New law of Beast Taming

Chapter 267 265: Making an arrest [pt1]

"You are sure. This timing seemed too much to coincide. I am sure that this was not an accident at all. You planned to kill us all with that bloom, right?"

One thing Amane had to say about human nature was that it was ever-changing and easily influential.

And once the seed of doubt had been sown among the public brain, they would always doubt whatever they heard. This effect was even more prominent if the seed was negative.

In this case, as soon as one person had thrown their accusations, the others followed his example and reached their conclusions. It ended up causing a chain reaction among the people.

Even those who wanted to be logical and tried to raise their voices were muffled by the masses. It ended up being a mess overall.

Sakura watched this happen and her annoyance sky-rocketed. She had reached her end for tolerating bullshit and she fired off a large fire into the sky.

When it erupted, it caused a loud cracking noise and everyone turned to look at her. They all looked quite concerned after seeing Sakura's silent anger.

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"Everyone, quieten down. This was all an accident and Bloom is not a disease anyone could have seen coming. I promise to look over this incident personally and find the root cause of it for you all."

Sakura promised and the reporters finally calmed down. They trusted Sakura a little bit since she had saved their lives. Her mother was a well-known public figure and she had a relatively clean reputation.

Compared to her, Yoko Tsurugi was an enigma with unclear motives. And the people felt safer with having Sakura head the investigation.

"Still, someone needs to be held accountable for causing our lives to be put in danger. There is no way I will calm down otherwise."

Once more, these reporters raised their voices and demanded to be heard. Sakura bit her lip in annoyance but she had no solution for them.

She could tell that some of these agitated people were placed there by the elders and her mother. As such, their task must cause chaos and confusion. They wanted to lock Yoko up and hold her responsible for what happened.

Amidst this confusion and chaos, no one wanted to be the first one to fire off accusations. But the longer it took for anyone to reply, the more people got nervous.

They started to think if anyone was on their side or not. Fractions began to form mentally inside people's minds and it would not take long for them to turn to agitation.

Since this was something, Amane wanted to avoid, she decided to hold her hand up. Everyone went quiet as soon as they saw her move. Everyone looked tense to see what her next move would be.

But even before Amane could make any move, someone else walked out of the crowd and shocked them all.

"Allow me to take control of this situation for now. I am from the government and I have been dispatched here to take Yoko Tsurugi into custody. Please do not fight me and come with me quietly."

Amane had not expected to see Stella once more. But here she was, standing in front of Amane with an unhappy expression on her face. It seemed as if she did not agree with the decision that had been reached.

But despite her disagreement, she decided to force her personal feelings back and pay attention to what was happening in front of her.

"Officer Stella, you are the one appointed to this case? I am so relieved to see this."

One of the merchants sighed in relief once he noticed who the officer in charge was. It was safe to say that Stella's reputation was known to everyone by now.

People looked relieved to see Stella among them and looked toward her for further instructions.

"Oh, so you mean to say that I am under arrest and I should not resist you. In that case, I will not fight against you. You can cuff me up, officer."

Amane held her hands out and her eyes had a teasing look in them. Even Sakura held her words back but she had a pained look on her face. She did not like that Yoko was being arrested for something that was not her fault.

"I am sorry but this is the protocol. If there is anything you want to tell your family, do it now. You will be out under watch once you reach your holding cell."

Stella informed Amane and everyone looked tense when they heard that. They all had been demanding for Yoko Tsurugi to get arrested but that had been more of a symbolic gesture. They did not expect her to get arrested.

And somehow, the beasts in the Tsurugi estate seemed to realize what was happening. A roar was heard before the broke free and panic surged among the masses.

Everyone tried to run away, only to realize that they were surrounded. Even Stella and Sakura seemed shocked to see such a display.

"I-I am sorry, lady Tsurugi. I tried to stop them b-but I was afraid and these beasts do not listen and…"

The temporary keeper tried to explain to Amane what happened while he trembled in his place. He looked sick and scared to see what would happen to him.

"Hmm, I understand. These kids are not something an ordinary person like you can handle. You can stand down now since I will take care of the situation from here on."

Amane assured everyone and they all watched with morbid fascination as Amane put her hand on the Griffin's head and it backed down.

Not only the Griffin, but the other beasts backed down as well. They all still looked annoyed and ready to rampage, but Amane had forced their hand.

"M-My god! So, the ability to tame beasts was real? I never thought this was…despite all the evidence present."

There were several moments of Amane taming beasts that had been captured on tape and circulated online. But despite that, some people doubted her claim and thought of her as a con artist.

These rumors did not bother Amane so she never bothered correcting the masses.

"Now you all, go back to your homes. I will come back soon so there is no need for you to be concerned about me like this."

Amane assured the beasts she was rearing and they still looked angry at what was happening. But in the end, they all decided to go back.

Well, all of them except Moony. The dragon decided that she wanted to go with Amane and she landed on Amane's shoulder quite gently.

The crowd watched with morbid fascination and held their breaths. They all felt fear run down their spine when they noticed how the moon dragon was looking at them intending to kill them all.

They all watched Yoko Tsurugi walk toward Stella with light footsteps. They were all ready to see a fight break out any second and made plans to save themselves.

But contrary to what they thought, Amane held her hand in front of Stella and looked her in the eye.

"Are you not going to cuff me when you take me into custody? I am the suspect you decided to hold into custody so you need to follow through with your words."

Everyone watched as the pair of cuffs closed around Yoko's arms. Everyone was surprised to see this happen and they all felt put for Officer Stella as well.

The moon dragon seemed to be noticing everything and she looked agitated with what was going on.

"I am sorry for taking you into custody like this. I promise to get to the bottom of this situation as soon as possible for your sake."

Stella promised as she tightened the cuffs on Amane's wrists. This action seemed to visibly pain her but it was done quite efficiently.

Once Amane was secured, Elios Tsurugi stepped forward and made the most mournful look she could about the situation.

"Oh, my dear Yoko. How could this happen to you? What would happen to your family now? But don't worry dear, your uncle and I will take care of everything for you. We will take hold of the Tsurugi household and…"

"There is no need for Aunty to bother with all this. Sakura has been assisting me for quite some time now and she is more than capable of taking over half of my responsibility. As for the other half, I will transfer it to Eclipse. He knows enough about beasts to be able to handle them."

Elios Tsurugi flinched and her insides burned. Even the elders looked pissed about this decision.

"Not. Yoko Tsurugi, have you gone mad? Not only did you get yourself arrested, but you also want to go against our long-held tradition of having only one person in power. We will not allow this to happen."

Elder Dao yelled this quite loudly. His anger had reached its boiling point so he did not even realize the danger he was in.

The only one to take note of the situation was Elder Hao and that was because he was the neutral party here. He knew well that this arrest would not affect Yoko at all and it might even boost her reputation.

After all, he had seen how Yoko had reacted when this bloom happened. It had not been her plan and her people would make sure to bring the truth to light.

And once Yoko comes back, her position will be more solid than ever before.