New law of Beast Taming

The guard looked baffled to see Yoko Tsurugi be so unaffected by the news of her cousin and her friend's potential death. It seems as if she was not worried about the other two at all.

"Hey, I am telling you that your cousin and friend are in danger. Do you know that the boss has sent a monster after those two? You should be worried about them and asking to see them."

The guard tried to lecture Amane about what she should and should not do in this situation. His insistence on this topic forced a laugh out of Amane's mouth.

"Aww, look at you. You are about to die and you are still worried for other people? I wonder how long your confidence would last if I use my powers."

The guard stilled as soon as he heard that threat. He did not want to die right now and that was why he had been trying so hard to distract Yoko Tsurugi from acting a certain way.

But it seemed as if everything he had been doing so far had been for nothing. It seemed almost as if Yoko Tsurugi had not even paid attention to his words.

'Fuck, what do I do now? I need to distract her before I get hurt even more…"

The guard felt his boke break in his arm. Amane had finally lost her patience and decided to do what needed to be done.

"Did you think that my threat was a joke? I do not joke around with my prey like this. Now, tell me where the professor keeps all his experiments and I just might let you live."

Yoko threatened the guard and he opened his mouth in panic.

"I-I will tell you all about it. T-The professor keeps his experiments in the east-side room no 2-"

The guard exploded beneath Amane's feet. He had been there one second and the next, his body was consumed by magic. It all happened in a matter of seconds and Amane did not even get enough time to process everything.

When the light stopped flashing beneath her feet, only a pile of ashes remained. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

"Great, this is the best. One of the guards was killed off and the other turned into ash. This day is turning out to be better and better by the second."

Amane sighed as she picked herself up. There was no use trying to think over things now. It would be better for her to go out and explore herself.

"What did the guard say? I need to head to the east side room that starts with no 2. I guess I will need to check all the rooms in there."

Amane was sure she would find the room if she reached the right place. But finding the right place was a big problem.

It took Amane 15 minutes to figure out which way she needed to go and she finally reached the corridor she needed to. But the door would not bulge under normal circumstances.

There were both magic draining as well as Aura-draining stones embedded in the door. The installer of this door must be a paranoid person.

"If you think that this door would keep me out of the lab, then you are mistaken. Sorry, but I need to get in there fast."

Amane knew it was going to hurt and drain her if she forced this door open. But she still decided to take that risk over waiting for the situation to resolve itself.

Her chains collided with the door and forced it open. The pull of her magic and aura hurt like hell, but Amane resisted the urge to flinch at those actions. She could keep holding on for a little more.

Finally, the door cracked under the incredible physical pressure and Amane panted hard as her body was drained of about 3/4th of its energy.

'Darn, that stone and my lack of resistance to it. If I knew this was going to happen, then I would prepare to combat this. I cannot someone had the finding to make this door.'

Both magic and aura-sucking stones were hard to come by and cost a lot. Amane did not want to think of the money spent on these things.

Especially since she was the 'victim' of these things.

"Y-You managed to open the door? But how? How did you not get drained by all those stones? Our boss said…"

"Well, let's just say that I am a special case. Now then, let's hear you talk. What kind of experiment are you conducting in here? You better open your mouth and tell me all about it."

The professor paused before he broke out into cold sweat. It had not been his intention to let things slip out like this.

'Tsk, this is bad news. I need to inform the boss that the intruder managed to find the lab. B-But won't the boss kill me if he finds out what happened here? No, I cannot do that.'

The professor paused in his mumbling as he recalled all his options. There was not a lot available to him but he could still try his best to navigate this situation into his control.

"A-Ah, about this. Are you not worried about your cousin and friend? Why don't you go and help them out instead of coming after me? Here, I will even tell you where they are."

Professor Ross was a coward. He had threatened everyone under the lab's rule because of the power of the contract he held over them. But Yoko Tsurugi was a different case.

"Ah, so you are making the same mistake as your guard. Do you think Sakura is so useless that she cannot even take care of herself? You are all wrong. Sakura is much more capable than you give her credit for."

The professor listened to Yoko Tsurugi's words but it was his time to let out a small laugh of knowledge. He knew things that Yoko Tsurugi did not and that made him the superior one in this situation.

"That's what you think, Yoko Tsurugi. But little do you know what kind of situation your cousin and friend are in. You see, the beast I sent after them was not an ordinary one. I know about your cousin's newfound powers and I chose an appropriate target for her."

"Let's see what happens if she faces someone with the same power as her own. Will she be able to overcome this disadvantage?"

The professor bragged about his creation, not even noticing when Yoko lifted her hand and a chain bound his whole body.

"Ah, so you are responsible for that product Sakura consumed and that gave her powers? Wow, what a coincidence! I did not expect to find you here."

Amane kept her voice neutral. The rage bubbling inside her did not show up on her face but it was there in her heart.

"A-As if I made the drug. I am much more intelligent and hardworking than the fool that made this drug. And yet, the boss favors that foolish Professor Cardin more than me. If only I got the chase to make the drug, I would have shown the world a miracle. So, I made my batch and have someone take it. Hehe."

The professor in front of Amane might have high intelligence, but he did not have high social skills. He ended up speaking everything in front of Amane and did not consider the consequences of his actions.

Not that Amane cared. This was a good thing for her because it meant that she would be able to know more about the situation.

"Ah, so what was the main ingredient for the drug? What kind of drug was it? Are you all going to mass-produce it?"

Amane asked as she stood in front of the bound man. He was telling her all she needed to know.

"I wish we could batch-produce this. If not for the ingredients and their scarcity, I would have gotten my hand on the experimentation rights. Alas, the phoenix's body perished before we could do anything more."

Professor Ross sounded regretful but his words made Amane pause. Her brain stuttered before it registered what she heard.

"Wait a minute? Did you say you used phoenix blood in this drug? Where did you get a phoenix from?"

Amane had a bad feeling about what she was about to hear.

"Hahaha, where else? The higher-ups tracked down a recently re-born phoenix and brought her back to the base. Then, they experiment on her and took as much as they could before the phoenix perished. And since they took her essence, the phoenix would not be able to be reborn and-"

Amane could not hear anymore. Rage made her see red and she killed the professor before she knew what she was doing. Blood coated her hands but her desire for revenge did not lessen.

'These people are getting more and more daring by the second. It seems like I need to teach them not to mess with me.'

Experience more on empire

Amane was about to walk out and look around the room when she paused. Professor Ross's body gave off that strong but weird feeling once more.

"Ha…haha…. hahaha….as if…I would…die like…this…. I…took…the drug…as well."

The professor coughed out blood but he forced his body to stand up. It hurt him to do this but the professor took out another vial and drank it.

"I will…live on…and transform."

The professor should not have taken two vials of this drug, but his mind was clouded and energy filled his body.