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

Chapter 253 Beast Transformation
"That Hank guy, the stuff he gave us is actually quite useful!"

Kagaya Tomoe sighed with a touch of melancholy as she raised the candle in her hand.

Instantly, a faint fragrance, similar to incense sticks, wafted through the air. This scent was almost undetectable to ordinary people; only exorcists with spiritual power could detect even a faint trace of it.

This candle is an incense made using alchemy. It emits a seductive fragrance that only those with spiritual power can faintly detect.

According to the alchemist Hank, this incense also works on monsters, so it was often used in the past to exorcise monsters.

This thing has several advantages. First, the fragrance emitted by this kind of incense candle is essentially a "sleep curse," and it is said to be related to the story in the Pesefré legend.

Only the caster can break this curse; otherwise, those who are drugged by the scent will not wake up until they have slept for three days and three nights.
Secondly, the sleep curse does not cause much harm to humans; it essentially forces the creature into a state of suspended animation.

During this process, the cursed person completely loses consciousness, and their vital signs become extremely weak. They fall into a state of suspended animation, similar to cryosleep, which is equivalent to their life being frozen.

In addition, the aroma it releases has a wide reach, making it a very efficient special tool.

“…Haha.”

Kagaya Tomoe sighed even more lazily.

“Using this method is also to avoid direct conflict, and I don’t want to confront my former comrades directly.”

She sighed again as she finished speaking.

On the other side, the camp in the Tottori Desert was not without defenses. In addition to the deliberately set up barrier, there were also patrolling puppet soldiers.

Tomoe was deeply impressed by these dolls, which were all smooth-skinned, had four arms, ball-shaped joints, and carried various weapons while patrolling the area.

They all look exactly the same. Because they are dolls, they all use the same model. The structure of the humanoid's four arms and legs, the joints and the texture of the shell are very exquisite. However, there is also a vague sense of crudeness that is based on mass production.

There are more than several hundred of them, and they are a large army controlled by the "Puppet Master" Tenrui Hainai.

This is what surprised her greatly. Ordinary users couldn't do this, and it's impossible for a puppeteer to casually carry hundreds of puppets around.

Tianrui Hai was summoned through that white coffin. The reason for this is unknown. It is possible that the coffin contains some kind of space-folding magic, or it is possible that the coffin itself is a high-level spiritual artifact.

In short, in this situation, the person who poses the greatest threat to me is Tenrui Hainai.

Of course, there was also the young lady of the Jujo family, but Kagaya Tomoe also noticed that her spiritual power was at its worst, as if she had been injured before.

"Fortunately, now that the sorcerer has been dealt with, these puppets are no longer a threat."

At this moment, all the puppets collapsed to the ground. Having lost the control of their puppeteers, they lay scattered like corpses, like breadcrumbs in a foreign fairy tale...

"By the way, are Ayaka and Yoru asleep?"

She strode into the tent, where Ayaka was hugging her knees, her head tilted to the side, breathing softly through her nose.

The incense candle was quite potent; the petite girl fell completely asleep, her body motionless.

Yanwu Ba looked to the other side and saw another figure in the tent—Yoru, who was sleeping soundly on the bed.

She was asleep lying on her back, her brows slightly furrowed.

"I'm so sorry, but I'll take the things with me."

Without any hesitation, Kagaya Tomoe took the "necklace" from Yomei's neck. After confirming the small box sealed on it, she quickly decided to leave.

She moved quickly, but she had only walked a short distance when she heard a voice.

"As a thief, it's common to grab something and run, but don't you think it's a bit too early?"

That was a woman's voice coming from behind.

"Didn't you ever consider that there might be other people who aren't asleep, or that your fragrance curse might fail?"

Kagaya Tomoe turned her head, and when she saw who had spoken, her eyes showed some surprise.

"It's you?"

The person who stopped her from leaving was none other than Miyuki Kurohimeyama.

