?

That is, limiting the situation to how to seize the sword… Seize the sword? Speaking of which, the Scorpion Demon King seems to have three swords. Wait a minute, why three swords? Would one be a short sword?

Various pieces of information gathered in his mind. Bai Jie calmed his restless heart and forcibly concentrated his consciousness.

Three swords, one of which the Scorpion Demon King called "Fūma-Maru," and the other was a long sword with a pearl-colored blade, which should also be a treasured sword, but its quality was far inferior to "Fūma-Maru."

"Could it be a trick… Why did the Scorpion Demon King deliberately tell me that was Fūma-Maru? At least when he drew the second sword, this Demon King didn't explain…"

Thoughts gathered together, and he had an idea. This wasn't so much reasoning as it was a riddle-solving thought—could it be that two of the three swords were just to confuse the eye, and the real Fūma-Maru wasn't the double swords held by the Demon King, but the short sword that had never been used!

At the same time as this thought was generated, Bai Jie was also stabbed by the Demon King's blade. While being pierced through the chest, he endured the pain and reached out to grasp the hilt of the short sword.

In an instant, Bai Jie felt the pulse of power, a wave coming from the short sword, the power belonging to this sword.

"In the end, I really guessed right."

Bai Jie spoke out his thoughts, and the Lake Master nodded after listening.

"That's right, the focus of this trial is to retrieve the sword, not to defeat the Scorpion Demon King… After all, this Demon King was already defeated long ago. If the trial was to defeat this Demon King again, it wouldn't have any meaning."

The Lake Master explained, "On the other hand, this dream isn't the Scorpion Demon King's dream. It's a collective dream of the soldiers on the battlefield in the past, the exorcists, the victims, and the Spear Saints… The original intention of the trial is just to give later generations a chance to retrieve this Demon King's treasure."

Trials are never about "making things difficult for others," but about selecting suitable candidates.

Xue Yecha Hime knew this very well. One of the more important reasons she considered having Bai Jie participate in this trial was that she confirmed that he was a suitable person to obtain this Fūma-Maru.

"Moreover, I didn't expect 'she' would also lend a hand. I originally thought 'she' was indifferent to external affairs, but I didn't expect that when it came to later generations who had learned her spear techniques, she would still pay attention…"

Xue Yecha Hime knew very well that it was her past friend, the Spear Saint herself, who had resisted the Scorpion Demon King's "Heavenly Plow Mud" killing move.

Oh my~~ As expected of 'her,' even people who have only learned her moves will be particularly concerned. Although her appearance gives a cold feeling, she is actually the type who dotes on her disciples.

Xue Yecha Hime knew that one of the regrets in "her" life was the accidental extinction of the spear art school she had passed down—from the perspective of a god like the Lake Master, that matter was simply the result of the self-inflicted destruction of "her" descendants and had nothing to do with "her," the founder.

However, it was a heavy blow to "her," and after a traitor appeared among her descendants, "she" became disheartened and no longer taught her spear techniques to outsiders.

This dream originally belonged to her, a part of the years she had experienced in the past. She should have realized that some changes had occurred in the dream and came to take a look. That's when she noticed that Bai Jie had learned her spear techniques and had the idea of helping him.

That move was originally difficult to avoid, but if the Spear Saint personally took action, it was not impossible to do so.

In other words, Bai Jie was able to obtain Fūma-Maru because he had received the Spear Saint's approval. This was the "qualification" to form a connection with the Spear Saint. Without this qualification, without "her" consent, then to obtain this qualification in this dream, one must first be a "disciple" of the Spear Saint.

'Perhaps he should be called a second-generation disciple…'

The Lake Master smiled slightly in her heart.

"By the way."

She then spoke to Bai Jie, "Regarding the usage of Fūma-Maru, I also need to explain it to you. Although this short sword is called a demon sword or demon weapon, it is essentially a treasure personally forged by the Demon King.

It would be a big mistake to only regard it as a weapon. Its true function is much more complex than ordinary weapons. Depending on the user, the functions it can perform are also different."

"Is that so?"

Bai Jie held the short sword and also showed a puzzled expression.

"I'm also thinking, this sword is too short. What exactly am I going to use it for when I get it?"

"Okay, let me explain it to you."

Xue Yecha Hime explained with a smile, "What is the essence of Fūma-Maru? It is actually—a kind of potent poison."

The Lake Master said this, then felt the statement was not accurate, and changed her words, "No, calling it poison is not right. It can be said to be part of the 'qi' that makes up all things in the universe."

She coughed a few times, and her voice became low.

"It's just that this kind of qi has a characteristic, a power, that is harmful to one type of existence and beneficial to another. We also call this power 'Karma of Heavenly Demons and Gods'."

"'Karma of Heavenly Demons and Gods'?"

Bai Jie suddenly fell silent and thought for a few seconds.

"Looking at the shape, this is just the shape of a short sword. What does this have to do with the 'Karma of Heavenly Demons and Gods' you mentioned?"

"To put it bluntly, this is one of the crystals obtained by the Scorpion Demon King after condensing this power."

Xue Yecha Hime said indifferently, "That scorpion transformed its body's head, pair of pincers, and tail stinger into five secret treasures, five demon treasures that each have different functions. Each time you obtain one of them, you can obtain a portion of the power belonging to this Demon King."

"So, the power possessed by Fūma-Maru is not complete?"

"It's incomplete, but as long as you can use it flexibly, it will still be relatively effective, at least against those Yellow Spring Wraith Ghosts."

Xue Yecha Hime also said, "However, the method of using Fūma-Maru is quite special. For ordinary people, it is difficult to use this demon treasure, but it complements you very well."

What does that mean?

Just as Bai Jie was suspicious, the Lake Master told him the truth and informed him in detail about the "usage" of Fūma-Maru.

"What?"

He was immediately stunned, "Lake Master, you're not kidding, are you!?"

"I don't mean to joke. This is the only way you can use this demon treasure… Think about it carefully. This thing was originally for demon kings and monsters to use. As a human, if you want to use it, you can only use this method."

Xue Yecha Hime gave a guarantee.

"Believe me, there's no problem—"