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

“No, I can't be wrong.”

Kage refuses to admit such a thing.

Don't overthink it—even if this guy is aware of it, he's only just getting on stage and doesn't have room to compete with me yet.

She took a deep breath and said coldly, "Say whatever you want, you can't do anything anyway... You don't know what happened to him, what he's carrying on his back. You're ignorant, you can't do anything."

"Miss Kage, what exactly are you trying to say?"

Yami also looked puzzled.

"Oh... so, you really want to know?"

Kage chuckled, "Kuku ku... Do you really have the courage to know this secret? You need to know, it belongs to the 'dark side' of the Kurohimeyama clan. Once you know, you won't be able to escape..."

"Miss Kage, such words won't make me back down."

"Then I'll tell you."

Kage smiled confidently and coldly, "I dare say that even if you know the secret, you won't be able to help him, nor will you be able to solve his predicament. Rather... after knowing this, you will become a burden to him."

"Even so, I still want to know."

"Very well."

Kage smiled triumphantly.

"Then I'll tell you."

...

Indeed.

Just as Kage said, after learning about "him", Yami fell into trouble.

The actual situation was far more complicated than she had imagined.

She wasn't an idiot, but she wasn't the type of smart person either. The "secret" related to his background involved an unimaginable "dark side."

Yami realized that Kage's statement was not false. It wasn't something she could solve, and even she, as someone "in the know," might become a "burden" to him.

"What to do?"

She had been troubled all along. Although last time, she was prepared to find an opportunity to explain to Hyakusuke, she was interrupted by an accident, and she couldn't muster the courage to explain to Hyakusuke again.

"Moreover, Master's appearance was too coincidental. Did she know that I was going to explain that matter to Hyakusuke-sama, that's why she appeared?"

Yami also had a bit of wariness towards Kurohimeyama Mikado, which caused her to overthink things every day.

"Yami-sama, is there anything you need from me?"

At the same time as the girl was pondering, a voice suddenly sounded from the side.

"Ah... is that Hyakusuke-kakka?"

"Just call me Hyakusuke."

The young man shook his head: "I thought you were asleep. What do you need from me so late? Are you perhaps worried about tomorrow's trial?"

"Ugh..."

Yami was silent.

She had confirmed her feelings, knowing that her feelings for Hyakusuke were "love," but after meeting him, her heart was filled with shyness and she shrank back.

"Y-yes, indeed."

"I can tell that you seem to be troubled by something?"

'Yami lacks that inner drive,' this sentence clearly pointed out her flaw—the girl doesn't lack a reason to wield her sword, it's something she can't find herself. She can't think of why she should fight with a sword. The reason she's troubled, the reason she can't defeat the three youkai, lies in this.

Yami did not meet Hyakusuke's eyes, and remained silent with a melancholy look.

"Yes."

After a moment, she admitted with a wry smile.

"Because, I have been running away... After the disaster in the territory, everyone expects me to do something, but I can't do anything, and I don't want to do anything. I guess I must have disappointed many people."

"People can't undo the past. Even if you think too much, what happened in the past will not change."

Hyakusuke continued to guide her to think.

"Dwelling on things won't have any effect. I think Yami-sama is not weak. You don't only run away, because you have helped me many times and saved me. I will remember this kindness."

"Please don't say that."

Yami shook her head: "Hyakusuke-kakka, you have also saved me."

"But, your help is real. You didn't choose to run away at that time."

Hyakusuke smiled: "You don't lack courage. I think the reason you have been hesitant is because you haven't found a reason to wield your sword—"

"A reason to wield my sword?"

"There are two types of people in this world."

Hyakusuke said in a deep voice: "There are people who can wield their swords and become stronger for themselves, and there are people who are only willing to wield their swords for others... Yami-sama, you may be the second type of person. If you can't find a reason to wield your sword for yourself, then find a reason to wield your sword for others. There should be someone like that by your side, someone who needs your help, someone who needs you to protect them, someone who needs you to truly use your power to protect them—"

Think about it, Tsukigara Yami, your clansmen, your territory, and the displaced people, your foster sister, and those friends and relatives you knew in the past, aren't they all objects that need you to hold a sword to protect them?