Miyuki was dressed entirely in black and white. She wore a Western classical style dress made of multiple layers of lace, with ribbons sewn along the sides, a butterfly-shaped corsage, and luxurious ruffles adorning the collar.

"You... you weren't affected at all?"

Tomoe Kariya showed a hint of doubt.

“I am not a puppet controlled by Umino, it seems you know nothing about that.”

She sighed softly.

"I was originally too lazy to meddle in other people's business, but that brat asked me to. Heh, ignoring it isn't impossible, but leaving it unattended seems like it might cause trouble..."

"So that's what happened?"

Kagaya Tomoe also figured it out.

It seems that man sensed something from the very beginning; did he see through my actions? But when did he start to be wary of me and suspicious of me...?

She hadn't expected to be exposed so early.

Kagaya Tomoe did not intend to make enemies of everyone. She had some goodwill towards Yoru, her cousin and the young master of the main family.

If possible, I don't want to tear off my disguise in front of everyone.

She only intended to steal the former head of the family's belongings and then leave.

but……

She was not spurred on by Miyuki Kurohimeyama's words and continued walking forward.

"They actually ignored me."

Miyuki was somewhat surprised. She smiled wryly and said, "You don't think that just because I, the demon woman of the Kurohime family, have taken this form, I'm powerless to stop you, do you?"

"What else can you do?"

Kagaya Tomoe said lazily, "You are indeed a super-class exorcist, and your true form is more than ten times stronger than mine. However, right now you are just a puppet body, and a defective product after your soul has been cut off."

"Don't even mention your full power, you can't even unleash half of your past strength. Kurohime Miyuki, what makes you think you can stop me?"

"Stop you?"

She smiled calmly.

That was an evil smile.

"Let me make this clear first. I'm not here to stop you from leaving. I just want to inform you of something."

"Can you let me know something?"

Kagaya Tomoe frowned deeply, somewhat unable to understand what Kurohime Miyuki was up to.

'Fortunately, she probably can't break the curse from the sleeping incense either. Only the medium in my hands can ignore that kind of sleep curse. She's a highly disciplined doll, which is why she's unaffected… In other words, I don't need to worry too much about this guy.'

Kurohime Miyuki's own combat strength is negligible.

Her original body was very powerful, but now she had only transferred a portion of her soul, after it was severed, into a puppet. Furthermore, her capable companions, Tenzui Umino and Jujou Chimaika, were both currently unconscious and unable to offer any assistance.

"Ha, you might not believe it, but I still advise you to listen to me."

Kurohime Miyuki smiled mysteriously and said slowly, "Why don't you pick up that box and examine it carefully to see if there are any marks on it?"

"trace?"

Kagami Tomoe took a step back, revealing several talismans hidden in her sleeves and on her fingers, her entire body tensing with spiritual energy.

However, Kurohime Miyuki's words also tempted her, and she took out the necklace again, staring at the shrunken box.

It was at this moment that she noticed a line of tiny text on the bottom of the shrunken box, and her body stiffened instantly.

It was a line of tiny text engraved at the very bottom of the box that read, "The box is fake. Only a fool would fall for it."

When Kagaya Tomoe made a mistake after seeing the text, Kurohime Miyuki's eyes lit up with a smug expression, and a wicked smile appeared on her lips.

"I'm sorry, the box on that pendant is a fake. It's a pity you didn't check it and mistook it for real."

"Is that right?"

Kagaya Tomoe sighed deeply.

"Was it because you've never seen the real thing that you were fooled?"

To test it, she squeezed the shrunken "box" hard, and with a snap, it broke apart.

"If it's genuine, it shouldn't be easily damaged."

"The real one is here."

Kurohime Miyuki took a pendant out of her sleeve.

"This pendant was secretly made by Bai Jie, and the fake was also made by him secretly... That brat is quite a perverse person in a way."

"never mind."

Kagaya Tomoe glared at Miyuki, feeling a natural, physiological aversion to this woman.

"I was originally planning to let you off the hook, but now it seems I'll have to smash this tattered doll of yours and then take the stuff back."

