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

Chapter 218 Memories of the Past

Hyakusuke was immersed in his sea of ​​memories when he was surprised to find that his memories contained such a large "flaw".

His past life can be described as a complete deception.

"So that's how it is. I'm not an ordinary genin. I come from a poor farming family, and those memories are just things implanted in my mind..."

Bai Jie could only respond with a wry smile.

This was undoubtedly a bombshell for him, and the impact on his mind was unimaginable. It even caused him to have some doubts about whether he was a "player".

In Bai Jie's memory, his true identity is the young master of the long-extinct Zi Yue clan. He is also the only one in the clan who awakened the special ability of "Myriad Manifestations Reflecting the Heavenly Mirror" in his childhood.

This is a special ability possessed only by the progenitor of the Ziyue family, and it is also the reason why this clan rose to prominence in the North in the past.

"This is truly a wonderful thing, worth having a drink with..."

Those who came to the mansion included members of the main family and branch families of the Ziyue clan; there were more than thirty men and women gathered in the hall alone.

The servants hired for the mansion, as well as the half-demon servants, all got busy. The members of the main family and the branch family, regardless of gender, sat in a circle.

The Shizuki family usually only gathers such a large number of people during the Obon festival and the Lunar New Year, and the atmosphere at the event is quite lively.

In particular, this generation of "Qilin'er" has shown a mirroring power comparable to that of the progenitor.

"Young Master is truly remarkable, to be able to reproduce that technology... However, let's keep this information to ourselves for now."

The speaker was seated on the right, and should be the head of the branch family. He was an old man with white hair and a white beard, who looked like an immortal.

"That's true. People who are too outstanding are bound to attract resentment."

The tribespeople also agreed with this.

The Ziyue clan is a powerful clan in the North, and among the famous exorcist families, it is considered one of the oldest, comparable to the Jujo clan in the West.

Exorcists come from prestigious families, each occupying vast territories, forming emerging powerful clans and national forces. They maintain a "peculiar" balance with the imperial court and other prominent families in the region.

In this process, if any force were to cause the weights that act as the balance on both sides of the scales to change, it would become a crisis that would completely alter the situation for each family.

The Ziyue clan has always carefully maintained this "balance" in the north, but the recent challenge from the "Oni-onna" clan at Mount Kurohime has been a source of concern for the clan's leaders.

The Kurohime clan is a force that migrated from outside the northern regions to the Mutsu region. Although they have not been around for very long, their power has grown extremely rapidly.

The first two patriarchs were ambitious and adopted a "wolf-devouring" strategy of annexing and encroaching on the surrounding small exorcist families. They were very obsequious to the powerful Ziyue family and Yuejialuo family.

Because of the Kurohime family's practices, this clan has a relatively low reputation in the surrounding areas.

However, by the time of Mikaku Kurohimeyama's generation, the Kurohimeyama family was not so aggressive, and their expansion momentum had decreased.

Mikaku is considered a legitimate person. Under her management, the Kurohimeyama family has become much more restrained and has adopted a harmonious and friendly attitude towards other families. However, everyone can see that Mikaku's daughter, the new head of the family, Miyuki, is not a simple character.

Miyuki is a shrewd and calculating woman, and her existence has made the Shizuki family wary of the Kurohime clan.

"Yes, I really didn't intend to make this child's situation public."

The current head of the Ziyue clan said solemnly, "However, this matter is another matter. I have summoned you all for another reason."

"Is it for a 'ritual'?"

Someone spoke slowly.

"Sixty years have passed, and it is indeed time for the clan to make preparations."

"Regarding the 'ritual rites,' is it necessary to report to the imperial court?"

Among the clansmen, someone lowered their voice and said, "The ominous sign that the previous generation obtained through divination may manifest itself in this 'ritual'."

"That being said, with the power that the clan currently possesses, it seems insufficient to reproduce that 'ritual'."

The participants in the meeting then began to discuss the matter.

What ritual?

Bai Jie continued browsing through this memory.

