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Elios Tsurugi’s supper appearance was suspicious. Sakura looked at her mother’s expression and she could not help but feel as if her mother was planning something.

"I don’t know what you are doing here and I do not intend to know either. Just stay out of my way for the next few days and you do not have to get hurt."

Sakura warned her mother of this.

"Sakura, I pity you and feel sorry for you at the same time. You are trying so hard by your efforts will never be recognized if Yoko Tsurugi is about. Did everyone not turn to her as soon as she came back? It is proof that people like her more than they do you."

Elios tried to agitate Sakura with her words but it only served to make Sakura annoyed at her. Elios observed her daughter’s agitated expression and she knew that she needed to pull back now.

"I am not advising you or anything Sakura. But maybe it is time for you to pull back and become your person instead of relying on Yoko so much. Otherwise, you will lose something important to you."

Elios said that before she left. She was sure that her words had done their job of agitating Sakura and she was happy with the outcome.

She turned the corner with a satisfied expression, only to run into Yoko Tsurugi of all people. The younger gave her a hard stare that Elios found hard to look away from.

"W-What do you want?"

Elios asked as she looked at Yoko as well. The younger had a way to unnerve Elios a lot.

"Nothing. I just wanted to see what a clown looked like so I decided to seek you out. But now that I have seen you, I don’t want to wander around anymore."

Elios felt her blood boil once Yoko finished speaking. This rude girl had no idea what she was talking about and all she did was agitate Elios.

"Y-You! You stupid girl. How dare you… not, calm down. I am not willing to fall to the same level as you. I will take my leave now."

Elios Tsurugi was able to control her emotions better now. She needed to think how she was going to frame Yoko Tsurugi and her agitation turned into acceptance. It made turning away from the situation easier for her.

Amane watched Elios head out with a proud expression on her face. That made Amane sure that Elios was planning something. She also had the bud bug’s energy on her person but she showed no symptoms of being attacked.

"Ah, so she is connected to this case after all. I better keep an eye on Elios Tsurugi as well just in case."

Amane made a mental note to do so before she quickly dialed the numbers she needed to and contacted all the right people. Now she only needed to find the weed that could smoke the bud bugs out of the town.

But that was the real problem - the weed.

It was an ancient variety of plant so it was difficult to say if it was still available in the current times or not.

Except for repelling bud bug, that weed had been useless to keep around. But maybe it would still be around.

...…

"I am once again asking you to describe the weed to us, Yoko Tsurugi. Since you are an ally, I will not ask how you know such a weed. But if what you are saying is the truth, then this is our only hope for the situation."

The government official sitting across from Amane asked her to speak up once more.

The current meeting had been called during an emergency so there had not been much time to prepare.

Amane had not had enough time to investigate the weed she wanted to and now she could only describe it to the people around her.

Of course, the modern people had no idea what she was even saying and they looked confused.

"I told you that it is a bluish-looking grass which has a small knot at the top. I don’t know how to describe it any better than this."

The people of Amane’s time just called it the ’weed’ and since it was so common to use, everyone knew when it was being addressed. No one needed to give it a special name or anything.

"I believe that she is talking about Veria grass. I am ashamed to say that it escaped my mind all this time. But now that Yoko has brought the topic back up, I remember what this disease is as well and what is causing it."

Everyone turned to look at Charlie Suzuki once she spoke with interested looks.

They were all interested in what she had to say since she was a highly influential figure. Her every word would likely be broken apart and then twisted to mean anything else.

But the big fact was - Charlie did not care. She gave Amane a reassuring glance before looking at everyone else. No one was able to say anything in front of her.

"So, what is the plan? Veria grass is a common enough thing that we can procure a lot of it in a single day. But we cannot just burn it without any plan."

The government official had a good point. In ancient times, when this grass was used, there used to be a lot fewer settlements and the bud bug did not survive long before they could find another host.

But that was not the case today. It was highly crowded and had a lot of crowded places. It would allow the bud bug to easily escape and find other hosts. It was a highly dangerous plan to follow for most people.

"Don’t worry. We will not let the bud big escape and do as it wants to. We will be diverting it to the special sections we have set up. Once there, I will take care of them so do not worry."

Amane assured the authorities. She could see that they still did not look thrilled with her offer. But they did not look opposed to it either now.

Since there was not much to do, they quickly agreed. It would only serve to boost their reputation in the long run.

"Fine, so we know what to do now. If anyone has any objection, then speak up now. Otherwise, we will all meet again tomorrow."

No one spoke up which meant that they all agreed with the plan.

Amane knew that they would blame anything going wrong on her so she needed to be careful. It had been a long time since she had used such careful magic.

’It will be a fun time up ahead. I cannot wait to…’

Amane felt her arm spasm out of control. It twitched and Amane had no control over it for a whole minute. Find more to read at freewebnovel

But then her arm finally settled down and Amane grabbed it tentatively. She had no idea what just happened but now her arm felt numb to touch.

"Hey, is everything alright?"

Charlie put her hand on Amane’s numb arm and Amane could not feel anything from her hand. It was as if her arm did not exist.

But just as quickly as that happened, Amane regained the use of her arm. It felt as if the whole situation before had been a hoax and Amane had been imagining things.

"No, nothing is wrong. I thought something bit me a second ago, but that must have been my mind playing tricks on me. We should get going now."

Amane allowed Charlie to lead her out of the room. She did not let it show that something was bothering her but her thoughts were all over the place.

She had an idea of what was happening to her, but it was too soon to conclude anything. Amane would need to wait around a little more before things became clear.

"I will contact my people and get some extra Veria grass to be delivered. I have a feeling that this situation is not going to come under control this easily."

When Charlie said that, Amane had a feeling that her words were true. She felt as if things were spiraling out of control as well.

But Amane was also sure that she would be able to keep things calm.

"Let’s not worry about unnecessary things for now. We have a lot we need to do and I should check up on the situation as well. I need to know what the current condition of the masses is."

Charlie opened her mouth to protest before realizing that it was Amane’s job to deal with beasts and such things. There was no need for Charlie to be worried about her.

"Fine, go ahead. But be careful since we need you to be healthy to carry out the operations. I don’t trust these government fools to do anything right. Usually, they cannot even tell which direction they are going if they are not being actively told that."

Charlie changed the subject as well. Her sharp words drove a laugh out of Amane’s throat and it made her forget the topic at hand.

"True. these government officials sure are a handful if you don’t keep an eye on them. We need to be careful with them."

Amane agreed before she walked out of the room. She headed toward the slum district which was the worst affected area. She needed to see the situation with her own eyes or she won’t feel satisfied.