Chapter 5: Her Fury

Heh heh.

If you like them so much, why not enter the game yourself and experience what it’s like to live day and night with this woman?

Bai Jie truly wants to tell those players who adore the second young lady—I'm willing at any time to swap places with you, so you can enjoy the privileges the male protagonist has in the game.

Do you even understand the true value of the "Breaking Bad" poison?

When she’s in a bad mood, you might be drugged; conversely, when she’s in a good mood, you might also be drugged.

You might be poisoned while eating; even the water you drink could be laced with toxins. In daily life, you’re frequently paralyzed on one side by poison, or suffer from relentless vomiting and diarrhea, or high fever. You’re treated like a test subject.

Yes, that’s been my experience living with this second young lady over the past few years.

Recalling the past, Bai Jie’s shoulders sagged weakly.

Though her temperament has become somewhat restrained now, just thinking about those days when she was studying pharmacology, researching poisons and venomous techniques sends chills down my spine.

“No, even earlier—she was a gentler, very innocent child. And then she turned into what she is now.”

Bai Jie frowned silently.

In the game "Moonlit Shadows," the storyline specifically reveals the background of Kurohime Mountain’s Kazuha.

This second young lady is the half-sister of Kurohime Mountain’s Kohagi, sharing the same mother but different fathers. She is the child of the clan head and an unknown wild man from outside—in other words, an illegitimate child.

Women of the Kurohime Mountain clan rarely bear sons, and pregnancy is much harder for them than for ordinary women.

However, as a family of spiritual exorcists, more children mean more power; strong offspring symbolize political influence and strength.

After giving birth to the first child who lacked aptitude (Kohagi), the clan head realized, "This child won't do; I need another." For this reason, while searching for the next husband, she silently poisoned her former husband.

Though this is not depicted in the main game, side quests and the fan disc’s epilogue hint at these details.

At some point, she must have found some unknown wild man during an outing and bore her second child, Kazuha.

Meanwhile, the identity of Kazuha’s biological father was never disclosed publicly by the clan head.

Players speculate that this was due to internal factional struggles within the clan, with the clan head intending to keep the girl as a hidden asset.

Considering the timing was not right, the clan head entrusted the child to a wealthy couple in a village—a childless elderly couple who treasured the infant and cared for her devotedly.

When Kazuha turned thirteen, her spiritual power and abilities matured, and tragedy struck.

A roaming band of great demons called the "Crab Transformations," leading a horde of monsters, breached the village’s protective barrier and invaded...

The aftermath is predictable: when Bai Jie and his comrades, acting as lower-ranked ninjas, arrived, they found the villagers torn apart and the village nearly leveled.

Fortunately, they discovered the trembling girl hiding in the granary basement of the wealthy couple’s home.

Meanwhile, the foster parents were reduced to mangled remains outside the granary. The girl, whom the couple had fiercely protected, was taken back to the Kurohime Mountain main household.

“She used to be a timid and fearful little girl who would cling to my hand and call me ‘Big Brother Kazuha’—why has her personality become so twisted now?”

Bai Jie muttered inwardly. Was it that she had grown ugly, or were the Kurohime Mountain clan’s genes simply that terrible?

“Maybe it’s because she’s had too good a diet at the main household; her development is unusually advanced... especially her chest... that little girl has grown up quite a bit.”

Occasionally, he had such paternal thoughts.

Speaking of which, the twisted fate that bound him to this second young lady began with that incident—she was deeply traumatized back then. As a child, she clung to Bai Jie’s arm for days like a forsaken animal, refusing to let go.

“No, it’s partly my fault... If I hadn’t chosen to abandon her at that critical moment, she might not have become so extreme...”

Recalling the past, Bai Jie sometimes felt a pang of guilt and compassion for the second young lady.

“Servant, you’re injured.”

Kazuha drew deeply on her dry tobacco pipe, the smoke mixed with painkillers, helping to ease her condition somewhat. She exhaled smoke rings.