His mind was filled with doubt.

'This must be quite important; it seems to involve some kind of clan ritual, but I can't seem to hear clearly…'

Now that things have come to this, Hyakusuke also knows his true identity.

He naturally began to doubt the facts about the annihilation of the Ziyue clan.

The game's story doesn't describe this part in much detail, only vaguely suggesting that the destruction of the Ziyue clan is somewhat related to the Heijiyama family.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have attracted the "Shizuki Party" and the revenge of Fukaza Sakiru against the Kurohimeyama clan.

However, Bai Jie now has a different opinion; he suspects there might be more to this story.

"In the original work, the so-called young master of the Ziyue clan had already died, and there was no record of this person at all."

In this world, he is reborn as the long-deceased young master of the Ziyue family, which will inevitably cause some changes.

Floating in the air like a ghost, he lowered his head and began to ponder.

Suddenly, the scene jumps over this part and moves to another part.

"How boring!"

A child's voice rang out. The entire clan had gathered to celebrate their young master's awakening of an ability similar to that of their ancestor, a major event for the clan.

However, for me when I was still a young child, this was rather uninteresting.

When no one is paying attention, especially since his annoying wet nurse, who is also one of the female protagonists in the original work, is staring at him intently.

Whenever he, as a child, does something "out of line," she will yell and shout things like, "Young Master, you mustn't!"

Fortunately, Sakiru would be quite busy on this day, and while the clansmen were gathered together, he, as the young master of the Shizuki family, was able to sneak out unaffected.

'I completely don't understand what Saki and the others are worried about?'

The child shook his head inwardly.

In terms of combat ability, he is already much stronger than many of his clansmen.

With the added knowledge and information of a time-traveling player, plus the powerful cheat he had acquired, he was quite confident in his combat abilities.

Although it is still some distance from being a super-ranked demon slayer, it already possesses overwhelming combat power among ordinary demon slayers.

'However, since the humans in this world don't modify their souls and bodies, it's difficult for their power to break through to the next level... and once they break through that barrier, they break free from the framework of being human and become something else entirely.'

He is also thinking about ways to become stronger in the future.

The power of the Myriad Manifestations Reflecting Heavenly Mirror, the ancestor of the Ziyue family, was indeed very strong, but unfortunately, it could only reach the super-level at most.

This level of combat power is considered strong at present, but it will be completely insufficient in the later stages of the game when combat power expands significantly.

"Breaking through the boundaries of humanity and becoming non-human can make one stronger, but it also has a troublesome drawback. I would never choose this path unless absolutely necessary."

As he pondered these things, he splashed the lake water with his little feet. After playing like this for a while, he sat by the lake outside the mansion and couldn't help but sigh.

I feel like I'm becoming more childish. Is it because my body has turned into that of a child?

The young master of the Ziyue family, also known as Youtong, is a transmigrator who was reincarnated into this world, that is, a player.

However, his memories gradually returned as he grew up.

Regarding "Oborozuki no Akechi," he recalled playing some terrible games in the past and gathered a lot of related information. He gradually filled in the missing parts by tracing back the details in his memory bit by bit.

The world of "Oborozuki no Akatsuki" is quite dangerous. Judging from the analysis of game players and the setting book, the crisis of destruction is bound to come sooner or later. The formation of the "Vortex of the Underworld" is the result of the evil deeds sown by the island nation for a long time. It is not easy to fight against it with human power.

"Something just feels off."

A child dressed in children's clothing was talking to himself in a low voice.

“I am very familiar with the plot and details in the game, but there are obviously some incongruities in this world... Could it be that I am mistaken, and this world is really the game world of ‘Oborozuki no Ake’ that I am familiar with?”

He was deep in thought, questioning the world he had traveled to.

Ultimately, the fact that a game can become a "complete" world is somewhat unusual in itself.

The game he knew was just a game designed by the developers; its world view and various settings were all fabricated.

Could it be that this fabricated thing has spontaneously created a completely identical universe and spacetime, or is it a lower world different from ours?