She raised dozens of talismans lined up in her hand, each one a powerful talisman with deadly force.

"Go!"

This time, she drew a powerful pentagram in front of her eyes, and the talismans were also blessed. Dozens of talismans flew into the air, and the spiritual power contained in the talismans was released, turning into avalanche-like fragments of rock.

These fragments of rock shot out like meteors, each one a small pebble, landing around the area centered on Kurohime Miyuki, like a swarm of comets shooting across the sky.

At this moment, no matter which direction Miyuki tries to dodge, those pebbles will shatter his feet, shatter his arms, and break his skull.

If she were still the head of the Kurohimeyama clan, the most terrifying of the many "demon women" of the Kurohimeyama clan, then such petty tricks would certainly not be able to shake her.

Unfortunately, Kurohime Miyuki is now just a puppet. She has no real power, and her spiritual power and special abilities, which she used to be so proud of, have all been taken away.

Right now, she's just a puppet with little fighting power. If nothing unexpected happens, the spell cast by Yanwu Ba will easily shatter her.

Buzz…!
A powerful force expanded outwards, forming a barrier in front of Miyuki Kurohimeyama, turning the countless flying stones formed by the talisman into nothingness.

"Varied……!"

Kagami Tomoe opened her eyes wide.

A powerful spiritual energy surged around Miyuki, forming a curse-reversal barrier.

The Curse Return Barrier naturally counters all kinds of spells, making it difficult for her talismans to work.

"Can a mere puppet really unleash the power of a curse-reversing barrier?"

"That's true."

Miyuki revealed a wicked smile.

"A mere puppet certainly can't do it... But as long as someone who can do it does it, isn't that enough?"

She called out to someone behind her.

"Nadeshiko, Obana, come out here."

Almost at the same time that Miyuki spoke slowly, two clear, crisp voices of young girls rang out.

"Yes, Mother."

"As you command, Mother."

Behind the doll dressed in a gothic-style black lace dress, two identical-looking girls appeared.

They were twins, and upon hearing their mother's command, they both broke into identical smiles.

The twins were both quite young, with bodies where secondary sexual characteristics were just beginning to appear and their childishness was still evident. One had it on the right side of the head, and the other on the left, with their long hair tied in ponytails, creating a symmetrical appearance.

They wore gorgeous kimonos, but the hems were unusually short, a style suitable for movement. Furthermore, the patterns on the kimonos were bizarre designs mimicking red moths fluttering in blood and foam.

The twin, Obana, holds a precious pearl in her hands.

Her spiritual power acted upon it, creating a spell-reflection barrier within the orb. The protective effect of this barrier goes without saying; any magical attack would be decomposed and reflected.

"Was it specifically designed to target me, with defensive measures like the Curse Reversal Barrier in mind?"

"Oh dear, little girl, don't be so self-centered."

Miyuki laughed.

“You’re not some rare and formidable enemy… just a descendant of a branch of the Yuejialuo clan. I don’t need to bother dealing with someone as insignificant as you.”

"That's true."

Kagami Tomoe nodded.

"From the perspective of the Kurohimeyama clan, I am indeed just a nobody... However, don't underestimate me. Besides being the acting head of the Kariya family, I have another identity—"

She smiled slightly and said, "One of the martyred knights of the Twenty-Six Holy Knights, a regular knight whose Christian name is 'Gabriella'."

"so what?"

Miyuki asked curiously, "Does receiving a position and name from the 'Hidden Knights' order make you stronger?"

"of course."

Kagaya Tomoe grinned, revealing sharp teeth through her bright red lips.

"Because I truly received the fruit called 'power' from the Knights of the Martyrdom."

Dark fur sprouted from under her skin, and Kagaya Tomoe's form began to change. She let out a terrifying roar, and her body expanded wildly, transforming into a gigantic beast in a very short time. This was a mysterious power known as "Beast Transformation" on the continent of Europa.

(End of this chapter)