“When you came inside, I already smelled blood… That wound on your left hand—is it the spider demon’s poison?”

She curved her lips into a faint smile.

“If you don’t treat it promptly, be careful that arm won’t rot away completely.”

“W-What?”

“You’re just a servant, right? Don’t think that lousy antidote issued to the ninja squad can fully cleanse the poison. Heh heh, if you don’t want to die, let me treat you.”

“This?”

Bai Jie felt an urge to bolt, cold sweat streaming down his face.

He absolutely did not want this second young lady to treat him. Known among players as the “Poison Bug Girl,” Kurohime Mountain’s Kazuha ranks as one of the top three villains in the game’s storyline.

Her abilities make her skilled in pharmacology, poisoning, and breeding venomous insects.

Depending on the side quests chosen, various tragic endings involving Kazuha occur: “Brainwashing the male protagonist into her plaything through drugs,” “Poisoning other heroines and delivering them to demons for torture,” “Mixing chronic poison into healing potions, causing the entire party to die during boss fights,” “Poisoning the entire Kurohime Mountain clan,” “Refining the whole city into medicine to prolong the male protagonist’s life in a certain chapter...”

In short, as an ally, she is a powerful healer. But if she falls in love with the male protagonist or turns villainous, the outcomes become extremely dire.

Kazuha’s love for the male protagonist is twisted and possessive. She is willing to kill his entire family and eliminate all rivals to claim him. Even in her main storyline, as she neared death from illness, she forcefully manipulated the protagonist into dying together with her.

—Who would dare use her medicine?

“Miss Kazuha, I…”

Bai Jie frantically racked his brain for an escape plan.

“Quick, think of some excuse—say you need to relieve yourself and vanish, or come up with anything else, just think fast!”

While he was still pondering, an odd sensation swept over him; his whole body stiffened, his eyelids fluttered uncontrollably. Like being drunk or utterly exhausted, his vision blurred and consciousness began to fade.

“…I…”

He tried to speak but no sound came out.

“Didn’t you notice?”

Kazuha smiled triumphantly, narrowing her eyes. Her pale lips whispered, “The incense burning in this room is different from before... It’s a herb used to paralyze demons. Mixed with other ingredients, it affects humans too. Servant, just sleep for now~ I’ll treat you properly—”

Damn it.

This woman drugged me again!?

Bai Jie’s body wobbled and finally, unable to resist sleep, he collapsed.

Just as his head was about to hit the floor, the second young lady of the Kurohime Mountain clan used her ample chest to cushion him.

“Fell asleep so quickly~~ Kukuku, you’re drooling too. Are you a child or what?”

Looking at the man sleeping on her chest, she revealed a completely different, seductive smile.

She carefully cradled Bai Jie like a precious treasure, gently lowering his body and placing his head on a prepared pillow.

“Let me examine you first.”

Setting down her pipe, the second young lady checked his pulse on the right hand.

After the pulse diagnosis, she inspected the whites of his eyes under the lids and flipped his mouth open to observe the color, thickness, and moisture of his tongue coating.

“Your complexion is very poor—probably from lack of sleep, overexertion, and signs of poisoning.”

She then examined his injured left hand, unwrapping the bandage to reveal a clear bite mark on the elbow, the wound discolored and blackened.

“The poison hasn’t been neutralized at all.”

Kazuha furrowed her delicate brows and traced the bite wound with her pale fingers. She licked a bit of the blood-stained skin, her mind quickly analyzing the venom’s composition.

“Fortunately, it’s not too severe; the latest demon toxin antidote can remove it...”

The second young lady removed Bai Jie’s upper garment, her gaze sweeping over the scars crisscrossing his chest and the deep tooth marks on his right shoulder—remnants of battles with demons.

Because of the lingering demon poison and curses, healing magic cannot erase these scars. Even her knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine and orchid studies cannot fully restore him.

“Scars are the warrior’s medals... Heh, there’s some saying like that.”

Muttering under her breath, the second young lady’s voice was laced with hatred.

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