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

Before I knew it, half of the sun had already sunk below the horizon.

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It was dusk.

The outside world visible from the window had turned into a gloomy twilight color.

"Still haven't found that woman... and, that old man Renjo..."

Suddenly, an unusual spiritual power wavelength immediately attracted the attention of Kutsuki Ikki.

'No... this fluctuation feels familiar... could it be--'

He moved quickly, taking three steps in two, disappearing with a shadow-like speed.

When Kutsuki Ikki and his subordinates arrived at the scene of the spiritual power eruption, they saw a devastated street.

The scene was chaotic, as if it had been hit by a flood. Several houses had collapsed and were pushed to the end of the road, turning into mountains of rubble.

'Lord.'

A telepathic voice from the Yagyōshu(夜行衆: group of stealthy ninja) came: "It's Hiiragi Hiruko. After becoming a vampire, she intended to attack people, but was stopped by the young master of the Tsukigara family who happened to be nearby. Oh, and your sister, Miss Ayaka, is also nearby."

"Is that so?"

Kutsuki Ikki's heart skipped a beat when he heard those words.

"Where are they now?"

"Please rest assured."

The Yagyōshu(夜行衆: group of stealthy ninja) member said slowly, "The young master of the Tsukigara family successfully repelled the opponent and even cut off one of her arms... They are resting nearby. Tsukigara Yomei sustained a slight injury, and Miss Ayaka is treating her."

Hearing his subordinate's explanation, Ikki breathed a slight sigh of relief.

'So, the situation just now was Yomei's spiritual power outburst. When did her spiritual power become so strong?'

That power swelled up, emitting a terrifying, forbidden, and enormous "aura."

"I hope there won't be any trouble."

Then he maintained his invisibility technique and walked towards the direction of that spiritual power wavelength signature.

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!"

"Brother, please endure it a little longer."

Ayaka was stopping the bleeding and applying medicine to Yomei, who was sitting on the roadside. Although she was injured, she could heal herself as long as it wasn't a fatal wound, thanks to her powerful spiritual power and unusual bloodline.

Seeing this, the tension on Kutsuki Ikki's face eased.

'Looks like she's alright.'

He cleared his throat: "What is the extent of the damage?"

"Fortunately, the residents of the nearby houses had family members who were ill and had gone to the town's curse ward, so there were no casualties."

"That's good."

He did not intend to undo the invisibility technique, but instead continued to ask his subordinate, the Yagyōshu(夜行衆: group of stealthy ninja), via telepathy: "Is it possible to track Hiiragi Hiruko's spiritual wavelength to determine where she has fled to?"

"Under investigation..."

One of the Yagyōshu(夜行衆: group of stealthy ninja) members said faintly, "However, Hiiragi Hiruko's spiritual wavelength is different from the past after becoming a vampire, so it is not easy to search for and track her."

"As soon as possible."

After saying this, Kutsuki Ikki suddenly sensed something. He raised his face and looked at the Tenshin Sakura(天神桜: name of a sakura tree) in the distance.

"...What's going on?"

Swish.

Countless leaves were raised by the wind, and the entire area rustled.

The branches and leaves of the Tenshin Sakura(天神桜: name of a sakura tree) blocked out the sky, and the huge canopy enveloped a vast area, releasing an eerie atmosphere.

On the other end of the sky, the large setting sun hung obliquely, and the reflection of that bright scarlet color seemed like another world.

"This isn't right."

Kutsuki Ikki felt shaken. He could feel that the "guardian deity" of Dewa Province had clearly undergone some kind of change.

After coming here, he could often feel the power of the Tenshin Sakura(天神桜: name of a sakura tree). The rich life force rushed towards him, as if it were a source of life itself.

Moreover, as long as he was in this area, he could feel nature and freshness, which was a pure divine aura, as if he had stepped into a vibrant forest.

However, under the current sunset, the giant cherry tree exuded a chilling atmosphere. The overlapping canopy of lush leaves seemed to encompass all the heavy shadows, and the branches that grew dark and gloomy emitted an aura of darkness and gloom.

"Bloo... blooming?"

At that moment, Kutsuki was surprised to find that many intense, blood-like cherry blossoms had bloomed on the cherry tree.

The twilight ōmagatoki(逢魔時: dusk) descends.

The longest night is about to begin.

"Something's going to happen--"

A warning bell called "omen" rang in his heart.

The earth suddenly began to resound.

A drastic change, like a change in heaven and earth, followed.

--This is the land rumbling.

--It's also an earthquake.