Hyakusuke had a force in his heart that he wanted to shout out.

He hoped that this protagonist could cheer up. This world really needs the protagonist's power, and this girl needs to become stronger quickly and become the mainstay to support the overall situation in the future—

"People who need... my power to protect?"

Ah?

Suddenly, Yami opened her mouth. As if she had thought of something, her pair of dark pupils shone brightly.

'I understand... I understand!'

The haze in her heart was swept away, and she jumped up excitedly.

"Thank you, Hyakusuke-kakka..."

She tightly grasped Hyakusuke's hands, her expression shining brightly, and she was extremely happy.

"I understand everything... That's right, I have found what I should do."

"Is that so?"

Hyakusuke was also a little surprised. He didn't expect the girl's reaction to be so great, so excited.

"That's great."

His gaze shifted to their clasped hands.

"Eek!?"

Yami also noticed this scene, her face flushed with shame, and at the same time she struggled to shake off his hand.

"S-sorry... I didn't mean to."

"It's nothing."

Hyakusuke quickly added: "Have you thought of something?"

“Yes, I… must thank you, Hyakusuke-kakka."

Her big, round eyes stared intently at Hyakusuke.

"I probably know what I have been lacking all along. Next, I also understand what I have to do?"

Yami thought.

'I will, go to battle... Because I can't hide behind others, otherwise, I won't be able to protect anyone."

She made a vow in her heart that she would protect the person in front of her—

'Miss Kage said that I would only run away, and she was right. I have been running away in the past, but I won't in the future. I want to protect him.'

This was a vow she made to herself.

—An agreement made to protect others.

Yami felt her body and mind filled with strength.

“By the way… I, also have something very important to tell Hyakusuke-kakka."

“Just call me Hyakusuke."

Rarely was she in a good mood, Hyakusuke didn't mind continuing to close the distance. He still expected to hug this guy's thigh in the future, and it was necessary to get along well.

“O-okay… I'll call you Hyakusuke from now on."

She paused slightly, savoring the name “Hyakusuke.”

“Although, I also like this name very much… but, Hyakusuke, please listen to me, about this 'name'."

“The matter of the name?"

"That's right."

Noticing Hyakusuke's face full of "question marks," Yami finally couldn't help it. She couldn't bear to let him continue to be immersed in this deception—that secret had to be told to him.

"Hyakusuke, this name is not your real name."

She said firmly.

"I know that."

Hyakusuke didn't know whether to laugh or cry, this was originally a fake name.

"Then, Hyakusuke, what is your original name?"

Yami asked a strange question.

Hyakusuke frowned in surprise—then, the girl in front of him opened her mouth: "Listen carefully, Hyakusuke, your original name is..."

Her lips moved, uttering a string of names.

—Strange, what is she saying?

In an instant, Hyakusuke felt that he couldn't understand what the girl was saying. She was speaking, but what he heard was a "buzzing" sound.

"Eh... didn't you understand? I said..."

Yami said something again, however, he couldn't understand it.

"What I said was your name—"

She added.

"Huh?"

His brain was blank. Unable to understand the meaning.

"Wait a minute, Hyakusuke... Are you, are you okay?"

The girl seemed to have noticed something and became nervous. Hyakusuke wanted to answer that he was okay, but his consciousness was becoming dazed. His brain, reason, and normal thinking could not understand what the girl had said before.

Yami spoke again, but the voice could not be understood, turning into a sound mixed with buzzing noise, spreading in the dim night.

The annoying buzzing noise seemed to pour in like piercing noise, pouring in from the ears, from the skin, running around when the brain and mind did not notice.

His mind became chaotic, and only unease swirled like a thick fog below his chest.

Hyakusuke's body seemed to have lost control and fell headlong.

"A-are you okay?"

Yami quickly hugged his body. She found that Hyakusuke's skin was extremely cold, as if touching a corpse.

"W-why is this happening?"

"Because the curse cast on the brain has not been lifted..."

A sigh sounded slowly.

A black-clothed girl like a Zashiki Warashi appeared in the night, she shook her head: "If I had known, I should have reminded you that you shouldn't have told him that."

Kurohimeyama Mikado replied in an indifferent tone: "After all, the time is not yet ripe."