Furthermore, many settings in the game are incomplete or contradictory, so the entire setting needs to be revised and improved.

"This is so hard to understand!"

He lay back on the grass, pondering how to prevent the "Vortex of the Underworld" from descending.

Last year, he and his father in this world, who is also the head of the Ziyue clan, visited the territory of the Yuejialuo clan.

He also met the protagonist chosen by this world, a child his own age.

"His personality is even weaker than I imagined. Should we leave the task of saving the world to that brat?"

He pondered whether he should personally step in to mentor the protagonist.

As the protagonist, Yue Jialuo Yeming has a fairly high growth potential. By using his special ability to tap into the power of others, he might be able to help this protagonist grow rapidly when the game enters the main storyline.

Suddenly, the child lying by the lake heard singing coming from somewhere.

"what?"

He was somewhat puzzled.

The area surrounding the main family's residence is designated as a restricted zone.

No outsiders would approach this area, and it was protected by a very tight barrier that would take even himself some time to break through.

"It seems to be coming from a certain direction..."

Out of curiosity, he slowly walked in the direction from which the singing was coming.

The sound seemed to be coming from the other side of the lake, as the surrounding area was filled with various warning communication barriers. To avoid alerting Sakiru and the others, he carefully walked forward.

After circling the lake, he came to a mountain path and reached its end, where he found a house hidden deep in the mountains.

"They even used a barrier to conceal perception; it would be difficult for an ordinary person to even get close, right?"

The location of this residence is also not easy to notice. It is situated in a place that is like a narrow crevice, because there are many towering ancient trees around, and sunlight can hardly penetrate it.

The house itself was reinforced with some kind of material and decorated with black paint. Overall, it was a habitable place.

At that moment, he noticed that the singing was faintly coming from the house, and it sounded like the theme song of the game "Oborozuki no Akatsuki".

He seemed to be drawn to wander around the house several times.

Finally, out of curiosity, the child stopped at the spot closest to the singing.

"Hello... Is anyone inside?"

He tried asking.

This ancient-style house is also covered by some kind of powerful barrier. Using the means to break the curse rashly will inevitably cause some trouble.

Suddenly, the door was pulled open a crack.

"...Who...who is it? Who's outside?"

It was the voice of a timid little girl.

He glimpsed a dark-haired girl behind the crack in the door, who was responding with a trembling voice, clearly quite frightened.

"I am a member of the Ziyue clan."

He leaned closer and asked in a low voice, "And who are you? Why are you here?"

—This is a little girl.

Since there's no demonic aura, it's probably not a monster or anything. However, the presence of a young black-haired girl hiding in this traditional-style house inevitably makes one wonder if she's a Zashiki-warashi.

However, the girl hiding in the house was just an ordinary human being.

"Ah...uh..."

The little girl stammered, and after a long while, she finally gave her name.

"I am Kohagi, Kohagi of Kurohime Mountain."

what?
Isn't this the yandere female protagonist from the game?
He was somewhat surprised, then relieved.

'...Protons?'

Indeed, that's something her mother could have done.

At this time, Kohagi Kurohime did not display any special abilities, suggesting she was abandoned and sent to the Shizuki family as a pawn.

Miyuki, that wicked woman, would shamelessly flatter the clan, claiming that she would entrust her child to the Shizuki clan in order to maintain harmony between the two clans.

The Ziyue family may not like this kind of thing, but faced with this attitude, they can only bite the bullet and take on this mess.

"After all, my dad was a bit old-fashioned and conservative, but he was also a very kind person."

After thinking about it carefully, he felt that this might not necessarily be a bad thing.

Kohagi Kurohime is also a person with power.

She's a crucial character in the game, so I'll raise her myself. It's better than letting her stay with Miyuki and develop that rotten personality in the Kurohime family.

He made this decision while still a child, but he overlooked a potential crisis.

This is quite normal, after all, at this time he was full of arrogance and conceit, and he probably didn't expect what would happen later.

(End of this chapter)