A localized earthquake, targeting only the land where Kasumi Castle is located, struck.

The distant forest shook, and countless birds rushed into the sky, circling in the air.

The castle, the buildings in the nearby castle town, all began to shake.

Even Kutsuki Ikki's figure swayed slightly, and at the same time, his back felt a chill as if he were in the Arctic.

Crack.

At that moment, he heard the sound of the Tenshin Sakura(天神桜: name of a sakura tree)'s barrier breaking.

...

Inside the main hall of the Shin'en Honsha(神桜本社: main shrine of the sacred cherry tree), the three torii(鳥居: traditional Japanese gate) in front of the shrine were all tilted after the earthquake.

The ground cracked open.

Cracks swept across the earth, and the ground beneath the feet of several shrine maidens who remained behind tilted rapidly. Several of them who could not stand firmly fell.

They were lucky, narrowly avoiding falling into the large pit that had opened up. At this moment, what was spewing out from the cracked earth was an unusual spiritual energy.

What was deposited was not color, but filth.

Any spiritual ability user or exorcist could feel that the power being emitted was polluting the world.

...

After the earthquake.

The city was immediately affected, and many houses collapsed. However, this was not a major disaster. The ground in the castle town, the castle, and various parts of the Shin'en Honsha(神桜本社: main shrine of the sacred cherry tree) all had large and small cracks.

From these cracks, filthy spiritual energy spewed out, like evil energy emanating from the underworld. Many "forces" immediately gathered in the air and transformed into miscellaneous monsters(雑妖: minor youkai).

If someone looked up at the sky, they would see countless, indescribable, colony-like shadows slowly falling from the sky, stirring restlessly.

...

"Hehe."

Akamatsu Mitsusuke looked at all of this with satisfaction. He smiled and said slowly to the old man behind him, "The Tenshin Sakura(天神桜: name of a sakura tree) has finally begun to deteriorate. With this, my plan can be carried out smoothly?"

"Are you crazy?"

Castle Lord Suō could not believe it: "You don't intend to release the filthy demons from the Root-Origin Country's Nest(根底国之巣: name of a place), do you? You madman, this will destroy the entire Dewa Province, and even the entire island nation."

"No."

Akamatsu Mitsusuke, who had carried out "gekokujo(下克上: overthrew his superior)", shook his head.

"I don't have such crazy plans. I'm just slightly opening a gap in the seal. The impact isn't as great as you think... After that, as long as we kill that little girl who you've all hailed as the Great Miko(大御巫: high priestess), the problem can be solved."

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Isn't it all the same?"

Akamatsu Mitsusuke sneered: "The reason why the previous generations of Great Miko(大御巫: high priestess) died young was simply because they exhausted their purification power and became sacrifices to the Tenshin Sakura(天神桜: name of a sakura tree). Isn't that how this little girl's mother, the previous generation of priestesses, died too?"

The corners of his mouth turned up.

"I'm just making the most of her. After she dies, the anomaly will disappear, and I can clean up the mess."

"Things are completely different from what you imagine!"

The old man was restrained, and he was rarely angry: "Akamatsu, you don't understand anything."

"I'm not interested either."

Akamatsu Mitsusuke smiled: "Anyway, Kutsuki Ikki will definitely not let her go, and I also have the Black Princess Mountain Clan(黒姫山一族: name of a clan) card in my hand. If necessary, I'll let those exorcists lend me a hand."

"Renjo Senjuro and the Kyoto Guardian are not fools. You can't control them."

Castle Lord Suō shook his head: "Your conspiracy will definitely be seen through."

"Then just try to get rid of those who can 'see through the conspiracy'."

Akamatsu Mitsusuke laughed: "Hehe, there are so many ways. For example, the Tenshin Sakura(天神桜: name of a sakura tree)'s barrier is broken, and a monster invades, accidentally breaking into the Renjo Trading Company, or killing Kutsuki Ikki. Anyway, it can all be blamed on you afterwards."

"You bastard."

Castle Lord Suō glared at this man: "What are you thinking? Although you used to have some ambition, how did you come up with such a foolish plan to seek this land by ruining the territory... Akamatsu, did your brain really come up with this idea, or did someone manipulate you to come to this conclusion?"

"You, could you be possessed by a ghost?"

Akamatsu Mitsusuke paused for a moment when he heard these words, and he shook his head: "Say whatever nonsense you want. All of this is just for my ambition, for myself."

After saying that, he flicked his sleeve and left the Tenshu(天守: castle tower) where the castle lord was imprisoned.